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  • The Tiger Game.com handheld system. The name is pronounced "Game Com", not "Game Dot Com".
    The Tiger Game.com handheld system. The name is pronounced "Game Com", not "Game Dot Com".

History

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Development

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The Game.com was preceded by the R-Zone.

Launch

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The Game.com was launched in the United States in September of 1997 at a cost of about $69.95.[1][2][3] The game console launch was marred by a commercial which backfired.[4]

Legacy

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The Game.com was discontinued in 2000, and sold under 300,000 consoles.[3][5]

Technology

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Compute

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The Game.com uses an 8-bit Sharp SM8521 CPU clocked at 4.9152 megahertz.[3][6]

Hardware

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The Game.com could use an external modem with a speed of 14.4 kbit/s to connect to the internet.[7]

Notable games

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  • Sonic Jam
  • Resident Evil 2
  • Duke Nukem 3D
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Console

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Accessories

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  • Game.com modem
    Game.com modem
  • Weblink cable
    Weblink cable
  • Com cable
    Com cable
  • Lights Out cartridge
    Lights Out cartridge

External Resources

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Wikipedia has related information at Game.com

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Game.com

References

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 Parts of this page are based on materials from:
 Wikipedia: the free encyclopedia.
  1. ↑ "My Biggest Tech Regret: Tiger Game Com". TechnoBuffalo. 29 November 2014. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
  2. ↑ "I Miss Simple Video Games That Didn't Try Too Hard". Gizmodo. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
  3. ↑ a b c "Tiger Game.com 101: A Beginner's Guide". RetroGaming with Racketboy. 21 August 2011. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
  4. ↑ "Tiger Game.com (1997-2000)". Bad Game Hall of Fame. 13 March 2017. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  5. ↑ "The 10 Worst-Selling Handhelds of All Time Feature on GamePro.com". web.archive.org. 13 October 2007. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
  6. ↑ "Tiger Game.com's SM8521 clock speed is incorrect, instructions have wrong cycle counts too · Issue #7303 · mamedev/mame". GitHub. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
  7. ↑ "Tiger Game.Com - Game Console - Computing History". www.computinghistory.org.uk. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
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