Analogue Pocket has added a new batch of colors to improve sales and get a jumstart in the handheld gaming industry. The retro gaming hardware company announced athat this new batch of tributes is based on the iconic Game Boy Color variants.
The GBC Colors Editions, as they’re officially called, are color matched and manufactured for the original Game Boy Color colors: Dandelion (yellow), Kiwi (green), Grape (purple), Teal (blue), Berry (red), and Gold (beige). They go on sale starting 12 September for US$ 250 each and begin shipping out one to two days later.
Not much new inside the gadget. It is the same Analogue Pocket the company has been selling for years which plays original Game Boy, Game Boy Color, and Game Boy Advance cartridges. It doesn't play ROMs unless you jailbreak it, and like all of Analogue’s consoles they use FPGA technology to match the original consoles’ functioning at the hardware level. Also they have nice, modern screens and look really pretty.
But there’s a lot more competition in the retro and emulation-based handheld gaming space in 2024 than when the Analogue Pocket first launched. Palmer Luckey is selling is own tributes to the Game Boy this fall that he promises match the specifications more closely, and the recent AYANEO pocket series has looked especially sleek in the world of Android-based gaming. Or if you are in the market for an extra expensive novelty just for the hell of it, Analogue’s own Pocket comes in an aluminum version for US$ 500.
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