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[faceless007]

I actually had the R-Zone. I really don't remember why I wanted it in the first place but I did. Came with some Indy 500 racing game that took all of 10 minutes to finish. Plus it was as blurry as fuck when projected onto the eyepiece.

 

[AndyMoogle]

I kind of had a weird reaction to his "are these even videogames" rant. Didn't Game & Watch games basically work in the exact same way?

Kind of, but the Game & Watch games didn't try to achieve more than what the tech could handle. They were simpler and overall much more well made games. Most Tiger games were a complete mess.

But, yeah, he tried too hard for some parts of this episode.

 

[krae_man]

Crispin should sue for Gimmick infringement:lol

 

[Tripon]

Kind of, but the Game & Watch games didn't try to achieve more than what the tech could handle. They were simpler and overall much more well made games. Most Tiger games were a complete mess.

But, yeah, he tried too hard for some parts of this episode.

The Tiger handhelds fail at a basic function of games, game play though.

I think you can make a good argument that Tiger's inability to make functional games turn it from 'games' into something else, like a cheap toy. An etch-e-sketch has more input than most Tiger handhelds.

 

[Jaded Alyx]

Was Batman Forever on everything?

 

[Lothar]

New ep. Posting from Cinemasssacre link.

Tiger Electronic

Don't see a Youtube link yet.

I'm in tears laughing after that virtual boy clone rant. One of his best in a long time.

 

[BatDan]

Here's the YouTube link for those that require it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_u5dtBtG9yU

 

[Tripon]

Here's the youtube link for Tiger Electronics. Also, can we have a mod change the title topic?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_u5dtBtG9yU

 

[alr1ght]

I had this little bastard. I wonder if it's still in storage somewhere.

 

[Sub_Level]

I had Sonic and Jurassic Park. They were both terrible.

 

[shaowebb]

I had Mega Man 3...it was quite possibly my first "Mega Man".
I actually beat that game multiple times. It sucked every single time.

 

[redmetal86]

The first Power Rangers handheld was pretty nice, although I hated that you couldn't use the Megazord to fight Rita Repulsa.

Had Michael Jordan vs Larry Bird, a Sonic Tiger watch, and my brother had Megaman 2, Mortal Kombat, and a Batman Returns Tiger watch.

 

[BleachAndPepsi]

It does my heart good to see that GAFfers like AVGN as much as I do.

I've been a fan for years. Good shit.

 

[SuperAndroid17]

The face he made while playing the wrist game. HAHA

I had the Konami Ninja Turtles game when I was a kid. I actually enjoyed it lol

 

[bryehn]

I had a bunch of these.

 

[Shadow Hog]

And yet, they're still better than POP Stations.

Seriously, at least Tiger never released one called "Retieval Mankind's Batman".

 

[Joe Shlabotnik]

I had the Gauntlet game, and a skeet shooting game I *just* remembered, just now, and am nostalgia-ing hard over.

 

[Tripon]

I was somehow able to avoid these. I knew they existed, but I somehow never played them.

 

[LordGouda]

It's literally 2 episodes in one with this one! I love it!

 

[Amagon]

Tiger should be charged with war crimes against humanity.

 

[Olly88]

I don't ever remember seeing them over here in the UK, though I'm sure they were released here too.

 

[Toad.T]

I had that Sonic 3D blast game shown in the vid. I loved it during my younger days, but I only keep it around as a nostalgia dispenser. If I got the game later on however, I'd chuck it.

I remember reading that the LCD game craze lasted long enough for them to make games based off of SOTN and Sonic Adventure. Tenacious little shits, aren't they?

As for the nerd himself? Started watching him back around his Rocky review. It's amazing that he hasn't put the kibosh on the whole series due to him making a movie, constantly doing the series for 7 years (or 9, depending on if you count the first episode's creation dates) and being more interested in movies/horror/TMNT. I'd honestly think he'd go "Fuck it" by now.

 

[nintendoman58]

Good lord, imagine if GAF was around when those things were popular.

Viewtiful Joe is back! Capcom confirms!

Back on a Tiger game I mean.

The meltdowns would be all over the place.

 

[Andrew J.]

I remember playing, or maybe just watching someone else play, a Darkwing Duck Tiger game back in first grade.

 

[LordGouda]

Good lord, imagine if GAF was around when those things were popular.

Viewtiful Joe is back! Capcom confirms!

Back on a Tiger game I mean.

The meltdowns would be all over the place.

I'd buy it.

 

[Acerac]

Simple and to the point. The best kind of AVGN episode IMO.

Seriously, I was taken aback. Awesome episode, I wish more of the things he did were like this.

 

[Papercuts]

Good lord, imagine if GAF was around when those things were popular.

Viewtiful Joe is back! Capcom confirms!

Back on a Tiger game I mean.

The meltdowns would be all over the place.

iOS is the new tiger.

 

[MAtgS]

Man Tiger, that takes me back. I must've had like 20 of those back in the day: Sonic1/2/3. Mega Man 3, SF2 which was the only 1 covered in the review (which goes to show how many of those there were)...

 

[Seasoned Badger]

At 18:35, when he's talking about Street Fighter on Tiger, he says, "the only thing less than that would be using your imagination."

Welp:

Daigo endorsed those so it's legit!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=Jm2ie-4b484#t=79

 

[AcridMeat]

New ep. Posting from Cinemasssacre link.

Tiger Electronic

Don't see a Youtube link yet.

What a great episode. So many shitty memories of friends who had this stuff. Though I had the poverty version of the poverty version, not even tiger games, but knock offs of them.

What a weird concept, a knock off of that sort of game.

Loved the ending few lines.

 

[MechaX]

Man, I still remember when I asked my mom to get Sonic the Hedgehog 3, and she came back with the Tiger Electronic version of Sonic 3.

Fuck that game and everything it stood for.

Edit: Holy shit, I actually owned the Game.com too.

 

[Boards of Canada]

You know what's missing from these AVGN videos? Someone, anyone, involved with the monstrosities he's shitting on us. For example, I really want to know who invented the R-Zone. I know, Tiger made it, but who on their team came up with the bright idea? Who was in charge of the design? I want to hear from that guy.

 

[Crimsonclaw111]

You know what's missing from these AVGN videos? Someone, anyone, involved with the monstrosities he's shitting on us. For example, I really want to know who invented the R-Zone. I know, Tiger made it, but who on their team came up with the bright idea? Who was in charge of the design? I want to hear from that guy.

Toxic Crusaders had the creator of the show on AVGN I believe. Idk if there are other instances of this.

 

[Tripon]

Toxic Crusaders had the creator of the show on AVGN I believe. Idk if there are other instances of this.

Not exactly the same thing, He just licensed Toxic Crusaders to the game devs.

 

[oatmeal]

EMBEDDED "YOU KNOW WHAT'S BULLSHIT"!!!!

AMazing.

 

[Zonic]

Oh man, I had the Sonic 3 one shown below.

& really enjoy these types of episodes where he goes over multiple games/focuses on a system(s). Completely forgot about the R-Zone.

Also, YES to the YKWBS segment. That type of packaging is so frustrating to deal with. Not to mention the type where the item has a ton of twisty tie or whatever keeping it attached to the packaging as well.

 

[industrian]

Oh my god.

I had a bunch of Tiger and similar types of handheld games when I was a kid. So did my sister.

I remember trying in vain to beat one of my sister's games. I got to the "final boss" and everything, but it was too hard for me back then. A small part of me wants to track it down on eBay and put it to rest, but fuck it, too many bad memories...

And that game was:

 

[Dereck]

This episode is a 10/10.

 

[Amalthea]

Tiger Electronic games are always funny for like 2 minutes. Perfect Nerd material.

 

[Evenball]

10 years from now someone will probably make a similar video on old Jakks Pacific games. According to wikipedia, Tiger invented the Furby, no wonder they no longer make games.

 

[geomon]

Man, more playground flashbacks. Everybody had these things when I was growing up.

 

[TheXfactor]

amazing episode

 

[Bluth54]

As for the nerd himself? Started watching him back around his Rocky review. It's amazing that he hasn't put the kibosh on the whole series due to him making a movie, constantly doing the series for 7 years (or 9, depending on if you count the first episode's creation dates) and being more interested in movies/horror/TMNT. I'd honestly think he'd go "Fuck it" by now.

I don't think James has a normal job, at this point it's just making money of the videos and merchandise sales. I doubt he can really stop doing AVGN because he would stop making money.

He has slowed down the production of AVGN videos a lot though. He used to do 2 a month.

 

[Cody_D165]

He has slowed down the production of AVGN videos a lot though. He used to do 2 a month.

Probably because of his newborn daughter and continued work on the AVGN movie.

This episode was great though. One of the best in a long while.

 

[Drago]

Amazing as usual

I don't think I knew about the R Zone before, haha.

 

[JackDT]

There are SO many more shitty handhelds than the Tiger games that you probably never even realized existed: http://imgur.com/a/k01DZ?gallery

Nintendo Game and Watch's did work the same way. They were almost always better designed though. They were also made almost a decade before Tiger starting shitting up the market.

Fundamentally there's no reason why you couldn't make a great game with that technology. Some kind of simple roguelike usign a grid of lines could have been amazing, or where you move room to room like Binding of Isaac so the 'maze' doesn't even have to exist as graphics. I sometimes wonder if every Tiger game really is garbage or if there was a hidden gem somewhere in there...

 

[Monochromaticx]

Gaaahh the R Zone I remember that piece of shit. The one i had came with a Star Wars game. Total play time: 2 minutes.

 

[JEKKI]

I had this Battle Arena Toshinden one back in the days

where the background was all holographic,

and it had a light on the top that u press so it shines on the background

thus increasing the 3D effect.

it was awesome!!!

also I was growing up so the artwork of the ladies really turned me on.

I also had a Power Rangers one with a bar code reader that came with a set of cards u can swipe thru it.

it was amazing.

 

[See You Next Wednesday]

I had this little bastard. I wonder if it's still in storage somewhere.

Me too, I just had to get that based on the cover art when I was a kid.
The actual game did not look that good.

 

[astarisborn94]

The Nerd was right; we all played a Tiger Electronic game back then. Best left as memories if we even remember them.