Analogue Pocket

The Analogue Pocket is designed around an Altera Cyclone V FPGA chip, which can be reprogrammed to mimic the hardware of various game consoles. Unlike an emulator, an FPGA can function nearly identically to the original hardware. Out of the box, the Analogue Pocket is designed to replicate the hardware of Game Boy, Game Boy Color, and Game Boy Advance consoles. The Pocket has a physical cartridge slot at the rear of the console which accepts most Game Boy Game Pak titles. This FPGA can also be reprogrammed to replicate the Game Gear, Neo Geo Pocket/Pocket Color, Atari Lynx, TurboGrafx-16 and adapters (sold separately) allow their game cartridges to be plugged into the cartridge slot. Due to the near identical hardware of the Sega Master System and Game Gear, Master System cartridges can also be run from the cartridge slot via a third-party adapter in addition to the Analogue Game Gear adapter. An additional Altera Cyclone 10 FPGA handles system management within the Analogue Pocket. For expanded connectivity, the Analogue Pocket offers a microSD card slot. A USB-C port is included for charging the built-in lithium-ion battery and to connect to a proprietary docking station, Analogue Dock, which enables wireless controller support and HDMI output.

The Analogue Pocket was announced on October 16, 2019. but its release was delayed several times due to global chip shortages related to the COVID-19 pandemic. It finally launched on December 13, 2021 in black and white colors. Since then, Analogue has expanded the Pocket's lineup with a glow-in-the-dark version in September 2023, transparent colors in October 2023 and models in classic Game Boy colors in November 2023. Analogue released all-aluminium models of the Pocket in white, black, gray and indigo colors on July 15, 2024.

Initially planned for January 2022, the 1.1 software update arrived in July of that year. This update introduced openFPGA, a framework which allows third party developers to develop FPGA simulation cores using Pocket's hardware. It introduced emulation for the PDP-1 computer with the classic game Spacewar!, along with save states ("Memories") and informative "info cards" ("Library") for inserted cartridges. In December 2023, Analogue released firmware updates 1.2 and 2.0. Version 1.2 addressed sleep/wake and save state issues, improved compatibility between adapters and FPGAs, and allowed cores to detect the docked state. Version 2.0 brought custom color palettes for Game Boy games, allowed FPGA cores to switch aspect ratios when docked and resolved a video issue with certain openFPGA cores in docked mode. Firmware update version 2.2 brought support for the Lynx, TurboGrafx-16 and Neo Geo Pocket Color cartridge adapters.

The Analogue Pocket has the following hardware specifications: