While not the first gaming handheld ever, the Microvision was the first to use interchangeable cartridges all the way back in 1979. This would not be replicated again until 1989’s Nintendo Game Boy. [wpdevart_youtube width=”640″...
Remember the Mini Nt? If your memory is a bit foggy (happens to all of us as we age, don’t worry) the Nt was an aftermarket NES manufactured by Analogue, Inc. It wasn’t just any run of the mill NOAC console, though, as it ran on FPGA hardware, was fabricated from a...
The Vectrex was the first and only console for the home market that used vectors instead of raster graphics. It was also the first to support a peripheral for 3D (several years before the SMS’s 3-D Glasses). For all its merits, though (including the fact it had...
Armed, also referred to as Aftermath, was to be a game released on the Sega Saturn and PlayStation towards the end of 1996. Developed by Point of View and originally to be published by Interplay, Armed had you playing as a special agent named Vic as he blasted robots...
After covering Nintendo’s Satellaview and the SEGA Channel, we’re taking a look at the actual first instance of video game ‘streaming’ on demand – The PlayCable. Using a cable TV connection (much like the SEGA Channel) but instead all the...