Jungle (console)

Jungle
Manufacturer Panasonic
Type Handheld game console
Retail availability Cancelled (was expected to be released in mid-2011)
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The Jungle was a portable game console in development by Panasonic, and announced in October 2010. With a design being roughly similar to a small laptop, it was developed as a portable platform for MMOs and aimed at players who wanted to play online games on the go. The Jungle was also Panasonic's first attempt at creating a handheld console.[1][2] It was expected to be released in mid-2011, effectively putting it into the eighth generation of gaming along with the Nintendo 3DS and the then-unreleased PlayStation Vita.

The system was to be the second dedicated video game console released by Panasonic, after the 3DO from 1993. In 1997, Panasonic was developing a new console called the Panasonic M2, but the company cancelled the project.

On March 1, 2011, Panasonic announced the cancellation of the Jungle, "due to changes in the market".[3]

Games

Three games were announced for the release of the Jungle in October 2010:[4]

Features

These were announced features for the Jungle:

References

  1. ↑ "Panasonic's Jungle portable gaming system emerges, gets shown off on video (update: makes appearance on Rob Dyrdek's MTV show)". Engadget. Retrieved 2010-10-05.
  2. ↑ "News - Panasonic Reveals Handheld System: Jungle". Gamasutra. Retrieved 2010-10-05.
  3. ↑ "Panasonic says has dropped game development project". Reuters. 2011-02-25. Retrieved 2011-03-01.
  4. ↑ "Stellar Dawn comes to the Jungle". Panasonicjungle.org. 2010-10-25. Retrieved 2011-03-01.
  5. ↑ "Exclusive: First Photo of Jungle, Panasonic's Portable Online Gaming System". Gizmodo.com. Retrieved 2010-10-06.
  6. ↑ Dean Takahashi (October 4, 2010). "Panasonic to debut mobile game handheld called the Jungle". VentureBeat. Retrieved 2010-10-06.
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