Hyperkin Seeking Developers To Help Bring The Smartboy To Retail

I would be completely for it...if it was USB-C

Cue cease and desist.
Or surprise me positively Nintendo.

If GBA was included then I'd be all over this. But as I've said before, that's for the next version of this in the future.

I still think it's an awfully strange way to go about playing actual Game Boy games for anyone that wants to do that. I can't see why just buying a modded Game Boy Pocket Light or Game Boy Advance SP or whatever isn't a better choice. But, each to their own I guess.

I rather play the real game boy or new Nintendo games instead of supporting the crappy mobile industry

ew. i rather get an actual GBA or GBC then a Mobile device that can run GBA/GBC games.

Nintendo do your thing, C&D although if Nintendo support this, i be very surprised. but i doubt it.

Interesting idea, but the exclusion of GBA compatibility turns me off. It would be a lot easier just to pick a GBA SP (that glorious piece of hardware).

Didn't have the greatest experience with the retron 5 so I'm not interested. I don't really understand the benefit either. Certainly if you have to carry around that contraption and carts you could just carry around an sp and carts.

Don't expect a C&C. Clone consoles are legal.

Yeah...good luck with that.

So there are multiple sizes to accommodate the various Andriod form factors?

AGS-101 seems a far better option.

Come on Nintendo is going to step in and stop this, right?

The levels of illegalness seem deep.

They might want to think about replenishing Retron 5 stock first... Their best all-in-one model is chronically nonexistent on their main website! But yeah, that copied GB button style might be hitting a little TOO close to home.

And of course, there's a GBA SP for this...

Might be good for a few funny reactions, though.

"WOAH, DUDE, what's with that ancient brick your phone is sitting in? Did you mix the two together by time traveling here on a DeLorean!?"

"Ooh, ooh, I get it! Make portable gaming great again!"

"...Is that white thing telling me what you're smoking?"

@Warruz there are very few android phones that support type C USB.

Agreed, I just happen to have one
crosses fingers for a usb-C version

@Tsurii if the price is correct, this would be cheaper. Finding a AGS-101 for cheap (that is not beat to hell) is quite hard, I spent a little under $100 for a completely cleaned up one with a new shell. Let's not also forget that this would most likely offer save states and the ability to have your games "sleep".

It's too bad they can't partner directly with Nintendo on this. I feel a cease and desist approaching

Aw, I was actually really interested in this product. I thought it was going to connect via Bluetooth. I don't have a micro USB port on my current phone. Maybe in the final version.

@Damo And that leaves out people with midrange Android Phones or people who just bought a new phone last year. Type-C is nice but it isn't used by other phone beyond the top tier of devices. Given the fact that Gear VR uses USB 2.0 for its interface port, it is understandable that this group would go with a set standard that can be used on more than just the top tier of devices.

Will it work with my Galaxy S4?

What a ripoff. Why not just emulate it on your phone/tablet for free? If you really want to play it on actual hardware then game boys are dirt cheap online....... What a scam. Hoping Nintendo stops them.

This thing is atrocious. Just get a real gameboy, geeze...

this looks cool byt I only got a GBC and GBA with mostly pokemon games.

the 2 GBC games I got crystal and silver lol

@Tsurii Oh yes, unofficial Gameboy hardware is so legit....