by Jim Gray | Sep 9, 2025 | News
GameSir quietly launched version 5.0 of its GameHub Android application, a hybrid gaming frontend with the ability to install Steam games via translation layer, not unlike Winlator or Gamenative. GameHub aims to be your phone’s, well, gaming hub. It lets you...
by Jim Gray | Sep 9, 2025 | News
The Pico-Pal, a new open source ESP32-based handheld, is entering the surprisingly crowded “looks exactly like a Game Boy Color” space. The device combines the tried and true aesthetic with modern components and targets developers, hardware tinkerers, and,...
by Jim Gray | Sep 8, 2025 | News
Traditionally, if you wanted to do something like patch a ROM, compress a disc image, or simply verify a game file, you would have needed to gather several separate (and poorly documented) utilities. Now, romtools.io aims to change that by bringing these functions...
by Jim Gray | Sep 8, 2025 | News
Not long after showcasing the upcoming RG476H, Reddit user u/Qinki001 has shared some QQ screenshots that allege Anbernic is finally releasing a dual-screen clamshell device, after months of speculation. According to these leaks, the company is developing a device...
by Jim Gray | Sep 8, 2025 | Features
By now, this column has established that Japan had a large presence in the skateboarding game genre, but by 2003, the space had diversified in a big way. Tony Hawk’s series had over a half-dozen titles published, Disney, Nickelodeon, and The Simpsons had grabbed...