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Update, October 16, 4.51pm:
The Analogue Pocket will be priced at $199.99 and is set to ship in 2020. Interested gamers are able to sign up for email updates to know when the limited release of Analogue Pocket goes live.
In addition, the handheld gizmo will receive a dock that will output directly to a TV. The dock will link up with wireless 8BitDo Bluetooth controllers and wired controllers are compatible too.
Original story, October 16, 1.34pm:
The Analogue Pocket is a new and modernised handheld console that will play the entire collection of almost 3,000 games for the 1989 Game Boy, Game Boy Colour, and the Game Boy Advance (via Wallpaper).
If your jaw is on the floor right now, best just leave it there, for what Analogue is about to reveal to you is pretty powerful. The Analogue Pocket will play games from Nintendo, Sega Game Gear, SNK Neo Geo Pocket Colour, and Atari Lynx, but won’t use digital downloads or emulations of the classic titles. Your games cartridges — those funny looking squares if you’ve forgotten them somewhere in a box in the attic — are compatible. As the oldest of the Game Boy games has just hit the big three-oh this year, it’s lovely to see that old hardware isn’t over the hill.
The little handheld console boasts a high definition display that is ten times as bright and as bold as the original Game Boy. The battery life and sound has been improved from the 20th century, thankfully, and uses a USB-C rechargeable lithium ion battery and stereo speakers to run nostalgia to the next level. Plus, the button mappings are customisable so that players will be able to play their way whenever and wherever they are.
But the Analogue Pocket isn’t just a portal to the past. Its in-built Nanoloop software is a digital music-maker which comes with a synthesiser and sequencer (of course). Analogue also said that game developers will also be able to use the Pocket’s hardware to create their own games for the console.
And, it looks gorgeous. A slimmer and lighter Game Boy which makes sense for our modern sensibilities. ‘We make products to celebrate and explore the history of video games with the respect it deserves,’ Analogue’s website proclaims, and you know what? They’ve not done half a bad job here.
We don’t know when the Analogue Pocket will hit the shelves nor how much it will go for. Once we have an update, we’ll let you know as soon as possible.
