Recomps, Decomps, and Playable Dioramas

This week on NPC: Next Portable Console, handheld news and a nerdy look at the recomp and decomp scene that is rapidly expanding to new operating systems.

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Links and Show Notes The Latest Portable Gaming News

• Retroid Announces Nova Shipping Dates
• Qualcomm reportedly notifies hardware partners of impending chip price hikes

The Recomp and Decomp Scene

• Pokemon Gen 1 Recompilation adds HD-2D to the original games
  • A mod team has made a recompilation of Pokemon Red, Blue, and Yellow
  • The Dramatic Shape Voxel Mod which turns the game into a full 3D voxel-based experience.
• Ocarina of Time decomp on iOS
  • Also Mario Kart 64 iOS decomp.

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