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Lara Croft Crowned Most Iconic Video Games Character of All Time, According to BAFTA Poll (www.bafta.org)
"BAFTA has revealed the results of its landmark players’ poll to establish the Most Iconic Video Games Character of All Time. Launched to celebrate the 20th BAFTA Games Awards on Thursday 11 April, the poll was engaged with by over 4,000 players from all over the world..."
Anniversary: Final Fantasy VI Is 30 Years Old (www.timeextension.com)
"How did you first experience the classic RPG?"
Mighty Street Fighter - Upcoming 'Street Fighter' fangame for the Amstrad 128k gets a final trailer (www.indieretronews.com)
"Mighty Street Fighter - Upcoming 'Street Fighter' for the Amstrad 128k gets a final trailer..."
RGB10 Max 3 Review: Awesome Value Handheld--retrogamecorps (youtu.be)
"The new PowKiddy RGB10 Max 3 is an incremental update over previous handhelds like the X55, but at its introductory $70 price point it's an excellent value...."
Max 3: PowKiddy’s Next Big Device – 16:9 and RK3566--retrohandhelds.gg (retrohandhelds.gg)
"PowKiddy has a new and "exciting" device on the horizon! The long "awaited" RGB10 Max 3 is upon us and it is going to be...something! Join us as we take a look..."
The Insane Engineering of the Gameboy (youtu.be)
This year marks the 35th Anniversary of the Nintendo Game Boy's launch. In this video "Real Engineering" does a good job of explaining what made it so successful and how it beat its competitors.
Miyoo Mini Flip: Game Boy Advance SP inspired retro gaming handheld announced with pre-release teaser video--notebookcheck (www.notebookcheck.net)
"Miyoo has showcased its Game Boy Advance SP-inspired retro gaming handheld. Launching later this year after the Miyoo A30, the Miyoo Mini Flip will feature a flip-up display, two joysticks and enough power to emulate up to PlayStation 1 games."
Upcoming ANBERNIC RG35XX SP Clamshell Handheld "Leaked"--retrododo (retrododo.com)
"A new video has leaked showing what has been described as the RG35XX SP, a clamshell retro handheld emulator that's coming soon..."
The Video Game History Foundation will open a digital version of its research library--endgadget (www.engadget.com)
"The Video Game History Foundation has unveiled a digital library that offers remote access to the archive’s collection of gaming magazines, art books and various historical materials. This has been in the works for two years..."
ANBERNIC 2024 NEW Version RG35XX official promo (youtu.be)
"Color: Gray/ Transparent white/ Transparent purple/Transparent black Screen: 3.5-inch IPS full viewing angle, OCA full lamination/ 640*480 CPU: H700 quad-cor..."
THE Best Handheld of 2024 (Anbernic RG556 Review) - Joey's Retro Handhelds (youtu.be)
"In this video, we're going to review the Anbernic RG556 and talk about why it might just be the best handheld of 2024..."
Modder Creates Gaming Inception By Turning NES Cartridge Into Its Own Console (retrododo.com)
"James Channel has created gaming inception, turning a NES cartridge into a working console that plays other games and itself!"
Pico8 and game cartridges on Onion?
I’ve just discovered the truly awesome range of games offered for fantasy consoles on itch.io and I would love to play some of them on the Miyoo Mini. OnionOS seems to be able to emulate Pico8, but can anyone tell me what the methodology is?...
Nintendo DS / DraStic compatibility list - Onion OS (docs.google.com)
Now that DraStic (Nintendo DS) official support has been added to Onion OS, with version 4.3.0, check the expected performance of your favourite games at the linked compatibility list.
Onion OS V4.3.0 has been released (github.com)
The official release of version 4.3.0 has finally arrived. Featuring much anticipated support for the DraStic Nintendo DS emulator. There's also support for the new 560p screens of the Miyoo Mini v4 and lots of bug fixes.
R33S Review: The Miyoo Mini Plus Rip-Off (youtu.be)
"The new R33S is a hardware clone of the Miyoo Mini Plus but with an RK3326 chipset, promising better performance but at a (potentially) cheaper price..."
If your PowKiddy RGB20S screen looks like this, try charging it
The white bars should actually contain some text, but you may need a magnifying glass to be able to read it. If the text says something about voltage, charge the device for a good few hours at least....
If you received a PowKiddy RGB20S for Christmas, replace the SD cards
The PowKiddy #RGB20S is a great device, but the SD cards provided by PowKiddy are of notoriously poor quality. You'll find plenty of reports online from RGB20S owners whose games have suddenly disappeared, or whose device will no longer boot. These are invariably caused by SD card failures....
ANBERNIC RG35XXH Retro handheld console: games and demonstration of extended features (youtu.be)
Anbernic's demonstration video of the RG35XXH.
Unable to Insert TF2 into RG353V
Wife and I just received our handhelds and I’m having a terrible time inserting the second card back into the device....
ANBERNIC RG35XX Plus Review - Retro Dodo (retrododo.com)
"We review the new ANBERNIC RG35XX Plus, an affordable retro handheld that can emulate Dreamcast games and more!"
Upcoming Miyoo device names (uspto.report)
Examining the trademarks Miyoo has registered in the US can give us a clue as to upcoming Miyoo devices....
GarlicOS 2.0 (Public Alpha) | Black-Seraph (www.patreon.com)
Black-Seraph has made an alpha release of the long-awaited GarlicOS 2.0. It should be noted that this is an alpha release and major bugs & missing features should be expected....
Anbernic RG ARC In-Depth Review (youtu.be)
"The new Anbernic RG ARC-D and ARC-S handhelds are inspired by the Sega Saturn and Genesis controllers..."