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FPGA retro gaming has transformed how we experience classic consoles on modern displays. Analogue leads this movement with consoles that faithfully recreate original hardware without emulation. Our team tested the best Analogue retro consoles to help you find the perfect match for your gaming collection. The Analogue brand has become synonymous with premium FPGA-based gaming. … Read more

I still remember unboxing my NES Classic Edition in 2016 and being completely sold on the tiny replica. Then Nintendo discontinued it two years later, and suddenly these things were selling for three times retail on eBay. That’s exactly the problem that pushed me down this rabbit hole of testing every NES classic alternative I … Read more

Some of my fondest gaming memories involve sitting cross-legged on the living room floor, SNES controller in hand, grinding through Chrono Trigger for the fifth time. The Super Nintendo produced some of the greatest 16-bit games ever made, and the good news is you do not need a bulky CRT TV and yellowed original hardware … Read more

I grew up blowing into cartridges to get Sonic running, so when the first wave of Sega Genesis mini consoles hit shelves, I ordered one within an hour of the announcement. Since then, our team has unboxed, tested, and gamed through dozens of retro consoles across living rooms, dorm rooms, and even a few arcade … Read more

Our team spent the last 60 days putting 12 retro handhelds with OLED screens through their paces, and the difference between a great display and a merely good one is something you only notice when you go back-to-back. We ran the same Game Boy Advance, SNES, N64, and PlayStation 2 titles on every unit, recorded … Read more

Finding the best retro handhelds for N64 emulation has become one of the most discussed topics in the retro gaming community, and for good reason. The N64 library is notoriously difficult to emulate because the console used a unique MIPS architecture that demands serious processing power to run accurately. Most cheap handhelds handle Gameboy and … Read more

I have spent the last 14 months carrying a different handheld PC in my backpack almost every week, running benchmarks on trains, in airport lounges, and on my couch when the TV was taken. The best Windows handheld gaming PCs in are not just smaller laptops anymore, they are a genuinely new category that sits … Read more

I have spent the better part of two years testing handheld gaming devices for emulation, loading everything from NES classics to demanding GameCube and PS2 titles across Windows, Linux, and Android platforms. The search for the best handheld gaming PCs for emulation in comes down to one question: what console generations do you want to … Read more

I still remember the thrill of blowing into a cartridge to make my favorite game work. That nostalgia hit hard last month when my nephew asked for a “real” gaming device instead of another phone game. So I went hunting for the best retro gaming handhelds under 50 dollars I could find on Amazon in … Read more

I tested 10 of the most popular Switch 2 carrying cases over six weeks, dropping them from desk height, shoving them into backpacks, and pulling my console in and out dozens of times. After all that time, I can tell you which cases actually protect your $350+ Nintendo Switch 2 and which ones just look … Read more