Turn your smartphone into a Game Boy with Hyperkin’s Smartboy

[Ian J]

Interesting idea but sounds like it has some design issues.

https://www.engadget.com/2017/08/04/turn-your-smartphone-into-a-game-boy-hyperkin-smartboy/

 

[Kippykip]

Not the first time I've seen one of these, although the one I used at my local game store was crap.
Wonder what these are like.

 

[jeeks]

i wondered why hyperkin sounds so familiar to me. well, look at that: https://www.engadget.com/2014/09/28/retroarch-authors-retron-5s-emulators-code-violate-licenses/
at least this time they just provide the (pretty good looking) hardware

 

[rygD]

That pretty good looking hardware in the image above was made by Nintendo.
[doublepost=1501945424,1501944852][/doublepost]Sorry for the double post.

What I think I really want is a device that kinda fits in a pocket, and I can play all my old games on (bonus points for ones that weren't handheld), that has hardware controls, and a keyboard, because this dream device needs Linux (plus old computer games), and some basic mobile phone functionality. I could see something like this being fairly successful if consumers could see beyond Android devices. Maybe someone will release such a device in Two Months.