9999 in 1 obscure handheld game from India

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9999 in 1 obscure handheld game from India Oct 2, 2017 15:03:36 GMT dogpolygonrt66 and expendableindigo like this

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Post by BenchFox on Oct 2, 2017 15:03:36 GMT

So, I moved recently, and while I was unpacking my books, I found this interesting ad behind one of my Indian comic books about a raffle in India; When you found the letters I L-O-V-E B-I-G B-A-B-O-L in a Big Babol wrapping, you could send a letter to Big Babol GPO (I seriously don't know what that means), where you would enter the raffle to win one of only 20.000 handheld gaming systems called 9999 in 1. I know for a fact that it happened in late 1999 since the unreadable text in the bottom of the ad says that entries would be open until 31 Nov, 1999 (sorry, I took the photo with my phone). If anybody has any info on the system, please share it with us.

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9999 in 1 obscure handheld game from India Oct 4, 2017 5:09:08 GMT dogpolygonrt66 likes this

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Post by echofox on Oct 4, 2017 5:09:08 GMT

That looks like your typical cheap white-label Chinese brick game handheld. The "9999" different games are usually just Tetris, Brick Breaker, Snake and some basic racing game repeated a few thousand times.

Most in that mold come with a built-in calculator:

www.amazon.co.uk/9999-Game-Machine-Racing-Shooting/dp/B00M0GJMDS

They come in loads of different form factors (some try to look like video game consoles like the PSone, PSP, Nintendo DS, etc.) but this is the most common version I've seen:

These are very common dollar store products. There are many being sold for as low as 50 cents (in a batch) on Alibaba.

GPO probably refers to the general post office.

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9999 in 1 obscure handheld game from India Oct 4, 2017 10:18:43 GMT dogpolygonrt66 likes this

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Post by BenchFox on Oct 4, 2017 10:18:43 GMT

Yes I know those games aren't actually lost. I had one of them before. But, the console buttons are quite different. Otherwise, it's exactly the same. But even little differences are actually considered lost media.

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9999 in 1 obscure handheld game from India Oct 16, 2017 13:47:13 GMT

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Post by dogpolygonrt66 on Oct 16, 2017 13:47:13 GMT

Oct 4, 2017 10:18:43 GMT BenchFox said:

Yes I know those games aren't actually lost. I had one of them before. But, the console buttons are quite different. Otherwise, it's exactly the same. But even little differences are actually considered lost media.

Well, sadly, on here, physical items are NOT considered media unless they contain lost video/famous images/games/etc.

This is so sad, can we hit 50 likes?

Lucy Global Moderator absence makes the heart grow fonder Posts: 623	9999 in 1 obscure handheld game from India Oct 18, 2017 3:04:57 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by Lucy on Oct 18, 2017 3:04:57 GMT You can feel free to talk about it here in the forums, just don't expect any articles on it to stay up for longer than 15 minutes...

senshisun God Posts: 670	9999 in 1 obscure handheld game from India Dec 7, 2017 0:22:50 GMT dogpolygonrt66 likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by senshisun on Dec 7, 2017 0:22:50 GMT It all sounds like Pop Stations to me. In short, it's a simple cash grab.
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dogpolygonrt66 God Found three items Posts: 713	9999 in 1 obscure handheld game from India Dec 28, 2017 19:47:57 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by dogpolygonrt66 on Dec 28, 2017 19:47:57 GMT Dec 21, 2017 8:50:11 GMT funtasia said: Are you saying you have one? I have no clue what this is supposed to mean.
	This is so sad, can we hit 50 likes?

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Post by echofox on Oct 4, 2017 5:09:08 GMT

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