I'm, "I just found my #TigerElectronics Mega Man 2 & 3," years-old.
#TigerElectronics
[RETRO V.G. ADS] (US) Resident Evil 2 (1998) (Game. com (Tiger Electronics))
#advertisingvideogame #residentevil2 #gamecom #videogame #retrogaming #tigerelectronics #us #1998
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Just when I thought I had found everything Pokémon related from my childhood, I find these at the bottom of a drawer!
Here are two Pokémon light up keychains, featuring Pikachu and Mewtwo. They were made in 1998, and would flash when you turn the switch on the bottom clockwise. According to instructions, these would flash up to 120,000 times!
#Pokemon #90s #Toys #Vintage #Pikachu #Mewtwo #TigerElectronics
Picked up this piece at a pawn shop for a very low price. Works great!
The https://t.co/ejgaInRIvX cable for the https://t.co/Wkm9aLPBDw
This is a rare accessory that allows two handhelds to connect for head-to-head gaming. It was only available through phone order and was only compatible with a handful of games.
Throwback to the pocket-sized craze of '97: Tiger Electronics Giga Pets! These digital buddies needed your TLC to thrive. Did you keep yours alive? 🐶🐱🐵 #GigaPets #90sTech #DigitalPets #RetroGaming #TigerElectronics #Nostalgia #VirtualPet #90sKids
The Game .com was one of the first portable consoles to go online! 🌐 This 1997 add-on brought dial-up internet to Tiger Electronics' handheld console. You could surf the web, but it was text only! It was a bold step into the online world for gamers of the 90s! #ThrowbackTech #90sGamer #RetroGaming #Nostalgia #VintageTech #1990s #GameCom #TigerElectronics #RetroTech #InternetHistory
Who else played these for HOURS in the back seat of the car?
#TigerElectronics #VideoGames #Handheld #PowerRangers
🎮🌍 The Tiger Electronics Game.com from 1997 attempted and failed to compete with the Game Boy. Today, it's known as an unsuccessful product, but its innovative features certainly deserve a mention:
☎️ It could be connected to a 14.4 kbit/s modem and used for email and text-based web browsing.
👈 It had a touch-sensitive screen with a resolution of 200x160, although not for every pixel but rather a grid of 12x10 fields.
This thing is so funny. Almost every console has a devoted niche group, no matter how obscure or bad the console was (Atari Jaguar groups have their own mini-conventions and CDi & 3DO homebrew is getting popular lately)
Shit ain’t the same for the Game.com lol
This thing is so bad that the only way to try the games aside of having the original console, is through MAME with several graphic errors or that official emulator debugger used in ’98. Doesn’t have a new emulator, libretro core or fpga core
It’s just sad lol
#retrogaming #tigerelectronics #gamecom #handhelds
Found this in a garage sale ad somewhat locally to me. Think it’s worth the pickup (if they still have it)
#gaming
#lcdgame
#afterburner
#tigerelectronics
#retro
#retrogaming
Star Wars Galactic Battle de Tiger Electronics 1997. #starwars #tigerelectronics
Did you know there was a version of Panzer Dragoon on the R-Zone? This was a portable game console by Tiger Electronics.
#PanzerDragoon #Sega #パンツァードラグーン #HandheldGames #RetroGaming #90s #TigerElectronics
Tiger Boy Advance Is a 90s Kid Dream Come True
From the release of the DMG-01 in 1989 until the final Micro variant hit store shelves in 2005, the Nintendo Game Boy line represented the epitome of handheld gaming for hundreds of millions of players. But that's not to say there weren't a wide array of other handheld systems that aimed to chip away at the Japanese gaming giant's monopoly. SEGA and Sony released high-tech systems that brought impressive technical innovations, while Tiger Electronics famously took the opposite approach with ultra-cheap handhelds that leveraged simplistic games based on popular children's franchises.
[Chris Downing] had to make do with these budget Tiger games as a child, and now as an adult, he's determined to made things right with the Tiger Boy Advance. As the name implies, this retro hybrid combines the look and feel of a branded Tiger game with the power and software compatibility of a legitimate Nintendo Game Boy Advance (GBA) circa 2001. It even sprinkles in some modern niceties, like USB-C charging and a backlit display. While most of its charm is probably lost on anyone who didn't grow up within a fairly narrow range of years, the video below seems to prove that even modern kids can appreciate this one-of-a-kind creation.
From an electronics standpoint, the system is essentially just a gutted GBA crammed into a 3D printed approximation of an old Tiger game from around the mid 1990s. But what makes this project special is the nostalgia-fueled attention to detail that [Chris] brings to the table.
Take for example the custom manufactured faceplate that combines artwork from some of the era's best known games. Getting the image printed on the back of the CNC-cut piece of clear acrylic proved to be quite a challenge, but the final result looks incredibly professional. Instead of using the GBA's stock buttons and directional pad, [Chris] decided to 3D print replacements that mimic the look of the original Tiger controls. It all culminates in a device that perfectly recreates the unique look of the original Tiger games.
Some will argue that he'd have done better to equip the system with a Raspberry Pi Zero 2 and the latest build of RetroPie, and frankly, it's easy to see the appeal of going that route. But [Chris] didn't make this for us, he built it to encapsulate a very specific time from his own childhood. We're just glad that the technology now available to the individual maker allowed him to turn this particular dream into reality.
#classichacks #nintendogameboyhacks #3dprintedenclosure #gameboyadvance #gbc #lcdgames #tiger #tigerelectronics
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