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Brazil's TecToy cranks out Mega Drive Portable handheld

While Sega's Nomad handheld didn't exactly take off, Brazil's TecToy nonetheless looks to be ready to take its own shot at a portable Genesis console, although it's new "Mega Drive Portable" appears to be decidedly more limited than Sega's offering. The biggest drawback, as you might have guessed, is that the handheld drops the clunky cartridges in favor of twenty built-in games, including Altered Beast, Ecco, Kid Chameleon, and Sonic & Knuckles, to name a few.

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IGNFTW6024d ago

THAT DOESNT HAVE A CARTRIDGE SLOT?I SMELL A FAILURE

Biphter6024d ago (Edited 6024d ago )

If its anything like the other GOAC (Genesis on a chip) Devices made by TecToy (and other more dodgy device makers) then it shouldn't be too hard to hack the circuit and add a full blown cart port. They usually have a soldered ROM that contains all the games, if you desolder this rom and replace the lines with a cart port thats usually the ticket. I bet Ben Heck is drooling over this one! ;)

BISHOP-BRASIL6023d ago

I don't like TecToy... They have the rights to produce SEGA consoles, but they quit DreamCast as soon as they can, and go produce cheap old 8 bit and 16 bit consoles in a new case... So, when my DreamCast have broken, and I need they to cover the warranty they have "skiped the production of this videogame" (some hardware components was needed to fix it). I feel alone out there in the rain... They are a famous toy factor in Brazil, but they sh!t on videogames after the Mega Drive/Genesis...

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RTX 50 series cooling tested up to 600W, but users want Nvidia to fix the adapter first

Nvidia is allegedly testing GPU coolers to handle up to 600W for the 50 series, reigniting discussion of melting 16-pin connectors.

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A Matter Of Trust: What The Game Industry Should Do To Win Gamers Back

Skewed and Reviewed have written an Opinion Piece covering issues in the gaming industry, how current issues were issues years ago, and what can be done to help restore consumer trust.

anast19h ago

Nothing. It's up to the gamers to stop consuming content from companies that they don't agree with.

Garethvk5h ago

How do you know if you agree with it or not unless you play it? Which without conventions forces gamers to rely on trailers. Perhaps Demos should be made more frequently. But companies need to do better as well.

anast5h ago

Wait until release. Watch Gameplay. Exercise patience.

Garethvk5h ago

But is that not what they have now? Tons of gameplay or are you talking about watching actual gamers play it versus the trailers and streams? The big issue is that some companies pay streamers and influencers and they create content but for me; that is hardly a fair, unbiased, and factual look at a game.

1nsomniac9h ago

Get rid of the suits in the industry and job done!!

Garethvk5h ago

They usually are attached to the money sadly. It would be nice to have gamers in charge but you have so much money invested that business people are needed. Hence the issue; you need people who know business but are also gamers who know have an eye to the community. It sounds simple in theory that if you give gamers quality games that they want to play; money will be made. But that is not always so.

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I didn't expect to save $500 on this epic Samsung Odyssey G9 curved gaming monitor deal at Amazon

Kelsey writes: "Samsung is one of the best in the game and we've just spotted a gaming monitor deal out of this world with the Samsung G9 Odyssey at Amazon."