The Jungle was a
portable game console in development by
Panasonic, and announced in October 2010. With a design being roughly similar to a small
laptop
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, it was developed as a portable platform for
MMOs and aimed at players who wanted to play
online games on the go. The Jungle was also Panasonic's first attempt at creating a handheld console. It was expected to be released in mid-2011, effectively putting it into the
eighth generation of gaming along with the
Nintendo 3DS
The is a handheld game console produced by Nintendo. It was announced in March 2010 and unveiled at E3 2010 as the successor to the Nintendo DS. The system features backward compatibility with Nintendo DS video games. As an eighth-generatio ...
and the then-unreleased
PlayStation Vita
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.
The system was to be the second dedicated video game console released by Panasonic, after the
3DO from 1993. In 1997, Panasonic was developing a new console called the
Panasonic M2, but the company canceled the project.
On March 1, 2011, Panasonic announced the cancellation of the Jungle, "due to changes in the market".
Games
Four games were announced for the release of the Jungle in October 2010:
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Stellar Dawn
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RuneScape
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Battlestar Galactica Online
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World of Warcraft
Features
These were announced features for the Jungle:
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D-pad
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Touchpad
*Full
QWERTY keyboard
*3.5 mm jack
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USB and
HDMI ports
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Linux OS operating system (unconfirmed)
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HD 720p high-resolution display (unconfirmed)
References
External links
"Panasonic Jungle"- Short lived Jungle news site
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Handheld game consoles
Panasonic Corporation brands
Panasonic consoles
Vaporware game consoles
ARM-based video game consoles