That said, the Pocket launch, like many in-demand products, was also plagued by bots and scalpers that both got through checkout faster than a normal human and with intentions to resell at marked-up prices rather than enjoy the product themselves.

Pocket’s a very interesting device, because rather than emulate classic games via software, the handheld employs two field-programmable gate array (FPGA) chips that can be configured to support Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance, Sega Game Gear, SNK Neo Geo Pocket, and Atari Lynx cartridges at a hardware level.