First projects are for learning—fail forward, build habits and foundations. A flawless handheld NES on ESP32 as a first embedded build made me equal parts jealous and impressed. Emulator was rewritten ...

If you’re into handheld gaming, you’ve got a wide array of hardware options to choose from these days that are capable of running everything from console classics to full-fledged PC titles. But that ...

The MagicX Zero 40 turns an aging Android operating system into the best Nintendo DS emulation handheld on the market. It's not great for anything else, but it beats the original hardware in ...

Anbernic is a well-known emulation handheld manufacturer. But the emulation handheld space is a cut-throat pirate-filled sea and several releases happen a year. So, it’s seldom the case that one ...

Retro gaming handhelds have come a long way in the past few years, but there’s still one big sticking point: the setup. Every time a new handheld comes in for review, I have to spend hours installing ...

The Nintendo DS is one of the toughest consoles to emulate, for an obvious reason. It’s the two screens. This is even an issue with ports. Some developers avoid the problem by mushing everything ...

The MagicX Zero 40 is an upcoming handheld game console that’s expected to sell for $75. It has relatively modest specs including a 1.8 GHz quad-core ARM Cortex-A53 processor, Imagination PowerVR ...