Not only that, but packaged in this great box, with manual and professional Commodore 16+4 pack label:

The large Commodore Logo just looks great slid into the Analogue Pocket:

As you may know, the Analogue Pocket automatically detects Gameboy original cartridges, and changes the screen display to match the original Gameboy color scheme. You can change the screen setting to Gameboy Pocket if you prefer a clearer screen of course, but I keep it original old school:

There are 16 C16 games available in this collection, selectable from a menu, and some real classics in there too:

Monty on the Run:

Have to admit this game is a lot of fun still in 2024.

The classic game Jet Set Willy is also there:

Turned out I wasn't very good at it. Perhaps dungeon crawler Tower of Evil is more my speed:

I also enjoyed playing Auto Zone, which reminds me a bit of Carvup on the Amiga:

It is definitely worth picking up this C16 collection for the Gameboy if you have one still, or have an Gameboy player for SNES, Gamecube or indeed an Analogue Pocket.

 I really love this Analogue Pocket system, and always take it with me and use it when travelling now.  

I discovered the slim travel container I used for my Nintendo 3DS also fits the Pocket perfectly, making it very compact compared to using the optional official perspex container, and much easier to take travelling now. 

Even better now that I have the Amiga FPGA core with Amiga Vision prebuilt hdf (hard disk file) running on it using the MicroSD card - I can play nearly all my favourite Amiga games and demos on the go.

Amiga Vision has especially set this environment up to work on the Analogue Pocket, with good instructions provided on how to get it up and running.

The interface menu makes it easy to select games and demos to run on the Pocket, and before you know, you have Agony running on the go:

You can bring up a virtual keyboard to access keys you might need to start a game, options or other settings that need an Amiga keyboard to use.

I use it mainly for the DEL key, to quit the game, and return to the main menu to select another game/demo to run. This is because these games and demos are setup to use WHDLOAD to launch, so it is possible to quit without having to reboot the Amiga virtually.

The games run at full speed - no slowdown or audio issues.

AGA and OCS demos that don't need 030-060 work perfectly. They have not included any demos from that era (1996-2019) in this collection, so no problems. All demos in the collection run fine.

For example, TBL's EON winning Amiga 500 demo from Revision 2019 works perfectly:

Batman Rises from Batman Group - a stunning Amiga 500 OCS demo from 2022, also works well.

The Analogue Pocket's screen suits Amiga demos and games perfectly - the right screen ratio, and display looks crisp - controls suit most games that don't need a keyboard (which is a large amount of them):

I loved this game in the arcades, enjoyed the Amiga version too. Now I can play the original arcade version of UN Squadron on the go:

You can even play other handhelds like Gamate, tiger.com, and Wonderswan. Consoles like Atari 2600/7800, Vectrex, Odyssey 2, SNES, NES, Sega Megadrive, and even Intellivision games on the Pocket now with the Intellivision FPGA core:

Using the controller keypad numbers is an exercise in patience and memory, as each number from the original controller pad is mapped to a function key + something. Always pressing the wrong one...but the games look and run terrific on the Pocket.

You can even run a Tamagotchi core on the Pocket:

This nicely brings me to another purchase - I bought a Tamagotchi locally a few weeks ago. In 2024. Brand new, in Target. 

Amazing, they still sell them! I have seen them in other stores here too.

I never owned Tamagotchi back in the days when it was at its peak popularity in the late 1990's. 

My youngest brother had one, but I never had one of these "virtual pets" to take care of, and I was curious to try it out after I found out they still sell them in stores in 2024!

I know these devices are kept with you, and you need to feed, clean up, heal when sick, put them to sleep and play games with your pet as they slowly grow up. If you fail to look after the pet, they die and you have to start over.

The Tamagotchi beeps at you when it needs something, or warning you that a task needs doing. I gather they were banned in schools at the time as the random beeping across every student who had one drove the teachers crazy!

This is a Gen 2 unit. 

I watched some YouTube videos to learn more - turns out there is so much more that was done since the 1990's with the Tamagotchi series. 

This Gen 2 unit however is the basic features only, LCD screen, no backlight, no colour, with only one game to play with your Tamagotchi. There is no connectivity to other devices or sync with mobile phones and web portals for customisation, new outfits, etc, that came later.

This Tamagotchi runs standalone. It is the classic, and most popular version. I am ok with that, I just wanted to try something I never have used before. Because, why not?

You set the current time, as the virtual pet works with your timezone - when the pet is awake and when it sleeps are relative to it, as are meal times.

It starts as an egg waiting to be born - after five minutes it is born, and starts initially needing a lot of attention - food, food and more food. Games, games and more games.

The "I killed my virtual pet" screen:

I started over and tried again - I learnt there is a base weight in different eras of the pet's life - baby, child, teen, adult. You apparently need to keep them in that range to be healthy, same as for humans too!

The pet develops into a child and then a teen if you keep doing all the tasks to keep your Tamagotchi happy:

It might be a bit childish for a grown man to play this game, but I feel satisfied now that I didn't miss out on this era of games. 

Actually, I found it kinda fun. So there you go. Tamagotchi is still a thing in 2024. Who knew?