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Modern video games and consoles offer a narrative experience that rivals Hollywood blockbusters, but also require a…
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Just five months ago I called the original Retro Game 350 the best portable retro gaming machine you could buy. It’s…
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Cruising Down the Block With the Baby YoCar, and More of San Diego Comic-Con's Best Toys of the Week
Welcome back to Toy Aisle, io9's weekly round-up of toys and collectibles. San Diego Comic-Con 2020 didn’t quite…
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It didn’t take long for the handheld emulators coming out of China to get powerful enough to finally play N64 games,…
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Earlier this year, Justine Haupt revealed a custom cellphone she built that eschewed unwanted battery-killing…
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Yesterday, Sega revealed its Game Gear Micro throwback console and if you think putting just four retro games inside…
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One-upping Nintendo’s efforts to shrink the original NES console, Taylor Burley sacrificed a tiny arcade cabinet to…
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If you haven’t spent decades hoarding classic consoles and cartridges (plus an outdated TV) then dabbling with retro…
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The auction house who recently sold the rare Nintendo Play Station console is making it harder and harder to be a…
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While other companies have been regularly churning out hardware that lets aging gamers enjoy retro titles, Atari has…
Mar 24
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If you had any interest in Lego in the early ‘90s, there is little doubt you owned the Black Seas Barracuda: the…
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To some, the idea of a computer that didn’t ship with a screen is simply bizarre. To others, Commodore’s computers…
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Despite looking like a miniaturized clone of Nintendo’s Switch Lite, the Powkiddy Q90 lacks the power needed to play…
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Few controllers in the history of video gaming had to do as much heavy lifting as the N64's. It not only introduced…
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Now that ThinkGeek is no more, Hyperkin will be carrying the “April Fool’s Day prank turned real” torch and turning…
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Following up on its Retro Champ: a portable 8-bit console that plays both NES and Famicom cartridge, My Arcade is…
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Before the public even gets a glimpse at a new console, it’s made available to developers in prototype form so they…
Aug 28 2019
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As someone obsessed with handheld gaming consoles, Nintendo’s Switch should have been the ultimate portable system…
Aug 21 2019
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Thirty years ago if you offered a kid the choice between playing Super Mario Bros. and Where in the World is Carmen…