Well, posting here again since there's something interesting...
First, the Pepper Ann handheld game appeared for auction on a page called Shopee, most specifically the thai version of that page. It contains images and a video of the working handheld.
Second, it appears that the image I posted earlier on this thread doesn't match with either the images from the auction site or the illustrations from the manual. So...I guess the first image I posted was a prototype of the handheld?
Well, posting here again since there's something interesting...
First, the Pepper Ann handheld game appeared for auction on a page called Shopee, most specifically the thai version of that page. It contains images and a video of the working handheld.
Second, it appears that the image I posted earlier on this thread doesn't match with either the images from the auction site or the illustrations from the manual. So...I guess the first image I posted was a prototype of the handheld?
Jeez, this handheld did NOT do a good job at translating Pepper Ann or Milo into 3D form. They look rather off putting.
But back to the game itself. The page for the auction 404s now, and it doesn't look like it was archived on the Wayback Machine, meaning either someone bought it, or the seller took the listing down. But if someone bought it, that begs the question of not only if that person is willing to dump the game's rom online, but how I exactly would he or she go about dumping the rom? I know there's emulators now for Tiger Handhelds now, so there must be a way to dump games, but how? I feel like, since can't swap games with these things like, for instance, a Gameboy, it's not as easy as dumping roms from a game cartridge.
Post by Etienne_LeLoupChien on Mar 1, 2024 21:25:36 GMT
I liked Pepper Ann when it first came out. When I saw some episodes again a few years ago, I liked them even more than back then, which is not a common thing.
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Well, posting here again since there's something interesting...
First, the Pepper Ann handheld game appeared for auction on a page called Shopee, most specifically the thai version of that page. It contains images and a video of the working handheld.
Second, it appears that the image I posted earlier on this thread doesn't match with either the images from the auction site or the illustrations from the manual. So...I guess the first image I posted was a prototype of the handheld?
Wow!! Neat to see that it was actually released, makes me wonder though why it's as obscure as it is, either it could have had a limited release in certain areas or countries or just simply wasn't bought as much. Tiger had a line of licensed LCD handheld games called "Tiger Premiere Games" that were either colored or had interesting exteriors like this one, I imagine since this was released in 1999 - the latter part of that LCD line's lifespan - and the same year their product Furby was really booming, those could be factors to it's obscurity. Reminds me of the Disney Doug handheld they made, which isn't as obscure but is somehow still pretty rare
Wow!! Neat to see that it was actually released, makes me wonder though why it's as obscure as it is, either it could have had a limited release in certain areas or countries or just simply wasn't bought as much. Tiger had a line of licensed LCD handheld games called "Tiger Premiere Games" that were either colored or had interesting exteriors like this one, I imagine since this was released in 1999 - the latter part of that LCD line's lifespan - and the same year their product Furby was really booming, those could be factors to it's obscurity. Reminds me of the Disney Doug handheld they made, which isn't as obscure but is somehow still pretty rare
I'd say they're rare for a few reasons: 1. They were Tiger LCD games. I don't think many people around 1999 were still buying them regularly. 2. A lot of parents likely just threw them away.
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Wow!! Neat to see that it was actually released, makes me wonder though why it's as obscure as it is, either it could have had a limited release in certain areas or countries or just simply wasn't bought as much. Tiger had a line of licensed LCD handheld games called "Tiger Premiere Games" that were either colored or had interesting exteriors like this one, I imagine since this was released in 1999 - the latter part of that LCD line's lifespan - and the same year their product Furby was really booming, those could be factors to it's obscurity. Reminds me of the Disney Doug handheld they made, which isn't as obscure but is somehow still pretty rare
I'd say they're rare for a few reasons: 1. They were Tiger LCD games. I don't think many people around 1999 were still buying them regularly. 2. A lot of parents likely just threw them away.
I would imagine the fact that Pepper-Ann isn't really a popular or well-known show outside of certain circles, and one that used be partially lost media no less, is probably another reason this handheld is so obscure.