5 arcade games in one li'l controller at wal-mart

[Derek]

I saw a little blue (and other colors) box with a joystick and two buttons coming out of it beside the cd's at Wal-Mart. It contained different colored consoles that seemed to plug into your tv and play five different games. Ms. Pac, Frogger, Poe Position, Galaxian, etc. I have all these rom's on MAME so I didn't buy any and in my opinion the price was way high at $30 cdn +tax. Anyone played one? Are they right on with the arcade experience? Minus the fact that you are sitting in your living room, of course! The packaging is so cutesy colorful that I can't decide if the manufacturer is aiming at the 30-35 year old who actually played these games as a tween and would enjoy some nostalgia, or are they trying to suck in the teenager of today who would have no idea what Ms. Pac-Man is. Clue: The best video game ever, IMHO. This game swallowed my retirement fund:)

[joeybastard]

Sure we've ben discussing these a lot. Here's the website for them http://www.jakkstvgames.com/

 

Do a search of these forums for 'jakks' and I'm sure you'll get some hits.

[J.Max]

Hoo boy. You're opening a can of worms with this...

[JB]

Hoo boy.  You're opening a can of worms with this...

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Rabid worms. With fangs.

 

Sort of like in Tremors.

[+uosipa llamxew]

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Edited September 24, 2005 by mojofltr

[keilbaca]

I converted a space invaders 5 in 1 stick into a atari 2600 controller

[Lost Monkey]

Hi everyone, Lost Monkey here, what will they think of next?

 

Over and out.

[JB]

I converted a space invaders 5 in 1 stick into a atari 2600 controller 

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I kludged mine onto a Logitech Wingman USB pad after weeping over how bad Qix was.

[Lord Helmet]

I converted a space invaders 5 in 1 stick into a atari 2600 controller 

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1-up'ed ya...modded mine for the 7800