Though responsible for giving the world the Furby, Giga Pets, and the 2-XL robot toy thing, Tiger is perhaps best known for its line of handheld, electronic, LCD games.
Fact is, Tiger produced more handheld games than even Nintendo, banking on the potential marketability of its licenses, rather than the quality of its games. As well as handheld versions of popular game franchises, including Sonic, Street Fighter II and Duke Nukem 3D, it also based games on more unlikely properties, including MC Hammer, Ed Grimley (no idea) and Dr Fad (even less idea).
If you follow me on Twitter, you'll have noticed that I've been having fun imagining what Tiger's output would've been like if the quality control of its licensing ran rampant.
Here's a gallery.
Fact is, Tiger produced more handheld games than even Nintendo, banking on the potential marketability of its licenses, rather than the quality of its games. As well as handheld versions of popular game franchises, including Sonic, Street Fighter II and Duke Nukem 3D, it also based games on more unlikely properties, including MC Hammer, Ed Grimley (no idea) and Dr Fad (even less idea).
If you follow me on Twitter, you'll have noticed that I've been having fun imagining what Tiger's output would've been like if the quality control of its licensing ran rampant.
Here's a gallery.
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