Author: Maxentius
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Anbernic RG Vita Launches at $109.99 — PS Vita-Inspired Handheld With Hall-Effect Sticks and Android 12
Anbernic’s boldest design yet: a PS Vita-shaped Android handheld starting at $109.99 with Hall-effect thumbsticks, 5.46-inch 720p touchscreen, and solid retro emulation up to PSP and Dreamcast.
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EmuLnk Turns Your Second Screen Into a Live Game Dashboard
EmuLnk is a new open-source Android app that hooks into RetroArch, Dolphin, PPSSPP, and more to render live game data — maps, HUDs, inventories — on a second screen or floating overlay. The most compelling answer yet to the dual-screen…
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Retroid Pocket G2 Discontinued, Pocket Classic Costs More — and Anbernic Teases a Wild Rotating-Screen Handheld
Retroid has quietly discontinued the Pocket G2 and bumped the Pocket Classic to $149, while Anbernic teases an unexpected rotating-screen Android handheld in a leaked office video.
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RetroAchievements Adds Wii Support + Cocoon Shell Beta 2.1 Drops
RetroAchievements officially launches Wii support with a four-month community event, and Cocoon Shell Beta 2.1 brings a theme store, Now Playing view, and rebuilt session tracking to dual-screen handhelds.
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DuckStation for Android Is Effectively Dead — What PS1 Fans on Retro Handhelds Should Do Now
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PlayTranslate v1.0.0: Translate Japanese Games Live on Your Retro Handheld
PlayTranslate v1.0.0 brings real-time Japanese-to-English in-game translation to Retroid Pocket, Ayn Odin, and other Android handhelds. Free, open source, and works offline.
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Animal Crossing GameCube Port Hits PortMaster + GBA Turns 25
Two big things happened in the retro handheld community this weekend, and both deserve your attention: the original Animal Crossing GameCube game is coming to PortMaster, and the Game Boy Advance just turned 25 years old. Let’s dig in. 📱…
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Game Boy Gets Two New Open-Source Community Tools (March 2026)
A static recompiler turns GB ROMs into native C, and a Raspberry Pi Pico adapter makes Game Boy Camera photo transfer dead simple. Two clever open-source projects from the community this week.
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GBA IPS Screen Mod: The Complete Step-by-Step Install Guide (2026)
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Game Boy Camera Photos to Your Phone via USB-C: This DIY Pi Pico Adapter Makes It Happen
The Game Boy Camera has always been one of the strangest, most beloved accessories Nintendo ever produced. A chunky little cartridge with a rotating fisheye lens, capable of capturing blurry 128×112-pixel monochrome photos — and now, thanks to a clever…