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After their failed Game Boy competitor the Tiger Game.com came out in August of 1997, three years later in 2000 Tiger Electronics experimented with a new set of tabletop games called '''Tabletop Arcade Games'''. The games came in a small tabletop design with a small LCD screen and would fold out to show the small screen.


In the year 2000 after the Game.com came and went Tiger experimented with making a new generation of Handheld LCD games called "Tabletop Arcade games". The games themselves came in a console that was shaped like an arcade machine, had a detachable joystick (detached it would just be a d-pad), easily fit in your pocket, and had a pixel LCD screen.  
The screen was designed like a Nintendo Game Boy. The pixels on the screen were packed next to each other and would light up to simulate movement. These were more advanced compared to their earlier handhelds, which could only display static monochrome images that would light up.


The Pixel LCD effect was done by having a bunch of LCD pixels put together and as a result, had way less graphical limitation and was capable of displaying a full game rather than a traditional LCD game which was extremely limited and primitive. This was used for the Game Boy, tamagotchi series the Radica cube world series, and many more toys and systems.
In total, five of these games were released, with each being,''Q*bert'', ''NFL Blitz 2000'', ''Ready 2 Rumble Boxing'', ''Hydro Thunder'', and ''Sonic Adventure''. All of them were ports of games from Sega's home console at the time, the Dreamcast.


The games themselves weren't arcade games per say but were mainly ports of various Dreamcast games (Like Sonic Adventure). The series had 5 games Q-Bert, NFL Blitz 2000, Ready 2 Rumble Boxing, Hydro Thunder and Sonic Adventure. All of them were ports of Dreamcast games of the same name. None of the games are easily available to the public anymore as they were taken out of circulation possibly around the time Tiger Electronics joined Hasbro and thus have not resurfaced since then. Most of the games have no gameplay footage or screenshots available leaving their gameplay a mystery But all the games (except NFL Blitz 2000) do have some images of the console it comes in with the game turned off. Sometimes still in the box.
==''Sonic Adventure''==
[[File:SonicAdventureLCDGameTiger.jpg|thumb|A picture of the ''Sonic Adventure'' tabletop game.]]
In this game, the player plays as Sonic as they run through 3D levels similar to the Dreamcast version of the game. Just like his other games, Sonic can jump, spindash, and can perform a homing attack. There are also boss levels, such as the one seen in the videos titled "Chaos 0". While it has all of the levels from the Dreamcast version of ''Sonic Adventure'', the game has unique stage names, set pieces, and bosses.


Occasionally one of the games will briefly turn up on E bay but usually will quickly be bought out by someone.  
Two cheat codes are known to exist. One of them being if the player types in "Rings" they would get infinite lives. The other code is if the player types in "Boss", they would get a "Boss Rush" mode. The game likely has other codes, but no other ones have been confirmed.
One Youtuber by the name of "Tales From IDeath" has found a copy of Sonic Adventure and in 2014 uploaded a let's play video of it on YouTube however he has no intentions of releasing it anytime soon. This footage is regarded as the only footage of the sonic adventure game, or any of the "Tiger Tabletop Arcade" series on the internet.


[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKYWUfAgX98 The only footage of Sonic Adventure on Youtube.]
==Availibility==
So far, not a single unit is readably accessible, despite all of them being known to exist. Sometimes one has appeared on eBay but often the console is purchased shortly afterward. Pictures exist of each of the games themselves but only two of the games have gameplay footage online. YouTuber "Tales From IDeath" has found a copy of the ''Sonic Adventure'' game and in 2014 uploaded a gameplay video of it on YouTube. However, he has no intention of releasing it anytime soon. In addition, YouTuber Sr101 also found a ''Sonic Adventure'' game and uploaded his own video as well. YouTube user SSBPeridot found the game ''NFL Blitz 2000'' and has uploaded a video of it onto their channel. Besides that, the other three have been proved to exist through photos, but sadly no footage of them has been released, nor has any of them have been dumped online.


[http://atariage.com/forums/topic/250748-the-obscure-tiger-tabletop-arcade-games/ The Atariage page.]
==Videos==
 
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[http://www.handheldmuseum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2193&highlight=&sid=6a7835b137d8c85a7303d53f6eba36c3 The Handheld Museum page.]
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  |description1 =The video of the ''Sonic Adventure'' tabletop game.
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  |description2 =The video of ''NFL Blitz 2000''.
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  |description3 =Another video of the ''Sonic Adventure'' tabletop game.
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==Gallery==
<gallery mode=packed heights=175px>
Qbert tabletop arcade game.jpg|''Q*bert''
Sonic adventure tabletop arcade.jpg|''Sonic Adventure''
Ready 2 rumble tabletop arcade.jpg|''Ready 2 Rumble Boxing''
Hydro tabletop arcade.jpg|''Hydro Thunder''
NFL Blitz tabletop arcade.png|''NFL Blitz 2000''
</gallery>
==External Links==
*[http://atariage.com/forums/topic/250748-the-obscure-tiger-tabletop-arcade-games/ The Atariage page on the tabletop arcade games released by Tiger Electronics.] Retrieved 22 Aug '16
*[http://www.handheldmuseum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2193&highlight=&sid=6a7835b137d8c85a7303d53f6eba36c3 The Handheld Museum page on the tabletop games.] Retrieved 22 Aug '16
*[https://board.sonicstadium.org/topic/18380-sonic-adventure-lcd-game/ A Sonic Stadium board topic on the ''Sonic Adventure'' LCD game.] Retrieved 22 Feb '17


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Latest revision as of 19:36, 12 May 2020

Qbert tabletop arcade game.jpg

The Q*bert system, one of the five units.

Status: Lost

After their failed Game Boy competitor the Tiger Game.com came out in August of 1997, three years later in 2000 Tiger Electronics experimented with a new set of tabletop games called Tabletop Arcade Games. The games came in a small tabletop design with a small LCD screen and would fold out to show the small screen.

The screen was designed like a Nintendo Game Boy. The pixels on the screen were packed next to each other and would light up to simulate movement. These were more advanced compared to their earlier handhelds, which could only display static monochrome images that would light up.

In total, five of these games were released, with each being,Q*bert, NFL Blitz 2000, Ready 2 Rumble Boxing, Hydro Thunder, and Sonic Adventure. All of them were ports of games from Sega's home console at the time, the Dreamcast.

Sonic Adventure

A picture of the Sonic Adventure tabletop game.

In this game, the player plays as Sonic as they run through 3D levels similar to the Dreamcast version of the game. Just like his other games, Sonic can jump, spindash, and can perform a homing attack. There are also boss levels, such as the one seen in the videos titled "Chaos 0". While it has all of the levels from the Dreamcast version of Sonic Adventure, the game has unique stage names, set pieces, and bosses.

Two cheat codes are known to exist. One of them being if the player types in "Rings" they would get infinite lives. The other code is if the player types in "Boss", they would get a "Boss Rush" mode. The game likely has other codes, but no other ones have been confirmed.

Availibility

So far, not a single unit is readably accessible, despite all of them being known to exist. Sometimes one has appeared on eBay but often the console is purchased shortly afterward. Pictures exist of each of the games themselves but only two of the games have gameplay footage online. YouTuber "Tales From IDeath" has found a copy of the Sonic Adventure game and in 2014 uploaded a gameplay video of it on YouTube. However, he has no intention of releasing it anytime soon. In addition, YouTuber Sr101 also found a Sonic Adventure game and uploaded his own video as well. YouTube user SSBPeridot found the game NFL Blitz 2000 and has uploaded a video of it onto their channel. Besides that, the other three have been proved to exist through photos, but sadly no footage of them has been released, nor has any of them have been dumped online.

Videos

The video of the Sonic Adventure tabletop game.

The video of NFL Blitz 2000.

Another video of the Sonic Adventure tabletop game.

Gallery

  • Q*bert

    Q*bert

  • Sonic Adventure

    Sonic Adventure

  • Ready 2 Rumble Boxing

    Ready 2 Rumble Boxing

  • Hydro Thunder

    Hydro Thunder

  • NFL Blitz 2000

    NFL Blitz 2000

External Links

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