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Leaked Game Boy emulators for Switch were made by Nintendo, experts suggest

Enlarge / Are we looking at an official Game Boy Advance emulator made by Nintendo? (credit: @TrashBandatcoot / Twitter ) In most cases, the release of yet another classic console emulator for the Switch wouldn’t be all that noteworthy. But experts tell Ars that a pair of Game Boy and Game Boy Advance emulators for […]

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Analogue Pocket review: The greatest Game Boy ever made

Enlarge / Analogue Pocket, running The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening in its Game Boy Color mode. (credit: Sam Machkovech) The Analogue Pocket is a dream of a gaming device, and it begins shipping to preorder customers this week. It’s the most powerful, beautiful, and feature-rich system to revolve around the original Game Boy—and it […]

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Why are game makers creating new Game Boy games in 2021?

Enlarge / Now you’re playing with power…. portable power! (credit: Nintendo) Here’s an unavoidable fact: the original Nintendo Game Boy is reaching middle age. The world may have moved on to sleeker, less bulky technology since Nintendo’s first portable landed in shopping malls and mom-and-pop electronics stores back in 1989. But a number of developers […]