I bought the $500 Game Boy.... (Analogue Pocket Aluminum Review)

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Welp... I got my hands on one. A $500, full aluminum, metal, shell Analogue Pocket.
It does way more than just play your Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance, Sega Game Gear, and Atari Lynx games though! It can handle full blown emulation through cores because of its FPGA chip. But when it's packed into a $500 product, is it something to even consider picking up? How about the $200 Analogue Pocket in White or Black? Or.. what if there's another, CHEAPER option for just $90 from FunnyPlaying??

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0:00 - Intro
1:56 - Hardware
4:16 - Software
5:49 - Emulation
7:27 - Save $130! (FunnyPlaying FPGBC)
8:40 - Wrap Up

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[JoeBleeps]

Nice video, I'm glad you're happy with it. I got the indigo one and had a lot of issues with the controls in particular. I agree with you that the black or white edition is a better prospect, also a +1 for the FunnyPlaying console that cost me the same as my shipping on the Analogue Pocket!

[_Stefen]

I got the black aluminum and have been loving it. I owned the plastic one too and the aluminum d pad is definitely better. First aluminum one i received had a shoulder button issue and rattling buttons. Got a new one sent to me and its great! Price is definitely ridiculous though.

[bluorb]

I used to be a purist, wanting real hardware & real games... but my reflexes are slower than they used to be & I absolutely prefer -massive libraries, save states, - slow motion & fast forwarding over original hardware. The Analog Pocket looks great, but it just doesn't work for my play style now.

...Didn't watch long enough to see you can still do save states & roms. That's surprising, but makes it closer to being worth the cost. Now if I'd only picked a glow in the dark one up!

[alexanderconrad]

I personally own the Standard White one I use everyday and I have a case for that one. I have a Standard Black one for back up on display. I have the transparent LE Red one on display as well as the Aluminum Noir one on display. I only every touch the white one almost everyday. Its such an amazing system.

[PSYKMANTS]

I recently got myself one of the indigo units to replace my current black one. It would be super nice if they would release an OPENFPGA Lynx core and it will be perfect.

[jerryjb]

$1000 worth of Gameboys in that thumbnail!

[karlhanso]

I play with my LE indigo and spice I put a TPU Case those are well protected. and my silver suffers all hard load.. I got aluminium noir too

[Imurge]

i'm dying 4 that n64 right nah. i haven't gotten around to the pocket. so much back n forth doubt and maybe because of finances. but that n64 i'll be up all night waiting for that when it gets released

[jx.m.x]

might be a dumb question but does it allow you to play at x2 x4 x8 speed/ higher speeds like some emulators do?

[Tyler-ls]

With vertical games I’m guessing you don’t need analogue sticks? Never understood that

[AlexFalkenberg]

That crooked d-pad doesn't really scream premium, imo, but sure, if you have the money, there are probably worse things to waste your money on. Build quality internally was a garbage fest for quite a while; I wonder if/how much that's changed.

[cperl]

You could have saved a lot of money and bought the pow kitty V10 😛

Nah just kidding…..OR AM I?