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SCORE ModRetro Chromatic Review Pros Beautiful screen
Sturdy construction
Vibrant design and colors Cons Batteries
Delicate paint job
Price
Mono sound
Table of Contents ModRetro Chromatic Review: The Perfect Game Boy Restomod
Lots of brands attempt to market nostalgia, but few succeed in capturing its warm essence. From hot pink flip phones to guitar amp-inspired Bluetooth speakers, these retro callbacks have the sheen of decades prior but are nothing more than reskinned modern tech. The ModRetro Chromatic, a modern Game Boy from Oculus Rift inventor and co-founder of defense company Anduril Industries Palmer Luckey, however, makes deliberate old-school compromises. Mainly, it uses less pixel-dense LCD displays to elicit emotions from yesteryear. It's these forced compromises that help the Chromatic stand out even if, on paper, it doesn't have all the most cutting-edge tech.
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