(Image credit: Lenovo) What initially seemed like a promising and legitimate foray into the retro gaming handheld market has rapidly evolved into a PR challenge for Lenovo. The company has cracked down on unauthorized Chinese merchants who were illegally selling Lenovo G02 to international buyers, violating the device's regional restrictions. To make matters worse, several unscrupulous sellers were reportedly preloading thousands of pirated games onto the G02. Go deeper with TH Premium: CPU Lenovo made it abundantly clear to Tom's Hardware that, despite licensing its branding for the G02 retro gaming handhelds, any distribution or sale outside China was strictly prohibited. In recent days, multiple sellers from Chinese e-commerce platforms, including AliExpress and Alibaba, have started selling the G02 globally. The breach not only violated Lenovo’s explicit restrictions but also caused the company potential legal complications, as some G02 units were later found to contain thousands of illicit ROMs.…