game.com What is the inside joke on this??

[Anthony1]

I always hear people mention game.com, and then some snide remark usually follows, and it's like an inside joke that I don't know about. I must admit that I know virtually nothing about the game.com . So what is this joke about the game.com that everybody knows but me?

[chrisbid]

the game.com was plain awful. think of an original gameboy without the charming games

[Darth Sensei]

Yeah, it sux ass. Almost completely un-redeeming steaming pile of poo.

[cyberfluxor]

I get the inside jokes for the most part but isn't not that horrible for all. I played Wheel of Fortune and Lights Out on my friends for quite awhile when I was at his place back in high school hanging out and he'd have to do some chores. I will admit the library is small and nothing amazing to glaze at but it'll eat some of your spare time up.

[Anthony1]

So basically, it's just that it sucks really bad. There isn't anything else to it? Like they advertised a ton of games that were coming, and then all of a sudden went bankrupt or something?


It seems like this is the most hated system of all time, and I was wondering if there was something more to it, than it just sucking really bad. The 32X isn't the butt of every joke, yet it sucks really, really bad.

[s1lence]

The 32x is way better then the game.com, minus the size of the system. The game.com is just a really poor system. Granted if you want to collect it you can probably get the system and every game for under 100 bucks, so guess that could be another positive for the system.

[The S]

Simply put, the game.com was to its time what the N-Gage is now.

I still want one, though.

[playgeneration]

the problem with it is the screen, any scrolling or movement makes it blur so much that you have absolutley no idea whats going on. I can only assume developers like sega had no idea about this fatal flaw when they commited to making so many games for it. The only games that can be enjoyed are the primarily static screen ones like the solitaire you get built in

[tholly]

the inside joke is that it is a piece of shit, unlike the 32x, as you have mentioned.....

[Neil Koch]

I got one plus about 8 games for $20 on clearance from Target - and that's about what it's worth. The version of Monopoly is decent, but like was said before, any of the scrolling action games blur so much that they're unplayable.

I certainly don't have the same level of disdain for it as I do the 32X, which I was actually stupid enough to pay full retail for when it first came out...

[Poofta!]

its the size of a gamegear, with a monocrone screen with more ghosting than first generation LCDs. it had about a dozen or so games, all of which are terrible. you can compare this system to those 5 dollar electronic touch screen organizers you see through mail order.

it was called the .com cause you were supposedly able to check your email and play games via telephone line.

it was made by Tiger Electronics Ltd.

it had 'ports' of games like duke nukem 3d and resident evil (i think) unfortunately these games are about as playable as shoving a 2600 cart into an NES.

its just a piece of crap. all around. no ifs, ands, or buts about it.

[Pantechnicon]

It's not a complete waste, but it's nothing to build a web shrine for either. I recently got a hold of a boxed game.com with four games for $7. It was a fair price, given the overall quality of the system.

Pros: Pretty good sound. Has two functioning cart slots. Integrated PDA-style functions. Online connectivity (useless today, but noteworthy in its time).

Cons: Inordinately heavy. Horrendous screen. Controls feel sloppy. Stylus is awkward.

That's about all I've got to say about it.

[c0ldb33r]

Can you get online with it using the modem? That's a pretty neat function

[rbudrick]

I've always wanted a Game.com-TV converter just so I can see if the games still suck when they don't blur. Sonic might actually be fun.

Unless Brian Provinciano makes these for the mass market, the world will never know.

-Rob

[fishsandwich]

Simply put, the game.com was to its time what the N-Gage is now.

You must not have an N-Gage.

It's still being supported. The latest batch of games are great... Pathway to Glory (two of them), Civilization, Urban GT 2, the free Worms game, and (hopefully) the upcoming Warhammer are perfect examples of awesome games. Did the Game.com even have ONE game that could be considered "good", much less "great?" To bad there won't be many more physical releases for the N-gage, I'm afraid.... Nokia seems to be headed for a download-only model.

N-Gage runs a variety of great emulators. The ones for the Game Gear and Game Boy Color, in particular, are outstanding... and most of those portable games are great for on-the-go gaming. The MAME is pretty good, too, as is the NES. I haven't tried the Genesis emulator yet.

The N-Gage certainly had a botched launch and the side-talkin' thing made it into a joke, but to compare the N-Gage to the Game.com is plain stupid.

I'm done with my N-Gage rant now.

Visit www.geocities.com/the32xmemorial/index2.html to see why the 32x isn't as bad as people think.

As far as the Game.com goes... it sucks. A few of the slower-moving games are mildly entertaining (Lights Out, Wheel of Fortune, Jeopardy) but all of the "big" games are flat-out dreadful... Sonic, Mortal Kombat, Batman, Fighter's Megamix, Indy 500, et all are utter crap. Anything that requires movement is a festival of blurriness... a celebration of nausea.

I have a Game.com and about 3/4 of the games released for it. I haven't played that thing in almost two years.

[tom]

I like my game.com, it's not worse than, lets say the Supervision. I like the look of the game.com (original), it is a very nice, streamlined looking handheld.

game.com had neat features: 2 cartridge slots, PDA style touch-screen with pen, diary functions with calculator and phonebook, built in game, auto high score save into handheld, internet connection.

Blurring is bad, so avoid all scrolling games.
Good games are Lights Out, the two WOF games, Monopoly, Scrabble, Casino, Henry, Jeopardy, Quiz Wiz and Arcade Classics.

I got the 14k modem for the game.com, and actually 'surfed the net' with it. Text based only, understand.

[tholly]

Can you get online with it using the modem? That's a pretty neat function

ultra slow connection and a shittastic b&w blurry screen....that isnt a function, thats a waste of development time that could have been spent making the games / system better (not like that actually could have happened, there is not much you can do to improve shit....cuz, shit will always stink)

[anagrama]

I can only assume developers like sega had no idea about this fatal flaw when they commited to making so many games for it.

Back then, Sega jumped on any handheld that wasn't made by Nintendo
I think it's much more likely that their licenses were farmed out to friendly 3rd Parties though, rather than them actually spending any time & effort actually developing for the thing...

[Poofta!]

Simply put, the game.com was to its time what the N-Gage is now.

You must not have an N-Gage.

It's still being supported. The latest batch of games are great... Pathway to Glory (two of them), Civilization, Urban GT 2, the free Worms game, and (hopefully) the upcoming Warhammer are perfect examples of awesome games. Did the Game.com even have ONE game that could be considered "good", much less "great?" To bad there won't be many more physical releases for the N-gage, I'm afraid.... Nokia seems to be headed for a download-only model.

N-Gage runs a variety of great emulators. The ones for the Game Gear and Game Boy Color, in particular, are outstanding... and most of those portable games are great for on-the-go gaming. The MAME is pretty good, too, as is the NES. I haven't tried the Genesis emulator yet.

The N-Gage certainly had a botched launch and the side-talkin' thing made it into a joke, but to compare the N-Gage to the Game.com is plain stupid.

I'm done with my N-Gage rant now.

Visit www.geocities.com/the32xmemorial/index2.html to see why the 32x isn't as bad as people think.

As far as the Game.com goes... it sucks. A few of the slower-moving games are mildly entertaining (Lights Out, Wheel of Fortune, Jeopardy) but all of the "big" games are flat-out dreadful... Sonic, Mortal Kombat, Batman, Fighter's Megamix, Indy 500, et all are utter crap. Anything that requires movement is a festival of blurriness... a celebration of nausea.

I have a Game.com and about 3/4 of the games released for it. I haven't played that thing in almost two years.

ngage sucks. stop hailing it. its bad ok? BAD. like... getting STDs bad.

[googlefest1]

how much was it when it first hit the market

i actually like it - but there aren't any game related things i dont like -- i even like many of the games people make fun of.

If it was cheap - then i would think it was a nice item

i was actualy impressed with what they got out of that screen - yea its blury - and if you want to compare it to the gba it sucks.

I dont exactly know when it was released but if it was during the gameboy gamegear time and it was much cheaper then i think it is amazing for that time period. if it came out during the gba time then i would think what the hell were they thinking.

the other thing i find impressive about it is that it is a tiger product. I had such disdain for that company back in the day - and so many people purchased and played thier ripp off crap games. Then one day i saw the game.com and my jaw droped when i found out it was a tiger product.

edit::: what the heck am i thinking - this thing had fighting vipers and RE2 so it had to be released at least at the time of the ps1 and saturn. So still what did you have then GB and GBC - i still think i was a good product (IF it was much cheaper)