Sitting Back reading echo mail when Brian Notices Greggory Marquardt and 
breaks
into chat
 GM> *** Quoting Jonathan Fingas to Greggory Marquardt dated 10-06-97 ***
 >  GM>     Does anyone know what the Game.COM system is ? I 
 >  GM> heard that is a video game system that is protable that 
 >  GM> could play almost any video game that was touchscreen 
 >  GM> and could hook you up to the internet.
 > 
 >   It's sort of like a super-equipped GameBoy, basically.  The screen is
 > still black and white, but it's got a light pen (for those touchscreen 
 > programs) as well as the usual gamepad controls.
 >   It's actually an interesting machine in that it can handle games you 
 > think it might not be able to.  There's even a Duke Nukem 3D version 
 > specifically for it!  Don't expect to see Quake or anything like that 
 > though.
 >   As for that Internet feature, you have to add it on.  I think you'll 
 > probably just be able to do e-mail and MAYBE some light Internet 
 > gaming, since a screen like the GameBoy's is not exactly ideal.
 GM> Sounds really cool to me. I wonder if you could call bbs's with
 GM> it.  
 GM> ... The future Today!!!
 GM> -SpAz!
 GM> Made With Apple //e
 GM> E-Mail: greggory.marquardt@beginners.net
i kind of was wondering the same thing...
ya sounds like a kewl system
i has all the classics...i saw it on a cable commercial..
they say the classic cartrigues has over 100 games on the contrigue
of you favorite arcade games like defenders and space invadiers you know the
atari 2600 classics
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