Changes: DreamGEAR My Arcade Handhelds

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My Arcade Gamer Go Portable — The Go Gamer Portable is among My Arcade's lineup of handhelds.

The My Arcade handhelds are handhelds with built-in games that were distributed by My Arcade since 2014.

Models

DGUN-2573-Gamer-V-FRONT 1024x1024 — The Gamer V Portable

The first handheld from My Arcade, simply known as Portable Gaming System, has 140 of Jungletac's newer games, based on VTxxx hardware. Unlike many of the My Arcade handhelds, which mostly try to avoid obvious copyright infringement, some of the games are clones of various NES games like Bomberman, Donkey Kong Jr., and Door Door. Some games also steal sprites of characters from GBA and SNES games and voice clips from cartoon characters. A second revision exists with 220 Jungletac games, with many of their VT09 games among the new additions. Lexibook distributed a similar console known as the Compact Cyber Arcade.

The Gamer V Portable is the second handheld from My Arcade, which also has 220 games but none are the same as on the Portable Gaming System. Unlike the last system, these games try to hide copyright as much as possible (for example, removing Elmo from River Jump). While most games included are by Nice Code Software (including their VT03 software such as Curly Monkey 2), some games like Guard Radish seem to be either original or were developed by a different company.

DGUN-2878-Gamer-Max PR1 480x480 — Gamer Max

Other Systems from My Arcade Handhelds include the Gamer Max Portable which features 220 16 bit Games. It also allows you to connect the system to the T.V. (AV cable not included).

The pocket sized Gamer Mini is the smallest handheld from the My Arcade handheld line. The handheld system has a wrist strap included and it has 160 built in games inside.

DGUN-2953-Gamer-Mini PR1 1024x1024 — Gamer Mini

DGUN-2593-Retro-Arcade-X PR1 RED H 480x480 — The Retro Arcade Machine

My Arcade also distributed a portable arcade cabinet known as the Retro Arcade Machine, which was released in 2015. It features 200 8-bit Nice Code games along with several hacked games by Inventor. It appears seems to use the same casing as the iPhone accessory Arcadie. This one features many common multicart hacks such as Turtles (Raphael in Lode Runner) and Powerpuff Girl (Blossom in Dino-Riki) but with the title screens removed. Unhacked versions of Tag-Team Pro Wrestling and Pinball were also included but with copyright info removed. There are other models from Thumbs Up! and The Source with a different casing sticker. A later revision of the Retro Arcade Machine has 300 preloaded games, all of which are 16-bit.

dreamGEAR also distributed the Go Gamer Portable, which includes the Family Sport 220-in-1 game from Senca.

Trivia

On the Portable Gaming System, the player can access a control test menu by holding down A and B while turning the system on. By doing this, one can see that the start button is actually just a duplicate A button, meaning they probably intended to release a second unit. This can also be done on the Retro Arcade Machine and the Micro Controller.
In the 8-bit Retro Arcade Machine, references to "Nature Clan" were removed from games such as Spring World. This implies that Nature Clan is a trademarked title.
There also exists an arcade look-alike that has very similar games.

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+[[File:My Arcade Gamer Go Portable.jpg|thumb|300px|The Go Gamer Portable is among My Arcade's lineup of handhelds.]]
-[[DreamGEAR]], known for previously making [[DreamGEAR Plug 'N Play|NES based Plug-N-Plays]], created a line of portable game systems known as "My Arcade" in 2014. These units consist of 16-bit hardware rather than 8-bit, and consist of mostly [[Nice Code Software]]. Similar to the [[Zone]] systems, they are mostly sold in dollar stores and other places with small toy aisles.
-== Models and Games ==
-So far, two models of these have been released, and they are both in shells that resemble the Wii U Tablet controller. The first model seems to use Game Boy Advance technology (at least judging by another clone system), while the other most likely uses [[OneBus]] VT03. Both units have many repeated games on them with different graphics and sounds.
+The '''My Arcade handhelds''' are handhelds with built-in games that were distributed by My Arcade since 2014.
-The first and more common model released contains 140 [[Jungletac]] games. Unlike most DreamGEAR games, which mostly try to avoid obvious copyright infringement, some of the games are clones of various NES games like ''Bomberman'', ''Donkey Kong Jr.'', and ''Door Door''. Some of them also rip off sprites of characters from GBA and SNES games, and voice clips are stolen from cartoon characters. A second revision exists containing 220 Jungletac games, with many of their 8-bit games among the new additions.
+== Models ==
-Another model released, also known as the Gamer V Portable, also has 220 games, but none are the same as on the previous units. This one contains the usual DreamGEAR games with 16-bit graphics. Unlike the last system, these games try to hide copyright as much as possible (Ex: removing Elmo from ''River Jump''). While most games included are by Nice Code, including their VT03 games such as ''Curly Monkey 2'', some games seem to be either original or from a different company, such as ''Guard Radish''.
+[[File:DGUN-2573-Gamer-V-FRONT 1024x1024.png|thumb|211x211px|The Gamer V Portable]]
+The first handheld from My Arcade, simply known as [[My Arcade Portable Gaming System|Portable Gaming System]], has 140 of [[Jungletac]]'s newer games, based on [[VTxxx]] hardware. Unlike many of the My Arcade handhelds, which mostly try to avoid obvious copyright infringement, some of the games are clones of various NES games like ''Bomberman'', ''Donkey Kong Jr.'', and ''Door Door''. Some games also steal sprites of characters from GBA and SNES games and voice clips from cartoon characters. A second revision exists with 220 Jungletac games, with many of their [[VTxx|VT09]] games among the new additions. [[Lexibook]] distributed a similar console known as the [[Lexibook Compact Cyber Arcade (200-in-1)|Compact Cyber Arcade]].
+The [[Gamer V Portable]] is the second handheld from My Arcade, which also has 220 games but none are the same as on the Portable Gaming System. Unlike the last system, these games try to hide copyright as much as possible (for example, removing Elmo from ''River Jump''). While most games included are by [[Nice Code Software]] (including their [[VTxx|VT03]] software such as ''Curly Monkey 2''), some games like ''Guard Radish'' seem to be either original or were developed by a different company.
-The current model, released in 2015, features 200 8-bit Nice Code games along with several hacked games by ''[[Inventor/List of hacks|Inventor]]''. Unlike the previous systems, this one is shaped like an arcade machine, and seems to use the same casing as the iPhone accessory ''Arcadie''. This one features many common multicart hacks like ''Turtles'' (Raphael in Lode Runner) and ''Powerpuff Girl'' (Blossom in Dino-Riki) with their titles removed, as well as unhacked versions of ''Tag-Team Pro Wrestling'' and ''Pinball,'' there are also other models but with a different casing sticker from'' Thumbs Up! ''and'' The Source.''
+[[File:DGUN-2878-Gamer-Max PR1 480x480.png|thumb|159x159px|Gamer Max]]
-== Trivia  ==
+Other Systems from My Arcade Handhelds include the Gamer Max Portable which features 220 16 bit Games. It also allows you to connect the system to the T.V. (AV cable not included).
-* On the first model, you can access a control test menu by holding down A and B while turning the system on. By doing this, you can see that the start button is actually just a duplicate A button, meaning they probably intended to release a second unit.
-* In the arcade-shaped unit, the Nature Clan logo is removed from Nature Clan games like ''Spring World''. This could mean that Nature Clan is a company rather than the name of the character.
+The pocket sized Gamer Mini is the smallest handheld from the My Arcade handheld line. The handheld system has a wrist strap included and it has 160 built in games inside.
-== Gallery ==
+[[File:DGUN-2953-Gamer-Mini PR1 1024x1024.png|thumb|158x158px|Gamer Mini]]
-[[File:Retro mini controller front.JPG|left|thumb|185x185px|''The Source''<nowiki/>'s version of the My Arcade]]
+[[File:DGUN-2593-Retro-Arcade-X PR1 RED H 480x480.png|thumb|157x157px|The Retro Arcade Machine]]
+My Arcade also distributed a portable arcade cabinet known as the [[Retro Arcade Machine]], which was released in 2015. It features 200 8-bit Nice Code games along with several hacked games by ''[[Inventor/List of hacks|Inventor]]''. It appears seems to use the same casing as the iPhone accessory ''Arcadie''. This one features many common multicart hacks such as ''Turtles'' (Raphael in Lode Runner) and ''Powerpuff Girl'' (Blossom in Dino-Riki) but with the title screens removed. Unhacked versions of ''Tag-Team Pro Wrestling'' and ''Pinball'' were also included but with copyright info removed. There are other models from Thumbs Up! and The Source with a different casing sticker. A later revision of the Retro Arcade Machine has 300 preloaded games, all of which are 16-bit.
+dreamGEAR also distributed the Go Gamer[[Gamer Go Portable| Portable]], which includes the Family Sport 220-in-1 game from [[Senca]].
+== Trivia  ==
+* On the Portable Gaming System, the player can access a control test menu by holding down A and B while turning the system on. By doing this, one can see that the start button is actually just a duplicate A button, meaning they probably intended to release a second unit. This can also be done on the Retro Arcade Machine and the Micro Controller.
+* In the 8-bit Retro Arcade Machine, references to "Nature Clan" were removed from games such as ''Spring World''. This implies that Nature Clan is a trademarked title.
+* There also exists an arcade look-alike that has very similar games.
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