"Luckey said last year that he'd been trying to build a Game Boy-inspired device off and on as a hobby for almost seventeen years now and described the Chromatic as the result of hundreds of irrational decisions that made it an uncompromisingly authentic celebration of everything that made the console special."
"ModRetro, the vintage gaming startup by Palmer Luckey, is in talks to raise funding at a $1 billion valuation, according to the Financial Times. The company launched its first product, a Game Boy-style handheld device called the Chromatic, in 2024."
ModRetro, founded by Palmer Luckey, is raising funding at a $1 billion valuation following the 2024 launch of the Chromatic, a Game Boy-inspired handheld device. The Verge praised it as potentially the best Game Boy version ever made, though reviewers noted difficulty separating the product from Luckey's association with defense technology company Anduril Industries. Luckey described the Chromatic as the culmination of nearly seventeen years of hobby development, featuring hundreds of intentional design decisions creating an authentic celebration of the original console. ModRetro is developing additional retro gaming devices, including a Nintendo 64 replica. Separately, Luckey's defense tech company Anduril is reportedly raising funding at a $60 billion valuation, reflecting the Trump administration's apparent support for autonomous weapons technology.
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