Portal 2, DOTA, Borderlands 2, TF2, and more; the portable console SMACH Z is powerful enough to run almost any Steam game

We've seen a number of handheld gaming consoles from the well-known PSP/Vita/3DS to the promising PGS (Portable Gaming System). SMACH Z however is the next contender in the portable PC battle, and it looks pretty *effing* incredible if it holds up to its promise.

Currently on Kickstarter, SMACH Z is a handheld PC that can apparently play PC/Steam games including those treasured AAA titles. By using haptic touch controls, 4GB RAM (or 8GB for the pro version), 64GB of space (or 128 GB for the pro), a Radeon R7 graphics card – which will easily dish out 38+ FPS, a full HD screen, and more, the device actually sits quite impressively.

Depending on what game you're running its average life is about five hours which isn't great but I'd assume you can stick a portable charger in there if you've got a long journey. If not, the page does say that you can buy an attachable extra battery which will give you another five hours of play time.

What makes me really excited about this one particularly is its promise. As a huge PC gamer myself, I've got a well-formed Steam library at my fingertips. To think that I could have a choice of bringing 10,000 of the available games out and about with me, well, it gives me goosebumps.

I'm also dreading it because if it turns out to be as good as it sounds I know I'll definitely want one and I've got a lot to do on an average day, darn it, I'm a busy woman.

There's so much I can talk about here but I'll leave you with some reading material and point you in SMACH Team's direction. The SMACH Z has currently reached €216,000 of its €250,000 goal with 580 backers so check out the campaign here.