MeatsOfRage comments on The Analogue Pocket now comes in a rainbow of classic Game Boy colors

The Analogue Pocket now comes in a rainbow of classic Game Boy colors (www.theverge.com)

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[–] MeatsOfRage@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Yea I never understood the appeal. You can get a steam deck with retroarch for just a little bit more. Like how many OG gameboy games are people still playing.

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[–] atocci@kbin.social 19 points 2 years ago

It's a preservation thing and a collectors item. As the hardware ages and begins to die, playing the games "as they were originally intended" becomes more and more inaccessible.

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