The PlayStation 4 is over twelve years old at this point, yet new titles are still being released for it, and it has a library containing some of the most critically acclaimed titles ever. For those reasons and more, you may still be playing the console. At some point, you may need to upgrade your PS4’s controllers.…
Category: Feature
Features are our catch-all for all things long-form, from overviews of important things relating to emulation and preservation, to list content.
The Damned (GBC) Preview
The Game Boy Color continues to have many games in development from small indie studios and one- or two-man teams. These games are known as homebrew as they are not official titles. Officially, the Game Boy and all its iterations are dead systems. However, some of these experiences are just as refined and polished as the ‘official’ titles were.…
Hispeedido Laminated DMG Screen Kit Review
The original DMG Game Boy is a legendary piece of hardware that those of a certain age will have fond memories of. The system sold like hot cakes and is a good example of how Nintendo created amazing experiences from hardware that some thought was outdated. The liquid crystal display, similar to calculator displays, was tested, modified, and continuously worked on by engineers at Nintendo under the leadership of the late Gunpei Yokoi.…
Ayaneo Pocket Air Mini (2GB) Review – A budget emulation handheld that is surprisingly powerful
The days of dedicated handhelds from the big console publishers have been over for a while now. Instead, what we have is a handheld space filled with ’emulation handhelds’. These machines are from companies like Anbernic, Ayaneo, Retroid, and more that produce handhelds that use Android and Linux, and are primarily designed to play ROMs from old systems.…
Everdrive GBA Pro Review – GBA Everdrive with Save States
Flash carts allow gamers to play a variety of ROMs on old, retro hardware in an easy and convenient way. Ever since the 90’s, they have existed, but as time goes on, they’ve become more convenient and cheaper. The Everdrive GBA Pro is an upgrade to the Everdrive GBA Mini. It comes with a few innovative new features.…
Hispeedido GBC 2.8 Inch Screen Kit Review
The Game Boy Color is a timeless handheld that was personally my first videogame machine that was exclusively mine. Me and my brother shared an N64 when we were growing up, and that console along with Zelda: Ocarina of Time are the reason I became obsessed with gaming. However, The Game Boy Color, that I received in 1998 along with Pokemon Blue, took my obsession with gaming to another level.…
Homebrew Review Roundup: Episode 2
There are so many small studios working on Game Boy games at the moment that it is easy to lose track of how these projects are progressing. Most of these developers do it out of love for the Game Boy and gaming more generally. These aren’t official releases, so there’s no big money involved, yet we are still having a very healthy ‘post-life’ for the Game Boy.…
Everdrive GB X3 Vs Everdrive GB X5 Vs Everdrive GB X7 Which Should you buy?
The Game Boy and Game Boy Color hold special memories for many of us. As well as being dedicated handhelds that were getting new releases for a significant part of the 90’s, they were also home to some great Mario, Pokémon, and Zelda games. Furthermore, in 2026, there is a flourishing Game Boy homebrew scene. Because of all this, there are many, many games that you can load up your flash cart with.…
Homebrew Review Round Up: Episode 1
The homebrew Game Boy development scene is really growing and producing some ambitious titles as of late. Not every one of the games in this list are recent releases, but they are all titles that could be described as homebrew. Some of these games I’ve beaten, and others I have played a significant portion of.…
Hispeedido GBP Laminated Screen Kit Review
The Game Boy Pocket is known as probably the most difficult of the Game Boy systems to backlight. While it is true that most of the good kits for the Pocket require soldering, recently some ‘drop-in’ kits have become available from companies like Hispeedido. Drop-in kits are so much more convenient and basically mean that anyone can upgrade their Game Boy system.…