A cartridge among the pigeons
ANALOGUE POCKET
It’s 30 years since the Nintendo Game Boy arrived, but if you still love
the authentic experience of original cartridges, Analogue Pocket gives
you a better way to play. This handheld handles the entire Game Boy,
Game Boy Color and Game Boy Advance back catalogue on its 3.5in
1600x1440 615ppi display. The buttons are mappable, there are stereo
speakers, and it charges via USB-C. Want to head beyond Nintendo?
There’s a built-in synth/sequencer and adapters are planned for a
range of other systems’ cartridges, including Sega Game Gear and Atari
Lynx. And when you want some big-screen action, you’ll be able to drop
it into a dock (sold separately), grab a Bluetooth controller and go crazy.
$199 / analogue.co
Kindle surprise
AMAZON KINDLE KIDS EDITION
When their alternatives are playing FIFA, learning a new dance from
Fortnite or riding an e-scooter while vaping, it can be difficult to
convince kids to read a book. But show them something that looks
like technology and they’ll be 300 pages into Anna Karenina before
you know it. That’s why Amazon has made the Kindle Kids Edition: a 6in
e-reader with an adjustable front light and loads of sprog-friendly
features, such as achievement badges and definitions shown over
difficult words. Like its kids’ tablets, Amazon will replace it if anything
happens in the first two years, so no worries if it’s run over by
a two-wheeled vape addict.
£100 / amazon.co.ukAstro Golf
£1.89 / Android O £1.99 / iOSWhen you think of someone playing ‘sport’
with planets, it’s usually a colossal alien
potting them into black holes, like Ronnie
O’Sullivan crossed with Galactus. But Astro
Golf is far more sedate, as you smack a ball
between planets in a single-screen solar
system that whirls off to somewhere new
when you complete a hole.
With its minimalist vibe, drag-based
controls and endless nature, there’s more
than a hint of mobile classic Desert Golfing
about this title. But it differentiates itself
through endearingly bonkers gravity-aided
ball-smackage (slingshots aplenty!) and
an entertainingly tricky ‘hard’ mode that
forces you to get a hole in one in order to
progress – every single time.DROP
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