B'ngo! Anyone remember this vaporware handheld?

[vintagegamecrazy]

here's the link

B'ngo link (http://mobilemag.com/content/100/345/C1555/)

I remember some press and info about this back in the day, did this ever make it to proto stage or is it just vaporware?

Anyone think it would have done well had it been released?
I gotta love these obscure handhelds, so amusing, yet so fun to ponder about. What are your personal thoughts on the quality and ideas of the beast?[/url]

[Ed Oscuro]

I won't comment about screens that have been photoshopped in...square screens are interesting but put certain constraints on the developer. Probably better for vertical shooters (but then a true vert screen would be best of course).

They probably looked at the market and said "oh shit, N-Gage is launching soon" (that was October 2003 or so) and decided to stay out. Good thing too, N-Gage had it bad enough as it was.

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What the hell is up with all those small buttons and the A B buttons being in an awkward place? They probably pulled it before they lost millions and avoided making total asses of themselves.

[Ed Oscuro]

Wait, square screens? I must've been asleep. But yeah, the A and B buttons are in a terrible location.