By Emma Boyle
Despite the success of the Switch, Nintendo’s older consoles have seen a resurgence in interest recently. With the NES and the SNES Classic Mini proving immensely popular, it’s unsurprising that fans are wondering which classic console will be re-released next.
It turns out it’ll be the Game Boy. It just won’t be Nintendo that releases it. Peripherals manufacturer Hyperkin has revealed its own revamped Game Boy at CES 2018 and says it plans to have it on sale later this year.
The device is still in development, so for now Hyperkin has dubbed it the Ultra Game Boy, which actually seems to be a very fair description. Though it’s certainly recognisable as a Game Boy (actually it reminds us more of the compact Game Boy Color design than the original Game Boy), it improves on it in a few different ways.
Game on
Instead of a bright plastic casing, for example, Hyperkin’s model has a slick aluminium case. The volume and contrast dials that appeared on the original will also feature here, but they’ll be joined by a third dial that’ll be used to adjust the new backlit LCD display. Not a fan of the modern backlight? Don’t worry, …read more
Source:: techradar.com – Gaming
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