Game.com
The Game.com is a fifth-generation handheld game console released by Tiger Electronics on September 12, 1997. A smaller version, the Game.com Pocket Pro, was released in mid-1999. The first version of the Game.com can be connected to a 14.4 kbit/s modem for Internet connectivity, hence its name referencing the top level domain .com. It was the first video game console to include a touchscreen and the first handheld console to include Internet connectivity.
The original Game.com system | |
| Manufacturer | Tiger Electronics |
|---|---|
| Type | Handheld game console |
| Generation | Fifth |
| Release date | Game.com September 12, 1997 (US) Late 1997 (UK) Game.com Pocket Pro May/June 1999 (US) |
| Lifespan | 1997–2000 |
| Introductory price | $69.95 (original model) $29.99 (Pocket Pro) |
| Discontinued | 2000 |
| Units sold | Fewer than 300,000 |
| Media | ROM cartridge |
| CPU | Sharp SM8521 @ 10 MHz |
| Display | 200 x 160px 4 bit greyscale |
| Sound | Two 4-bit waveform generators, noise generator, 8-bit PCM channel |
| Input | Touchscreen |
| Connectivity | Compete.com serial cable, 14.4 kbit/s modem |
| Power | 4 × AA batteries or optional AC adapter (original model) 2 x AA batteries (Pocket Pro) |
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