All right, fess up... Who here owned a game.com system?

[Zincdust]

I'll be the first to admit it... I picked one up from a KB Toys for $7.99, and the games were $1.99 each. If I remember right, I got Williams Classic Games, Tiger Casino, Fighter's MegaMix, Scrabble, and probably a couple of others that I can't think of right now.

Did anyone else ever buy one of these?

 

[greendc27]

What is a game.com system?

 

[Ugamer_X]

Yup, I have one.

I almost bought another one a few days ago with the entire internet kit...But I sorta figured I didn't need it.

 

[ryosnk]

Dammit, I admit it! Their you happy, I owned one with a few games that I bought for like fifty cents in bestbuy when they were on clearence and I picked up the system for $8 also in KBtoys. Overall, an alright system that I still usually play the solitare game with.

 

[BigDirty]

I still have mine. Solitare on it was the bomb-diggity. Also being able to connect to the internet on it at 14.4k.... Never really got that into it, but I did have one, and I still want an N-Gage

 

[Zincdust]

[quote name='greendc27']What is a game.com system?[/quote]

It was a hand-held system made by Tiger Electronics, debuting in (I think) 1996 or 1997. I touted itself as the "Game Boy killer". And it's big selling point was being able to connect to the internet (with the modem kit). It also had a touch-sensitive screen with a stylus, and Solitaire built in.

 

[joeposh]

I think I was stupid enough to buy this when it first came out... I actually totally forgot about it until I saw this thread.

 

[Eclipse]

you poor, poor gamers. How much i pity thee.

That brick like system is up there with the likes of Daikatana, and many dead babies

 

[Grave_Addiction]

I have quite a few of the games still sealed. If any of you would like to feel the pain of the Game.com, PM me and we can talk trade.

 

[GuilewasNK]

My Game.com (the original one)

I got it from the flea market for $15. Solitare and Lights Out are fun but the screen is too blurry for most games.

I have Frogger, Fighters Megamix, and Batman and Robin. My copy of Lights Out is missing for some reason.

 

[Grave_Addiction]

Has anyone tried to go online with it? I know it was very limited, but still thought it was kinda cool.

 

[Rig]

I was little when I saw these. And for a while, I wanted one...but then I came to my senses. BTW, was Fighters Megamix any good? I'm still not going to pick one up though.

 

[GuilewasNK]

To be honest, Fighters Megamix is so blurry that I can't tell what is going on. I got it more as a conversation piece than anything else.

I never tried going online with my game.com.