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Re:Game-makers creating new Game Boy games (2021) by lostgame on Sunday January 16, 2022 @02:20PM (#29958987)
I’ve basically stopped at my SEGA Saturn, gaming tech wise.

I used to carry a Game Boy Color from about when I was 20 to when I was 26.

Recently, my girlfriend gave me some weird crummy little NES/GBC emulator device from AliBaba and I like it because it is lightweight, has a backlight; charges via USB and lasts forever. I love it.

At home, though; it’s strictly my SEGA, still. I don’t think I will ever evolve.

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Re:Game-makers creating new Game Boy games (2021) by SirHound on Sunday January 16, 2022 @04:16PM (#29960159)
As an old Saturn fan, any recommendations?
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Re:Game-makers creating new Game Boy games (2021) by hoyd on Sunday January 16, 2022 @03:35PM (#29959698)
Link to the device at Alibaba?
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Re:Game-makers creating new Game Boy games (2021) by darekkay on Sunday January 16, 2022 @04:10PM (#29960093)
Not OP, but I also bought such a device on Amazon two months ago. After doing some research, I went for the Anbernic RG351P. I've been quite happy so far.
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Re:Game-makers creating new Game Boy games (2021) by CliffyA on Sunday January 16, 2022 @10:31PM (#29963043)
Ambernics seem to be very high build quality. I got the RG280v myself after some research. It's not as powerful (so it can't play every PS1 game at full frame rate) and does not have analog sticks.

But it is very small and I think that along with save states and standby helps it be more of a pick up and play toy for short bursts, more so than my 3DS or vita.

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Re:Game-makers creating new Game Boy games (2021) by hoyd on Monday January 17, 2022 @03:11AM (#29964442)
Thanks both
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Re:Game-makers creating new Game Boy games (2021) by lsferreira42 on Tuesday January 18, 2022 @02:14PM (#29984215)
I use a 3ds for that, it's easily modded and can emulate a lot of consoles:

https://wiki.gbatemp.net/wiki/List_of_3DS_homebrew_emulators

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Re:Game-makers creating new Game Boy games (2021) by lostgame on Monday January 17, 2022 @03:05PM (#29971122)
Unfortunately, again; my girlfriend purchased it for me months ago - it doesn’t appear to have any sort of branding on it, unfortunately. :(

It looks like a very thin GBC with four buttons instead of two and two shoulder buttons, if that helps.

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