Patrick O'Rourke is XDA's News Editor and Entertainment Segment Lead. Previously, he was Pocket-lint's Editor-in-Chief, the Editor-in-Chief of Canadian tech publication MobileSyrup, and earlier in his ...

Perhaps it was my New Year-induced fever or simply the pull of nostalgia, but playing through Dragonyhm felt like discovering a long-lost hidden gem among the sea of Game Boy Color titles released for ...

Despite a few niggles, the Modretro Chromatic gaming handheld is one of my favourite gaming devices of all time. With the recent resurgence of handheld gaming consoles, it's no surprise that retro ...

Back in 1998, when Hit Me Baby One More Time was on the radio every 20 minutes and N64 owners were playing tunes in Hyrule on Ocarina of Time, Nintendo launched the Game Boy Colour – and 26 years ...

I’ve been using the Modretro Chromatic for a month, and as someone who loves retro gaming from the 90s and early 2000s, I’ve got the expertise to assess the Chromatic’s biggest achievements and its ...

Over the past few weeks, the spare time in my life has felt consumed by one thing: handheld retro gaming. As someone who grew up sitting on the school bus playing games like The Legend of Zelda: ...

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Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. is a senior editor and founding member of The Verge who covers gadgets, games, and toys. He spent 15 years ...

Gaming used to be simple. We didn’t used to have the hassle of day one patches, of online multiplayer and subscription access, let alone FOMO-inducing battle passes. There was a purity, a focus, ...

The ModRetro Chromatic captured the hearts of retro enthusiasts and those who grew up playing the Game Boy and Game Boy Colour. Still, after its initial launch in late 2024, the pixel-perfect handheld ...

There's a new (ish) retro console on the block. The ModRetro Chromatic had a soft launch last year but is now "permanently in stock" for consumers. This is another machine that runs Game Boy and Game ...

When the ModRetro Chromatic was first announced, it instantly grabbed my attention. As a huge fan of both the original Nintendo DMG Game Boy and the Game Boy Color, the prospect of a premium 2024 ...