What acts like a console, works with a gamepad, downloads games like an Xbox 360 and uses your home PC as the center of gaming? Whatever your guess, you probably didn't guess Hasbro's Tiger Electronics new NetJet online gaming system which we found one afternoon at a local Toys R Us "R Zone" (aka 'gaming section')

The system, which targets gamers aged eight or older, focuses on a controller device that plugs into any available USB connection on an Internet-connected Windows PC. Once plugged in, the embedded software (no CD needed) used to manage games and future purchases installs in a few short seconds. When done, the user slides an included key into the top of the controller to play one of 10 featured game keys.

At only $24.99 for the master pack, which offers a single controller with one game has been on sale nationally since August and heads to the UK in the coming weeks. Later this year, Hasbro plans to deliver new master packs that ship with a copy of a new Transformer game that blends the IP with characters from the movie or a game key with the Littlest Pet Shop game.

Additional game keys (retail $14.99) feature games like Bubble Bonanza (basic bubble popping game), Kool Kart Racers (arcade-style racing) and Mission: Paintball Powered Up (pain-free shooter) and seven others from brands like The Fairly OddParents, The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy, Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends and SpongeBob SquarePants.

Each key also comes with three digital tokens, which unlock three "choice games" from an online list of 30. Given Hasbro's influence in the gaming realm, the company obtained the rights to other properties from Nickelodeon and Cartoon Network including Ben 10, Squirrel Boy, Camp Lazlo, Avatar, Danny Phantom and Jimmy Timmy. Once the token is used, the NetJet browser downloads and installs the game to the PC's hard drive and the NetJet browser is used to browse and play the game. It's an interesting method to give gamers a choice in the additional games they receive. The NetJet browser also allows casual games that revert to the more traditional keyboard and mouse for controls.

Tiger Electronics Senior Director of Marketing Steve Flege, during a quick interview with GameDaily News, said that creating a gaming console experience comes purely from research that said boys and girls wanted a console-like experience. While other electronics companies have developed gaming-like devices that offer edutainment experience to learn from, "We're a toy company so we're focused purely on entertainment."

After a few hours of playtime, the offered games appear similar to many different popular genres and while many of the "choice games" resemble commonly played 2D casual games, they're a bit more difficult to master. However, with more youthful reaction times, they'll enjoy the challenge of a game that isn't just a dumbed down version of an adult game.

Since different developers create the games and there appears to be no standard control method, each game's control scheme takes a few seconds to understand. Yet with access to a great portfolio of branded games and a staggeringly low price point, almost every kid (or kid at heart) should find something that intrigues and entertains on the NetJet.