💌Like retro gaming news? Join our free newsletter to receive a weekly round-up from our team of nerds. AYANEO have always created premium handhelds, their cheapest being the Pocket Micro at $189.99, which is beautifully built, all the way up to $1,000+ juggernauts for the gamers with no| Retro Dodo
8.2 Great Power & A Crispy Display Design8 Comfortability9 Emulation Performance8 User Experience7 Affordability9 The ANBERNIC RG556 is a horizontally orientated Android based handheld that can emulate a wide range of different consoles which retails for $184.99. For full disclosure, we were provided with a review unit ahead of its public release, so thanks to […]| Retro Dodo
7.3A Fun Android Handheld That Lacks MagicDesign8Performance8.5OS/UX4Comfortability7.5Battery Life8.5 The RG Slide is one of ANBERNIC's first jabs at doing something innovative, creating something out of their own curiosity, and launching it without the typical history of copying what others have done or are currently working| Retro Dodo
We rank some of the best handhelds for PS2 emulation, from affordable retro handhelds to full blown portable gaming PC's.| Retro Dodo
I am a big LEGO fan. I remember vividly playing with LEGO as a very young child with my grandfather throughout the 90s, and now, 30 years on, I am building LEGO with my own son. This time, I get to choose which sets I build, that's one| Retro Dodo
💌 Like retro gaming news? Join our free newsletter to receive a weekly round-up from our team of nerds. You know how I keep telling you that the future is retro? Well, it's 2025, and we've just been told about a release of four Bandai-Namco arcade| Retro Dodo
💌 Like retro gaming news? Join our free newsletter to receive a weekly round-up from our team of nerds. I know what you're thinking, now you really want a tin of soup. Well, I'm glad I've instilled that feeling in you, because you'| Retro Dodo
💌 Like retro gaming news? Join our free newsletter to receive a weekly round-up from our team of nerds. I've been wondering how long it would take to mod the LEGO Game Boy into an actual working console, but I definitely thought it might take longer than 1| Retro Dodo
💌 Like retro gaming news? Join our free newsletter to receive a weekly round-up from our team of nerds. How many of you spent your childhood (misspent youth) playing Conker's Bad Fur Day on the N64? Sitting proudly alongside Rare classics like Banjo-Kazooie, Donkey Kong 64, and Jet| Retro Dodo
💌 Like retro gaming news? Join our free newsletter to receive a weekly round-up from our team of nerds. It's officially the Spooky Season, which means pumpkin spice lattes, skeletons, and horror movies. Yes, we've reached October, and developer CoveiroDev has reimagined one of the most| Retro Dodo
💌 Like retro gaming news? Join our free newsletter to receive a weekly round-up from our team of nerds. If you've been following the journey of Infinity over the years, then you'll know it's been a project fuelled by the love of the gaming| Retro Dodo
💌 Like retro gaming news? Join our free newsletter to receive a weekly round-up from our team of nerds. I love it when secrets are uncovered from the games and toys of our youth. It still blows my mind that someone found an Easter Egg hidden away inside the Mothma| Retro Dodo
💌 Like retro gaming news? Join our free newsletter to receive a weekly round-up from our team of nerds. I know what some of you are thinking; the PS1 was released back in 1994 in Japan, which makes it 31 years old. Well, it came out in September 1995 in| Retro Dodo
Be it Christmas or an upcoming birthday, you'll need a list of the best retro gaming gifts to scout in order to please all your geek friends!| Retro Dodo
We're now on episode 003 of Retro Relics, a short and easily digestible article showcasing my favourite hidden gems on eBay this month. I have a small addiction for scouring eBay's marketplace for weird and wacky retro-focused collectables, so if you're as weird as| Retro Dodo
💌 Like retro gaming news? Join our free newsletter to receive a weekly round-up from our team of nerds. I have been an avid collector of GAME BOY products for a very long time, from Toys R Us exclusives to Japanese cartridges that were made in limited quantities, I'| Retro Dodo
As we move into Q4, handheld launches are coming out thick and fast, so fast that I am struggling to review them all, but one I wanted to share my opinions on is the RG476H from ANBERNIC. "Brandon, another ANBERNIC handheld, really?" - Yeah, they keep throwing stuff at me,| Retro Dodo
💌Like retro gaming news? Join our free newsletter to receive a weekly round-up from our team of nerds. I spent a lot of time playing Yoshi's Story as a kid. I have the game on the shelf above me as I'm writing this article, so believe me when I say| Retro Dodo
💌Like retro gaming news? Join our free newsletter to receive a weekly round-up from our team of nerds. When you type in the name 'Giles Goddard' and get the result 'I made Star Fox with Shigeru Miyamoto, worked on Super Mario 64, and created 1080 Snowboarding', you know that you're| Retro Dodo
💌Like retro gaming news? Join our free newsletter to receive a weekly round-up from our team of nerds. To add the the never-ending collection of oddly named retro handhelds, budget handheld brand XURetro has revealed their all new handheld. Named the XU20 V32, this is a starter device, priced at| Retro Dodo
💌Like retro gaming news? Join our free newsletter to receive a weekly round-up from our team of nerds. The 'will they, won't they' back and forth between Nintendo & Metroid Prime 4 has been more intense than Ross and Rachel from Friends. We've been waiting for this game for so long,| Retro Dodo
What was the first game you ever got when you got your first console? I imagine that title stuck with you for life, right, a game that you always go back to time and time again to relax and reminisce over? I can still remember getting my N64 on Christmas| Retro Dodo
Mario Kart has come in all shapes and sizes over the years. It's an iconic title that's shaped a generation, so it's no surprise that there are countless ROM hacks out there that have allowed people to put their own spin on it and pay homage to it in their| Retro Dodo
For a company known for affordable mini consoles, Trimui aims big with their new concept: The Trimui Smart Pro.| Retro Dodo
The retro handheld market is more saturated than ever before, we’ve got devices releasing what feels like every single month from companies like ANBERNIC, Retroid and PowKiddy; then we’ve got companies like Analogue, ModRetro and Miyoo who are a bit more reserved with their release schedule but still adding to the overwhelming options available to […]| Retro Dodo
💌Like retro gaming news? Join our free newsletter to receive a weekly round-up from our team of nerds. The GAME BOY camera is getting a lot of love this year, especially seeing it work on the Nintendo Switch 2, and I'm all for it, but this story here takes that| Retro Dodo
We've done the unthinkable and made a list of 50 of the best Gameboy Games ever made! See which made the cut and which made No 1!| Retro Dodo
💌Like retro gaming news? Join our free newsletter to receive a weekly round-up from our team of nerds. We've been patiently waiting for more details on the LEGO Game Boy ever since the news dropped earlier this year. Two of our biggest passions combined into one nostalgic set - what's| Retro Dodo
TRIMUI have stayed strong on the handheld market for a while now, their previous handheld being the TRIMUI Smart Pro which I’ll admit was a bit hit and miss at launch but has certainly got some bugs ironed out in post-launch updates. The Brick however wants a piece of the portable handheld pie, a market […]| Retro Dodo
Update 19/06/25: MechDIY (trusted) are soon to be selling the metal Brick and an unofficial TRIMUI store now has pre-orders available, we have not used this TRIMUI store before, so tread carefully. The TRIMUI Brick quickly became one of our go-to handhelds after we put it through its| Retro Dodo
💌Like retro gaming news? Join our free newsletter to receive a weekly round-up from our team of nerds. TRIMUI has gone up in our books since their release of the TRIMUI Brick, a remarkable pocket-friendly retro handheld built with care both externally and internally. It was loved by many in| Retro Dodo
Check out this epic working Lego PS1! Find out how one gamer turned a hunk of junk into a working console thanks to the magic of Lego!| Retro Dodo
Take a look at the best PS1 games of all time. From Spyro to Solid Snake, we've got them all! Read on to see which PS1 games made the cut!| Retro Dodo
💌Like retro gaming news? Join our free newsletter to receive a weekly round-up from our team of our nerds. As much as I bang on about the N64 on a daily basis, the PS1 will always hold a special place in my heart alongside Ninty's iconic machine. I loved the| Retro Dodo
The handheld gaming market is seriously starting to pop, but what are the best retro handhelds? This is a question we get asked a lot, so here's a list!| Retro Dodo
Theo first fell in love with gaming when he sped through Green Hill Zone in Sonic the Hedgehog back in 1991. Theo has previously written for Digital Foundry and enjoyed producing comedic Let’s Plays o| Retro Dodo
Jason - who lives in the UK - has had a lifelong interest in video games, which all started when he discovered Space Invaders in the early 80s. The first game he ever completed was Wonder Boy in Monst| Retro Dodo
💌Like retro gaming news? Join our free newsletter to receive a weekly round-up from our team of our nerds. After TRIMUI's recent success with the TRIMUI Brick, and the upcoming launch of their metal version (which is shipping this month), a rumour has it that they could be working on| Retro Dodo
💌Like retro gaming news? Join our free newsletter to receive a weekly round-up from our team of our nerds. If you're into your indie games, then you'll no doubt have put many hours into Tunic or have at least come across the little anthropomorphic fox that looks like he's played| Retro Dodo
It honestly breaks my heart to write this article, but I want to be as transparent as possible with our readers because you are the ones that have quite literally kept our lights on over the past five years, and you deserve to know the truth about what’s happening behind the scenes, so here it […]| Retro Dodo
We take a look at the Analogue Pocket VS Modded Gameboy VS Handheld Emulator. It's the ultimate showdown and hopefully it helps you out!| Retro Dodo
