Thumby Color micro-review: a delightfully tiny GBA clone that doesn’t play Nintendo

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Author: Sean Hollister

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The Thumby Color and Thumby handhelds.

It's always a risk betting on new video game hardware from a little-known company: what if game developers never show up? But the $50 Thumby Color, on sale this week, is an easier sell - the two-inch handheld is cute as a button, fits on your keychain, lets aspiring programmers build and publish games right on the web, and I'm finding it so much easier to play than the tinier $30 original!

Here's my video comparing the two and showing off playable takes on Tetris, Connect 4, Minesweeper, Doom, Bust-a-Move, 2048, and more:

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