Nokia N-GAGE Buying Guide - Do You Remember this thing!?

The Nokia N-Gage was a failed cell phone / gaming handheld that crashed and burned with only 58 physical games released for it. However, there is a small but dedicated collecting community for it and The Immortal John Hancock happens to have a complete N-Gage collection. Plus he also shows us some of the handheld variations, different packaging, game highlights, preview and press editions and even a very rare N-Gage demo kiosk used at Gamestop!
Games Shown:
Ashen
Asphalt Urban GT
Civilization
Elder Scrolls Travels - Shadowkey
Pathway to Glory
Pocket Kingdom
Red Faction
Sega Rally Championship
Tony Hawk Pro Skater
Worms Wold Party
X-Men Legends II
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[@johnhancockretro]

It is always a pleasure to showcase obscure consoles and games on this channel. I look forward to doing more, and thank you MJR for the support.

[@MetalJesusRocks]

+John Hancock you kickass John! Your NEO GEO Buying Guide coming soon!!

[@Cryostal]

Hello!!!!!!!

[@MichaelMartinez777]

Cryostal this was a year ago 😑

[@Cryostal]

it's never too late

[@dyksick]

John Hancock john is The best ! Thanks for the info

[@arhneu]

This is a really interesting coincidence as we have recently started working on a N-Gage preservation project. We have a N-Gage capture device which we plan to use to record longplays with and then release on the internet in Public Domain. We are also working slowly towards obtaining every game in the library to preserve high-quality photos of the boxes, cartridges and manuals. Due to lack of emulators and even working ROMs of all games, the N-Gage is vanishing from the internet! We are hoping to preserve at least a small sliver of what the system was capable of.

[@PodcastOGRU]

+arhn.eu What sort of recording device, if you don't mind telling? I had to use a camera and it wasn't pretty.

[@MetalJesusRocks]

+arhn.eu Oh really?! Maybe when you get further along I can work with you to do a follow up video

[@levant5378]

+PodcastOGRU Some n-gage 2.0 devices allowed for hdmi out from the phone.

[@arhneu]

+MetalJesusRocks Sounds great. :) +PodcastOGRU This is the capture kit we own. blog.arhn.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/IMG_1267.jpg blog.arhn.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/IMG_1271.jpg From what I gather this is an official Nokia device used during E3 2004-2005 to showcase the games on a big screen. Only a few of these are known to exist and it requires a physically modified N-Gage QD to output the video. I could link you to some of our content but unfortunately, it's all in Polish (still working on an English translation).

[@PodcastOGRU]

+arhn.eu this is a superb find, I haven't seen a single video that wasn't captured with a camera, besides game trailers.

[@MetalJesusRocks]

I was pretty excited to do this video because it's fun to cover systems nobody else talks about. Plus it's just cool to hang out with John in his amazing game room. Share & thumb up the video if you liked it!

[@saibotdd]

+MetalJesusRocks Glad you made an episode on the N-Gage! Did you know there is no emulator for it? Once all the existing handhelds fail, the platform exclusive titles are lost forever :(

[@MetalJesusRocks]

+saibotd I originally wanted to capture gameplay footage with emulation for this video..but I couldn't get ANY emulator to run the games on OS X. I was surprised! So...John had to do the gameplay the old fashioned way: camera pointed at the screen!

[@gp3457]

+MetalJesusRocks can you do Xbox 360 buying guide and must have games? thanks.

[@SeGa32xXx1]

SO HAPPY you made a video to cover this. Thanks Metal.

[@abielmoymendoza8542]

was hard change each game one at a time?

[@dondyharhara2591]

Trivia: N-Gage was actually very popular in my country, Indonesia. Even now, I've often seen one (secondhand) on sale. Yet I never knew this phone had physical game cartridge until years later, everyone just downloaded every games for free, haha. The Tony Hawk game for N-Gage was so good actually, hell most games in N-Gage were.

[@newphilmz3605]

In the US I have never met anyone with an N-Gage. Only saw the store kiosks.

[@eroeror2254]

Yes n-gage very popular in Indonesian, i have one too last year, i buy in the group fb Indonesian

[@chromo86z]

dondy harharapl

[@alvinvin00]

hello fellow wkwk land, my older cousin have one and i never know N-Gage have cartridge games until now 🤣

[@shhhdontshout]

Quite popular here in malaysia too! Never knew it needed cartridge? Tot u just download the game?haha!

[@kahe4237]

I have used the N-Gage since 2003 as my main phone and still today I use it. I also have many MMC cards for it and all my favorite movies and series for them. Also I have all of the games in a MMC card.

[@valkosilmapeura]

I got my n-gage qd back in 2005 and really liked it. I used it for almost a year as my mp3 player, completed two first metroids using nes and gameboy emulators. Thanks to multitasking I could surf the web and keep agile messenger running on the background. I even watched a movie on that thing using smart movie. Those were pretty big things 11 years ago. Then there were the games. Tony hawk, colin mcrae, system rush, sonic-n, rayman and ashen. All good games. By the way pathway to glory also had online multiplayer and that was pretty revolutionary at that time for a mobile game.

[@kahe4237]

valkosilmapeura How fast was the N-Gage Arena since I never used it back in the day due high costs of network data. Was the multiplayer reliable and fast?

[@breezie1337]

I used to play Colin Mcrae on N-Gage Arena. I remember it being with a "ghost" car of your opponent (not live multiplayer gaming)

[@jace088]

pocket kingdom is great

[@061Hitachi]

It ran the standard hardware and software of all Symbian 6 Nokia smartphones and those things were very powerful back in the day combined with N-Gage's button layout and exclusive games it was one of the best portable multimedia player and console on the market. If the QD version came first it would be success, but they really ruined the whole brand with that first N-Gage Taco phone.

[@chopcookies]

i had a QD myself and if i remember correctly mp3 was the feature the QD lacked compared to the Taco.

[@EvilMonkeyReturns]

"Nokia N-GAGE Buying Guide" - I never knew those words could be used in that order.

[@DeadPalooza]

Haha I think I saw an N-Gage at Gamestop with a Tomb Raider demo.

[@gamernaut8864]

Wow! It looks like the N-Gage kinda gotta a bad rap back in its day. Its looks much better than I thought it would. I think its another example of how brutal public opinion can be on the video game hardware market. It seems the GAP between the so-called "best hardware" and the "worst hardware" is never a wide as the master marketing wizards make us believe. Nice video, man. That was an eye-opener.

[@nathancole5158]

gamernaut88 Nokia has to take most of that blame on marketing, they didn't really understand how to appeal to gamers, if they had partner with an established company maybe they would had better insight

[@thebest12700]

@@nathancole5158 yea nobody wanted this phone in the casual crowd lol if they even knew about it. this phone was poorly marketed

[@ngreatshark]

Still have my N-gage Qd and was actually using it as my main phone when my iPhone 5 died in October. I still have fond sentiment of it, but in 2016 it's hard to really appreciate it outside of the fact it still works. But I have about 90% of the collection. There was a warhammer game I had, and then lost, wish I could find another copy because it was pretty fun.

[@souperman72]

I didn't even recognize him without the hat and beard.

[@theundeadgamer3465]

Ikr

[@JaredConnell]

i was wondering what it was that looked different about him lol thx for pointing it out

[@n8mare28cj]

i know. he looks so jolly without his beard. lol

[@briarshard2871]

He looks like a hobbit

[@bentleymilnes1977]

He looks a lot better with his beard though

[@tekguru8]

Tony Hawk on NGAGE, still better than Tony Hawk 5..

[@AaronVillalobos]

lmaoo

[@addisonlewis723]

Yes.

[@seppdroid]

For sure

[@papabear5935]

omg I love THPS 5 . it helps my coffee table from wobbling .

[@Lucarioliker12]

+Octavia Black xd

[@GameplayandTalk]

One of the saddest parts of the N-Gage timeline is that it doesn't have a dedicated emulator as of this writing. A lot of people knock the platform, but if they were able to see proper captured game footage and playthroughs, they'd probably think differently about a decent portion of its library. It had some awful titles, but it also had some really nice ones too. I once had a near-complete collection but parted with most of my items (I still have my original boxed QD and the dual-game changer). I kind of regret that now because it wasn't all that long ago and N-Gage stuff has seriously dried up. It's really hard to find the stuff now. I still have a major soft spot for this device. Shame Nokia botched the whole thing by releasing the "taco" model. If the QD came first and the price point was more competitive ($200-ish instead of $300), it would have gained some solid traction.

[@123doomdoom]

+Gameplay and Talk Yeah that does suck. I would love an emu for it.

[@Kavlor1]

Probably will increase its vintage value though.

[@TrueScandinavia]

there's now an emulator out for PC and Android. it works with all the old N-Gage 1.0 games and the newer N-Gage 2.0 games quite well.

[@GameplayandTalk]

@@TrueScandinavia Thanks for the heads up! I'll look into it.

[@TheVeganBear]

Still one of my favorite phones the QD everyone made fun of it but come lunch time at school everyone was fighting to play Tony hawk on my phone. absolutely amazing port

[@cuttingonions1232]

Thanks for providing us with such diverse and high quality content. Normally I don't like watching long videos but this time it was totally worth it. I just started getting into retro gaming and your videos always help me out a lot. Keep it up!

[@cheezdoodle96]

Damn, this is making me want an N-Gage...

[@LordMarlle]

John Hancock is just the jolliest game collector on the net. So lovable

[@MrLateXD]

Both my first "game console" and my first phone. I got the first model for 100€ and I got to pick one game with it for free. I chose Tony Hawk's Pro Skater. I had never played any of them. I remember that it was 12+ game and I think I was 10 at the time. My mom made sure it was okay for me to play it and asked the shop assistant what made it a 12+ game. It was due to some blood. My mom thought for a moment and said I could get that game. Now that I think about it, that's the only time she really cared about age ratings. I loved playing Tony Hawk and I did all the missions and unlocked everything. There were some nice bugs too. I remember getting stuck multiple times inside a wall and being able to do unlimited tricks. Most of the time the skater would fall and break the combo when trying to get out but one time I succeeded and got a huge amount of points. I spent quite a while inside that wall before stopping since the stage wouldn't end before you hit the ground even when the time was at zero. Other physical games I have are Rayman 3 and Bomberman. Played through them 100% as well. I have those games in one of my computer table's drawers at my parents' house. My N-Gage is there as well but unfortunately it's not working anymore. I'm not sure what's wrong with it but it has trouble turning on and I'm pretty sure it's not the battery since I remember trying it out with one from another phone. I think I'll take them with me next time I'm visiting my parents and put them on display with my other gaming stuff. And no, I didn't mind the way you had to hold the phone when talking to someone.

[@kahe4237]

Late Hi. You possibly have the famous White Screen of Death happened to your N-Gage

[@ShinuRealArts]

The classic N-gage has one of the best audio I ever seen on a mobile. I'm still using it for music, while the QD is on the shelf.

[@delafuzagorjo4727]

try ordering the nokia 3250 I am reordering just for the sound avaliable re con at aliexpress. i miss nokia

[@imnegan7275]

I had the orange version of the nokia 3300 it looked like the n-gage but it was primarly a music playing phone. For some reason it is still is one of my favorite phones I ever had just because of the weird design. Sadly I lost it on a ski trip a long time ago :( I remember having to pay 200€ for that thing XD

[@ShinuRealArts]

Yeah I know that model, at the time I had my N-gage, my friend had the 3300 and it has a really great sound quality as well, the only issue I found with it was the headset port which was proprietary.

[@kahe4237]

Lassi Kinnunen Are you a Nokia engineer since you seem to know about Nokia so much? Just curious since I would like to know if you know more about the N-Gage. Does it have a screen recorder tool etc.

[@yang5811]

A big thumb up to John for taking it onto himself to capture all the video material for this episode. thanks for the behind​ the scenes info in your "Were there ever arguments between you and your guests", MJR. Entertaining as always!

[@mattorama]

Only experience I have with an N Gage is going to a cell phone store in college with a roommate, only because I didn't have a car on campus and was up for a trip to the mall. He was negotiating his phone plan and I was playing Tony Hawk on a display phone.

[@DJWIK]

the quality of these videos is amazing. I really wish you the best of luck Jason

[@MetalJesusRocks]

+Wiktor Biernacki Thanks very much :)

[@slinkycubez20]

Honestly this stuff was extremely innovative. I didn't even know about this until a few years ago and it blows me the FUCK away that these kind of graphics and gameplay could be played on a tiny, simple cell phone from the early 2000s. Great video!!

[@Spilia4]

Damn this video made me smile, can't believe I'm not the only collector for this system!

[@Miumiu0404]

+Spilia4 (John Tatsiou) I know you in facebook ♥

[@Spilia4]

Doll Face Really, ayy cool. How did you find me on Facebook?

[@Miumiu0404]

We're in the same video game group in facebook.

[@hazyface3702]

I got one with Tomb Raider 1 for my birthday.... My 10 year old self thought it was the best thing in the world. loved it!

[@ragensi]

The N-Gage QD was awesome. It was was my first smartphone, while my other friends were using flip phones and other cheap devices, I had this movie playing, gba emulating, online game playing bad boy. Seeing the ebay prices for the games, I really regret selling off my collection.

[@8KilgoreTrout4]

These things were ultra dope! Can't wait to watch to the end and see the best of a device I wanted so bad and only played in the store.

[@KacyDaGameNerd]

That N-Gage Kiosk though!

[@johnhancockretro]

+Kacy DaGameNerd I had two, but traded one long ago.

[@KacyDaGameNerd]

I missed out! Last time I saw one was at a Game Crazy store.

[@spacebob22]

I worked on Asphalt and Asphalt 2 on the N-Gage! Also on Splintercell Chaos Theory and Ghost Recon. Time flies by so fast!

[@NebachadnezzaR]

The "talkimg sidewas" thing is more of a myth than anything else, the Ngage was my phone for a long time and I never had any problem holding it parallel to my hear like a regular phone. Also, it was an amazing media player, might sound ridiculous now but I watched whole movies on the thing. Not to mention that in terms of screen, specs and OS it was on par with the best phones of the time (the only thing missing was a camera) while only costing a fraction of the price. Definitely an underrated piece of technology that got a bad reputation and nowadays no one gives it the credit it deserves.

[@kahe4237]

NebachadnezzaR You are so true! I still use my N-Gage from 2003. I never used dataconnections though until the recent years. I own multiple MMC Cards and have converted all my favorite movies and series for it.

[@SaltyMaud]

Well, it wasn't exactly state of the art when it came out. It was on par with earlier symbian 6 series 60v1 models (namely 7650 and 3650) minus the frankly novel, but realistically unusable vga camera, but by then sony ericsson had had their version of the symbian smartphone out for a year in the form of the p800 which had a faster processor, higher resolution resistive touch screen and was running on symbian 7 whereas the nokia smartphones were on the symbian 6 platform. 3660 and 6600 also came out around the same time the original taco n-gage did, and they had 16-bit displays whereas both n-gages had 12-bit, and the 6600 also made the jump to symbian 7 and s60v2 ui. The updated sony ericsson p900 with 16-bit screen and updated UIQ v2.1 ui also came out around the same time. By the time the QD was released nokia had also refreshed the communicator in the form of the 9500, and it had vastly more functionality than any of the series 60 symbians from nokia, had a faster processor, supported wifi and could render full html web pages. Very shortly after the QD came out came the 6630 that sported a twice as powerful processor than the earlier s60 phones, supported 3g networks (UMTS) and made the jump to symbian 8. Not a year later we started seeing 18-bit, higher resolution screens, multimegapixel cameras with even autofocus on select models and the upgrade to symbian 9 and the series 60 v3 ui... and so on and so forth. Still, n-gage was neat, i had four. Was quickly made outdated by the rapidly evolving smartphone market and as a handheld console it couldn't hold a candle against the original nintendo DS that came a year or so after. Yet i have fond memories of it. Things were moving fast back then. Now we just get one additional camera, a couple percent more screen to body ratio, a minor iterative performance uplift and a price hike every couple of years.

[@antiquefuturistic]

No one ever talked about the smartphone platform of Nokia Symbian S60 and S40 which was revolutionary in its time . Had 3d graphics multitasking apps, GPS, maps, mp3 , videoplayers and web browsing

[@MrShowDough]

MetalJesus stole Johns beard 😱

[@stephenbrodie5617]

MrShowDough lmao just was zoning out scrolling through comments and when I refocused on the comments I saw this then glanced up at metal Jesus then john and laughed

[@gogosegaga]

Ngage was so ahead of its time! I remember saving up as a kid and I was the only one that had it but boy it was so futuristic

[@Clesarie]

Probably the best ngage video on the internet. With no emulators theres so little coverage or footage at all on the system. Now days its not even worth looking into the system unfortunately because the games are so rare and expensive. They're also pretty mediocre by todays standards too.

[@kahe4237]

Clesarie You are so wrong in multiple ways and so is everyone who liked your comment. Clearly shows you know nothing of N-Gage and its games.

[@spookylemon4947]

KA HE Well he’s not wrong though is he? The system has aged, that is a fact. It is true that there isn’t an emulator. And making a complete collection can be pricey.

[@Gameboy-Unboxings]

@@spookylemon4947 so what? I still play og game boy games and that has aged a bit more than this.

[@CptKennyLoggins]

I got mine at clearance too. I nearly got the entire library of games out of the junk bin at 2-4 dollars a piece. Thanks for the vid, answered a lot of questions I had.

[@Ronke01]

I still have my N-Gage QD in it's original cardboard packaging ;)

[@GameLifter]

Awesome video! I got the N-Gage when it first launched and it was actually my first cell phone. I got Pandemonium with it and it was pretty amazing seeing PS1 style 3-D graphics on a handheld at the time. I later got Tony Hawk, Red Faction, and Ashen which I all enjoyed. Unfortunately the D-Pad on my N-Gage messed up so I couldn't play games on it any more. Then one of my friends thought it would be funny to put it in a microwave while I was away from it and it fried it. The N-Gage may be regarded as a bad system by most people but I really enjoyed it when I had it. Side-talking and all, lol! Now I wouldn't mind having a QD model.

[@aidantm2500]

I literally just found one of these at my grandmas house

[@Gameboy-Unboxings]

Can I have it?

[@gerald_the_science_guy]

I was using this phone back in '06 and played the games religiously. RIP nokia n-gage, you hands down changed the game in how we viewed mobile/gaming systems. Two thumbs up!

[@P0k3rm4s7]

Dude! Those games look amazing! Now I'm interested on the system.

[@thecianinator]

P0k3rm4s7 I actually had one back when they came out, it was a lot of fun. At the time, it was the only way to play Tony Hawk and Tomb Raider on the go.

[@guillaumegiroux9425]

Call of Duty feels like Minecraft

[@BobbyGeneric145]

Not judging, but you need to get some better hobbies if you have enough time to buy and play such a random turd.

[@P0k3rm4s7]

@@BobbyGeneric145 I mean, if I have enough time to play it doesn't really matter what I actually play, right? Either way I'm not being productive.

[@Daehawk]

Ahhhhh the famous taco. I remember it so well being advertised on Software Etc back then.

[@onijimbo]

I'm trying to collect every portable system, so I am really thankful for the info I got from this video. and of course, thanks for dying for my gameing/metal sins.

[@MetalJesusRocks]

+onijimbo HAHAHAHA! Great comment :)

[@rundowndruid]

+MetalJesusRocks still waiting on that master system review and gems Lol

[@pigs18]

+Kyle Gregory So basically the intro video followed by "See you next time!"? (I kid, there are some great gems on that system. And though most people associate him with the Genesis, I bet that a lot of people would be surprised just how many Sonic games were released for the system.)

[@extradeluxe141]

Don't forget the obscure portables, like the Mega Duck and the V. Smile (Cyber) Pocket.

[@eirik.loevhaug]

Found my old original n-gage (the first in the video) as I watched and was brought back to the days of playing Pathway to Glory. Realized it was among the best days of my life.

[@SlippyMcDervish]

I had both N-gages, and they were both the most memorable phones I owned. The hours I lost playing bluetooth multiplayer Worms are too many to count.

[@AJ-xc4nm]

You would think Nokia's attempt at making a portable game console would be a disaster but this looks awesome. I really want one.

[@TheLeorock1988]

excelent video, as a tip . all the N-gage games are playable on Symbian 6 and 7 devices , like nokia 6600-6620-6070-6680

[@puneetiqbal]

H. Leonardo Rodriguez not all of them worked..infact the ones which workred on phones like 6600 had to be tweaked ...those days were exciting isint :)

[@TheLeorock1988]

Puneet Singh you are right my bad, "all", some games had to be patched, or modified, with "bin pda team" tools, I remeber that I could not progress on rayman cause nokia 6600 did not have diagonal directional keys, great times.

[@TheLeorock1988]

I played a lot of Ngage games on nokia 6600, like : pro skater, tomb raider, sonic, rayman, Ngage 2 aren't compatible with symbian 7 devices.

[@mauricioeduardovater6251]

John really loves their passion for games (as +MetalJesusRocks of course) and it seems he's a good person, always talking with respect and humility. That's cool. Thumbs up for more videos like this!

[@redcat608]

John Hancock looks 20-years younger without the beard and the hat! Good for John! He looks like a million-bucks!

[@mrblonde609]

Haha. At the beginning John looked, like he stood there for months grining.

[@zetrocruiseboy8596]

Best handheld device to play 3d games before PSP came out in my opinion

[@ngreatshark]

One thing I'd also like to mention is outside of being a pretty amazing precursor to the modern smart phone N-gage also had the N-gage arena, which was kind of like having X-box live in your pocket. Miss those daily events the staff from Nokia in San Francisco would set up.

[@WorldsWorstBoy]

I remember these at my local GameStop. I think it was expensive lol.

[@allissondiego1989]

John has always a smile on his face. so passionated about games

[@KMACKTIME]

Wasn't there a kingdom hearts game on it

[@shinmusashi44]

+KMACK TIME nope. Only on normal cell phones, but that was much, much later.

[@TwoTailedCaperer]

Damn, I wanted to see some Tomb Raider gameplay.

[@Ladderthief1]

Ashen. An Excellent Game.

[@mkultrasoldier]

Ladderthief1 An Excellent Comment.

[@Dd-gi5lm]

"An Excellent Product"

[@hughlingard]

MJ, you easily have one of the top 20 channels on all of KZbin. -A grateful subscriber.

[@MetalJesusRocks]

+Brian Lingard thanks Brian!! That's very cool of you to day :)

[@KarmaTaxCollector]

I had the QD, it was very good , loved it

[@farhaddad]

John Hancock is very humble, kind and nice. I like this guy. I've subscribed to his channel after seeing him in a previous video. Great video like always. Thank you

[@durgebh9487]

I'm wondering how far he goes with protecting his collection. Is the room humidity and temperature controlled? Things like that. I hope he has a dry fire suppression system installed. It would be heartbreaking for all that history to be lost. That would probably be cost prohibitive but damn that's a lot of games.

[@mefirstandthegimmiegimmies5160]

A guy that pours his life savings over 30 years into a collection definitely has insurance to cover. Metal Jesus had a great video on his insurance policy and things he does to protect his assets

[@Layjus123]

I remember seeing an advertisement in a gaming magazine once when I was young and thought it looked cool but never heard of it ever again and never saw it in stores either.

[@scottishmisfit]

every time i hear about the N-Gage i think about a skit on X-play

[@danb7601]

There isn't even a light on in this room, it's just John Hancocks beaming smile!

[@Marco-cl9pb]

damn I wanted one so much when I was a kid lol yes I didn't had a gameboy...

[@JaredJanhsen]

Thanks to you and John Hancock for doing a piece on the much-derided N-gage. You guys really showed that this device was ahead of its time and hampered by some questionable design decisions. I can think of the flip phone I had back when this came out and the N-Gage is lightyears ahead of them.

[@NightOfTheLiving8bit]

I remember when this was out, I was living in NYC at the time, and the local EB Games there had a whole display section set up for this thing, and I recall wanting it so badly...and when it came time to buy a new cell phone....I guess you could say I dodged the bullet by getting this. As one of my friends did two days after I bought a normal cell, and he hated it. He looked like an assssshole when talking on it, and any internet capabilities were slow as snails.

[@MeatPopsycle]

That collision recovery @9:31 was amazing.

[@HueFyren]

N-gages is a great console, i am going after complete set

[@avengingxeonshw]

Martn it's not console, it's handheld...

[@adolfpickler4295]

Zipper Head it's a handheld console..

[@ianfp2772]

So cool to see this. I never got into ngage but I remember Nokia fondly. I still use my first Nokia smartphone as an mp3 player (N5800 for life). I was blown away by all the games and apps for the platform. I had a computer in my pocket! It's great to see someone archiving this stuff! Thanks John!

[@namayake]

MJR, Great review! Too bad you guys didn't cover Rifts: Promise of Power, an N-Gage exclusive that's the only video game adaption of the Rifts table-top rpg. No idea if it's any good though. Any future plans to review the Tapwave Zodiac?

[@lucamibel]

it was a tactics rpg, its was pretty good

[@nategreatgames78]

namayake it was very good, it had a really bad bug that would basically get your stuck and unable to continue but everything else about it is good

[@kahe4237]

Nate Great Games can you tell me more about that bug? Currently playing rifts on my N-Gage and I am at the Scotland part.

[@James40000]

I only ever saw one of these in England. There was one guy in my year at school who had an N Gage. I remember watching him play Tony Hawk during lunch time.

[@okinz3251]

i still have it

[@Retroloft556]

Still have my N-Gage. Pretty fun of you have it hacked and have access to all the games.

[@TheBigboss7121987]

What the fuck? All these years I was under the false assumption that I owned every single Elder Scrolls game that was available. I've been playing The Elder Scrolls since Arena was released for the PC back in 1994. I didn't know that there was an Elder Scrolls game available for the N-GAGE. Is The Elder Scrolls Shadowkey any good? Is it worth going out, and buying an N-GAGE just to play it?

[@tolemac2006]

Shadowkey, for a mobile Elder Scrolls installment, is a very competent game. It has the graphics of Daggerfall, a 3-D open world in which you have a limited freedom, and almost every other element from the main Elder Scrolls games. It has a decent main quest, plenty of side quests, surprisingly large dungeons and cities, and even a few but small guilds. It is worth it only if you can tolerate finger ache, neck pain, weird floaty controls and an unstable framerate. Your enjoyment of this game will really depend on how much of an Elder Scrolls fan you are. I, personally, am a big fan and really enjoyed it. The hardest part is to find a copy for a decent price. Hope that helped you make your mind.

[@TheBigboss7121987]

+Jeffrey Harvey-Pronovost +Nicky_ Thanks guys for the taking the time out of your day to respond to my comment. I decided to pickup a copy of the game if I can find one for a decent price. Thanks again.

[@nathancole5158]

It's Elderscrolls, but man it is really, really rough around the edges,you have to really have a strong dedication to that series lore to push through that game. From a technical and performance standpoint it's probably the worst game on the system. Frame rate is like 15 frames a second and gameplay is absolutely slow, it would take seconds for you to turn in that game. There is no draw distance, you can't only see what like 10 feet in front of you at best. Gameplay wise it's not fun, I give it a pass on lore alone

[@hypnocilicdreams]

I've been watching these videos for a little while now, & I really must say, John seems like such a nice genuine guy. The same can be said for Metal Jesus too. Great gang, great knowledge, & great vids! Thank you

[@gustavov3133]

wow so nostalgic for me n gage

[@ScaryStoriesAt2AM]

That elder scolls game looks dope actually, be interested in trying it out

[@davidiglesias9060]

holy shit Nokia ngage has more games than ps vita :s

[@saakin2ulit]

+David Iglesias (TRIGGERS INTERNALLY) don't be hard on me man. I bought a vita a month ago, and yeah it reminds of the N-Gage. It is a good hardware compared to it's competitors, but Sony just killed it and forgot it even made the system.

[@davidiglesias9060]

I also bought the psvita man. Psvita is cool better than new Nintendo 3ds several times the main problem are the games just that. I sold my psvita and I bought the ps3 2 years ago no regrets my friend.

[@notthatdigusted7468]

I'm getting one because it brings me back to my 7th/8th grade years when the system first cane out in the early 2000's.

[@daveybones13]

The IMMORTAL John muthafuckin Hancock!!

[@aljr357]

Johns channel is great . Not as many videos as yours but they are both two of my favourite channels.

[@Nevada-ss8qu]

real game nerds play ngage lmao

[@Sean-uh2nm]

Oh man I remember playing Tomb Raider on a N-GAGE at my local game store when I was around 9 years old. I am 23 now. I remember having a hard time with the controls and giving up in frustration.

[@WeskerXM96E1]

John Hancock really looks better with his beard...I wonder why he shaved it off? I guess he must think it makes him look younger. Vanity, it affects everyone!

[@CanonGames]

Lol my little bro would always play the N Gage when he was a kid growing up in the early 2000s

[@dawe8282]

n-gage buzing guide .... buy psp ... not this crap ...

[@gangatalishis]

what an underestimated system, some good games and they looks good to for the time

[@kenseitakesi4521]

Nokia is only true game console :D

[@space.pirate481]

not reallly N-gage was good but they are not game console

[@kenseitakesi4521]

Psycho Bastard nokia for the win!

[@space.pirate481]

are good but PS2 is better

[@kenseitakesi4521]

Psycho Bastard PC race master race!

[@space.pirate481]

i play on pc too

[@weldin]

My dad was CEO of Mobile Communications (a branch of AT&T, or cingular at the time) and he was actually one of the first people to hear about this.

[@Kenshiro3rd]

N-Gage Buying guide? Tip Number 1: DON'T!

[@MikeRox83]

Reminds me of what happened to the Dreamcast. I used to work in Currys when they suddenly slashed ALL their Dreamcast inventory to £4.99 or less (Sega Bass Fishing and a few others were 97p...) and this was in early 2001 so the system was actually still getting active new releases in the UK. Amazing times!

[@Jayce_Alexander]

N-Gage buying guide: don't.

[@saakin2ulit]

+Jayce To be fair, you can't buy any of these anyway, but it sucks for the guys that bought one for sure.

[@mahiru20ten]

Do. You might get some good games like Sonic N too.

[@dmarshall5148]

I was seriously considering an N-Gage back in about 04/05 but when I asked the cell phone salesman about it he told me to stay away and just stick to a regular phone, considering he was working on commission that was all I needed to hear.

[@davorz]

Call me crazy but, if he has one game left, then he hasn't the complete set... :P

[@ThePunk01]

davorz complete North American set is compete ;)

[@cyrfung]

I had the QD. It was the cheapest Bluetooth phone at about $250 in my country. Typing with both hands was really quick. It was a good phone on its own.

[@coachdable]

Wow! I never knew that this was around during the GBA era of hand held systems! I would get tired of taking the system a part to load games. Yet, it does have a unique retro nostalgic collectable quality to it!

[@blaketindle4703]

I wanted this thing so bad back in 03-04! But it was very expensive compared to the Gameboy Advance!

[@hawk10101982]

Have a complete N-Gage collection with almost all the unreleased games too. It's a fun system to collect for.

[@captainnintendo]

I was actually the Danish winner of a big N-Gage promotion that Nokia had back in... 2003-04ish. Me and my family even got a paid trip to Paris to compete in Tony Hawk on it. Unfortunately, I didn't get far, but it was really cool, and for the time, the console was the only one on the market that could push out some semi good looking 3D games with a smooth framerate. I think I still have my big ass press kit edition of Pathway To Glory, somewhere. I even got a Gizmondo the same year... Heck, after checking with the numbers on Wikipedia, I was responsible for around 1% of Sweden's total sales of that console xD

[@mHerrickk]

I tried to collect for N-gage back in the day. It was hard to do. Impressive collection!

[@MarconeAntelius]

I LOVE the N-Gage, PS1 graphics on a handheld? Yes please! And I too am going for a complete collection, its slow going though. I only have 10 games right now.