https://modretro.com/blogs/blog/the-future-is-retro
Looks pretty cool. Plus, Palmer seems like an ok guy: https://archive.is/LMNJF
Oculus founder Palmer Luckey donated $100,000 to fund Donald Trump’s inaugural celebrations through shell companies named after elements from classic video game Chrono Trigger, The Washington Post and Mother Jones report.
Compatible with cartridges. So the competition is a real Game Boy Color device (good condition non-lucky price around $60 - $70, plus a no-case-mod drop-in IPS screen replacement for another $60).
Or an Analogue Pocket for $220, when they are available for sale, that can also be docked or play other machines' games like the Game Gear or TG16, or even hacked to run ROMs off the SD card.
Or, if real carts aren't needed, one of those handheld gaming devices like the RG35XX for around $50 - $70 that run Linux + Retroarch and can play pretty much every pre-Dreamcast console game ever (and even most DC/PSX/N64 games).
He might be a fren but it doesn't sound like he really wants to sell a lot of these.
There's also the 2005 GBA SP. Compatibility with GB/GBC carts and link cable, already backlit. Probably a bit cheaper than GBC + IPS screen. As long as you don't mind the tiny form factor and lack of IR. But you can also play GBA games.
This Verge article https://archive.is/f442r goes into some detail and compares with Analogue Pocket. I've never used one.
I did just preorder one of these Chromatic things.
Meh, unless Nintendo gets off its ass and starts manufacturing their old platforms again, I'm happy to see these sorts of projects emerge. Preserving the original form factor and the libraries is the modern day equivalent of making sure the library of Alexandria gets preserved.
Publishers: "But if we burn the library down you'll buy all our new games!"
Maybe we should be burning down the publishers then.
Hmm. I'll allow it.