Hardware TecToy is unveiling their new hardware "Zeenix" at Gamescom Latam (06/30)

[CyberWolfBia]

Pff, and you all are so excited about Switch 2! What about the Zeebo 2?!

Gamescom Latam is happening in São Paulo, Brazil from June 26 to 30; And TecToy is showing off their new hardware Zeenix (a clear and deliberate name to allude to their previous endeavor, the Zeebo) apparently is also a handheld! Alongside the system, they'll show a horror game running on Unreal Engine 5 (teaser image they published a couple of months ago below)...

As far I know, this isn't exactly new, despite the shock of them attempting a new hardware.. we've seen patents and rumors about this in inner circles from about 2 years by now.

But if you ask me, I wouldn't exactly count on TecToy as a legit contender on the hardware race.. this has a good chance of being one of those existing handheld PCs that are all over the market these days and they're just selling it here with their own branding; Wouldn't be the first time, since they have the same partnership with ATGames to sell their plug 'n plays here

But we'll see!

 

[OctoSplattack]

Okay, but will it run on Brew?

 

[ProteusRidley]

Who is unveiling the what?

 

[CyberWolfBia]

Who is unveiling the what?

TecToy is a Brazilian company that in the 90's was SEGA's official distributor here; They worked with them from the Master System to Dreamcast (and they still got the license from SEGA to sell plug 'n plays and their own Master System models);

In 2009, they launched their own system, the Zeebo, a cheap ass mobile console running on BREW OS and Qualcomm's chipset. Long story short, it wasn't successful, it lasted only 2 years in the market and since it was a digital-only system (first of its kind), everything was shut down once they discontinued production.

Now, they are trying again with a handheld, the Zeenix. I don't think the odds are on their favor, but that's just me

EDIT: Wow, just now I noticed how the name Zeenix is a combination of Zeebo and Fênix (Phoenix), as in the bird that reborn from ashes lmao; even their logo is alluding to that.

 

[ILovethegameAC]

Can´t wait to see those new excluzeebos

 

[Mr Swine]

Resident evil 4 remake with PS2 Resident evil 4 graphics????

 

[MinxyEMF]

TecToy is showing off their new hardware Zeenix

I'll be completely honest, I hope it's just a repackaged Master System. Not even a Game Gear, just a straight-up handheld Master System.

 

[MarcelRguez]

Resident evil 4 remake with PS2 Resident evil 4 graphics????

(I'd unironically love this)

 

[Krvavi Abadas]

this has a good chance of being one of those existing handheld PCs that are all over the market these days and they're just selling it here with their own branding;

is there even a white label version of these yet? the closest company i could consider doing such a thing is Ayaneo, considering the sheer amount of models they've made.

regardless. there's no way they could get Unreal Engine 5 running on famiclone/Genesis clone hardware at least.

 

[Marce-chan]

I'm really excited to see what they're cooking and I hope they get a lot of Sega last gen ports on board.
Zeebo was actually really ahead of its time but sadly not in a good way.
It's also wild to think that technically Mega Drive/Genesis never discontinued in Brazil and they always have some plug and play version really cheap selling with 30+ games.
Very curious to see if this horror game will be self published and who's making it.

 

[undefined]

They removed the “portable” from the event description so that might have been an oopsie though they did post a teaser talking about playing and buying anywhere (“free your game” seems to be the slogan) so that already sounded like a handheld or hybrid PC anyways

 

[Hailinel]

Someone get SSFF on the line!