[UPDATE] – Data restoration was announced by Microsfot.

I can still remember the first time I had the chance to see the new T-mobile Sidekick back in October 2003! I was so impressed by all of the revolutionary features that it boasted. The cool swivel screen,the full qwerty keyboard and the overall futuristic look of it. Instant messaging from a phone was unheard of in those days and this phone had it! At the time, texting was starting to pick up in popularity, but texting from a standard cell phone was cumbersome and slow. The Sidekick made it easy to send off text msgs in a snap.

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Title: Dissidia: Final Fantasy

Platform: PlayStation Portable (PSP)

Developer: Square Enix

Number of Players: 1 ( 2 players Ad Hoc)

Square Enix made every Final Fantasy fan boy’s dream come true with the reveal of Final Fantasy Dissidia. Ever wanted to find out who would win Cloud or Squall, or maybe who is the toughest baddie around Kefka or Sephiroth. Dissidia is a hybrid of an action RPG, and a fighting game that takes lead protagonist, and antagonist from each entry of the series providing crossover mayhem. Besides being the ultimate Final Fantasy cross over, Dissidia also boosts with impressive visuals, and large variety of game modes that keep the game fresh, thru many plays.

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Our friends over at ThinkGeek.com have come up with the answer to our portable emulation prayers! A single hand held unit that will run most of your favorite emulators and play all of your favorite roms.  We all love the Nintendo DSI, but this unit takes things to a different level with boundless possibilities for the user.

The unit has limited software when you first open it from the box. However, I am sure, all of our readers have all of the emulators and roms they need in some old hard drive stuffed away in the basement or attic.

The unit runs:

MAME
AMIGA
ATARI ST
Commodore 64
NES
SNES
GAMEBOY
GAMEBOY Advance
NEO GEO
and many many more…..

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So it’s been a while since E3 and what have we found buried in between our couches?  Receipt for Crystal Pepsi Six Pack, a left pinky toenail and a little rumor that has your favorite 1982 classic title, Choplifter, making it’s way back onto the gaming scene.  For those too young to remember, Choplifter was a game that featured..you guessed it… a chopper lifting poor civilians from the ground and transporting them to a safe zone marked with an “H” symbol and a building with an American flag.

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These bow ties are too tight

We love free stuff.  I’m sure you love free stuff.  We’d like to give you free stuff, with our Legendary “Caption Contest”.  We are working with EA on this promotion for Star Trek mobile, and with a (funny) caption in this contest you’ll win some free Command and Conquer: Red Alert 3 merchandise from us.  What’s the relation you ask?  Simple. Sci-fi.  That’s it!

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If you are one of the many iPhone users that I cannot stand, this will probably tickle your pickle! If you are a Street Fighter4 fan even more so. The iPhone now has a free App for SF4, filled with a move list and unlockable items . This app is for the console version of SF4 (PS3 and XBox360). So, I guess get them while they are hot, yet another bragging iPhone App item! Damn you iPhone users and your luxurious apps!

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Just because in this day and age we are not lazy and obese as it is, how about we take it one step further! No need to turn the off switch on your iPod when you are in your College Classroom when then teacher asks you a questions! All you have to do is simply stick our your tongue and your iPod music will be no mores but the teacher may question why you are sticking your tongue out at him or her. This is all thanks to brilliant mind,  Kazuhiro Taniguchi of Osaka University and this is what he has to say!

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What can I say , I have been a huge Dance Dance Revolution fan since I was in High school in the mid 90s. In my opinion it trumps the  Wii Fit if you are really trying to break a sweat and shed some pounds. Unfortunately this iPhone version “Dance Dance Revolution S” is only a workout for your fingers. So if you have some chubby fingers this is the game for you!

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The classic and the innovative make there way to the iPhone thanks to TAITO, but for a price.

Space Invaders

It was 1978, the year Space Invaders was born.  There’s something so simple about defending the world from lines of aliens.  Sure, they’re just a bunch of pixels, but if they get too close to the ground… let me not even think of the horror that very well could.  Using an innovative motion sensor, players will use the touch screen to fight of the lil’ jellyfish freaks.  The “Nagoya Attack” technique and other tricks present in the original game remain here intact, and further value is added by the presence of bonus content including a rare look into the original game’s development.

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Sony’s PSP and Nintendo’s DS will soon be joined by a 3rd “real” competitor, SEGA’s “Vision”.  Currently, the “Vision” is a draft model that does not play retail games…yet.  It’s more of a portable media player (PMP).  Here are some specs/features and the latest info:

MP3’s, MP4’s, AVI, images, 1.3 megapixel camera function (still images only), eBooks/text, voice recorder, radio, television and 2gb onboard memory.  Will only play flash games.

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