Yeah, Retro Game Corps has a great, in-depth video on this if anyone is interested. Good quality, good controls, good screen, good gimmick.

The dealbreaker for me is the legendarily awful combination of shitty, delayed bluetooth, a back-facing speaker, and no headphone jack. The most reasonable way to actually hear your games is by adding an awkward and easily losable dongle, which is not acceptable imo, especially because then you have no way to charge while you play.

Other than the unforgivable audio choices here, it looks like a really great and sleek little device.

A GameBoy Advance SP is still worthy of being a daily carry. Rock solid hardware with a huge library of timeless games.

That this thing is effectively the exact same dimensions using current tech makes it the first dedicated handheld I’ve considered getting since the DS Lite.

Very strange this doesn’t have a 3.5mm jack. That’s one of the main reasons I daily carry a handheld (psp) these days. It’s as valuable to me as a mp3 player as it is a gaming device.

I would love to have one as a Pico-8 playing device !

A bummer that it doesn't have a jack, the speaker is on the back and there is a sharp thing over the shoulder button. Also, delayed bluetooth...

"Or, you can just ask me what you’d like to know if you’d prefer to not! I love this damn thing. If I could wear it on a belt loop, I promise you I would be doing that like it is the olden days of phones!"

...just a heads-up, it is night here in Aus and I'm off to sleep. But, if there are any questions, I'll reply in the morning! Damn timezone differences -____-

(bonus Gunsmith Cats picture, for the other 4 people alive who know what this is!)

Aww. It's cute.

Oh, you can text on your sidekick?

Cute. :: pulls out rotate and starts furiously going through games, finally succumbing to option paralysis, and boots up Stardew::

Am I missing something, or did you not include a photo of it fully open? A gif of it opening/closing would also be neat to see the mechanism. What a weird device.

Edit: Ope, found photos of it open in the linked thingy. I'd still love a gif/video, it looks kinda like the LG Wing to me, and that thing is so satisfying to fiddle with.

@PerfectDark Wow, this is... uhm... ... ... wow...

What a strange idea for a handheld. 😆

I think I'd still prefer a flip where the screen is on the inside though. If you stick this in a pocket the screen isn't actually protected. To me that's more important than that it be a small minimal thing for music/etc. Though, I suppose if you look at it more as a MP3 player, ebook player, etc etc where you might not care if the screen gets scratched, it comes out ahead for that.

I love the form factor. It looks like a perfect little device to carry in my handbag.

Is that slot on the back a speaker? Is that the only speaker?

Very evocative of the 2010 Motorola Flipout I still have in a drawer. Looks very fun.

The price is nice. I'd actually consider buying this since it is also just a straight up Android device so it can do more than just be an emulator.

I can't make the "sign up" drop down thing go away when on your site (linked in your post). There's no "x" to close it. It just covers the top of the page while I scroll.

That's a bit aggressive, and made me not want to read your article. Love your passion though :)

This looks neat. But I already have an Analogue Pocket which seems to do everything this does, and a little bit more, except for being the same size when closed.

That perspective makes it look like a TV, lol

It's such a cool and unique device but it's hard to be interested in it with all its downsides.

• No headphone jack
• Terrible back-firing speaker (almost guaranteed to be muffled by your hand)
• 2000mAh battery only

Maybe if they ever make a version 2 I might pick it up, but for now I'll probably stick with my RG35XX-H for a looooong time.

Neat, but.. i feel kind of weird asking this: What is the point of rotating a square display?