Show notes
This week on NPC: Next Portable Console, handheld news and a nerdy look at the recomp and decomp scene that is rapidly expanding to new operating systems.
Also available on YouTube here.
Links and Show Notes
The Latest Portable Gaming News
- Retroid Announces Nova Shipping Dates
- Qualcomm reportedly notifies hardware partners of impending chip price hikes
The Recomp and Decomp Scene
- Pokemon Gen 1 Recompilation adds HD-2D to the original games
- A mod team has made a recompilation of Pokemon Red, Blue, and Yellow
- The Dramatic Shape Voxel Mod which turns the game into a full 3D voxel-based experience.
- Ocarina of Time decomp on iOS
- Also Mario Kart 64 iOS decomp.
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Credits
Show Art: Brendon Bigley
Music: Will LaPorte