History Originally announced as the Gametrac, before being renamed after discovered the name and complained that the name breached their copyright, the Gizmondo was a multi-function handheld games device launched by a UK subsidiary of US-based Tiger Telematics in 2005. The device was intended to compete against and but due to a limited release which initially only included the (And only select retailers at that) and later limited availability in the, the console floundered. The initial release of the console saw only two games, (A collection of 3 games from the games line) and. The latter game was more popular with users and throughout the life of the platform was one of if not the most popular game in the community.

Gizmondo promised to bring more games including some which made use of the console's unique features ( promised GPS-powered 'Turf Wars' where players could fight for control of real-life areas, Agaju promised to use the camera for FPS controls and other augmented reality features), however only 14 games ever made it to release - and none which made use of the platform's unique features. Transmission Torrent Blocklist. The console was released in the US exclusively through specific Gizmondo mall kiosks.

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Shortly after the US release, it was discovered that at least one of the big names () behind the company and, by extension, the platform, were members of the Uppsalamaffian, a Swedish mafia. The company never recovered and at any rate had incurred massive losses. Split Screen Vista How Do I. To make matters worse, the company began circulating images of an improved Gizmondo before the console even went on sale in the US. The Gizmondo WS (WideScreen) strongly resembled the PSP and its existence angered existing owners (In the UK) because they felt they had bought the wrong machine and were going to be left out in the cold. American buyers were promised 'an upgrade path' to the new system, but what this was was never made clear. No such option was ever said to be available to UK customers.

At any rate, the console never emerged and likely never got beyond the concept stage. The company essentially 'went dark' shortly after the US launch due to lack of funds and the company finally went into bankruptcy in February of 2006. Since then, the console has been cracked and the community, lead by, have spent much time porting games, finding and releasing the console's lost commercial games (Chicane: Jenson Button Street Racing,, Colors, and more) and creating all-new games and applications as homebrew efforts.

Some individuals think that the system failed because of its lack of games. With a catalogue of games like and, the Gizmondo just couldn't compete with cheaper handheld systems like the Nintendo DS. In 2008, Carl Freer (Gizmondo's Chairman and the platform's corporate champion) announced he had reached an agreement with the liquidators and planned to re-launch the Gizmondo brand with a new console. This eventually came to nothing. The planned new console had been based on the existing hardware, but running open source software.

The Hardware The Gizmondo was essentially a WindowsCE.net HandheldPC, using the embedded OS to run a custom GUI. It sported a 400MHz ARM9 processor, a 2.8' 320x480 TFT screen and an GoForce 3D 4500 GPU (The GPU initially delayed the launch as the developers decided to change from a 2D chip to a 3D to better compete with the specs of the DS and PSP).