Sunday, January 11, 2009

CES 2009: Portable NES

This is the FC Mobile, which is a portable NES that is approximately the size of a Game Gear and plays classic NES carts. Those carts are huge in comparison to the FC Mobile, so there is plenty of overhang sticking out of the top of the handheld when you slide in your old copy of Metroid.

The screen on the FC Mobile is small, but solidly sharp. I played a few moments of Super Mario Bros. and had zero trouble with it. The controls that flank the screen are decent, although what really can hold a candle to the original d-pad on the NES controller? There are two speakers below the screen, but with the racket echoing around the convention center, it was hard to hear. I could make out the basic melody of Super Mario Bros., though.

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