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Manufacturer: Seeed Studio
Price as tested: $79
Link: arduboy.com
Arduboy, the credit card-sized game console, keeps evolving, now with the FX-C. It’s still pocket sized and still powered by an 8-bit ATMega32u4. Though the power is tiny compared to the ubiquitous ESP32, it still sports a library of 300 community-made games and counting.
It’s small and light enough that I forgot I was carrying it around, and the monochromatic screen is bright enough to play outside. An RGB LED adds a hint of color.
Unlike those 50-in-one systems-on-a-chip with five games and 10 minor variations on each, these are actually 300 individual games. The effect is something like UFO 50 in a universe of pocket LCD games (though saying UFO 50 is like Arduboy might be more accurate). There are twists on old clas