IQue Player

The iQue Player is a Chinese-exclusive plug-and-play video game system, technically based on the Nintendo 64 console, that was released in 2003. It was created as a joint venture between Nintendo and Dr. Wei Yin, founder of iQue Ltd., as a means to curb piracy in China. The console was built into a controller that resembled a Dreamcast controller. Players could purchase a central hub that allows them to play multiplayer, however. Games were purchased at a kiosk or from an online software called iQue@home (which requires a firmware update for the console that can only be found in the kiosks) and downloaded to a 64 MB cartridge that plugs into the controller. The system only had fourteen games available, one of which was.

was also slated for release on the iQue, but has since been canceled. Exact reasons behind the cancelation is unknown, but it is suspected that the game's dark undertones and imagery were deemed to violate Chinese censorship laws, so the Chinese government stopped the game's distribution. It is also believed the game may have been technically too difficult to port to the iQue Player, as the original Nintendo 64 cartridge required an Expansion Pak to fundamentally function.