game boy singer izek sewing machine cartridge

[leorange]

http://www.theapplecollection.com/iMac/iStore/Singer-IZEK.html

saw the cart only for this today in a pawn shop. is it something that's considered hard to find at all? (i'm not sure how popular the sewing maching itself was) i tried looking for it in the rarity guide, but since it's not an actual game i wouldn't be surprised if it wasn't there. thanks in advance.

[jajaja]

Never heard of this, cool stuff :)

[GobopopRevisited]

Indeed... very cool. Never knew about this.

I just don't understand why it needs a Game Boy? Just seems unneccisary...

[it290]

The Game Boy is used as the interface to program the sewing patterns. I guess you could probably do it with an LCD unit on the machine itself, but hey, GBs are pretty cheap anyway.

[ghostangelofcky]

Shouldn't this be moved ovr to the "Games for girls" thread we got going on?

jk LOL

[Graham Mitchell]

If you hadn't said you saw it at a pawn shop, I would've thought it was a hoax.

[AlanD]

Pretty weird.

Anyone ever seen this one: http://store.summitracing.com/default.asp?target=egnsearch.asp&N=309184&autoview=sku

or the Gameboy Glucose monitor - the Glucoboy:
http://www.interguidance.com/PRODOVER.htm

[drwily008]

The singer cartridge w/machine was in a small arcticle (like 30 words and a small picture) in nintendo power. I imagine it to be super rare as,if I remember right, it was like $350ish.

That's funny I was at a family get to gether recently and ran out of thing to talk about with this old lady I didn't even know so I told her about the Gameboy Sewing Machine attachment.

[leorange]

so i went back and picked it up...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v203/orangest/singergb.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v203/orangest/singergb2.jpg

how would this, the icard race information cart and the glucoboy stand in terms of being considered part of a complete game boy collection?

[Gapporin]

Interesting. I'm assuming it's a Game Boy Color game because of the black cartridge?

[leorange]

Interesting. I'm assuming it's a Game Boy Color game because of the black cartridge?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v203/orangest/singergb3.jpg

;)

[Jorpho]

I think this was listed on Assembler (http://assembler.roarvgm.com).

[vintagegamecrazy]

This sounds like a case for SIR Etler.

[rolenta]

I wrote about the Izek last year in the first issue of Manci Games.

[leorange]

I wrote about the Izek last year in the first issue of Manci Games.

so whaddya say? (don't worry, i've already looked up and found manci games' paypal address. ;) )

meanwhile, japanese game boy fish finder (http://www.gamersgraveyard.com/repository/gameboy/peripherals/pocketsonar.html) anyone?

[tonyvortex]

Anyone ever seen this one: http://store.summitracin...309184&autoview=sku
i work at a used place and someone about a year had some of these.he came in looking for cheap gameboys so they could use them,he gave me this website but ii kept forgetting to write about it on here.

[Gapporin]

Interesting. I'm assuming it's a Game Boy Color game because of the black cartridge?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v203/orangest/singergb3.jpg

;)

But since it's a black cartridge, it also means it's backwards-compatible with regular Game Boys. Which, to be honest with you, really wouldn't work in this kind of situation.

[TheRedEye]

I remember when this came out. Their website promised a free demonstration at any authorized Singer dealership, which sounded pretty neat to me. I actually convinced this girl that it was vitally important to our mental health that we see a Game Boy sew a pair of mittens before we died, and we set off on a weekend-long adventure to every Singer dealership in Southern Nevada. Every single one.

None of them had the thing.

That girl ended up moving to New York and cheating on her boyfriend, who has since - through bizarre circumstances - become one of my best friends.

[vintagegamecrazy]

So when will this end up in the rarity guide? Mods this should be moved to the database forum to be researched and so it doesn't get lost.

[vintagegamecrazy]

Any news on this thing showing up in the guide at all, that seems to be pretty rare at the least. Joe have you seen this topic yet?

[MarioAllStar2600]

I have seen these 2 or 3 times on ebay. Definatly neat stuff. I also saw a GPS system for the GBA. Some wireless magazine had that as well as the glucose meter. Neat stuff.

[pineapplehead2]

I saw a article about this at EGM magazine, i got get the issue, im srry but if i find outand find the magazine with it in i will tell you or scan it for ya.

[unbroken]

yea ive actually seen this thing run before, my dad owns a singer store and i remember seeing it there for awhile. it was a pretty big gimmic, you basically ran sewing patterns from the gbc, my only guess is that it was cheaper to use a gbc then a built in lcd back then.

*edit - i just asked my dad, he said the thing did'nt sell well at all, and they pulled it off the shelves pretty quickly. he's not sure why they used a gbc for it, his guess is the same as mine. from what he remembers the machine came packed with the game and you had to buy a gbc seperatly, he said hell look for some ad's on the thing later, if he gets them ill post them later.

[vintagegamecrazy]

Yes please let me know more about those adds they sound hecka interesting! :D

[Jorpho]

I imagine you could get plenty of info by feeding www.meetizek.com to www.archive.org .

[yuppicide]

I saw this awhile ago when I was looking to buy a sewing machine. I have a great idea as a business venture, just no money to do it, and haven't really got any sewing skills.

[rolenta]

from what he remembers the machine came packed with the game and you had to buy a gbc seperatly.

Actually, they came with the GBC:

http://www.vacandsew.com/singer/izek_description.htm

I have a flier somewhere and I'll try to scan it if I could find it.

Meanwhile, I just won one from Ebay yesterday. The sewing machine doesn't work but its cosmetically sound and I need it for a photo for the next edition of Phoenix.

[rbudrick]

If you look up "sewing" in the search you'll fiund mention of this in previous threads...

Very interesting cart, though. I always thought carts like this should be in the lists, along with stupid dictionaries and things like that, but the DP crew puts only games in there, I believe.

-Rob

[rbudrick]

http://www.singerco.com/accessories/manuals.html

Looks like manuals for this are available if we can find out the part number.

-Rob

EDIT: And possibly here:
http://parts.singerco.com/IPinstManuals/

[rbudrick]

I gave Singer a ring. Looks like the model is 1500. Manual is $15.

-Rob

[rbudrick]

http://www.parts.singerco.com/CPpartCharts/1_19999/1500_IZEK.pdf

Replacement parts list. Looks like there's a factory and a buyer's model number. Weird. The cart isn't on the parts list...

-Rob

[rbudrick]

Lol, sorry for so many posts in a row on this.

Spoke to a Singer rep and she said they sold out of the cartidges less than 6 months ago. She didn't remember the exact price, but she said they went for somewhere between $60 and $100. Too bad, I was hoping to see how they came packaged by buying one.

-Rob

[leorange]

thanks to all for doing so much research and legwork!

ya know, i didn't think to look for the actual machine at the pawn shop when i went back to pick up the cart. maybe i'll take another look-see...

[rbudrick]

Leo, PM me with details please if you plan to sell.

-Rob

[rbudrick]

I got the instruction bookllet today in the mail...it was about $15. There's a lot of info on how to use the cart in there. But I'm drunk and it's 4:45, so I'm going to bed. Lemme know if you need moe details.

-Rob

[leorange]

hell, i'm drunk and it's 5:20 here on the west coast (thank you daylight savings). thanks again for putting in the legwork; i'm enjoying just futzing around with it and looking at all the patterns and stitches and stuff, but if i really want to know more about it i'll let you know. thanks.