Lao Zhang, known for the GKD Pixel series, has teased the Yoo Y1, a horizontal Android handheld with a 4.5-inch 3:2 display and Hall Effect controls.
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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
GameNative’s latest update brings Lossless Scaling multi-frame generation to Android, enabling up to 100 FPS in PC games.
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.
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.