ModRetro Chromatic: Better Than the Game Boy Color it Emulates
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Background
The ModRetro Chromatic is a handheld that ModRetro founder Palmer Luckey envisioned to be "the ultimate tribute" to the Game Boy®. The Chromatic plays Game Boy® (GB), Game Boy Color® (GBC), and Chromatic game cartridges. It has a magnesium alloy body and PBT plastic buttons. The screen's a sunlight readable backlit (not reflective) LCD that's color-calibrated to match the GBC and has the same pixel resolution as the GB/GBC. The Chromatic runs on three AAA batteries or an optional li-ion battery pack.
The Chromatic comes in various colors (as well as an exclusive GameStop grey model) and retails for $199.
Identification
The ModRetro Chromatic looks like a thicker, metallic Game Boy Color®. MODRETRO is marked above the screen, and CHROMATIC is labeled above the D-pad.
Technical Specifications
- Display
- 160x144 pixel 2.56" IPS backlit LCD
- Audio
- Custom speaker module
- 3.5mm headphone output
- Data
- Backwards compatible link cable port
- Backwards compatible IR link
- USB-C video out to PC
- Power
- 3x AA batteries (included)
- Optional li-ion battery pack, rechargeable through the USB-C port
- Compatibility
- Compatible with Game Boy® and Game Boy Color® game cartridges
- Compatible with Chromatic game cartridges
- Dimensions and Material
- Console: 5.2x3x1.2 inches, 6.2 oz
- Magnesium alloy thixomolded shell
- Sapphire display front crystal
- What’s Included
- Chromatic
- Chromatic Tetris cartridge
- 3x AA ModRetro batteries
