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When a PDA is better than a GBA for Gaming

Posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday November 4, 2003 @04:33AM from the not-very-often dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Conventional wisdom says that it's silly to buy a $300+ PDA to play games when a $100 Game Boy Advance SP is going to be better at it. At the same time, no one says that it's silly to spend $1000+ on a PC to play games, when you can do the same thing with a $199 PlayStation 2. FiringSquad just posted an ASUS PDA review that focuses on some of the games that only a PDA has the horsepower for, and helps readers figure out how to pick out the right PDA."

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Limitations... by anaphora · 2003-11-04 04:35 · Score: 5, Funny

But can a PS2 play Solitare? Didn't think so.

Everything has limitations.
Re:Karma whoring "duh" response: by angle_slam · 2003-11-04 05:00 · Score: 4, Funny

This is why TI Calculator games are the most wonderful thing in the world. No one is going to see anything odd about me pressing buttons on a calculator in a large lecture hall.
Unless it's a literature class.
Re:My DooM 3 Machine by vidnet · 2003-11-04 05:33 · Score: 4, Funny

Anything I'm missing?
A girlfriend?
On the other hand, girlfriends come and go, but the love from a Dual 2ghz G5 is pure and everlasting, until people outspec it on their PDAs next year.
Re:You're ridiculous by damiam · 2003-11-04 05:55 · Score: 4, Funny

I think it's insane that a friend of mine just spent $500 to upgrade his PC to get Halo playable
I think it'd take a lot more than a hardware upgrade to make Halo playable.

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