jesusc Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 they should contact the five of us who paid full price for the PoS, and give us free games along with the whole set of cards for each game. It's sad that we all knew ahead of time this thing would be a disaster, but I would have never guessed just how half-assed this was handled. It's like they got a list of everything that makes games suck and compiled it into one unit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregory DG Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 Heh, this thing is making the Jaguar look like a monster success! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbanes Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 Heh, this thing is making the Jaguar look like a monster success! Forget the Jaguar, this thing is making the CD-i look like a success! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabriel Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 Heh, this thing is making the Jaguar look like a monster success! I don't know about everywhere else, but I know that around here any store which has put them on sale has cleared out of the systems quickly. Meanwhile, TRU still has them at full price and can't move them at all. So, it seems to support my idea that people might find it appealling at $50 or $40, but snort and walk by at $70. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheese007 Posted March 17, 2007 Share Posted March 17, 2007 (edited) Hate to bump this but I recently picked up one of these for the whopping price of $6.95 at Target along with all the games minus Marvel Heroes. X-men is as bad as the review states, IWL doesn't like me, and Ben 10 is not only horrible the levels are also ridiculously short. The good news? Copying a game was as easy as copying a SEGA CD or TCD game. So, yes, it can read CD-Rs. Which is also really good for homebrews. EDIT: Btw, Ben 10 was the most expensive at $2.95 iirc. Edited March 17, 2007 by Cheese007 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jesusc Posted March 21, 2007 Share Posted March 21, 2007 I was browsing through Toys R Us and nearly died when I saw Marvel Super Heroes on the shelf. With everyone clearing these out I was sure they weren't going to release it. Unbelievable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HrdCorHillbilly Posted April 14, 2007 Share Posted April 14, 2007 I thinks it official. This system is finished. I was at the local goodwill store today. I purchased a bunch of unopened booster packs for $0.99. The woman behind the counter said that Target gave them all there Hyper Scan stuff. Thats pretty bad when you have to give stuff away. Hahaa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabriel Posted April 14, 2007 Share Posted April 14, 2007 The messed up thing is that the local WalMart and TRU never marked these things down, sold out of them, and have put fresh stock on the shelves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HrdCorHillbilly Posted April 17, 2007 Share Posted April 17, 2007 That is strange. Maybe Target wanted to rush it's demise. A little off topic... Does anyone know what the USB connection on this thing is for? I wanted to hook it to my pc, but I'm afraid that 5v running through the usb could damage something. Any ideas?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Weis Posted April 17, 2007 Share Posted April 17, 2007 TRU did mark them down a while ago (50%) but are getting new stock in still. makes me wonder if they will release all the other new games for it. Rick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scumdogg Posted April 17, 2007 Share Posted April 17, 2007 I saw some Hyperscan stuff in a local Goodwill as well. Here's the best part: I had seen it marked down to a crazy extent at Target. Then a week later, i saw the same pile in Goodwill, Target tags partially scraped off, and repriced at twice what Target was selling it for. Yeah, because if Target can't move something at $2, you can sell it for $4. Way to go, asshats. Man, Goodwill is both disappointing and hilarious these days.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HrdCorHillbilly Posted April 18, 2007 Share Posted April 18, 2007 I agree, most goodwills are crap. You can find a deal sometimes though. So, no one knows about the USB port huh? I was hoping we could hack into it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheese007 Posted April 18, 2007 Share Posted April 18, 2007 The USB port appears to be male. That's all I've figured out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segataritensoftii Posted April 23, 2007 Share Posted April 23, 2007 Wow. This really is the worst system out there. And I thought the RCA studio II was crap on a stick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Weis Posted April 25, 2007 Share Posted April 25, 2007 now that TRU is in clearence on them, i wonder where mattel will go next to release other games for it? best buy? kay bee toys? sears? dollar store? Rick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+swlovinist Posted April 25, 2007 Share Posted April 25, 2007 Rick my friend, they will release one more game just to piss you off . All you need is yet another game to collect 50+ cards for! I know that Spiderman 3 was planed for a release, but who knows if it will come out. I know that my Local Wal Mart still carries the thing and some cards, my guess is that Wal Mart will maybe get one more game(Spiderman 3). This is just speculation, but it could be the reason that WalMart has not clearanced them out yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nathanallan Posted April 25, 2007 Share Posted April 25, 2007 (edited) I skimmed over the whole thread. I never saw any here, but I think I remember seeing controllers for it at walmart still for twelve dollars (it's elpaso, they're behind everywhere else) but none in the goodwill or discovery shop. Are there any homebrews for this thing yet? Better yet, anything to make this thing into some kind of weird linux computer? Since it sucks as-is a few good hacks might do it good. Edited April 25, 2007 by nathanallan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HrdCorHillbilly Posted April 29, 2007 Share Posted April 29, 2007 I haven't seen any hombrews for it. I do wish someone would make a car combat type game for it. You could have cars with weapons to upgrade instead of a person/character. Something like the old Interstate '82 pc game. I think it would be very hard to make you're own game for it. How many people know how to make an rfid card? HAHA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheese007 Posted April 29, 2007 Share Posted April 29, 2007 Just dump that bit all together. Anyways, there's an exe on the game CDs called hyper.exe that, whenever run, briefly flashes the message "not enough memory to run program" and crashes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Video Posted April 29, 2007 Share Posted April 29, 2007 Well, the cards can be read and written to, to my understanding. So...you just find a common card, or group of cards with around the same ammount of room on them, and you could use them as a handy data storage for uh...saveing your games or something :\ So....I still don't know exactly what this is though. Is it it's own system, a NOAC type thing, or is it a dedicated flash or what? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supercat Posted April 30, 2007 Share Posted April 30, 2007 (edited) Well, the cards can be read and written to, to my understanding. So...you just find a common card, or group of cards with around the same ammount of room on them, and you could use them as a handy data storage for uh...saveing your games or something :\ Anyone tried a prox reader on the cards? I wonder if they use any standard format? Edited April 30, 2007 by supercat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheese007 Posted May 1, 2007 Share Posted May 1, 2007 So....I still don't know exactly what this is though. Is it it's own system, a NOAC type thing, or is it a dedicated flash or what? Own system. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nathanallan Posted May 1, 2007 Share Posted May 1, 2007 Anyways, there's an exe on the game CDs called hyper.exe that, whenever run, briefly flashes the message "not enough memory to run program" and crashes. That was mattel's attempt at making the thing go hyperspeed, but since they lack the tech it just don't work If I could find one cheap around here I'd get it just to see if I can enhance it. Cards or no. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabriel Posted May 1, 2007 Share Posted May 1, 2007 I still think it was a possibly marketable idea unfortunately hooked up with crummy games. Were any of the games worth playing? Or were they all so bad that they made Rise of the Robots look like a masterpiece? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheese007 Posted May 1, 2007 Share Posted May 1, 2007 Second one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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