Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Bubblegum Chromatic Retro gaming is bigger than ever, and as old hardware has started to break down, modern recreations of (or direct modifications to) original systems have become increasingly popular. The market for these future-ized consoles is absolutely alive and kicking, with the likes of, say, a discs-first machine like the Polymega, or Analogue’s line of high-end FPGA cartridge devices like the Super Nt and Mega Sg, and even software emulation-based offerings like the RetroPie and Hyperkin’s rather affordable—yet somewhat middling—RetroN boxes. What to do with all those beautiful, tiny Game Boy titles in your dusty collection, though? Well, we’ve already got the expensive and top-tier Analogue Pocket to contend with, which I’m going to be reviewing very soon, actually.
But are there any worthy competitors? It seems there is now. Sort of. Spearheaded by annoyingly smart and productive Oculus VR creator Palmer Luckey, throwback company ModRetro is bringing out the very vaporwave Chromatic, an allegedly faithful yet upgraded portable ode to both the pioneering Game Boy and its slightly less green-screened successor, the Game Boy Color.
Like the Analogue Pocket, the Chromatic will use FPGA hardware emulation, which means a (possible) complete compatibility with all GB and GBC cartridges in those respective libraries. Trust me, that’s a lot of games. Probably close to 2,000 in total.
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