SmartBoy

Once, a long time ago, Nintendo kick-started their domination of the handheld console market with the incredible Game Boy, perhaps one of the most successful portable gaming devices ever created. Now, owners of Android phones can return to that golden age of portable gaming, thanks to the amazing SmartBoy.

The SmartBoy is an amazingly innovative accessory, designed for use with a wide variety of Android devices. As an attachment for your phone, it’s designed to work with a wide variety of Android phones (provided they are between 5.2 and 6.4 inches wide and have an Android USB Type-C connection), and doesn’t need batteries in order to operate. Best of all, it lets you use all your old Game Boy and Game Boy colour cartridges (once you’ve dug them out of the attic and dusted them off, that is).

Requiring only a brief bit of setting up time and the installation of a pair of apps (My OldBoy and the Smart Boy Companion) in order to work, this awesome device lets you play all of your favourite Game Boy and Game Boy Colour games from the good old days, upscaling the resolution to match your phone. Every button on the old Game Boy handheld console is present, in a configuration that won’t confuse your muscle memory (it now even has shoulder buttons!). Once it’s plugged in, a whole world of classic Game Boy games will be available to you once more. Not only that, though, but the SmartBoy is also compatible with other apps and games, including GBA apps available on Google Play, letting you expand your portable collection without having to trawl the internet for old cartridges.

One for the retro gamers among you who want to relive the glory days, you don’t want to miss out on this amazing accessory.

This accessory has been tested and confirmed to be supported by the following phones. Compatability with other USB-C Android phones may vary.

• Asus ZenFone 2
• Asus ZenFone 3
• Gionee Marathon M5
• Google Pixel
• Google Pixel XL
• Google Pixel 2
• Google Pixel 2 XL
• Huawei Honor 8
• Huawei Nexus 6P
• Huawei Nova
• Huawei P9
• Huawei P9 Plus
• Huawei P10
• LeEco Le 2
• LeEco Le 2 Pro
• Lenovo Zuk Edge
• Lenovo Zuk Z1
• LG G5
• LG G6
• LG Nexus 5x
• Meizu Pro 6 Plus
• Motorola Moto Z
• Motorola Moto Z Force
• OnePlus 2
• OnePlus 3
• OnePlus 3T
• Samsung Galaxy Note 7
• Samsung Galaxy Note 8
• Samsung Galaxy S8
• Samsung Galaxy S8+
• Vivo Xplay 5 Elite
• Xiaomi Mi 5
• ZTE Axon 7