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'''The Tiger Game.com Experience''' is the name given to a stream project hosted by [[Draco]] and [[Rockyowitz]] in 2015. On it the two co-hosted streams where they either played through or played a significant part of every game released for the ill-fated Game.com handheld system, of which 20 games were released. At the time there was no such endeavor that anyone had undertaken on YouTube making Gatorbox the first to host a complete playlist, the project's view count | '''The Tiger Game.com Experience''' is the name given to a stream project hosted by [[Draco]] and [[Rockyowitz]] in 2015. On it, the two co-hosted streams where they either played through or played a significant part of every game released for the ill-fated Game.com handheld system, of which only 20 games were released. At the time there was no such endeavor that anyone had undertaken on YouTube making Gatorbox the first to host a complete playlist, the project's view count a reflection of that. At the time of filming Draco owned physical copies of nearly every game for the handheld so he had cartridges to show off for each installment in most cases. Since then Draco made it a personal goal to complete his Game.com library, a feat he achieved in 2022. | ||
Notably, two games were omitted from the streams: ''Jeopardy'' and ''Tiger Casino''. This was due to issues with the Game.com emulator used on the show not being able to properly run either game. There were no other options for Game.com emulation aside from the literal development suite Tiger Electronics used themselves in the late 90's and due to its poor documentation Draco wasn't able to get the games to work. He stated that because he'd been able to feature ''Quiz Wiz: Cyber Trivia'' and ''Solitaire'' that those were "close enough" analogues to the two non-functional games, a quiz game and card game respectively. | |||
==Failed Series== | |||
'''"The Experience"''' as it was referred to offhand nearly became an ongoing project where Draco would sample every game released for a given console however this idea was turned down given the massive libraries of most contemporary platforms leaving only obscure ones, such as the Game.com, with feasible libraries. Game.com emulation was a challenge for Draco and Rocky to overcome for this project and rather than pursue additional similar challenges Draco decided not to continue The Experience's lineage. | |||
==10th Anniversary (2025)== | |||
In 2025, Draco revived The Tiger Game.com Experience for the final Friday stream of the year; in the years following the original Game.com streams Internet Archive had managed to setup a browser-based Game.com emulator that worked far better than the one used on stream in 2015. This new emulator was compatible with the two games that did not work originally, so Draco considered it appropriate for The Experience's 10-year anniversary to double back and give those two games a proper feature. However, despite testing the emulator ahead of time, one day before the Friday show Internet Archive removed several games due to copyright claims, ''Jeopardy'' being one of them. Realizing this at the last minute, Draco cobbled together a mostly-working Game.com from the three he had on-hand to at least present something for the show even if it meant pointing the camera directly at the Game.com screen. | |||
Popular games from the 2015 streams were given brief re-features as well for the anniversary show including ''Batman & Robin'', and the previously undiscovered ''Castlevania: Symphony of the Night'' prototype was also given a spotlight in the stream. | |||
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Latest revision as of 12:53, 28 January 2026
The Tiger Game.com Experience is the name given to a stream project hosted by Draco and Rockyowitz in 2015. On it, the two co-hosted streams where they either played through or played a significant part of every game released for the ill-fated Game.com handheld system, of which only 20 games were released. At the time there was no such endeavor that anyone had undertaken on YouTube making Gatorbox the first to host a complete playlist, the project's view count a reflection of that. At the time of filming Draco owned physical copies of nearly every game for the handheld so he had cartridges to show off for each installment in most cases. Since then Draco made it a personal goal to complete his Game.com library, a feat he achieved in 2022.
Notably, two games were omitted from the streams: Jeopardy and Tiger Casino. This was due to issues with the Game.com emulator used on the show not being able to properly run either game. There were no other options for Game.com emulation aside from the literal development suite Tiger Electronics used themselves in the late 90's and due to its poor documentation Draco wasn't able to get the games to work. He stated that because he'd been able to feature Quiz Wiz: Cyber Trivia and Solitaire that those were "close enough" analogues to the two non-functional games, a quiz game and card game respectively.
Failed Series
"The Experience" as it was referred to offhand nearly became an ongoing project where Draco would sample every game released for a given console however this idea was turned down given the massive libraries of most contemporary platforms leaving only obscure ones, such as the Game.com, with feasible libraries. Game.com emulation was a challenge for Draco and Rocky to overcome for this project and rather than pursue additional similar challenges Draco decided not to continue The Experience's lineage.
10th Anniversary (2025)
In 2025, Draco revived The Tiger Game.com Experience for the final Friday stream of the year; in the years following the original Game.com streams Internet Archive had managed to setup a browser-based Game.com emulator that worked far better than the one used on stream in 2015. This new emulator was compatible with the two games that did not work originally, so Draco considered it appropriate for The Experience's 10-year anniversary to double back and give those two games a proper feature. However, despite testing the emulator ahead of time, one day before the Friday show Internet Archive removed several games due to copyright claims, Jeopardy being one of them. Realizing this at the last minute, Draco cobbled together a mostly-working Game.com from the three he had on-hand to at least present something for the show even if it meant pointing the camera directly at the Game.com screen.
Popular games from the 2015 streams were given brief re-features as well for the anniversary show including Batman & Robin, and the previously undiscovered Castlevania: Symphony of the Night prototype was also given a spotlight in the stream.