a very n-gaging thread

rootfifthoctave

“the n-gage - not even worth stealing”

treefroggy

This thread was epicly n-gaging and I n-gathered lots of info, I feel we’ve all been rather n-trigued by all of this,
n-dubitably

coughsoda

exodus One of the PR people was named Gerard Wiener and he was built like a tank.

incredible sentence. also man, from knuckles chaotix to an n-gage exclusive – not a whole lot of luck in that guy’s career, i’d reckon… (though i bought chaotix when it came out, it was the only play my 32x ever got, and i loved it at the time)

rootfifthoctave

i visited my parents last week and did find an n-gage in a drawer. i would not want to try to charge that battery, though i imagine it still works if you can replace it. the form factor of the thing is very good i think, compared to the slick and hefty OG psp. it was kind of grimy, that kind of sticky dust that covers things left in drawers for years. i’ll try to see if i can source a replacement battery and charger next time i’m down that way, clean it up and see if it works.

Toothball

I won my N-Gage. There was a gaming exhibition touring the UK at the time, might have been Game On or something of that ilk. Nokia had an N-Gage stand, and were offering an N-Gage to whoever set the best time at some motocycle GP game each day. I decided that it was going to be me that day, so started hanging around the stand and asking for another go whenever someone posted a better time.

It was looking good until about five minutes before close, when suddenly there was a time better than mine. I rushed back over and asked enthusiatically for another go before they closed! The staff then revealed that they were just teasing me and had made up the faster time. A few weeks later and I had my N-Gage! Mostly ended using it as an FM radio. Did play a bunch of the built in skateboarding game though.

◉◉maru

Toothball The staff then revealed that they were just teasing me and had made up the faster time.

That’s kinda adorable. I am surprised I’ve never seen that plot in one of the twenty eight thousand teen-oriented “coming of age” movies, sitcoms and animated series I consumed in the late ‘80s and ‘90s.

rootfifthoctave

proof that we were (and, i suppose, are) an n-gage family

exodus

rootfifthoctave YES. and the mold around the rim of the QD is very authentic.

穴

rootfifthoctave an n-gage family

I’m visualizing this as a bumper sticker in a minivan

Syzygy

In this house, we n-gage.

rootfifthoctave

this looks hype as hell until you remember that the psp was less than a year away (in japan at least) and you have sense to notice that crash team racing is running very poorly

exodus

rootfifthoctave I loved the n-gage promotion cycle, it was obvious to absolutely everyone that it wasn’t going to do well, but they were dumping money into things like this, “cool” hip hop dancers, etc, but nobody on the team knew what cool was, and everyone was remarkably Finnish so everything was a bit off anyway. It was a delightful time but nobody ever thought it was gonna work. It was an industry joke but I wish there were more industry jokes that were actually funny and kind of wholesome, vs, say, the amico.

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