Post subject: Video game console knockoffs
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Video game console knockoffs are quite plentiful (as one can surmise by eg. making a quick google images search). Seems like China is by far the largest producer of these knockoffs whose clear intention is to fool parents and grandparents (and very young children) into buying them believing they are the real mccoy. I am wondering, though: Exactly what kind of machines are these? Are they full-fledged modern consoles, just with cheaper parts? Are they perhaps compatible with the consoles they are plagiarizing? Or perhaps with older consoles? (Do they internally eg. run some kind of emulation for older consoles?) Or are they original proprietary consoles with their own unique games? If so, who makes these games, and what do they look like? Does anyone know? In at least one case, I found a video demonstrating a PSP knockoff: Link to video It was quite a shock. These types of LCD games were popular in the early 80's, yet this thing is being sold today, fooling some people into thinking it's comparable to the PSP (if not the PSP itself).
Joined: 5/19/2010
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ashens' channel (from where the video is originally from) has many reviews of cheap knock-offs. (ie The "Chintendo" Vii) Youtube search results
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