History of video games/Platforms/Zeebo

Development
Zeebo was developed by the company TecToy, a company which had been involved in distributing the Sega Genesis in Brazil.

Prototypes consisted of a mobile phone motherboard with some extra support hardware.

Launch
Zeebo was set to be launched in Brazil in 2009, with the console costing $249 USD with four included games and a free game download, and games costing at most $15 USD. By September 2009 the Zeebo was available only in Rio De Janeiro, and cost 499 BRL, though it saw a price drop to BRL 399 that month. Later in 2009 Zeebo was released in Mexico.

Discontinuation
Zeebo was discontinued in 2011.

Technology


The Zeebo uses a Qualcomm chipset with a 32 bit CPU based on the ARM11 architecture clocked at 528MHz.

The Zeebo is also equipped with a QDSP-5 and a Adreno 130 GPU capable of rendering 4 million triangles a second.

The Zeebo has 160 megabytes of RAM, and 128 megabytes of VRAM.

The Zeebo runs BREW software (Binary Runtime Environment for Wireless) and can be connected to the internet over a 3G wireless connection. The Zeebo became one of the earliest home game consoles to feature a wireless mobile internet connection as a standard feature.

User avatars called Zeeboids could be created, similar to Mii avatars on the Wii.

Notable games
The Zeeboo had a library of 55 games, none of which could be obtained after official servers shut down in September 30th, 2011. As a result it is possible that some Zeebo titles are lost media.

The Zeebo had ports of Resident Evil 4, FIFA, and Tekken titles.

Zeebo Extreme
Read more about Zeebo Extreme on Wikipedia.

Un Juego de Huevos
Zeebo exclusive title.

Read more about Un Juego de Huevos on Wikipedia.

External Resources

 * Video Game Kraken Zeebo page.
 * Video Game Console Library - Zeebo page.