The end of the game.com

In the lifespan of the game.com, many games that were officially announced by Tiger Electronics ultimately went unreleased. While some were only hinted at, others were thorougly advertised. The game.com catalogs featured on the scans page, for example, contain frequent references to games that never materialized.

The following is a list of “vaporware” game.com titles:

Castlevania: Symphony of the Night

Command & Conquer: Red Alert

Deer Hunter

Evander Holyfield Championship Boxing

Furbyland

Giga Pets Deluxe

Godzilla

Madden Football '98

Madden Football '99

Metal Gear Solid

Mulligan's Golf Challenge

Mutoids

Name That Tune

Nascar

NBA Hangtime

NBA Live '99

Small Soldiers

The X-Files

Turok: Dinosaur Hunter

Virtua Fighter 3

WCW/NWO Whiplash

If you can help provide any additional information about any of these games, please e-mail me!

D E T A I L S

The following game details were originally announced to the public by Handheld Games, the developer responsible for the game.com versions of Centipede and Frogger.

Holyfield Boxing
Originally slated for release: December, 1998

Realistic boxing action makes it way to the Game.com with Evander Holyfield Championship Boxing. With a full range of movement in the Ring, you will rely upon boxing strategy and fancy footwork in fight for the championship spotlight.

On October 15, 1998, Thomas Fessler, CEO of Handheld Games, posted the following message in the game.com Usenet newsgroup:

** Evander Holyfield Boxing Questions Answered **

I hope this answers some of the questions that are going around about Holyfield Boxing's “in development” features.

◦	A 3/4 overhead perspective that delivers full movement in the boxing ring with 8 directions of fighting action.

◦	“Real Deal” boxing A/I and tactics, Not just side scroller punch left/right duck OR a copy of other 1st person punch / punch / block / games. You will get full range of movement in the boxing ring. Push your opponent into the corner / back out and move in to deliver that KO punch.

◦	10 Different punches, Blocking, weaving, and AWESOME KO animations to name a few

◦	Animations created using state of the art 3-D animation software delivering realistic motion and fighting action.

◦	TV-style on-screen stats and displays

◦	This game is being built from the ground up with one consideration - great game play.

NBA Live '99
Last official status: Nearing completion

Here comes NBA Live for Game.com with all the original gameplay, A/I and graphics that made the Genesis Version the best 16-bit basketball game available. NBA Live for Game.com is the first game to feature Tiger's new RAM-BLAST expansion that allows for more graphics, more A/I and battery backed up stats tracking. NBA Live will turn out to be the best handheld basketball game to date.

Small Soldiers
Originally slated for release: October, 1998

Choose your alliance with the Commando Elite or the Gorgonites and prepare for a tour-de-force of hand-to-hand fighting action with Small Soldiers Close Combat for the Tiger Game.com. Play as your favorite character and fight against your opponents with a variety of fighting and weapons based moves. ** GAME RELEASE ON HOLD **

The Handheld Games website had also mentioned an unnamed, “platform game that is still unannounced, but sure to make waves throughout the handheld game market,” which was originally slated for release in May, 1999.