Thirty-five years ago, Nintendo released a gaming handheld that would change the gaming landscape forever. The Game Boy might seem archaic now with its lack of a backlit screen and minimal button ...

Long before the handheld market was saturated with options, Nintendo ruled the scene. From 1989 to 2004, the words “Game Boy” were synonymous with gaming on the go. And while competitors tried to ...

With the announcement (and subsequent delay) of the Nintendo Switch 2, Nintendo's handheld consoles are back in the limelight. In 2025, finding someone toting around a Switch on a plane or on public ...

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If you loved the Lego Game Boy but couldn’t get yourself to buy it because it was only a display piece that couldn’t play actual Game Boy games, I’ve got great news for you: It’s no longer merely a ...

The Game Boy was a hit from the start when it was released in 1989. But it wasn’t until the Game Boy Advance arrived in 2001 that Nintendo revealed what was truly possible with a handheld game console ...

I read a rumor in this forum a few months back about Nintendo possibly releasing a backlit version of the GBA. Possible release time was Dec-Jan and seeing how it's almost halfway through January the ...

Switch's long-awaited Game Boy library is here, and in stark contrast to the terrible launch of its N64 games, the emulation is excellent. During yesterday's Nintendo Direct, Game Boy and Game Boy ...

Back in June, I wrote about the unveiling of ModRetro’s Chromatic handheld, a nostalgia-driven answer to Analogue’s popular Pocket device. Priced at $199—just under the Pocket’s base listing of ...