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Brick games - description
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|LCD: These were uncommon during the 70s, as LCD's were expensive, and unreliable during this time but at the start of 1980s, the many issues that plagued early LCD began to disappear as the tech improved. still, it wouldn't be until the late 80s, when they when they became reliable enough to start becoming the dominant screen technology.
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|Brick games: A kind of handheld LCD console with dot matrix LCD screens that has very low resolution (usually 10x20). Contains multiple simple games, usually demakes of games on other platforms, such as Tetris, Space Invader, and Battle City.
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|Plug-N-Play: These systems come bundled with controllers, have controllers built into their chassis, or the chassis themselves as controllers, and are immediately playable after being connected to a television (and sometimes also power adapters), hence the name "Plug-N-Play". Some of them are powered by batteries and others are powered by external power adapters. Many of the Plug-N-Play consoles are based on Atari-2600-on-chip or NOAC (NES-On-A-Chip) hardware filled with horrible unlicensed and/or bootleg modified games for Atari 2600/NES.
