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Pocket Air Mini: an inexpensive retrogaming handheld with the right aspect ratio [1]

['Rob Beschizza']

Date: 2025-09-04  

Old games were played on cathode ray tubes 1.33 times as wide as they were tall. In the widescreen era, modern LCD and OLED displays rarely have this 4:3 aspect ratio, making them poorly-suited to retrogaming. Ayaneo's Pocket Air Mini touts a new high-resolution 4:3 display, enough grunt to play your favorite classics, and an enticing price tag.

A retro handheld for everyone

World's first handheld with a brand-new 4:3 retro display

4.2-inch, 1280 × 960 stunning visuals

Perfect point-to-point rendering for N64, PS, and Dreamcast

Classic 4:3 retro games with no black borders for full immersion

What the price is, though, is yet to be announced. Or indeed the release date; all we have is the picture and the announcement above promising "no black borders for full immersion."

Ayaneo's made a name for itself offering stylish and somewhat odd retrogaming devices such as the Don't Call It a Classic Mac and the Pocket Micro Classic, resembling a 1980s Nintendo controller.

Previously:

• A cheap and easy retrogaming console

• Trump tariffs hit retrogaming

• Mac Mini G4 great for Mac retrogaming

• Antec Core Micro is a tiny pocket retrogame handheld

• Compare retrogaming portables at Retrosizer

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