With hardware prices going through the roof, it's not a great time to be a gamer. Earlier this year, when Valve announced that it's Steam Machine–its Cube-shaped Linux powered desktop gaming machine–was going to be delayed due to a shortage of RAM and storage components, geeks everywhere groaned. — Read the rest
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Ayaneo has steadily built a name for itself in the premium handheld arena with devices that can play anything from an indie title or an...
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The Orion PDA is a modern handheld computer with a very retro-inspired design. that makes it look like a cross between a souped-up beeper and a pocket-sized laptop with a keyboard, display, and clamshell design. It has a 3.16 inch sunlight visible black and white display, a thumb keyboard, a low-power microcontroller for brains, a […]
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As time marches on, the retro gaming community gets more and more access to older systems. This is partially a product of modern computing having much more power to emulate …read more
If I had a nickel for every time I saw a new handheld computer powered by a Raspberry Pi, I’d have… at least a few nickels. It’s an interesting idea: take a credit card-sized computer and stuff it into a compact device with a battery, touchscreen, and maybe a keyboard and you’ve got a portable […]
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M5Stack has teased the CardputerZero, a compact handheld system built around the Raspberry Pi CM0. The device integrates a display, keyboard, battery, and wireless connectivity into a credit card-sized form factor intended for portable Linux-based development and command-line tasks. The platform uses the Broadcom BCM2837 SoC, featuring a quad-core Cortex-A53 processor operating at up to […]
Waveshare recently featured the PocketTerm35-Pi5, a handheld Linux terminal based on the Raspberry Pi 5, with an integrated display, keyboard, and battery in a compact form factor. It supports command-line interaction, development workflows, and portable system access without external peripherals. Internally, the system includes a Raspberry Pi 5 (1GB variant in this configuration), along with […]
"If Lockheed Martin made a Game Boy, would you buy one?" That was the [rhetorical] question The Verge's Sean Hollister asked when he reviewed ModRetro's Game Boy-style handheld device back in 2024. He said it "might be the best version of the Game Boy ever made," though the connection to Palmer Luckey and his defense tech startup Anduril left him conflicted. "I don't remember my childhood…
Evercade has announced a special Super Pocket Rare Edition which contains a number of classic Rare games such as Banjo Kazooie and Conker’s Pocket Tales. The device can also play Evercade cartridges, meaning that you’ll be able to play plenty of games on it outside of the 14 pre-installed games. The device retails for £49.99,… Read More »Evercade reveals Super Pocket Rare Edition featuring…