Hands On with the Anbernic RG SP; The Game Boy Advance SP Reimagined

In 2003, Nintendo solved their own problem it had spent more than a decade creating.The original Game Boy Advance was technically brilliant, but it inherited one frustrating flaw from every Game Boy before it: unless you happened to be standing beneath perfect lighting, its screen could be pretty difficult to see. The Game Boy Advance SP changed everything. Folding neatly into a pocket, introducing a rechargeable battery, and eventually receiving one of the most beloved backlit displays Nintendo ever produced with the AGS-101 revision, it quickly became the definitive way to experience the Game Boy Advance library. At the time.More than twenty years later, that little clamshell still casts an enormous shadow on portable gaming. An dedicated community has sprung up around customizing and modernizing original Game Boy Advance systems, while countless companies have attempted to capture the magic of Nintendo's iconic clamshell design. But recreating the shape has never been enough.…