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Portable hardware Black Friday deals take off from Nintendo, Evercade and more

 While there's no sign of a discount on the PlayStation Portal or Xbox Ally, portable gamers can still get in on the Black Friday action. From handheld PC gaming devices to Nintendo, there's plenty on offer.  Update: Valve has jumped in with 20% off the Steam Deck LCD 256GB model (down to £279 in the UK) Update: PlayStation Portal has £20 off the range, bringing the white and black models down to £179, and 30th Anniversary Edition to £189. (Look out for another 5% off at checkout!)  First up is  Evercade offering a clutch of offers on hardware and games on Amazon and across other stores in Europe and US markets.  Not all deals have kicked in yet, but the official list is:  Up to 30% off all cartridges released before September 2025 20% off all hardware released before September 2025 US and Canada to receive 20% off all lines released before Sep 2025 Big names, including Evercade Alpha Street Fighter and Mega Man bartop arcade, Tomb Raider, all Super Pocke...

Happy 9th birthday to the Vita

 On the 17th December 2011, Japan welcomed the next-generation of handheld gaming with open arms. And on the 9th anniversary, the Sony portable is still getting games with Entergram's Kaleidoscope of Phantasm Prison arriving today to keep visual novel fans happy. 


Back then, Japanese gamers were snapping up the launch releases, and there was plenty of press interest. A shame Andriasang's pages are no longer live who had extensive coverage on the day. Famitsu had a top 10 of the most-wanted games, and there was the pleasure of seeing one start up up for the first time


Looking back at the many other posts from around the time, there was so much enthusiasm, and a stampede of games that all looked so good. Thanks for the memories, and here's to a few more to come! 

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