Oh boy

Boys will be boys

Remember the Super Retro Boy? It was one of the products Retro-Bit was supposed to launch during 2017, and would have accepted Game Boy, Game Boy Color and Game Boy Advance carts. Equipped with a TFT HD scratch and shatter-resistant screen, a 2,500mAh battery and bundled with a 10-in-1 game cartridge, it was slated for an August release with a retail price of $79.99. August came and went and the console failed to appear.

We've reached out to Retro-Bit and have been told that following Nintendo's application for a renewed Game Boy trademark, the company has put the project on hold until it can find a way of releasing the system without causing any legal problems with Nintendo.

Instead of launching the console, Retro-Bit has decided to given more attention to its other products, which include the Super Retro-Cade and its series of multi-carts. It's also releasing physical versions of R-Type and Holy Diver.

Nintendo's Game Boy trademark appeared to relate to merchandise rather than a new console, but perhaps Retro-Bit knows something we don't?

Damien McFerran

Damien has been writing professionally about tech and video games since 2007 and oversees all of Hookshot Media's sites from an editorial perspective. He's also the editor of Time Extension, the network's newest site, which – paradoxically – is all about gaming's past glories.