GameKiddy is starting to show off an upcoming handheld game console that looks like it could be positioned as a competitor to the tiny Anbernic RG Nano.
While the upcoming GKD Pixel is a bit larger than Anbernic’s keychain-sized console, the extra space provides room for a larger display that should make games easier to view, and larger controllers that should be easier to use. Pricing and availability haven’t been announced yet, but here’s what we know about the upcoming device so far.
According to information shared in the Retro Game Handhelds Discord by “Rex from RetroCN.com,” the GKD Pixel will be released in October, and it’s expected to have features that include:
- 2 inch display
- USB-C port
- 3.5mm audio jack
- 1,050 mAh battery
- Metal body with grooves in the back to make it easy to grip
- Color options including black, blue, red, green, or pink colors
There’s no word on the price, processor, memory, storage, operating system, or controller layout yet. But Rex claims that the device has an excellent D-Pad.
And if you’re wondering whether you can trust Rex’s info, that’s fair. But Rex has also shared a number of pictures and a few short videos of the GKD Pixel, including some that compare it with the Anbernic RG Nano and other gaming handhelds, and RetroCN says pre-orders for the GKD Pixel are coming soon (although it will also probably be available from other stores, including the GameKiddy shop).
More details should be available closer to launch.
via NotebookCheck and Retro Dodo
Tech is getting so small these days. Air tags, small Raspberry Pi’s. If ever the cyberpunk era was coming upon is, it is now.
Now where’s my wireless hacking board? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3_7_-PCX_E (best Cyberpunk movie ever, btw).
Um, ok…
If you’re not a fan of all things cyberpunk (including that movie I referenced), then I don’t expect you to get it… ’tis okay.
Except there’s no actual cyber punks. For there to be cyber punks, most people would have to be as smart as the average senior programmer, to the point that even people that smart couldn’t find work within the system. Or, people would have to be able to actually openly voice opposition to the system, so that occasionally smart people might think something other than full support of it and psychotic hatred of dissidents was a good idea.
Or, Google and Microsoft and Apple would have to get so much power that it was they who knocked on your door at night instead.
Being that this post is now three pages back, I doubt you will see this, but….
I think you have the gist of it correctly. But point is, Big Tech is the problem, and even though there aren’t all these neon signs and holograms in every major city with hackers sporting hacker boards getting into every system in The System, I still think we are on the verge of Steve Gibson’s vision of the future, albeit 40 years later…
Keep posting Some Guy, you’re the only one I like around here anyway…
You’re posts are a little disjointed, but you still make more sense than anyone else around here, Some Guy. Keep posting, dude!
I’m not familiar with this company, but it looks like they are also working on handhelds with proper six-button Genesis/Saturn controllers. I would love something like that. Playing Genesis games on four buttons and shoulders just doesn’t feel right.
Is the Anbernic screen horizontally squeezed, or is the GKD stretched? Which one has the correct aspect ratio? The GKD certainly seems to have the higher quality screen in terms of colors, contrast, sharpness, etc.
The former, the Nano should have a 240×240 resolution, which gives it a 1:1 aspect ratio. Going from the Zelda picture it can actually run the game in letterbox, but that’s hardly ideal when you already have a Lilliputian screen.
“when you already have a Lilliputian screen.”
Very clever. I like it. 😀
Thanks. I didn’t find the Zelda photo until after I posted my comment. But as you say, Nano is running letterbox to fix the aspect ratio. Why did they go with the 1:1 screen? Was that intended for Game Boy 10:9 games?
This could be the perfect torture device for Gamers, if only could they add a huge cucumber shaped joystick and a forward facing camera to maximize gamer immersion.
Don’t forget the suction cup mount!
Hopefully it’s cheap, because it’s not going to be comfortable to hold. The Miyoo Mini (non-plus model) is already too small for most people to hold comfortably, and this is smaller.
Does the manufacturer add a magnifying glass?
I hope not