In January 2003, a little-known Florida company called Infinium Labs announced that it was going to take on Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo.
The idea was ludicrous: to inject a new console into the gaming world without a single major partner, a nebulous marketing plan, and shady founders. After all, the Xbox and PlayStation franchises were running on all cylinders while Nintendo had just launched the Game Boy Advance SP to much acclaim. But there was a strange itch in the gaming world, however, one focused on bringing PC games to consoles, something that only a few companies had tried before.
This new machine was called the Phantom and it would prove to be one of the most beguiling and, more importantly, ridiculous stories in modern gaming.
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