A New, 3rd-Party Game Boy is Being Made

Dylan Siegler

Published: Jan 9, 2018 06:31 pm

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It’s no secret that retro games are in fashion right now, which is consistently proven by homages to old-school games as well as the immense successes of the NES and SNES Classic Editions. Lately, a company called Hyperkin has been looking to capitalize off of the retro hype by creating a new and improved version of Nintendo’s Game Boy.

According to Gizmodo, the Ultra Game Boy will be a handheld console that will be able to play original Game Boy cartridges, but with some improvements. For one thing, the new handheld console’s outer shell will be made of aluminum, making it more durable than its predecessor. It will also sport a backlit screen, so you won’t have to use a flashlight to play in the dark like we all did when we were kids trying to play when we may not have been supposed to be. This backlight can be adjusted throughout the RGB spectrum and can even be turned off, if that is your preference. The Ultra Game Boy will also include a built-in, rechargeable battery that lasts about six hours. Hyperkin is reportedly planning to release the Ultra Game Boy by late summer of this year for a price point under $100.

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Dylan Siegler

Dylan Siegler has a BA in Creative Writing from the University of Redlands. He has copy edited novels and short stories and is the editor of nearly all marketing materials for RoKo Marketing. In addition to his professional work, Dylan is also working on several of his own projects. Some of these projects include a novel that satirizes the very nature of novel writing as an art and a short film that parodies buddy cop movies. His short story “Day 3658,” a look into a future ten years into a zombie apocalypse, is being published in September of 2017 in Microcosm Publishing’s compilation Bikes in Space IV: Biketopia. His political satire "The Devil's Advocates" is currently available for free (the link to this story can be found on his Facebook page).