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Nvidia Shield, portable game console, reviewed
Nvidia's Shield is the chipmaker's big push into an already well-stocked portable gaming field. Sony and Nintendo sell millions of handsets, yet their lunch's been conspicuously eaten by Apple's...
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The book of Genesis
If you grew up in the comfortable eighties, you might still have memories of the 16-bit console war, the perverse thrill of wishing for a Super Nintendo or a Sega Genesis, and then arguing with other...
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ZX Spectrum-based handheld retroconsole is pretty good
The design perfectly transmutes the cheap minimalist beauty of the classic ZX Spectrum home computer into a unique handheld game console. But does the ZX Vega capture the experience of the early 80's...
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Crowdfunded retro game console prototype was nothing but cardboard
The makers of the Coleco Chameleon retro console wanted $2m to manufacture it—and raised more than $80,000 in an Indiegogo campaign. (more…)
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Nintendo announces new hybrid portable game console
Nintendo's Switch is a touchscreen tablet with removable physical controls that turn it into a traditional handheld game console. It comes with a chunky dock to hook it up to a TV set for...
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Super Retro-Boy plays real carts
Super Retro-Boy is a compact, minimal reimplementation of Nintendo's classic Game Boy with the look as well as the tech. It plays real cartidges, including those from the full-color Game Boy...
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Forthcoming Ataribox renamed "Atari VCS"
The Ataribox, announced after Nintendo scored surprise hits with its popular NES and SNES classic consoles, is going to be called "Atari VCS" instead -- the same name as Atari's original, way back in...
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Play free emulators of all those handheld video games of yesteryear
The Internet Archive has an incredible free collection of 1980s handheld game console emulators. In 1978, my brother and I played the hell out of Coleco Electronic Quarterback. It's amazing how...
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Atari "VCS" delayed to 2019
Atari's retro game console, annoyingly given the same name as the 1977 original, won't be showing up until 2019, reports Andrew Tarantola. But you'll be able to pre-order it soon anyway. We're also...
View ArticleIntellivision Amico, another retro console
With Nintendo and now Sega offering popular retro consoles and Atari soon to join them, here comes the Intellivision Amico. All of its games are downloadable and will run between $3 - $8 US, with no...
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Polymega, a retro game console for the CD-ROM generation
Unusually for retro game consoles, Polymega includes an optical drive and they offer five custom controllers to make it more fun to play games from all the old systems. Polymega is a modular...
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GameShell: hackable portable game console for indie devs and retrogame fans
The ClockworkPi Gameshell is a portable game console you make yourself, coming as a modular kit and assembling to form a GameBoy-like gadget with a quad-core CPU, 2.7-inch color display, WiFi and...
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KFC is releasing a video game console with a chicken warming compartment
How does a marketing team follow-up on a Lifetime mini-movie starring Mario Lopez (the trailer for which got a million plays overnight, compared to the actual movie, which took over a week to break...
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Playdate, adorable 1-bit handheld game console, available for preorder next...
The Playdate (previously at BB), a handheld game console from Panic and Teenage Engineering sporting a 1-bit display and a hand crank, will be available for preorder in July. Also announced was a dock...
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How to transform your N64 into a flame thrower
YouTuber BitHead1000 also made a spinning 3D "N64" logo for his "heavy metal" console mod … but let's be honest, we're all just here to see the flames.
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Microsoft loses $100 an Xbox, or more
Microsoft's strategy is to sell XBoxes at a loss, making up the money on subscriptions, accessories, licensing and the games–the classic console formula. It takes a $100-$200 hit on every one it sells....
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The Atari 2600+ looks the part, plays all the original carts, and hooks up to...
I have already pre-ordered an Atari 2600+, the latest and most ostentatiously faithful in an unyielding sequence of reincarnations of the 1977 hit home console. This one looks the part and does only a...
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A cheap and easy retrogaming console
The Atari Gamestation Pro supports several old consoles and runs MAME emulation for around $80 at Costco. I got my GSP at Costco for $79. Last time I was there they still had a giant stack at my local...
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Playdate handheld game console in stock and shipping
Playdate (previously at Boing Boing) is an adorable and tiny handheld game console with a 1-bit display, giving its games a unique old-school aesthetic, and a hand-crank, giving them a unique...
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