PQube Is Bringing The Hyperkin SmartBoy To Europe

I see this will work on the Sony Xperia XZ Premium. Excellent!

I know GameBoy games are not overly complex, but that phone is equipped with the latest SnapDragon 835 processor and 4GB of RAM to boot.

@Alundra-1998 Where did you read that? I also own an XZ Premium and would love this little gadget.

This seems like a niche market. You need a samsung phone, original and working GB cartridges AND you need to be willing to spend 60£ on a device to have pretty much the same experience as a gameboy. BUT if you have original GB games, you most likely have the gameboy with it... I know I do.

@Akropolon I think I was making an assumption considering our phone IS one of the new USB Type-C devices.
So I definitely have some hopes that it will be available to us!

@Akropolon Oh and you get a Like for owning THAT phone.

#SonyFanClubFTW

@AlexOlney @Damo Damo's right, it is a step forward for Samsung which could lead to more phones being supported. It won't be long before this little bit of kit is setting all phones on fire

@Rhaoulos That's what I was thinking. I guess I am part of that niche market though. I'll keep an eye on it, maybe I can pick it up once it's in the bargain bin. I have an AGS-101, but the screen on my OLED Samung is still nicer

I bought one at E3, they were selling it early there for $50. It's really awesome!

@Alundra-1998 Nintendo will not allow Nintendo Games on a Sony Product.

Could someone please tell me why this device even exists?

I mean, sure, cool, you can play Game Boy games on your phone. Why would you want to, though? I mean, you could buy a Game Boy Advance SP for cheaper, it takes up about as much space in your bag/pocket as the Smartboy would, and you need the original cartridges anyway. Oh, and the Smartboy drains your phone, which the SP doesn't do, and that one even plays GBA games.

So why would anybody buy this?

@Krisi

The ability to use actual Gameboy cartridges with it is more of a fun little novelty feature, but most people interested are probably planning to use it mainly as an all-around controller that has the convenience of attaching to the phone (most Bluetooth phone controllers either don't attach to the phone, or rely on an awkward hinge). Being part of the mobile accessory partnership program, it's pretty much guaranteed to have the inputs recognized by the vast majority of programs available on phones.

Also, according to their website, it can also load GBC and GBA games. So its loading ability is slightly more versatile than just the original Gameboy games.

This is absolute garbage.

I'll admit it's a lot more handy than the GB Player on my GameCube.

@Alundra-1998 you gonna need every bit of that ram too. 😉

@Damo Personally the SmartBoy's apparent ties to Samsung branded phones is a sale killer for me. Samsung may be the most popular Android phone maker but unfortunately not the best. It's still astounding that they fill their phones with such heavy bloatware and Android skins (Touchwiz) and are surprised their customer's suffer lag so quick. HTC, LG and Sony offer better day to day user experiences IMO.

This is from someone who got a new Samsung a year ago only to found it was slower & laggier than his much older HTC within a week (hardware stats mean nothing if the software running it is poor).