If you happened to be on a flight with Japan Airlines in the early to mid 1990s, you probably had the opportunity to play the Sega Mega Jet, which was a portable version of the Mega Drive. Unfortunately, the Mega Jet lacked a screen, but could play several Mega Drive cartridges when plugged into a screen. In 1994, the system went commercial for US$123. The main problem with the system was that it still didn’t have a built-in screen and had to be played with an AC adapter.  Another limitation to the system was the fact that you could only play certain games out of the entire Mega Drive collection.

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written by Will Snizek \\ tags: drive, fact, flight, gaming, Japan, Jet, Nomad, Old, opportunity, option, School, screen, Sega, system, US, version

Miz Calamity from GameGirl.com messaged me last night about an interesting contest they have going on, so I thought I’d share it with our readers. If you have never checked out their site, I suggest you do. Our industry certainly lacks mainstream gaming exposure from the female point of view and I’m hoping sites like this change the industry in the future. Check out the article for the contest HERE.

Do you think you are a fanboy or fangirl?
Do you collect, love, adore, play a certain system/game more than the others?
Are you borderline obsessed with Halo?
Will you fight to the death to defend your PS3?
Do you collect FF dolls action figures?
Prove it! We want your pictures proving what a fanboy you are!!!! Send them to tips4gamegirl@gmail.com and label your email ‘Fanboy’. Send entries in by April 13, 2008.

written by Will Snizek \\ tags: April, Calamity, Chance, com, contest, Fanboy, Fangirl, GameGirl, industry, Miz, night, Prove, screen, site, Top

10 new screens were recently released by Capcom. We still don’t know everything about El Fuerte, but all the screen shots featuring the new SF character look good. The following 10 screens feature him fighting in Africa and Brazil.

written by Will Snizek \\ tags: Africa, Brazil, Capcom, character, everything, Fighter, Fuerte, gallery, look, New, screen, Screens, Street