Screw Apple, This $80 Smartwatch Lets You Play ‘Mega Man’

MyPlay Watch is a type of corporations that leans laborious into Gen X and Millennial nostalgia for traditional console and arcade video games. The firm has plenty of merchandise, together with Atari and Space Invaders watches, however the brand new Mega Man: MyPlay is essentially the most 90s-coded of the bunch.

Mega Man: MyPlay Watch includes a customized model of the NES traditional Mega Man 2 with unique sprites, levels, bosses, and music for an “authentic” expertise, although the controls have been revamped to work with one-touch enter. The sport options two modes: a “Classic” stage-by-stage development and “Arcade,” which launches you into chosen levels with velocity and problem rising as you go.

Not solely does the Mega Man: MyPlay Watch include a customized model of Mega Man 2 put in, nevertheless it’s additionally a totally useful smartwatch with exercise monitoring, changeable watch faces—together with customized Mega Man designs—calorie counting, and a coronary heart charge monitor.

I can’t blame MyPlay Watch for making the most of the generational craving for the pre-Internet time. After all, that craving appears to be all over the place lately. We’ve reached some extent the place nostalgia-bait tech is a full-fledged business, with merchandise obtainable throughout classes, from tabletop mini arcade cupboards to arcade bars to vintage-style handhelds. Some of us are even taking the need for traditional tech into their very own fingers. YouTuber LeggoMyFroggo not too long ago hit the information for turning a Nintendo Game Boy Color into a watch utilizing the unique Game Boy Color CPU. But for these of us much less inclined to solder our personal {hardware}, the MyPlay Watch might serve an analogous want.

The Mega Man: MyPlay Watch is out there for preorder now for $79.99 at GameCease. At that worth, if it performs effectively, it’s virtually a steal.