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This week on Next Portable Console, not one or two, but three Anbernic handhelds, Federico's early Retroid Pocket Nova impressions, and more.
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Links and Show Notes
The Latest Portable Gaming News
Anbernic Handhelds
Anbernic RG DS Plus
Anbernic RG 35
Anbernic RG 55G1
Anbernic RG34XX
AYANEO KONKR Pocket Advance
KONKR Pocket Advance First Impressions (Retro Handhelds)
Retroid Pocket Nova
Retroid Pocket Nova
Retroid Pocket 6
Cocoon
RetroArch
Guide: Shaders and Overlays on Retro Handhelds — Retro Game Corps
Zelda: The Wind Waker 4K Texture Pack — Henriko Magnifico
Software and Firmware
GammaOS
Upcoming Handhelds
This Tiny Game Boy Clone Plays Physical Cartridges (Time Extension)
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This week on Next Portable Console, John and Federico are joined by Sam Rosenthal of The Game Band to talk about the studio's history, including Where Cards Fall and Blaseball, and of course, their new game, Dartwords.
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Links and Show Notes An Interview with The Game Band's Sam Rosenthal The Game Band and Sam Rosenthal The Game Band
Sam Rosenthal
Where Cards Fall Where Cards Fall (App Store)
Where Cards Fall (Steam)
Where Cards Fall Available for Apple Vision Pro on May 30th (Snowman)
Blaseball and Dead Man's Party Blaseball
Dead Man's Party: A Knives Out Game (Netflix)
Announcing Dead Man's Party: A Knives Out Game (The Game Band)
Dartwords and AI-Driven Design Dartwords
Wordle meets Clippy in this new word game
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This week on NPC, the guys cover a new mobile phone controller teased by Abxylute and dig into several stories about SteamOS.
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Links and Show Notes The Latest Portable Gaming News ABXYLUTE M6/M5 Mobile Gaming Controllers
Steam Deck gets one of PS Portal's key features
SteamOS being optimized for Android
SteamBoy
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This week on Next Portable Console, folding phones and gaming, updates on upcoming handhelds, and GammaOS on the RG Rotate.
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Links and Show Notes Folding Phones Samsung's Z Fold 8 Ultra is more of the same, but better than ever
iPhone Fold: Everything We Know
The Latest Portable Gaming News Retroid Pocket Nova 8GB model gets $10 price increase effective August 6
AYANEO KONKR Pocket Advance gets full specs, pricing, and live order page
Mangmi Air Y and Air Y Pro get pre-order dates and pricing
MagicX reveals four-variant Mini Dream handheld lineup with OLED display
GammaOS Nano v1.4 launches for Anbernic RG Rotate as a ground-up micro-OS rebuild
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This week on NPC: Next Portable Console, handheld news and a nerdy look at the recomp and decomp scene that is rapidly expanding to new operating systems.
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Links and Show Notes The Latest Portable Gaming News Retroid Announces Nova Shipping Dates
Qualcomm reportedly notifies hardware partners of impending chip price hikes
The Recomp and Decomp Scene Pokemon Gen 1 Recompilation adds HD-2D to the original games A mod team has made a recompilation of Pokemon Red, Blue, and Yellow
The Dramatic Shape Voxel Mod which turns the game into a full 3D voxel-based experience.

Ocarina of Time decomp on iOS Also Mario Kart 64 iOS decomp.

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