Upcoming

BLAZE TAB is a new, retro-gaming focused Android tablet with physical controls

Forward into the past

BLAZE TAB is a new, retro-gaming focused Android tablet with physical controls
|

European retro-gaming outlet Funstock has announced a new gaming tablet called the BLAZE TAB.

It sounds like a knock-off Amazon Fire tablet, sure, but it seems to have its own identity. For starters, Funstock is pushing the idea that the BLAZE TAB is for retro gaming.

To this end, it has physical buttons as well as a touchscreen. There are two analogue sticks, a d-pad, and six face buttons. It also has a Start and Select button along the bottom.

Plus, it has a key remapping function so that you should be able to configure touchscreen controls to the tablet's buttons without too much hassle.

The other big feature is that it has a HDMI output so you can plug it straight into a TV rather than playing the games on the 7-inch screen. Just like the old days.

Note that it doesn't have any games installed on it but it does connect with Google Play. So any games you've already bought on there can be re-downloaded to the tablet.

BLAZE TAB

Other than that, it's an Android-based tablet with a quad core processor and dedicated graphics processor.

It's designed to run games that were made for the ZX Spectrum, all the way up to the consoles of the mid-'90s such as the N64, Dreamcast, and PSOne.

It also comes with 16GB of internal memory which, as Funstock points out, should be able to store hundreds if not thousands of retro games.

If you're into it, you can pre-order the BLAZE TAB on Funstock's store right now for £99.99. It'll be out in Q3 2015.

Chris Priestman
Chris Priestman
Anything eccentric, macabre, or just plain weird, is what Chris is all about. He turns the spotlight on the games that fly under the radar.