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Retro Recap: All The Classic Gaming News From The Past Week (August 16th 2026)
KONKR Pocket Advance! Zelda mods! CeX Retro Store! Welcome to Retro Recap, a regular feature we run each and every weekend which rounds up all of the best retro gaming news and content of the past week in one place. Read the full article on timeextension.com
AYANEO Reveals Yet Another KONKR Pocket Advance Variant, But You Can't Buy It
Aimed at developers, apparently. As you'll know from our KONKR Pocket Advance review, this GBA-inspired portable is an excellent piece of kit, and well worth the modest asking price. However, AYANEO has received criticism for how it has distributed the device. After the initial batch sold out, the...
AYANEO Reveals "Developer Edition" KONKR Pocket Advance That You Can't Buy
🤝 Don't want to see ads? Become a premium member for $3 a month and support an independent publication today! Yet another variant of the Pocket Advance by KONKR has been revealed today, taking the choice of colours up to 6, just a week after the product itself
Review: KONKR Pocket Advance - The Nintendo GBA, Perfected
AYANEO's latest budget handheld is one of its best. AYANEO's budget brand, KONKR, has already given us some welcome options in the handheld emulation space, but few of them have attracted the kind of fevered attention that the Pocket Advance has managed. This GBA-inspired portable sold out of its...
AYANEO Announces Yet Another Colourway Of Its GBA-Inspired Pocket Advance & Some People Aren't Impressed
The company faces accusations of "punishing" existing customers. Since the initial announcement of GBA-inspired KONKR Pocket Advance back in July of this year, AYANEO has taken a very deliberate approach to marketing the Android-based handheld, drip-feeding reveal after reveal to keep it in the...
KONKR Pocket Advance Review: A Superb $89 Starter Android Handheld
The KONKR Pocket Advance is a handheld that AYANEO (its parent company) revealed and teased for a good couple of months, with a quick price reveal of $89 - $129 and an even quicker shipping turnaround time of a few days. It's a device I have been following closely
Ayaneo reveals yet another GBA clone colorway, but I'm not sure why it waited until it sold over 15,000 handhelds sold to do so
Ayaneo just dropped yet another KONKR Pocket Advance color, but it feels like the 15,000+ players who picked up the GBA clone should have had the choice.
AYANEO Reveals Yet Another New KONKR Pocket Advance Colour
🤝 Don't want to see ads? Become a premium member for $3 a month and support an independent publication today! I can't keep up. My review sample of the KONKR Pocket Advance arrived this morning, so I have begun our review process. Then, Arthur announces a
"Smashed Competitors" AYANEO Has Already Sold 15,000+ KONKR Pocket Advance Handhelds
I write this just after my sample unit of the KONKR Pocket Advance this morning, and I am already deeply in love with the device, especially considering its small $89 price tag, so this news post comes as no surprise to me, even if it's now one of
Ayaneo drops a pink GBA homage to Princess Peach after restocking its Konkr Pocket Advance, but I feel sorry for fans who previously pre-ordered the portable
Ayaneo has unveiled a new pink GBA clone, but the "Peach" KONKR Pocket Advance waited until initial pre-orders sold out to pop up.
Retro Recap: All The Classic Gaming News From The Past Week (August 9th 2026)
KONKR Pocket Advance! Star Wars Racer! EverDrive-64 Pro! Welcome to Retro Recap, a regular feature we run each and every weekend which rounds up all of the best retro gaming news and content of the past week in one place. Read the full article on timeextension.com
AYANEO Reveals Pink KONKR Pocket Advance Handheld
🤝 Don't want to see ads? Become a premium member for $3 a month and support an independent publication today! AYANEO must have the world record for the longest live stream about a retro handheld. They've been going live almost every day for a week, sharing
You can now pre-order Ayaneo's GBA clone, and its sub-$100 price tag is giving me hope
KONKR Pocket Advance pre-orders are now live, and Ayaneo's GBA clone handheld is surprisingly affordable with early bird discounts applied.
Mangmi Reveals Air Y & Air Y Pro Pricing & Release Date
🤝 Don't want to see ads? Become a premium member for $3 a month and support an independent publication today! This week has been a mental one for handheld releases. We had the ANBERNIC RG SP go up for sale with immediate shipping, the KONKR Pocket Advance went
AYANEO Finally Releases The Pocket Advance At $89 (For Now)
Finally, after sitting through hours and hours of AYANEO's livestreams over the last couple of weeks, we finally have full information regarding the specifications, and you can now officially buy KONKR Pocket Advanceo on AYANEO's website, an upcoming Android-based handheld emulator that looks...
AYANEO Says It Will Release A GBA SP Clone, It Just Hasn't Figured Out How To Do It Yet
"We will make a GBA SP". AYANEO boss Arthur Zhang has let slip during a recent livestream that the company plans to produce a GBA SP-style device in the future. The company has been showing off its KONKR Pocket Advance device recently, which is based on the original GBA model. However, many other...
Exclusive: AYANEO Shows Off New KONKR Pocket Advance Colourway
🤝 Don't want to see ads? Become a premium member for $3 a month and support an independent publication today! These days, it seems like handheld manufacturers are really prolonging the reveal process of handheld devices. I get why; it produces more coverage, and I'll admit
Ayaneo unveils its Konkr Pocket Advance, and it's the GBA handheld remake I was holding out for
Ayaneo has unveiled its GBA remake, and the Konkr Pocket Advance looks to be an authentic homage to the 2001 handheld with a larger screen.
AYANEO Reveals First Look At KONKR Pocket Advance
🤝 Don't want to see ads? Become a premium member for $3 a month and support an independent publication today! Well, it looks like we were right, and indeed the KONKR Pocket Advance looks nearly identical to that of the popular Nintendo GAME BOY Advance, and in all
AYANEO's Pocket Advance Could Look Just Like The GBA
🤝 Don't want to see ads? Become a premium member for $3 a month and support an independent publication today! Here we go again, AYANEO is slowly teasing their latest device, known as the KONKR Pocket Advance, an upcoming horizontal handheld that will likely become the sister-handheld
"This time, we pay tribute to a true icon" - Ayaneo teases the OG Game Boy Advance remake I've been waiting for
Ayaneo has announced it's working on a Konkr Pocket Advance handheld that could pay tribute to the original Nintendo Game Boy Advance.
AYANEO's Next KONKR Handheld Aims To Channel The Spirit Of The Game Boy Advance
The KONKR Pocket Advance is "coming soon". AYANEO is dropping teases for its latest device, and it seems to be leaning heavily on people's nostalgia for the Game Boy Advance to generate hype. On July 3rd, the company dropped the announcement that a"new product is coming", with the taglines "the...
AYANEO's Next Handheld Is Called "KONKR Pocket Advance"
🤝 Don't want to see ads? Become a premium member for $3 a month and support an independent publication today! Last week I sat through 90 minutes of AYANEO's CEO livestream, and boy was it a waste of everyone's time, even going as far
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