
There are plenty of forgotten gaming platforms out there, but the South American Zeebo console has to rank as one of the most obscure.
Released in Brazil and Mexico in 2009, the system had 3G connectivity and was based on Qualcomm's BREW mobile gaming chipset. The aim was to avoid piracy by dropping physical media and adopting a digital-only distribution service – a brave move, given that even today in 2024, home consoles continue to use game cards and discs.
Despite publisher support from the likes of Activision, Capcom, Disney Interactive Studios, Electronic Arts, id Software, Namco and Popcap, the system was discontinued in 2011 – but not before it played host to a selection of interesting games, some of which are now playable thanks to the efforts of @Tuxality.
Work on Infuse, Tuxality's Zeebo / BREW emulator, began in 2015, but has only recently gotten to the stage where games are playable.
Only three games are fully playable at present – Double Dragon, Crash Bandicoot Nitro Kart 3D and Zeebo Family Pack – but the Zeebo library includes titles such as FIFA 09, Peggle, Ridge Racer, Resident Evil 4: Zeebo Edition, Quake II, Tekken 2 and Super Burger Time. The list of BREW games is even larger.
In other words, this could prove to be an emulator that's worth keeping an eye on. If you fancy checking out the progress so far, you can download it here.
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I am so glad that I can finally play Double Dragon!!!!
Never heard of this--very cool news. That DD looks nice
This is going to sound weird since it's the ******* Zeebo, but I am super, super glad that this finally exists! I've always wanted to try this thing, because even if most of the console sucks, it's at the very least super interesting, and there are indeed a few gems in there, like that apparently really good Double Dragon version.
For anybody who hasn't already and has even a remote interest in the Zeebo, I highly recommend Stop Skeletons From Fighting's videos on the Zeebo on YouTube. I found that they were incredibly well done.
Stop skeletons fighting on youtube has an excellent few episodes on the zeebo. It is WILD what went on around it. That such a thing even exists makes me chuckle.
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Derek would probably be so excited about this.
Fantastic news for preservation efforts! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
@KitsuneNight Dang dude you stole my comment idea about Uncle Derek lmao
I hadn't heard of this console until learning that prior to Switch, this was literally the only other console Super BurgerTime had ever been ported to.
I hadn't heard of that game and didn't know if it was a new game or not.
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I've always found the Zeebo interesting, especially after seeing that it has an N64-style demake of Resident Evil 4!
I think I've seen the Zeebo once before, but forgot about it. This looks like a version of Double Dragon that deserves to be played by more people. It looks great.
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