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{{Infobox information appliance
| type        = Reviewer Console
| generation  = Seventh
| introduced  = Late 2005
}}
A '''Reviewer Kit''' is type of [[Development Kit]] that was sent out to game journalists to review a game weeks or months before its release. They use the same dark gray/charcoal case as a Development Kit, however, lack the [[Sidecar]] and thus use a standard 20GB [[Hard Drive]]. They have a small sticker near the A/V port that reads [[Reviewer Kit]]. Some units had a secondary serial barcode sticker. Reviewer Kits were replaced with [[Demo Kit|Demo Kits]] fairly quickly.
A '''Reviewer Kit''' is type of [[Development Kit]] that was sent out to game journalists to review a game weeks or months before its release. They use the same dark gray/charcoal case as a Development Kit, however, lack the [[Sidecar]] and thus use a standard 20GB [[Hard Drive]]. They have a small sticker near the A/V port that reads [[Reviewer Kit]]. Some units had a secondary serial barcode sticker. Reviewer Kits were replaced with [[Demo Kit|Demo Kits]] fairly quickly.


=== Notes ===  
=== Notes ===  
* Full development [[Bootloaders]]
* Full development [[bootloaders]]
* Lacks motherboard headers for SPI (J1D2) and Debug (J2B1) used by the [[Lamprey|Lamprey Board]] and [[Sidecar]]
* Lacks motherboard headers for SPI (J1D2) and Debug (J2B1) used by the [[Lamprey|Lamprey Board]] and [[Sidecar]]
* Lacks [[Sidecar|Sidecar]] power header
* Lacks [[Sidecar|Sidecar]] power header

Latest revision as of 15:09, 13 January 2024

Reviewer Kit
TypeReviewer Console
GenerationSeventh
IntroducedLate 2005

A Reviewer Kit is type of Development Kit that was sent out to game journalists to review a game weeks or months before its release. They use the same dark gray/charcoal case as a Development Kit, however, lack the Sidecar and thus use a standard 20GB Hard Drive. They have a small sticker near the A/V port that reads Reviewer Kit. Some units had a secondary serial barcode sticker. Reviewer Kits were replaced with Demo Kits fairly quickly.

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