History of video games/Platforms/digiBLAST

History Development The digiBLAST was designed by Grey Innovation, a company in Melbourne, Australia.Sumea:Launchpad. - Aniticipation in Europe for Australian-Made Game Console https://web.archive.org/web/20070906021103/http://www.sumea.com.au/snews.asp?news=1766 web.archive.org 21 November 2020 6 September 2007 Names considered for the digiBLAST included "Xplorerr" and "Go-Deck".First-Touch.nl. Het laatste Nintendo DS Nieuws, Previews, Reviews, Features en meer. https://web.archive.org/web/20060831101951/http://www.first-touch.nl/text/text.php?id=780 web.archive.org 21 November 2020 31 August 2006 Launch The digiBLAST saw a western European release in November of 2005 for 79.95 euros.GadgetZone.nl digiBLAST verkrijgbaar vanaf september https://web.archive.org/web/20051217100631/http://www.gadgetzone.nl/nieuws.php?id=678 20 December 2020 web.archive.org 17 December 2005digiBLAST by Nikko – The Video Game Kraken http://videogamekraken.com/digiblast 21 November 2020Dissecta Turns Two! Celebrates with "What a DigiBLAST!"Sponsored by Tantalus Interactive. https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/dissecta-turns-two-celebrates-with-what-a-digiblastsponsored-by-tantalus-interactive GamesIndustry.biz enRF Generation: Nikko digiBLAST (Nikko digiBlast) https://www.rfgeneration.com/PHP/gethwinfo.php?ID=E-121-H-00012-A www.rfgeneration.com 21 November 2020 The DigiBLAST sold at a loss. 200,000 digiBLASTs were expected to sell during the 2005 holiday season. Legacy The digiBLAST sold 100,000 consoles at most, and was taken off the market around 2008.Manikas Pantelis Nikko DigiBlast https://gamemedium.com/console/digiblast News & Reviews for Videogames & Gaming Consoles consall.eu endigiBLAST (video game platform) - Glitchwave video games database https://glitchwave.com/game-platform/digiblast/ glitchwave.com 21 November 2020 Grey Innovations survived the failure of the digiBLAST. It still existed as of 2020 and was the first company to produce ventilators for the Australian National Stockpile during the COVID-19 pandemic.Roberts Peter Grey Innovation delivers first ventilators to national stockpile https://www.aumanufacturing.com.au/grey-innovation-delivers-first-ventilators-to-national-stockpile Australian Manufacturing Forum 21 November 2020 en-AU 1 August 2020 Technology Compute The digiBLAST is powered by a Samsung OCEAN-L-20 SOC containing an ARM9 based CPU.digiBLAST https://forum.digitpress.com/forum/showthread.php?57008-digiBLAST forum.digitpress.com 21 November 2020https://twitter.com/0x416c6578/status/1002658457533763584 https://twitter.com/0x416C6578/status/1002658457533763584 Twitter 21 November 2020 enramiropolla/mame-ap2k https://github.com/ramiropolla/mame-ap2k/blob/master/src/mess/drivers/palmz22.c GitHub 21 November 2020 en Hardware The digiBLAST has an LCD that easily ghosts.5 Video Game Consoles That Never Came To The U.S. https://www.playbuzz.com/georget10/5-video-game-consoles-that-never-came-west Playbuzz 21 November 2020 en 7 February 2019 The digiBLAST has mono audio.digiBLAST: l'abbiamo provato! https://web.archive.org/web/20080929134049/http://www.gamestar.it/showPage.php?template=Speciale&id=169&argomento=digiblast web.archive.org 21 November 2020 29 September 2008 A demo unit of the digiBLAST had a rechargeable battery that offers 10 hours of playtime.digiBLAST: l'abbiamo provato! https://web.archive.org/web/20080914123653/http://www.gamestar.it/showPage.php?template=Speciale&id=169&argomento=digiblast&masterPage=ngs_articolo.html&pagina=2 web.archive.org 21 November 2020 14 September 2008 The battery takes four hours to charge. The shipped unit simply took four AA batteries.A closer look at the digiBLAST Personal Media Center handheld video game console https://imgur.com/gallery/tPabE#UVvPhJg Imgur 21 November 2020 en A pop out stand is used to prop the console up on tables and other flat surfaces.Third Rate Gaming - DigiBLAST https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sb6ir3cdOYw 21 November 2020 An optional MP3 Player module adds 256 megabytes of storage for music. Software The digiBLAST runs Linux, which is loaded from game cartridges.Carless David Jenkins, Simon Gamasutra - The Art & Business of Making Games https://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/98078/DigiBLAST_Kids_Game_Handheld_Announces_Plans.php www.gamasutra.com 21 November 2020 en Notable Games Rayman 3 Tony Hawk Pro Skater 4Digiblast - Ultimate Console Database https://ultimateconsoledatabase.com/portables/digiblast.htm ultimateconsoledatabase.com 21 November 2020Barsanti Sam Hughes William The rise and fall of the Game Boy's weirdest rivals https://www.avclub.com/the-game-com-cometh-the-rise-and-fall-of-the-game-boy-1846501180/slides/11 30 May 2022 The A.V. Club 22 March 2021 en-us External Resources Video Game Kraken - digiBLAST page. Game Medium - digiBLAST page. References 2100%__NOTOC__