Analogue Pocket's Library, Memories Features Arrive in July
Analogue is planning to release major updates to its Pocket handheld this summer.
The Analogue Pocket is a retro gaming device that supports Game Boy, Game Boy Color, and Game Boy Advance games out of the box. (Adapters for other cartridge-based systems, such as the Game Gear and Neo Geo Pocket Color, are either available for purchase or in the pipeline.)
The device launched without two important features: Library, which is supposed to equip the console with information about pretty much every game released for the retro consoles it supports, and a Memories feature that brings support for save states to these classic titles.
Analogue told(Opens in a new window) Polygon in December 2021 that it planned to roll out the Library and Memories features to the Pocket in January. That didn't turn out to be the case, however, and now the company says(Opens in a new window) it plans to release the features with a beta version of Analogue OS 1.1 in July.
It's not clear what caused this delay. Analogue says it's "been hard at work pushing the envelope of what Pocket is capable of for FPGA development" and that it "appreciate[s] everyone's patience." But it doesn't say why FPGA development was prioritized over the other features.
"We will continue to progress Analogue OS regularly after OS v1.1 [beta] is released in July," Analogue says. Yet it doesn't explain when Analogue OS 1.1 will leave beta—even though it's set to be tested six months after its original release date—or where it plans to go from here.
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