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Shipping/handling took almost 2 weeks. So.....
I knew going into this that it wasn't going to be a plug and play device. Very few positive reviews about the benefits of owning this. I had high hopes of getting several devices working and emulating etc. Bare minimum. I expected it to be a controller for a phone.
Hyperkin had made some questionably built devices. This does not seem to be one of them. At least the hardware.
The app has been delisted on Android Google store. That doesn't surprise me...
You have to use desktop or browser find it on the app store.
However. Your device may not work out of the box with the app. Google for some reason has limited the devices that can install this.
Hyperkin has been great about getting back with emails. But little else. They have only said that certain devices will work with this. And they can only certainly say likely the flagship phones.
They also say the devices may have "hardware limitations" for working/not working.
This hardware was designed around the Samsung s8. With c type connector. Most newer devices even the 30 dollar ones at Walmart with c type have better specs then the s8 these days. Hardware limitations?
Software reliability more likely.
Either way it's a controller. The app when it does work. Kind of sucks. Well it just sucks.
But even with tetris in the cart bay. You can backlog and emulate any saved rom image with whatever gb/gbc/gba emulator you have that works on your phone.
Bottom line?
You can get aliexpress consoles around the 20 dollar range that does the exact same thing this does. Without the devices hardware compatibility nonsense. And preloaded games. And a slowboat from China.
YOUR MILEAGE MAY VARY.
Thank you for this honest and thorough review! It will certainly help other customers make an informed decision if this product will work for them.
I haven't used this with an actual gameboy cartridge but I use it with myoldboy emulator on android. It works great. You have to remove the phone to change roms because it covers half the screen, that's the only annoying issue I've come accross.
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