You might have heard about a new device called the Analogue Pocket in recent days, which is a brand-new portable handheld console that can play Game Boy, Game Boy Color and Game Boy Advance games out of the box with "no emulation", and includes support for various other systems as well. It contains a variety of features, but arguably the main selling point is its impressively high resolution screen.
It's been getting a ton of attention across the web since the first units started arriving in homes, and even some of the folks at Team Xbox have been sharing their excitement, such as Director of Project Management Jason Ronald:
Ronald's tweet was liked by a variety of Xbox employees and familiar industry members, including Xbox Content Planning Manager, Nick Zuclich and Lead Xbox Developer at Unity, Andrew Dennison. The Chief Engineer on the new Fable, David Springate, also confirmed he's getting an Analogue Pocket sometime this week.
Our sister site Nintendo Life recently took a look at the Analogue Pocket, stating that it "has been worth the wait":
"The firm's first attempt at a portable system has all the hallmarks of a device you'd associate with the Analogue name and actually goes way beyond what you'd assume a system like this would be capable of."
Unfortunately for Jason Ronald and any other Xbox employees who are in the market for an Analogue Pocket, they could be waiting until 2023, as the components are in short supply and the demand has been huge so far.
What do you think of the Analogue Pocket? Let us know your thoughts down in the comments.
[source twitter.com]
Comments 15
Looks cool...but those shoulder buttons...
I get they wanted to stick to the Gameboy look of it but wish they placed the shoulder buttons look so awkward on it
These look like great devices, but I so rarely actually play handheld games now since I don't really travel any more.
I have big hands, and the complaints about the shoulder buttons are making me not buy it
@2chanaddict Does the MiSTer still only go up to 32 bit?
I hope the creators of the Anlogue Pocket do a Gamecube and a Wii one day.
I can't think of many Gameboy games I would want to go back to. Tetris was the best game on the system. There are dozens of handhelds that will play Gb, GbA and GbC games perfectly through emulation. Why choose this one where you still have to buy the carts?
This is absolutely fantastic. The very fact that it isn't emulation is amazing. And being able to use my old game boy link cables and even connect with other gameboys.
Will definitely be getting be getting one once I can get it from the source instead of a scalper marking it up 4x-5x.
@russbeer I have over 100 game boy carts laying around. So that's one reason. And the fact that I can connect it with my dad that still has his Gameboy color.
@InterceptorAlpha fair enough but you'll be a rare exception to the rule, this just feels like its about 10 years too late to me.
@russbeer I wouldn't say I'm the rare exception. People like me are who this product designed for and marketed to. The same product that was immediately sold out.
@InterceptorAlpha You know that like most new items, the majority of those sold will be to scalpers for resale. Not many people outside of the serious collectors will be holding a significant amount of carts like you, the success of something like this would only drive up the prices of carts, the desirable games are already silly prices.
@InterceptorAlpha It's hardware emulation/simulation. Still emulation/simulation.
I'm surprised the big N hasn't kicked up some legal cr@p already. we all know how protective they are of anything that remotely looks or operates like genuine hardware. I realise it's not emulation and so no copyright issue, but surely the look of the thing?
@ymo1965 If it wasn't emulation, it would be a straight up clone of the Gameboy (like the Dendy was to a NES). It's using a programmable integrated circuit to emulate the hardware of the Gameboy. What I find strange is the amount of coverage by mainstream press on this device.
I still play a lot on my N3DSXL, my PSVITA and off course Nintendo Switch. I love portable play.
An Xbox portable would be dope.
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