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I Spent The Day With GAMERCARD, Sinclair's Latest Games Console (retrododo.com)
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I had the great privilege of meeting Grant Sinclair (ZX Spectrum creator Clive Sinclair's nephew) to get a first look at his upcoming invention, known as the GAMERCARD.

We're one of the first publications in the world to preview this intriguing handheld device, which is awesome, as we're small and

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[–] Tac0caT@lemmy.world 12 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I saw Sinclair in the headline and immediately assumed it was Sinclair media group and thought to myself oh no they’re getting into gaming now

[–] Eldritch@piefed.world 5 points 7 months ago

Sucks they got the good Sinclair's over there. And all we got were the Sinclair's at home.

[–] RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world 7 points 7 months ago

I immediately don't like those silicone pads. Just expose the buttons underneath like a normal person, please. I imagine they designed it that way to try to obscure the fact that this is just a glorified Raspberry Pi Zero case with built in 720p display not all that dissimilar from something like the already existing PiGrrl.

This is something that should cost like, $50 USD or less, but is probably going to be listed for more. As this article points out, this market is oversaturated. You can already get other devices for that price or less with better or comparable specs. I don't think they will be able to price this aggressively enough to compete.

[–] woelkchen@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago

In case anyone only wants to watch the video version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tPCrbHunXs