Philips IN2IT Handheld Console
- Bas
- CDinteractive Admin
- Posts: 3041
- Joined: Mon Jun 20, 2005 11:14 am
- Location: the Netherlands
- Contact:
Philips IN2IT Handheld Console
Did you know.....
Philips even introduced their own Handheld console with the In2It?
Check this out:
here and here
This was actually a really nice thing, like a prequel to the Nintendo DS. It had a stylus and a touchscreen, and some games for two players. According to some Net articles this unit was never released, but I guess it was only in the Netherlands then, because I've seen them in the shops by myself. They were introduced in 1996, so even when CD-i was already going down.
Someone else remember those units?
Philips even introduced their own Handheld console with the In2It?
Check this out:
here and here
This was actually a really nice thing, like a prequel to the Nintendo DS. It had a stylus and a touchscreen, and some games for two players. According to some Net articles this unit was never released, but I guess it was only in the Netherlands then, because I've seen them in the shops by myself. They were introduced in 1996, so even when CD-i was already going down.
Someone else remember those units?
- Bas
- CDinteractive Admin
- Posts: 3041
- Joined: Mon Jun 20, 2005 11:14 am
- Location: the Netherlands
- Contact:
Don't imagine a lot of the games, it was a bit like patience, solitaire, a small platform game like captain comic, a game like 'funnels' (where you had to solve brain puzzles), so nothing spectacular.
Aimed more at an educational area. I'm sure they were for sale here, but according to the Net the in2it remains unreleased...
OK, if i was really enthusiastic i would have bought one back then. It's nice to see this effort, but it surely felt in a black hole compared to all the other great consoles. It seems Philips always want to do a different approach with them (like with cd-i), but again, failed...
Aimed more at an educational area. I'm sure they were for sale here, but according to the Net the in2it remains unreleased...
OK, if i was really enthusiastic i would have bought one back then. It's nice to see this effort, but it surely felt in a black hole compared to all the other great consoles. It seems Philips always want to do a different approach with them (like with cd-i), but again, failed...
Now I remember! Saw this at a Swap Meet in California, my buddy picked it up with a bunch of other stuff but the game.com didn't work. Probably something to do with it baking in the midday sun for hours, so we decided to rip it apart and try and sell it as a prototype! Nah just kidding
Sol Cutter: "I don't think you've acquired the marketed range!"