Tiger's R-Zone Gives Us I-Ache
Another great scan-related post over at Vintage Computer, and this one looks at Tiger's obscure R-Zone LCD gaming system, which I don't even recall.
RedWolf explains this insanity: "Way back in the land before time (1995), when a little ole company you might have heard of called “Nintendo” was tinkering with its worst gaming experiment ever (Virtual Boy), another company called Tiger Electronics (famous for its handheld LCD games, if you’ll recall), tried to capitalize on the hoopla surrounding Nintendo’s red-headed stepchild."
He continues: "Tiger’s answer was the R-Zone, a LCD-based gaming system that used red-tinted game cartridges and projected them onto a HUD mirror strapped over the player’s pimply forehead (see picture). An extremely uncomfortable-to-hold detached controller held the batteries, and the player plugged the cartridge — each containing its own LCD screen — into the headset. It worked very poorly, as you might imagine; but what more could you expect for $30 (US) MSRP?"
Comments
I remember seeing these things and even the packaging made them look pathetic. It was all too obvious it was an LCD game on crack.
Posted by: d | September 13, 2006 5:58 PM
haha! i remember buying one of these purely out of curiosity. it indeed was headache-inducing, and the games were the typical crappy tiger LCD standalone handheld-type games.
Posted by: bunnyhero | September 14, 2006 12:32 AM