That is to say, it’s an oddly designed handheld from a start-up. Game modding champion Ben Heckendorn has designed and named this new emulation friendly console, the Gameport. I hate to be so negative on a product that hasn’t even hit shelves yet, but here goes my honest opinion. This thing will flop pretty hard, if it even sees the light of day. Unless the (unannounced) price point is extremely low, handhelds already exist that look better and do the job better. So far the only actual emulation it can do is Atari 2600, Intellivision, Odyssey 2, and Caleco. Not selling me. The only interesting planned emulation is NES, and given Nintendo’s recent interest in shilling NES titles on the VC, no way will that happen without a long tedious legal fight. It’s one thing for a homebrew emulator, or foreign emulation handheld to run Nintendo games, but no way will an American based company get away with that. I am pretty sure Nintendo’s pockets are deeper. So how much would I pay for a Gameport. $10, maybe $15, and I can almost guarantee this thing is going to be at least $75. Who knows though, my skepticism is largely unbased and it’s extremely early, so only time will tell.

By the way, if you still had any positive feelings left for the Gameport, prepare to lose them. Here is the “teaser” commercial for the Gameport. Not only is it horribly written and produced, but it is in the style of those ceaselessly annoying Mac vs. PC commercials. Someone please tell these people they are not clever.