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Name: Game.com
Seller: Tiger
Date: 1996
Display: LCD
Fun-Factor:  
Comments: A handheld game console that failed miserably in the market, but still it deserves some credit.  Its name is ridiculous, captilizing on the 'dotcom' boom during the late 90's.  Tiger also owned www.game.com and used it for promotions, high scores, and game.com services like email.


This is the original, large, backlit game.com. Later releases had colored bodies, were smaller, had non-backlit screens, and therefore cheaper in price.  The pack-in game was Lights Out, a very nice puzzle game.  



One form of input is via touch-screen and plastic stylus, which works quite well.  Some of the games use that for input, and the on-board software like a solitaire game and a calendar program uses it too.



One of my favorite carts for this machine.  Sometimes there is bad slow-down, but who cares, this thing is a cheap thrill.











This box shows their intent at game.com being an online gaming extravaganza.  Look at how bad the webpage design was for game.com - its all HTML 1.0 compliant and looks like quite drab.  You could buy a modem, internet software cartridge, and a PC cable for the game.com.  Yes, you could check email and browse the web with this little sucker!