“Speaking only for myself, this situation is not black and white”.
The ModRetro Chromatic made waves for a number of reasons when it launched last year, and rightly so. Representing a way to buy “new” Game Boy Color hardware in the modern era, it boasted super-accurate FPGA technology, a robust design and a great screen. The Chromatic quickly gained a lot of interest from the retro gaming community—and the fact that ModRetro was also going to be publishing a host of homebrew Game Boy titles to accompany the console only added to its appeal.
The Chromatic also earned plenty of praise from games media; I gave it a glowing 8/10 review, saying it was so good Nintendo itself probably couldn’t have done a better job. I wasn’t alone in this judgement; The Verge said it was “among the best ever made” in the field of aftermarket Game Boys, while GamesRadar called it “a remarkable modern Game Boy that’ll outlive my original”. GameSpot called it a “remarkable recreation” of Nintendo’s original handheld, and Nintendo World Report said it was “the closest thing to perfection as you can get.” Retro Dodo said it was “the perfect modernised Game Boy” in its review—and many other outlets were equally effusive in their praise.
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“Speaking only for myself, this situation is not black and white”.
The ModRetro Chromatic made waves for a number of reasons when it launched last year, and rightly so. Representing a way to buy “new” Game Boy Color hardware in the modern era, it boasted super-accurate FPGA technology, a robust design and a great screen. The Chromatic quickly gained a lot of interest from the retro gaming community—and the fact that ModRetro was also going to be publishing a host of homebrew Game Boy titles to accompany the console only added to its appeal.
The Chromatic also earned plenty of praise from games media; I gave it a glowing 8/10 review, saying it was so good Nintendo itself probably couldn’t have done a better job. I wasn’t alone in this judgement; The Verge said it was “among the best ever made” in the field of aftermarket Game Boys, while GamesRadar called it “a remarkable modern Game Boy that’ll outlive my original”. GameSpot called it a “remarkable recreation” of Nintendo’s original handheld, and Nintendo World Report said it was “the closest thing to perfection as you can get.” Retro Dodo said it was “the perfect modernised Game Boy” in its review—and many other outlets were equally effusive in their praise.
Read the full article on timeextension.com
