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Retro gaming has a hardware problem that becomes more noticeable every year, because original Game Boy systems are getting older while collectors still want to enjoy the cartridges they have spent years building up without relying entirely on decades-old screens, batteries, and electronics. The Analogue Pocket offers a modern answer by combining original cartridge support […]

The AYN Odin 2 Portal is currently listed at $259, and the entry-level model is now offered in the handheld’s translucent Indigo finish. The combination brings a Snapdragon 8 Gen 2-powered Android handheld with a 7-inch, 120Hz OLED display into a more accessible price range. Price: $259 Where to Buy: AYN Add The Gadgeteer on

The $29.99 Evercade DOOM Cartridge is the release that matters for owners of compatible Evercade hardware. The limited $249.99 Nexus edition is a separate purchase entirely: a new handheld, a collector’s package, and the same cartridge repackaged in a bigger box. Price: $29.99 Where to Buy: Amazon The headline item in Evercade’s DOOM announcement is

The AYANEO Konkr Pocket Advance reveal made the nostalgia hook obvious. The harder question is what happens after that first hit of recognition: can AYANEO turn the Game Boy Advance shape into a modern handheld with enough upgrades to matter? Nostalgia can get someone to click, but the screen, controls, software, and ownership details decide

Most retro handheld launches try to win attention by chasing bigger screens, louder chip names, or a longer list of consoles they claim to emulate. Mangmi is taking a quieter swing with the Air Y series: a vertical Android handheld that starts at $89.99 and still puts a 4:3, 1280 x 960 screen front and

Anbernic keeps circling the same idea: take the Game Boy Advance SP shape and get it right. The RG35XXSP had the look but skipped analog sticks. The RG34XXSP added sticks that not every buyer in this shape was asking for. Now the newly revealed RG SP throws the sticks out again and leans all the

MagicX wants you excited about a screen and patient about everything else. The Mini Dream broke cover on July 23, 2026 as the company’s first handheld built around a custom 3.3-inch OLED, and that panel is the entire reason anyone’s paying attention. Price starts at $80. The catch shows up fast. That tension sits right

The AYANEO NEXT 2 is back on sale, and its flagship configuration now costs $5,299. That’s roughly $1,000 more than the top model carried earlier this year, and it pushes a device you hold in two hands squarely into gaming desktop territory. If you were waiting for AYANEO’s most ambitious handheld to get cheaper, the

OneXPlayer just made its most expensive handheld easier to buy. The X2 Mini Pro, the company’s 8.8 inch OLED gaming handheld built around AMD’s Strix Halo silicon, is now available to order directly from the OneXPlayer store rather than only through its Indiegogo campaign. Orders placed now are listed as pre-orders that ship in August,

AYANEO has a new handheld with a name, a look, and little else to go on so far. The company revealed the AYANEO KONKR Pocket Advance as a modern tribute to the Game Boy Advance, then stopped short of saying what runs inside it. If you miss the wide, two-handed shape of Nintendo’s 2001 classic,