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added Elan Hardware, David Haywood has been working on the emulating this SOC ever since he started working on plug and play games / systems
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|[[Atari_8-bit#Atari_XEGS|Atari XEGS]]
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|A repackaging of the [[Atari 8-bit]] computer line marketed as a game console. Notable for having possibly the worst physical design ever. It has preliminary support in MAME, as does the 65XE computer it's based on. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2gF5wWns0E Overview] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IVK3ukQmMA CGR Review]. It is also supported on [[Altirra]].
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|[[wikipedia:BBC_Bridge_Companion|BBC Bridge Companion]]
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|Yes
|A hacked up console version of the regular [[Commodore 64 emulators|Commodore 64]], released only in Europe. Failed hilariously due to its outdated tech (1984 hardware in 1990!), the fact that the normal Commodore 64 was already sufficient, and a bad case of the 'no games'. It is supported in [[VICE]], a widely used emulator for Commodore's 8-bit computers.
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|[[wikipedia:Dendy_(console)|Dendy]]
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|Sega also had a go with the VHS-Based console market with the Family Driver from 1988 and unlike most of these type of consoles, this did not play Light-gun games but instead played driving games. Only three games were released for the system; it's unknown when Sega discontinued it.
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|Funsation
Off-The-Wall Projector
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|Released circa 1989 by European company, Funsation (The Exact Origin is Unknown).This Projector based console somehow sold worse and is even rarer then the "Mega Video Game" (A similar console that also flopped). It's unknown how many games were made for it, how many units sold or when it was discontinued.
It was also released in France (and Germany?) by French toy company, Savie as the [https://imgur.com/gallery/ZawKz "Projector Jeu Électronique LCD"]
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|[[wikipedia:LJN Video Art|LJN Video Art]]
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|[[wikipedia:Philips_Videopac_%2B_G7400|Philips Videopac + G7400]]
|[http://www.progettoemma.net/mess/system.php?machine=g7400 ImperfectDecent]
|[https://mega.co.nz/#!MRMCGKSJ!x8Mk78ClxL5y2Js3IdRts0GiY8U9TS46JcuXbTx9S1c No-intro]
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|[[wikipedia:Grandstand_(game_manufacturer)#Projector-based_'Light'_games|Playtime Projector Mega Video Game]]
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|Released in 1988 by the Hong Kongese company, Playtime Products. The Mega Video Game played Game & Watch style games and used a built-in projector as the display. Less then 15 games were released for the system, and was discontinued sometime between 1989 and 1990. how many units were sold is unknown.
Furthermore, it's important to note that PlayTime licensed the console to various toy and electronics companies to rebrand and available in other countries. In the UK, Grandstand sold it as the [[wikipedia:Grandstand_(game_manufacturer)#Projector-based_'Light'_games|Light Games]], and was released in Italy by Fantastiko.
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|[[RDI Halcyon]]
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|[https://archive.org/details/Epoch_Super_Cassette_Vision_TOSEC_2012_04_23 TOSEC]/[https://archive.org/details/supercassettevision_library ✓]
|1984 successor to the original Cassette Vision. Much easier to emulate as the hardware is similar to some other obscure systems. There's an emulator for it called [http://takeda-toshiya.my.coocan.jp/ eSCV]. The graphical quality is somewhere between the ColecoVision and NES. Was actually fairly successful in Japan until the Famicom came along and kicked its ass. Then [http://static.giantbomb.com/uploads/original/11/117006/1757950-ladycassettevision.jpg this] [https://www.svg.com/94780/bizarre-console-flops-gaming-history/ happened]. It has a homebrew scene that is still alive with some cool stuff like [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MudYEDUK3Nw a port of Super Mario Bros] and was the first console with a [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWPapt33UgQ Dragon Ball] videogame.
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|[http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?st=2&c=1294 Soundic SD-290]
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|[https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%94%E3%82%AF%E3%83%8E Konami Picno]
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|[http://videogamekraken.com/%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%85%D0%B0-by-skb-kontur-%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B1-%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%82%D1%83%D1%80 Krokha]
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|[[wikipedia:Tandy_Video_Information_System|Memorex VIS]]
|ImperfectDecent|[https://archive.org/details/MemorexVisualInformationSystem-Redump.org2019-05-27 Yes]||A beautiful monster sold only at RadioShack in the early 90s. The software may be playable on Windows 3.x emulators, as the console's OS was an altered version of that.|-|[https://fcgamer.wordpress.com/category/cai-system/?fbclid=IwAR0EIdqkVwGZyLEBzAxFPRuHY2aSim4PInPRe0U_g9e2TPj7nyL4oVuXLY4 Lico CAI System]|None
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|A beautiful monster sold only at RadioShack in An educational console released by Lico around the early to mid 90s. The software may be playable on Windows 3Little is known about the CAI System other than it was only sold in Taiwan.x emulators, as the consoleIt's OS unknown how many units were sold, when it was an altered version of thatdiscontinued or how many games were released.
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|[[Philips CD-i emulators|Philips CD-i]]
|ImperfectDecent
|Yes
|[https://archive.org/details/redumpPhilipsCdi ✓]
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|[[wikipedia:Sega_Pico|Sega Pico]]
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|[https://archive.org/details/Sega_Pico_TOSEC_2012_04_13 TOSEC]/[https://archive.org/download/No-Intro-Collection_2015-03-03 No-intro]
|[https://archive.org/download/No-Intro-Collection_2016-01-03 No-intro]
|A Japan-only game console designed for girls focused on printing stickers. A '''Magical Shop''' add-on allowed for the printing of any screenshot, not just Loopy games. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaW6EB1poxM Drunken Printing Demonstration] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNWGVtwTkiM Ashens overview]
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|[https://bootleggames.fandom.com/wiki/Elan Elan Hardware]
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|Designed and Manufactured by an unknown Chinese or Taiwanese company, Elan is one of the older [[wikipedia:System on a chip|SOC]] still used in Chinese products, dating back to around the late 90s to early 2000s. Elan is usually used in bootleg or original plug and play games / systems.
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|[[wikipedia:FM_Towns_Marty|FM Towns Marty]]
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|Released in 1998 by VTech, The Unlimited is a Console-Computer hybrid akin to something like the Coleco Adam or the Odyssey 2. the Precomputer brand dates back to 1988 with the Modal [[wikipedia:VTech PreComputer 1000|model 1000]], and was your typical educational computer of the era. The Unlimited's main OS was heavily influenced by Windows 3.1 and the system it self included 45 programs built-in. it also had cartridge slot for more programs and games. Features Basic features and oddities that came standard on all most late 90s and early 2000s VTech educational computers can be found on the PCU as well. this includes a cartridge slot for more programs and games, a parallel port for printing and an odd mouse that plugged into an RJ11 port. It is unknown how many units were sold, how many game were made for it or when it was discontinued.
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|[https://muppet.fandom.com/wiki/Video_Buddy Video Buddy]
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|Released around 2004, the system is the result of a partnership between Cadaco Toys and NTN Network (Now known as [[wikipedia:NTN Buzztime|NTN Buzztime]] after 2005); and, as the name implies, the console was designed around playing trivia with family and friends. The console runs on [https://twitter.com/MameHaze/status/1221263600398094337| Elan Hardware]. It's unknown how many games were made for it, how many units sold or when it was discontinued.
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|[[wikipedia:Nuon_%28DVD_technology%29|Nuon]]
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|Trurip<br />[https://archive.org/details/Nuon.7z Images?Nuon_dumps Yes]
|A hybrid DVD player/game console with enhanced movie-viewing tools, from a bunch of former Atari personnel. Only a few games were made for the system, as the cheaper PS2 slaughtered it. There was a closed-source emulator in production called [http://www.nuon-dome.com/files/Nuance_051.zip Nuance], but its author died and he didn't release the source code himself. Though it became [http://atariage.com/forums/topic/254444-nuon-game-system-talk-discussion/page-3#entry3564288 publicly] [http://www.dragonshadow.com/ available] and is in continued [https://sourceforge.net/projects/nuance-nuon-emulator/ development] again with better compatibility and faster performance.
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|[[wikipedia:V.Smile|V.Smile]]
|Imperfect[https://github.com/mamedev/mame/blob/master/hash/vsmile_cart.xml Decent]
||Yes [https://archive.org/details/VTechV.Smile ✓]
|An educational game machine by VTech. It derived from Sunplus' 16-bit SPG-series CPU architecture, which had similar peers including most [http://pnp-info.angelfire.com/ Jakks Pacific TV games] and Vii. The XaviXPORT was similar but had its own custom XaviX CPUs. Several variants of the V.Smile console are sold including handheld versions, or models with added functionality such as touch tablet integrated controllers, microphones or motion sensitive controllers. 69 unique V.Smile games were known to have been released. Since [https://twitter.com/TheMogMiner/status/1282712009142829059 July 2020], every dumped V-Tech V. Smile Motion game now runs in MAME. So, too, do all V. Smile games that use a standard controller, apart from one bad dump (Italian version of Toy Story 3) (Same month Nintendo's [[Game & Watch]] titles were fully compatible for v 0.223).
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|[[wikipedia:XaviXPORT|XaviXPORT]]
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|GoGo TV Video Vision
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|Released in sometime between 2005 and 2006 by Manley, the GoGo is Another PS2 Eye-Toy turned into edutainment console and like the Ion, it flopped and has since fallen into obscurity, it's unknown how many games were made for it, how many units sold or when it was discontinued.
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|Telestory Interactive Storybook System
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|Release in 2006 by Jakks Pacific for kids aged 3 and up, The Telestory is yet another edutainment console from 2000s and all the games are exactly what the console name would suggest, it's unknown how many games were made for it, how many units sold or when it was discontinued.
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|[[wikipedia:V.Flash|V.Flash]]
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|Release [https://archive.org/details/VTech_V.Flash_V.Smile_Pro_-_Redump.org_Rom_Set Redump]|Released in 2006 by Jakks Pacific for kids aged 3 and up, The Telestory is yet another edutainment V.Flash was a spin-off console from 2000s and all to the games are exactly what V.Smile Series created by VTech. Like the V.Smile, it was an educational console name would suggestfor children around ages 6-9, itbut, unlike the V.Smile that used ROM cartridges, the V.Flash used CD-ROMs. It also had 3D based graphics rather than 2D on the V.Smile. It didn's unknown how t have many games were made for it, how many units sold or when it around 10 to be exact. Mostly being licensed children IPs such as Disney. It was discontinueda year after its release.
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|[[wikipedia:Vii|Vii]]
|[http://www.progettoemma.net/mess/system.php?machine=vii Preliminary]Decent
|Yes
|A rather poor excuse of a response to the [[Wii emulators|Wii]], made by JungleTac, KenSingTon, and a dozen or so manufacturers churning out shoddy variants of it. Emulators have recently been made for the platform, with several projects aiming to provide support for Sunplus' rather oddball architecture, such as [http://www.maxconsole.com/maxcon_forums/threads/280551-MuchimeX-v0-5-has-been-released! MuchimeX for the original Xbox], and [http://hackmii.com/2010/04/sunplus-the-biggest-chip-company-youve-never-heard-of/ Unununium], the latter being the basis for a [[MESS]] core. The same goes for VTech's [http://www.progettoemma.net/mess/system.php?machine=vsmile V.Smile], the [[wikipedia:Xavix|XaviXPORT]] and most [http://www.progettoemma.net/mess/system.php?machine=batmantv Jakks Pacific] TV games including those [http://www.progettoemma.net/mess/system.php?machine=walle Disney tie-in ones].
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|[[wikipediahttps:Ouya|Ouya]//www.clementoni.com/it/myclembox/ My Clem Box]
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|Released in 2018 by Italian toy company Clementoni and sold exclusively in Italy, My Clem Box is an educational console with Wii-like motion controls. Because it's still being sold, it unknown how games will be made for it and when it will be discontinued. Info on how many units have been sold so far have not been released to the public.
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|[https://www.clementoni.com/it/myclembox/ My Clem Box[Ouya Emulators|Ouya]]|None
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|Released in 2018 by Italian toy company Clementoni and sold exclusively in Italy, My Clem Box is an educational console with Wii[https://archive.org/details/ouyalibrary?&sort=-like motion controlsdownloads&page=2 Yes]|A failed microconsole that started from a Kickstarter project. Because it's still being sold, it unknown how The controller sucks and the games will can be made for it and when it well be discontinuedfound elsewhere. Info Since the Ouya runs on how many units have been sold so far have not been released to the publicAndroid, emulation is technically possible by extracting menu/application apk files and running them in an Android emulator or VM.
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|Smart TV Consoles
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|Launched sometime in the early 2010s by Italian toy company , Clementoniseemingly as a partnership with Hong Kongese toy company, WinFun, Smart TV is series of educational consoles mainly sold almost exclusively in Italy([http://eshop.digitalelectronic.it/CONSOLE-CLEMENTONI-12303-SAPIENTINO-PLUS-SMART-TV Example]). The controllers of these console consoles ranged from traditional to the gimmicky with some having motion and PS2 EyeToy-like controls. There is around 10 to 20 25 games that were released for these Italian European systems. An english It's unknown how many units have sold been or when this line of systems was discontinued. Smart TV console was also release in north american circa 2015 by Wal-Mart, under their Kid Connection brand, called the "Funtastic TV Adventures". It was a failure and only two games were released for the system, and both came bundled in with the console(Examples [https://www.amazon.ca/Funtastic-Adventures-Educational-Electronic-Amusement/dp/B002YBBMVY 1], [https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/kid-connection-funtastic-tv-adventure-77496134 2]). It's unknown how many units were have sold been or when these line of systems were the NA console was discontinued.
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|Only 5 games exist for this handheld (Released in 1984). All can be found [http://www.theoldcomputer.com/roms/index.php?folder=Epoch/Game-Pocket-Computer/Cartridges here].
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|[[wikipedia:Grandstand_(game_manufacturer)#Projector-based_'Light'_gamesFranklin Electronic Publishers|Grandstand Light GamesFranklin Bookman]]
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|Have you every played a poor Game & Watch clone Franklin Electronic Publishers First released the Bookman in 1989. It was marketed as electronic book, and said was never designed to yourself be a video game system, yet the Bookman still has a place in video game history. The Bookman line of devices were originally sold in 1989 as "I Would Love to Play This On The Big ScreenElectronic Bibles"? Then that costed $299 US (or $561 in 2020) before expanding into electronic versions of non-religious books in the Light Games from 1988 is for youearly 90s. It has All models have a built-in projector cartridge slot for other books and less then 10 games released for it. It's unknown how most titles were trivia or some other kind of word game. How many units were sold or when it was discontinuedand the number of games that were released are unknown.
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|[[wikipedia:Game_Master_(console)|Hartung Game Master]]
|DecentPreliminary
|Yes (No-intro)
|A German Game Boy knockoff released in 1990. Also distributed in the UK as the '''Systema 2000''' and under alternate names in other countries, including '''Super Game''' and '''Game Tronic'''. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ay9dZ-RBpQA Demonstration]
!colspan="4"|1991-2000
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|[[wikipedia:Design Master Senshi Mangajukuu|Bandai Design Master Denshi Manga Juku]]|NonePreliminary
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|Released in Japan by Bandai in 1995, the Denshi Manga Juku was a the first touchscreen-based console that was ever and the predecessor to the [[WonderSwanemulators|WonderSwan]]. It was discontinued in 1996 and only four games were released for it (including of all things, an exclusive Rockman aka Mega Man game(9 cartridges were made, though, only 8 were sent to retail). On August 4, 2020, in a first for the Gaming Alexandria group, they announced the [https://www.gamingalexandria.com/wp/2020/08/04/bandai-design-master-denshi-mangajuku-complete-game-library-dumps-scans/ complete game library was dumped] on mid-July 2020, and the assets scanned & uploaded between November 2019 to February, 2020.
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|[[wikipedia:Barcode Battler|Barcode Battler]]
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|[[wikipedia:Cybiko|Cybiko/Cybiko Xtreme ]]
|Imperfect Decent
|[https://archive.org/download/TOSEC_V2017-04-23/Cybiko/ TOSEC]
|The Cybiko is a Russian handheld computer introduced in the U.S. by David Yang's company Cybiko Inc. as a retail test market in New York on April 2000, and rolled out nationwide in May 2000. It is designed for teens, featuring its own two-way radio text messaging system. It had over 430 "official" freeware games and applications.
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|Koei PasoGo
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|In 1996, Koei released a Game Boy competitor in Japan called the PasoGo, and for some reason Koei decided to market it as being designed specifically to play the traditional Asian board game, Go. The console flopped thanks to its high price tag of 39,800 Yen (about $600 when adjusted for inflation), the size of the device, and the fact that all six launch titles were slightly different versions of Go. It's unknown how many units were sold or when it was discontinued.
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|[[wikipedia:Mega_Duck|MegaDuck/CougarBoy]]
|GoodDecent
|Yes
|Chinese knockoff Game Boy (Made and released in 1993 by a Hong Kong firm) that was branded with various bizarre names, despite each version being exactly the same. Used cartridges. ROMs are out there, surprisingly.
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|[[wikipedia:Game.com|Tiger Game.com]]
|ImperfectDecent
|No-intro // [https://archive.org/download/TOSEC_V2017-04-23/Tiger/ TOSEC]
|Launched on August 1997. An infamous piece of shit, with quite possibly the worst screen on any handheld ever. Somehow still had a "port" of Resident Evil 2. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfxzVFzvizE CGR review]. Notable milestones in industry: it was the first video game console to include a touchscreen and the first handheld console to include Internet connectivity.
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|[[wikipedia:iPod|Apple iPod (Classic/Nano)]]
|None
|Yes [https://thepiratebay.org/torrent/6123135/Ipod_Click_Wheel_Games]
|In 2006, Apple introduced "iPod games" as there first step into the handheld console market, despite having third party companies like Square Enix, Hudson Soft and EA making games for the iPod, it wasn't the huge hit they hoped it would be, a mix of awkward click wheel controls, controversy over pricing and the lack of an iPod-specific SDK resulted in a lack of interest from developers and a quick decline in game sales, Apple stopped releasing iPod games in 2009 and removed them from the iTunes store in 2011, Around 50 games were released for the iPod.
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|Bible Challenge
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|In 2006Release sometime in the early 2000s by Excalibur Electronics, Apple introduced "iPod games" as there first step into the Bible Challenge is a educational game handheld console market, despite having third party companies like Square Enix, Hudson Soft and EA making games for the iPod, it wasn't the huge hit they hoped it would be, a mix of awkward click wheel controls, controversy over pricing and made to teach kids the lack of an iPodbible. It was re-specific SDK resulted in a lack of interest from developers and a quick decline in game sales, Apple stopped releasing iPod games in 2009 and removed them from the iTunes store in 2011, released as "Bible Quest" at some point but its unknown when this variant was released. Around 50 five games were released for the iPodsystem and it's unknown how many units were sold or when it was discontinued.
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|[[wikipedia:List_of_commercial_failures_in_video_gaming#digiBlast|DigiBlast]]
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|C2: Color & Card
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|Released in 2015 in China by Baiyi Animation, The extremely rare, C2 was made to bank on the popularity of Roco Kingdom films but ultimately it was a flop. Only 6 games were made for it and was discontinued shortly after released.
