Zodiac Tapwave. Released in 2003. So, despite appearances, it's not ripping off PSP. It was a PDA merged with a game system. It had games that came on SD cards. Roughly as powerful as a PS1. Like N-Gage, Gizmondo (another one on the list) and PSP, they took shots at Nintendo for being kiddy and this was for adult gamers. Sold about 200k. Marking it as a flop.
Gizmondo. Released in 2005. This thing is such a disaster from conception to behind the scenes, it could warrant its own documentary. From Carpet company to game console company to Swedish mafia. And a Ferrari crash that splits the car in hal,f and the Mob guy lived to tell the tale. It had two models. A cheaper $300 model with ads as you play. A proposed $400 model with no ads...the ads never happened. It had a GPS built in and a camera. Media functionality. It's best selling game...Sticky Ballz. Yup. Sold only 25K. Not as powerful as a PSP but could push about 1 million Polygons putting it above DS,Tapewave and N-Gage.
Bite my shiny metal cockpit!
