Innholdsfortegnelse for October 2019 i Stuff UK

When you work in an office with a constant stream of the latest and greatest tech arriving on your doorstep, it can be all too easy to lose sight of the fundamental differences between ‘want’ and ‘need’. Nobody needs an OLED TV that rolls up into a cabinet doubling as a soundbar, but as sure as the grass is green we want one and I don’t think there’s anything wrong with that. It’s not greed, it’s desire – an incentive, something to work for. That, then, is the basis for Stuff’s annual Most Wanted list: a chance for our pool of experts to offer a self-indulgent opinion on the gadgets, games and gear they currently desire above all else. Of course, our opinion isn’t sacrosanct; so if you’ve got a…

Oh my, please don’t tell me these are Google goggles? Well… yes and no. Welcome to the underwater world of aquatic AR, where swim tracking is tackled wearing a pair of goggles with a Google Glass head-up display. Unless you’re a mermaid, Aquaman or Kevin Costner, you tend to need your arms to help propel you through water, so a wrist-based tracker can be bit awks for keeping an eye on times when you’re flapping about. What about different strokes? Whatchu talkin’’bout, Willis? The Form goggles use an accelerometer and gyroscope to automatically detect stroke type, stroke rate and split times. That’s because they’ve been developed using data collected from swimmers of all levels, and the makers claim the goggles can also identify when you’re turning or resting. Water a…

Sega Mega Drive Mini Shortly before we started peeking at each other’s work and scuffles broke out, one thing we could all agree on was that Sega joining the retro console revival is a good thing. Here in all its shrunken glory is the Mega Drive Mini, faithful replica of a ’90s cult classic for the GamesMaster generation, spiritual home of Sonic the Hedgehog, and the console for kids who didn’t wet the bed after playing Kirby’s Adventure on the NES. Given the original 16-bit Mega Drive cost £190, £70 seems a bit of a bargain for reliving the glory of dislodging motorcyclists with nunchucks in Road Rash II. It arrives on 4 October. £70 / megadrivemini.sega.com Megamind Among the 42 pre-loaded games are Earthworm Jim, Streets of Rage 2,…

THE BASICS ▪ Back up first Unless starting afresh, back up your existing device to iCloud. Then plug the thing into a Mac or PC, fire up iTunes and take a full local backup. Chances are, nothing will go wrong when you update to iOS 13… but if your device turns into a brick, you’ll be glad your data’s safe. ▪ Adjust the Home screen Apple has embraced the dark side. During setup, you can opt for the new Dark Mode, which can also be toggled using Control Centre’s Brightness slider (long-press and tap Appearance). Long presses on the Home screen now give you a contextual menu rather than jiggling apps. And the iPad gets widgets, but only on one Home screen. Baby steps. ▪ Manage your files Files is…

Apple iPad Pro from £769 / stuff.tv/iPadPro The latest iPad Pro isn’t cheap, but it’s a mobile powerhouse like no other, with a diverse and rich app ecosystem, tons of power, a gorgeous screen, and the kind of focus on creativity and productivity that just doesn’t exist on other tablets. If you just want to faff on Facebook or Netflix it’s massive overkill, so we’d recommend going for the new iPad Air (from £479) instead; but even if you don’t actually need the new iPad Pro, you’re going to want one if you have it in your mitts for five minutes. Stuff says Once again Apple blasts ahead of the pack, with a stylish, powerful tablet full of creative potential Microsoft Surface Go from £379 / stuff.tv/SurfaceGo Having this slinky…

Sony WH-1000XM3 £272 / stuff.tv/SonyWHXM3 Sony’s WH-1000 series was already a top performer, and the WH-1000XM3s make for an even more compelling package. With Bluetooth wireless and great noise-cancellation, they’re the ultimate public transport stress killer… well, aside from a chauffeur or a lottery win that lets you retire. The leather pads make them incredibly easy to wear, not unlike sitting in one of those ultra-comfy leather chairs, and most importantly of all the sound quality is fantastic. Stuff says Great wireless headphones with effective ANC and a sound that nails just about everything B&O H9i £329 / stuff.tv/H9i Like all B&O products, these noise-cancelling cans scream luxury… but they’re not just a pretty face. There’s measured punch in the low end and timing is spot-on, with a crisp and…

Sonos Beam £399 / stuff.tv/SonosBeam Sonos’s home cinema gear has always been a little expensive, but with the Beam it’s created a great-value soundbar. It sounds ace, c omes with loads of features and is compact enough to fit into the average living-room AV setup without taking over. If you want the best-sounding system then the Playbar or Playbase are still the products to go for, but they’re a lot more money, they don’t have Alexa, and they don’t control your TV in the same slick way the Beam does. Stuff says Smaller and cheaper than the already excellent Playbar, and packed full of smarts Q Acoustics Media 4 £179 / stuff.tv/Media4 The justifiably multi-award-winning Media 4 combines subtle detail with precise surround effects to be one of the best-sounding…

Sony PlayStation 4 Pro £349 / stuff.tv/PS4Pro As a gaming platform, PlayStation 4 is the best around – which makes the PS4 Pro the best of the best. Games optimised for the new console look stunning on a 4K HDR TV, and are substantially improved by the extra grunt inside this slightly bigger machine. Sure, it can’t match the Xbox One X for sheer power or resolution, but it makes up for that with an impressive line-up of games – including Uncharted 4, Horizon Zero Dawn and Bloodborne – and virtual reality support. Stuff says The system for console gamers who have a 4K TV and want the best catalogue of games on offer Nintendo Switch £259 / stuff.tv/NintendoSwitch Nintendo’s console earned a promotion in our list after it impressed…

Jaguar I-Pace from £60,995 (with PiCG) / stuff.tv/ipace Not content with simply making an electric vehicle that can get you from A to B with minimal fuss (and fuel bills), Jaguar has created something desirable, fun to drive and impressively capable when the going gets tough. This car offers Amazon Alexa integration, smartphone connectivity and a 10in touchscreen on the upper deck. With the I-Pace, Jaguar can happily claim to be the first mainstream brand to really give Tesla something to worry about. Stuff says Fun, fast and practical, the I-Pace is the greatest thing to happen to electric cars in a long time Nissan Leaf from £27,995 / stuff.tv/NissanLeaf Nissan has really got it right with the latest Leaf – an accomplished family car that packs some serious range…

Tado Smart Thermostat from £200 + installation / stuff.tv/Tado TIPS & TRICKS Check out the app’s Energy Savings Report to see how well you’re doing each month. Crank up the nerdery by tinkering with Tado’s IFTTT channel or adding it to your HomeKit setup. Hook up an Amazon Echo or Google Home to change the temperature with your voice. It might not be as pretty as the Nest 3.0, but Tado has quietly evolved into the best all-round smart heating system around. Like autopilot for your boiler, it senses when you’re leaving home or coming back thanks to the app’s geolocation. And Tado’s gadgety goodness is second to none, with the option of zonal control for individual rooms and voice smarts from the likes Alexa and Google Assistant. Stuff says…

I GOT A 5G HOME HUB I was a little apprehensive about having a Huawei box and a Google box in the same room, but so far, so good – at least when I’m in the flat. Optimum data-guzzling tastes good – it’s like eating all your favourite things while having a throat 10 times wider than normal, and not needing to chew. While it was kind of Three to send over a lovely technician (pictured below), it’s a simple plug-and-play setup that my non-existent dog could have figured out. Do they not trust me? Natalya Paul, Online Editor I LEARNED TO FEND FOR MYSELF Conscious that at the age of 36 I was in serious danger of devolving into a vicious cycle of Deliveroo orders, I was prompted by…

£795 / grado.co.uk Are oversized Polo mints a headphone trend these days? Not that we’re aware of, but these Grado cans look so fresh we’d have no hesitation wearing them. Every pair from the Brooklyn brand’s Prestige Series is hand-built and this edition – also going by the moniker of The White Headphone – is available in “very limited quantities”. They’re made in the main from brushed aluminium, which according to Grado helps to dampen distortion – every audiophile’s kryptonite – while an eight-conductor cable exerts control in the upper and lower ranges of the frequency spectrum. Yes, all that from a cable. I take it there’s some sort of link to the Beatles? Boom Shankar! Yes, there is. As you might have guessed from the nickname, they’re inspired by…

LUIGI’S MANSION 3 You could spend your Halloween handing out sweets to small children and decimating a pumpkin, but we have a better idea. Disable the doorbell, hog the Haribo for yourself and hunt some ghosts in Luigi’s debut solo outing on the Switch. After you’ve decimated the pumpkin, obviously. HOT CHIP Fresh from releasing their excellent seventh album A Bath Full of Ecstasy, Britain’s most colourfully dressed dads are playing a big show at London’s Alexandra Palace. In a week when everyone’s bound to be talking (even more) about Brexit, a generous dollop of euphoric synth-pop will be like medicine. JOKER A gritty origin story of perhaps the most iconic villain of all that ignores the comics and doesn’t have a Bat to save the day – sounds risky,…

LG V50 ThinQ 5G £805 / lg.com What’s the story? LG has ditched its gesture gimmicks in favour of a phone with ‘foldable but not really’ credentials. Shipping with a ‘dual screen’ case, the inside of the folio cover works as a second screen and could be a much-needed point of differentiation in a growing field of 5G handsets. From £50 up front and £69 a month on EE, that’s cheaper than the Galaxy S10 5G. Is it any good? The S10 5G has a better screen and camera, the OnePlus 7 5G looks more futuristic, Oppo’s Reno 5G can zoom further and the Xiaomi on the right costs less, but the LG is the geek’s choice. It’s fun figuring how to get the best from the dual screen, the…

£2199 / stuff.tv/AmbeoSoundbar ▪ Is the Ambeo Soundbar a piece of Brutalist architecture? In relative terms, it’s every bit as monolithic as a post-war tower block. This means any prospective owner is going to need a big TV to put it under, plus lots of space and a proper wall on which to mount it. ▪ Part of the reason it’s such a whopper is that Sennheiser was determined the Ambeo should offer full-on home cinema rumble and scale without the need for a separate subwoofer. ▪ As a result, it needs a bit of space on account of the 500W of Class D amplification that’s powering its 13 drivers. Class D is efficient, but 500 Watts of it creates appreciable heat – so the vents on top of the…

SWIPE KEYBOARDS The standard iPhone keyboard now includes swipe typing, and in this mode the delete key removes the entire previous word. On iPad, though, only the floating keyboard (pinch on the full-size one) supports this. Gboard and SwiftKey still work fine on iPadOS. SERVER ACCESS In Files, tap ‘…’ by the Browse menu and there’s an option to connect to local SMB servers. We’ve found this a bit, er, temperamental. It’ll possibly improve. If not, invest in Secure ShellFish and/or FE File Explorer Pro, which integrate with Files anyway. LIVE PHOTO VIDEOS In Photos you can now select a Live Photo, tap the Share button and select ‘Save as video’ to save the video file back to Photos. Or use Motion Stills to compile Live Photos into tiny movies…

FIRST ADD THESE… ONE RHINO ROV EVERYDAY For smoothly cinematic panning shots, you’ll want to pick up a slider like the Rhino ROV Everyday. It’s motorised and portable, and was built with smartphones like the Xperia 1 in mind. Sweep from left to right, and your 21:9 wide 4K shot can span a landscape with the dynamism and precision your unique artistic vision demands. £279 / wexphotovideo.com TWO SONY WF-1000XM3 Fancy something a bit fancier than AirPods? These lightweight noise-cancelling Bluetooth earbuds are taking the audio world by storm, delivering great battery life, a premium finish and, most importantly, excellent sound when paired up with the Xperia 1 and its aptX HD audio support. Want to know more? Read the review on p64. £220 / sony.co.uk THREE ANKER POWERCORE 10000…

Data Wing £free / Android, iOS This game starts off as if Asteroids had a baby with a top-down racer: your triangular craft blasts around circuits, gaining speed when its bum scrapes neon track edges. Soon you discover you’re part of an OS ruled by a deranged AI. Story and game quickly expand, as you glimpse the world beyond the screen and battle gravity in cavern-based sections that recall 8-bit classic Thrust. Rarely do mobile titles pack in so many hours of clever, thoughtful narrative. Pretty much never are such games free. Stuff says A mobile game we’d happily recommend if it cost a fiver – for nowt, it’s an absurdly generous bargain Jumpgrid £2.99 / iOS Pac-Man and Frogger meet Super Hexagon and buckets of adrenaline in this superb…

Apple Watch Series 4 from £399 / stuff.tv/WatchS4 The Apple Watch Series 4 has everything going for it – the larger screen, improved processor and louder speaker mean it’s easier to actually do stuff on it than any previous Watch, and it has a load of health features that just aren’t on other wearables. Whether you’re navigating somewhere using Maps, going for a run without your phone, or just wanting to keep track of your activity during the day, this Apple Watch does a great job of handling all these things and more. Stuff says Best wearable ever: a sleek, sophisticated redesign of the previous generation with some hearty upgrades Samsung Galaxy Watch from £279 / stuff.tv/GalaxyWatch A sturdy and stylish smartwatch with plenty of power and a truly lovely…

Sonos One £199 / stuff.tv/SonosOne Making an amazing speaker was an easy job for the multiroom champs, but getting Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant to dance along in time with it… well, that wasn’t such a simple task. But the One is now an altogether more well-rounded device than it was at launch, supporting Spotify with voice control as well as Amazon Music and TuneIn Radio, while the early Alexa hiccups seem to have been fixed by a series of software updates. It also has an improved processor in its 2019 ‘Gen 2’ form. Stuff says Sonos’s Alexa-powered speaker remains a class apart from the competition Amazon Echo Dot £50 / stuff.tv/EchoDot The big price difference means that, for many people, the 3rd-gen Dot is a better bet than the full-size…

Oculus Quest from £399 / stuff.tv/OculusQuest The Quest offers all manner of fully interactive, roamable virtual worlds that you can throw in your backpack without a single wire. That’s a mindblowing technical feat. Yes, the battery life is average, but the inside-out tracking and total absence of any cables make this the best all-round VR headset to date. It also ships with the Oculus Touch motion controllers included, which means you can play fully fledged Oculus Rift titles without being anywhere near a PC. Stuff says If you’ve been waiting to board the VR bandwagon, the Quest might be the best reason yet to go for it HTC Vive £499 / stuff.tv/HTCVive There isn’t much difference between this and the much cheaper Oculus Rift, in all honesty. But if you’re…

GoPro Hero7 Black £379 / stuff.tv/Hero7Black This is basically the excellent Hero6 Black (a five-star action cam that cost £500 at launch) with a bunch of improvements added – the most useful of which being the incredibly effective HyperSmooth image stabilisation, which has a huge impact on video quality. It’s great to see a company like GoPro continue to innovate in ways that are genuinely valuable to its main customer base, and the Hero7 Black is the best camera it’s made in years. Stuff says GoPro’s smoothest operator ever, and a brilliant flagship action cam DJI Osmo Action £329 / stuff.tv/OsmoAction The image stabilisation is sensational and the face-optimised metering makes DJI’s action cam an ideal choice for vloggers. It has some idiosyncrasies, but this is a smart shooter that…

Fujifilm X-T3 £1349 / stuff.tv/FujifilmXT3 TIPS & TRICKS Pre-shot ES mode starts taking photos and adding them to the buffer as soon as you half-press. Sports Finder mode’s display enables you to see what’s about to come into frame for moving shots. Tapping an area on the 3in touchscreen will let you set the focus point or take an instant shot. It’s really hard to find anything bad to say about the X-T3 – it’s just consistently great in so many ways. Fuji has looked at virtually every feature on the X-T2 and upgraded it. With substantial tweaks made to the pro-level video options, the high-res EVF, the super-fast autofocus and the burst shooting, what you’re left with is an all-round beast of a camera in a small, beautiful form.…

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HIDDEN SIDE £free / Android, iOS Lego’s previous AR apps were tentative steps that held Stuff’s attention for literally seconds. But Hidden Side shakes things up. For a start, you build an actual Lego set first, which is always good. Then you point your blower at it and go all Ghostbusters on the blocky horrors you find lurking within (it’s rated PEGI 3, so is suitable for all ages, but don’t blame us if you wet the bed). The game bits are fast-paced, if a bit repetitive; still, repeat play is rewarded with new critters to battle and weapons to unlock. There’s no IAP here, although you may end up emptying your bank account to get more sets to use with the game. Cunning play, Lego.…

Journey £4.99 / iOS Increasingly, iOS devices resemble gaming time machines, placing old PC and console hits right in your mitts. Now it’s Journey’s turn. When on the go, you can explore its mysterious world, leap into the air with your magic cape, and skid down sand dunes in a manner that won’t do anything good for the soles of your feet. Having this game working on a phone is bonkers – although at the time of writing, so are the camera controls, unfortunately. You have to make tiny thumb movements to avoid abruptly yanking your viewpoint about. Still, Journey remains beautiful, finite and solo – just the ticket if you found yourself overwhelmed by the thematically similar (but massively multiplayer) mobile semi-sequel, Sky.…

Switch it up LYRA You could stuff your Android with retro gaming emulators, but the playing experience is rubbish on a slippy glass screen. The Lyra offers a far more palatable way to enjoy the classics on the go. As it uses a Raspberry Pi CM3L, performance should be closer to that of a Picade than all the Pi Zero (and similar) handhelds knocking around. And it’s easy on the eyes and digits, with a 5in 800x480 display, a D-pad, four face buttons and a pair of triggers. An HDMI output is included for TV antics or personal computing, and you can save £30 by building the thing yourself. Of course, you’ll almost certainly trap a speck of dust behind the display that’ll nag you forever. from £149 / creoqode.com…

BETTER BALLPOINTS The stainless scribbler Kaweco Liliput Chin-deep in notes and wrestling with a report, the concept of time can seem a distant dream. Root your mind back in reality with the cold, hard certainty of stainless steel: this sleek metal screw-top won’t make those appendices easier, but it might just prevent a midnight meltdown. £78 / kaweco-pen.com The larger legend Parker Jotter XL Smartphones might make note-keeping a cinch, but sometimes only the paper certainty of a written to-do will, erm, do. Parker’s click-top Jotter has long been the tool of choice for those of a doodling disposition – and now the classic ballpoint’s back with a barrel that’s 7% bigger. £24 / parkerpen.com The rugged writer Fisher Space Pen Clutch Heard the one about NASA spending millions on…

Philips TV. Looks better. How do you choose your new TV? Do you like to do as much research as possible, drilling down into specifications and technical highlights? Do you go for the one with the brightest, boldest picture? The one that looks nicest in your living room? Or do you pick the one that seems to be the best value for money? Chances are you do a bit of everything. Every one of those considerations is important, after all. And ordinarily that would mean compromising – trying to strike a balance between features, design, performance and price. Philips doesn’t believe you should have to compromise. It knows you can have the best of everything, and has been setting the pace for OLED TV for a while now – and…

from £229 / stuff.tv/UltionSmart ▪ Nobody has really nailed the smart door lock in the UK yet… but Brisant-Secure thinks it has a chance by combining its physical locks, trusted by locksmiths, with a military-encrypted Danalock V3 taking care of the connected stuff, such as geofenced auto-unlocking and support for multiple smart home platforms. ▪ First impressions are promising. It looks like a door lock, it comes with a key and the contemporary finish won’t alert anyone to the wizardry inside. Installation is simple too: there are no holes to drill or wires to connect. ▪ Pairing with the Danalock app is quick if uninspiring; it works and it’s feature-rich, with electronic invites for guests (including integration with the Airbnb app), geofencing for auto-unlocking on approach, auto-locking after a selected…

Huawei P30 Pro from £899 / stuff.tv/P30Pro TIPS & TRICKS Use Huawei’s OneHop tech for quick wireless file transfers from the phone to your laptop The P30 Pro works as a wireless charger, so you can share its juice with any other Qi-enabled device. Drive an Audi? You can use this phone as a digital car key, to unlock it and even start the engine. Huawei’s latest superphone sets a stratospheric benchmark for camera power, with no cost to overall performance. Everything about the design is top-notch, with only screen sharpness failing to hit the very highest marks – at least by Huawei’s own giddy standards. But it’s those oh-so-clever rear camera lenses that really set the P30 Pro apart. Just be aware that ongoing political problems for the brand…

RHA TrueConnect £147 / stuff.tv/TrueConnect Wireless in-ears usually come with compromises. Great sound, poor fit. Great design, no waterproofing. And that’s before we start on the biggest bugbear: connection stability. But the RHA TrueConnects seem to nail all the important stuff, and arguably better than any others we’ve tested. They sound fantastic, the design is lovely – they’re now available in navy or white as well as the original black – plus there’s waterproofing to IPX5 and the Bluetooth 5.0 connection is rock-solid. Stuff says These wireless buds are superb all-rounders, with solid tone and a strong Bluetooth connection Cambridge Audio Melomania 1 £120 / stuff.tv/Melomania1 Offering an engaging and exciting listen, these buds lack just a drop of dynamism but do most things really well… and for hours and…

Moov Now £55 / stuff.tv/MoovNow Slow and steady wins the race, and the Now has gone on to prove that with a marathon-like pace helping it finally make it to the top of this list. We’ve long considered this tracker a bargain, but further reductions have helped it enter the realm of ‘downright steal’. OK, so it doesn’t have a screen or smartphone skills, but with guided voice coaching, a six-month battery and solid waterproofing, it has everything you’d ever want in your perfect fitness tracker. Stuff says A bargain-tastic fitness band that does more than just track your steps Fitbit Inspire HR £90 / stuff.tv/InspireHR Fitbit’s latest is a great little tracker. As well as step-counting, it’s surprisingly capable for proper run-tracking if you go out with a phone.…

Sky Q from £20 + £22/month / stuff.tv/SkyQ Sky Q works flawlessly and could change the way you watch TV – especially now 4K’s arrived. With Sky Movies’ huge range of films and Sky Sports in stunning Ultra HD, along with the new addition of Netflix, there’s something for everyone to treat their eyes with. And 2TB of storage means you can record 350 hours’ worth of entertainment, so you’re unlikely to be sweating over which show needs deleting. Factor in its multiroom skills, and Sky Q is undoubtedly the best TV experience you can get. Stuff says You’ll have to cough up for a subscription, but this is the best box for watching both live and recorded shows Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K £50 / stuff.tv/FireStick4K Amazon’s latest streaming…

Lego Boost Creative Toolbox £150 / stuff.tv/LegoCreativeToolbox Building Lego models is already ridiculously good fun, so think what great a time you’ll have when the completed model turns into a functioning robot. With the accompanying tablet app, you can use simple coding to make the robot move, fire projectiles and play various games. And rather than retiring it to the dusty shelf once you’re bored, you can rebuild him into four other programmable models: a harmonica-playing cat, a driveable rover, a working robot-builder and a playable guitar. Stuff says All hail Vernie and friends – for value and sheer fun, it’s hard to beat this programmable Lego kit Propel Star Wars X-Wing Battling Drone £62 / stuff.tv/SWDrone The Star Wars Battling Drone works indoors and outdoors, and doesn’t require a…

Blood & Truth £28 / PSVR Blood & Truth uses every trick available to deliver an absolutely rollicking action thriller – sweaty palms are guaranteed. Covering a huge breadth of environments and sequences that will make you forget its relatively short runtime, it turns London into a playground packed with dazzling action set-pieces, while the story keeps you grounded with a likeable and compelling cast. Anyone with a PSVR needs to play this; and for those who don’t already own one, the time is now. Stuff says A stunning full-length VR action blockbuster with a great story Superhot VR from £16 / Oculus Rift, Vive, PSVR There’s something really cool about hiding behind a desk before blitzing your opponents with streams of bullets as if you were starring in your…

Sony DSC-RX100 V £799 / stuff.tv/RX100V We wouldn’t recommend buying this camera if you already own the old IV model, but a few improvements have ensured Sony remains the top dog in our compacts list – and we’re keeping this model above the newer RX100 VI simply because of the huge price difference. It remains one of the finest point-and-shoots we’ve ever seen, with a flexibility that few pocket cameras can muster. While it’s still not exactly cheap, we reckon this is the cam to buy if you want fantastic-looking snaps from your holidays. Stuff says Only a small improvement over the RX100 IV, but this Sony is close to premium point-and-shoot perfection Panasonic Lumix TZ200 £599 / stuff.tv/TZ200 This Panasonic compact is a significant upgrade from the TZ100, offering…

SNES Classic Mini £70 / stuff.tv/ClassicMini TIPS & TRICKS Chickens killed you in Zelda again? You can rewind up to five minutes and pretend it never happened. For full-fat nostalgia you can read the instruction manual for each of the SNES games online. Stop trying to raid Bowser’s castle in one sitting, and use one of the four save slots to take a break. Stuff says With 21 classic games installed, gamers won’t find better value anywhere NOW ADD THIS 8Bitdo Bluetooth Retro Receiver Fed up of those short cables? Use this clever device to connect most modern controllers wirelessly. £15 / 8bitdo.com Raspberry Pi Zero W from £9.30 / stuff.tv/PiZeroW It might be nearly twice the price of the original Pi Zero, but when you’re still getting change from…

Seriously? All of Nintendo’s rich gaming history, and you pick this? Yep. Perhaps younglings might find it hard to comprehend how exciting the likes of Fire, Parachute and Octopus were back in 1980, but this was the dawn of mobile gaming. As an alternative to having a colossal console plugged into the back of your telly, or visiting an arcade with horrible sticky floors and suspiciously sticky people, this was nothing short of revolutionary. And besides, if Nintendo hadn’t cut its teeth with the Game & Watch, we wouldn’t have had the GameBoy, the DS and the Switch. So there. Fine. It influenced a lot of Nintendo consoles. Let’s never talk of it again. Well, hang on, because the Game & Watch in hindsight was more than a stepping stone…