{"id":816124,"date":"2024-12-31T04:24:28","date_gmt":"2024-12-31T10:24:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/31\/this-game-boy-advance-clone-could-satisfy-your-purple-taco-nostalgia\/"},"modified":"2024-12-31T04:24:28","modified_gmt":"2024-12-31T10:24:28","slug":"this-game-boy-advance-clone-could-satisfy-your-purple-taco-nostalgia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/31\/this-game-boy-advance-clone-could-satisfy-your-purple-taco-nostalgia\/","title":{"rendered":"This Game Boy Advance clone could satisfy your purple taco nostalgia"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"zephr-anchor\">\n<p>Anbernic announced its next retro handheld today and it\u2019s easy to see where the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=64M_BHXsiiE&#038;t=1s\">design of the RG34XX draws its inspiration<\/a>. It appears to be a faithful clone of Nintendo\u2019s original Game Boy Advance, although updated with <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/KeepRetro\/status\/1865057457157877766\">additional action and shoulder buttons<\/a> allowing games from more recent systems to be played. Pricing and availability hasn\u2019t been revealed yet, but the RG34XX will come in transparent red and green colors, as well as the GBA\u2019s purple and black.<\/p>\n<p>One feature Anbernic didn\u2019t carry forward is the Game Boy Advance\u2019s LCD screen which lacked a backlight and was notoriously difficult to see unless you were playing outside on a sunny day or cozied up next to a bright lamp. The RG34XX will instead feature a larger 3.4-inch display with a 720&#215;480 resolution. The display will also use the same 3:2 aspect ratio as the Game Boy Advance, so GBA titles should look great, and older games developed for 4:3 TV screens will fit without extensive stretching or pillarboxing.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Zoom\" tabindex=\"0\">\n<figure>\n<div>\n<p><span><img alt=\"The Anbernic RG34XX pictured in its four color options.\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\"   src=\"https:\/\/duet-cdn.vox-cdn.com\/thumbor\/0x0:1920x1182\/2400x1478\/filters:focal(960x591:961x592):format(webp)\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/uploads\/chorus_asset\/file\/25777028\/anbernic3.jpg\" data-old-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\"><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div><figcaption><em>The RG34XX will be available in purple or black colors, and transparent red or green.<\/em><\/figcaption><p><cite>Image: Keep Retro<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>As with previous Anbernic handhelds, the RG34XX doesn\u2019t have a cartridge slot like the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2024\/9\/10\/24236829\/analogue-pocket-handheld-gaming-game-boy-color\">Analogue Pocket<\/a> or the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2024\/6\/3\/24170572\/modretro-chromatic-game-boy-color-palmer-luckey-price-release-date\">ModRetro Chromatic<\/a>. It\u2019s instead designed to play games through software emulation. Details on the RG34XX\u2019s processor aren\u2019t known yet, but <a href=\"https:\/\/retrohandhelds.gg\/anbernic-rg34xx-announced\/\">Retro Handhelds speculates<\/a> it will be based on the Allwinner H700 chipset the company has <a href=\"https:\/\/anbernic.com\/products\/rg28xx\">used in its other XX series handhelds<\/a>. If that\u2019s the case, you can expect it to play games from older consoles up to the original Sony PlayStation, and even some N64 and Sega Dreamcast titles.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Zoom\" tabindex=\"0\">\n<figure>\n<div>\n<p><span><img alt=\"A close-up look at the top of the Anbernic RG34XX including its ports, card slots, and shoulder buttons.\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\"   src=\"https:\/\/duet-cdn.vox-cdn.com\/thumbor\/0x0:1620x1080\/2400x1600\/filters:focal(810x540:811x541):format(webp)\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/uploads\/chorus_asset\/file\/25777023\/anbernic2.jpg\" data-old-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\"><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div><figcaption><em>The RG34XX will include two sets of shoulder buttons, a mini HDMI port, USB-C for charging, and dual microSD slots.<\/em><\/figcaption><p><cite>Image: Keep Retro<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The RG34XX will include Wi-Fi connectivity facilitating online play as well as streaming PC titles through <a href=\"https:\/\/moonlight-stream.org\/\">Moonlight<\/a>, and Bluetooth for connecting multiple wireless controllers for shared screen multiplayer. If that 3.4-inch screen still seems too small, the RG34XX also includes a mini HDMI port for connecting it to a TV, alongside a USB-C port for charging, and a pair of microSD card slots for storing ROMs and its operating system.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>This isn\u2019t the first time that Anbernic has copied Nintendo\u2019s homework. Earlier this year the company released its <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2024\/5\/8\/24152105\/can-you-resist-anbernics-game-boy-advance-sp-that-plays-ps1-and-n64-games\">RG35XXSP with a design inspired by the clamshell Game Boy Advance SP<\/a> but with an improved screen, a more capable processor, and a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2024\/6\/13\/24177983\/this-amazing-knockoff-gba-sp-comes-stuffed-with-software-piracy\">concerning number of pre-installed pirated ROMs<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2024\/12\/6\/24314884\/anbernic-rg34xx-handheld-emulator-retro-nintendo-game-boy-advance\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anbernic announced its next retro handheld today and it\u2019s easy to see where the design of the RG34XX draws its inspiration. It appears to be a faithful clone of Nintendo\u2019s original Game Boy Advance, although updated with additional action and shoulder buttons allowing games from more recent systems to be played. Pricing and availability hasn\u2019t [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":816125,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34724,28832,104640],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-816124","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-advance","8":"category-clone","9":"category-youtube-videos"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/816124","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=816124"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/816124\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/816125"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=816124"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=816124"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=816124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}