I’ve been messing around with PCs, video game consoles, and tech since before I could speak. Don’t get me wrong, I kickstarted my relationship with technology by jamming a Hot Wheels double-decker bus into my parent’s VCR, but we all have to start somewhere. I even somehow managed to become a walking, talking buyer’s guide at my teenage supermarket job, which helped me accept my career fate. So, rather than try to realise my musician dreams, or see out my University degree, I started running my own retro pop culture site and writing about video games and tech for the likes of TechRadar, The Daily Star, and the BBC before eventually ending up with a job covering graphics card shenanigans at PCGamesN. Now, I’m your friendly neighbourhood Hardware Editor at GamesRadar, and it’s my job to make sure you can kick butt in all your favourite games using the best gaming hardware, whether you’re a sucker for handhelds like the Steam Deck and Nintendo Switch or a hardcore gaming PC enthusiast.
Latest articles by Phil Hayton

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Buying Guide Here are the best ultrawide monitor options available right now, including speedy gaming screens and OLED panels that will dominate your desk.

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Buying Guide We're rounding up your top options for the very best HDMI cable for PS5, Xbox Series X, and PC you can get.

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News Ayaneo has unveiled a new pink GBA clone, but the "Peach" KONKR Pocket Advance waited until initial pre-orders sold out to pop up.

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News Turns out you can select your physical games using a controller like a digital library, as an inventor has created an "IRL home screen" using a projector.

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News Anbernic RG SP pre-orders are live, and despite rising retro handheld prices across the board, the GBA clone is going for under $60.

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News DOOM is officially coming to the Evercade in the form of a new cartridge collection and special edition Nexus handheld, but the latter is limited to 3000 units.

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News AOC just unveiled the GAMING CQ32G4ZA, a curved monitor boasting three resolutions and refresh rate modes in one panel that suits low-end competitive PC builds.

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News KONKR Pocket Advance pre-orders are now live, and Ayaneo's GBA clone handheld is surprisingly affordable with early bird discounts applied.

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News According to GamesRadar+ readers, the SNES is currently the greatest retro console of all time, but it holds the crown with a minority vote share.

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News The Amiga Corporation has struck deals with both Commodore International and Hyperion that could pave the way for an Amiga Ultimate FPGA remake.

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News Nvidia has allegedly cancelled an RTX 5090 order due to Asus price hikes, as the GPU pricing should have already been changed.

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News It turns out that if you upscale your PS2 memory card grid using a GBS-C upscaler, your Final Fantasy 12 save will look like it belongs to an earlier RPG.

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News Retroid has commented on Qualcomm's planned price increases, as retro handhelds with the company's chipsets like the Nova could end up more expensive.

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News The GBS-C is an upscaler that will help reduce jittery PS2 visuals on modern screens using motion-adaptive deinterlacing, and

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Features Here's a deep dive into why scanlines are used to enhance retro games today and the various effects used by consoles and emulators to mimic CRT TVs.

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News After just one week, Mario 64 for the 3DO has improved, and the plumber now looks less like the cursed sprite that's been haunting my dreams.

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News Anbneric is taking yet another stab at making a GBA SP, and the RG SP trims down its last version and removes its controversial embedded thumbsticks.

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News Katavatis is a "Metroidbrania" that's bringing 3D platforming to the Playdate using a custom renderer, and it can even do Mirror's Edge parkour segments.

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News Reports suggest Steam Deck sales have fallen by 82% since Valve increased the OLED model's MSRP, but the price hike might not be solely to blame.

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News The Game Boy Pocket celebrates its 30th anniversary today, and the sequel to Ninty's original handheld brick is still making an impact on the scene today.

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News The Ayaneo Next 2 IndieGoGo is live, but if you're looking for the top-spec gaming handheld, you'll have to fork out over $4,000.

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News You can now play DOOM on an FX3 SNES cart using dual analogue sticks, and it'll even work in Mesen if you'd rather emulate.

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News Project BrickEmuPy aims to preserve classic LCD games by dumping and emulating the ROMs, and it's potentially the first to dump Nintendo's Mini Classic series.

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News Turns out you can easily turn an RTX 4060 gaming laptop motherboard into a Steam Deck alternative that's half the price of Valve's cube.

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News Lenovo has shared another teaser for its C700 handheld that reveals a 7.82-inch 120Hz screen and TMR thumbsticks, but it's still a cloud-streaming handheld.
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