This week, Retroid Pocket Flip 2 specs are out, the Legion Go S disappoints, and we try to decipher what AYANEO is doing before reminiscing over a PictoChat clone on the iPhone and discussing the benefits of having a personal videogame shopper in Japan, and Brendon’s experience with the black Miyoo Flip.
Links and Show Notes
Introducing NPC XL - More NPC, Every Week
- NPC: Next Portable Console is now weekly for everyone. Enjoy a new episode packed with handheld gaming news and other topics every Tuesday.
- We’re introducing NPC XL, a brand-new, members-only version of NPC with extra content, available exclusively through our new Patreon at $5/month.
- The video version of NPC will be published here going forward and includes all of the show’s back catalog as well as bonus material.
- NPC is joining the (awesome) TWG Discord server with a dedicated channel for community feedback and participation.
Follow-Up
- Quiet Retro Handhelds
The Latest Portable Gaming News
- New details about the Retroid Pocket Flip 2
- https://liliputing.com/retroid-pocket-flip2-is-a-faster-handheld-game-console-with-upgraded-controllers/
- Legion Go S reviews
- Lenovo Legion Go S review an overpriced, underachieving handheld
- Lenovo Legion Go S review feels good, plays bad
- Federico’s handheld update
- AYANEO is teasing a new version of the Pocket Micro
- https://x.com/AYANEO__/status/1892869316410036575
- Speculation is it’s a version with no analog sticks - https://liliputing.com/ayaneo-classic-will-probably-be-a-tiny-gaming-handheld-with-simplified-controllers/
- AYANEO kills its Flip
- AYANEO says the Flip handheld isn’t cancelled after all
- Epilogue Operator news
- The SN Operator from Epilogue is close to taking pre-orders, and the company is working on a 64 Operator. Plus Game Boy Camera support for the original operator is close.
- The Game Boy Camera as a Webcam
- Interesting project to make Windows better on handhelds
Topics
- PicoChat or PictoChat Can You Tell the Difference - MacStories
- A visit to the in Kyoto
- Brendon’s thoughts on the black Miyoo Flip
Credits
Show Art: Brendon Bigley Music: Will LaPorte
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