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The Tapwave Zodiac is a mobile entertainment console and personal digital assistant.^[1]

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Sixth-generation video game consoles

ABA Games

ABA Games is a Japanese video game developer, composed solely of game designer Kenta Cho.

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Activision

Activision Publishing, Inc. is an American video game publisher based in Santa Monica, California.

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Altered Beast

Altered Beast is a 1988 beat 'em up arcade video game developed and published by Sega.

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An ampere-hour or amp-hour (symbol: A⋅h or A h; often simplified as Ah) is a unit of electric charge, having dimensions of electric current multiplied by time, equal to the charge transferred by a steady current of one ampere flowing for one hour, or 3,600 coulombs.

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Another World (video game)

Another World is a cinematic platform action-adventure game designed by Éric Chahi and published by Delphine Software in November 1991.

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ARM architecture family

ARM (stylised in lowercase as arm, formerly an acronym for Advanced RISC Machines and originally Acorn RISC Machine) is a family of RISC instruction set architectures (ISAs) for computer processors.

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ATI Technologies

ATI Technologies Inc., commonly called ATI, was a Canadian semiconductor technology corporation based in Markham, Ontario, that specialized in the development of graphics processing units and chipsets.

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Bloomberg Businessweek

Bloomberg Businessweek, previously known as BusinessWeek (and before that Business Week and The Business Week), is an American monthly business magazine published 12 times a year.

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Bluetooth

Bluetooth is a short-range wireless technology standard that is used for exchanging data between fixed and mobile devices over short distances and building personal area networks (PANs).

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CNET

CNET (short for "Computer Network") is an American media website that publishes reviews, news, articles, blogs, podcasts, and videos on technology and consumer electronics globally.

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Consumer Electronics Show

CES (formerly an initialism for Consumer Electronics Show) is an annual trade show organized by the Consumer Technology Association (CTA).

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Currys

Currys (branded as Currys PC World between 2010 and 2021) is a British electrical retailer and aftercare service provider operating in the United Kingdom and Ireland, specialising in white goods, consumer electronics, computers and mobile phones.

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DivX

DivX is a brand of video codec products developed by DivX, LLC.

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Dixons (retailer)

Dixons was a British high-street retailer of consumer electronics, originally founded in 1937 as a photographic studio by Charles Kalms.

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Doom (1993 video game)

Doom is a first-person shooter game developed and published by id Software.

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Doom II

Doom II, also known as Doom II: Hell on Earth, is a first-person shooter game in the Doom franchise developed by id Software.

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Duke Nukem

Duke Nukem is a media franchise named for its main character, Duke Nukem.

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Duke Nukem Mobile

Duke Nukem Mobile is the name given to two different games in the Duke Nukem series developed by American studio MachineWorks Northwest and produced by 3D Realms.

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Dynamic random-access memory

Dynamic random-access memory (dynamic RAM or DRAM) is a type of random-access semiconductor memory that stores each bit of data in a memory cell, usually consisting of a tiny capacitor and a transistor, both typically based on metal–oxide–semiconductor (MOS) technology.

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E3

E3 (short for Electronic Entertainment Expo) was an annual trade event for the video game industry organized and presented by the Entertainment Software Association (ESA).

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Electronic Arts

Electronic Arts Inc. (EA) is an American video game company headquartered in Redwood City, California.

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Emulator

In computing, an emulator is hardware or software that enables one computer system (called the host) to behave like another computer system (called the guest).

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Flashback (1992 video game)

Flashback, released as Flashback: The Quest for Identity in the United States, is a 1992 science fiction cinematic platform game developed by Delphine Software of France and published by U.S. Gold in the United States and Europe, and Sunsoft in Japan.

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Freeware

Freeware is software, most often proprietary, that is distributed at no monetary cost to the end user.

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Golden Axe

is a series of side-scrolling beat 'em up arcade video games developed by Sega.

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Golden Axe III

is a side-scrolling beat 'em up video game developed and published by Sega, released for the Sega Mega Drive in Japan on June 25, 1993.

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Graphics processing unit

A graphics processing unit (GPU) is a specialized electronic circuit initially designed for digital image processing and to accelerate computer graphics, being present either as a discrete video card or embedded on motherboards, mobile phones, personal computers, workstations, and game consoles.

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Handheld game console

A handheld game console, or simply handheld console, is a small, portable self-contained video game console with a built-in screen, game controls and speakers. Tapwave Zodiac and handheld game console are handheld game consoles.

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Handmark

Handmark Inc. was an American developer and distributor of mobile content, based in Kansas City, Missouri.

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Heretic (video game)

Heretic is a dark fantasy first-person shooter video game released in December 1994.

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Hexen II

Hexen II is a dark fantasy first-person shooter (FPS) video game developed by Raven Software and published by id Software in 1997.

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Hexen: Beyond Heretic

Hexen: Beyond Heretic is a fantasy first-person shooter video game developed by Raven Software and published by id Software distributed through GT Interactive on October 30, 1995.

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Homebrew (video games)

Homebrew, when applied to video games, refers to software produced by hobbyists for proprietary video game consoles which are not intended to be user-programmable.

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I.MX

The i.MX range is a family of Freescale Semiconductor (now part of NXP) proprietary microcontrollers for multimedia applications based on the ARM architecture and focused on low-power consumption.

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Id Software

id Software LLC is an American video game developer based in Richardson, Texas.

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Imageon

Imageon (previously ATI Imageon) was a series of media coprocessors and mobile chipsets produced by ATI (later AMD) in 2002–2008, providing graphics acceleration and other multimedia features for handheld devices such as mobile phones and Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs).

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Infrared

Infrared (IR; sometimes called infrared light) is electromagnetic radiation (EMR) with wavelengths longer than that of visible light but shorter than microwaves.

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JPEG

JPEG (short for Joint Photographic Experts Group) is a commonly used method of lossy compression for digital images, particularly for those images produced by digital photography.

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List of Doom ports

The present article is a list of known platforms to which Doom has been confirmed to be ported.

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Lithium-ion battery

A lithium-ion or Li-ion battery is a type of rechargeable battery that uses the reversible intercalation of Li+ ions into electronically conducting solids to store energy.

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MacOS

macOS, originally Mac OS X, previously shortened as OS X, is an operating system developed and marketed by Apple since 2001.

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Madden NFL 2005

Madden NFL 2005 is an American football simulation video game based on the NFL that was developed by EA Tiburon, along with Exient Entertainment and Budcat Creations, and published by EA Sports.

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MAME

MAME (formerly an acronym of Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator) is a free and open-source emulator designed to recreate the hardware of arcade games, video game consoles, old computers and other systems in software on modern personal computers and other platforms.

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Midway Games

Midway Games Inc., known previously as Midway Manufacturing and Bally Midway, and commonly known as simply Midway, was an American video game developer and publisher.

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Mountain View, California

Mountain View is a city in Santa Clara County, California, United States, part of the San Francisco Bay Area.

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MP3

MP3 (formally MPEG-1 Audio Layer III or MPEG-2 Audio Layer III) is a coding format for digital audio developed largely by the Fraunhofer Society in Germany under the lead of Karlheinz Brandenburg, with support from other digital scientists in other countries.

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MPEG-4

MPEG-4 is a group of international standards for the compression of digital audio and visual data, multimedia systems, and file storage formats.

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MTX Mototrax

MTX Mototrax is a racing video game developed by Left Field Productions and published by Activision for PlayStation 2 and Xbox in 2004.

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MultiMediaCard, officially abbreviated as MMC, is a memory card standard used for solid-state storage.

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Music

Music is the arrangement of sound to create some combination of form, harmony, melody, rhythm, or otherwise expressive content.

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Neo Geo

Neo Geo is a family of video game hardware that was developed by SNK.

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Neverwinter Nights (2002 video game)

Neverwinter Nights is a role-playing video game developed by BioWare.

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Nintendo

is a Japanese multinational video game company headquartered in Kyoto.

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Nintendo DS

The (retroactively referred to as NDS or DS) is a 32-bit foldable handheld game console produced by Nintendo, released globally across 2004 and 2005. Tapwave Zodiac and Nintendo DS are Discontinued handheld game consoles and handheld game consoles.

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OpenTTD

OpenTTD is a business simulation game in which players try to earn money by transporting passengers, minerals and goods via road, rail, water and air.

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Palm OS

Palm OS (also known as Garnet OS) was a mobile operating system initially developed by Palm, Inc., for personal digital assistants (PDAs) in 1996.

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Palm TX

The Palm TX (written as "Palm T|X" in official documentation) was a personal digital assistant which was produced by Palm, Inc. It was announced and released as part of Palm's October 2005 product cycle, and was in production until March 2009. Tapwave Zodiac and Palm TX are Palm OS devices.

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Palm, Inc.

Palm, Inc., was an American company that specialized in manufacturing personal digital assistants (PDAs) and developing software.

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PC World

PC World (stylized as PCWorld) is a global computer magazine published monthly by IDG.

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PCMag

PC Magazine (shortened as PCMag) is an American computer magazine published by Ziff Davis.

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Personal digital assistant

A personal digital assistant (PDA) is a multi-purpose mobile device which functions as a personal information manager.

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PlayStation

is a video gaming brand that consists of five home video game consoles, two handhelds, a media center, and a smartphone, as well as an online service and multiple magazines.

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PlayStation Portable

The PlayStation Portable (PSP) is a handheld game console developed and marketed by Sony Computer Entertainment. Tapwave Zodiac and PlayStation Portable are Discontinued handheld game consoles and handheld game consoles.

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PNG

Portable Network Graphics (PNG, officially pronounced, colloquially pronounced) is a raster-graphics file format that supports lossless data compression.

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Popular Science

Popular Science (also known as PopSci) is a U.S. popular science website, covering science and technology topics geared toward general readers.

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Quake (video game)

Quake is a first-person shooter game developed by id Software and published by GT Interactive.

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ScummVM

Script Creation Utility for Maniac Mansion Virtual Machine (ScummVM) is a set of game engine recreations.

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SD card

Secure Digital, officially abbreviated as SD, is a proprietary, non-volatile, flash memory card format the SD Association (SDA) developed for use in portable devices.

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Sega

is a Japanese multinational video game company and subsidiary of Sega Sammy Holdings headquartered in Shinagawa, Tokyo.

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Shareware is a type of proprietary software that is initially shared by the owner for trial use at little or no cost.

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Singapore

Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia.

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Sixth generation of video game consoles

In the history of video games, the sixth generation era (in rare occasions called the 128-bit era; see "bits and system power" below) is the era of computer and video games, video game consoles, and handheld gaming devices available at the turn of the 21st century, starting on November 27, 1998. Tapwave Zodiac and sixth generation of video game consoles are sixth-generation video game consoles.

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Sony

, formerly known as and, commonly known as Sony, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan.

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South Korea

South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia.

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SpyHunter

SpyHunter is a vehicular combat game.

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Street Hoops

Street Hoops is a streetball video game released in 2002.

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Stuff (magazine)

Stuff is a British consumer electronics magazine published by Kelsey Media.

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Synchronization

Synchronization is the coordination of events to operate a system in unison.

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Synchronous dynamic random-access memory

Synchronous dynamic random-access memory (synchronous dynamic RAM or SDRAM) is any DRAM where the operation of its external pin interface is coordinated by an externally supplied clock signal.

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Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (video game)

Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines is a first-person shooter video game based on the film of the same title, with elements of hand-to-hand combat in the third-person perspective.

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Tetris

Tetris (Тетрис) is a puzzle video game created in 1985 by Alexey Pajitnov, a Soviet software engineer.

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The Core Pocket Media Player (TCPMP) is a software media player which operates on portable devices and Windows-based PCs.

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Time (magazine)

Time (stylized in all caps as TIME) is an American news magazine based in New York City.

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Tomb Raider

Tomb Raider, known as Lara Croft: Tomb Raider from 2001 to 2008, is a media franchise that originated with an action-adventure video game series created by British video game developer Core Design.

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Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4

Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4 is a 2002 skateboarding game developed by Neversoft and published by Activision under their Activision O2 label.

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Transflective liquid-crystal display

A transflective liquid-crystal display is a liquid-crystal display (LCD) with an optical layer that reflects and transmits light (transflective is a portmanteau of transmissive and reflective).

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UAE (emulator)

UAE is a computer emulator which emulates the hardware of Commodore International's Amiga range of computers.

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of the continental mainland.

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United States

The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.

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USB

Universal Serial Bus (USB) is an industry standard that allows data exchange and delivery of power between many types of electronics.

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Video

Video is an electronic medium for the recording, copying, playback, broadcasting, and display of moving visual media.

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Video game

A video game or computer game is an electronic game that involves interaction with a user interface or input device (such as a joystick, controller, keyboard, or motion sensing device) to generate visual feedback from a display device, most commonly shown in a video format on a television set, computer monitor, flat-panel display or touchscreen on handheld devices, or a virtual reality headset.

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Video Graphics Array

Video Graphics Array (VGA) is a video display controller and accompanying de facto graphics standard, first introduced with the IBM PS/2 line of computers in 1987, which became ubiquitous in the IBM PC compatible industry within three years.

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Virgin Digital

Virgin Digital was an online music store operated in the United Kingdom and United States by the Virgin Group.

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Warfare Incorporated

Warfare Incorporated is a real-time strategy game, released in 2003.

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Wi-Fi

Wi-Fi is a family of wireless network protocols based on the IEEE 802.11 family of standards, which are commonly used for local area networking of devices and Internet access, allowing nearby digital devices to exchange data by radio waves.

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Wired (magazine)

Wired (stylized in all caps) is a monthly American magazine, published in print and online editions, that focuses on how emerging technologies affect culture, the economy, and politics.

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Xvid

Xvid (formerly "XviD") is a video codec library following the MPEG-4 video coding standard, specifically MPEG-4 Part 2 Advanced Simple Profile (ASP).

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Yamaha Corporation

is a Japanese musical instrument and audio equipment manufacturer.

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Zoop

Zoop is a puzzle video game originally developed by Hookstone and published by Viacom New Media in 1995 for the Genesis, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, MS-DOS, Macintosh, PlayStation, Game Gear, and Game Boy, then in 1996 for the Saturn and Jaguar.

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