Analogue Pocket pre-orders open next month

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Analogue's revival of the GameBoy through its own hardware is happening soon. The company announced today the date when pre-orders go live as well as additional details. If you haven't heard of the Analogue Pocket, know that it is a handheld that plays Game Boy, Game Boy Color & Game Boy Advance cartridges. With adapters, it is also able to play game carts from other handheld systems such as the Game Gear, Neo Geo Pocket Color and Atari Lynx.

Sold separately is the Analogue Dock which supports up to 4 controllers and allows controller connection via Bluetooth, 2.4g and wired USB. (you read that right, it supports 2.4g in addition to Bluetooth).

Custom games can also be created for the Pocket with GB Studio without prior programming knowledge. Games created with GB Studio are generated in the proprietary .pocket files and are playable off the SD card. Additionally, with its Nanoloop digital audio workstation, owners of the Pocket can also create their own music.

Pre-orders open on August 3rd, with the Analogue Pocket price at $199.99 and the Analogue Dock at an additional $99.99.

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:arrow: SOURCE: GBAtemp Inbox
 

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with only hdmi i meant no displayport, a far superior video conector
far fewer devices use displayport, and the most recent HDMI standard supports 4K/144Hz and 5K/60Hz, which both far exceed what this device uses, so I'm not sure why you would want displayport on here to begin with. This thing isn't pumping out 4K 240Hz.
 
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far fewer devices use displayport, and the most recent HDMI standard supports 4K/144Hz and 5K/60Hz, which both far exceed what this device uses, so I'm not sure why you would want displayport on here to begin with. This thing isn't pumping out 4K 240Hz.
displayport has a native analog video mode, it isn't out of the question that the kind of people who would buy these are the same people that still use crts, so even cheap displayport converters give out a way better picture than most hdmi converters, besides, the dock seems like it will be moved arround a bit so displayport's actual locking mechanism could come in handy as opposed to hdmi's implementation which, regardless of price of cable, has always disconected if i slid it up a bit
 

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As a Gameboy connoisseur, I'm getting this. I've been waiting for this for a very long time, and I like the final renders. Looks sexy as fuck!

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It might not support flash carts which means you will be stressed to get new original gb, gbc and gba games.
Nope, you can run games off the SD card.
 
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As a Gameboy connoisseur, I'm getting this. I've been waiting for this for a very long time, and I like the final renders. Looks sexy as fuck!

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Nope, you can run games off the SD card.
I think the website says it wont boot roms only original games. Maybe after they hack it hehe

I might buy two of them and one link cable.
 
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So much ignotance here. Now of course purchasing decisions are personal things. Everyone has different priorities. But there's a lot of people who don't seem to understand exactly what this thing even is.

First off: it's an FPGA console. Whether that matters to you s of course your prerogative. However to me it's nice for a couple reasons. To the people saying you can just use your phone: sure, but I personally don't like emulation on android in general, or on my phone in particular. I like separate devices for desperate tasks. For those saying you can just use a hacked 3DS, wel kinda. Emulation on 3DS isn't actually that good, especially for GBA.

Second point: the hardware. This thing has a modern backlit HD display. Which means at very least it's comparable to an ips modded GBA, not even accounting for the higher resolution and size of the screen and the other functions. And those are just as expensive, or very nearly so So yes, even as a GBA with a modern display it's already competitive.

And then we get to the outer functions. Well first off there's someone in-house in analog who develops unofficial firmware to play roms of the SD card. It's kinda an open secret. So there goes the: doesn't play roms thing right out the window. Even if this is an exception where he doesn't do that, I'm 100% sure someone will. Also because it is FPGA flash-carts will work as intended if you have them.

And then we get to the other console support. It's planned to support much more than the GBA/GB(c) At the very least the game gear and lynx iirc. Yes these will require adapters for cartridges, however afaik said adapters are only pin adapters. So, with unofficial firmware the functionality should be right there.

Also, there's a potential for more cores to be developed. I could easily see even retro tv-based consoles being supported unofficially at some point

Not even to mention the music features and stuff which I don't care about at all.
 

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Also, there's a potential for more cores to be developed. I could easily see even retro tv-based consoles being supported unofficially at some point

Yeah the thing I'm hoping to see is if this becomes a portable mini-mister with devs. Since Intel doesn't seem interesting in sponsoring a portable nano board.
 

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It's worth mentioning, the screen size on this is 3.5”, 615 ppi, LCD with a 1600x1440 resolution. For reference, GBA v1 has a 2.9" screen.

Definitely worth the price tag.

Am curious about the stereo speakers, though I spied a 3.5mm port so should be fine either way.
 
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Analogue's revival of the GameBoy through its own hardware is happening soon. The company announced today the date when pre-orders go live as well as additional details. If you haven't heard of the Analogue Pocket, know that it is a handheld that plays Game Boy, Game Boy Color & Game Boy Advance cartridges. With adapters, it is also able to play game carts from other handheld systems such as the Game Gear, Neo Geo Pocket Color and Atari Lynx.

Sold separately is the Analogue Dock which supports up to 4 controllers and allows controller connection via Bluetooth, 2.4g and wired USB. (you read that right, it supports 2.4g in addition to Bluetooth).

Custom games can also be created for the Pocket with GB Studio without prior programming knowledge. Games created with GB Studio are generated in the proprietary .pocket files and are playable off the SD card. Additionally, with its Nanoloop digital audio workstation, owners of the Pocket can also create their own music.

Pre-orders open on August 3rd, with the Analogue Pocket price at $199.99 and the Analogue Dock at an additional $99.99.

:arrow: Pre-order link
:arrow: SOURCE: GBAtemp Inbox
wait.
199 dollars
199 dollars?!?!?!
for this???
Lmfao. im dead
 

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See my reply a couple back, and see if you still think it's so laughably unreasonable
i still think it's laughably unreasonable.
Not all emulation on phone is bad, retroarch is a thing on android and its pretty good. same for 3ds emulation. this thing aims to play gba, gb, gbc, neo geo pocket color, atari lynx and game gear. in which i can play most of on my 3ds and phone (without an adapter too!). even if i couldnt, for the latter 3 consoles at least i could always whip out my pc or my wii u.
As for the 'creating your own games' thing... its made for people without prior programming experience. its basically a drag and drop sort of thing. not worth my time tbh, those games end up becoming repetitive since youre playing the same game over and over but with different graphics and a different skin.
only thing i could see myself getting this for is the hd backlit high def screen since my 3ds can be dim at times. even then what am i going to use the 1440p display on there for? its gba and gb games.

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though for the nanoloop thing that would be cool if it were an actual daw, with sampling, synths, vst and shit but if its just a game boy music maker i dont think ill be interested
 

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This is quite fascinating. I like the idea of updating old tech with brand new concepts. However, I fear that some of this may only be for a niche group; i.e. the synthesizer is mainly for musicians, and the game developing program for... well, game developers. I'm more interested in the tech involving using the original Game Boy, Game Boy Color, and Game Boy Advance cartridges (as well as portable Neo Geo, Atari Lynx, and SEGA Game Gear cartridges). The fact that it's not a Raspberry Pi in a portable casing that has to use game ROMs is the appeal of this system, because anyone who has the old cartridges, $200 saved up, and wants something new for their old games, will love this system. I don't think it will ever outsell the Game Boy handheld systems, but I do think it will gain interest.
 

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i still think it's laughably unreasonable.
Not all emulation on phone is bad, retroarch is a thing on android and its pretty good. same for 3ds emulation. this thing aims to play gba, gb, gbc, neo geo pocket color, atari lynx and game gear. in which i can play most of on my 3ds and phone (without an adapter too!). even if i couldnt, for the latter 3 consoles at least i could always whip out my pc or my wii u.
As for the 'creating your own games' thing... its made for people without prior programming experience. its basically a drag and drop sort of thing. not worth my time tbh, those games end up becoming repetitive since youre playing the same game over and over but with different graphics and a different skin.
only thing i could see myself getting this for is the hd backlit high def screen since my 3ds can be dim at times. even then what am i going to use the 1440p display on there for? its gba and gb games.

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though for the nanoloop thing that would be cool if it were an actual daw, with sampling, synths, vst and shit but if its just a game boy music maker i dont think ill be interested

It's not the right device for you, that's perfectly understandable, but to think that it means that is's somehow unreasonable in general is not recognizing that people have different wants and needs, and for what it is it is very fairly priced,

I know that I personally really don't like retroarch. I franjly don't like anfroid or any other current mobile OS much at all really, not even just for gaming. Also being a standalone device it's much more efficient batter-wise. Additionally I wouldn;t wanna use my main phone for gaming of any sort really, and if I'm gonna buy a gaming-specific deice, I'd really rather have something like the analogue pocket than one of those Andorid emulation devices.

Also for me I really like the idea of having my gaming device me completely seperate from my PC. So I can play it casually while also using my PC casually as well. This is much more of a pain that PC-based emulation which would otherwise be my preference.

Additionally, I like the portability factor, for when I need it. Because I'm sure it will be hacked to support toms at one point, and in either case, I have my Everdrive GBA. It's much better only using one device. That way I know it has all the right games and saves on it.

Also as I said, for those who do not care for software emulation consoles/phones too much, well it's a very good value actually. Compared to a fully modded GBA with a modern backlit screen and a rechargeable battery, it's about the same price if not cheaper, and objectively better in every conceivable way
 

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It's not the right device for you, that's perfectly understandable, but to think that it means that is's somehow unreasonable in general is not recognizing that people have different wants and needs, and for what it is it is very fairly priced,

I know that I personally really don't like retroarch. I franjly don't like anfroid or any other current mobile OS much at all really, not even just for gaming. Also being a standalone device it's much more efficient batter-wise. Additionally I wouldn;t wanna use my main phone for gaming of any sort really, and if I'm gonna buy a gaming-specific deice, I'd really rather have something like the analogue pocket than one of those Andorid emulation devices.

Also for me I really like the idea of having my gaming device me completely seperate from my PC. So I can play it casually while also using my PC casually as well. This is much more of a pain that PC-based emulation which would otherwise be my preference.

Additionally, I like the portability factor, for when I need it. Because I'm sure it will be hacked to support toms at one point, and in either case, I have my Everdrive GBA. It's much better only using one device. That way I know it has all the right games and saves on it.

Also as I said, for those who do not care for software emulation consoles/phones too much, well it's a very good value actually. Compared to a fully modded GBA with a modern backlit screen and a rechargeable battery, it's about the same price if not cheaper, and objectively better in every conceivable way
i see, though i still wonder what that 1440p screen is gonna be used for?
 
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i see, though i still wonder what that 1440p screen is gonna be used for?
At the very least it makes it so there's lots of interesting upscalng options. Not sure beyond that though, but the size of the screen is a bigger selling point imo than the resolution
 
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At the very least it makes it so there's lots of interesting upscalng options. Not sure beyond that though, but the size of the screen is a bigger selling point imo than the resolution
i do kind of hope there's an upscale for GBA games too, ala BSNES hd and its mode 7 hd but with all the scaling and rotation the GBA does. i would actually get this if that were the case.
 

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