Episode 16: Historian Shows Off The Dumbest Handhelds Of All Time

from Expedition: Handheld · host Adam Patrick Murray, Russ Crandall

Join the Expedition: Handheld podcast on a journey through the world of handheld gaming! In this entry Russ is still on his own expedition in China so Adam brings on historian/collector Steve Lin of the Video Game History Foundation who shows off some of the dumbest handhelds of all time including the Game.com, Gizmondo, and more. Timecodes: 00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:57 - Who is Steve Lin? 00:12:20 - News: AYN price increases 00:19:00 - News: Ayaneo Pocket Play hands-on 00:26:31 - News: TRIMUI Brick Hammer Pro 00:32:19 - News: RG Rotate Quickdraw game 00:35:21 - Adam's trip back from Taiwan 00:40:09 - Show & tell: Mega Duck/Cougar Boy 00:47:55 - Show & tell: Game.com 00:55:17 - Show & tell: Ngage 01:00:43 - Show & tell: Gizmondo 01:10:38 - Zelda Game & Watch mod 01:18:18 - Is modding ok? 01:22:45 - Xreal 1S 01:29:08 - Acegamer T50 01:32:26 - Surprise launch PSP 1001 01:44:52 - Q&A 01:51:23 - Outro Links: - Video Game History Foundation: https://gamehistory.org/ - AYN prices: https://bsky.app/profile/wario64.bsky.social/post/3mnrr3hqi4s22 - Ayaneo Pocket Play: https://youtu.be/tlkpqlLnfjw?si=InpYNL-DCjmEfmXW - Trimui Brick Hammer Pro: https://retrododo.com/trimui-officially-reveals-brick-hammer-pro-u-brick-pro-handhelds - RG Rotate Quickdraw: https://www.reddit.com/r/SBCGaming/comments/1to2unk/made_a_wildwest_quickdraw_microgame_in_godot_for/ - Zelda Game & Watch mod: https://youtu.be/8YIHjUM8Qms?si=H3yWcrcdiY7eQXJ1 Join the handheld related discussions and ask us questions on Discord: https://discord.gg/UWhjwg778a ============= PCWorld YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/PCWorld Website: https://www.pcworld.com/ Newsletter: https://www.pcworld.com/newsletters/signup ============= Retro Game Corps YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/RetroGameCorps Website: https://retrogamecorps.com/ Newsletter: https://buttondown.com/retrogamecorps ============= Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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