Cool. Tbf half the reason I ended up buying a steam deck was because it honestly seemed like the easiest way to emulate PS2. Always been a Sega fan but I have to admit the PS2 really is an all timer console.

Man I love this particular generation of weird games. Excited to see how this turns out.

Oh that's a pity. I wonder how well the screens will emulate the look of a vector display?

It's a valid excuse but boy their comms are terrible. They couldn't figure out how to email people who have orders to let them know about the delay? You have to check their socials?

Lmao they're releasing these handhelds so fast that they're already putting out successors before the original ones have shipped then?

This is why it's good to be honest about AI usage. This project sounds legit. Using Claude as a tool to help solve a particular technical issue (and presumably being able to troubleshoot and understand the solution) instead of slopping the whole project out feels valid.

Well you can hardly blame the man, it would take a crack team of only the most artisanal painters at least 500 years to look at some old concept art and then make some truly ugly renders of it. I certainly can't imagine commissioning a hand full of artists to make some nice work and then scan any archived documentation, maybe include a nice interview with old devs along with some basic emulation. This would be impossible, herculean task and probably cost hundreds of billions.

The proportions on that thing are hilarious. Like I'm looking at it and my brain is just sliding off it. Got me thinking of a novelty soap dispenser with a bubble game on the front.

I'll take 2 please.

@dodgykebaab no I think I can just enjoy things without GenAI in them thanks. Plenty of people out there still making things themselves. What are you gonna do, make me enjoy slop? Ask me to stop calling the slop, slop?

Man I remember Curley from OPM. I remember that the team used to take the piss out of him.

Actually quite shocking to see what he's working on now. I just assumed he just went into a cave and played mid games.

I personally think that Richard Garriot's best days as a game designer are decades behind him and he should do something better with his time than making a bad game that nobody likes

Would have been nice if they emailed people who had orders instead of going on socials

These pens won't quite work like a DS though, no? Imagine trying to play Osu Tatakae Ouendan with the mushy finger pen.

Lmao if I was system 3 I'd be asking for my money back

@Arcadia_Official they just inserted it into the top like you would a regular cartridge into a regular game boy?

It looks like a nice step up from the exp which is all I wanted. Been playing Blood Omen and honestly just having a bigger screen will do me nicely. I'll play a banjo and a doom on it sure why not.

@axelhander buy the ai slop monitor you coward

Please put "he's not dead" in the title because this article gave me a brief flash of fear before I read it haha

Guessing it's Atari cause they're actively licensing out all their stuff now. Someone figured out that making money off your old licenses is a good use for them.

@YouPitchforkWaver I'm sorry that you have to suffer in your persecuted minority. It truly must be difficult being someone who keeps getting told that huffing paint isn't good, actually.

I love my GBA micro purely for the form factor. Make handhelds small again.

It would take time and effort to clear out that many games. Someone knew what they were doing, what they were taking, and knew enough about their schedule to time it. Pretty suss.

Bless his heart for being open but I'll not be playing it. At least he's not being sneaky like so many are.

@YouPitchforkWaver I too will drink diesel to prove a very important point

I think it's gonna be a scart to rca box from AliExpress.

You gotta admit, that'd be a surprising product release.

Been downsizing the physical collection recently because, even after cutting it by half, I still have more games than I could finish in my lifetime. Been really digging into switch, DS, 3DS and Vita carts because I frankly don't expect them to live forever. Plus, most of these don't come with manuals or anything and are available either in digital store or sailing the seas.

With that said, I've taken the opportunity to grab a couple old mega drive and Saturn titles. It's funny because I have about twenty ways of playing the games on the original consoles without even using the original media (flashcards and ODEs and software and fpga emulation) but I kind of just like the process of grabbing a disc or a cart and playing it. I liken it to putting on a record instead of streaming. It's a purposeful process, sitting down to play a game.

Oh this is actually kind of cool. I can't speak to the quality of the game but I have a soft spot for this particular era of games. It's cool that people are out there trying to preserve these things.

Ngl I got a nice price on a steam deck oled recently and I think there's basically no need for these handhelds for me any more.

I get that the market for these things isn't niche as such, but it really does feel like combing through the AliExpress famiclone section and saying "this one will release with flame stickers" and expecting people to care given the relative lack of difference between any of these devices.

Like, most of them run android now. The screens can vary from quite good to quite bad. There's like three form factors. How much more can one really say?

Excited for an evercade with just a slightly bigger, better screen tbh

I love it when someone adapts old "junk" hardware like this as a project. Much more fun than a raspberry pi.

Kind of understand Ruka on his point though. There was a time when all the hardware modders were cutting up those portable psone screens for the lcd panels and now they're quite thin on the ground. Are there other things you can use to play ps1 games on the go? Yes, but those screens were a cool product of the time.

There'll be thirteen new android devices to preorder next week, and then another 16 the week after. What's the harm in missing out this time? Running out of things to leave in your drawers?

Yesssss mate. I'm used to the standard menu by now but this looks like something my kids could actually navigate

Any of you ever play Astro Boy on the GBA? It's a really good Treasure title. Not relevant but this comment section could use a bit of fun.

Nintendo, hire this man!

Looks like more future e-waste that'll be forgotten by this time next year

I mean this with kindness but a lot of people in dev communities have severe communication issues and it really shows when they post insane screeds and then get worked up when people take offense.

@axelhander "the ethical issues are bunk"

Oh damn, really? Thanks for sorting that out champ.

I bought a retroid pocket something or other and it's fine but it's not as good as a modded vita. Sure, that can't play ps2 or GameCube or dreamcast, but it can sure play the games it can play super well

Kind of wild that of all the old iD guys it's John Romero who has ended up as the most likeable one

The whole market for these handheld android devices is ridiculous

You know, I don't actually hate it. Not enough to buy it, but I like it enough to have considered it.

@Mikethemaster learn Japanese lmao

Why would anyone want to use an AI translated script as a basis for proper translation? My knowledge of Japanese is moderate - I can play most games given time and effort - but if I was going to do a translation I'd start with the original text and work from there. It's like suggesting learning to draw by taking a bad photocopy of a good picture and saying "yeah just trace over that."

If it's the tools that are the problem, why can't the people making these find a translator and work with them directly? It's all about the need to be "first" even if the result is substandard.

@KommissarNance settle down mate

Clear or not I'd love a replacement shell for my new 3ds. Was lucky enough to buy it new when they were cheap but the colour layer got damp and sloughed off like a snake skin so that always bugs me

The people demand a rerelease of the Oliver Twins cart. The world cannot know peace until we can all play several ports of Dizzy games on official licensed carts.

@chucksneed ah yes, just trawl through a mess of broken, undocumented spaghetti code and do the job that a competent dev would have done from the beginning until you reach a point where you just rewrite the whole thing from scratch.

Just because you can construct a shed from shreds of metal and old tree branches in your garden, you shouldn't be saying you've fixed the housing crisis.

@pomegran yeah that's a great shout actually. Got a couple units kicking around but I'd kill for some game reprints. Not a huge library of games but there's some real classics.

Wonderswan. Neo geo pocket.

CD32!!!?????

Good to see another lower cost alternative tbh. I'm still using an ossc and (gasp) a crt but I'd like something I can just plug things into on the main TV and see them work without taking out another mortgage. I respect the retrotink a lot but I simply cannot justify that kind of outlay.