- Game Axe
The Game Axe is an unlicensed handheld
video game system made by the Taiwanese hardware manufacturerRedant , a division ofLegend Technologies . It is sold inHong Kong ,Taiwan , andJapan . It is a portable famiclone that can play Famicom games, and by using the included adapter, American andEurope anNintendo Entertainment System games.More information
In the USA, one can only obtain the Game Axe through mail import. The price is somewhere around $150.00 + shipping cost, and the add-on adaptor needed to play NES cartriges runs an additional $10 - $30, depending on import realtor mark-up. Usually when ordering, it will come with two add-on controllers (slimmer than standard NES controllers but with the same functionality) that have standard A and B buttons as well as A and B turbo buttons, and the AC adaptor. Many North American Game distributors know little if anything about the Game Axe.
Features
The Game Axe is a hand-held direct port of Famicom and NES (with adaptor) games, and only the Turbographix handheld could do as such with its console games.It contains two controller ports at the base, an AC jack, and an RCA jack, to essentially make the Game Axe into a small version NES / Famicom Console system.
Issues with the NES cartridge adaptor
Having to plug in the adaptor into the top, and then the NES cartridge into that, the Game Axe suffers sever stability issues if playing NES games while holding the device. Any jarring of the hand held causes NES games to lose enough contact to freeze, turn off, or hang up. If NES games are the main focus of the user, it's best to simply use the Game Axe in conjunction with all external add-ons and play using a T.V. though as a hand-held Famicom it performs admirably (though in most cases one needs to understand Japanese in order to benefit).
ee also
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Pocket Famicom
*Sega Nomad External links
* [http://members.fortunecity.com/davidlevine/ga.htm The Game Axe Information Site]
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