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marciosmg on 11 July 2008

I´m guessing probably not. When I was young, I played a bunch of NES games. However, I never played them on the NES System. Apparently, back then Nintendo had no desire to release her console in Brazil, so one company (Gradiente) decided to do a clone console.

The Phantom System possessed the same 8-bit platform of the NES and strangely enough its joystick was similar to the MegaDrive one. The Phantom System was very sucessful becoming the most bought NES clone. I boght, used it to death and loved.

Nintendo then got smarter and released the SNES in my country, which I also bought and loved even more.



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obieslut on 11 July 2008

thats all about megadrive controllers that made it sell, the fact it had many nes games didnt do a thing for it, so neh neh neh lol



ItsaMii on 11 July 2008

I had one. The controller was shit. The reason I only enjoyed Nes games after the N64 era was the Phantom System. Not only it was worse than the Nes, I bought mine with some of the crapiest games ever: Baby Boomer and Ghostbusters. At least I bought Mario and Double Dragon later (that saved me from hating video games forever).



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marciosmg on 11 July 2008

I bought it with Ghostbusters. And, of course, Mario and Double Dragon where two gems that started my gaming addiction.



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josenieves1 on 11 July 2008
ItsaMii said:
I had one. The controller was shit. The reason I only enjoyed Nes games after the N64 era was the Phantom System. Not only it was worse than the Nes, I bought mine with some of the crapiest games ever: Baby Boomer and Ghostbusters. At least I bought Mario and Double Dragon later (that saved me from hating video games forever).

 

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HappySqurriel on 11 July 2008

I thought you were refering to the Infinium Labs console titled The Phantom (which was the most appropriate console name ever) ...

From Wikipedia:

In 2002, the startup company Infinium Labs issued a press release to all news outlets stating that they would soon release a "revolutionary new gaming platform" that would offer an on-demand video game service, delivering games via an online subscription. The press release contained no specific information, but did include a computer-generated prototype design. Due to the excessive use of buzzwords and a suspicious lack of details, the product was derided almost from the start by news sites such as IGN and Slashdot and the popular comic strip Penny Arcade. In an episode that gained wide publicity, the hardware and gaming site [H]ard|OCP researched and wrote an extensive article on the company and the operation, and faced a defensive lawsuit in turn. It also received the first place in "Vaporwares 2004" in Wired News.[5]



ItsaMii on 11 July 2008

It was a very rough start as a gamer. I got my system bundled with Ghostbusters. Later my mom got me the zapper and Baby Boomer. Much later I got my dirty fingers on Double Dragon and Mario and finally experienced a good game. For someone who was 5 at the time, Nes games were too hard. I could not even finish Chip n` Dale or The Little Mermaid (got a weird bug at the last boss).

And if anyone had a Nes and did not play Zelda or Castlevania, you should buy it on VC now.



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hunter_alien on 11 July 2008
HappySqurriel said:

I thought you were refering to the Infinium Labs console titled The Phantom (which was the most appropriate console name ever) ...

From Wikipedia:

In 2002, the startup company Infinium Labs issued a press release to all news outlets stating that they would soon release a "revolutionary new gaming platform" that would offer an on-demand video game service, delivering games via an online subscription. The press release contained no specific information, but did include a computer-generated prototype design. Due to the excessive use of buzzwords and a suspicious lack of details, the product was derided almost from the start by news sites such as IGN and Slashdot and the popular comic strip Penny Arcade. In an episode that gained wide publicity, the hardware and gaming site [H]ard|OCP researched and wrote an extensive article on the company and the operation, and faced a defensive lawsuit in turn. It also received the first place in "Vaporwares 2004" in Wired News.[5]

 

That was my thaught exactly . I actually let the console to " apear on my radar " afther I read an article about it :?



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marciosmg on 11 July 2008

I played Castlevania, but I don´t remember playing Zelda. I did play Zelda on the SNES though.



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321tttrini4everz on 11 July 2008

nope...lol