Hasbro brings back retro Tiger LCD handheld games

[Raph4]

Tiger’s retro LCD handheld games are making a comeback
Starting with Sonic, X-Men, Transformers, and The Little Mermaid

As with the originals, each device will play a single game. The launch titles include The Little Mermaid, Transformers: Generation 2, X-Men Project X, and Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (all are available to preorder at Gamestop now). Hasbro says that each game is “inspired” by the original version from the 1990s. They all sport a familiar control setup, with monochromatic graphics displayed on top of a static, colorful backdrop. Each unit is powered by two AA batteries (which, of course, are not included). “The design and technology were created with the original handheld game unit in mind,” the company says.

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[Gaston]

O dear Jesus...does this usher in the decline of the retro fad? When trash like thisnis released, it must be.

 

[pixeljunkie]

i can't wait for the Game.com CLASSIC

 

[2D_mastur]

These things were no good then and are no good now.

Hipster cash-in.

 

[voltronbadass]

First time ive ever agreed with or identified with gaston, and Im not happy about it

 

[pixeljunkie]

These things were no good then and are no good now.

Hipster cash-in.

yeah, i never enjoyed a single Tiger handheld. There were a few Radio Shack brand ones I remembered digging in the 80's...the super simple "tank" or "racing" type games worked best with LCDs like this. The Tiger games were all garbage.

 

[Karou]

Hipster cash-in.

well there is the fact that some people cant afford a phone for their 8 year old?
but yeah kid will still be bummed.

what a waste, all those batteries...wonder how much more an old ds or what was it before them colors, would cost?

stupid hipsters all consumerish and non Hippy.

 

[2D_mastur]

well there is the fact that some people cant afford a phone for their 8 year old?
but yeah kid will still be bummed.

what a waste, all those batteries...wonder how much more an old ds or what was it before them colors, would cost?

stupid hipsters all consumerish and non Hippy.

I can just imagine some 20 something hipster playing one of these things during a "Geeks who Drink" event.

Bleh.

 

[XxHennersXx]

These were only good if your mom wouldn’t get you a Gameboy. Period.

 

[HeavyMachineGoob]

What we really need is Game & Watch re-releases, full size models and all that, same internal parts. G&W was and is a million times better than Tiger LCD.

 

[StevenK]

Who on earth would want to recreate the sheer misery of squinting at one of these pieces of shit in the back of the car getting travel sick on the way to grandmas weird smelling house.

 

[pixeljunkie]

I can just imagine some 20 something hipster playing one of these things during a "Geeks who Drink" event.

Bleh.

Dear God, too accurate. Now I am mad at this imaginary person.

Who on earth would want to recreate the sheer misery of squinting at one of these pieces of shit in the back of the car getting travel sick on the way to grandmas weird smelling house.

Also, extremely accurate, but in a kind of weird, good way. Like I'm excited to get some coffee flavored hard candy all of a sudden. Lol

 

[Tron]

i can't wait for the Game.com CLASSIC

This only for drunk dukenukem 3d

 

[GohanX]

What we really need is Game & Watch re-releases, full size models and all that, same internal parts. G&W was and is a million times better than Tiger LCD.

I'd go for this. The G&W collections on DS were pretty fun. I had a lot of Tiger handhelds back in the day but I don't really want to ever play Tiger Megaman 3 again.

 

[BlackaneseNiNjA]

i can't wait for the Game.com CLASSIC

This or a rerelease of the R-Zone will mark the absolute end lol

 

[wataru330]

N•Gage 5G.

You heard it here first!

 

[XxHennersXx]

N•Gage 5G.

You heard it here first!

Honestly that thing was ahead of its time. The downside is as having to literally disassemble the entire rear to change carts. And the revised one came too late

 

[wataru330]

FIFA was tits on ngage

 

[StevenK]

The Sony Xperia Play was the best phone I ever had, I waited long past time to renew my phone hoping for the Play 2, which never came.

 

[JoeAwesome]

These were only good if your mom wouldn’t get you a Gameboy. Period.

And for the longest time, I didn’t have a Gameboy. I liked a lot of these games, and I have no shame.

 

[NeoSneth]

grandma's get to disappoint their grandchildren all over again...

 

[XxHennersXx]

And for the longest time, I didn’t have a Gameboy. I liked a lot of these games, and I have no shame.

I’m with you on that. They filled in that gap since I didn’t have a Gameboy until 1998.

 

[ggallegos1]

And for the longest time, I didn’t have a Gameboy. I liked a lot of these games, and I have no shame.

This. They did the job before the Gameboy filled that gap. I distinctly remember a Batman game taking a lot of my time in the back of the car.

 

[BanishingFlatsAC]

Tiger had a couple bangers with Simon's Quest and Mega Man 2 imo. Those were fun games. I also used to really like the Simpsons cupcake tossing lcd game as well as some.of the Konami made ones.

 

[famicommander]

These things would just accumulate when I was a kid. Nobody ever asked for them or got them on purpose, but there was always one in the car or in the toybox or in the closet or under the bed.