I have the main unit.
type handheld console
country USA
year 1997
os game.com
cpu Sharp 8-bit
speed 32 MHz
graphic 200×160 LCD built in
touch screen
colors b&w 4 gray scale
sound mono
ports two cartbridge, power,
com-port, phone
power 4 AA-batteries or AC
The Tiger Game.com — Tiger’s Internet Handheld
The Tiger Game.com, released in September 1997, was Tiger Electronics’ ambitious attempt to create a proper handheld game console to compete with Nintendo’s Game Boy — featuring a touchscreen, a built-in address book and calendar, and an optional modem for internet access and email. Using a 32-bit processor with a 200×160 pixel display, the Game.com offered more sophisticated hardware than Nintendo’s aging Game Boy, and the internet connectivity was genuinely innovative for a consumer handheld in 1997. Unfortunately its software library was limited, the touchscreen was imprecise, and the Game Boy Color and later Game Boy Advance made it commercially unviable. Today the Game.com is a fascinating collector’s piece — Tiger’s most ambitious hardware product and a bold attempt to define the connected handheld years before smartphones made the concept universal.
