Talk:Game.com

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The links "handheld" and "console" should probably target the dedicated page hand held console.

Malcohol 09:53 9 Jul 2003 (UTC)

First Internet Console

Sega Saturn's Netlink was released in 1996, a year before Game.com launched, and provided users the ability to surf the web, among other things. I didn't change the information here, but I believe what is listed is incorrect. Thanks.

No, it clearly and correctly says it's the first console to "include" it. Please sign your post. — Smuckola(talk) 03:18, 29 April 2021 (UTC)

Two cartridge slots

I am curious about the statement "although later models reverted to the industry-standard single slot." I bought my game.com after manufacturing was halted and when the retailers were heavily discounting them to clear out the inventory, but mine has two cartridge slots. Were many of the single slot versions made? -Armaced 01:05, 18 January 2006 (UTC)

Your game.com might have been on the shelf before the release of the game.com PocketPro.

The big one showed in the pic has two slots, a smaller version, then a smaller version with a backlight were released, both with only one cart slot. --Thaddius 13:04, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

i bought mine a long time ago and it broke 3 weeks after i got it. it was not in the box though it was in plastic and did not come with a game so i bought duke nuke-um 3d and the arcade one.after it broke i returned to the store and ask them if they had a another one and they laught at me. over all it was a crap hand held....

In my experience with the two slot system, some permutations of cartridges just didn't work! Either the game startup animation would freeze, or one/both carts wouldn't be detected. 68.0.226.163 02:00, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

That's probably due to a poor connection 'tween the cart and the system. It's possible that the contacts on those games you tried are dirty. It's also possible that the system sucks (the latter is more likely). --Thaddius (talk) 13:16, 8 September 2008 (UTC)

Slight edit

I modified one sentence in the game.com article.

Original version:

"When game.com was discontinued, no handheld games console would be made with a touchscreen until the coming of the Nintendo DS."

My new version:

"After the game.com was discontinued, the next handheld game console to feature a touch screen was the Nintendo DS, which debuted in 2004."

The new sentence has a better structure and is more specific.

-R

That part seems extremely irrelevant, and as it's written currently it creates a false image of the DS (it suggests the DS is a rip-off of the Game.com when in fact the DS' second cartridge slot is for GBA games and its internet abilities are the same as other modern consoles, very different from game.com's). I'm getting rid of it. -Unknownwarrior33 01:07, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

R doesn't even mention the second cartridge slot, what are you worried about? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 212.146.47.250 (talk) 11:43, 13 May 2007 (UTC).

Maybe the European (England) release should be mentioned, the game.com was sold with 'Lights Out' and 'Batman and Robin' included, as seen on the packing box: (http://videogamecollectors.com/gallery/album345/tiger_game_com_1). Also, if you purchased the game.com upon release in the UK, you received a letter from Tiger with an apology stating that 'Batman and Robin' is not available yet, and we enclosed a free copy of 'Wheel of Fortune' and a SASE to send to us for sending you B&R in return when it becomes available. Basically, you got three free games with game.com in UK: http://videogamecollectors.com/gallery/album345/tiger_game_com_games_8

Cancelled games

• A Bug's Life
• Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
• Command and Conquer: Red Alert
• Deer Hunter
• Furbyland
• GigaPets Deluxe
• Godzilla
• Holyfield Boxing
• Madden Football '99
• Metal Gear Solid
• Mulligan's Golf Challenge
• Mutoids
• Name That Tune
• NASCAR Racing
• NBA Hangtime
• NBA Live '99
• Pocket Fisherman
• The Price is Right
• Rugrats
• Small Soldiers
• Turok: Dinosaur Hunter
• WCW Whiplash
• The X-Files

Can anyone find any reliable sources stating that these games were planned to be released? All I can find are sketchy fansites and usenet posts, neither of which really pass WP:RS muster. - A Man In Bl♟ck (conspire | past ops) 19:35, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

“ A game.com enthusiast with Usenet access created the newsgroup alt.games.video.tiger.game-com (Google Groups link below) shortly after the handheld's release in 1997. This group served as a focus point for game.com owners, with often-heated discussion about the handheld's future and merits relative to other systems; as well as reviews of existing games and speculation about future releases. Tiger representatives sometimes posted using the now-defunct America Online account "TigerGcom." At one point, a gameplay video of the never-released Metal Gear Solid was distributed among group members. Most of the information about unreleased games herein was gleaned from postings to alt.games.video.tiger.game-com. ”

Likewise this; do we have any independent verification that any of this is true, beyond the usenet posts themselves? - A Man In Bl♟ck (conspire | past ops) 19:36, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

I've marked the two sections you've mentioned as OR until I can get around to sourcing them. Most of the unreleased games were announced via the box art/packaging on games that were released for game.com. TheNewMinistry 22:43, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

Please don't put them back into the article until they're sourced to a reliable source. They've been up for years without a reference, and, frankly, it's an embarassment. - A Man In Bl♟ck (conspire | past ops) 22:48, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

More specifically, most of these games were detailed in a small catalog that came with the last wave of releases for the console. However, it doesn't seem prudent to me to cite something that someone would have to scour eBay for, and the catalog probably can't be included in the Wikimedia Commons. So it may be best to wait until it is hosted offsite someplace and can be linked to. istewart 09:28, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

I would regard such a catalog as a perfectly valid resource, regardless of whether it is hosted on-line.--Malcohol 11:59, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

IGN and game.com version

http://search.ign.com/products?qtype=0&query=Metal+Gear+Solid+game.com&objtName=all&sort=date&so=exact&ns=true&genNav=true&x=0&y=0 75.4.200.230 22:52, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

Game commies

It could be worth mentioning that the hacker group "game commies" gets their "commies" name from the first post on game.com's newsgroup. If you read the messsage somebody replies and makes a joke about people who like the "com" would be called "Commies" and then were like uhhh maybe not. It's post 2422 i believe if you are wondering. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.129.235.101 (talk) 23:46, 22 August 2009 (UTC)

File:Tiger-Game-Com-FL.jpg to appear as POTD soon

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Picture of the day

The Game.com is a fifth-generation handheld video game console manufactured by Tiger Electronics. Designed as a competitor to Nintendo's Game Boy series, it was released in September 1997. It sold less than 300,000 units and was discontinued in 2000 as a commercial failure.Photograph: Evan Amos

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First touch screen console

The Bandai Denshi Manga Juku and Philips In2it both predate this console, and both contain touchscreens. This conflicts with the claim that "The Game.com was the first video game console to feature a touchscreen" Porotoman99 (talk) 00:34, 30 October 2023 (UTC)