At the end of 2019 we met Analogue Pocket , a proposal for a portable console that surprised and conquered many for various reasons despite being, at the time, only a promise. Now it has a launch date , you can reserve it and there are some changes that you are also interested in knowing.
Relive your Game Boy games
The Analogue Pocket was and still is a device that of those that nothing else to see it already attracts you. By design it is very attractive as well as familiar, because it is reminiscent of the classic Nintendo Game Boy . A detail that really is no coincidence.
This proposal for a portable console is designed to, among other platforms, revive Game Boy, Game Boy Color and Game Boy Advance games in a completely legal way. Or at least the maximum they can offer, because here you will not be able to run ROMs that are easily found on the internet but they will have to be original cartridges .
These cartridges, more than 2,700 accumulated between the three generations and together with those of the other compatible systems through a system of adapters that will be sold separately (GameGear, Neo Geo Pocket Color and Atari Lynx), will be introduced through the back of the same so on Nintendo’s first portable console.
Although the game wherever you go will not be the only thing that this console will allow, you can also make use of a Dock with which, in true Nintendo Switch style, you can connect it to your television to enjoy a larger image as well as the possibility of connect up to four remote controls via Bluetooth, wireless connection or USB.
Of the rest of the technical specifications, what is most striking is that the screen will offer a 3.5-inch diagonal and a resolution of 1600 x 1400 pixels . In addition there has been some change design change. The most obvious and significant if you already knew the proposal is the location of the Select and Start buttons that go from one side to being centered in the lower area.
To give it even more value and appeal to other types of users, Analogue Pocket can also be used as a synthesizer with which to make music . For this, it has different cables with which to connect the device to a PC, Mac or MIDI hardware.
Analogue POcket Technical Specifications
- Entertainment system compatible with Game Boy, Game Boy Color and Game Boy Advance cartridges
- 3.5 ″ LCD screen and 1600 × 1440 resolution (615ppi)
- 360 ° screen mode for depending on which apps / games
- Variable screen refresh
- 4300mAh lithium battery
- Between 6 and 10 hours of play
- Expendable buttons
- Stereo speakers
- Micro SD card slot
- USB-C charging port
- 3.5mm headphone output
With all this and with the possibility of even being able to program your own games through GB Studio, the truth is that the interest aroused by the device among many users is more than justified. Because it is something very attractive at the design level and with that air that recalls both an iconic device like the original Game Boy and that other proposals such as Retroflag GPi Case have imitated to also offer emulation options.
Release date and price
Pocket can sleep & wake at anytime during use. Press the power button and Pocket will suspend gameplay and enter a low power sleep mode. Press the power button again to wake and pick up right where you left off. pic.twitter.com/Y7EjffP0Bx
– Analogue (@analogue) July 27, 2020
Analogue Pocket will launch in May 2021 and can be reserved from next August 3 at a price of $ 199. It is true that it will be delayed compared to the initial idea, but it will still be worth it. If only to get one for the purpose of collecting or because you are attracted by that updated aesthetic.