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Jeffrey - Nov 28, 2003

		Jeffrey		Nov 28, 2003
			First they put a famicom into a handheld controller with built in games... then a Genesis... NOW, the handeld N64/SNES combo system with built in games: http://www.goldenshop.com.hk/AI-trad/Misc_htm/m_iq... Is anything beyond HK tech? I can't wait for the portable Xbox... which will probably come out next month...

		ExCyber		Nov 28, 2003
			More interesting to me is that the iQue is actually an official Nintendo product.

		antime		Nov 28, 2003
			It's an official Nintendo product, made for the Chinese market. The games are distributed on secure flashcards, loaded at stores (works as rentals). The card format and low prices are inteded to help combat the piracy which so far has prevented consoles from being launched there. So far it seems the available games will be old N64 and SNES games, translated to Chinese. That they've managed to shrink a nearly eight year old system to a single chip isn't that impressive, especially as none of that generation's machines were exactly cutting-edge at the time they were released.

		Jeffrey		Nov 28, 2003
			5 games can fit on a 64M card??? "Plays customized games"... do you think the SNES roms on my CDR will work? What's to keep HK people (born pirates) from just getting all the games off the net?

Tagrineth

Nov 28, 2003

	
	
		
		
			Originally posted by jeff-20@Nov 28, 2003 @ 05:49 PM



 5 games can fit on a 64M card???



"Plays customized games"... do you think the SNES roms on my CDR will work? What's to keep HK people (born pirates) from just getting all the games off the net?

Basically the way it works is, the games are run from a 'secure' flash card (heh, N-GAGE shows us how secure those are...).

iQue owners can go to registered stores, and buy/download games for like $5-6 or so, onto their flash cards. And, if their card is full, and they later want their old game back, it's free to re-download.

I'm guessing Nintendo is counting on the low price and very likely high price of a home device for writing to the flash card to counter piracy. It might just work, too.

		antime		Nov 28, 2003
			The machine uses DRM technologies and has specifically been designed to be piracy-proof so while it probably isn't unbreakable it should take a while before that happens. The price of the hardware (about USD70) and the games (about USD6) should mean it's more expensive to buy pirate software. The games included with the machine add up to a total 64MB, filling the card completely (Dr. Mario 4MB, Mario64 and Wave Race both 8MB, Starfox 12MB, OOT is the biggest at 32MB).

		Jurai		Nov 28, 2003
			i'd make the wild assumption that the games have been reprogrammed or int he least encrypted, making it unlikely that ur gonna just copy ur goodn64 set to the card

Tagrineth

Nov 29, 2003

	
	
		
		
			Originally posted by Jurai@Nov 29, 2003 @ 12:34 AM



 i'd make the wild assumption that the games have been reprogrammed or int he least encrypted, making it unlikely that ur gonna just copy ur goodn64 set to the card

Good luck copying the whole GoodN64 set to a 64MByte card...

		stack99		Dec 1, 2003
			wow thats sweet, I saw at a flea market near my house a snes, nes and a genesis similar product, but the 64, thats cool too... nice find man. :cheers

Jurai

Dec 1, 2003

	
	
		
		
			Originally posted by Tagrineth+Nov 29, 2003 @ 01:01 PM-->QUOTE(Tagrineth @ Nov 29, 2003 @ 01:01 PM)