The Game.Com Is The Weirdest Handheld I Have Ever Seen

The GameCom is a handheld released by Tiger Electronics back in the 90s to combat the Gameboy from Nintendo. In a way Tiger actually came up with some great ideas, but executed them poorly. In fact a lot of the ideas were eventually used in future handhelds like the Nintendo DS. Tiger Electronics also managed to get some big name games for the GameCom. Unfortunately none of the games seemed to play well at all.

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[ModernVintageGamer]

This video should have come bundled as a pack in with the system as it's easily the most entertaining thing about it

[gigatigga]

I had completely forgotten about the gamecom! I got one for my 11th birthday and i absolutely LOVED it. When i hear "gamecom active" i had a rush of nostalgia i haven't experienced in a very long time. I had wheel of fortune and the sonic carts but never any of the internet stuff. For an 11 year old, the thing was amazing. At this point in my life i didn't have a computer (they were still pretty rare, especially anything portable) and so this thing was awesome. I remember mostly playing lights out and solitaire while also typing in my family members phone numbers since at the time cell phones with built in phone numbers weren't really a thing a kid would have. Thanks for putting this together, brought back some great memories!

[justinbowman]

No manual? Tiger was really ahead of the times back then.

[DrassRay]

Could you imagine developing for something like this? It must have been more of a nightmare than playing it....

[danielevans]

Before anyone was talking about fps, this system died because of lag. Seeing systems like this reminds me how awesome the Gameboy was for delivering solid gameplay, even though it’s graphics were nothing special.

[lisocampos]

You know what? Im starting to like you. You never wear a hat or a beanie and denim jackets and you take a breath in between your sentences. You show us your real true self. I couldn't find a game channel to sub to but finally subbed. Love your work

[justinbowman]

Calling your customers idiot's is not a good marketing strategy? EA should have remembered that when marketing Battlefield 5.

[nexas]

It’s almost like Nintendo modeled the bottom half of the original DS on this thing.

[Mashamazzi]

Sega: "lmao Sony is a joke"

Also Sega: "let's put sonic on this thing"

[WichoTokoyami]

I felt like I was watching a mix of styles between yours, the Gaming Historian, and LGR in this video. I liked it, can't wait to see more

[treenamcgowan]

I don't even remember hearing about this. My friends all had gameboys and I had a game gear. Watching your video I think I know why I've never heard of it before.

[pigzzry]

Always hard at work. I appreciate the vids

[watzonfilms]

You've gotta make more of these retro console, handheld videos dude I love them! Nice switch up and gives the channel more variety (which is already awesome). Keep up the great work Spawn!

[MisterLiker]

*_AVGN joins the chat_*
"What were they thinking!?"

[RunicSigils]

Ah, those Tiger electronics things. My favorite one was probably the Ninja Gaiden one. My mother's too and she kept playing it long after I got my hands on a GB.

Still have it somewhere in the collection.

[twig-e]

Interesting...I've never heard of this handheld console.

What I really want to see is a breakdown of the Atari Lynx, which was well ahead of it's time. Also ahead of it's time was the Panasonic 3DO home console, another breakdown you should do.

[jimbox]

I picked one of these up in the early 2000's for almost nothing. Ended up giving it to my mom because she liked playing Solitaire at work. Puzzle games were about the only playable games on the system.

[anillusion]

You know I actually had one of these as a kid. Got it from a free clothing center oddly enough. My dad sold it not long after I got it.

[eduardomartin]

I worked at "Media Play" in the 90s. We found 2 systems in the stockroom way after it had been discontinued. We scanned them and they came up at $0.01. So I grabbed one. Lights out was definitely the only good thing about it.

[gulabjamun]

Your tear downs are so informative and interesting as a fellow 90s gamer. I didn't even know this console existed growing up. Am glad I got a Nintendo Gboy back then now that I've seen this video.