The Gamecube port of a Dreamcast shmup, Radio Allergy (Radiligy in Japan), is now delayed until March 20. A real bummer since I’ve been wanting to give this game a spin on my dusty unloved Gamecube while saving a few bucks by buying a domestic copy. The interesting spin to this story is that, Radio [...]

The Gameboy Micro (GB Micro) personifies everything a gamer would ever need for a truly portable gaming experience. Being slightly larger than the Gameboy Advance (GBA) cartridge, the GB Micro is just that, tiny hand held Super Nintendo. Granted, it has taken Nintendo only 16 years to finally get the Gameboy “nearly†perfected, only to be discarded by the enormous popularity of the DS (fat) and DS Lite.
Portable gaming has always been too clunky and big, for my taste. The original Gameboy was the bee’s knees back in ’89 but the damn thing was hardly energy efficient or easy on the eyes. The screen was horrible with the green tint, and when your character moved, the screen became a blurry mess. For a portable system, I always seemed to be tethered to the power adaptor and because I was a poor kid, I couldn’t afford to replace batteries. That’s how I’ve always felt about portable gaming. From the Atari Lynx to the Turbo Express, handheld systems were always too damn big and bulky.
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