Retro Handhelds Weekly: Handhelds with Knobs, Xbox on Android, Tariff Updates, and More

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Retro Handhelds Weekly: Handhelds with Knobs, Xbox on Android, Tariff Updates, and More

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If you thought handhelds had hit their design ceiling, think again—this week’s roundup proves the opposite. GameMT is rolling out the Pocket Super Knob 5000, a gloriously over‑the‑top Android box that basically says “knobs are back” (and it lands in April). Meanwhile, Lenovo and ASUS quietly announced they’ll stop pushing driver updates for the Legion Go’s Ryzen Z1 Extreme, hinting AMD might be pulling the plug on support entirely.

On the competition front, ASUS’s ROG Xbox Ally isn’t selling as fast as hoped, despite early hype that it could dent the Steam Deck’s market share. In software news, an Android‑native Xbox emulator (a fork of xemu) has hit GitHub—early, hungry for resources, but a tantalizing glimpse of console gaming on phones. And if you’ve ever dreamed of Dreamcast in your browser, a Flycast‑WASM core now lets you stream those classics via EmulatorJS.

A quick glance at the broader scene shows price hikes looming for Lenovo devices, an official Evercade wireless controller arriving soon, and a slew of new RetroArch cores promising Xbox, PS3, and Wii U emulation—still in alpha, but worth keeping on your radar. Grab a coffee; the retro handheld world is anything but static.

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