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A growing number of cheap handheld retro game consoles can run mainline Linux

The Steam Deck is probably the best known handheld gaming PC with a Linux-based operating system, but a number of cheap handhelds from companies like Anbernic and Powkiddy also run Linux-based software… but they tend to use custom kernels. But when Phoronix reported this week that developer Chris Morgan submitted some code to bring support […]

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ZPG A1 Unicorn is a retro gaming handheld with a 4 inch, 720 x 720 pixel display

Most handheld game devices have 16:9 or 4:3 aspect ratio displays, but a handful (pun intended) have 1:1 screens. And now you can add the ZPG A1 Unicorn to that short list. The A1 Unicorn is an upcoming handheld with a 4 inch, 720 x 720 pixel display positioned between a set of game controllers that […]

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GKD Pixel coming soon (tiny handheld game console with a 2 inch screen)

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. The company began sharing details about the GKD Pixel in September, and now we have more details about the tiny console, which should be available soon from RetroCN. […]

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AYA Neo Pocket Air handheld Android game console begins shipping (crowdfunding)

The AYA Neo Pocket Air is a handheld game console with a 5.5 inch FHD AMOLED display, a MediaTek Dimensity 1200 processor, and Android 12-based software. It went up for pre-order through an Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign that started in early September. Now AYA has announced it’s begun shipping the first units to backers… even though the […]

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Qualcomm’s Snapdragon G chips might not just be for Android gaming handhelds

Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon G series processors are designed for handheld game consoles like the upcoming AYA Neo Pocket S, which is expected to ship with an Android-based operating system. But in an interview with The Verge, Qualcomm’s senior gaming director Mithun Chandrasekhar says the chip could eventually power devices running other operating systems as well. […]

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AYA Neo Pocket S is a gaming handheld with Snapdragon G3x Gen 2

The AYA Neo Pocket Air is an upcoming handheld game console featuring a 5.5 inch, 1920 x 1080 pixel AMOLED display positioned between two physical game controllers. It’s expected to go up for pre-order soon through an Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign. AYA announced the pocket-sized game system last month, and at the time the company said […]

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Qualcomm expands Snapdragon G Series chips for handheld gaming devices

Nearly two years after launching the first Snapdragon G series chip built for handheld gaming devices, Qualcomm is expanding the lineup with three new processors. The new flagship is the Snapdragon G3x Gen 2, which is the “better than Snapdragon 8 Gen 2” processor AYA had been teasing for its upcoming AYA Neo Pocket Air S […]

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AYN Odin2 crowdfunding begins: $299 Android gaming handheld with Snapdragon 8 Gen 2

The AYN Odin2 is a handheld game console with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 processor, support for up to 16GB of RAM and 512GB of storage, and Android 13 software. In other words, it has the specs of a flagship phone… but it’s not a phone, it’s a device designed for gaming. It has […]

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AYN Odin2 is a Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 handheld game console for $299 and up (crowdfunding)

Handheld gaming company AYN made a bit of a splash a few years ago with the introduction of the AYN Odin handheld game console: a compact, affordable, and reasonably powerful device with an ARM-based processor and Android-based software. AYN followed that up with a x86/Windows model called the AYN Loki, which has been a bit […]

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Lilbits: Another cartridge-based retro game console, Asus ROG Ally’s overheating microSD card problem

The makers of the Evercade retro game console are back with something a bit more pocket-sized. The new Super Pocket is a Game Boy-like handheld with a small 320 x 280 pixel IPS LCD display above a D-Pad and a set of buttons. There are also shoulder buttons on the back. Two models go up […]