Analogue Pocket: first big update coming in July

Analogue Pocket will receive its first major update in July. In the menu: Library, Memory and access to the second FPGA for developers.

Today, the video game market is clearly dominated by three monsters – Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo, each with its own ecosystem. This obviously applies to those who want to play modern games. On the other hand, for retrogaming enthusiasts, young or old, there are many more options. There are enough projects, consoles too. Analog pocket is one of them. And soon it will offer its first major update.

Analogue Pocket will receive its first major update in July

The Analogue Pocket console will soon receive the first of the major updates promised at launch. According to The Verge, Analogue is announcing the release of Pocket OS 1.1 beta next July. In particular, the long-awaited Library, Memories and FPGA development features will appear. After that, improvements should come “regularly,”according to the company.

In the menu: Library, Memory and access to the second FPGA for developers

The library will become the equivalent of an encyclopedia of classic games. Insert the cartridge and you’ll find out everything you need to know about your particular copy of this game, including game manuals and publisher and/or developer details. Memories, on the other hand, will let you create saves and screenshots. While Analogue hasn’t fully explained the extension for developers, it should allow developers to use a second FPGA Pocket. They will have access to the OS, hardware, and features such as memories.

We don’t know why this 1.1 version is taking so long to arrive. The wait, however, was not long in coming. In December, Analogue announced that the Library and Memories will be ready in January, but they won’t be available until a few months later in beta. If you don’t have a console yet, that’s not a problem. The last pre-orders will not be fulfilled until 2023. In other words, only the first buyers will have to be patient, the rest do not even have a console in their hands yet.