Zeebo, a Latin American console from the Wii era, is getting an emulator
There’s a good chance you’ve forgotten — or never heard of — the Zeebo gaming console. The Qualcomm-backed system launched in 2009 with a grand plan to target markets like Brazil and Mexico, where imports of its much-better-known rivals were priced out of reach for most people. It had cellular 3G functionality built in and supported around 40 games. Companies including Activision, Capcom, EA, Disney Interactive Studios and id Software lined up to develop software for the upstart system.
Launching the same year as the iPhone App Store, the Zeebo eschewed discs and cartridges, instead earning a footnote in gaming history as the first console that exclusively used digital downloads. Think of it as a precursor to homebound mobile-game consoles like theHowever, the strategy didn’t go as planned, and the company announced the end of its operations in its only two markets by 2011.
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