The Game Boy Is Making a Glorious Comeback

Get ready to game like it’s 1989.

With the massive success of the NES and SNES revivals, the re-release of the Game Boy seems imminent. 

But before Nintendo can launch a throwback version of their retro handheld system, it looks like Hyperkin could beat them to the punch. 

The LA-based video game peripheral manufacturer announced the development of their tentatively-dubbed “Ultra Game Boy” at the 2018 Consumer Electronics Show. 

Gizmodo has further details: 

The Ultra Game Boy’s housing is made from aluminum, which has a wonderful heft when you pick it up.

The Ultra Game Boy carries over the original’s volume and contrast dials, but the final version will include a third dial allowing you to adjust the portable console’s new backlit LCD display through the entire RGB spectrum.  

The Ultra Game Boy will include a built-in six-hour battery, a USB-C port for charging, as well as a pair of stereo speakers, and left and right audio-out connections.  

These are all improvements on the original Game Boy. The original’s display was 80s low-tech and powered by four AA batteries. Its plastic shell was easily damaged and it only generated mono sound. 

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Hopefully you—or your parents—have kept old game cartridges. It won’t have any built-in games.

Hyperkin estimates that the Ultra Game Boy will launch some time in the summer of 2018 with a $100 price tag. 

Grab a can of Mt. Dew or Jolt Cola and get ready to game like it’s 1989.