Originally a evolution kit inwards belatedly 2016, the SmartBoy attaches to Android smartphones, such every bit the Samsung Milky Way S8, turning your smartphone into a handheld gaming device.
The SmartBoy is compatible alongside actual NTSC/PAL Game Boy too Game Boy Color cartridges, piece sporting a classic-style tactile push set, making the SmartBoy look too experience similar a existent handheld gaming console. The SmartBoy is compatible alongside other apps too games, including Game Boy Advance apps from Google Play; configuration for such apps may vary. Out of the box, the SmartBoy was designed for current-gen Samsung devices alongside USB Type-C ports, similar the Samsung Milky Way S8 - other Android device compatibility may vary.
Hyperkin Product Developer, Chris Gallizzi, was ecstatic to larn his team's infant is similar a shot a retail-ready device officially licensed past times Samsung.
"The SmartBoy has been virtually ii years inwards the making - 3 if yous count the months nosotros were kicking to a greater extent than or less the idea," Gallizzi said. "From an Apr Fool's Joke, to a successful dev kit, too similar a shot an officially licensed device, that picayune guy has come upward a long way!"
Features:
- Compatible alongside NTSC/PAL cartridges
- Plays GB too GBC cartridges
- Classic-style tactile push set
- Designed for current-gen Samsung devices
- Phone Size: 5.2 - half-dozen inches
- Upscales to phone's resolution
- USB Type-C port
- Does non necessitate batteries
The SmartBoy is available to pre-order similar a shot at but £59.99 at Europe's Number One Retro Gaming Destination, FunstockRetro.co.uk
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