Gaming has always been expensive, but in the past six months, it’s started to feel downright unaffordable. From consoles and controllers to games and subscriptions, prices are climbing across the ...

Discover why the budget-friendly Mangmi Air X is 2026's most addictive Android handheld for retro gaming and PS2 emulation on ...

Anbernic is a well-known emulation handheld manufacturer. But the emulation handheld space is a cut-throat pirate-filled sea and several releases happen a year. So, it’s seldom the case that one ...

In a bid to relive a bit of my youth, I’ve been enjoying some retro games for the past month or so (I’m currently a good way through Wind Waker), but have been confined to playing on my couch. While I ...

Despite its powerful internals, the AYANEO Pocket S is built with portability in mind. It has a slim profile of just 14 mm, making it easy to slip into a pocket or bag. But don’t let its size fool you ...

Emulation has become more and more common in recent years, with dedicated handheld devices just for emulation, and the explosion of PC gaming handhelds. Emulation works great on Windows as well, and ...

The Nintendo DS is one of the toughest consoles to emulate, for an obvious reason. It's the two screens. This is even an issue with ports. Some developers avoid the problem by mushing everything ...

Cheap retro handhelds, one of the only cheap entry points for gaming, could be meeting their end, but the retro spirit should live on. Reading time 7 minutes The BatlEXP G350, left, and TrimUI Brick, ...

When Apple announced it would finally allow developers to launch retro game emulators on the App Store earlier this month, I was thrilled. After several false starts, the iOS emulation era truly ...

We do sometimes go on about how absurdly powerful microcontrollers are these days, but this time it’s technically a microprocessor, not a microcontroller, at the heart of the build — ...