SmartBoy Turns Your Phone Into A Fully-Functional Cartridge-Playing Game Boy
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SmartBoy Details
Here's the full SmartBoy rundown from Hyperkin:
Hyperkin will be releasing the SmartBoy through the Samsung Mobile Accessory Partnership Program (SMAPP) to the U.S. and Korean market. Originally a development kit in late 2016, the SmartBoy attaches to Android smartphones, such as the Samsung Galaxy S8, turning your smartphone into a handheld gaming device.
The SmartBoy is compatible with actual NTSC/PAL Game Boy and Game Boy Color cartridges, while sporting a classic-style tactile button set, making the SmartBoy look and feel like a real handheld gaming console. Out of the box, the SmartBoy was designed for current-gen Samsung devices with USB Type-C ports, like the Samsung Galaxy S8 - other Android device compatibility may vary. Hyperkin Product Developer, Chris Gallizzi, was ecstatic to learn his team's baby is now a retail-ready device officially licensed by Samsung.
'The SmartBoy has been about two years in the making - three if you count the months we were kicking around the idea,' Gallizzi said. 'From an April Fool's Joke, to a successful dev kit, and now an officially licensed device, that little guy has come a long way!'
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SmartBoy Features
Features:
- Compatible with NTSC/PAL cartridges
- Plays GB and GBC cartridges
- Classic-style tactile button set
- Designed for current-gen Samsung devices
- Phone Size: 5.2 - 6 inches
- Upscales to phone's resolution
- USB Type-C port
- Does not require batteries
The SmartBoy puts Nintendo power back in the palm of your hand in either late spring or summer of this year, at a price of $50.
[via Nintendo Life]
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