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I was rummaging through some of my old stuff and i came across some of my Tiger handheld games. Castlevania, double dragon, you guys know the ones I am talking about. I got a little nostalgic and I went to a website that listed all these games. There are quite a few.
It got me thinking
How cool would it be to have a compilation disc of all these games? I would buy it. I mean, it sounds dumb at first but not when you consider how "retro" is in now. What do you guys think.
Each of those games could be played either full screen or on a render of the handheld or something.
Shit, i would buy it.
Perkar
10-24-2004, 10:56 PM
i dunno. i had the Karnov one.... but it definitely wouldn't be the same without playing it on an actual LCD screen. and hell, i don't even want to know how it would render the LCD stuff on a tv... yikes.
Chunky
10-24-2004, 10:57 PM
i would play it s a free web/java game, but not py for it in anyways.
http://www.handheldmuseum.com/Tiger/
Richter Belmount
10-24-2004, 11:19 PM
I dont think many people would buy it though
Jibbajaba
10-24-2004, 11:43 PM
I dunno dude. People bought all those friggin game and watch galleries for Game Boy. Same thing here. Just release them all on a GBA cart or something.
Chris
-hellvin-
10-24-2004, 11:52 PM
Ehhh.....nah, I don't think it'd be something I pick up. Then again I have no interest in those handhelds sooo....
Half Japanese
10-25-2004, 01:00 AM
Those games were passable when you were a kid, but damn...these days I'd rather build a model army out of my boogers and re-enact the civil war.
Kamino
10-25-2004, 01:16 AM
Those games were passable when you were a kid, but damn...these days I'd rather build a model army out of my boogers and re-enact the civil war.
LOL!!!!
I'm with jibba though. It'd make a damn sweet game boy game, if you had like, 400 of those handheld games on the cart.
SoulBlazer
10-25-2004, 01:54 AM
You know, I recently took my Metal Gear one out of storage -- the talking one, the one they used to have the cool comericals for -- and it's still fun. :D
Bluteg
10-25-2004, 02:25 AM
Can anyone tell me who made the Garfield and TMNT handheld LCD's? I used to have both as a child and loved 'em both.
Ed Oscuro
10-25-2004, 03:36 PM
I'm with jibba though. It'd make a damn sweet game boy game, if you had like, 400 of those handheld games on the cart.
Was that all they made? LOL
I don't think they'd be able to release those, as practically all of the games were licensed and their contract must've stipulated that they ONLY could make non-console handhelds. I couldn't really imagine Midway Games and Konami both giving the green light to something like this as the games make their franchises look bad.
Seriously, they do! Mortal Kombat was awful. The barcode scannerzzzz Mortal Kombat was an interesting idea, but as far as I can tell the actual game is still pretty darn awful.
Castlevania II Simon's Quest? I suppose it looks alright.
Basically the characters look decent and sometimes the animations are sweet (i.e. Double Dragon), but they don't do anything. The closest any of these games come to the arcade original - far as I know - would be Paperboy, which IMO is easier to control than the arcade game. Everything else seems to be way off.
I will say that I enjoy the Tiger handhelds more than the TNMT Konami hack job I found a while back. Completely awful outside of the retro case.
rbudrick
10-25-2004, 03:38 PM
Those games were passable when you were a kid, but damn...these days I'd rather build a model army out of my boogers and re-enact the civil war.
Quote of the week! LOL LOL LOL LOL
I actually think this would sell to a small market, but like mentioned above, the licensing would be probably impossible.
-Rob
Captain Wrong
10-25-2004, 03:42 PM
I dunno dude. People bought all those friggin game and watch galleries for Game Boy. Same thing here. Just release them all on a GBA cart or something.
Chris
Difference being the Game & Watch games are still fun. The Tigers were nothing more than cheaply thrown together cash-ins and don't hold up at all today. Besides, putting together a comp like that, even if the games could be emulated or simulated (more likely) the licensing would be nearly impossible to compile.
pixelsnpolygons
10-25-2004, 03:44 PM
I'd be interested it it. I love compilations, even if the stuff is fairly crappy.
Difference being the Game & Watch games are still fun. The Tigers were nothing more than cheaply thrown together cash-ins and don't hold up at all today.
In all honesty, were they that great back then?
SegaAges
10-25-2004, 05:27 PM
i remember playing alot of those games. they rocked hardcore. i liked the newer version ones they put out that were all square and had those little things in the corners (if you look at the pics, you will know that ones i am talking about).
i remember those. they were easy and fun.
I would buy one to use for target practice. Those games were so aweful, something that I liked sort-of until I got a Gameboy. Ugh!!!!
Duncan
10-25-2004, 05:32 PM
Only one I've got is Electronic Pinball by Tiger (blue case). Still an awesome little pinball game, and I can beat it backwards and forwards on three different difficulty levels.
My brother has one of the "Street Fighter" ports, but I don't remember it being very good. At least not compared to the SNES version, which was readily available at my buddy's house any day of the week.