Gaming Machine Archive

  • Video: Japanese company shows Super Mario Bros. on Kindle emulator

    Video: Japanese company shows Super Mario Bros. on Kindle emulator

    We've shown you an N64 emulator running on a hacked iPad just a few days ago, and now it's time to see how Super Mario Bros. would look like on a Kindle. And the short answer is that the 1985 NES game would look awful: it's slow, it's in black and white only, it has no sound, it's buggy (since when can Mario kill Goombas by bumping into them?), and apparently, you can't even control Mario properly. Not that this is surprising.

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  • Maingear shows off their new mX-L notebook

    Maingear shows off their new mX-L notebook

    Maingear just announced their new mX-L 15 notebook, a gaming machine with a price that's not on the crazy scale. It's available in multiple configurations of course, which we'll talk about after the jump.

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  • Quick Look: ASUS GF73 laptop

    Quick Look: ASUS GF73 laptop

    The GF73 isn’t much to write home about but it’s a nice little gaming machine. It’s styled after the Stealth Bomber, whatever that means. Specs 17-inch screen ATI 5870 Intel Core i7 4 RAM Slots

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  • Review: BFG Deimos

    Review: BFG Deimos

    Short Version: The Deimos is the latest addition to BFG’s new line of computers. Intended as specialist gaming machine, the Deimos is big, beautiful, and very fast. Heat, bulk, and short battery life are to be expected from a gaming laptop, and aside from those it provides an excellent experience. Pros: Fast Surprisingly light weight nicely designed and set [...]

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  • ODROID portable Android gaming machine sells through initial dev units

    ODROID portable Android gaming machine sells through initial dev units

    detail3Perhaps someday you'll buy an Android device to use primarily for gaming. It could happen! Pictured above is the ODROID, a gaming-focused portable running Android and packing a powerful 833MHz Cortex A8 CPU.

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  • Nomad-like portable gaming machine plays Genesis cartridges

    Nomad-like portable gaming machine plays Genesis cartridges

    retro genRemember the Sega Nomad? If you excitedly shot up out of your chair yelling "YES!" then you may be interested in a newer, more streamlined device called the Retro-Gen Portable that'll be available for $50 in about a month.

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