Why Eurogamer's Happy Places Are Portable Comfort Food
Eurogamer's Optimism Week Big Question asked its team where they go to unwind in games, and the answers were predictable in the best way: Lottie…
AllAnalogue PocketAnbernicAYANEOLegion GoMiyooMSI ClawNintendo SwitchPlaydateRetro HandheldsRetroidROG AllySteam DeckSwitch 2
Retro Handhelds
Page 4 — 72 articles
Supreme's 24K Gold Analogue Pocket Is Absurd — That's the Point
The Supreme Analogue Pocket exists because of course it does. Luxury streetwear brand Supreme has slapped its name — and a 24K gold finish — on the…
Retroid Nova D-Pad Drama and Pokémon Recomp Magic Lead the Week
There's a special kind of dread that hits when your brand-new Retroid Pocket Nova clicks louder than your mechanical keyboard. Early owners are…
Super Metroid's Zoo-Smelling Nap Room Birthed a Handheld Legend
Ten to fifteen Nintendo developers were sleeping in shifts in an unwashed room that smelled like a zoo, and the director who led them through Super…
Nintendo's Weirdest Games, Judged for Handheld Play
Ask a docked player to rank Nintendo's most baffling releases and you'll get a list of punchlines: the forgotten 1-2 Switch sequel, the Animal…
AYANEO's KONKR Pocket Advance Dev Edition Is a Colorway Carrot
AYANEO is celebrating the [KONKR Pocket Advance](https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_c2uzKJeD) as a rare outright hit, with sales reportedly past…
Six Years of Retro Handhelds: How the Scene Grew Up
Six years ago this week, a single August day birthed both Retroid's hardware ambitions and the website that would document them device by device.…
Ayaneo's Drip-Feed GBA Colorways Just Punished 15,000 Early Buyers
Fifteen thousand people bought the KONKR Pocket Advance before Ayaneo showed them the colorways they actually wanted. CEO Arthur Zhang confirmed the…
20,000 KONKR Pocket Advances Sold — Retro Handheld Demand Is Real
More than 20,000 units of the KONKR Pocket Advance have sold on JD.com in less than a week — and that's only the domestic China tally. AYANEO CEO…
KONKR Pocket Advance Peach Drops, and Early Buyers Got Burned
Ayaneo's pinkest GBA homage arrived with the second wave, not the first. The KONKR Pocket Advance 'Peach' edition — a two-tone Sakura palette that's…
SteamBoy, Pokémon Recomp, Faster PS3: Handheld Emulation's Big Week
The retro handheld scene rarely lands three stories worth blocking out an afternoon for in one week. This was one of those weeks: a community builder…
Anbernic RG SP Review: Slimmer, Cheaper, and Better Than Expected
Anbernic's lineup is a hall of mirrors — every shelf holds another RG XX variant, and the H700 chip keeps turning up like the house's favorite…