It's simpler than you think! The link cable protocol is just standard SPI. You can communicate with a GameBoy with an Arduino or a Raspberry Pi over link cable. It would be tough (but still possible) to implement an emulated program communicating over an SPI port, but easier with an FPGA to achieve.
Afak, Revo consoles like the K101 Plus have link cables since years ago. Not all Revo models work with real GBA though. It was the best solution for most people until the Analog Pocket released, since just like the Pocket it's a clone console and it's not depending on emulation. And for the price, if you cannot afford an Analog one, you could get a Revo K101 Plus for a fifth of what Analog is asking. Is not as good, but is a nice second choice.
@@MakeOrBreakSociety I really liked digital foundry’s comprehensive technical review, but it’s not fair to compare more regular game review channels to them anyway
For anyone curious about FPGA technology, the best way I can describe it simply is "programmable hardware." Essentially, FPGA allows you to design a hardware system in a software environment and write that system to your FPGA, effectively replicating your design using actual hardware. The resulting hardware is much more efficient than software emulating its setup could ever be. If I had to take a stab at why this thing's got two FPGAs, I would assume they're configured in a cascading fashion where the first FPGA is actively manipulating the hardware setup of the second depending on which console needs to be replicated. While I've never heard of such a thing being done before, I would imagine it's possible and can see where it makes sense to do so in this scenario: the second FPGA would be more efficient if solely dedicated to replicating just one console at a time. All that being said, this second paragraph is just speculation, so take it with a grain of salt. In summary, the idea of using FPGA to create upgraded versions of classic consoles is genius because of their efficiency and flexibility when it comes to replicating hardware. Having never heard of Analogue before this video I'll definitely be doing more research into them and kicking myself for not coming up with something like this first.
Jeez. First video I've seen, this is brilliant. I love you've got some nice laid back presentation going on, makes it far easier to watch than a super serious techy channel! Lovely stuff, cheers!
I fell off the boat with watching your channel, but I'm excited about the pocket so I decided to watch this. Fantastic video! Very informative and great production value. I already have this pre-ordered but I'm all the more excited now. Thanks so much!
The fact that it comes with GB Studio is amazing. I'm really looking forward to the games people create using it, I've already seen a GB version of Zelda 1 & it's awesome. If I owned one of these I'd have to have the different attachments like Game Gear, Atari Lynx, & PC Engine
@@samaki16 "back in stock" means you can secure an order and get it in 2023+ Yes atm. But yes I know I placed my order seconds after it went life yesterday, I should be in the first group to get it in the spring next year
@@CASyHD. I had to wait 40 mins after it went live to order cuz I had to get my money together since it was the day before I got paid. I'm praying 40 mins didn't put me in the Q4 group ... God plz
Sat here watching all the reviews on youtube, despite not having a pre-order and owning several modded gameboys yet still lusting after this. Absolutely loved this one Elliot, was a breath of fresh air after some of the standard techy reviews. Classic Retro Future content.
Ok, so I'm deeply satisfied that this is a product that exists for the niche it fills. It's unfortunately a bit too pricey to justify vs something like a 351MP for me personally.
I was hoping for metal, especially given the price. But seeing more reviews on it, it's actually a marvel that they got it down to the price that they did, plus the metal would have likely made it heavier and less comfortable for long sessions.
While I do love the software dive that Modern Vintage Gamer did, the deep dive into the hardware that you have done is what im more into and definitely interested in. This device is much more amazing than I initially thought after MVG's video just from my understanding. This thing is COOL!
FPGA stands for Field Programmable Gate Array. Basically, they represent a massive collection of individual logic gates that can be linked together to replicate other hardware. In other words, you can program an FPGA chip to actually physically BECOME another processor. This is different from emulation in the sense that emulation can only simulate other hardware, and sometimes inaccurately.
Unless they plan to make this stuff run more demanding tasks than retro 2d games, I don't really see a point in using FPGA. Emulators for these handhelds are pretty much 1 to 1 in terms of accuracy these days, and can be run on a toaster. It's overdesigned for what it's made for, and you won't be able to run any games past the GBA era since it would require at least an analog stick. It's like buying an rtx3090 to play n64 games.
Man i had no idea this thing had so many features. The dock and the turbo graphics adapter are the sweetest part of the deal for me look forward to your future videos on thoese.
In case anyone doesn’t know an FPGA is a programmable gate/logic array that lets you essentially program, and then run, at a logic gate level any processor design(GA gate array). Unlike emulation which only interprets the old processor instructions onto the new one, an FPGA runs the program calls on bare mental at a gate level. This can be done on a general purpose CPU too but they are too slow for real-time. This still can have bugs, processor and chip design for the GBA, etc are not published and open source, but most of the older microchips have been completely reversed engineered so compatibility should be very good and patches can always be made. This needs 2 most likely to enable the clever features like save states where the second FPGA most likely injects data into the first one. These chips are quite expensive so the base cost on this is actually very reasonable IMO. Field Programmable Gate Arrays can be found in many relatively low production, low latency (video, audio, communications, etc) applications. Definitely going to try to pick one up if I can. Everything I’ve been looking for.
Elliot, I really think you are one of the most qualified TH-camrs to do a direct comparison between the pocket and the very best modded version of a GBA. I hope to see you do a video on that and I bet I'm not alone. Cheers!
I have no clue why but before the video I was thinking about the game boy peripherals and if it worked the pocket and weirdly said yes when Elliot said it works with the sewing machine. By the way, Great job Analogue team and amazing video Elliot!
Consider the following: Out of the box, the Analogue Pocket comes rigged up to run Gameboy, Gameboy Color, and Gameboy Advance games with no need for any adapters. However, optional adapters are sold for it which allow it to play GameGear, Lynx, and Neo Geo Pocket and Neo Geo Pocket Color games with possibly more in the works. So, if you have a particularly large library of old portable cartridges and for more than just the Gameboy line, this may be good to replace aging systems to keep playing these games off the legitimate cartridges.
Ace video, really nice work Elliot. Really chuffed I managed to get my pre-order in on the new window today. Don't care if it ends up taking til 2023! This is a great piece to have for any enthusiast and you did it justice.
This thing had my mouth watering but I think I'll never be able to afford it in this life between the price of the console itself and the high price of each retro cartdrige. They're kinda hard to come by in my case because it's hard to collect retro games when you're 22 and most of the stuff I want to collect is from a time where I wasn't even planned so pretending to be 45 instead of 22 can only go so much. Have fun for me too M'Dudes. I'll just keep making googly eyes at the reviews trying to seduce the handheld.
All of their other devices have been 'mysteriously' hacked to play games off the SD card soon after launch, or you can use an Everdrive. But yeah I don't think I can justify this one.
@@frostedbutts4340 Between the adapters,the cables and the cartdriges to buy second hand where the shipping costs are often more than said cartdrige I think I'll have to take out a loan from my bank. I think I'll pass.
I got mine just in time before Christmas and I am loving it. Yes, for 90% of the people a cheaper Emulation Device (like the Anbernic RG 351V) would be totally sufficient, but boy, no comparison to the Analogue Pocket. Truly the Rolls-Royce of Retro-Handhelds ♥
I definitely sighed up for preorder, this is definitely a must have device, I have GB GBA Sega Game Gear games in my collection and this just makes since, love your videos Elliot and have done some mods to my own systems because of your videos.
@@Not-Great-at-Gaming I was more concerned, looking at the past year of Twitter posts they'd been making with supposed GIFs of gameplay, that it was entirely fictional. Some of the GIFs were displaying common software emulation bugs that had been fixed a decade ago. Either their hardware just so happened to reproduce those bugs in the state it was in at the time, or they were fabricating their promotional material. That said, I haven't looked at Twitter in months (and I'm better off for it), so they may have started showing actual footage a while ago and I just don't know about it.
A small company producing real premium hardware (plus software) at *any* production level, let alone at the demand there is for Analogue products, is much, much more difficult than you guys realize.
@@NoobixCube The gifs they posted have always been just done in software for as long as I've seen. Don't think they've ever actually grabbed real footage from one of their units.
I’m so glad that this isn’t a limited edition product. I bought a GBA SP Unhinged, which I still love, but it does mean that I need to wait a bit to justify a Pocket as well.
@@filippodiciocchis1276 Tbh it's pretty easy to mod a 3DS, but there's a special feeling to actually putting a cartridge into a device and playing it that way. I still have no regrets about buying the upgraded SP Unhinged :D
@@worldsboss yeah I know I have done it by myself a few years ago, it still works I have an Old 3DS, lovely machine even if the glossy colour is a bit tacky compared to the other versions 😅
I would enjoy a GBA Device more, than a GBC Design. What pisses me off is that it requires real cartridges and don't allow backups. There are multiple reasons. First real cartridges do cost a lot, especially rarer ones. Everdrives or similar flashcards do cost some money and an import might be nessesary. Using and creating backups would be nice. First people don't need to carry around all games, they might want to play. Creating backups can be nice on multiple reasons. First one is obvious. I can create backups to maybe expand the archives, because I have a special card. I can save my saves. Maybe I want to change the battery and don't want to worry about it too much. It also allows to have multiple saves. The chip itself looks like the real shit. I just recently saw a video based on that chip in a retro station. The problem was, everything was out of stock and I wasn't able to make a picture on what I need to spend. It allowed more consoles and it run on Roms. I want something from both. I want a device that can run originals but I also want to play pirated games. Let's be real. There are some good games that wouldn't get Re released. Just look what Nintendo official gave people via several VCs and look on how big the library is. Also not everyone is around anymore. It's not like don't want to give them money. Buying used doesn't give the developers any money.
The whole cartridge required thing really sucked to hear and I can’t help but think this shoots analogue in the foot. Hoping the emulation community can figure out how to bypass this
Big reason why I modded my GBA to an AGS-101 backlit screen. So I can play every GameBoy type game on it with a comfortable device that works for my big hands. lol This does look cool though, but for sure is too rich for my blood.
On one of the chips on the motherboard it has altera written on it and altera was the name of a space company from subnautica and beneath it it has Cyclops written on it which was a name of a submarine from subnautica just thought it was funny
Okay, I love this device and all, but can you please tell me what kind of pocket knife that is? I've seen you use it a couple of times and it looks really nice.
So, saying it's 500 dollars is a lot bit facetious. It's 220 for the base model, and that will play GB, GBC, and GBA out of the box. It's another 30 per module which, frankly, while cool, I don't see a whole lot of people getting this for the Game Boy family of games rushing to grab the TurboGrafx-16 module. Now, I could understand wanting to grab the dock, which will allow you to use this on a TV, that's another 100 dollars, which, I will admit is a non-insignificant price increase
Got mine 3 weeks ago, and to be honnest... I'm playing mainly SNES games on it. It's just incredible. The screen is gorgeous, absolutly no input lag, and every roms I tried worked perfectly. Playing perfect emulation (material emulation) SNES on a handled device is a dream come true. I'm in love with it. Things to improve: The plastic is not that high end, it could be better. The D-Cross is a challenge to master. The battery lasts around 4/5 hours maximum, it could have been better. More grids/effects on SNES emulation would be greatly appreciated (I hope it comes).
So the analogy at 5:30 isn't correct; the screen resolution of the Gameboy being 160x144 gives a total pixel count of 23,040; the analogue has a screen resolution of 1600x1440, which gives a pixel count of 2,304,000. So if we wanted to use the physical comparison with the printed sheets, you'd need ten rows of ten images, since the resolution is being increased vertically AND horizontally.
Retrogaming is well and alivge and just keeps getting better and better, only a shame that's it is so expensive, but the more products like this there are, the better for consumer choice, what really makes these handhelds stand out to me is cartridge slots, there just something to the feeling of sliding that cartridge in, seing the gameboy logo and the game working as in the original hardware, emulation is so convinient but lack the physical part that makes it fun
i own a software defined radio that can be turned in to almost any radio by software but ive heard of FPGAs but never knew they were like a hardware version of a software defined radio thats neat u can tell it to be any hardware that you want
I can't justify buying this in my head. My gameboy library from my childhood is like 12 games. This is really only for the collectors out there who wanna enjoy their libraries to the fullest. It's crazy cool though. I wish I could be more hyped for this.
I'd say 12 games and the interest to buy another 10 or so that appeal to you even over the course of years is enough to justify a purchase if you think you'll make use of it and enjoy it enough. It hurt me to pre-order it myself so I'm being a bit of a hypocrite but all my Pokemon and Dragon Warrior games have already made me want a polished revisit of my childhood games along with the lust to buy more within reason
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The fact that it has a real functioning link cable port is mind blowing to me.
It's simpler than you think! The link cable protocol is just standard SPI. You can communicate with a GameBoy with an Arduino or a Raspberry Pi over link cable. It would be tough (but still possible) to implement an emulated program communicating over an SPI port, but easier with an FPGA to achieve.
@@Vizimech There is YT video of someone emulating the GBLink protocol to make GB games online: th-cam.com/video/KtHu693wE9o/w-d-xo.html
It would be cooler if the Analogue Pocket had a built-in Game Boy Wireless Adapter.
Afak, Revo consoles like the K101 Plus have link cables since years ago. Not all Revo models work with real GBA though.
It was the best solution for most people until the Analog Pocket released, since just like the Pocket it's a clone console and it's not depending on emulation. And for the price, if you cannot afford an Analog one, you could get a Revo K101 Plus for a fifth of what Analog is asking. Is not as good, but is a nice second choice.
There are a lot of handleds that emulate the GBA and GB with ports that can connecto to OG gameboys.
I had no idea about the developer port on the inside 👁👄👁
After watching your video and then this one my money wants to go on its own to get an AP :')
Retro always was the braver vtuber
hey wulff den 👋
The Embargo lifted and literally everyone posted their videos on this lol
Yep just finished the one by LMG rofl this is the one I wanted
I wish they had more available :(
That's how it works
@@MakeOrBreakSociety I really liked digital foundry’s comprehensive technical review, but it’s not fair to compare more regular game review channels to them anyway
Ikr, MVG has a pretty good in depth review on it.
For anyone curious about FPGA technology, the best way I can describe it simply is "programmable hardware." Essentially, FPGA allows you to design a hardware system in a software environment and write that system to your FPGA, effectively replicating your design using actual hardware. The resulting hardware is much more efficient than software emulating its setup could ever be.
If I had to take a stab at why this thing's got two FPGAs, I would assume they're configured in a cascading fashion where the first FPGA is actively manipulating the hardware setup of the second depending on which console needs to be replicated. While I've never heard of such a thing being done before, I would imagine it's possible and can see where it makes sense to do so in this scenario: the second FPGA would be more efficient if solely dedicated to replicating just one console at a time. All that being said, this second paragraph is just speculation, so take it with a grain of salt.
In summary, the idea of using FPGA to create upgraded versions of classic consoles is genius because of their efficiency and flexibility when it comes to replicating hardware. Having never heard of Analogue before this video I'll definitely be doing more research into them and kicking myself for not coming up with something like this first.
This channel inspired me to buy and mod my own GBA which I will be doing in a few months!
hell yeah! I did mine last year and it's super fun. once you get it set up there's no looking back
I just got a GBA with a backlight!
I made a gbc q5
I did an iPod classic with rockbox
A GBA with a backlit IPS is better than the Analog Pocket for playing GBA games.
Jeez. First video I've seen, this is brilliant. I love you've got some nice laid back presentation going on, makes it far easier to watch than a super serious techy channel!
Lovely stuff, cheers!
Thanks very much!
It's not "10 times the resolution". It's 10 times on each axis. It's 100 times the resolution overall.
"Even turn it into a hair drier... that might not be true" There's nothing that would prevent you from controlling a hairdrier with those GPIO pins
I fell off the boat with watching your channel, but I'm excited about the pocket so I decided to watch this. Fantastic video! Very informative and great production value. I already have this pre-ordered but I'm all the more excited now. Thanks so much!
The fact that it comes with GB Studio is amazing. I'm really looking forward to the games people create using it, I've already seen a GB version of Zelda 1 & it's awesome. If I owned one of these I'd have to have the different attachments like Game Gear, Atari Lynx, & PC Engine
GB version of Zelda 1??? 😦
wth…499$ ? same price of a Last GeN playstation 5 ??
wait…theres no ps5 on sell at any stores…
Man oh man you’re so lucky I’m still trying to find one for retail 😭
@I. C. Weiner I got one thanks to you. Thanks man!
I managed to snag a pre-order when they went live last century. Looking forward to getting it!
So lucky, I was fiddling with accessories and then it went sold out in my cart :/ I pray I can get a Round 1 Pre Order down later today/tomorrow
@@CASyHD. it’s back in stock I just got mine like 30 min ago but in their website
@@samaki16 "back in stock" means you can secure an order and get it in 2023+ Yes atm. But yes I know I placed my order seconds after it went life yesterday, I should be in the first group to get it in the spring next year
@@CASyHD. I had to wait 40 mins after it went live to order cuz I had to get my money together since it was the day before I got paid. I'm praying 40 mins didn't put me in the Q4 group ... God plz
Sat here watching all the reviews on youtube, despite not having a pre-order and owning several modded gameboys yet still lusting after this. Absolutely loved this one Elliot, was a breath of fresh air after some of the standard techy reviews. Classic Retro Future content.
Thanks so much
I do hope they make a version of the back with cart holder so the cartridges stay in more snugly.
Holy crap!!!!!! You got one Elliot?!?! I'm crazy jealous!!
This is by far one of your best videos yet, very impressive production quality and the new set up is looking PENG!!!!!! Nice work El.
Thanks Brandon!
You guys buddies irl? lol
They've collabed in the past
@@EdgarGnz4444 Ok, because one’s a tool, and the other is not.😂
@@EdgarGnz4444 The Retro Future Dodo
6:53 " A lot of people dont know, but GameBoy was actually in stereo "
literally the writing on GameBoy Classic: "Dot Matrix With Stereo Sound"
Ok, so I'm deeply satisfied that this is a product that exists for the niche it fills. It's unfortunately a bit too pricey to justify vs something like a 351MP for me personally.
You should get it honestly
Well, I think the price is more than fair. Just look at the quality. Theres nothing even close to it.
Or just save your money and just emulate it lol
Or just buy it
@@pandurlolgg5780 nah an emulator is better
I was hoping for metal, especially given the price. But seeing more reviews on it, it's actually a marvel that they got it down to the price that they did, plus the metal would have likely made it heavier and less comfortable for long sessions.
For me, the price is comparable to the wii($250 2009 USD ) so 218 is nothing haha
I’ve been waiting 16 months for mine - 2 more days 😭
What i most like in your video is the fact you don't resist in open it, I'm so glad to see its pcb. thanks to show us the inside in.
I just love how big the screen is, considering it just for that.
While I do love the software dive that Modern Vintage Gamer did, the deep dive into the hardware that you have done is what im more into and definitely interested in. This device is much more amazing than I initially thought after MVG's video just from my understanding. This thing is COOL!
FPGA stands for Field Programmable Gate Array. Basically, they represent a massive collection of individual logic gates that can be linked together to replicate other hardware. In other words, you can program an FPGA chip to actually physically BECOME another processor. This is different from emulation in the sense that emulation can only simulate other hardware, and sometimes inaccurately.
Unless they plan to make this stuff run more demanding tasks than retro 2d games, I don't really see a point in using FPGA. Emulators for these handhelds are pretty much 1 to 1 in terms of accuracy these days, and can be run on a toaster. It's overdesigned for what it's made for, and you won't be able to run any games past the GBA era since it would require at least an analog stick. It's like buying an rtx3090 to play n64 games.
if they do an analogue advance i will 100% shell out the money
Man i had no idea this thing had so many features. The dock and the turbo graphics adapter are the sweetest part of the deal for me look forward to your future videos on thoese.
In case anyone doesn’t know an FPGA is a programmable gate/logic array that lets you essentially program, and then run, at a logic gate level any processor design(GA gate array). Unlike emulation which only interprets the old processor instructions onto the new one, an FPGA runs the program calls on bare mental at a gate level. This can be done on a general purpose CPU too but they are too slow for real-time. This still can have bugs, processor and chip design for the GBA, etc are not published and open source, but most of the older microchips have been completely reversed engineered so compatibility should be very good and patches can always be made.
This needs 2 most likely to enable the clever features like save states where the second FPGA most likely injects data into the first one. These chips are quite expensive so the base cost on this is actually very reasonable IMO. Field Programmable Gate Arrays can be found in many relatively low production, low latency (video, audio, communications, etc) applications.
Definitely going to try to pick one up if I can. Everything I’ve been looking for.
Nice. Looking foward already for follow up video.
Man I just found you me stuff today and there are so many of yours that I want to watch lol. I’ll be at this for a few days. Excited for the next one.
Elliot, I really think you are one of the most qualified TH-camrs to do a direct comparison between the pocket and the very best modded version of a GBA. I hope to see you do a video on that and I bet I'm not alone. Cheers!
Opened TH-cam hoping for this exact video... Was not disappointed 🙌
I have no clue why but before the video I was thinking about the game boy peripherals and if it worked the pocket and weirdly said yes when Elliot said it works with the sewing machine. By the way, Great job Analogue team and amazing video Elliot!
lmao I love your enthusiasm in this video hahaha love the funny bits
Finally. I've been following this since it was announced but about a month ago I couldn't find any updates about it.
This thing is absolutely gorgeous. Can't wait for knock off replacement shells
Actually scratch my last comment, this whole vid feels super high quality. Love your work man.
This channel inspired me to spend a lot of money on every game boy I used to own as a child... and now this lol
Consider the following: Out of the box, the Analogue Pocket comes rigged up to run Gameboy, Gameboy Color, and Gameboy Advance games with no need for any adapters. However, optional adapters are sold for it which allow it to play GameGear, Lynx, and Neo Geo Pocket and Neo Geo Pocket Color games with possibly more in the works. So, if you have a particularly large library of old portable cartridges and for more than just the Gameboy line, this may be good to replace aging systems to keep playing these games off the legitimate cartridges.
Mine will arrive on Thursday I believe, can't wait!
Ace video, really nice work Elliot. Really chuffed I managed to get my pre-order in on the new window today. Don't care if it ends up taking til 2023! This is a great piece to have for any enthusiast and you did it justice.
And this gameboy is amazing! I started watching you when i get my first gameboy color :)
You are my favorite gaming youtuber. You are cool,smart, and funny. I wish i have friends like you..
I know damn well what Elliot was looking forward to the most was hooking it up to the sewing machine
The humor is growing on this channel. And a good humor at that. Great video there, Eliott!
The GBA SP was sending its Audio to the Dataconnector aswell. You can pick up an Headphonejack adapter on Amazon for ~8$ .
This thing had my mouth watering but I think I'll never be able to afford it in this life between the price of the console itself and the high price of each retro cartdrige. They're kinda hard to come by in my case because it's hard to collect retro games when you're 22 and most of the stuff I want to collect is from a time where I wasn't even planned so pretending to be 45 instead of 22 can only go so much.
Have fun for me too M'Dudes. I'll just keep making googly eyes at the reviews trying to seduce the handheld.
All of their other devices have been 'mysteriously' hacked to play games off the SD card soon after launch, or you can use an Everdrive. But yeah I don't think I can justify this one.
@@frostedbutts4340 if thats the case I might preorder one but on the fence about risking it
@@natalie_v0.0.1 No harm in waiting imo. They said this isn't a limited run so you can get one later.
@@frostedbutts4340 yeah you’re right I think I’ll wait. I’m just impatient and like new unnecessary gadgets.
@@frostedbutts4340
Between the adapters,the cables and the cartdriges to buy second hand where the shipping costs are often more than said cartdrige I think I'll have to take out a loan from my bank. I think I'll pass.
I got mine just in time before Christmas and I am loving it. Yes, for 90% of the people a cheaper Emulation Device (like the Anbernic RG 351V) would be totally sufficient, but boy, no comparison to the Analogue Pocket. Truly the Rolls-Royce of Retro-Handhelds ♥
Been using GBStudio on and off for a few years now so I look forward to seeing that next video
I definitely sighed up for preorder, this is definitely a must have device, I have GB GBA Sega Game Gear games in my collection and this just makes since, love your videos Elliot and have done some mods to my own systems because of your videos.
I was honestly beginning to wonder if they ACTUALLY had a product to sell.
They have plenty of units for TH-camrs, but not consumers just like NVidia.
@@Not-Great-at-Gaming I was more concerned, looking at the past year of Twitter posts they'd been making with supposed GIFs of gameplay, that it was entirely fictional. Some of the GIFs were displaying common software emulation bugs that had been fixed a decade ago. Either their hardware just so happened to reproduce those bugs in the state it was in at the time, or they were fabricating their promotional material. That said, I haven't looked at Twitter in months (and I'm better off for it), so they may have started showing actual footage a while ago and I just don't know about it.
A small company producing real premium hardware (plus software) at *any* production level, let alone at the demand there is for Analogue products, is much, much more difficult than you guys realize.
Covid+chip shortage+tiny company making premium quality hardware that does new things = Hard Times
@@NoobixCube The gifs they posted have always been just done in software for as long as I've seen. Don't think they've ever actually grabbed real footage from one of their units.
We just got our shipping notification today, can’t wait!
Oh God I totally forgot there was some gameboy games that made that joke banana in your pocket joke until now
I just watched the video because love how you make them 😁
While I already preordered one before seeing this, I was excited to see your take and was pleased to see you reaffirming my thoughts.
Yall remember all teh devices that were supposed to be the Analogue Pocket killers, and then this came out and literally ate everyones lunch.
Imagine taking a Game Boy Camera Photo there and print it out
You printed 3x3 screens, it would actually need 10x10!
Out of all reviews i saw of the AP today, this was the best.
Ah thank you so much
I’m so glad that this isn’t a limited edition product. I bought a GBA SP Unhinged, which I still love, but it does mean that I need to wait a bit to justify a Pocket as well.
I would buy a modded new 3DS and you can emulate almost everything, maybe the screen is not as sharp as this one 😅
@@filippodiciocchis1276 Tbh it's pretty easy to mod a 3DS, but there's a special feeling to actually putting a cartridge into a device and playing it that way. I still have no regrets about buying the upgraded SP Unhinged :D
@@worldsboss yeah I know I have done it by myself a few years ago, it still works I have an Old 3DS, lovely machine even if the glossy colour is a bit tacky compared to the other versions 😅
@@filippodiciocchis1276 The 3DS is another truly fantastic system! I have a lot of love for that one too
So happy you got this! Can't wait for mine!
Crazy price, I wish I had one. But then, I don't even use my game boys.
I would enjoy a GBA Device more, than a GBC Design.
What pisses me off is that it requires real cartridges and don't allow backups. There are multiple reasons. First real cartridges do cost a lot, especially rarer ones. Everdrives or similar flashcards do cost some money and an import might be nessesary. Using and creating backups would be nice. First people don't need to carry around all games, they might want to play. Creating backups can be nice on multiple reasons. First one is obvious. I can create backups to maybe expand the archives, because I have a special card. I can save my saves. Maybe I want to change the battery and don't want to worry about it too much. It also allows to have multiple saves.
The chip itself looks like the real shit. I just recently saw a video based on that chip in a retro station. The problem was, everything was out of stock and I wasn't able to make a picture on what I need to spend. It allowed more consoles and it run on Roms.
I want something from both. I want a device that can run originals but I also want to play pirated games. Let's be real. There are some good games that wouldn't get Re released. Just look what Nintendo official gave people via several VCs and look on how big the library is. Also not everyone is around anymore. It's not like don't want to give them money. Buying used doesn't give the developers any money.
The whole cartridge required thing really sucked to hear and I can’t help but think this shoots analogue in the foot. Hoping the emulation community can figure out how to bypass this
It does though. Digital foundry review goes into it a little.
The physical design of some of these really sell me.
8:10 yeah that level gave me such a hard time for the longest time.
I just got my black one yesterday and all I can say is this thing is fricking amazing!
Big reason why I modded my GBA to an AGS-101 backlit screen. So I can play every GameBoy type game on it with a comfortable device that works for my big hands. lol This does look cool though, but for sure is too rich for my blood.
Best video about the Analog Pocket on the platform. Others are too scared to take it apart!
Finally...we can watch gba video on the highest quality possible
1:23 That bruh made my day. XD
Just refreshing my inbox for that shipping notification
I ordered mines yesterday can’t wait 👍🏿🙏🏿
You know what this won't work with, the Boktai games, since the back of the screen would cover the solar sensor.
Just ordered mine, I got the 8:14 email confirmation which I hope means I’m in the first group!
On one of the chips on the motherboard it has altera written on it and altera was the name of a space company from subnautica and beneath it it has Cyclops written on it which was a name of a submarine from subnautica just thought it was funny
There is only one description for this:
Overprized
I own that knife! The CRKT Snap Lock is just satisfying to use when you come to terms with its sideways opening mechanism
I just got done building my all black boxy pixel GBAsp and now I have to buy this beauty T.T
New angle is sick as is the Pocket
it's basically a portable high end mister
I won't be getting one until they make a GB Boy Colour
GBA SP didnt have a headphone jack? Truly ahead of its time.
great review, can't wait till the next vid :]
Great video as always Elliott
Okay, I love this device and all, but can you please tell me what kind of pocket knife that is? I've seen you use it a couple of times and it looks really nice.
@I. C. Weiner nice. Thnx for the tip!
That display is to die for. Gg lookin forward to the re.
So, saying it's 500 dollars is a lot bit facetious. It's 220 for the base model, and that will play GB, GBC, and GBA out of the box. It's another 30 per module which, frankly, while cool, I don't see a whole lot of people getting this for the Game Boy family of games rushing to grab the TurboGrafx-16 module. Now, I could understand wanting to grab the dock, which will allow you to use this on a TV, that's another 100 dollars, which, I will admit is a non-insignificant price increase
On one hand:
I need it.
On the other hand:
God DAYUM das EXPENSIVE!!
Got mine 3 weeks ago, and to be honnest... I'm playing mainly SNES games on it.
It's just incredible. The screen is gorgeous, absolutly no input lag, and every roms I tried worked perfectly.
Playing perfect emulation (material emulation) SNES on a handled device is a dream come true.
I'm in love with it.
Things to improve: The plastic is not that high end, it could be better. The D-Cross is a challenge to master. The battery lasts around 4/5 hours maximum, it could have been better. More grids/effects on SNES emulation would be greatly appreciated (I hope it comes).
It is pretty funny, that a German TH-cam called alexibexi had made a video with the same theme an hour a go.
The bottom two holes are in fact not “LEDs” its just one LED for power indication the other is an IR Port for gbc games that used this feature.
It's hard to get excited about something you can never get hold of because they're always constantly sold out
It's brand new, of course it can be sold out now, but it probably won't in some time.
Elliot you look awesome with your new looks. Keep the beard!
So the analogy at 5:30 isn't correct; the screen resolution of the Gameboy being 160x144 gives a total pixel count of 23,040; the analogue has a screen resolution of 1600x1440, which gives a pixel count of 2,304,000. So if we wanted to use the physical comparison with the printed sheets, you'd need ten rows of ten images, since the resolution is being increased vertically AND horizontally.
Retrogaming is well and alivge and just keeps getting better and better, only a shame that's it is so expensive, but the more products like this there are, the better for consumer choice, what really makes these handhelds stand out to me is cartridge slots, there just something to the feeling of sliding that cartridge in, seing the gameboy logo and the game working as in the original hardware, emulation is so convinient but lack the physical part that makes it fun
2:00 Grolsch. That's a tasty Dutch beer 🇳🇱👍
This thing destroys buying a NEC turbo express. So much less bulk and all those batteries you will save.
Sweet, wanted to see what this would be like!
i own a software defined radio that can be turned in to almost any radio by software but ive heard of FPGAs but never knew they were like a hardware version of a software defined radio thats neat u can tell it to be any hardware that you want
I can't justify buying this in my head. My gameboy library from my childhood is like 12 games. This is really only for the collectors out there who wanna enjoy their libraries to the fullest.
It's crazy cool though. I wish I could be more hyped for this.
I'd say 12 games and the interest to buy another 10 or so that appeal to you even over the course of years is enough to justify a purchase if you think you'll make use of it and enjoy it enough. It hurt me to pre-order it myself so I'm being a bit of a hypocrite but all my Pokemon and Dragon Warrior games have already made me want a polished revisit of my childhood games along with the lust to buy more within reason
Woah, cool new background.
I'm a little jealous of you right now Elliot.