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Hardware

10 Aug
Hardware Game Boy Advance
AYANEO’s $89 GBA sold through its first batch in two days, and the restock is already going

Two days after pre-orders opened, AYANEO says KONKR Pocket Advance demand far exceeded expectations. All three colours are restocked, plus a new Peach Edition.

07 Aug
Hardware DOS
Every classic DOOM campaign is going on one cartridge

Nine DOOM entries on a single Evercade cart for $29.99, and a 3,000-unit DOOM Edition Nexus at $249.99 with pre-orders opening 3pm UK today.

06 Aug
Hardware Game Boy Advance
Anbernic’s RG SP is out and shipping, and the chip inside is three years old

Anbernic's slimmed GBA SP tribute is on sale at $57.99 and shipping immediately. New shell, new screen, same Allwinner H700 it has used since 2023.

06 Aug
Hardware Game Boy Advance
AYANEO is selling an $89 Game Boy Advance, and the screen is the reason to care

Pre-orders are live for the KONKR Pocket Advance at $89, shipping this month. The 960x640 panel is exactly four times a GBA screen, and that is the point.

06 Aug
Hardware Android Game Boy
Mangmi prices the Air Y and Air Y Pro, and the cheap one walked into a bad week

Pre-orders open August 12 at $89.99 for the Air Y and $145.99 for the Pro. The Snapdragon 865 Pro is the interesting one, and the 662 model has a problem.

06 Aug
Hardware Android Linux
MagicX shows off the Mini Dream’s renders, and the number that stands out is the chip

MagicX says the Mini Dream's design renders are finished: a 3.3in OLED, four variants, and an $80 entry model reportedly running an RK3566.

04 Aug
Hardware Android
The Pocket Nova goes to $239, and Qualcomm’s price hike has not even landed yet

The 8GB Pocket Nova goes to $239 on August 6, about a week after it started shipping. Qualcomm's double-digit chip increase does not take effect until September 1.

03 Aug
Hardware Nintendo 64
Krikzz Puts a 64DD Inside the Cartridge with the EverDrive-64 PRO

Krikzz's EverDrive-64 PRO brings native 64DD support to a Krikzz N64 cart for the first time, with a Cyclone 10 FPGA, 128 MB SDRAM, and USB Type-C, orderable now for $169.

July 2026
29 Jul
Hardware Nintendo 64
ModRetro’s M64 Can Finally Talk to a CRT, for Another Ninety Dollars

The M64 AV Adapter does composite, S-video, component and RGBs with forced 240p, and it converts back from HDMI to get there. Pre-order is $89.99, shipping by Christmas.

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