posted by subbie on Jan 7, 2008:
:dance:
My GF got back from china on friday and brought me back some lovely toys. One of the items was an iQue player (other was JXD301).
While i've yet to play it (need to buy an AC adapter since the included one only takes 220v), i've got to say. I really like system design. The unit is quite well built and feels quite nice to hold. The analog seems near identical to the n64 (always seem different in screenshots) and the buttons are good. Only downside is the triggers seem little stiff (wish they pushed down a little more, will see better when I play) and the d-pad while cool is still strange to look at.
Few downsides to my new toy. I think since it was kind of hard for my gf to get, I think mine was maybe a former display unit (like not actualy used but sat in a shelf with the system out). I say this since there is some noticable dust under the analog and little dirt in the front grill.
I'm not sure what games are on it but suposetly the cart was loaded. As well I got a box/manual for Dr Mario (interesting, you can buy manuals but the games are entirely digital purchases on a special machine).
Anyways I plan to post some pictures and hopefuly video (once I get an adapter) in the comming weeks.
iQue Player
iQue Player
posted by Bert Hardy on Jan 8, 2008:
Would love to see video of it......
Would love to see video of it......
iQue Player
posted by thamasha69 on Jan 8, 2008:
Look forward to the pics
Look forward to the pics
iQue Player
posted by subbie on Jan 8, 2008:
Sweet, I found an old Linksys game adapter that was 5v, proper pin setup (neg on outside) and also fit perfectly into the ique power socket.
So I got to play my iQue last night. First impressions is this unit rocks. It's got to be the coolest plug in TV system. The controller kind of feels like a dreamcast controller but with xb360 trigger buttons (not the triggers bu the ones above them). It took a few seconds to get use to the different placement of the Z button but after a few seconds it was quite nice to play with (unit is not all that heavy).
Sadly I have some disapointment in my exact unit. It's not new at all. It was either a unit used in the store, a used unit sold to the store or an employies old unit he sold. I say this because besides Dr. Mario, there was zelda and it had about 3 saves on it (2 were pretty far in the game) as well the 3 demo were used up.
This is another disapointment. It's not like the demo on iQue are a simple "Play for 1-4 mins then it resets." No it's actualy only lets you play for 1 - 4 min (maybe hour, not sure) and then the game is locked up for good. Waverace was & starfox were 1m/h and Mario64 was 4m/h.
Still on the bright side at least my flash had Zelda in it (along with Dr. Mario which I got the game manual to).
Anyways I'll get to some pictures of this thing sometime this week. Man I really hope by chance I can collect the other game manuals/box. As well maybe find someone who has an extra flash cart with more games on it.
Sweet, I found an old Linksys game adapter that was 5v, proper pin setup (neg on outside) and also fit perfectly into the ique power socket.
So I got to play my iQue last night. First impressions is this unit rocks. It's got to be the coolest plug in TV system. The controller kind of feels like a dreamcast controller but with xb360 trigger buttons (not the triggers bu the ones above them). It took a few seconds to get use to the different placement of the Z button but after a few seconds it was quite nice to play with (unit is not all that heavy).
Sadly I have some disapointment in my exact unit. It's not new at all. It was either a unit used in the store, a used unit sold to the store or an employies old unit he sold. I say this because besides Dr. Mario, there was zelda and it had about 3 saves on it (2 were pretty far in the game) as well the 3 demo were used up.
This is another disapointment. It's not like the demo on iQue are a simple "Play for 1-4 mins then it resets." No it's actualy only lets you play for 1 - 4 min (maybe hour, not sure) and then the game is locked up for good. Waverace was & starfox were 1m/h and Mario64 was 4m/h.
Still on the bright side at least my flash had Zelda in it (along with Dr. Mario which I got the game manual to).
Anyways I'll get to some pictures of this thing sometime this week. Man I really hope by chance I can collect the other game manuals/box. As well maybe find someone who has an extra flash cart with more games on it.
iQue Player
posted by Trenton_net on Jan 8, 2008:
I'm not supprised that the store owner re-sold the unit. Most of the stuff stores push now (for anything Ique related) is the NDS hardware. They probably had a leftover ique unit and just dumped it for a quick sale since its basicly a "dead" format.
Somewhat blows, since the games (the kiosks anyway) arn't avaliable anymore and most of the collectors value comes from mint/new items.
I'm not supprised that the store owner re-sold the unit. Most of the stuff stores push now (for anything Ique related) is the NDS hardware. They probably had a leftover ique unit and just dumped it for a quick sale since its basicly a "dead" format.
Somewhat blows, since the games (the kiosks anyway) arn't avaliable anymore and most of the collectors value comes from mint/new items.
iQue Player
posted by kammedo on Jan 8, 2008:
Awwww!
Me wants one too!!!
Awwww!
Me wants one too!!!
iQue Player
posted by subbie on Jan 8, 2008:
Still even tho it's not new I think it will have some value as a collectors object since it's not something you're going to easly find so often (I'd almost go on a limb and say they're more rare then DD units). A rare thing to find tho would probably be more games or someone with a Game cart that has unused demos. Since the games are stored on flash and ecrypted. I would believe it's very difficult if not imposible to somehow get the demos to reset to a clean state.
This is definantly something I am planning to keep around with my n64 & randnet DD unit.
If I get the chance I think I want to try building up some more knollage on the system. There seems to be a few interesting things. Like on the back one of the zelda shots look to be from Majora's Mask but it was never released nor does any online archive (aka wikipedia) note it as a game that was posibly in development. Also I want to do a side by side comarison of zelda. It will probably end up identical but a few things seem a little different when playing last night. Since suposetly games had to be recompiled for the iQue, it's posible a few changes might show up (along with the fact the ique hw is a little different).
-- edit --
I wonder if lik-sang store in HK still has iQue stuff (suposetly the store is still active after the site went under).
Yep. It was hard enough for my gf to get it in the first place. The store nearest to her did not have any and they went to the store noted with an iQue Player PC icon in which the store had to "special order" it in but i'm not sure in what case (maybe it's they had it in storage somewhere and had to dig it out).
Trenton_net said:
I'm not supprised that the store owner re-sold the unit. Most of the stuff stores push now (for anything Ique related) is the NDS hardware. They probably had a leftover ique unit and just dumped it for a quick sale since its basicly a "dead" format.
Somewhat blows, since the games (the kiosks anyway) arn't avaliable anymore and most of the collectors value comes from mint/new items.
Still even tho it's not new I think it will have some value as a collectors object since it's not something you're going to easly find so often (I'd almost go on a limb and say they're more rare then DD units). A rare thing to find tho would probably be more games or someone with a Game cart that has unused demos. Since the games are stored on flash and ecrypted. I would believe it's very difficult if not imposible to somehow get the demos to reset to a clean state.
This is definantly something I am planning to keep around with my n64 & randnet DD unit.
If I get the chance I think I want to try building up some more knollage on the system. There seems to be a few interesting things. Like on the back one of the zelda shots look to be from Majora's Mask but it was never released nor does any online archive (aka wikipedia) note it as a game that was posibly in development. Also I want to do a side by side comarison of zelda. It will probably end up identical but a few things seem a little different when playing last night. Since suposetly games had to be recompiled for the iQue, it's posible a few changes might show up (along with the fact the ique hw is a little different).
-- edit --
I wonder if lik-sang store in HK still has iQue stuff (suposetly the store is still active after the site went under).
iQue Player
posted by Trenton_net on Jan 8, 2008:
I have no idea if Lik-Sang carries it still, but a lot of brick-and-mortar stores still have old stock shown, while their electronic web counterparts do not. I suspect things like the Ique, Multi-player hub, and things like that can still be found/ordered, but because its so unatractive (Pirate wise), not many people care about it.
I have no idea if Lik-Sang carries it still, but a lot of brick-and-mortar stores still have old stock shown, while their electronic web counterparts do not. I suspect things like the Ique, Multi-player hub, and things like that can still be found/ordered, but because its so unatractive (Pirate wise), not many people care about it.
iQue Player
posted by smf on Jan 8, 2008:
I do wonder if someone will hack it, I guess it's not common enough.
Did I miss something, I thought lik-sang closed down.
Trenton_net said:
I have no idea if Lik-Sang carries it still, but a lot of brick-and-mortar stores still have old stock shown, while their electronic web counterparts do not. I suspect things like the Ique, Multi-player hub, and things like that can still be found/ordered, but because its so unatractive (Pirate wise), not many people care about it.
I do wonder if someone will hack it, I guess it's not common enough.
iQue Player
posted by babu on Jan 8, 2008:
only the online store from what I've heard
smf said:
Did I miss something, I thought lik-sang closed down.