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Many have tried to dethrone the mighty Nintendo from their pedistal built around hand held gaming. Those same companies have failed, some damn near into bankruptcy over their failed hand helds. It takes clout, it takes deep pockets and exclusive titles to even make a dent in the armor that the Game Boy built.
Posts Tagged ‘portable’
A Brief History of Hand Held Gaming and Why Microsoft Xbox Needs to Be Involved
June 15th, 2013 
triverse 
Posted in Android, Editorials, Hardware, ios, News, retro, Sony, Win Phone 
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Geekgoo Closeout: Letcool 350JP Hand Held with Free DHL Shipping
May 8th, 2013 triverse Willgoo, our first and continuing sponsor here at GoB has just let us know that the factory is closing out the Letcool 350JP hand held system (it is able to be connected to your HDTV for play at home too). This special closeout sale is limited to stock on hand, less than 10 available, and [...]
Word Head on iOS Receives Several Updates- More Stable, Better Sound Controls and Dictionary Editing, Oh My
March 22nd, 2013 triverse Word games are extremely popular with our readers, from Spellwood to Writer Rumble to Word Soup (which was recently posted and is holding the top traffic spot). That is cool with us since it gives us reason to focus on more titles in this genre such as Word Head on iOS, which just received a nice [...]
Posted in ios, News Tags: andy kiger, game center, hand held, ios, ipad, iphone, itunes, mini, portable, puzzle, scabble, search, social, spellwood, word, word head, words with friends No Comments »
Yinlips YDPG27 Now Available, 7″ Tablet With Physical Controls
December 12th, 2012 triverse Willgoo, our great partners here at Gaming on Batteries, have just announced that they have the Yinlips YDPG27 in stock and ready for shipping. Check out the specs below on this 7 inch tablet.
Week #2 of The Willgoo Christmas Contests
December 10th, 2012 triverse Willgoo is continuing their contests for the Christmas season, now going on week #2. This week the challenge is “Tell Us What You Think” where they are asking fans to enter with their best slogans. The winner receives a Yinlips YDPG17.
Old School Overhead Scrolling Shooters Return with Raiden Legacy on iOS and Android
December 5th, 2012 triverse The high watermark for overhead shooters has been the Raiden series for years and now, Raiden Legacy brings four of the Raiden titles to iOS and Android. In this package gamers get, Raiden (the original), Raiden Fighters, Raiden Fighters 2 and Raiden Fighters Jet (some SNK naming going on there?).
Rayman Jungle Run Gets Updated
December 4th, 2012 triverse Running games are nothing new, we have seen them in all forms and manners such as One Epic Game and Temple Run but all of them so far have had one thing lacking. Name recognition, a commercially successful character that is well known to fans. Rayman Jungle Run is just that, a running game with [...]
Boulder Dash-XL Digs Its Way Onto iOS Devices Today
November 20th, 2012 triverse Anyone that has played very many indie games, or has been playing games in general for over a decade or two, knows all about the Boulder Dash franchise, or at least a similar title made in its image. Herocraft are back, along with First Star Software, and they just released an update to the Boulder [...]
Posted in ios, News, retro Tags: boulder dash-xl, boulderdash, classic, first star sofware, hand, handheld, held, herocraft, ios, ipad, iphone, ipod touch, itunes, portable, retro, xl No Comments »
Review: Pizza Shop Mania by Digital Chocolate on the Zeepad 7″ Android Tablet
October 28th, 2012 triverse Time management games are all over the mobile market, almost as prolific as Bejeweled clones are. We have seen sushi bars, restaurants, nightclubs and many other facets of general life hit the time management trail, now we have pizzarias in Pizza Shop Mania (missed opportunity for advertising include Little Caesar’s, Pizza Hut and Dominoes just [...]
Posted in Android, ios, News, Reviews Tags: 4.0, android, bejeweled, digital chocolate, diner dash, flo, game, gamer, games, gaming, google, hand held, handheld, ice cream sandwich, ics, mania, match 3, pizza, portable, recipe, review, shop, store, three, time management, toppings, zeepad No Comments »
Bandit Gaming: Cave Story for PSP
October 7th, 2012 triverse When I first started playing Cave Story on PSP, I didn’t “get it”, I thought it was rediculous- pushing DOWN to enter doors, really? Then after I got over my problems with a few design choices like that, I became the recipient of what I have come to call my latest digital addiction. Playing into [...]
Posted in Bandit Gaming, News, Sony Tags: bandit gaming, cave story, game, gamer, games, gaming, hand held, homebrew, playstation, port, portable, psp, sony, video No Comments »
PSP Horror Titles Feature- Manhunt 2
October 3rd, 2012 Modern Zorker Continuing the horror titles on PSP from the third issue of Gaming on Batteries Magazine, we have Manhunt 2 – Otherwise known as that murder simulator from Rockstar by more squeamish media types, the second game in this series doesn’t try to scare you with hordes of rampaging zombies or blood-thirsty vampires. It just puts [...]
PSP Horror Titles Feature- Dead Head Fred
October 2nd, 2012 Modern Zorker Continuing the horror titles on PSP from the third issue of Gaming on Batteries Magazine, we have Dead Head Fred – It’s often said that game designers must have a screw loose somewhere, but nowhere in the portable gaming scene is this more accurate than this utterly unique tale of a hard-boiled detective who gets killed [...]
Posted in Editorials, News, Sony Tags: 3d action, adventure, d3 publisher, dead head fred, halloween, horror, playstation, portable, psp, sony, zombie No Comments »
Samurai Empire Coming to iOS Platform
October 2nd, 2012 triverse Fusing two different genres in gaming is a dangerous proposition, few titles actually pull it off well and become more than their parts. We saw Role Playing Games and Bejeweled mixed in Puzzle Quest and many other mixes over the years. Samurai Empire is the first to mix city building with card based battles with [...]
Posted in ios, News Tags: apple, battle, card, city buidling, game, gamer, games, gaming, genre mix, hand held, ios, ipad, iphone, ipod touch, itunes, nubee, portable, puzzle quest, resource management, role playing game, rpg, samurai, video, videogame No Comments »
Preview- Indestructible by Glu Mobile on the Zeepad 7″ Android Tablet
October 1st, 2012 triverse I am a huge fan of Twisted Metal, I came into knowing about the game series from reading Gamefan Magazine and finally took the plunge when I saw that the local Electronics Boutique had Twisted Metal 2 in stock and a used PSOne on sale. The closest that portables have gotten to having a legitimate [...]
Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask Confirmed for U.S. Release
September 1st, 2012 Dustin Vogler Everyone start preparing your brain pans now, Professor Layton’s first foray into 3D space is coming. This iteration will come with 150 new puzzles, with one additional puzzle that will be distributed daily through the Nintendo Network. This will continue for one year after launch, totaling 365 downloadable puzzles.
