Ayaneo shrank down the Game Boy form factor with its latest $89 handheld

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29 Sept 2026 04:31 AEST 1 min read Rewritten in plain language

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The Konkr Pocket Block is now up for preorder and will start shipping in October.
For that price, customers get a vertical handheld with a 3.3-inch LCD screen and a 960 x 720 resolution for a 4:3 aspect ratio that caters towards emulating retro games.

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The Konkr Pocket Block is now up for preorder and will start shipping in October.

Ayaneo isn't exactly known for producing affordable gaming handhelds, but its Konkr sub-brand is starting to change that.

For that price, customers get a vertical handheld with a 3.3-inch LCD screen and a 960 x 720 resolution for a 4:3 aspect ratio that caters towards emulating retro games. Inside, Ayaneo equipped the Konkr Pocket Block with an MTK Helio G85 chip that should handle up to PlayStation and Nintendo 64 titles, but could struggle with anything from PlayStation 2 or GameCube.

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