The Dolphin emulator has added support for the Game Boy Player, allowing players to enjoy Game Boy, Game Boy Color, and Game Boy Advance titles on their TV screens.
A hiatus in coverage occurred last December due to seasonal content preparation and personal challenges. New game releases include:
- Dunecrawl: A cooperative game allowing up to four players to traverse a desert landscape on weaponized crabs.
- Feed The Reactor: An incremental clicker game where players feed fuels into a cosmic vortex, unlocking narratives in a bizarre galaxy.
- StarRupture: An early access title where players construct outposts on alien planets while fending off crab-like monsters.
- Death Machine: A pixel-art metroidvania featuring 19 bosses, including at least one eight-legged invertebrate.
- Oddcore: A first-person shooter set in a theme park with bizarre spaces and corporate satire, lacking crab references.
- EvoCreo: A creature-collecting game with over 170 creatures, reminiscent of classic Game Boy Advance titles.
- Ancient Farm: A farming game set in ancient Egypt, featuring historical landscapes and the Acanthothelphusa niloticus.
- Pathologic 3: A narrative-driven game where players have 12 days to save a town from disease, involving quarantines.
The CES hardware tradeshow is currently taking place in Las Vegas, focusing on GPU and RAM prices, new screen technologies, and novelty gadgets.
- 60.8% of respondents use an emulator on their smartphones to play games.
- Emulators cover various platforms from PlayStation to Nintendo.
- Some users do not use emulators due to device limitations or preference for mobile games.
AYANEO announced the Pocket DS, the world's first dual-screen Android handheld, during a livestream. More details will be revealed in another livestream the following day.
The ModRetro Chromatic is the ultimate Game Boy, with an enhanced but authentic screen and exquisite build quality. It only plays Game Boy and Game Boy Color cartridges, replicating the original hardware closely. It has a backlit LCD panel, premium build quality, and a battery indicator. The device has been restocked with new colorways and accessories. The price has been adjusted, making it a pricey option for diehard Game Boy fans. It is considered the ultimate way to play Game Boy cartridges for dedicated collectors.
Clamshell handheld gaming devices like the Anbernic RG34XXSP have become popular due to their unique form factor and affordable prices. These devices run on custom builds of Linux and offer a variety of games up to N64 and Dreamcast. The RG34XXSP features dual sticks for better control and is portable enough to be carried in a pocket without the need for a case or screen protector. These retro handhelds are easy to recommend due to their low cost and variety of form factors.
In 2025, several innovative games have emerged that cater to players without high-end graphics requirements.
- 9 Kings: An early access game focused on base-building and strategy, where players construct armies on limited tiles and face randomized enemies.
- Pipstrello and the Cursed Yoyo: A vibrant adventure game reminiscent of Game Boy Advance titles, featuring real-time combat and puzzles, with a soundtrack by Yoko Shimomura.
- So to Speak: A gamified language learning puzzle game that helps players learn Japanese vocabulary and culture.
- The Roottrees are Dead: An investigative game exploring a plane crash mystery, combining genealogy and drama, now available in a remastered version on Steam.
- Cast N Chill: A relaxing fishing game with pixel art aesthetics, allowing players to catch and document various fish.
- Wizordum: A fast-paced action game that mixes first-person shooter mechanics with spell-slinging, featuring a level editor.
- Glass Cannon: A physics-based puzzle game with roguelike elements, where players shoot at enemies with limited bullets.
- Urban Myth Dissolution Center: A psychic investigator game with retro aesthetics and a narrative inspired by Japanese horror.
- Chronicles of the Wolf: A side-scrolling action game set during the Beast of Gévaudan attacks, reminiscent of classic titles like Castlevania.
- Desktop Survivors 98: A survival game featuring Clippy in a whimsical digital landscape, paying homage to early computing days.
aPS3e is an open-source PS3 emulator for Android based on RPCS3. It requires a powerful device for smooth performance and does not support all PS3 games. It supports decrypted PKG and ISO files for games. Controls can be configured using touch controls or a controller. Performance settings can be adjusted to improve gameplay. Custom drivers can be installed for a performance boost.
- Fans have been clamoring for an English version of Mother 3 since its release in 2006
- Enthusiasts translated the game into English and released a patch in 2008
- Game Boy Advance emulation is easy on Android phones and TV boxes
- Super Robot Wars Alpha Gaiden was fan-translated for the PS1
- Ace Combat 3: Electrosphere had a different version in Japan with more content
- Policenauts, directed by Hideo Kojima, was fan-translated years after its release
- Tear Ring Saga, a spiritual successor to Fire Emblem, received an English translation patch in 2016
- King's Field, Monster Hunter, Namco x Capcom, and Marvelous are other Japan-only games that received fan translations.
