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** Bamco or (less commonly) Banco, shortening Bandai Namco. There's also a derogatory variant "Blamco".[[note]]presumably inspired by Website/{{Newgrounds}}[[/note]]

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** Bamco or (less commonly) Banco, shortening Bandai Namco. There's also a derogatory variant "Blamco".[[note]]presumably inspired by Website/{{Newgrounds}}[[/note]]Platform/{{Newgrounds}}[[/note]]
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*** "Fearful Harmony" and "Personified Fear" - Software glitches on the original ''Platform/PlayStation'' made infamous for [[NightmareFuel utterly horrifying any players]] unfortunate enough to come across them. The former can be seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTQan-O3lNM here,]] and the latter [[https://youtu.be/v09ZCiZCcUA here.]]
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** The Boomerang for [[http://ps3media.ign.com/ps3/image/article/934/934646/what-if-sony-stuck-with-the-ps3s-boomerang-controller-20081201033209544-000.jpg this abomination]], the original UsefulNotes/{{PlayStation 3}} controller that was never actually released.

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** The Boomerang for [[http://ps3media.ign.com/ps3/image/article/934/934646/what-if-sony-stuck-with-the-ps3s-boomerang-controller-20081201033209544-000.jpg this abomination]], the original UsefulNotes/{{PlayStation Platform/{{PlayStation 3}} controller that was never actually released.



*** Red Ring of Death: The LED indicator that shows up on a broken UsefulNotes/Xbox360. Often abbreviated RROD (and pronounced R-rod).
*** The UsefulNotes/XboxOne has many, many derisive names:

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*** Red Ring of Death: The LED indicator that shows up on a broken UsefulNotes/Xbox360.Platform/Xbox360. Often abbreviated RROD (and pronounced R-rod).
*** The UsefulNotes/XboxOne Platform/XboxOne has many, many derisive names:



*** The premium version of its successor (the [[UsefulNotes/XboxSeriesXAndS Xbox Series X]]) is the [=XSex=], though it was always going to be due to the way the English language works. Time will tell if it will truly be as good as sex with your ex or not. Some people have also taken to "[[XMakesAnythingCool Excess X]]".

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*** The premium version of its successor (the [[UsefulNotes/XboxSeriesXAndS [[Platform/XboxSeriesXAndS Xbox Series X]]) is the [=XSex=], though it was always going to be due to the way the English language works. Time will tell if it will truly be as good as sex with your ex or not. Some people have also taken to "[[XMakesAnythingCool Excess X]]".



*** The Purple Lunchbox: The UsefulNotes/NintendoGameCube, so named because of its indigo color and weird "handle" at the back.
*** [=DSPhat=]: The original UsefulNotes/NintendoDS, contrasted with its "slimmer" successors.
*** The Fatboy/The Brick: The original UsefulNotes/GameBoy model which looks like a brick, and [[MadeOfIndestructium is almost as tough.]]

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*** The Purple Lunchbox: The UsefulNotes/NintendoGameCube, Platform/NintendoGameCube, so named because of its indigo color and weird "handle" at the back.
*** [=DSPhat=]: The original UsefulNotes/NintendoDS, Platform/NintendoDS, contrasted with its "slimmer" successors.
successors, starting with the DS Lite.
*** The Fatboy/The Brick: The original UsefulNotes/GameBoy Platform/GameBoy model which looks like a brick, and [[MadeOfIndestructium is almost as tough.]]



*** The UsefulNotes/{{Wii}}, for the longest time, was practically its own nickname to the obvious potential for ToiletHumor in how it is officially pronounced.

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*** The UsefulNotes/{{Wii}}, Platform/{{Wii}}, for the longest time, was practically its own nickname to the obvious potential for ToiletHumor in how it is officially pronounced.



*** The Tower of Power: [[UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis Sega Genesis/Megadrive]] with UsefulNotes/SegaCD and [[UsefulNotes/Sega32X 32X]] addons, using a UsefulNotes/GameGenie cheat cartridge while playing VideoGame/Sonic3AndKnuckles. Named for the somewhat daft height of such a combination. Other combinations which are even taller have been made, though most of these are non-functional.

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*** The Tower of Power: [[UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis [[Platform/SegaGenesis Sega Genesis/Megadrive]] with UsefulNotes/SegaCD Platform/SegaCD and [[UsefulNotes/Sega32X [[Platform/Sega32X 32X]] addons, using a UsefulNotes/GameGenie cheat cartridge while playing VideoGame/Sonic3AndKnuckles. Named for the somewhat daft height of such a combination. Other combinations which are even taller have been made, though most of these are non-functional.



*** While PSX refers to the original ''UsefulNotes/PlayStation'''s model number, it never officially bore that name, as shown when Sony used it for a Japan-only [=PS2=] with added features and the [=PlayStation=] Experience convention with the same name that started in 2014.
*** Using "Slim" for the [[ProductFacelift revised models]] of ''UsefulNotes/PlayStation'' platforms (and Super Slim for the slimmer version of ''that''); with the exception of the PSP Slim & Lite (aka the PSP-2000), no [=PlayStation=] model has ever used that moniker.
*** UsefulNotes/{{PlayStation 3}}:

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*** While PSX refers to the original ''UsefulNotes/PlayStation'''s ''Platform/PlayStation'''s model number, it never officially bore that name, as shown when Sony used it for a Japan-only [=PS2=] with added features and the [=PlayStation=] Experience convention with the same name that started in 2014.
*** Using "Slim" for the [[ProductFacelift revised models]] of ''UsefulNotes/PlayStation'' ''Platform/PlayStation'' platforms (and Super Slim for the slimmer version of ''that''); with the exception of the PSP Slim & Lite (aka the PSP-2000), no [=PlayStation=] model has ever used that moniker.
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*** PS Triple: Another nickname for the [=PS3=], made {{memetic|Mutation}}ally popular by [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVrLanbNFt0 Chad Warden's video]] insisting that [[UsefulNotes/ConsoleWars the PS3 is better than the 360]].

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*** PS Triple: Another nickname for the [=PS3=], made {{memetic|Mutation}}ally popular by [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVrLanbNFt0 Chad Warden's video]] insisting that [[UsefulNotes/ConsoleWars [[MediaNotes/ConsoleWars the PS3 is better than the 360]].



*** [=PS360=] - Used, sometimes derisively, to refer to the duo of the UsefulNotes/PlayStation3 and UsefulNotes/Xbox360, due to a combination of shared features and shared games.

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*** [=PS360=] - Used, sometimes derisively, to refer to the duo of the UsefulNotes/PlayStation3 Platform/PlayStation3 and UsefulNotes/Xbox360, Platform/Xbox360, due to a combination of shared features and shared games.



*** The Toilet: UsefulNotes/AtariJaguar, which really resembles one when the never-used CD add-on is attached. Also named because of the questionable quality of its games and its convoluted architecture.
*** Darth Vader: An all-black UsefulNotes/Atari2600.

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*** The Toilet: UsefulNotes/AtariJaguar, Platform/AtariJaguar, which really resembles one when the never-used CD add-on is attached. Also named because of the questionable quality of its games and its convoluted architecture.
*** Darth Vader: An all-black UsefulNotes/Atari2600.Platform/Atari2600.



** There are several of these associated with UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS hacks, aka homebrew.

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** There are several of these associated with UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS Platform/Nintendo3DS hacks, aka homebrew.

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** It's common enough to mistype Sony's name as Snoy that it's become a full fledged nickname, especially among the Japanese.

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** It's common enough to mistype Sony's Creator/{{Sony}}'s name as Snoy that it's become a full fledged nickname, especially among the Japanese.
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*** The fairly gigantic original model of Xbox One is sometimes nicknamed the "VCR" due to having a decent resemblence to one.
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** ''VideoGame/PolyBridge'' and sequels are referred to as "Government Corruption Simulators" as one of the ways to score high is to be under budget, and so players will build the flimsiest bridge that can still get the car(s) to their destination, safety and sanity standards be damned, the joke being that the money "saved" this way has been embezzled.
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* Disney Trio of Destruction: A term used by developers and users of the Dolphin [[UsefulNotes/{{Emulation}} emulator]] to refer to the [[https://forums.dolphin-emu.org/Thread-disney-trio-of-destruction%E2%84%A2 trio of Disney tie-in games]] for the Wii which were deceptively difficult if not impossible to emulate even on a relatively powerful desktop computer.

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* ** Disney Trio of Destruction: A term used by developers and users of the Dolphin [[UsefulNotes/{{Emulation}} emulator]] to refer to the [[https://forums.dolphin-emu.org/Thread-disney-trio-of-destruction%E2%84%A2 trio of Disney tie-in games]] for the Wii which were deceptively difficult if not impossible to emulate even on a relatively powerful desktop computer.

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