Tiger Electronics "Tabletop Arcade Games" (lost pixel LCD game series; 2000): Difference between revisions

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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
Sonic Adventure
Ready 2 Rumble Boxing
Hydro Thunder
NFL Blitz 2000

External Links

The Atariage page on the tabletop arcade games released by Tiger Electronics. Retrieved 22 Aug '16
The Handheld Museum page on the tabletop games. Retrieved 22 Aug '16
A Sonic Stadium board topic on the Sonic Adventure LCD game. Retrieved 22 Feb '17

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-After Game.com came out in 2000, Tiger experimented with a new generation of LCD games called '''Tabletop Arcade Games'''. The games came in a small pocket-sized console with a detachable joystick and LCD screen
+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 created in a similar manner to the Game Boy, Tamagotchi, and Radica cube world. Small LCD pixels were placed next to each other and would light up in succession to simulate animation and movement. This was a step up from Tiger's earlier LCD games, which could only display static images that lit up one at a time.
+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 games themselves were not ports of arcade games (like the name implies), but Dreamcast games. There were five games in the series, ''Q*bert'', ''NFL Blitz 2000'', ''Ready 2 Rumble Boxing'', ''Hydro Thunder'', and ''Sonic Adventure''. Each of these has a Dreamcast counterpart of the same name.
+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.
-None of the games are easily available at present, as they were taken out of circulation at around the time Tiger Electronics was bought by Hasbro. Occasionally, one of the games will appear on eBay but will quickly be purchased. Pictures exist of each of the games themselves but only two have gameplay footage online.
+==''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.
-==Sonic Adventure==
+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.
-[[File:SonicAdventureLCDGameTiger.jpg|thumb|Another picture of the ''Sonic Adventure'' tabletop game.]]
-The gameplay is surprisingly more complex than in most Tiger electronics' other LCD games. You play as Sonic as you beat bosses, and run through 3D levels similar to the Dreamcast version of the game. There are all of Sonic's usual abilities. Jump, Spindash, running fast, and the homing attack. There are also boss levels, such as the one seen in the videos titled "Chaos 0".
-It (surprisingly) has all of the levels from the Dreamcast version of ''Sonic Adventure'', as well as their bosses, though they are almost entirely different apart from the names, set pieces, and small segments.
+==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.
-If you type in "Rings" you get infinite lives, if you type in "Boss", you get a "boss rush" mode. The game is rumored to have numerous other codes.
-==Findings==
-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 was regarded as the only footage of the ''Sonic Adventure'' game. The user SSBPeridot has also found an ''NFL Blitz 2000'' tabletop game and has uploaded a video to YouTube.
 ==Videos==
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 Qbert tabletop arcade game.jpg|''Q*bert''
 Sonic adventure tabletop arcade.jpg|''Sonic Adventure''
-Ready 2 rumble tabletop arcade.jpg|''Ready 2 Ruble Boxing''
+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.] Retrieved 22 Aug '16
+*[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.] 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/] Retrieved 22 Feb '17
+*[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
 [[Category:Lost video games]]
+[[Category:Completely lost media]]