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Thumby Color micro-review: a delightfully tiny GBA clone that doesn’t play Nintendo

The Thumby Color and Thumby handhelds.

It’s always a risk betting on new video game hardware from a little-known company: what if game developers never show up? But the $50 Thumby Color, on sale this week, is an easier sell – the two-inch handheld is cute as a button, fits on your keychain, lets aspiring programmers build and publish games right on the web, and I’m finding it so much easier to play than the tinier $30 original!

Here’s my video comparing the two and showing off playable takes on Tetris, Connect 4, Minesweeper, Doom, Bust-a-Move, 2048, and more:

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Tiny Game Boys you can actually play? It’s the $50 Thumby Color and $30 Thumby, from the makers of the TinyTV …

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Original Source: https://www.theverge.com/hands-on/716423/thumby-color-micro-review-gba-rp-2350

Original Source: https://www.theverge.com/hands-on/716423/thumby-color-micro-review-gba-rp-2350

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