Imagine a Gameboy on which you can play all the best retro arcade games.
The Super Pocket scratches a mobile gaming itch that phones can't
Forget your phone. Forget Nintendo’s Switch, the Playdate, or any other handheld console. For instant retro on-the-go gaming, it’s hard to beat Evercade’s Super Pocket, a Gameboy-shaped pocket console with a ton of arcade games built in plus a cartridge slot to add more.
"The primary target audience for this product is [parents] who have fond memories of playing arcade games as a child. They may be considering buying it for themselves or their children," Rok Preskar, co-founder of gaming and anime website Ganiming, told Lifewire via email. "PC emulators fail to capture the nostalgic experience of the handheld Game Boy."
There are plenty of gaming emulators out there for playing old classic arcade and console games. You can load old SNES Mario games onto your laptop, play arcade classics like Streetfighter II, all using a period-correct cameo controller (now with the added convenience of Bluetooth). But much like playing the piano on your computer with a mouse and QWERTY keyboard, it just isn’t the same. That’s where the Super Pocket comes in.
