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Forgotten Consoles: Panasonic Q
The Panasonic Q might be a bit familiar to some and it’s not a completely original console. The Q is basically a Gamecube that supports full-size DVD’s as opposed to just mini-DVDs. It’s still easy to pass by, but if you’re going to talk about the Gamecube, this is bound to come up.
The console itself sported a few extra hardware features, but otherwise wasn’t that special.
The Panasonic Q (sometimes known as Q and GameQ) is a hybrid version of the Nintendo GameCube with a DVD player manufactured by Panasonic in cooperation with Nintendo. The system was officially released only in Japan. A feature of its main competitors Xbox and PlayStation 2, the GameCube lacked commercial DVD movie playback functionality due to the use of the Nintendo optical disc format for games and the correspondingly small disc tray. The Q system was licensed by Nintendo and released on December 13, 2001 and listed at US$439.
-Wkipedia
Survival Kids 2 sees fan translation
An old Game Boy favorite of mine, Survival Kids, was definitely overlooked by many at the time. For one, it was an unforeseen genre which just so happens to be so extremely popular nowadays. Released in October 1999 in the US, this game contained gameplay elements that not many games used at the time such as a hunger meter, day and night cycles, a crafting system, multiple endings, puzzle solving, two selectable characters and a fully explorable world. Many of the features could be discovered in a non-linear fashion, Survival Kids is a game about learning how things work and Survival Kids 2 sees fan translationwhat they work with all while exploring a deserted tropical island.
Unfortunately for gamers outside of Japan never saw its sequel: Survival Kids 2. Konami did eventually release more games in the Survival Kids lineage, but renamed the series to Lost in Blue once it reached North America.
Recently however, an English fan translation was released, giving many the chance to finally enjoy the game without the use of language guides.
Mega Man X and X2 played at the same time with ONE controller
A daring feat, one that is mind-boggling at first and conceptually impossible right? Both games are played simultaneously with an SNES controller. When the jump button is pressed, X jumps in both instances, same with the fire button. This method of a playthrough would be hard to pull off with most other games… could we see […]
The NES in a Station Wagon
While popular auto manufacturer, Oldsmobile, is no longer innovating with cars, they were however willing to experiment with video technology in cars. Having a TV set in minivans is and was somewhat popular in many models, but in 1990 they weren’t as prevalent.
Oldsmobile planned to have a Nintendo Entertainment System in the Expression station wagon, installed in the back door of the car.
If this car ever made it out of the concept phase, it would’ve been way ahead of its time.
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