{"id":902,"date":"2025-12-29T01:45:54","date_gmt":"2025-12-28T17:45:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/29\/ayaneos-latest-game-boy-remake-will-have-an-early-bird-starting-price-of-269\/"},"modified":"2025-12-29T01:45:54","modified_gmt":"2025-12-28T17:45:54","slug":"ayaneos-latest-game-boy-remake-will-have-an-early-bird-starting-price-of-269","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/29\/ayaneos-latest-game-boy-remake-will-have-an-early-bird-starting-price-of-269\/","title":{"rendered":"Ayaneo&#8217;s latest Game Boy remake will have an early bird starting price of $269"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After the high price tag of the <a data-i13n=\"elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:1;pos:1\" class=\"no-affiliate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/ayaneos-latest-handhelds-are-inspired-by-the-game-boy-and-gb-micro-163412607.html\">Ayaneo Pocket DMG<\/a> turned some retro handheld fans away, Ayaneo is working on another remake of the classic Game Boy with a slightly more affordable cost. Ayaneo revealed the pricing for the <a data-i13n=\"elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:2;pos:1\" class=\"no-affiliate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ayaneo.com\/article\/908\">Pocket Vert<\/a>, which starts at $269 for early bird orders.<\/p>\n<p>Compared to the <a data-i13n=\"cpos:3;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ayaneo.com\/goods\/9003564794101\">Pocket DMG<\/a> that retails for $449, Ayaneo skipped the OLED and configurations that go up to 16GB of memory and 1TB of storage for the Pocket Vert. Instead, the handheld maker went with a fully metal CNC body and an ultra-minimalist design with engraving-free buttons that resemble the <a data-i13n=\"cpos:4;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/analogue-pocket-review-150056011-150056369.html\">Analogue Pocket<\/a>&#8216;s look. Ayaneo built the Pocket Vert with a smaller 3.5-inch LCD screen that has a 1,600 x 1,440 resolution and a Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 chip that should allow the handheld to handle anything up to PS2 and some Nintendo Switch games.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/os\/creatr-uploaded-images\/2025-12\/9b6d9640-e412-11f0-bff9-65022b7ac0f1\" data-crop-orig-src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/os\/creatr-uploaded-images\/2025-12\/9b6d9640-e412-11f0-bff9-65022b7ac0f1\" alt=\"The Ayaneo Pocket Vert comes in Lava Red, Eternal Night Black and Lunar White\" data-uuid=\"2c27779d-c7dd-30c9-9788-f84b94e2a5db\" \/><figcaption><\/figcaption><div class=\"photo-credit\">Ayaneo<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>To play more modern games, the Pocket Vert has a hidden touch pad below the buttons that acts as a makeshift joystick. Ayaneo also hid a fingerprint sensor in the power button and included a USB-C port, a 3.5mm headphone jack and a microSD slot for more storage capacity. The <a data-i13n=\"elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:5;pos:1\" class=\"no-affiliate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indiegogo.com\/en\/projects\/ayaneo\/ayaneo-pocket-vertcreate-a-top-of-the-line-gadget-for-vertical-retro-handheld-gamers\">Indiegogo campaign<\/a> for the Pocket Vert isn&#8217;t open yet, but it will be the only place to snag the latest vertical handheld from Ayaneo at its lowest price before it reverts to the retail price of $339. You can even opt for the fully specced-out version that&#8217;s only available in Lava Red and has 12GB of memory and 256GB of storage for an early bird price of $369 and a later standard price of $439.<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Engadget at https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/gaming\/ayaneos-latest-game-boy-remake-will-have-an-early-bird-starting-price-of-269-174553644.html?src=rss<\/p><p>Please credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/obagg.com\">OBA Blog<\/a> &raquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/29\/ayaneos-latest-game-boy-remake-will-have-an-early-bird-starting-price-of-269\/\">Ayaneo&#8217;s latest Game Boy remake will have an early bird starting price of $269<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After the high price tag of the Ayaneo Pocket DMG turned some retro handheld fans away, Ayaneo is working on another remake of the classic Game Boy with a slightly more affordable cost. Ayaneo revealed the pricing for the Pocket Vert, which starts at $269 for early bird orders. Compared to the Pocket DMG that retails for $449, Ayaneo skipped the OLED and configurations that go up to 16GB of memory and 1TB of storage for the Pocket Vert. Instead, the handheld maker went with a fully metal CNC body and an ultra-minimalist design with engraving-free buttons that resemble the Analogue Pocket&#8216;s look. Ayaneo built the Pocket Vert with a smaller 3.5-inch LCD screen that has a 1,600 x 1,440 resolution and a Snapdragon 8+ [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-902","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-share"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/902","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=902"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/902\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=902"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=902"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=902"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}