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Virtual Boy Owners Finally Get the Flashcart They Deserve
2+ hour, 10+ min ago (343+ words) Virtual Boy Owners Finally Get the Flashcart They Deserve'Retro Handhelds Virtual Boy Owners Finally Get the Flashcart They Deserve RetroOnyx has opened pre-orders for a third batch of the MrCART ROM cart, a fully menu-driven multicart for the Nintendo Virtual…...
Sega’s New Mini Cabs Are Here to Destroy Your Shelf Space
4+ hour, 2+ min ago (280+ words) Sega's New Mini Cabs Are Here to Destroy Your Shelf Space'Retro Handhelds Sega's New Mini Cabs Are Here to Destroy Your Shelf Space A new wave of Sega-themed mini arcade machines is headed our way in 2026, which is exactly the…...
Budget Beatdown: Mangmi Air X vs. AYANEO Pocket Air Mini
6+ hour, 9+ min ago (995+ words) by kalkeg | Jan 13, 2026 | Features | 0 comments Mangmi and AYANEO have both recently come out with some absolute bangers in the sub-$100 retro handheld market. Having just gotten my hands on both the Mangmi Air X and the AYANEO Pocket Air Mini,…...
AYANEO Promises To Do Better
2+ day, 4+ hour ago (147+ words) by kalkeg | Jan 11, 2026 | Features | 1 comment On a Reddit post over on r/ayaneo, Arthur Zhang, the CEO of AYANEO, has responded to the recent concerns expressed by the retro handheld community with promises and detailed plans for the company to…...
MagicX One 35 First Impressions
3+ day, 11+ hour ago (714+ words) by Ban | Jan 10, 2026 | Features | 2 comments How many times do you look at a handheld and think to yourself "man this would be so much better if it was vertical." Or maybe you've looked at an 8BitDo Lite and thought "put THAT…...
AceMagic M1 Review: CPU Power Isn’t Everything
6+ day, 11+ hour ago (641+ words) by Ban | Jan 7, 2026 | Features, Reviews | 0 comments Can the new M1 get you through the next set of shortages? At the time of writing, the M1 starts at $329 for the barebones unit, and jumps to $599 for the fully specced out model. That being…...
DSpi Turns A Raspberry Pi Into A DIY DS
1+ week, 2+ hour ago (285+ words) DSpi Turns A Raspberry Pi Into A DIY DS'Retro Handhelds DSpi Turns A Raspberry Pi Into A DIY DS The DSpi is a cleverly named, fully 3D'printable, dual'screen Linux handheld built around the Raspberry Pi CM5, and pitched as a DS'focused…...
Retro Handhelds Weekly: AYANEO, OneXSugar Wallet, PICO-8 on iOS, NHL ’94 Updates and Much More
1+ week, 1+ day ago (1002+ words) by andrew | Jan 5, 2026 | Features, News | 0 comments 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,…...
Another Day, Another Asinine Sony AI Patent
1+ week, 5+ day ago (395+ words) by Jim Gray | Jan 1, 2026 | News | 2 comments Sony's recent patent for an AI-generated "ghost" tutorial system is framed as a player-friendly quality of life feature. On paper, it looks like a hint system that watches how you play and steps in…...
Manba One Review: An Odd One
1+ week, 6+ day ago (775+ words) by Ban | Dec 31, 2025 | Features, Reviews | 0 comments There's not a lot you can continue to change about a controller. You can swap the sticks out for Hall or TMR, you can give the triggers stops, or you can be crazy and…...