by andrew | Jan 5, 2026 | 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,...
by Jim Gray | Jan 5, 2026 | Features
In 1993, Pioneer noticed that CD-based systems were becoming popular, and concluded that the real future of entertainment was not cartridges or CDs but LaserDiscs the size of manhole covers. That meant the LaserActive, which tried to combine premium quality home...
by andrew | Jan 1, 2026 | Features, News
For as much as we joke around about how many devices Anbernic releases every year, at least they are actually being released. It’s a far cry from what AYANEO keeps doing, where it will announce a device, wait for funding to be fulfilled, ship domestically, and...
by Jim Gray | Jan 1, 2026 | Features, News
PortMaster rounds out 2025 with ten new games, including a full-featured reimplementation of Warcraft 2 and four ready-to-run freebies! Ready-to-Run PortMaster Games These ones are the easiest to get going: just download from PortMaster and play. This list of...
by kalkeg | Jan 1, 2026 | Features, Game of the Month
For January, Retro Handhelds is doing something a little different for its GotX program. While this is technically the second year in a row that we’ve done this, we are doing a callback theme; you can play any three past winning Games of the Month or Games of...
by Nick | Jan 1, 2026 | Features, Guide
The reigning king of Android power, the great Odin 2, has been dethroned by his own son. The latest heavy hitter from AYN has finally arrived and has more power than I currently know what to do with. I’m a few days in with the AYN Odin 3, and even without full...
