Gaming Gear
News, reviews and articles about video game gear and accessories.
Game Boy Advance SP Review
Let’s see a show of hands, how many of you think of kids when you hear someone mention a Game Boy? It’s true that these handheld game machines from Nintendo are primarily marketed towards children. But guess what? Adults can love them too! I know I do. Having owned the original Game Boy, Game Boy …
GameFace for Visor Prism Review
Product Requirements: Device: Handspring Visor Prism Desktop: PC with a CDrom (for Zap! 2016 game which is included) Most people love games and many people play them on their PDAs. The GameFace for Visor Prism makes playing games easier and more fun. What is the GameFace? It is a nifty snap on joystick for the …
GamePad for Palm III and VII Series PDAs Review
Product Requirements: Device: Palm III series, Palm VII series PDAs GamePad.prc 5k A low-level shared library GamePadDriver.prc 4k The GamePad control panel Palm OS PDAs have been in existence for over 4 years now and throughout that time, one of the popular uses for these PDAs have been for playing games. Most games have had …
Pow Wow Review
Product Requirements: Device: Windows Powered Palm-size PCs or Pocket PCs 1MB free RAM Pow Wow from ZIOSoft is a shoot-em up game for the Palm-size PC or Pocket PC. In this game, you use your stylus as a gun to shoot / tap the targets. Pow Wow has 10 different themes. Each theme can have …
Wormlight Review
Device: Gameboy Color, Gameboy Pocket The Gameboy Color and Gameboy Pocket are great little handheld game devices except for one thing: You can’t play with them in the dark. That is until now… Nyko’s Wormlight will allow you to play games on your Gameboy Color or Gameboy Pocket in the dark. The Wormlight has a …
Shock n Rock Review
Device: Gameboy Color The Shock ‘n’ Rock by Nyko is a 4 in 1 accessory for the Gameboy Color. It has a force feedback module, outputs amplified stereo sound, has a rechargeable battery pack and includes an AC adapter. The module is made of translucent purple plastic. It easily snaps on and off of a …
game.com Review
Official Gadgeteer Hands On Review: Game.com by David Lection Last date revised: 03/25/99 Just when you thought handheld gaming was just about dead… Well Tiger Electronics didn’t think so, in fact the Tiger is hungry and it wants to eat Nintendo’s dinner in the up for grab handheld game market! Tiger has introduced the game.com …
Nomad Review
Official Gadgeteer Hands On Review: Sega Nomad by David Lection Last date revised: 03/25/99 Do you like handheld computer gaming? Do you have a large inventory of Sega Genesis games? if the answers to these questions is yes, then you may just want to head on down to your local Toys R Us and pick …
Game Buddy Review
The Game Buddy by B.T.I is a rechargeable battery power pack for the Gameboy Pocket. It can run for over 22 hours per charge when used with a Gameboy Pocket and 2 fresh AAA batteries. The Game Buddy can be charged/used for more than 2000 hours before it needs to be replaced. Using this power …
Gameboy Color Review
Hello, my name is Julie Strietelmeier and I’m a 34yr old female portable video game freak. I’ve had the Atari Lynx, Sega GameGear, two original Gameboys, the Gameboy Pocket and now the new Nintendo Gameboy Color. Yes, Nintendo has finally released their much anticipated color handheld game unit and it’s a winner. The original Gameboy …