The Pocket gives you similar options in GB, GBC, and GBA modes in the form of the aforementioned "frame blending" toggle. Prior Analogue systems have included experimental modes to break with tradition and artificially remove flicker in certain instances. This is bad news for unoptimized software, as games like Castlevania: The Adventure on Game Boy and the GBA's Sonic 1 port are rendered with the same slowdown and sprite flicker issues as the original hardware. (With at least one exception, which I'll get to.) Which, of course, is great news. If you take an original Game Boy-branded system, play a game on it, then play the same thing on the Analogue Pocket, you can expect identical gameplay and performance. I would love to regale you with quirks and issues in the hundreds of games I tested while reviewing the Analogue Pocket, using both official cartridges and flash carts. "Who's that Pokemon?!" (I mean, it's not a black silhouette, so you can probably guess this one.) And the GBA-to-GameCube cable requires dislodging its plastic nubs, but otherwise, it fits into Analogue Pocket's cartridge slot and makes the system's GBA mode play nice with compatible GameCube software. Any GBA or GBC-compatible link cable appears to work as expected with other original Game Boy-branded multiplayer games, since the Pocket includes a GBA-like link cable port. Motion-sensitive carts like Yoshi Topsy Turvy and WarioWare Twisted function beautifully, as do "rumbling" cartridges like Pokemon Pinball and Perfect Dark. The original duo of Game Boy Camera and Game Boy Printer work as expected (though the Pocket won't magically make them render or print sharper images). Should you wish to use any of the Game Boy universe's weirdest cartridges or cartridge-based add-ons, the Analogue Pocket has you covered. Only one cart proved repeatedly stubborn and required a quick swab on multiple occasions before use. Testing a variety of original GB, GBC, and GBA cartridges mostly worked without incident, though a few cartridges required a quick wipe with a damp cotton swab when going into the Pocket for the first time-which I didn't have to do to get the same carts working in a GBA SP. No awkward aiming or wiggling required here. This is the nicest Analogue cartridge slot I've ever tested, as old games slip firmly into it and come out with a gentle tug. The Analogue Pocket's universal cartridge slot resembles the one on a GBA, which itself is backward-compatible with GB and GBC carts (remember when Nintendo still did stuff like that?).
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