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Hasbro is re-releasing old LCD Tiger Electronics handhelds from the 90's (including Sonic 3)
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Oh my god WHY!?
I'm having traumatic memories just thinking about them! Shit was hooooorrible even back then! I can't imagine a single human even has fond memories for those! 😖😖
I'm having traumatic memories just thinking about them! Shit was hooooorrible even back then! I can't imagine a single human even has fond memories for those! 😖😖
it's morphin' time
My friend had this one. For the life me we could not figure out how to play it.
Hell, I think that was the case with most of those games. It's as if they were just pretending to be a game and fooling us with an elaborate illusion.
Why.
I mean, you can get an actual game via those mini arcade machines for the same price (or less) at the moment - like Centipede: https://www.walmart.com/ip/Arcade-Classics-Centipede-Mini-Arcade-Game/126129499
Also takes AAs, and best of all it's not a pile of shit.
I mean, you can get an actual game via those mini arcade machines for the same price (or less) at the moment - like Centipede: https://www.walmart.com/ip/Arcade-Classics-Centipede-Mini-Arcade-Game/126129499
Also takes AAs, and best of all it's not a pile of shit.
You had to use your imagination and literally fill in the blanks half the time lol! Lack of proper animation or basic movement made most of these needlessly complicated to even understand.
These sucked, but I'd probably be dumb enough to buy the Sonic 3 one. I had a Sonic one as a kid, though I don't quite remember which one. I think you had to avoid bombs being thrown from a Coconuts badnik.
True. And the 1 second delay between when your character disappears and then reappears in the next "position" made it super confusing.
There's a point where these companies reach too far for that gaming nostalgia itch. This is that point. These things are crap.
lol for real. Every character became a master teleporter.
They sucked back in the day. They were only played for lack of options. Which is why Ibplayer the hell out of the TMNT one.
These things were always terrible.
The Sonic 3 in OP was the only version of Sonic I owned until the Dreamcast came along.
The Sonic 3 in OP was the only version of Sonic I owned until the Dreamcast came along.
If they release the Jurassic Park one, I'm in. It's the only one I remember, although I think I had 2 or 3 others.
When I was a kid, I stole a Tiger Golden Axe game from the Eaton's toy department.
Not my proudest moment. :(
Not my proudest moment. :(
Cool, I still have my Sonic 1, 2 and Underground ones from back in the day so I'd be in the market for this. Curious why they are saying they are "inspired" by the originals though, some of the parts they used are likely not being produced any more but I don't see why these would be anything less than 100% accurate reprints.
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They re-releasing these handhelds is not a big surprise for me.. there's nostalgia for anything and I'm sure even for those things.. but getting to re-release Sonic 3 is beyond funny.
Transformers I believe is Hasbro owned and Disney is cool licensing their IPs lately (Little Mermaid and X-Men),.. but SEGA having such a hard time to re-release the real Sonic 3 and they make this deal lol.
in fact, I'm not even sure how these were made back then, since SEGA had their own handheld at the time :T
Transformers I believe is Hasbro owned and Disney is cool licensing their IPs lately (Little Mermaid and X-Men),.. but SEGA having such a hard time to re-release the real Sonic 3 and they make this deal lol.
in fact, I'm not even sure how these were made back then, since SEGA had their own handheld at the time :T
I had Ninja Gaiden by them, it was terrible.I got the first DD.
I don't get why this is getting as much hate as it is--they're targeted to a specific, nostalgic audience.. I grew up playing these and have fond memories of them. I'll be buying the Sonic and X-Men versions for my kids.
I have major nostalgia for these, because my parents let me have these before I was allowed to own any "real" video games - first was a GameBoy years later. I definitely had the Sonic 3 one, which I remember being especially bad compared to some of the others I owned. I remember thinking the design of Sonic in the Sonic 2 one was very cute and cool looking, while the design in Sonic 3 looked gangly and awkward and dumb. And having to press a button to "Pick" rings up is ridiculous! Come on!
I'll probably still buy the re-issued Sonic 3 to revisit it.
I'll probably still buy the re-issued Sonic 3 to revisit it.
Why are they just rereleasing these pieces of garbage? Why not create actual games with more than 3 fps. Take the game ideas, turn them into actual games with real color lcd screens and sell those. Have actual animations and shit. dont just rerelease this garbage.
These were bad games at the time.
no one should play them.
no one should play them.
3 Frames Per Screen
What's the market for these? Surely someone nostalgic for these can just get one on ebay for likely the same price new, if it's just a replica then what's the point? They weren't super fun or classics like some Game and Watch titles.
When I read the news I thought it'd be a handheld that would have a bunch of tiger releases in a collection, now that would've had some type of appeal, but this? It's priced way too high for what it is.
When I read the news I thought it'd be a handheld that would have a bunch of tiger releases in a collection, now that would've had some type of appeal, but this? It's priced way too high for what it is.
You know, while these games are generally terrible, I legitimately wish Parker Brothers would re-release the Jumanji LCD game, because it was actually pretty awesome. I'd describe it as a party-based RPG of sorts that uses dice and items for battles. It also has various mini-games built in. It's pretty ambitious when you consider the format.
