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Retro Handhelds Weekly: AYN and Retroid Price Hikes, Myrient Says Adios, GammaOS Continues to Save Us All, and More
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Retro Handhelds Weekly: The Good, the Bad, and the “Wait, What?” Edition
This week in retro handheld land was a wild mix of shocking price hikes, heartfelt closures, and one very creative hack — all while GammaOS quietly saves the day yet again.
💰 Price Hikes Hit Hard
AYN and Retroid both announced upward adjustments — the Thor, Odin 3, and Retroid Pocket 6 (8GB just got $15 pricier, while the 12GB model is axed entirely). Ouch. Component shortages and rising costs are hitting the community where it hurts most: our wallets.
🧠 Hacker Heroics
Macho Nacho Productions took the humble Zelda Game & Watch and turned it into a full-blown retro emulation beast with extra RAM and microSD support. Meanwhile, SpaghettiKart’s Mario Kart 64 update brings brutal new CPU logic and triple shells — because why not?
🗑️ Myrient Shuts Down
After years as a beloved ROM archive, Myrient is calling it quits March 31 due to funding struggles and soaring hardware costs. A reminder that digital preservation isn’t free — or easy.
✨ GammaOS Saves the Day (Again)
Gamma’s busy optimizing GammaOS for the AYANEO Pocket Air Mini, and he’s already wrapped up work on the RG Vita Pro. If you love clean, high-performance Android builds for retro handhelds? He’s your man.
🎯 Game of the Month: Mind Over Matter (March 2026)
A mysterious indie title with a time-bending puzzle hook — keep an eye on this one.
TL;DR: Prices up, dreams intact, hardware hacked beyond belief, and a beloved archive waves goodbye. It’s chaos — but we wouldn’t have it any other way.
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