what happened to them

kidw/32+systems · Post by **kidw/32+systems** » Sat Apr 23, 2005 7:38 pm

what happened to the N-gage and the Zodiac
i never herd anything about these systems besides ads
does any one have one

soundwave · Post by **soundwave** » Sat Apr 23, 2005 7:43 pm

Is N-Gage the ultra-mega-cell-phone deal? I think it's still around.

What the hecks a Zodiac?

Post by **Triton** » Sat Apr 23, 2005 7:47 pm

he means the tapwave zodiac its a gaming pda, i prefer the GP32 tho

kidw/32+systems · Post by **kidw/32+systems** » Sat Apr 23, 2005 7:52 pm

go to [url]www.tapwave.com[/url]
i think it is along the same lines as a PSP

Post by **bicostp** » Sat Apr 23, 2005 7:54 pm

Yeah, the N-Gage is the super-mega-fun-joy-mech-cellphone thing. Didn't it have 3D graphics and a really small screen?

Niku-Sama · Post by **Niku-Sama** » Sat Apr 23, 2005 8:36 pm

thats the one, nokia trying to get a 1 up on psp and DS in both markets while adding another useless feature to a cell phone...basicly...they faild...

from what i have seen the 3d is worse than that of a super NES...and the controlls would have to be absoultly horrible

RNS0504 · Post by **RNS0504** » Sat Apr 23, 2005 9:22 pm

Didn't nokia come out with the ngage-q or something? like an updated version

Post by **bicostp** » Sat Apr 23, 2005 9:32 pm

It was just smaller. (the screen on both was puny if you ask me. They became the modern-day neogeo pocket systems.

poopiesman · Post by **poopiesman** » Sat Apr 23, 2005 9:33 pm

they did rerelease it. the rerelease changed the cell phone to hold better(for lack of pictures & words) and a better D-pad,but it(obviously) still failed

Edit: damn, you beat me by a minute to it...

Alchemist · Post by **Alchemist** » Sun Apr 24, 2005 8:50 am

RNS0504 wrote:Didn't nokia come out with the ngage-q or something? like an updated version

Called the N-gage QD. It did sort out some of the more obvious design flaws of the first (having to take the battery out to change game, for instance). It still had the crap screen ratio though - 3:4 (higher than it is wide, hopeless for side scrolling games like Sonic). They removed the MP3 playback function too as I recall.

Mr. Cool · Post by **Mr. Cool** » Sun Apr 24, 2005 11:51 am

I think there were only three games for the NGage (I think theyre still sold at gamestop). I think they were sonic Tony Hawk and Duke Nukem, and they all stunk. I tfailed as a portable video game system, and it failed even more as a phone. Why do they keep making them? Theyre like $400, and $50 a game. Its stupid.

Alchemist · Post by **Alchemist** » Sun Apr 24, 2005 11:56 am

I've seen the original N-gage new for Â£50 (bear in mind that's even cheaper than it seems in US standards thanks to your current economy/strength of the pound/whatnot), and there's certainly more than three games, but yeah, it still sucks.

*o* · Post by ***o*** » Sun Apr 24, 2005 3:10 pm

i bought an n-gage for AU$100 (us $60 gbp35) and a 1gb mem card it is great i have all the games as rom (http://www.ngage-addicts.uni.cc i watch videos and use it as an mp3 devie it roks man!!!

Mr. Cool · Post by **Mr. Cool** » Sun Apr 24, 2005 4:25 pm

Wow that ssurprising. Where did you get it?

cyco vision · Post by **cyco vision** » Sun Apr 24, 2005 4:41 pm

N-Gage is a waste. Too bulky to be a cell-phone, to small to be a handheld system.

Zodiac is alright, but it cost twice as much as a PSP. No real point of getting a system that will only have 1/4 the support the PSP/DS will have.

PSP is worth it, unless you plan on getting it solely for media. That's just silly. But if you would like a movie on it, possibly some ROMs, a bit of music, and great games get a PSP.

Emulation is going to be the awesome and hopefully the easy on the PSP.