The Game Boy Color is an icon of the late 90’s and early 00’s that has been having a comeback in recent years. Because of modding (especially adding backlights), GB studio, and probably nostalgia, homebrew Game Boy and Game Boy Color games have become a thing, and we are getting around five or ten new games released for the system every year.…
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Goldeneye 007 NSO – Retro Review
Of all the N64 classics, Goldeneye 007 is the elusive game that managed to avoid re-release for over two decades. Created by the fabled UK development studio, Rare, and released in 1997, it was a game that set the standard for console first-person shooters. In the mid-1990s, Nintendo held the rights to the James Bond film GoldenEye, and they tasked their trusted partner, Rare (or Rareware), with developing a game based on the property.…
R36T – Emulation Handheld – Review
Twenty years ago, Nintendo held the keys to the handheld gaming market. Sega had challenged them with the Game Gear in the 90s, but the Game Boy Pocket, and then the Game Boy Color had comfortably outsold them. Then later, Sony came along and almost outsold the Nintendo DS (for a while) with the high-powered PSP.…
Hex Gaming Ultimate PS5 Controller Review
Hex Gaming is becoming a more well-known name in the world of premium Xbox and PlayStation controllers. I’ve reviewed quite a few of their controllers on this site, and the controllers not only always look good, but they also perform in the top category of controllers for their respective systems. At the moment there is a lot of talk about Hall effect analogue sticks, with the Switch 2 not implementing Hall effect in their Switch 2 Joy Cons.…
HISPEEDIDO GBP IPS Kit (New Version) + GBP Battery Mod Review
There is a certain appeal to backlit Game Boys. They are stylish and cool (to some of us at least). Since the 90s, people have wished that they had the capacity to put a light on that screen so that they could play the Game Boy in their room at night. For many years, there have been options available to backlight your Game Boy.…
Hyperkin Retron 2 HD Gaming System Review
It has been over thirty years since the Super Nintendo was first released, and so much has changed since then in terms of the price and rarity of important electronic components that are used to build consoles. The graphical power of video game machines has also doubled many times over the last three decades. The phones that we carry in our pockets are many times more powerful than the NES, Super Nintendo, and Sega Megadrive.…
HEX Gaming Hyper PS4 Controller Review
Hex Gaming has a wide range of great PS5 and Xbox Series S/X controllers. However, they also have some great PS4 controllers available. As an older system, the PS4 has a wider range of games than the PS5, and people know the system a bit better than the PS5. Here, we review the PS4 Hyper controller.…
FX PAK Pro Everdrive Review
Flash carts are a good tool to use in order to play old, retro games. Some games have become very expensive and rare. It’s good for video game preservation that we can access ROMs to play rare games. Whole communities develop because of the love of retro games. One brand has grown to almost define flash carts.…
RetroSix CleanJuice Game Boy DMG USB-C Battery Pack Review
As every Game Boy prior to the Game Boy Light (and up to the GBA SP outside of Japan) had no backlight, the batteries didn’t have to power an illuminated screen which as you can imagine, sucks a lot of power. In 2025, we have many backlit options available for old Game Boys. This can mean that our batteries don’t last as long as they used to when combined with these screen kits.…
HISPEEDIDO Game Boy DMG V5 Ultra LCD Kit Review
The DMG Game Boy is the first iteration of the classic Nintendo Game Boy. Released in 1989, the console is famously able to withstand great damage and still function. Perhaps, because it was the first of it’s line, Nintendo decided to make it almost indestructable to avoid claims of it being flimsy or cheap. Incidentally, this is the first time that I’ve modded a DMG Game Boy.…