Portable

Gaming on the go takes the spotlight in the Portable category, where handheld consoles deliver big experiences in compact form. From the Game Boy and PSP to obscure imports and modern throwbacks, explore the evolution of portable play. Whether it’s quick sessions or deep adventures, these systems prove that great gaming doesn’t need a TV.

Portable
Game Boy Carry All by Nexoft / Asciiware

Game Boy Carry All by Nexoft / Asciiware The Nexoft Gameboy Carry All was something I was seriously wanting to add to the portable storage article I wrote a while back, but I couldn’t manage to win one off ebay until recently. Although I’ve never seen one out in the wild I wouldn’t consider these storage cases to be rare, but they seem […]

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Aftermarket Game Boy Color Housing

Aftermarket Game Boy Color Housing Looking at the image above you may find it difficult to tell which one is the authentic yellow Game Boy Color and which has an aftermarket replacement housing. The authentic yellow is on the right and the aftermarket is on the left, but once you look a little closer the differences start to become apparent. […]

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Video Game Storage 4: Portable Organizers

Video Game Storage 4: Portable Organizers I thought I was done with Video Game Storage Part 3, but I was wrong. Only recently did it occur to me that I completely overlooked one of my absolute favorite organizing sets: Portable! When I check a thrift store I often check the backpacks and purses or handbags, as the thrift store employees aren’t […]

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Retro Rechargeables

Retro Rechargeables Like many vintage gaming fans, my first portable system was the Nintendo Game Boy. What I didn’t realize at the time was just how power hungry the little thing was, like a portable video game dictator. As the frequency of “Mom (or Dad), I need batteries for my Game Boy!” reached a fevered pitch, my […]

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Game Boy Screen Magnifiers

Game Boy Screen Magnifiers After my last article I decided to pull out all of my screen magnifiers and give them a run through, to see if they were truly as horrible as I remember them being. Now I’m not knocking their ability to magnify the screen, I’m actually complaining about their wildly varying and not so useful attempts […]

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NUBY Game Light for Nintendo Game Boy

NUBY Game Light for Nintendo Game Boy For the past 6 months or so I’ve had a neat little peripheral sitting in a drawer that I wanted to use so bad, but due to the state of corrosion on the battery contacts I packed it away and never really bothered with it. The overall condition wasn’t bad so when I saw it […]

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