Good for
Game Boy, NES, Genesis, GBA
Support listed to
PS1
OS
Clockwork OS
Released
Jan 2018
The GameShell is a mid-range vertical retro handheld from ClockworkPi with a 2.7-inch 320×240 TFT screen, WiFi and Bluetooth, and runs Clockwork OS. It is best suited for Game Boy, NES, Genesis, GBA, with support listed up to PS1. It typically sells for around $159.
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Emulation
Supports 11 of 18 tested systems: 6 at excellent.
Mid-generation systems
Limited5 of 5 systems listed as playable or better
Modern systems
Unsupported0 of 4 systems listed as playable or better
Classic systems
Excellent6 of 6 systems listed as playable or better
Sixth-generation systems
Unsupported0 of 3 systems listed as playable or better
Emulation source notes
- DS: Nintendo DS: Most games playable but mostly with frameskip, struggles with harder to emulate games This device does not have a touchscreen, so you won't be able to play DS games that rely heavily on the touchscreen
- 3DS: Nintendo 3DS: Either cannot run any games at all or games are unplayably slow
- GBA: Nintendo Game Boy Advance: Almost all games playable at full speed without frameskip
- N64: Nintendo 64: Most games playable but mostly with frameskip, struggles with harder to emulate games
- NES: Nintendo Entertainment System: Almost all games playable at full speed without frameskip
- PS1: Sony Playstation: Almost all games playable at full speed without frameskip
- PS2: Sony Playstation 2: Either cannot run any games at all or games are unplayably slow
- PS3: Sony Playstation 3: Either cannot run any games at all or games are unplayably slow
- PSP: Sony Playstation Portable: Only the easiest to emulate games are barely playable
- Wii: Nintendo Wii: Either cannot run any games at all or games are unplayably slow
- SNES: Super Nintendo Entertainment System: Almost all games playable at full speed without frameskip
- Wii U: Nintendo Wii U: Either cannot run any games at all or games are unplayably slow
- Saturn: Sega Saturn: Only the easiest to emulate games are barely playable
- Switch: Nintendo Switch: Either cannot run any games at all or games are unplayably slow
- Genesis: Sega Genesis / Mega Drive: Almost all games playable at full speed without frameskip
- Game Boy: Game Boy / Game Boy Color: Almost all games playable at full speed without frameskip
- GameCube: Nintendo GameCube: Either cannot run any games at all or games are unplayably slow
- Dreamcast: Sega Dreamcast: Most games playable but mostly with frameskip, struggles with harder to emulate games
Specifications
Display
Screen
2.7 inch
Aspect ratio
4:3
Resolution
320 x 240
Pixel density
148.15 PPI
Panel
TFT
Refresh rate
60 Hz
Performance
Chipset
Allwinner R16-J
CPU
Cortex-A7
CPU clock
1.2 GHz
CPU cores
4
CPU threads
4
GPU
Mali-400 MP2
GPU clock
500 MHz
RAM
1 GB DDR3
Storage
Internal MicroSD
Architecture
ARM
Build
Battery
1020 mAh BL-5C
Weight
195 grams
Dimensions
136 mm x 85 mm x 24 mm
Material
Plastic
Charge port
Micro USB
Controls
D-pad
Top
Thumbsticks
None
Extra buttons
Menu, Power, Shift, 5 Programmable Lightbar Buttons
Features
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