Noma inabalandeli abasemthethweni ngendlela ye-Game Boy SP ne-Game Boy Advance, ayikho enye i-console ephathekayo ekushaya nge-nostalgia efana ne-Game Boy yangempela. Kukhishwe ngo-1989 ngabakwaNintendo, leli bhulokhi eliyinqwaba yilokho owakuletha eminyakeni yama-90s noma nini lapho uphoqelelwa ukuphuma ngaphandle ngaphandle kokunye ukuzijabulisa (ubuhlungu!).
Sekudlule iminyaka engamashumi amathathu kusukela ku-Game Boy wokuqala, ngakho kwaba nengqondo ngomklami wezimboni kanye nomlandeli we-Nintendo u-YJ Yoon ukuthi anikeze u-Game Boy othandekayo ukushintshwa okwakudingeka kakhulu kwe-retro. INintendo Flex, njengoba ethanda ukubiza umqondo wakhe woshintsho olungcono, uthatha intuthuko yesimanje kubuchwepheshe begeyimu futhi ikuhlanganise nedizayini yemboni ye-Game Boy yakudala nolwazi lomsebenzisi.
Njengoba kulindelekile, okwakuyikhonsoli ephathwa ngesandla eyinqwaba manje isinokubukeka okuncane, nokuchachambile. Uzoqaphela ukuthi umzimba we-Flex ujika ubheke kumsebenzisi, okwenza kube lula ukubamba ikhonsoli. Lo mklamo ogobile ohlanganiswe nesikrini esikhulu uvumela umsebenzisi ukuthi agxile kancane kuzithikamezo zangaphandle nokuningi kugeyimu edlalwayo.
Izinkinobho nazo zishintshiwe kancane. Esikhundleni sezinkinobho zomcibisholo wepulasitiki ezibuhlungu ohlangothini olungakwesokunxele, isondo elishelelayo elicindezelekile livumela abadlali ukuthi bazule kumamenyu futhi balawule izinhlamvu zabo.
Enye ingxenye yokusetshenziswa kubonwa, izinkinobho A no-B, ihlala ifana kakhulu umehluko nje ukuthi manje isiyiziphetho ezimbili ezihlukene zenkinobho eyodwa. Njengoba abadlali bevame ukushintsha phakathi kwezinkinobho ezimbili kaningi, lokhu kuqondisa inqubo futhi kubasize bazulazule ku-Nintendo Flex ngaphandle kokubheka ikhonsoli ebonakalayo.
Ingxenye ephezulu yeNintendo Flex yenze umsebenzi othile ukuyihlukanisa nozakwabo wango-1989. Inkinobho yamandla manje isiphezu kwekhonsoli futhi ikhiya i-cartridge yegeyimu endaweni, ivimbela ukukhishwa ngephutha kwezingane zakini ezincane. Ngokuka-YJ Yoon, inhloso bekuwukufihla isishintshi samandla noma nini lapho umdlalo ufakwa kukhonsoli, okwenza umdlalo wegeyimu ugxile kakhulu.
Ingxenye engezansi yekhonsoli ibone umsebenzi othile futhi. Imidwebo yephethini yomugqa isetshenziswe engxenyeni engezansi ye-Flex ekusiza ukuthi ubambe kangcono izintende zezandla zakho ezijulukile. Lesi siphetho esingezansi kulapho ubungathola khona isikhulumi ku-Game Boy yasekuqaleni, kodwa ngenxa yezandla ezivala umsindo ngesikhathi sokudlalwa kwegeyimu, esikhundleni salokho siye sayiswa phezulu ku-Nintendo Flex.
Akukho ukusetshenziswa okuningi kweNintendo Flex enamaselula kanye neNintendo Switch elawula imakethe yemidlalo ephathwayo, kodwa akulimazi ukuzibuza ukuthi bekungaba yini ukube iNintendo inamathela kukhonsoli yayo yakudala. Thola okwengeziwe ngenqubo ka-Yoon yokuklama yalo mkhiqizo wokuhlola kweyakhe Ikhasi le-behance.
