It’s 2018 and the Gameboy is making a comeback. Hyperkin has revealed the Ultra Game Boy which is basically an updated version of the OG Gameboy that will play your old-school cartridges.
It has an aluminium body, a backlit LCD, 6 hour battery life, USB C charging, stereo speakers and it’s aiming to be sold at less than $100 USD. They’re targeting a Winter 2018 release date and it doesn’t include any games. They haven’t said whether it’s compatible with Gameboy Colour games in addition to the original GB games.
It’s definitely an interesting announcement and looks to be Hyperkin cashing in on the retro market that Nintendo has uncovered as of late. I don’t doubt that Nintendo will probably do a Gameboy Classic Mini at some point, but this is probably going to be as good as it gets until that point.
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*Slowly hyperventilates in excitement*
Damian Cervek Denisa Deleanu Suzanne Deleanu my future kids gonna be playing on these as their first handheld gaming device.
Jay Stait Corey Stait
Tino Deias
Far out man lol that will explain why they got another licence at the end of last year
Praveen Kasakara
I feel happy
Luke Crawford
I don’t have anymore gameboy game
Ryan Howarth
Kylie-Maree Cavallo
Is it ever!!!