Android GameStick: The World's Smallest Game Console

There are 1.4 billion televisions in the world, but less than 1% of them are used for gaming. This is crazy, say the developers of the new GameStick game console, which started the collection of money for Kickstarter. GameStick is an open source project that aims to free the set-top box market from closed platforms. The Android ecosystem already has more than 700 thousand games, many of which are great for playing on TV, with a little refinement.

Currently, negotiations are underway to port about 200 games from the Google Play catalog to GameStick.


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GameStick size of a little more than a flash drive is connected to the TV via HDMI. The prefix is ​​sold for $ 69 (test batch with delivery in March 2013) or $ 79 (normal price with delivery in April). The kit includes a joystick, which also acts as a case for storing the console.

Technical Specifications:

• Processor - Amlogic 8726-MX
• Memory - 1 GB DDR3 / 8 GB FLASH
• WiFi - 802.11 b / g / n
• Bluetooth - LE 4.0
• OS - Android Jelly Bean
• The controller - Bluetooth, three modes of operation: a gamepad, mouse and keyboard; support up to four controllers simultaneously
• 1080p HD video decoding
• XBMC and DLNA support since September 2013, after firmware upgrade

In the first two days of collecting money, developers were able to double the investment plan. More than $ 200 thousand has already been collected.

GameStick is the second Android console that received popular funding on the Kickstarter website. In the summer of 2012, the Ouya game console raised over $ 8 million. By the way, last Friday the first free samples of Ouya were sent to game developers . Ouya will go on sale for $ 99.