Review: CRKD is an atom is a pocket -sized control unit

Since I started reviewing the CRKD ATOM console, he never left my character when I was outside the home. This is thanks to the size of the minute and the accessible key series; Wherever the keys go, the corn control unit also goes.

This unparalleled susceptibility comes at a reasonable price of $ 20, which clashes with a device, despite its size, which is one of the most interesting control units that you have ever reviewed. Forget the effects of RGB, owners of the hall control, and programming buttons, these are the games in the simplest. However, you fall on a lot here; Let’s see if the CRKD atom deserves your money.

Price, availability and specifications

CRKD ATOM is available for $ 20 through CRKD and third -party retail trading. It is available in eight color options: Pal Gray, Atomic Purple, Glacier Blue, Crkd Gray, Yuzu Yellow, Hot Pink, Leaf Green and Sky Blue.

What is good in CRKD atom?

The size of the pocket and the enjoyable

Let’s admit the elephant (or the mouse?) In the room. Small CRKD atom. I can hide it in one hand without a problem; The control unit is only 2.7 inches and 1.4 inches wide. Don’t worry about losing it too, because it comes with a wrist belt linking the console so you can attach it to your keys.

One of my favorite ways is on the TRERE Long Train trip to play classic Game Boy games on my phone, but the touch screen control items do not cut it for an authentic experience, and most of the most important Android control units occupy a large space in my pocket. Corn solves this problem; Regardless of my existential location, the control unit is at hand and ready to go (assuming it is charged, but more in this later).

CRKD markets its products as holdings and encourages you to register your control unit on its application and check its rarity. For me it looks like a tiktok mind. (The application asks you even if you want to record your reaction while checking its scarcity. What?) But the practical result is that there are a lot of fun color options ranging from yellow neon neon to a hidden gray gray scheme. Fortunately, the atom is not just a nice control unit, it is an effective multi -platform, as long as you keep it in a lane.

The corn contains a few tricks to lead to planning the minimum button. A few button collections switch the device between the Project and Xinput models, and you can even set the D-Pad to act as a powerful or right control stick. Another set is switched between X/Y and A/B input layouts, and the other console between the active devices.

CRKD may have built a control unit struggling with many modern games thanks to a small group of buttons, but these tools are a decent compromise.

The work environment was one of the biggest things you were worried about with CRKD atom. I have large hands, small controllers tend to cause long periods after long periods. However, I found that planning the atom button means that my fingers and thumbs are naturally located on the buttons if I carry the console in my lap. I do not want this to competitive FPS games (the lack of a control stick makes playing these games is impossible anyway), but you can spend an hour or two with GBA emulator at rest.

What is bad in CRKD atom?

Limited compatibility and a modest battery life

The CRKD button options are a compromise for a detail of the control stick, but with D-Pad buttons, XYab buttons, four bumps, and two existing buttons, you are very limited in games that you can play.

CRKD announces the console as compatible with Nintendo Switch and PC, but good luck in trying to play most of the largest popular games today. Most of the games I play requires D-Pad and MOVERYSTICKS, so ATOM is only really useful for the most important platforms and games designed for a Game boy and previous key units. You can reprogram the control unit while moving, but this is frustrating, embarrassing and impractical.

This incompatibility is not a problem in itself; You can only say by looking at the pictures of the control unit that you can play, but it enhances my idea that the atom is more than an enjoyable accessory of the console. Pocket -sized control units are not new, many offer a control stick, semester fist, and longer battery life. 8bitdo Lite 2 is a great example of the console that offers all these features for only $ 15.

When talking about the battery life, the corn provides the battery life for up to ten hours, with a two -hour shipment time. I found that this represents an accurate representation, but ten hours are very short. Ten hours walk quickly when you travel, and the shipping speed is for two hours very long for the device of this size. Again, this is not surprising given the size of the console, but you will want to keep a battery package on hand for long trips.

Should you buy it?

Crkd Atom is a great enjoyable console to play games that require limited inputs. To lose time on a plane flight with a GBA emulator or play some Android platform games, the important atom is accomplished.

However, the atom is an attachment first and a second control unit. You do not need to spend more to get a console with more functions significantly. But for $ 20, the atom is a doodad at a reasonable price, which is just great for informal games and appears on social media.