MagicX has announced a huge lineup of new handhelds for 2026, including the Retro DS, Two45, and Two58, with over half a dozen more seemingly leaked online.
Author: Jim Gray
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
2001’s Yanya Caballista was a weird skate game with a weirder finger-board controller & alien plot. Bad controls & gameplay led to its eventual obscurity.
Microsoft & ASUS launch the ROG Xbox Ally & Ally X on Oct 16. Both feature a new Xbox UI on Windows, a 120hz screen, and a platform-agnostic launcher.
XURetro unveils the XU35 H40, launching in December for $90. It features a Helio G85 chip, a 4:3 display, and Hall effect joysticks and triggers.
AYN unveils pricing for Thor dual-screen handheld, available soon in three colors: Black, Rainbow, Clear Purple, as well as a TPU grip case.
After launching its RDS screen with a 3-frame latency, Retroid is issuing a fix following criticism. A firmware update will soon fix the lag for all users.
Sega’s 1997 arcade game ‘Top Skater’ revived skateboarding games by focusing on tricks over racing, directly inspiring classics like Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater.
Red Viper v1.0 is here! This 3DS emulator now plays all official Virtual Boy games at full speed, adding new color modes and performance boosts.
The XU Retro XU-20 v32 is now available for $48. Pocketable and affordable, it features a laminated IPS display and runs Android 10.
In the first “Radical Retrospective”, we talk Atari’s groundbreaking 1986 arcade hit ‘720º’, the first skateboarding game.