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the og Gameboy was released on April
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21st 1989 that's 30 years down to the
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week
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despite it being essentially a brick in
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your pocket it revolutionized mobile
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gaming most of its success can be
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attributed to the games on there so
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there should be no surprise that there's
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so much nostalgia in this chunky form
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factor and pea-soup LCD screen back then
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it probably didn't look this beat-up in
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2019 this isn't exactly the best way to
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play these great games we've shown a lot
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of Gameboy alternatives before but this
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time the form factor is freakishly close
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to the og gameboy form factor with some
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very smart modernisations and some very
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frustrating new problems the retro flag
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Jeep I case is not in all things
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included Gameboy emulator like some of
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the things we've talked about in the
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past this is essentially just a case for
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the Raspberry Pi 0 which is a very cheap
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teeny-tiny computer you can find them
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for usually around 10 or 20 dollars for
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one with Wireless or five dollars
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without Wireless if you look hard enough
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of course the first thing that happens
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when the public gets their hands on a
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small computer is they try to see what
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type of emulators will run on it and it
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runs a lot more than many of the other
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game boy clones I've tried but it might
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not be better off for it this isn't an
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OP on this case the case is really cool
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but I gotta tackle this from the
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perspective of somebody who just wants
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to play their retro games portably so
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that's what I'm gonna do cuz that would
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be me I don't want any I just
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want to be able to play these games
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portably is this the first minute a
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youtube video can I say both they did a
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fantastic job making this look like an
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OG Game Boy down to the cartridge slot
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it doesn't actually take Game Boy
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cartridges although it might look like
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it this is where the Raspberry Pi
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actually sits you screw it into this
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cartridge piece and that piece slides
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into the rest of the case the physical
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installation is relatively simple the
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screen is awesome super bright and
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really colorful it's not the same
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aspect ratio as the Gameboy but that's
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as it should be the Gameboy has a weird
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aspect ratio the GPI case has a four by
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three screen so it's perfect for Super
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Nintendo Genesis and even PlayStation
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games the buttons are really nice
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I appreciate the positioning of the BNA
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buttons it's true to the original and
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also has the Y and X buttons on top to
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mimic a Super Nintendo controller the
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bit boy has the BNA buttons at a weird
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angle which is fine
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given the bit boys super tiny form
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factor but the GPI case is better setup
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for a wider range of games the G PI also
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has L&R buttons hidden on the back which
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is a really neat feature it's got a
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contrast and volume slider a headphone
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jack and a DC in just like the original
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right the original highs of DC anyway
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yes oh and where the link cable goes is
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where the micro SD card slot goes but
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don't take that out while it's on that's
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important stuff in there there's also a
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micro USB port on the inside for
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firmware updates I should also note that
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this runs on three double A batteries
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which is better than the four that the
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original Gameboy uses but there's a
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bigger problem with double A batteries
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than I was expecting after about a day
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of use the game started to stutter and I
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thought that was just bad emulation but
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then the screens started to flicker and
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then it got worse and worse until
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finally the unit just restarted itself
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and then it struggled to boot back up
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and then it restarted itself again and
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until eventually it just didn't turn
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back on okay I took it apart to see if
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that very delicate ribbon cable has come
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loose and it did not I plugged it in the
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little USB 2 DC power cable that was
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provided with the unit and that seemed
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to work just fine so there was no
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indication that the batteries were dying
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other than the entire unit just not
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working anymore which is a huge problem
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there's a whole shutdown process that
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the unit has to go through and be like
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just unplugging your computer from the
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wall you don't do that you don't do that
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right anyway if you have a Raspberry Pi
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already or you're thinking about getting
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into open source emulator tinkering
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and you want to be able to play those
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games portably then you should probably
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get the GPI case just be careful about
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the whole battery thing it feels like an
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OG gameboy from the buttons all the way
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down to the plastic used for the case
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now let me tell you why the Raspberry Pi
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zero sucks this isn't exactly a
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plug-and-play system you have to put the
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firmware on here yourself retro flag
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sent this unit to me all set up already
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which I'm very grateful for otherwise
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you'd have to go to the retro PI website
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and download their pre mate installation
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but you can't just drag and drop that
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onto the SD card you have to download
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and install er which isn't the end of
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the world this particular version has
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this weird Star Wars skin on it that has
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a different Star Wars related boot
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screen on every single boot up I have
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yet to see the same one twice and I've
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booted this thing up a lot it also plays
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music which is annoying only because it
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sounds so bad there's this weird static
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that's very prevalent in the menu but
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it's always there all the time even
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during gameplay it's also terrifying
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when you turn the unit on and put it
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down to wait for it to boot up and oops
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I left the volume at full blast and now
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it's yelling a Spaceballs quote at me
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from across the room as far as emulation
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goes it's awesome that the Raspberry Pi
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zero can play all different types of
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emulators from the Atari 2600 all the
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way up to the PlayStation but it doesn't
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run any of those emulators perfectly I
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was actually pretty surprised by how
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well it ran some PlayStation games it's
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not amazing you are missing the l2 and
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r2 buttons which could be a problem but
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it gets the job done
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starfox is really bad I noticed some
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slowdown with Mega Man X on SNES and I
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don't think it's the 50 Hertz European
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version I noticed severe slowdown with
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mega man zero for Gameboy advanced this
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thing should have plenty of power to run
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a game like that I also noticed that
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Sonic 3 sounds horrible which is a
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telltale sign of a bad Sega Genesis
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emulator and it's not just because of
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the fuzz it's like a different pitch
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there's also some weird slow down in
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shinobi 3 now I haven't tried every
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single game but you can get the hint
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that a lot of games are gonna have some
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weird slowdown
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everything is playable don't get me
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wrong and it looks good for what it is
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just don't expect analog or even PC
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emulator quality out of this thing it's
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just ok emulation gameboy games run just
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fine though like I said before the
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Raspberry Pi can just be turned off
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there's a whole shutdown sequence that
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has to go through shout-out to retro
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future for reminding me of this retro
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flag has an on/off switch on this case
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and they have a configuration file that
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you can download off their site that
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will run the power off script whenever
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you power it off or flick this switch to
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the off setting they gave no other
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instructions besides just download the
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script so hopefully by the time this
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releases for real there will be more
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clear instructions for how to get this
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thing working
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mine was pre-installed even though I
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don't see those files on the microSD
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card at all maybe you see something here
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that's similar there's also an on-off
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safe shutdown switch in the battery
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compartment I don't understand what
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that's for since you have to take the
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batteries out to even access it and
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won't it be off by that point anyway so
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I guess this switch is just gonna stay
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on forever I should also note that this
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thing takes forever to actually boot up
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by the time it's done you'll already be
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on your phone looking at memes and then
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what's even the point of having a
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portable console to begin with if you
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have a limitless budget and you're
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looking for an easy portable emulator I
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suggest the GPD XD it's very expensive
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but you can play all different types of
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games on there very easily some people
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even get Dreamcast games running good on
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there hell I would even suggest a DS
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Lite with an R 4 before suggesting this
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thing if you just want to play gameboy
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games I still recommend the bit boy it's
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way cheaper at only $40.00 the screen is
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just as nice as the GP case and it's way
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way smaller you can actually put this
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thing in your pocket and forget that
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it's there it's also pick up and play
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everything's all set up and ready to
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already you just have to drop the roms
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on an SD card and that's it and the
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batteries rechargeable I'd only
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recommend the GP case if you already
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have a Raspberry Pi or you know exactly
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what you're getting into with the
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Raspberry Pi maybe you know the
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limitations of the platform and you can
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tinker around with it to make the games
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run great if you do then let me know
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because I need to know that it's
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relatively inexpensive for what it is at
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$70 for the case and under $20 for the
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Raspberry Pi itself that's pretty good
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for something that could run all of
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these different emulators portably even
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playstation but it doesn't run many of
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them particularly well so there are a
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lot of better options out there for most
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people again I'm saying most people
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because I know there's gonna be plenty
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of you in the comments talk about how
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easy Raspberry Pi is to do but I don't
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care I don't want to do it I want it to
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work and there's so many easier things
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out there like an actual computer or if
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you just want to play gameboy games the
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bit boy is a much better option it also
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does nes games too by the way which for
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$40 is pretty damn sweet what do you
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guys think about the retro flag Jeep i
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case which one of y'all out there is
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this for if it piques your interest
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specifically let me know why in the
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comments below add me on Twitter any of
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all this other social media garbage also
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let me know your favorite Gameboy game
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is because as you can see I've been on a
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Game Boy kick lately and I need more
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games to play on that platform
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