ModRetro Chromatic handheld plays Game Boy games.
ModRetro Chromatic handheld plays Game Boy games.
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Palmer Luckey unveils ModRetro Chromatic gaming handheld

Oculus founder Palmer Luckey unveiled the ModRetro Chromatic, a new handheld gaming device that is compatible with Game Boy cartridges.

The Southern California-based startup ModRetro said the Chromatic is the world’s only pixel-accurate Game Boy cartridge-compatible device. It’s the latest company founded by Luckey, who started the modern revival of virtual reality with Oculus and then moved on to defense contractor Anduril.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.