Semi-OT: Power Player? (was: Classic Gaming Collections)

From: Pat Barron <pat_at_transarc.ibm.com>
Date: Tue Nov 6 15:00:09 2001

Well, this is sort of off-topic, but the games in question are
"classics"...

There's this video game system I've seen called "Power Player", which
claims to have 128 built-in "classic" games, described as games "similar
to" old standbys like Ms. Pac-Man, Galaga, Stargate, etc., etc. I've seen
it playing Galaga, and the game looks pretty authentic. There are a
couple of street vendors in this area who are selling these systems for
about $50.00.

Anyone know anything about this system? All I really know (other than
what I've mentioned already) is that eBay won't allow it to be sold on
their site - I've seen several on eBay (and you can still find some in the
completed auctions listings), but the very day I bid on one, eBay decided
that this item was an "infringing" item, and cancelled all auctions
selling this system. For a while, I was wondering if it was some kind of
embedded 486 DOS system running MAME with a bunch of game ROM images
installed. Anyone know anything more?

Thanks,
--Pat.
Received on Tue Nov 06 2001 - 15:00:09 GMT