The return of the GAME BOY at CES 2018

The Game Boy portable console will be back thanks to Hyperkin who is taking advantage of CES 2018 to announce this good news to the fans. The company is not at its first attempt and we have already seen previous initiatives on its part to resuscitate the small portable console in different forms. Surfing the wave of retrogaming that has the wind in its sails, Hyperkin announces great news to Big N aficionados. Previously, Hyperkin has unveiled a device to turn its Android smartphone Gameboy. An adapter is proposed to insert his smartphone with the game cartridges and the famous console buttons are present to reinforce the feeling of having the real console in the hands. This time the firm goes even further by announcing its "Ultra Game Boy", a complete device that no longer requires a smartphone for its smooth operation reports Gizmodo.

we go into the heart of the subject by talking about its design, the Ultra Game Boy is made of aluminum and the controller is identical, the console has a color LCD and backlit LCD that can be disabled according to the desire of the players . The cartridge player is of course part of the game to play all the games on the console, provided you have obviously. The console has a battery and the manufacturer announces up to 6 hours of battery life, a USB-C connector can connect to its charger, stereo speakers are integrated to do nothing to spoil the experience.

Regarding the availability of the product, it is a question of a release in the summer of 2018 for a price which is around a hundred dollars. No doubt the latter will find its audience to an audience in search of nostalgia. Finally, Nintendo is also considering a Game Boy Classic Mini. The Japanese is riding on the success of his previous retrogaming initiatives as with the SNES Classic Mini for example.