Gizmondo
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| Gizmondo | |
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| Manufacturer: | Gizmondo Europe Limited |
| Alternate Names: | Gametrac |
| Announced: | date the console was announced |
| Release date: | JP: Not released NA: 22/October/2005 EU: 19/March/2005 AU: Not released |
| Initial Price: | JP: ? NA: $400 EU: £229 AU: ? |
| Discontinued: | February 2006 |
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Description of Hardware
The Gizmondo is best described as a jack-of-all-trades.
Hardware Specifications
From the [Official Specification]:
- TFT screen ~ 240 x 320 pixels 2.8 in.
- 65,536 colors
- 400 Mhz ARM9 from Samsung
- 64MB RAM
- 64MB flash memory
- 128-bit 3D Graphics accelerator from Nvidia
- GPS tracking application
- GPS mapping application
- MP3/MIDI/WAV formats
- SMS
- Speaker
- Windows Media Player 9
- MPEG 4 video playback
- JPEG camera
- SD flash card reader
- Mini-USB client
- Bluetooth class 2 for multiplayer gaming
- Temperature range 0°C to 55°C
- Removable SIM card
- Removable battery
- Polyphonic ring tones
- Stereo headset socket for MP3 and games
- Flight Mode
- GSM tri-band
- GPRS Class 10
- WAP 2.0
- MMS receive and send
- 4-way diectional pad
Hardware Revisions
The hardware was available with a silver or a shiny black surround to the screen.
Games
See the Gizmondo category for a full list of games.
Other games that were announced for the system include:
- Agaju : The Sacred Path (Gizmondo)
- Ages of Empires (Gizmondo)
- Ball Busters (Gizmondo)
- Battlestations: Midway (Gizmondo)
- Carmageddon (Gizmondo)
- Casino (Gizmondo)
- Catapult (Gizmondo)
- Chicane: Jenson Button Racing (Gizmondo)
- City (Gizmondo)
- Colors (Gizmondo)
- Conflict: Desert Storm II (Gizmondo)
- Conflict: Vietnam (Gizmondo)
- Fallen Kingdoms (Gizmondo)
- Furious Phil: Dawn of the Mutants (Gizmondo)
- Future Tactics (Gizmondo)
- Geo-Xtreme (Gizmondo)
- Ghost (Gizmondo)
- Goal! (Gizmondo)
- Guardian (Gizmondo)
- Hit And Myth (Gizmondo)
- Island Capers (Gizmondo)
- It's Mr Pants (Gizmondo)
- Johnny Whatever (Gizmondo)
- Jump (Gizmondo)
- Madden NFL 06 (Gizmondo)
- MechAssault (Gizmondo)
- Milo and the Rainbow Nasties (Gizmondo)
- Momma Can I Mow The Lawn (Gizmondo)
- Race (Gizmondo)
- Rayman (Gizmondo)
- Sega Classic Pack (Gizmondo)
- Speedgun Stadium (Gizmondo)
- Supernaturals (Gizmondo)
- The Great Escape (Gizmondo)
- The Verbier Ride (Gizmondo)
- Total Overdose (Gizmondo)
- Transition-R (Gizmondo)
- Tron 2.0 (Gizmondo)
- Worms World Party (Gizmondo)
Peripherals
Emulation
Trivia
The parent company of Gizmondo Europe is Tiger Telematics (not to be confused with Tiger Electronics, the makers of the Game.com).
External Links
Note: due to the bankruptcy of Gizmondo, these links may not be active.
