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Blaze International Goes Retro with The 16-Bit Blaze Handheld Console with 20 Built in SEGA Megadrive Games!

Handheld Console containing Sonic and Knuckles, Golden Axe, Shinobi, Ecco the Dolphin, Columns and 15 more superb retro titles for only £29.99 is set to take the market by storm!

At last! BLAZE are proud to announce they will be releasing their 16bit Megadrive handheld console in July 2008. The Blaze portable game player will be heading to a store near you from the end of August 2008, so mums and dads, if you missed playing Sega Megadrive classics such as Sonic and Knuckles, Golden Axe, Shinobi and Ecco the Dolphin, you now have a chance to do so again... in all their portable glory... and all for the price of a single Nintendo DS game!

Other games to be hooked on again include Alex Kidd - Enchanted Castle, Alien Storm Altered Beast, Arrow Flash, Crackdown, Decap Attack, Dr Robotnik’s Mean Bean Machine, Ecco Junior, Flicky, Gain Ground, Jewel Master, Kid Chameleon, Sonic Spinball and Shadow Dancer.
...All very 90’s retro chic and far less damaging to your reputation than singing along to Color ME Bad.....Though not everything from the 90’s should make a comeback...are you listening Spice Girls? 

Now the serious stuff:

Features
Plug & play portable video game system
20 built-in 16-bit SEGA licensed games
Built-in speakers
Build in colour LCD screen
TV out connection
TV format: PAL
Requires:
 3 x AAA batteries.
(Batteries not included)

Description
The Blaze Portable game console is a video game player, which is pre-loaded with 20 classic games from SEGA. There is therefore no need to buy game cartridges. The blaze Portable game player has an A/V connector and with the included cable the player can be connected to any TV set. Enjoy playing classic SEGA games anytime, anywhere with the new Blaze Portable video game player. Presented in stylish blister packaging.
Watch out for more BLAZE product announcements from BLAZE and ATGames soon....

Available now from all leading games stores and here online for just £29.99 (+ P&P)

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PR/Media Contact:                                           
James Gill
Marketing Manager                               
Blaze International Ltd.                          
james.gill@blaze-int.co.uk                     
office: +44 (0) 1302 325225    

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About Blaze International Ltd:
BLAZE develops, manufactures and distributes worldwide a comprehensive range of console and PC based media management and video game accessories under the Xploder and Blaze brand-names.
The BLAZE brand has been recently been used to re-launch a range of innovative bespoke accessory lines for major videogame consoles along with a range of retro Sega Megadrive branded products
As an MPEG4/AAC licensee, BLAZE provide advanced media conversion of video and music for use on PS3, PSP, Xbox 360, PS2, DS, Mobile Handsets and iPod as a single access point. Cross-platform media management solutions are available for all media, whatever the system.
NOTE: The company names and product names are the registered trademark of each respective company.

 

Reviews & Awards

Gadget of the Day

GADGET SPOTLIGHT - TheGadgeteer.com

For a bargain basement £30 you can now buy yourself a Blaze Sega Megadrive Handheld, Perfect for a cheap nostalgia trip. Stuff.tv Magazine

I saw the Handheld Megadrive and think it looks awesome! Joe Svetlik - T3 Magazine

Man, three AAA batteries are all it needs?! Remember the battery guzzling Sega Game Gear? How technology has changed. www.gadgetsclub.com

Feeling nostalgic for some old-school 16-bit gaming? You're in luck - the Mega Drive is back, but this time time as a handheld Yahoo News

You can get your hands on this piece of gaming gold for just £29.99. Brilliant. www.gamesdog.co.uk

It costs the same as one new PSP game - Nostalgia takes a price cut. Rory Reid - Crave, Cnet expert tech reviews

50% Retro, 50% Not, 100% Awesome. Handheld Mega Drive. My Maths was never that great, but hey, THIS ROCKS. So it looks cool, and you can plug this baby into your big a** TV at home... Dave Aubrey - ConsoleCentral.com

Coolio! zimbio.com

A fraction of the size of the original Genesis, and comes preloaded with 20 games. Gizmodo.com

Irresistable. Techgadgets

certainly a lot of gaming for not a lot of cash Retrotogo.com

I never saw this coming but that doesn’t make it any less awesome, sporting a classic Megadrive D-Pad and A,B,C button layout it’s hard for a long time Sega fan such as myself not to fall in love with this thing. Tssznews.com

If you're prone to wearing spectacles with a rose tint, you might want to sit down and do a few breathing exercises. Everyone's favourite defunct hardware manufacturer is getting one more chance to shine and the good old days of 16-bit are coming back. Spong.com

There’s a good chance that this machine will shift more units than the GameGear did! Ryanajarret.com

This could induce a retro spasm causing you to forsake those shiny next-gen consoles for the simpler days of yore. Strategyinformer.com

Portable Sega Genesis without needing 8 batteries! TheGadgetBlog.net

Relive your youth and play Sega Megadrive classics like Sonic and Knuckles, Golden Axe, Shinobi and Ecco the Dolphin. ToysGadget.com

Featuring OVER 19 games (20, actually), this little Game-Gear-a-like will allow you to play just like you're in the 90s all over again. TechRadar.com

 

Megadrive Handheld