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[–] smeg@feddit.uk 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

My first ever video game machine was a version of this piece of crap!

[–] windowsphoneguy@feddit.org 4 points 1 week ago

Same! Got it on World Savings Day as a gift for depositing money in my savings account.

[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 week ago

There's another version of the newer game that has square tiles. I got one and it's brilliant.

[–] VerdantTome@programming.dev 2 points 1 week ago

I had one of these in the late 90s, although mine was smaller, and folded up like an old clamshell flip-phone. It was surprisingly good for what it was. I used to fantasize about just how complex of a game one could make with it, especially if the centers and outlines of the individual blocks could be controlled independently.

[–] xyguy@startrek.website 1 points 1 week ago

I had one of these circa 2003 or 2004. It had the form factor of a giant SNES controller and th screen flipped up out of the middle.

I want to say that mine only claimed 99 games.

[–] cRazi_man@europe.pub 1 points 1 week ago

Great read. 10/10 experience.

[–] thingsiplay@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 week ago

What a coincidence! Just 2 days ago (Saturday) I was on a flea market and saw this grey one. Almost purchased it for the memories, but it was in a really rough state. These were actually "real" games with a LCD display; a huge step up from the Game & Watch clones.