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Portable
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Cranking 3+ Years Later, How is the Playdate doing and what about Pico-8 - the virtual system?
In 2022, this yellow portable gaming device with a crank called Playdate ( https://play.date/ ) was released and we covered it in 2024 here: Playdate the Portable Gaming Device with BW Screen and Crank for $199 –…
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Nintendo Switch 2 Does Not Have Any Magic ... Yet
One thing I've learned covering Nintendo for dozens of years and a bunch of console and portable game releases is never, ever underestimate their creativity. Oddly enough, this Switch 2 release appears, from what little…
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Playing with Crypto Fire? Meet BitBoy One Portable Gaming Device
Do we need yet another portable gaming device that runs emulators? Maybe, maybe not. But this one has crypto aspirations and comes from Ord.io ( https://www.ord.io/?contentType=game ) And then yes, indeed, the BitBoy…
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22 Years to Release GBA game Kien is Record, but Distracts from Real Story
Remember what games you were running down in 2002? Yes, no? Well, that's when the game Kien was supposed to be released. Hey, you can buy it now for $59.99 here -- and no , this isn't a recommendation --…
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Playdate the Portable Gaming Device with BW Screen and Crank for $199
There are so many different mini consoles, portables and other game hardware these days that it's pretty much impossible for one gamer to keep up with all of them, much less play them. I remember the Playdate for the…
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Yes, it plays DOOM! Retrogaming Watch $179 Kickstarter
As mentioned in the recent TMNT RPG (see Kickstarter for Re-Release of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1985 RPG Meets Goal 4 Hours After Release ) I was wavering on joining that Kickstarter, but never did. Now comes this…
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Play Coleco Electronic Football Handheld in Browser
This is cool, fun and couldn't wait to share with others that love those old handheld games. Not as cool as playing the real thing, holding it in your hands, working those buttons, but I fondly remember playing the heck…
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October 6, 2023 Mario Red Special Edition OLED Nintendo Switch $349.99 also Lenovo Legion Go to launch in Oct
We have bought four Nintendo Switches - none are the newer OLED model - to date and the two most played ones are by our grandchildren, which regularly play the portable game console to this day. To celebrate the Super…
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Sony's New PlayStation Portal $200 Is Sounding Worse The More Learned About It
The first I heard about Sony's new PlayStation Portal, it sounded like a gadget that fit a very specific niche (one TV shared with PS5 and people wanting to watch TV instead), and as even more details emerge, it's…
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Linux Beats MacOS for Steam Gamers as 2nd Most Popular OS in July 2023
This is what the Steam Deck has done for the Linux OS: made it #2. Yes, a distant #2 behind Windows, but it has bested MacOS, via Linux surpasses the Mac among Steam gamers : In July's survey, Windows was still reported…
