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🎮 The guts behind the glory

• Get a New RG34XXSP? It Might Not Be What You Thought: It was discovered this week that Anbernic is swapping the RAM in the RG34XXSP. One of its main original selling points was that it featured 2GB of RAM instead of 1GB, but that's no longer the case.
• Retroid Pocket 6 Shipping Delayed Due to Screen ‘Efficiency Limitations’: Excited for your Retroid Pocket 6 to arrive? Depending on when you bought one, you might have to wait a little bit longer as the company ran into some calibration issues with the screens, resulting in some slight delays.
• TrimUI Brick Pro: Everything We Know So Far: The TrimUI Brick is an excellent retro handheld, becoming one of our default suggestions for new people in the space. And now, it seems that TrimUI wants to push things even further, with rumors and leaks pointing to a larger Brick, complete with joysticks.

🕹️ Your gateway to pixel-perfect worlds

• BanjoRecomp PC Port Released: What a time to be alive. Not only are we getting excellent AAA titles like Clair Obscur, but the community continues to bring us remakes of classics. This time, we've got BanjoRecomp, a PC Port of Banjo-Kazooie.
• Nintendo Wouldn’t Let Sonic Stand in Front: In a recent interview, former Sega dev Ryoichi Hasegawa dropped a very funny little bomb about Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games. Nintendo reportedly insisted that Mario always be one step ahead of Sonic in the promo artwork. Not figuratively ahead, but literally. Foot placement, pixel priority, the whole shebang.
• Ubisoft has cancelled 6 games, including the Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time remake: Speaking of getting excellent new games (and Recomps), it seems that the highly-anticipated Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time remake has been canceled.

🗓️ Upcoming Releases

• AYANEO Pocket Vert - Shipping to begin "End of January"
• KTR2 - February 5 (Magnesium Alloy) / March 20 (Plastic)
• OneXFly Apex - February 10
• KinHank K59 - February 28

✍ Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Write, Watch

The Future is Now: Are We Reaching Handheld End-Game? - Retro Handhelds

As a community, it’s fair to say that we’ve been eating good. The whole retro emulation part? That’s a checked box at this point.

Retro Handhelds - Play It ForeverNick

TrimUI Smart Pro S Review: The Same (But Better) - Retro Handhelds

The Trimui Smart Pro was one of the most popular handhelds of late 2023, but with a desire for more power we got the the TrimUI Smart Pro S. But is it any good?

Retro Handhelds - Play It ForeverBan

Now It’s an Xbox: Microsoft Emulation on The ROG Xbox Ally - Retro Handhelds

Without access to players’ digital libraries, can Microsoft really say “This is an Xbox”? Nick uses Xbox/360 emulators to fill in the gaps on the ROG Xbox Ally.

Retro Handhelds - Play It ForeverNick

Game Over: FM Towns Marty - Retro Handhelds

The FM Towns Marty became the world’s first 32-bit console in 1993, but its $700 price, imperfect compatibility, and bad timing killed it instantly.

Retro Handhelds - Play It ForeverJim Gray

📺On the YouTubes

💸 Achievement Unlocked: Big Savings

• Anbernic RG35XX Pro
  • $61.04 $58.04 w/ code USLS03
• AISLPC RG52 Mini
  • $87.04 $80.04 w/ code USLS07
• Retroid Pocket Flip 2
  • $211.57 $186.57 w/ code USLS25
• ASUS ROG Xbox Ally
  • $599.99 $499.99 at Best Buy

👾 Game of the Month: January is for the Backlog

Game(s) of the Week

🕹️#201 (1/24 - 1/31) - Ghost Pilots

🕹️#200 (1/17-1/24) - Golden Axe II

🕹️#199 (1/11-1/17) - Kid Dracula

🕹️#198 (1/1-(1/10) - Toki

RPG of the Quarter (1/1 - 3/31)

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