Gizmondo?

Brian · Post by **Brian** » Fri Dec 16, 2005 9:05 pm

Has anybody gotten the Gizmondo handheld system? I see some games that seem interesting, like the Fathammer Classics, Point of Destruction, and a few others. I never hear a thing about it. Anybody here actually used the thing?

captain ahar · Post by **captain ahar** » Mon Dec 19, 2005 11:12 pm

i saw a picture once that had a customer in the gizmondo shop... no, its true.

theevilfunkster · Post by **theevilfunkster** » Mon Dec 19, 2005 11:38 pm

I stood next to a Gizmondo rep in Gamestation a few months ago. He was showing off the camera and some racing game which looked like shit, plus the machine kept freezing up and crashing. The guy wouldn't let me go near it, the twat.

Gamestation still don't stock them.

Brian · Post by **Brian** » Tue Dec 20, 2005 12:40 am

Hmm, a museum piece then?

Fighter17 · Post by **Fighter17** » Tue Dec 20, 2005 1:32 am

Brian wrote:Hmm, a museum piece then?

Yeah, it's not worth it.

Lone Deranger · Post by **Lone Deranger** » Wed Dec 21, 2005 1:44 pm

Yeah.. they have this Gizmondo store here in London on Regent St.
I remember when it opened. They had hired some gorgeous babes to promote the device for opening day. This was the only reason worth going in that shop for.

It's been what... a year now? since the opening and they're still trying to flog it for £199 over at Maplins. Rather than advertising it as a gaming device however it's now presented as a GPS unit.
When it hits £4.99 in some bargain bin I'll consider picking one up.

Andi · Post by **Andi** » Wed Dec 21, 2005 5:00 pm

I'm surprised that it failed. It looked like it had some really original games coming out for it. They had this one survival game about driving cars and fighting off gangs on a post-apocalyptic Earth.

What was the of that game again? Mad Ma---no, wait, Furious Phil.

theevilfunkster · Post by **theevilfunkster** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 5:18 pm

Ha, ha, ha! Gizmondo Europe bankrupt.

http://www.gamespot.com/news/6142801.html

Brian · Post by **Brian** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 6:16 pm

Yea, I bought one and I don't think it's bad at all. The support might be dead already, but the games are pretty good. I like the Fathammer Classics and POD is back with updated visuals. Trailblazer is as good as ever. The system could never survive in today's world, but it is far from just flat awful.

theevilfunkster · Post by **theevilfunkster** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 6:32 pm

Did that shmup (Angel fish?) ever get released in the end?

Post by **system11** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 8:12 pm

If anyone didn't see this coming, please don't EVER get a job in a gaming company who want to make a new handheld

I wonder if this means all the investment capital they spent on fast cars and giving HIGH paid jobs to their girlfiends, has to be accounted for?

Brian · Post by **Brian** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 8:42 pm

Yea, Angel Fish is on the Fathammer Classics compilation. To be fair, it is a bit slow and the music is irritating. But, it is better than 95% of the games I have played on the PSP. The Gizmondo cannot hold a candle to the DS, but I certainly enjoy it more than anything on the PSP. In fact, the only thing I touch on the PSP is Infected, though I do want to get Taito's Exit.