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[donssword]

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it's written by a kid

Sounds great! It would be great to support a budding community gamer, after all, I was a kid once myself.

Uncle Scrooge's Money Bin
Its a tower platforming game. Uncle Scrooge must platform jump to the top of each level as his alarm system activates. A red line chase you up. Some platforms have power-ups (extra time, extra lives), and some will crumble. Graphically is looks really nice, as the background are well made, like all the Disney games from Jakks.

Minnie's Cake Factory
A timing match game. Minnie stands at the end of a conveyor belt, pulling a lever to drop toppings on cakes. OVer the conveyor belt are 4 or 4 boxes with the different cake toppings. Gameplay is more about timing the drop of the toppings and less about matching.

Goofy's Wiseacre Farm
This is a line drawing game. Goofy rides a tractor around the field circling the crops. Each time he circles a crop, it changes to its next state of growth. I haven't played it in a while, but I think it goes: tilled soil, planted seed, sprout, full grown, harvested. It you can get a crop plot harvested you get lots of point. The whole time, chickens are running around like Pac-man ghosts, and eventually grows that downgrade the level of your crops appear. Power-ups appear around the field to scare crows, make you immune to chickens, speed you up, etc.

I'll try and post descriptions of the rest later.

[onmode-ky]

So far, what I know that's coming up in 2012 in the plug-n-play category:

- Jakks Pacific - The Walking Dead - light-gun-style shooter based on the TV show
- Jakks Pacific - Cut the Rope - touchpad interface; based on the phone game
- Namco Bandai (Bandai America) - Pac-Man Connect-and-Play - allegedly emulated collection of 11 Namco games + direct link to Pac-Man board 255 - existing thread for this
- Jazwares - Fruit Ninja - prop-based motion interface; based on the phone game

So, at least two new firms coming into the category this year. Is this the beginning of a resurgence, or will they drop out shortly afterward due to low sales? Speaking of which, Jakks Pacific cited their Golden Tee Golf TV Game as an underperforming title from their 2011 lineup. And, that AtGames iMuga site I referred to in my previous post in this topic has disappeared.

onmode-ky

[BioForceApe]

onmode-ky, on Sat Dec 24, 2005 10:54 AM, said:

I think you might be in the minority. From what I've read, Color Dreams was one of those "renegade" publishers of NES games, not actually approved/licensed by Nintendo, and their games were generally considered to be pretty bad. I've never played any of them, so I have no opinion of my own to offer, but the reputation is rather poor. I think they were the ones who had plans for a "supercart," though, with its own CPU (a Z-80?) overriding the NES', so at least they had some interesting ideas (the project was scrapped, however). I read all this stuff somewhere online, but I don't remember where.

I suppose if you're the collecting type, this device from Pelican would have been a good way to get a bunch of Color Dreams' games, though not on original carts. I wonder how well they sold.

onmode-ky

You missed one. The ATGames PlayPal Plug and Play, otherwise known as the POGA and the FunPlay 20-in-1, the "Time "Plug and Play" ", or the "PowerShock" in spain.

[onmode-ky]

BioForceApe, on Fri Mar 30, 2012 8:52 PM, said:

onmode-ky, on Sat Dec 24, 2005 10:54 AM, said:

I think you might be in the minority. From what I've read, Color Dreams was one of those "renegade" publishers of NES games, not actually approved/licensed by Nintendo, and their games were generally considered to be pretty bad. I've never played any of them, so I have no opinion of my own to offer, but the reputation is rather poor. I think they were the ones who had plans for a "supercart," though, with its own CPU (a Z-80?) overriding the NES', so at least they had some interesting ideas (the project was scrapped, however). I read all this stuff somewhere online, but I don't remember where.

I suppose if you're the collecting type, this device from Pelican would have been a good way to get a bunch of Color Dreams' games, though not on original carts. I wonder how well they sold.

onmode-ky

You missed one. The ATGames PlayPal Plug and Play, otherwise known as the POGA and the FunPlay 20-in-1, the "Time "Plug and Play" ", or the "PowerShock" in spain.

I'm pretty sure the system you're talking about is the same as the one in my list as "sega sms/gg 20-in-1 (js, na) sega **12/09/2006 *12/31/2006 12/08/2007" (which is an abbreviation for "Sega Master System/Game Gear 20-in-1 (joystick form factor, native hardware), known announced on 12/09/2006, known listed for sale on 12/31/2006, known in existence on 12/08/2007"). It's listed under PlayPal, because that was one of the first names under which it appeared, and I never could determine who the original manufacturer was. I'd have guessed known Sega licensor AtGames--and it's AtGames, not ATGames, incidentally--but I don't think AtGames was associated with the very first releases of the system. If they were, they hid it well. Oh, and I know it says "js" for "joystick," while your video clip shows something with a D-pad; the "js" bit is really to differentiate from the handheld version, with the built-in LCD screen. Early shots of the TV-connection-only version had an actual stick, which was topped by a white-gloved fist. The intention was for the whole system to look like Sonic running with his arm extended out sideways.

I also have a separate entry under AtGames, "*sega sms/gg 20-in-1 pad (licensed by time co., na) 12/28/2008," which I'm fairly certain is the exact same thing. Any other names under which this system was released I decided not to include separately, because they're, well, the same thing, and in all those cases, I have little doubt that it's AtGames now producing them under an OEM arrangement.

The recently announced NeoGeo X will eventually be in the list, since it's supposed to have the ability to connect to a TV, but it's currently yet another case of my not being sure who actually makes (is going to make) the thing. Blaze Europe is distributing (in Europe) and has so far done the only press announcement for it, but as Blaze's Atari Flashback 3 and Sega Mega Drive products all actually come from AtGames, I'd wager the NeoGeo X is not "really" their own product as well.

By the way, did you quote my 2005 post by accident? I can't see any relation between the quoted text and what you wrote.

onmode-ky

[BioForceApe]

Oop sorry. I tried to quote "your list of games" but I clicked to quote the second post on accident...

Plus, the sound chip on the plug and play game I posted has a different pitch (1 semitone far from the SMS/GG's sound key programming) and I dont know why.

Edited by BioForceApe, Sat Mar 31, 2012 8:25 PM.

[high voltage]

If you search on Digital Press, they got a comprehensive PnP listing, I think it coverd over 150 already. Might be useful.

here's mine:

[onmode-ky]

I've just discovered a few more upcoming systems in Jakks Pacific's TV Games line, from a March 30th blog post. The source is a press release, which I found on Google, but I can't find an actual press date for the document (the file itself has an early January date, but I don't think it was published until at least Toy Fair).

The new systems, like the previously discovered, upcoming Cut the Rope port, use touchpad interfaces. Here's what the press release says about them:

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• SpongeBob SquarePants TV Games Touch: For all SpongeBob SquarePants fans, this adventure features Spongetastic puzzle games that are action packed and hilarious just like everyone’s favorite SpongeBob. Gamers can touch, drag, point and tap the screen to control the action! SRP $19.99 (ages 5+)

• Star Wars TVG Touch: Gamers can play classic Jedi battles, fly ships, duel with their Lightsaber and blast away Droids to protect the galaxy. To defeat the Dark Side and save the Republic, simply touch, drag, point and tap the screen to control the action! SRP $19.99 (ages 5+)

• Spider-Man TVG Touch: Sling webs and bash baddies with Spider-Man! By touching, dragging, pointing and tapping the controller, Spider-Man’s fans can battle his most notorious villains like Doctor Octopus, Green Goblin, and more! SRP $19.99 (ages 5+)

Basically, Jakks is launching the TV Games Touch line with their most popular TV Games licenses. Note that these three properties were also part of their TV Games Motion launch (not to be confused with their earlier Ultimotion line).

high voltage, on Sun Apr 1, 2012 12:12 AM, said:

If you search on Digital Press, they got a comprehensive PnP listing, I think it coverd over 150 already. Might be useful.

You're talking about the really long discussion thread in the DP forum, that had a title like "Unofficial TV Plug-and-Play Games List," right? For some reason, I can't locate that thread anymore, but I do know about it. The last time I looked at it, though, its most recent activity was in early 2009, so it's likely quite out of date. Besides, even if there are over 150 systems covered in it, between my two lists, I cover over 300. :) Thanks, anyway. I don't cover bootlegs/pirates, though, and I think the Systema systems in your pictures are unlicensed collections of pirated/hacked Atari VCS and NES/Famicom games. The sudoku one looks like a repackaging of the sudoku game distributed in the US by Senario.

onmode-ky

Edit: It appears that the 3 Jakks titles mentioned above are re-releases of earlier TV Games systems, adapted for touchpad controls. And, they apparently really were shown off at Toy Fair. Projected release in August.

Edited by onmode-ky, Wed Apr 4, 2012 1:15 PM.