Metal Gear Solid - Game.com

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  1. Tachikoma

    Tachikoma Officer at Arms

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    Anyone got any info about this? im sure it's been posted before, but saw a mention of it in a mag, and was curious.
     
  2. AntiPasta

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    Extrapolation of empirically obtained data leads me to believe it's shit :-D
     
  3. ASSEMbler

    ASSEMbler Administrator Staff Member

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    They actually made that for game.com??
     
  4. retro

    retro Resigned from mod duty 15 March 2018

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    [​IMG]

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    Thanks to thesnakesoup.com for this informative article, from which the pictures are taken.

    It was never released, by the way.
     
  5. Paulo

    Paulo PoeticHalo

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    Kinda loooks decent doesnt it...
     
  6. ASSEMbler

    ASSEMbler Administrator Staff Member

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    I say hoax, it has the gbc style logo,
     
  7. AntiPasta

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    I had a small catalog with my Game.com that listed about 10 unreleased games with screenshots and info (including some Madden game, a "virtual pet" game with some weird hardware built *into* the cartridge and Castlevania) but I sold it a long time ago :-(

    And if the MGS for Game.com ROM ever gets dumped, it still wouldnt have been of much use as the system isnt emulated - last time I checked, even the processor type was not known.
     
  8. wombat

    wombat SEGA!

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    wow didnt know about the existince of the unreleased game, ah well maybe it was better that I didnt know.. now I need to be on the look out :p
     
  9. SilverBolt

    SilverBolt Insert relevant title here

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    Aantipasta i still have that little booklet.

    I've listed all games in the booklet i don't know which were unreleased but someone on this board might know:

    Castlevania: symphony of the night
    Resident Evil 2
    Duke Nukem 3D
    NBA live '99 which is whopping big cart with built in battery backup
    Madden Football '99 again with the backup battery
    Holyfield boxing
    Mortal kombat trilogy
    Small soldiers
    Jurassic park: The lost world
    Monopoly
    Name that Tune
    Giga pets deluxe which is kinda tamagochi style with built in backup battery
    Lights out
    Henkry: match the sounds memory game

    And a bunch of hardware like:

    the compete.com link cable
    Game.com external 14K4 modem
    Game.com internet cart icluding Delphi internet service subscription
     
  10. retro

    retro Resigned from mod duty 15 March 2018

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    Castlevania - unreleased
    Resident Evil 2 - released
    Duke Nukem 3D - released
    NBA live '99 - unreleased
    Madden Football '99 - unreleased
    Holyfield Boxing - unreleased
    Mortal Kombat Trilogy - released
    Small Soldiers - unreleased
    The Lost World: Jurassic Park - released
    Monopoly - released
    Name That Tune - unreleased
    Giga Pets Deluxe - unreleased (although there's a pic of the box)
    Lights Out - released
    Henkry (you mean Henry??) - released (there's a listing for Henry)

    Link Cable - released
    Modem - unreleased
    Internet Cart - released (needs modem possibly!!)

    N.B. one site shows the Internet Cart and says it needs the Modem. The FAQ says the modem was unreleased!!

    Have a look here for some info on the system, they also cover the Game.com pro.

    Also, check out the FAQ.
     
  11. AntiPasta

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    I'm pretty sure the modem wasreleased though...
     
  12. retro

    retro Resigned from mod duty 15 March 2018

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    Well, it makes sense really, doesn't it? Why would they release the cart but not the modem? It'd be like releasing DreamKey but not the modem!!
     
  13. I don't believe an actual modem was released - I think the internet cart had hardware for linking up to a generic external modem. I think.
     
  14. TheDeathcoaster

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    I have the internet starter kit for the Game.gom and it comes with a funky looking Serial adapter that was supposed to connect to a generic external model OR to the Game.com modem.

    However, I do not know if the Game.com Modem was released. I do, however, know the game.com is shite ¬_¬ But I would love a proto of SotN or MGS for it :|
     
  15. g_sepp

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    Why would anyone want a game.com... i once bought one by with out knowing i was searching ebay for fighters mega mix for saturn and won the bid. But the dude sent me fighters megamix for game.com. I was so pissed..
     
  16. Tachikoma

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    I still fancy picking one up, hell I enjoyed the GameKing, I would probably love the game.com lol
     
  17. Hawanja

    Hawanja Ancient Deadly Ninja Baby

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    I got mine for like $15 at a Toy liqiudators store. The games pretty much suck (Fighters Megamix has like 2-step animations.)
     
  18. TheDeathcoaster

    TheDeathcoaster Game Developer

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    The Game.com is a curse on mankind.

    I got mine second hand (NEver been played though, and I know why!) for about £8 then bought a few games for it. I then got the Game.com internet cart on a whim on ebay.

    Basically, it cost me very little in money......but in reality, it cost me my soul :| The system is just _so_ bad. Everytime I think about the fact I actually paid money for it makes me want to vomit blood through my eyeballs.

    I hate the Game.com >_<
     
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