A “Lenovo G02” retro handheld has appeared on AliExpress for $63, but no official announcement exists and the legitimacy of the product is very much in question.
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Jim Gray
Jim is a dad from Massachusetts by way of the Northeast Kingdom (IYKYK). He makes music as Our Ghosts, and with his band, Tiger Fire Company No. 1. He also takes terrible photos, writes decent science fiction and plays almost exclusively skateboarding games. He cannot, however, grow a beard. Favorite Game: Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater
An unofficial native PC port of The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap has been released on GitHub, requiring a GBA ROM to run.
Blaze CEO Andrew Bryatt hints retired Evercade cartridges could return to production, telling Retro Gamer magazine to “watch this space.”
The Kawaii project shrinks a GameCube to keychain size using genuine Nintendo silicon from a trimmed Wii, with design files on GitHub.
A Reddit modder has converted a Steam Deck into a working clamshell handheld called the Flip Deck, trimming 100mm of length in the process.
A 1997 Saturn prototype of the previously unknown PC port Pyramid: Challenge of the Pharaoh’s Dream has been preserved and released by Hidden Palace.
A second developer is independently porting Super Mario 64 to the GBA, targeting full game completion at 5 to 15 fps.
Pokemon Monomyth is an Emerald-based ROM hack six years in the making, promising 75+ hours in a new region and launching Fall 2026.
Zeebo was a 2009 console by Tectoy and Qualcomm that used 3G to download games, avoiding piracy. Poor pricing, weak mobile hardware, and few games killed it.
Pokemon Light Platinum DS, a reimagining of the classic 2008 GBA hack, has released its first English demo covering 20+ hours of content.