After promoting out all of its restricted inventory of First Version handhelds final yr, ModRetro has introduced that its Chromatic Recreation Boy is now completely again in inventory. The corporate can also be introducing a brand new white-and-purple cloud colour possibility, new sport cartridges, and a set of equipment that features a rechargeable battery.
The Chromatic is now as soon as once more accessible for buy via ModRetro’s online store in seven totally different colours: cloud, midnight, wave, inferno, bubblegum, volt, and leaf. Performance is strictly the identical because the First Version variations of the Chromatic, and the hand held continues to be made with a sturdy magnesium alloy case and a pixel-perfect IPS display screen that’s color-matched to the unique Recreation Boy’s and Recreation Boy Shade’s shows.
Pricing now begins at $199.99 and features a modernized copy of Tetris that provides new gameplay options, however that’s for a model of the Chromatic that includes a display screen protected by Gorilla Glass. The unique First Version model of the Chromatic featured extra sturdy sapphire glass, and in order for you that very same degree of display screen safety it should now value you $299.99.
The Chromatic can nonetheless be powered by three AA batteries that, based mostly on our testing, present round seven or eight hours of gameplay with the hand held’s display screen brightness diminished to 50 p.c. When you don’t need to present your individual rechargeable AAs, ModRetro can also be introducing a $29.99 rechargeable battery pack providing as much as 16 hours of gameplay. Different new equipment embody a $14.99 hyperlink cable for connecting two Chromatic handhelds for multiplayer, and a $14.99 Mod Equipment letting you customise your Chromatic with swappable components.
ModRetro can also be expanding its games collection in the present day with 5 new cartridges that includes titles like Sabrina: The Animated Sequence – Zapped!, Depraved Plague, and a puzzle platformer referred to as Gravitorque the place you manipulate gravity as an alternative of leaping (you may try it in your browser here).
When the Chromatic initially debuted, the hand held’s creator, Palmer Luckey, informed The Verge’s Sean Hollister that portions can be restricted and he wasn’t certain if he’d make greater than what was wanted to satisfy preorders. Right now’s announcement is welcome information each for individuals who missed out on getting a Chromatic throughout its preliminary run final yr and people who did get one, as a result of it will assist develop the Chromatic neighborhood and doubtlessly encourage different firms to make new video games and equipment for the hand held.
The Chromatic could also be probably the greatest methods to play basic Recreation Boy and Recreation Boy Shade video games, however if you happen to really feel that your enjoyment of retro gaming might be hampered by the hand held’s associations, the Analogue Pocket presents comparable efficiency and cartridge help with none controversy.