It’s been a long time coming, but the Smach Z handheld gaming PC is now a real thing that people who don’t work for Smach have actually used. As promised, the company is showing off the final production hardware at the E3 gaming show this week. Given this project’s history, it’s probably too early to […]
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Konami announces TurboGrafx-16 Mini as the mini retro console parade continues
The TurboGrafx-16 never had the same level of commercial success in North America as rival game consoles from Nintendo and Sega. But it was a relatively popular device in Japan, where it launched two years earlier, and the TurboGrafx-16 earned a place in video gaming history with some exclusive titles. Now game maker Konami is […]
Opera GX is a web browser aimed at gamers
The makers of the Opera web browser have a new version designed specifically for gamers… although it has a few features that I imagine could appeal to folks who just don’t like it when their browser eats up all of their system’s resources. For example, Opera GX includes a GX Control panel that lets you […]
Smach Z hardware finalized, handheld gaming PC set to debut at E3 (and ship later this year)
The Smach Z is a handheld gaming PC with a 6 inch, 1920 x 1080 pixel touchscreen display surrounded by game controllers on the left and right sides. It’s powered by an AMD Ryzen Embedded V1605B processor with Radeon Vega graphics. And it’s been in development for a very long time. But Smach says the handheld […]