RetroStone is an indie handheld that wants you and your friends to rediscover classic videogames

Another retro-gaming console? Yes, but hang on, because we reckon the RetroStone (€129) is a bit special. For a start, it looks the part – like a fat Game Boy that also wants to be a SNES. But specs-wise, this unit does really interesting stuff. The custom board was specifically designed for the handheld form factor. It’s compatible with RetrOrangePi, but can double as a quirky desktop PC if you plug it into your telly and add a keyboard. And with four USB ports for controllers and HDMI out, you and your friends can huddle around the telly and rediscover the joys of old games. At least until someone is smacked by a red shell on the home straight, gets in a huff, and takes an actual stone (i.e. a massive rock) to the RetroStone.

Craig Grannell Contributor

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I’m a regular contributor to Stuff magazine and Stuff.tv, covering apps, games, Apple kit, Android, Lego, retro gaming and other interesting oddities. I also pen opinion pieces when the editor lets me, getting all serious about accessibility and predicting when sentient AI smart cookware will take over the world, in a terrifying mix of Bake Off and Terminator.

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Mobile apps and games, Macs, iOS and tvOS devices, Android, retro games, crowdfunding, design, how to fight off an enraged smart saucepan with a massive stick.