Disney GAME iT! portable consoles for the PB&J crowd

Probably not too hopeful about taking a big bite out of the PSP's or DS's market share, a company called Performance Designed Products is nonetheless releasing a new pair of portable 2.5-inch consoles that bring together the magic of Disney with the gaming excitement that only 90's era 16-bit processing can provide. Although not being advertised as such, the flame-adorned "Classic Pals" and all-pink, heart-shaped "Princess Pals" are clearly being targeted at either one gender or the other, a notion only furthered by the mix of characters chosen for these so-called Disney GAME iT! devices. Each product comes preloaded with 12 different, relatively simple games (suggested ages are six and up); boys get such titles as Mickey's Apple Cart, Pluto's Buried Bone Treasure, and the oddly-named Goofy's Loco Coconuts, while the girls' edition sports winners like Sebastian's Sea Urchin Symphony, Susie's Buttons and Baubles, and Flotsam and Jetsam's Potion Commotion. Although you can pick up a separate $15 kit that connects the $40 systems to your TV, there's no way to add additional games a la more traditional consoles -- which actually, will probably work out just fine, as chances are good that your kids will smash these portable units to bits before getting sick of the limited content.

[Via GameZone]

[almost drunk @ Aug 29th 2006 9:13PM]

I pwn all n00bs at Potion Commotion. ROCK.

[Andrew Robulack @ Aug 29th 2006 9:32PM]

Hey, quit dissin PB&J. It's a hearty, wholesome meal enjoyed by all ages and gaming types. Go pick on a foodstuff in your own fridge.

[spil @ Aug 29th 2006 9:43PM]

gotta love the sophistocated tech appeal that lower-case "i" gives it.

[cmonkey @ Aug 29th 2006 10:42PM]

A 2.5" Color LCD and TV out for $40? What really matters here is what kind of hardware is in this and whether or not it is hackable.

[Intrepid @ Aug 29th 2006 11:11PM]

"gotta love the sophistocated tech appeal that lower-case "i" gives it."
Just like an Apple product :P... hang on, doesn't Jobs own a share of Disney?

[joe @ Aug 29th 2006 11:35PM]

before people start homebrewing and hacking, lets get the important stuff outta the way: case modding! i can see myself buying one of these, i was gonna get a gp2x, but this has goofys loco coconuts and that sounds funny.

[Aaron @ Aug 30th 2006 1:45AM]

Oh good. Because Disney needs more money. Ugh.

On the other hand, a cheapo device that can be haxx0red to do cool stuff is always a good thing, even if it does give Disney more unneeded cash (I'm serious, they have way the hell too much and control way more than they probably should). So I guess I'm for it as long as there's someone out there who will take the time to crack it.

[DarkFader @ Aug 30th 2006 5:58AM]

Damn, I just bought a Pocket Dream Console yesterday. It has two TSOP48 memchips and I want to hack it. Anyone got some more info?

[richard knights @ Aug 30th 2006 7:20AM]

My daughter has been playing a barbie game on the old gameboy exclusivly for the last 2 years, she doesnt bother with anything else.

Got a 6 year old daughter?

thought not

[Scarbir @ Aug 30th 2006 7:27AM]

Sorry DarkFader, haven't. But that is one hell of a lil' machine :D

[Gbx @ Sep 17th 2006 2:09PM]

Looks like a poor-mans Gameboy to me :) Who would be so cruel to buy this for his kids? Imagine a kid at school telling he didn't get a GameBoy but some GameIT that can't play any of the games that other kids have. :(