by kalkeg | Aug 2, 2025 | Features, Game of the Month
Games are weird, aren’t they? Well, so are the people who play them. GotX is the Retro Handhelds Discord’s version of a book club, though more than one book is available and nobody is happy with any of them. For the month of August, Retro Handhelds is...
by Joe White | Jul 31, 2025 | Features
“When I go, I don’t want there to be morbid f****** crying people. I want people to celebrate my life.” – Ozzy Osbourne, 2005, in an interview with Playboy Magazine, apparently July 22nd, 2025, will forever remain the day we lost one of our most revered and...
by Ban | Jul 30, 2025 | Features, Reviews
I haven’t gotten to experience the full transition of screen capabilities like I’m sure many people have. My household has held CRTs, Plasma, IPS, and, more recently, OLED TVs. But when it comes to monitors, I’ve been content with 1080p, IPS, or VA technology paired...
by Nick | Jul 29, 2025 | Features, Reviews
I couldn’t quite place what felt so familiar about the Game Console R36T at first. It wasn’t until I did some digging through my beloved clone console collection that lightning struck. This is just the funky version of the K36 that I’d reviewed a...
by Jim Gray | Jul 28, 2025 | Features
Beat ’em ups are back in full force, and thanks to developers like DotEmu, it seems that they may be here to stay. Today, we revisit five oddities of varying obscurity that you can play on your retro handheld right now. From gritty detective stories to steampunk...
by andrew | Jul 27, 2025 | Features, News
Welcome to the latest edition of Retro Handhelds Weekly. This week, we saw a bunch of news in the world of hardware and software. Our writing team continues to be on an absolute tear, and there’s even a surprise or two sprinkled in! So sit back, grab a cup of coffee,...