• PerfectDark@lemmy.world
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    11 days ago

    You might laugh, but these were highly coveted from Aliexpress back when they were being sold! Finding one now is extremely hard, since they ceased production, so in handheld circles these still have big fans!

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        6 days ago

        That was not the only issue. It has some little sound issues in some games (Tetris IIRC) and the aspect ratio of the screen is wrong.

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        9 days ago

        They were the only cheap and quite accurate way to play your original carts. Since they’ve stopped production the only alternative now is Analogue Pocket I think, and that cost is sky-high

        Back in those times, when the screen mods were just biverts, you’d either do that for a modern lit screen, or pick up a GB Boy. Funny name, but they were actually very clever and the only real (almost) 1-1 copy of Nintendo’s own systems

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        These were fairly universally mocked when they were sold, just because of the name, but now they’re gone everyone is sad they didn’t pick one up!