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LET'S SEE--PLAY A GAME, OR FIND AN ADDRESS...WHEN IS A PORTABLE GAME system not just a fun machine? When it's trying to disguise itself as a personal organizer. Later on this month, Tiger Electronics Inc. in Vernon Hills, Ill., will jump into the handheld-game market with a new device that will also have a more serious side. Like Nintendo Co.'s Game Boy, game.com lets its owners play different games by plugging in various cartridges. What's more, Tiger has built into its players such personal-organizer features as an address book, a calendar, and a calculator. While the display screen isn't in color, it is touch-sensitive, making it easy to play the built-in Solitaire card game--or to type in data by tapping on the screen's virtual keyboard. At the launch, Tiger also plans to release a $20 package that includes software and a cable that plugs into a PC modem, allowing Internet access. But the Net connection will offer only E-mail via Delphi Internet Services Corp. for a monthly fee. The $70 game.com comes with one game cartridge called Lights Out, with additional games at $20 to $30. Tiger Vice-President Sandy Schneider says that by yearend the company will have 20 titles out , including Jeopardy!, Name That Tune, and the popular Duke Nukem video game.
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