The Analogue Pocket has been a revelation for many retro game fans. Although modern consoles like the Nintendo Switch have since blurred the line between home-based and handheld gaming, there's still a great amount of affection for that era when all things Game Boy brought portable play to the masses. For the longest time, however, a reliable way to play original, Colour and Advance cartridges didn’t exist outside of using the original hardware – that is until the Analogue Pocket arrived on scene.
I've had my hands on one for just over a year now, and can confidently say that it's now my go-to way to experience all three Game Boy eras, and one of the best retro consoles I've used. This is primarily because Analogue's products use a chip based on a unique technology called FGPA (Field Programmable Gate Array), which circumvents the need to emulate games. Rather, the Analogue Pocket looks and feels just as great to play as Nintendo's handhelds ever did as it actually reads game files off the cartridge.
