This week, Retroid Pocket Flip 2 specs are out, the Legion Go S disappoints, and we try to decipher what AYANEO is doing before reminiscing over a PictoChat clone on the iPhone and discussing the benefits of having a personal videogame shopper in Japan, and Brendon’s experience with the black Miyoo Flip.

Links and Show Notes

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Follow-Up

• Quiet Retro Handhelds
• Anbernic RG Cube
• TrimUI Brick
• Miyoo Flip

The Latest Portable Gaming News

• New details about the Retroid Pocket Flip 2
• https://liliputing.com/retroid-pocket-flip2-is-a-faster-handheld-game-console-with-upgraded-controllers/
• Legion Go S reviews
• Lenovo Legion Go S review an overpriced, underachieving handheld
• Lenovo Legion Go S review feels good, plays bad
• Federico’s handheld update
• Sold: - ROG Flow Z13-ACRNM RMT02
• See: MacStories Unwind Godzilla vs. Ticci’s Surprise, Part 2
• AYANEO is teasing a new version of the Pocket Micro
• https://x.com/AYANEO__/status/1892869316410036575
• Speculation is it’s a version with no analog sticks - https://liliputing.com/ayaneo-classic-will-probably-be-a-tiny-gaming-handheld-with-simplified-controllers/
• AYANEO kills its Flip
• AYANEO says the Flip handheld isn’t cancelled after all
• Epilogue Operator news
• The SN Operator from Epilogue is close to taking pre-orders, and the company is working on a 64 Operator. Plus Game Boy Camera support for the original operator is close.
• The Game Boy Camera as a Webcam
• I Used a Game Boy Camera for FaceTime Video Calls in iPadOS 17 and It Was Glorious
• Interesting project to make Windows better on handhelds
• Winhanced Brings SteamOS-Like Experience to Windows Handhelds - Retro Handhelds
• Winhanced - A better Windows Handheld
• Also Mentioned: Playnite

Topics

• PicoChat or PictoChat Can You Tell the Difference - MacStories
• A visit to the  in Kyoto
• Brendon’s thoughts on the black Miyoo Flip

Credits

Show Art: Brendon Bigley
Music: Will LaPorte

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