If you want to revisit all your favorite games from your youth, there are plenty of options out there ranging from pre-packaged hardware systems to ROMs. Nothing really nails the nostalgia factor like the offerings from Analogue that use modern hardware to play your old cartridges in better than original glory. They’re adding to their lineup with Pocket, a modern Game Boy clone that does so much more than the original. For starters, it’s built around a 3.5″ 615 ppi LCD screen with 1600×1440 resolution which is 10x the resolution of the original Game Boy. It also has pro level color accuracy, dynamic range and brightness, so it’s safe to say it’s the most advanced portable video game system display yet. What’s more, it doesn’t stop at Game Boy, Game Boy Color and Game Boy Advance cartridge functionality. It also plays (with cartridge adapters) Game Gear, Neo Geo Pocket Color and Atari Lynx games. Oh yeah, and they also built in a digital audio workstation with synthesize and sequencer so you’ll have plenty to do when you’re not crushing Tetris. Analogue Pocket will be released sometime in 2020, so you plenty of time to dig up all your old cartridges before it comes out.
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Huckberry’s Essential Holiday Gift Guide
Unzip your coat and have some mulled wine on the house—you’ve arrived at your final gifting destination: The Holiday Gift Guide. It’s like your friendly neighborhood one-stop holiday shop, except instead of balsa wood ornaments, ours is packed with thoughtful gifts for everyone on your list. Future heirlooms, small-but-significant stocking stuffers, and gear for getting out there (or staying in)—are all right here. There’s no music playing in the background though, so you’ll just have to hum Bing Crosby while you click around instead.
