![]() Nintendo Switch (2017) | Nintendo Switch Lite (2019) | Nintendo Switch (OLED Model) (2021) Game Boy (1989) | Super Game Boy (1994) | Game Boy Pocket (1996) | Game Boy Light (1998) | Super Game Boy 2 (1998) | Game Boy Color (1998) | Game Boy Advance (2001) | Game Boy Advance SP (2003) | Game Boy Advance SP Mark II (2005)| Game Boy Micro (2005) (1998) | Nintendo GameCube (2001) | Panasonic Q (2001) | IQue Player (2003) | Wii (2006) | Wii Family Edition (2011) | Wii U (2012) | Wii Mini (2012) | Nintendo Entertainment System: NES Classic Edition (2016) | Super Nintendo Entertainment System Classic Edition (2017) A possible cause of the failure was the fact that at the time, a GameCube and a DVD player could be bought together for a lower cost than the Panasonic Q.Ĭolor TV Game 6 (1977) | Color TV Game 15 (1978) | Color TV Racing 112 (1978) | Color TV Game Block Breaker (1979) | Computer TV Game (1980) | C1 Nintendo Entertainment System TV (1983) | Famicom (1983) | Sharp Nintendo Television (1983) | Super Famicom (1990) | SF-1 Super Nintendo Entertainment System TV (1990) | Nintendo Entertainment System (Model NES-101) (1993) | AV Famicom (1993) | Nintendo 64 (1996) | Super Nintendo Entertainment System 2 (1997) | Super Famicom Jr. Panasonic and Nintendo ceased production of the Panasonic Q on Decemmainly due to low sales the device sold less than 100,000 units worldwide. These high-end features, as well as the aforementioned multimedia playback capabilites, have made the Panasonic Q a popular console to collect. Other features of the Panasonic Q include a backlit information LCD, a front-loading slot disc tray, an optical sound output supporting Dolby Digital 5.1 and DTS, a separate subwoofer jack, and a stainless steel chassis. A special version of the Game Boy Player was designed for the Q because the Player was designed to fit onto the bottom of the GameCube, and the Q's different bottom form factor kept the Player from being installed. The Panasonic Q is capable of using almost all of the GameCube hardware upgrades. The unit was priced at around ¥41,000 JPY and the modified version was priced at ¥46,000 JPY. Initially, the Panasonic Q was only able to play games and DVDs from Japan however, a modified version, which could play American games and DVDs, began to be sold from Import shops, making it a popular console to import from Japan. This console was only officially released in Japan. The Panasonic Q was released because the Nintendo GameCube lacked DVD playback, which was a feature that its competitors, the PlayStation 2 and the Xbox, had. And include several new features over the Gamecube. What do you guys think of the Panasonic Jungle Handheld? Would it have been a success? Was it designed too soon? Should it go back into the chasms from whence it came? (I just wanted to use the word ‘whence in an article).The Panasonic Q (sometimes refered to as GameQ by GameCube fans) is a version of the Nintendo GameCube with the ability to play DVDs VCDs, audio CDs, and MP3 CDs. A quick search on the internet shows that some of these units have been listed to close to $10,000! What is it with Panasonic and creating expensive retro collectables? This is the Panasonic Q Gamecube story all over again! It seems obvious to me that Panasonic chickened out and didn’t want to damage their reputation in the tech world.Īs with all cancelled tech and rare prototypes, any existing devices are now worth a small fortune. ![]() We’ve already mentioned the doomed 3DO, and it seems entirely plausible that the Panasonic Jungle would have followed in its predecessor’s footsteps. The console’s cancellation may well have saved them a whole lot of tears in the long run. They stated that they had “decided to suspend further development due to changes in the market and own strategic direction.”Ī quick search of Twitter and gaming forums shows threads where developers have posted stories about ‘almost’ developing games for this console. Plans came out in 2010, and the console was set to go head to head with the DS and the PSP.īarely a year later, the tech giants did a huge backtrack and pulled their console from the race. The Jungle had a weird looking D-Pad and a full QWERTY keyboard for chatting in forums. It boasted a 720p HD display and a second display like that of the Dreamcast VMU, a favourite device for developers of Retropie handhelds. The Panasonic Jungle had a Linux operating system.
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