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Earlier this week, the Postman brought me this:
It's an Epoch Game Pocket Computer, arguably the first cartridge-based handheld. It was released in Japan in 1984 and it tanked - there were only ever five games released for the system! Anyway, their uber-rare, and when you can find one they tend to be crazy-expensive! Mine's in beautiful (but not "mint") condition. You can just barely see the original box on the shelf behind the system, and it came complete with all the original documentation and two CIB games... It's AWESOME!!
Also this week, I finally managed to acquire one of these:
This is the world's smallest cartridge-based handheld system, the Pokemon Mini, and it's as saccharine-cute as it looks... It's pretty amazing tech though, as they managed to squeeze IR, an accelerometer, three action buttons (A, B & C) and a D-pad into the little thing with a remarkably clear, crisp screen. It's also pretty fun, though it's made for smaller hands than mine...
Anyway, it was a great week for the handhelds collection! Just wanted to share...
It's an Epoch Game Pocket Computer, arguably the first cartridge-based handheld. It was released in Japan in 1984 and it tanked - there were only ever five games released for the system! Anyway, their uber-rare, and when you can find one they tend to be crazy-expensive! Mine's in beautiful (but not "mint") condition. You can just barely see the original box on the shelf behind the system, and it came complete with all the original documentation and two CIB games... It's AWESOME!!
Also this week, I finally managed to acquire one of these:
This is the world's smallest cartridge-based handheld system, the Pokemon Mini, and it's as saccharine-cute as it looks... It's pretty amazing tech though, as they managed to squeeze IR, an accelerometer, three action buttons (A, B & C) and a D-pad into the little thing with a remarkably clear, crisp screen. It's also pretty fun, though it's made for smaller hands than mine...
Anyway, it was a great week for the handhelds collection! Just wanted to share...