Gaming

Sega Genesis/Megadrive TV gamepad runs games off an SD card

Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009

Segaaaaaa! Who doesn’t love that voice on the splash screen of the classic Sonic & co games? Exactly, so luckily DealExtreme decided to sell this Chinese clone for a measly $23.72/€16.05, also known as the e-time D22+. They even throw in an extra gamepad. Instead of blowing into the cartridges and praying they work, you now simply run the Sega Genesis/MegaDrive games off an SD card. Suprisingly, according to this review, the device works pretty darn well. While some tv controller thingies use horrible emulators with frameskips, everything here works silky smooth. Only downside is that it doesn’t have a AC adapter port, so you might hope your  3 AA batteries don’t run out during a Phantasy Star marathon.

There’s a video of the device in action after the break. It also features the worst Sonic player of all time.

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$28.36 GB Station Light handheld looks quite familiar

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009

As you probably guessed it, the GB Station Light is a total rip-off of the much more famous SP2 handheld. It’s apparently another version of those OneStation devices: cheap handhelds with cheap cartridges packed full with pirated 8 and 16 bit games. The big difference is that the GB Station Light has a rechargeable Li-Ion battery and comes with 111 built-in games besides the 328-in-1 game cartridge. So you’re basically getting a handheld with 439 games for $28.36/€19.35 with free worldwide shipping. Not too bad, although I’m pretty sure that at least 100 games are double listed.

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Cheap handheld console for awkward retro experience

Thursday, September 24th, 2009

This is the 100-in-1 2.4″ LCD Portable Handheld Game Console from DealExtreme, also known as the D-Cat8 8bit Game Console. As you’d probably guessed, this handheld runs on 3 AAA batteries and comes with 100 built-in 8-bit games. Only problem is that these aren’t the ones you grew up with. The 100 games are largely hacked versions of the original. So instead of everbody’s favorite plumber, you play as a fat green orge in the sprite-hacked Super Shrek Bros.  It still plays the same, but it’s quite strange to see a 21st century character in a 8-bit game. I don’t know why they replaced one intellectual property with another one, because they now violate both. My guess is that the outcome is so stupid, both companies won’t even bother to do something about it. However, $19.99 for a handheld console with a color screen and 100 games still isn’t a bad deal. It’s also available in black & blue.

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PS2 to Wii converter

Friday, August 21st, 2009

Nothing is worse than a gaming friend who blames his epic loss on the Wii controller, because he’s used to the PS2’s Dual Shock controller. With the PEGA Playstation 2 PS2 to Wii/NGC GameCube Controller Adapter ($11.74/€8.24) this won’t happen anymore. It lets you use the good ol’ Dual Shock on the Nintendo Wii. However, DealExtreme failed to write a correct description. This adapter does not work with the Gamecube or Gamecube games on the Wii. Instead, you plug it into the Wiimote, so the Dual Shock works as a Classic Controller Pro. It’s also very unlikely that it supports rumble, because Nintendo’s own solutions don’t support it either.

If you want an adapter to use a PS2 controller for Gamecube games, get this one for $4.23/€2.97. Just keep in mind you have to plug this directly into your console and that it won’t work with some Wii games that only support the Classic Controller, like PES 2009 and Monster Hunter 3.

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Gemei X760+ handheld gaming and emulator goodness

Monday, August 17th, 2009

The Gemei X760+ is now available at DealExtreme for $84.50/€59.11. The X760+ is more or less a bigger version of the Dingoo A320, with a slightly bigger 3″ screen and a higher resolution of 400×240. Like the Dingoo it plays most media files and is pretty good at emulating a lot of systems. GBA, NES, SNES, Master System and Genesis are all well supported, while CPS2 games(Capcom arcade games like Marvel vs Capcom and Street Fighter Alpha 3) run pretty well with some frameskips. Neo-Geo games are a bit more sluggish. Besides emulation, there are even a few 3D games available, with some pretty impressing PSX-like graphics. Nice feature is the tv-out. The X760+ also has 4GB flash memory and an SD card slot. The only downside is that unlike the Dingoo A320, the Gemei X760+ has no shoulder buttons, which may cause some problems with some games.

Video of the Resident Evil-like ‘7 Days’ game after the break.

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Nintendo DS Lite Screen Protectors for $0.01

Sunday, August 16th, 2009

Now this is a nice promotional offer. DealPerfect is currently selling screen protectors for the Nintendo DS Lite for a penny with free worldwide shipping. The offer is valid until August 30, 2009, so get them while you can. And yes, it’s limited to one per customer, you greedy bastard.

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Ryu and Ken joined Tekken on arcade stick

Saturday, August 1st, 2009

… well according to the product description for this Qanba USB Arcade Joystick Controller for PC/PS3 that is.

- A full range of multi-button control buttons, a good cost-effective
- Metal rocker, sturdiness and durability, increasing the metal plate specially designed, solid and more durable
- Tekken game panel screen, a more beautiful color
- Plug and play design with USB cable, no extra power required (USB1.0/USB 1.1/USB2.0)
- Long cable Length: 250CM
  • A full range of multi-button control buttons, a good cost-effective
  • Metal rocker, sturdiness and durability, increasing the metal plate specially designed, solid and more durable
  • Tekken game panel screen, a more beautiful color
  • Plug and play design with USB cable, no extra power required (USB1.0/USB 1.1/USB2.0)
  • Long cable Length: 250CM

However, this totally unofficially licensed arcade stick does look like a pretty decent buy. Priced at only $53.71/€38 the Qanba quite a bit cheaper than that horrible all plastic Mad Catz $70/€80(gotta love local prices) SE stick. And if you’re still trying to pull off shoryukens with your cursor keys: stop it already.

Let’s just hope the description is wrong instead of the photos. Unless you don’t mind playing on an arcade stick with a boxing kangaroo and a giant panda printed on it.

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