/vr/ - Retro Games

>>10208548
Actually whoa what the absolute fucking fuck, I had to reformat this post twelve fucking times because the Google Dox kept tripping the spam filter when the exact same URL had never been an issue before until today.
What the fucking fucking fuck.

So uh ya
Have you taken the single mother pill and gotten infinitely better deals than the USA exclusive Temu pills which are set up to scam your credit card info unless you paid through Paypal? Buying shit for literally pennies on the dolands.

>>10208560
Not yet but I do still play my Famiclones I bought a month or two ago. Kind of wish it had Donkey Kong Jr. Math on it since I'm trying to play edutainment games for September

>>10208560
No seriously tho
I genuinely hope any anons doing the Temu coupon scam at least made the payment through Paypal and didn't directly give Temu their credit card/bank debit card info

>>10208730
you deserve to be scammed if you’re using a debit card as your primary form of payment

What is the cheapest option to emulate Dreamcast?

>>10208548
>>10208528
Very soulful threads, I'd like to post in these. I have quite an extensive collection of 'retro' handhelds, I never did get a Light but I don't see the harm in buying one.

>>10208996
>mfw no debit card
I need to just get a fucking credit card already. But I just stick all my salary into savings so it's not like anyone will get much if they steal my debit card lol

>>10209043
used components PC with rx 5700XT, pretty good value

>>10208560
I'm not gonna lie, I love this thing more than the Retro Max for famiclones but I am also bias cause I just got it for $4. Tons of screen tearing and most games are copies/vague rom hacks of one another, but this thing feels so fucking solid and sturdy. It doesn't use AAA batteries. I feel like I could throw it at a brick wall with a baseball pitcher's strength and not even scratch it.
I would NEVER recommend it at full or even half price, but if you're going to buy any famiclone, this is the best fucking one. It makes the Retro Max feel like a 7/10 famiclone while this is an 11. If you can find this shit for $10 or less, grab it.

>>10209919
Whooooa what the fuuuuck
I can't tell if this is the screen being used or if it's due to how used by some child it was, the screen IS pretty scratched up.

>>10208548
Howdy fuck faces let's see some handhelds, no chonkies allowed.

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>>10210106
>sonic
>toy
That's right, he is.
Mario is an ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM.

miyoo mini gods NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

>>10208730
>pay with credit card
>Oh I see a fraudulent charge
>Call bank and let them know this was not me making the purchase
>I'm off the hook on everything and get a new card number
I don't see the issue

>>10210115
not it
call me when they add an oled screen

>>10210121
Congratulations, you can do this exactly once before your bank investigates you for fraud.

>>10210124
whoever told you that was not telling the truth anon

>>10210125
Oh, go ahead, by all means, try to scam your credit card company more than once.

>>10210131
Anon, the conversation wasn't about scamming. It was about paying on Temu with a CC, Temu stealing your CC number to make fake charges, anon noticing the fraudulent charges, and anon reporting them. So long as the shit isn't being mailed to your home address, you'll be fine.

>>10210131
Grandparents needed a new card every other year because we live in Houston. They never got investigated since it doesn't take that many braincells to notice a fraudulent charge.

>>10210138
>pay with credit card
>Oh I see a fraudulent charge
Then why did you type like you're trying to rip off free shit?

>>10210147
are you retarded?

>>10210152
Are you? You literally typed like you're trying to scam your credit card company.
>pay with credit card
>Oh I see a fraudulent charge
You can't hide from your own post,anon.

>>10210147
Try reading the post before it, dipshit. Also that poster isn't me, I use paypal for Temu and Aliexpress after my credit card number got stolen 2 weeks after I used Aliexpress five years ago. And yes I called up my CC to cancel the charge, but I dislike having to submit my new CC number to all the companies I have setup with automatic monthly charges.

>>10210162
>hurr durr read my manifesto
Fuck off, retard. If you can't articulate yourself clearly don't post at all.

>>10210156
I think you are trolling or actually retarded

>>10210172
I think you are actually retarded and trying to scam your credit card company.

>>10210173
I think you're incapable of understanding things correctly. A NEET perhaps.

>>10210189
Like the opinions of a fucking retard trying to scam his credit card company mean anything.
Dumb fucking poorfag.

>>10208560
>>10208730
qrd on this Temu shit? I just learned what it was off this thread, apparently it's a huge shitstorm on normie social media for selling cheap chink shit at a loss to take over the us market.

>>10210191
>I read tones in sentences that don't exist
>This is YOUR fault
LMAO @ ur life, I'm NTA btw

>>10210201
>schizoid nonsense post with buzzwords and symbols
Ok, guess the shitposters are taking over now.

>>10210195
They offer absurd deals to new customers in the hopes you'll keep shopping with them after you make an account. Not much to it.
AS for the 'stealing credit cards thing," personally I don't trust unproven companies to have decent cyber security, so using a CC with them might be a risk. That said, just use paypal or see if your CC company offers temporary, virtual CC numbers for you to use (most CCs do, as it saves them effort and money by preventing theft).

>>10210207
>now

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>>10210156
reading is hard

>>10210218
I see, I'm definitely not installing this chink spyware on my phone but I'll give it a try using an android emulator.

>>10210218
>crossing out the miyoo mini bit
top kek

>>10210227
If it actually contained spyware, someone would have found it by now and reported it. Temu has been very active for over a year.

>>10210229
it's literally requesting access to everything on this emulator

>>10210226
>this rent free seething
lmao

>>10210218
Imagine the FILTH that actually needs to do this.
>ohhh i need to install the chinkshit on my phone to save $50 on my little plastic bingbingwahoo machine!!

>>10210228
I felt compelled to add on that the MM+ was a possible option for people who really want wifi, but didn't want to mislead people about it being a 'great budget deal'.
RG35xx has a better screen, better sound, better ergonomics by being a tad longer, hdmi, double the ram, a much better CPU, double the sd card slots, slightly better durability, a faster boot time, and better emulation thanks to the superior CPU + GPU + RAM. The only thing the MM+ has going for it is WiFi and a more polished OS (but the RG35xx is quickly catching up).

>>10210238
You are angry that you didn't read it correctly and have sperged out completely. Multiple anons called you retarded and you can't handle it. Stop being so upset.

>>10210241
Honestly I kind of like Temu for cheap chink stuff. It's like aliexpress except my package arrives in 10 days instead of 40, with the caveat that it's still chink shit.

>>10210259
Unfortunately they don't have chink everdrive clones. I would have tried out that coupon thing for a chinese sd2snes clone

>>10210228
>RG35xx has a better screen, better sound screen is a tad richer but really not worth writing home about, you can adjust the color/tone in onion os for the mini anyway
sound? i'm plugging in in-ears if i want audio, literally none of these chinkhelds have good speakers
>better ergonomics by being a tad longer, hdmi,
i will give you ergonomics subjectively but the mm+ is pretty comfy imo, i bought an early v2 miyoo mini at the beginning of this year and basically gave up on it after a little as it was just so stupidly impractical, and that’s coming from a twig twink
i actually gave up on miyoo until the temu scam deal came up, the price was so good i gave it another go and i was pleasantly surprised
people use the hdmi out? if i’m playing on a tv i definitely have better methods of doing so and i assume most others do too
>double the ram, a much better CPU,
what do you run that actually makes use of this? both of these chinkhelds are regarded as ps1 and below because anything beyond that – even if it runs – suffers from the impractical inputs (both devices have stupid shoulders, but i understand they’re better than nothing) where i don’t see why anyone would let the processing power be a deciding factor between the mm+ and rg35xx, i don’t see a practical application of this difference aside from “muh faster”
>double the sd card slots, slightly better durability,
>lmao did you really just list having an additional sd card which is dedicated to the os as a plus/advantage
durability unless you’re a ribbitor no one drops their devices after the age of 10
>better emulation thanks to the superior CPU + GPU + RAM
kek
>The only thing the MM+ has going for it is WiFi
let’s just gloss over all the dpad inaccuracies plaguing all anbernig devices when the mm+ genuinely has one of the best regardless of price point

im not posting this to shit on the rg35xx, it’s a good device, but your points aren’t very good ones that should sway someone one way or the other

>>10210218
>>10210452
I'm a bit interested, but how good are these deals anyway? I know the other thread mentioned some potential $12 deal for a two person order on the RG353M, but that's all that I'm aware of. Following this link, supposedly: https://temu.to/m/uo1lxfzwam2

And if it's really that simple I'd consider getting one for the price alone. If not, I'm not sure I'd like any of these handhelds until one comes out that can handle 3DS and maybe Switch games (probably expecting too much) that isn't stupid large or $300+ like the Steam Deck.

>>10210452
>what do you run that actually makes use of this?
For me personally, PSP emulation. Most games that require use of the analogue nub don't use the d-pad much, so I set up ppsspp to treat the d-pad as the stick, and dpad+R1 as the d-pad. The performance isn't perfect, with occasional slowdowns, but I love the psp library.
There are also a few PSX and MAME games the MM+ will have slowdowns with that the RG35xx doesn't.
I can't speak about the d-pad personally, my post was based on owning a rg35xx and watching several youtube reviews of the MM+. Personally I've never had a problem with the rg35xx d-pad, unless you count retroarch not being able to assign a key to dpad+r1, but that's what the standalone ppsspp emulator is for.

>>10210465
One of the coupons used is 50% an order. The other was, I think $40 off an order of $100+ and $20 off an order over $50+? There were 5 or 6 coupons in the bundle. Also a flat $5 off coupon, but you had to spend at least $10 for temu to ship for free.

>>10210478
Ah, I see. I'm assuming you can't stack any of these coupons by chance, right? If so, maybe I'd consider looking into one of the RG505s, but I just don't care THAT much if it's only 50% off the current Temu listing of $167.

>>10210472
>There are also a few PSX and MAME games the MM+ will have slowdowns with that the RG35xx doesn't.
You know which ones?

>>10210492
Not off the top of my head. I did all my research 5 months ago when determining which of the two I wanted to buy and found RGC's comparison video questionable.

>>10210465
there’s a coupon code for u.s. residents that allow you to get 50% off your very first purchase within an hour (i think?) of installing temu on your phone, so confirm the item you want to add beforehand as sometimes these devices all sell out and disappear for a day or two

another offer is a fake spin-the-wheel they have on the site where you’re guaranteed the “grand prize” of a coupon (i forget the value but i did this one too to grab another mm+ for a gift) that they give you once you make a purchase of 3 items or more, but the trick is to just place a bullshit order and cancel it immediately. it isn’t risky, i did it myself; temu refunded me promptly with no issues, and the coupon was still in my inventory

i’m shocked at the level of financial stupidity of the people who don’t automatically use paypal or a digital card for online transactions, and have zero sympathy for idiots who (supposedly) end up getting fraud charges because they used their debit card, but i guess i’ll add this disclaimer to put a wall between you and your bank, which you should be doing always anyway

good luck anon, this only works for the mm+ and some of the anbernig shitters, but if they have something you’d want and plan ahead accordingly in ensuring its availability and lining up whatever coupon/promo you can activate, i genuinely can’t think of a better way to get one of these for a steal

along the lines of your thinking now, i didnt hesitate to pull the trigger on an mm+ at 25 bucks shipped just to give it a try, and it’s been nice enough to have that i’d even argue it’s worth it at full retail now

but don’t pay full retail plus like plebbitors who use amazon cause they’re scared of muh chinese ecommerce

The more I play my $30 rg35xx I got from temu, the more I wish I spent an extra $20 for something with an analogue stick.

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>>10209919
GOD THAT SCALING, how could you put off with shit?,dont this things at least have bilinear sharp?

I had a rough night last night, kept waking up every hour or two with vivid dreams. At one point I thought I woke up, checked my time on my phone, saw a black PlayStation Portal and was like, "Oh yeah, that came in. I'll play it in the morning."
I never bought or had a Portal. Fucking dreams. I don't even want the thing or a PS5.

>>10210115
>Wow, this new yellow looks really awful, like sun bleached computer equipment or plastic from a heavy smoker's home.
>Reddit buys all 500 within four seconds of release
>"I h-had to get mine..."

>>10210124
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>>10210191
Real schizo hours

>>10210218
I hear this only works in the US, will it work in Canada?

Why do you play redditmon? Why not literally any other game?

>>10210254
>slightly better durability
Can't the MM+ screen come out just by looking at it the wrong way?

Switch is all you need

>>10211023
Both the rg35xx and the MM+ have bezels that are too small to properly support the screen from even the tiniest falls, but the MM+'s bezel is slightly smaller, making it slightly worse.

>>10211114
Not entirely true. My RG35XX survived a four foot fall right on its top left corner.

>>10211114
When I was researching both I read multiple reports of people having screen related problems on the MM+ but not at all regarding the RG35XX.

If I'm reading it right there are some coupons from Temu, but they have a limited selection of handhelds they cover?

Anything on AliExpress similar? Would like to consider a RP3+ is they had a similar coupon.

>>10209943
So this thing got the white screen of death after I plugged it into my computer to charge it, turns out it was simply due to a dirty connection due to whoever assembled it in China. This video fixed everything;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFTLv8YVUW0

>>10211392
technically the coupons work on everything there but temu is a newer store with fewer sellers and less variety in handhelds than aliexpress

>>10211458
Oh, interesting. That's pretty neat, actually.

As for the coupons then. Do they stack at all? I'm looking at one of the Temu listings for the RG505 and it's saying it's already "62% off" of 483 supposedly, so the 50% goes off of that then to drop it said listing to $90ish, I guess?

I've read that some people mention getting some pretty good under $50 deals, so I'm wondering if stacking coupons is possible.

>>10211590
You can only apply one coupon as far as I know, but the "62% off" discount or whatever of the base price doesn't count as a coupon.

>>10211590
The MSRP of the RG505 is around $150. "62% off $483!" is a bullshit ad so they can list its normal price as an "amazing deal"

>>10212427
Rule of thumb when buying anything from Asian markets online is to always check the reviews and the shipping costs. Tons of vendors will list bullshit deals, or will hide costs as the shipping fee so a $100 product becomes a $220 one due to the $120 shipping and handling fee they have listed.
Just NEVER buy from any Aliexpress vendor named, "Shop12345678910111213etc" or, "Shop(randomnumbers)". Never buy from someone who doesn't have reviews for the product. read reviews and know when to spot fake ones make seconds after the item was listed with stock photos instead of real photos.

>>10212536
>>10212427
Makes sense to me, yeah. I don't plan on buying anything until there's a crazy good deal (like those supposedly $12~ RG353Ms with that weird phone coupon) because I'm extremely unsure about how well these handhelds will handle what I'd like anyway (3DS/Switch).

I'm just waiting for the hopefully eventual Orange Pi handhelds or whatever else that isn't Steam Deck huge that can handle more consoles.

>>10212795
I don't buy anything from main Chinese manufacturers like Retroid or Anbernic from Aliexpress, I exclusively buy the cheap under $30 handhelds. As far as I know, the only mainline manufacturer who uses Aliexpress as their main storefront is Miyoo with their Miyoo Mini and Miyoo Mini +. https://miyoo.aliexpress.com/store/

The only brands I ever bought off of Aliexpress were Datafrog and CoolBaby (both of which present as Powkiddy now outside of the recent SF2000).

>>10212795
>>10212917
I wanted an ORANGE TRANSPARENT CHAINSAW of the Datafrog Gameboy Famiclone but by the time I learned Datafrog was even a thing they only have the pink one left available.

>>10212795
If you're looking for proper Switch emulation on a handheld you're literally just best off breaking an actual Switch (any model, launch, lite, or OLED) or getting a Steam Deck, and this is coming from someone who hates the Steam Deck due to its size and cost compared to competing hardware.

>>10212917
Wait, Powkiddy is both Coolbaby AND Datafrog?

>>10212950
Powkiddy is a new name for Coolbaby but they also frequently front Datafrog products as their own.

Getting really tired of Aliexpress using, now, four ways of spamming their useless coins @me
Like my god it used to only be the two accounts before spamming me daily, but now they have fucking four.

>>10213219
But um ya
I bought another discounted Famiclone
As well as the shrimp variant of the cat shark plush and some kitty cat tea spoons.
Still paid less than I would have biying this Gameboy Famiclone anywhere else plus cat spoons and shrimp plushie.

>>10213229
Link the 4 piece kitty spoons cause I only get 1 piece kitty spoons for the same price and Ali telling me they're sold out

>>10213249
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https://a.aliexpress.com/_msOWR7k

>>10213251
I mean that's the common link to the main listing, but I guess you gotta see it as one of your $1.79 liquidation deals to get the lower price.

Some purchases from today, because why not, and it's a handheld thread.
I'm a cheapass and have a hoarder's approach to collecting, so cheap stuff I don't have the game here...

Left: surprisingly cheap considering what else they had. Probably because the cases are very discolored (doesn't show up well in this pic.)
Center: Never heard of Volleyfire despite being an early title. Mobile Trainer is apparently useless without a special cable. One for the oddities pile.
Right: Never heard of them, will probably never play them beyond a token boot up, partially bought because I was surprised at how late it was released. Or thought so, GBC was only 3-4 years old at the time. Though the GBA had just come out, and the DS was just on the horizon.

>>10213342
We get it, The Retro Future. You went to Japan. Literally nobody here fucking cares.

>>10213342
>I bought a bunch of Japanese cartridges for games I either can't play or will never play
I literally haven't used this reaction image in over ten years but here we fucking are

>>10213381
>anon went to Japan
>games tagged $

>>10213437
Nobody said Anon went to Japan. They were accused of buying Japanese games which they themselves admitted they won't or can't play. Stop being such an illiterate fucking retard.

>>10213465
"You went to Japan."

>>10213478
You aren't anon.

>>10213478
>"Hello, police? I'd like to report a rape."

>Asked Reddit something
>Most replies positive
>Entire community just downvoting every reply
I'm sorry, am I not posting with enough 'tism to fit in there? Never doing that again.

>>10213489
>"It's just part of the experience! You gotta EARN those upboats!"

>>10213489
What'd you ask?

>>10213494
I went on /r/RetroHandhelds and asked if there were any CFW for famiclones that someone could just brute load onto a famiclone to modify them. Everyone replying was curious/interested in the idea but I was downvoted to Hell before a mod deleted the thread for not perfectly formatting the post to their aspergers' riddled standards. A true and genuine discussion killed by Redditors and their moderators. Pretty turbo retarded considering how desperate Redditors are for interaction after their CEO did that Reddit app shit but what the fuck ever, let the site die.

>>10213501
Yes this is typical of literally any Reddit board unless you go with the subreddit's retardedly strict flow, most emulation handheld subreddits are just about showing yourself emulating Pokemon Emerald, FireRed, or Platinum on your latest purchase and agreeing that playing Pokemon on your latest purchase is le best.

>>10213386
>>10213381
Mario will ideally replace the one I have with with a trashed label, though it does have my game save on it (board swap?)
Kirby will replace a similarly damaged copy.
Volley Fire will definitely get a play to see what it's about.

The other three, yeah. Will probably get booted up once then filed away. Suck on it. Apologies for posting actual games and not emulation shit.

>>10213545
We all have actual games, fuck off with that passive aggressive shit and save it for your arguments with your mother.

>>10213545
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>>10213501
Actually, you were being unnecessarily rude to tracygee and were curbed for your behaviour. Next time maybe learned to respect women who have seniority over you in a space?

>>10213592
Congratulations you fucking m'ladying faggot, you just put a public target on your landwhale queen and the subreddit you moderate

>>10213595
I'm assuming this is her?

>>10213598
>https://www.reddit.com/user/tracygee/
>232411 fucking karma
>Fucking 232 thousand, 411 karma
Imagine
The
Smell

>>10213598
>>10213604
Oh yeah, it's all coming together.

>>10213607

>>10213595
I always assume those are subtle trolls.
Only degenerates visit 4chan

Ahahaha, what the actual fuck
Imagine being so fat that you have your own personal subreddit for eating carbs... and there's only enough space for you!!

>>10213614
>Live (Join now!)

>>10213572
>Puyo Pop, Mercenary Force, and Goemon
3based5me

>>10213229
OH GOD WHAT THE FUCK HAVE I DONE
I JUST WOKE UP WITH AN EMAIL THAT THIS SHIT SHIPPED
IT'S THE REMINDER BOX ALL OVER AGAIN, LITERALLY USES THE SAME BOX AND EVERYTHING

>>10213934
For reference
At least the shark cat will be seeing his shrimp cat brother soon, I guess...

>>10213937
God dammit.

>>10208548
I've been nostalgic to get a retro gaming device. Back in 2008, modding my psp fat and converting ps1 roms into eboot files on pspiso was the best. I got a decent phone gamepad called x2 pro, but phone emulation with a controller slapped on to it just feels soulless. I'd get a new battery for my psp if I could figure out how to get homebrew on it now.

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>>10213952
This is so much funnier than it should be

>>10215151
>2008
Update your M33 cfw to 6.61 ofw and then get a 6.61 cfw or use Chronoswitch to downgrade to a 6.60 cfw. PRO and ME are the standard ones used since 2012. ARK is a new cfw from 2021 that started out as a Vita homebrew. Since you skipped the whole 5.50 cfw era you can update without much trouble.

https://www.pspunk.com/psp-cfw/
https://gbatemp.net/threads/release-ark-4-cfw-port-for-psp.581263/

Since you've been away for a long time Freestor would be useful for you for getting some games including official PS1 eboots. For other ones use CDRomance (Nicoblog's successor) or Internet Archive.

>>10213934
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>>10213952
It's just the bezel, right? You can probably just reattach it with some ATG tape or something. It will be a one shot but the things are so cheap anyway

is hearthstone playable on the rp3+? at least better than an old ass iphone 8?

>>10213937
ahahah

>>10215735
should be fine, rp3+ has a better cpu and double the ram of iphone 8

>>10215316
bro, compared to the rp3+, the psp looks so sturdy and high quality built. But I love these sweet x3 res and pgxp correction :( what do?

>>10216024
pay someone to make a custom case and buttons for the rp3+ then pussy

actually I lowkey wish someone offered this service now <];^{( and don’t say “muh get the metal version”

>>10216075
it's not even about, it's the nagging feeling you play with a phone with buttons and a case, I don't know how to explain. Plus, the plastic looks so cheap on these chinkheld (metal version is out of the question)

>>10215316
What interface is this? How did you get all your games to display like that?

>>10216106
i have a note20ultra i basically picked up for emus/dex and despite it still being my most powerful device, i never use it anymore, so i get it

unrelated to retroid, but a guy in china was (still is?) taking the guts from s20s and inputs from a grip controller and custom reshelling them as a handheld called the retroidboy – picrel. i was hoping he’d take note20 orders but it seems he’s shifted to Xperias

i believe in the order form you can specify what aspect ratio you want for the device, and he’ll adjust the display, as well as retain camera on the back should you so choose

maybe I’ll relook into it

>>10216119
also if it wasnt clear, you send in your phone to him to make it, so the cost wasn’t/isnt as astronomical as if that weren’t the case

I don’t remember how much but it was a legitimate consideration by me if the note20 was accepted

fuck I actually want a rgb30 bros...

>>10216310
then get one

>>10216115
ARK Launcher. There's also CXMB or iR Shell if you want a custom menu layout

>>10216310
I feel you, niche products are more fun than jack-of-all-trades stuff. Give me a product that does one or a few things very well and I'm happy.

>>10208548
It hurts that, in the same year Nintendo put out a Game Boy with a backlit screen, finally, they also put out the Game Boy Color... without one. I guess it's a little understandable, kind of... but with the original GBA there really was no excuse anymore.

What's the recommendation for linux devices? I've tried Android devices but they always feel 'off' in a way that's hard to explain. Major concerns for these handhelds is screen quality and controls feeling decent.

>My GITD Analogue Pocket delivery suddenly changed from being delivered today to being delivered tomorrow

How's a hacked switch for emulation?

>>10218569
the steam deck runs linux technically.
more seriously, what do you want to run? rg35xx, rg353ps, rk2023, rgb30 and rgb10 max pro 3 are good in general.

>>10213493
Is this game ever goin to be made?

>>10216989
>play some GB, GBC, GG, NGP, NGPC, Shmups
don't know about the two screen NDS though, looks really small

>>10218862
Pico-8 working on it kinda sells it for me, most Pico-8 games are great in short bursts, which is what you want for a portable.

>>10215151
Based. I posted a few threads ago about how I'd been piddling around with my retroid flip but it just felt so "off." Been packing my PSP around since having this realization. Chink handhelds cannot and will not compare.

>>10215151
>I'd get a new battery for my psp
do it
solder battery to the back of umd compartment. you aint gonna find reliable battery otherwise

They're so kayooot~ ｡:ﾟ(;´∩`;)ﾟ:｡

>>10215316
i wonder if by default this cfw has usb charging always on. that would be real kick in the teeth to battery modders out there if they decide to try it, because chink pcbs commonly used for battery mods brick themselves if you try to do usb charging, and unless you got lucky charging chip that has G and R pins you can short, you have to resolder the battery to fix it. so usb changing must remain off and seeing how you might be using usb cable to flash the firmware you might just forget to unplug it lol

>>10219072
Aesthetically they are beautiful.

Miyoo Mini+ killer just dropped
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=sM7tBkRTWUY

>>10219246
more like killer of my hands with this fucking button placement

>>10210124
>His bank monitors him for basic services

>>10219246
>analog sticks makes it less pocketable
>face button placement looks uncomfortable
I think you can pull of the Wii U button and analog layout on a handheld and have it feel fine... but it'd need to be horizontal.

>>10219246
>d-pad and face buttons on the bottom edge of the device

>>10218235
The excuse is battery life. Battery tech was shit back then and the lights used more energy than modern LEDs.

>>10219246
Clickbait with international price rather than most common domestic price. He's done this before (see: McNugget handheld video)

I normally don't have a problem with Taki but I wish he would stop doing this. And as always, would rather have an actual budget handheld for cheaper that can do less but still serves its purpose

>>10219246
How does the r35s compare to the rg35xx? The rg35xx's lack of a stick makes psp emulation a chore, plus it only plays at like ~75% speed.

>>10219413
Not even the worst one he’s done

>>10219409
>Battery tech was shit back
battery tech literally never changed

>>10219440
That's crazy lol. I wonder how the actual Retroid company feels about this, I remember he totally slammed the original model and it ended up being mostly fine

>>10219446
ah yeah, remember when we had lithium ion batteries in handheld electronics in 1989

>>10219437
it's barely more powerful and still has a horrible screen for psp since it's a small 4:3

>>10219447
it gets views so they're happy

>>10219440
He's not wrong though

>>10219413
I don't know the real price, but even at $50 I'd rather spend an extra $20 to get the RK2023 with coupon code powkiddylove. Transparent black is nice thoever.

>>10219447
They're probably glad because even the redditors and transcorders make fun of him for that now.

Is the nintendo ds vertislop?

Is the Odin Lite a good option

>>10219501
It's a great value for sure. I found the d-pad position made it completely fucking unusable, didn't love the size/weight, and for some reason the ergonomics cramped the hell out of my hands, but that's all really subjective. I didn't love the sticks or buttons either, but they're totally fine honestly. I loved everything else about it, and it's the minimum I'd go for if I were looking for PS2.

>>10219409
I get that it'd take more power, but I feel that for either the GBC, which was still 8-Bit in 1998, or the GBA, released in 2001, it was possible to do it at a low price, even if it was a weak frontlight like the 1st GBA, it was better than nothing.

>>10219498
i don't consider it vertislop but I do consider it shit.

>>10219498
no, it would look like this if it was vertislop

>>10208548
WHY
WHY DIDN'T THE GAMEBOY LIGHT COME OUTSIDE OF JAPAN!?

>>10219549
Because Hiroshima, fuck you white boy-kun.

I cry out and ask that everyday

>>10219549
good news, time traveler, you can now get a backlit game boy anywhere in the world

>>10219446
Not in your lifetime, ipad baby.

>>10219557
Screw you, I'm going to use my time travel powers to go back to 1945 and convince Truman to actually drop the bomb this time. No, make that TWO bombs. That'll teach Japan that there are consequences for not releasing the Game Boy Light in America.

Anyone else getting a 2S?

>>10219467
>Barely more powerful.
It does full speed dreamcast on the retro flycast core at 480p and ds would also be full speed if he turned off multithreaded video at 2x. ( I thought he was a wiz at emulator settings?) It's a steal at 47. The dpad and face buttons also feel much nicer than the device its cloning but that's not a compliment.

>>10219650
Right here. I would’ve ordered green if it had the black buttons.

>>10219650
No, you might have better luck asking on /lgbt/

>>10219667
You know they let you buy seperate button sets of every color for $10 ye?

>>10219671
I’m too lazy to take it apart just to change the button color

>>10219246
I like how people (by that I mean shills) shit on Anbernic D-pad because it doesn't pass the Contra test, but he showcases the laughably bad D-pad on this device and says he "got used to it". Not to mention that control placement looks like it came straight from hell. I mean, decent Dreamcast emulation on a $50 device is nice, but paper specs aren't everything. No device shows this better than the R35S. I'm content with paying a little bit more for RG353PS.

>>10219668
It never fucking amazes me the ways people on this sit will gatekeep and form cliques over the dumbest shit.

"Oh, the Retroid 2S? What are you, some kinda fuckin homosexual?"

>>10219446
My guy, they were literally powered by disposable batteries, and needed brand new batteries every ten hours or so of gameplay.

>>10219696
To be fair, I got a 353V and the dpad actually would constantly misinput due to over-sensitivity. It made playing old kirby games a nightmare, because pressing up would make you float, and it kept happening constantly in-game.

That said, once I did the old fashioned tape fix, it worked pretty nice. Also I haven't had any issues with the RG35XX's pad, I've bought 3 so far (as gifts) and every time I tested em they were good.

>>10219696
Taki is also notorious for showing off performance on devices that exceeds what people can actually get on the consumer software/hardware, so definitely take that with a grain of salt too. The cunt is a super dishonest shill for certain devices, this might be one of them.

>>10219696
Shills (Taki, Russ) dont sjit on anbernix dpads nearly enough. Regular users shit on them because anbernic used to have decent dpads at one point. The rs35 is just the rgb30s with better build quality and somewhat better controls.

>>10219705
This company is new, so taki most likely only did this review to give suggestions to them to take credit. (Happens more often than you think)

>>10219705
hows he manage to get better performance?

>>10219719
Welp. The typical taki experience.
>New chinkheld company with half decent device
>Do shill review either overplaying or underplaying the performance on purpose. (This case was somewhat underplaying)
>Make suggestion to company
>If company follows suggestion, take credit for improving the device and get review units, if they dont say you had a falling out with the company but try to get on their good side so you can still get review units.
>This has been going on since the pocket go v2
He used to be less shamless at one point.

>>10219720
I'd still like to know how he "unlocked" better performance in his rp3+ review.

>rgb30 buttons and d-pad are literally PERFECT
Powchaddies? Getting really sick and tired of winning all the time...

>>10219732
powkiddy has been unironically better than anbernic recently, especially when it comes to decent aesthetics

>>10209043
Retroid Pocket 2S is only $99 base price, the rk3566 chip handhelds can do DC but they heat up more and quicker.

>>10219650
It's been 3 days since tracking updated on my RP2S even though it's already out of China and in my state.

>>10219728
>"unlocked" better performance
some time bwtween launch and a few weeks ago, retroid released an OTA update that gives you a bit more performance use to driver improvements or they figured out how to fuck with the cpu governer for a bit more power or some shit.
I tried it and noticed no difference in my current game which is 3ds emulation

>>10219745
The post office hasn't been active in the US for 2 of those past three days my guy. Labor day weekend

>>10210574
>i’m shocked at the level of financial stupidity of the people who don’t automatically use paypal or a digital card for online transactions, and have zero sympathy for idiots who (supposedly) end up getting fraud charges because they used their debit card, but i guess i’ll add this disclaimer to put a wall between you and your bank, which you should be doing always anyway
Fuck you too

>>10219745
>tfw mine shipped monday last week and I don't even know what state it's in

>>10219732
Fuck, I really want one but honestly which games would be good to play on a 1:1 aspect ratio screen?

>>10219769
GB/GBC and Pico are all that come to mind desu

>>10218940
I can never get pico8 games to work, it always just shows up as a picture. I even bought the stupid "console."

>>10219289
>edge of the device
It's ok when steam does it!
>>10219459
2 was the worst in the trilogy.

>>10219769
Vertical arcade games (shmups, Pacman, etc), NGPC, and Wonderswan (since a lot game require tate mode or switching back and forth between tate and horizontal). Also if you want to play in platforms' natural aspect ratio (square pixels) rather than stretch to 4:3 like is often intended: Game Gear, PCE, most SEGA CD in my experience, NES, and SNES all have very boxy resolutions. X68000 also has a perfect 1:1 resolution.

>>10219791
>It's ok when steam does it!
Steam deck is a horizontal handheld, the way you hold it is completely different.

>>10219793
Not to mention it's on the top corner where your thumbs will naturally be, not the bottom corners where your fucking palms will naturally be.

>>10219650
I would have if I didn't stumble on a good deal for the 405M.

>>10219791
>2 was the worst in the trilogy.
You say that like that makes it bad

>>10219534
Unholy

>>10219719
>This company is new
the listing says datafrog

>>10219736
the plastic cases look cheap as fuck compared to anbernig
but if the controls are good then that's the most important

>>10219784
did you not install an emulator? if you're using an image viewer obviously it will just be an image

>>10219792
There are also some arcade games like Bubble Bobble that aren't vertical but have a very square resolution. It's 256x224. You can tell by looking at the slightly oblong bubbles that it was meant to be stretched horizontally to ~4:3, but I still think it looks pretty nice here. Tbh in the modern era where all displays now use pixels, I find it often looks nicer playing with square pixels rather than stretching content to 4:3 as was intended on older non-pixel displays. There are obviously exceptions to that though where it's really better to stretch.

>>10219804
would be pretty comfy honestly, like a gba sp but it has another hinge and folds in three

>>10219814
You know I say that about the bubbles, but the blocks are actually square before stretching to 4:3. Bit of a mixed bag. I've noticed a lot of the time devs would optimize certain visual assets with the stretch to 4:3 in mind, but then not consider it at all for many other assets.

>>10219807
Datafrog resells stuff like alot of companies. The powkiddy v90 isnt even a powkiddy device and powkiddy resells anbernic, miyoo, and even the sf2000.

>>10219831
that makes sense

>>10218726
let us know if you got niggered anon

>>10219246
>even more topheavy than the mini+
More competition is good, but this is an overlooked flaw in vertidesign
They really need to keep the center of gravity at or below the d-pad level.

>>10219814
>mEaNt tO bE
So tired of this meme.

>>10219437
why the fuck would you want the analog sticks on any vertical device? Especially when the RG505 has a Vita OLED screen...

>>10219852
If you don't care about "le meant to be" then great, that just works in RGB30's favor.

>>10219825
that's only because they need to fill the tile so there are no gaps. there's no need for them to be square anyway, and devs typically only do pixel ratio fixes for things that look obviously wrong.

>>10219703
Is there a good way to tape fix I heard it can make it feel "squishy"

>>10219863
Yeah I was thinking that right after I posted. A brick or w/e obviously doesn't need to be square.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uI-_-JRIxGo
footage of the sexy transparent black
>tfw you order the best color

>>10219534
This actually exists

>>10219897
ultimate vertislop
does it play ds games tho?

>>10219904
No, it seems to be a weird running joke in certain circles to make GBAs with two screens.

>>10219932
It turns out Gizmodo is retarded and this is just a DS

Peak vertislop?

>>10219840
It arrived in my city an hour ago, so I should have it tomorrow sometime. Then I get the fun of trying to apply the screen protector.

>>10219650
I bought the RG405M after buying the regular SFC-colored RP2S and the RG405M came in first. It's over for Retroid.

>>10220123
why did you get both

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Here is my ui code for the G-cloud.
I get 300 mbps down and stream at 1080p 120fps. zero vertical tearing and zero pixelation.

>>10220196
I have 32 available key presses between face buttons and d-pad plus bumpers and using RT LT as Shift/Cntrl modifiers.

had a big thunderstorm last night and I was in bed with my dogs raiding 10/10 cozy

>new $50 king comes out
>all the usual powshitty, anbrownig, and regroid shills start sweating

>>10220248
fuck off taki udon your videos suck and that console is shit

>>10220248
FUCK off and end yourself with a noose or revolver with anti-personnel bullets, fucktard.

>>10220248
That thing’s been out for a month. It’s even been recommended here even.

>>10219839
Not sure about now, but anbernig used to resell stuff when they were called pap/gamuta or whatever.
>>10220254
>>10220262
>Proving his point.
>Being this much shiitls for miyoo
Ban all vertslop from vr.
>>10220273
This juat make me think he only did that review to find a new company to "guide" ecen more. Fucker has no shame.

>>10220280
i have no interest in miyoo until they release something that isn't vertislop, or at least a clamshell device

>>10220282
The p60 is vaporware, but the flip is any fuckin time now...

>>10220280
>>proving his point
How, so, buddy retard fuckwit?
>NNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOO IF YOU DISAGREE WITH ME YOU ARE A MIYOO SHILL, and NOTHING ELSE!!
>BaN aLl VeRtIsLoP fRoM /vr/
Not happening, fuckwit.
Yeah,

>>10219965
>Facebook filename
https://youtu.be/2dbR2JZmlWo

>>10220291
>Nuwit using fuckwit acting like a dickwit ansls greentexting to feed his asswit
>Vertislop defender
The chinks will catch on to your kind one day. Remidner, on chinese new year, vertical defenders will be the first to go.

>>10220298
>>Nuwit using fuckwit like a dickwit ansls greentexting to feed his asswit
Nice try shitmask; I won't EVER come and kiss up to your sour shitbag ways. You also are wrong in your asshole assumption that greentexting is only for autists. You are doing it yourself in two lines, ya damn hypocrite sack of vitriol! You deserve to be run over by a whole caravan of cars.
>vertislop defender
YEAH SO! How do you know that the NPC masses of Mainland China are fully planning on catching on to "my kind". (As if they are mutually exclusive, vertical and horizontal handheld love). How would you fucking know any of this for sure that next Chinese New year, they'll mostly attack vertical defenders in the name of comrade Xi "Asshole genocidal lying goy puppet" Xingping? You may at least partially be projecting your hate for verticals like a fucktarded console Jihadist.

How's emulation on steam deck? Specifically PS2, but also interested in DC, PSP, and Vita.

>>10220709
>ps2
Great
>psp
Great
>DC
Great
>vita
No clue, there's nothing worth emulating anyway

>>10220758
PS Vita's CPU is a Quad core ARM processor. Certainly unlike the PSP, DS/i and even the 3DS, its a tad more complicated in a number of ways. Even devs who were there since the PSP days had some difficulties in making things work all the way. Still more easy than programming on the PS3 or Saturn.

>>10220798
Its strange how Sony for the longest time loved making their consoles hard to make games for.

>>10220807
More cores with lower clocks is good for battery life, so there is justification.

>>10220798
Sisnt that cpu make it easy to port mobile games?

>>10218726
>>10219840
BROS. Has ANYONE had good customer service from Analogue Pocket?

They responded to 1 email in 10 months. No word on my consoles getting made or shipped out until 2 weeks ago. They ship it, claim it'll arrive in 3 days, and it's been stuck in a warehouse for the entire time via shipping tracking. 0 Help at all.

Can someone please tell me why the Analogue Pocket is so hyped up?

>Costs as much as an Odin
>Aspect ratio is only good for original Gameboy/Gameboy Color
>Have to buy a proprietary $100 dock to get any sort of video out
>Being cartridge compatible is a major selling point, but you have to spend another $130 for the cartridge adapters
>Highest it can emulate is GBA and SNES, requires homebrew to even use them
>Has less emulation features than an NES classic

For the low low price of $480 and a half year of waiting for shipping, you can have half the features of Anbernic RG35XX.

>B-But it's not emulating games, it's real hardware!

The most input lag you'll get with an emulator (or at the very least, the emulators that play the games Analogue is meant for) is 20-30ms. On a 30fps game, which is all this thing runs, that means less than a single frame of delay. Unless you're a hardcore speedrunner who's spent thousands of hours on a single game, you wouldn't even be able to tell which was which in a blind test.

The pocket's a scam for gaming "connoisseurs" with too much disposable income, and not enough sense to realize actual original hardware is not only cheaper, but more authentic.

>>10221136
you clearly know very well what the product is and why it's "so hyped up", so i'm not sure what you're trying to bait here.

>>10221143
Frankly I'm more just ranting than anything else. Had someone trying to argue to me that it's objectively the best retro handheld on the market to me.

>>10221149
I don't know why you're responding seriously to the analcuck. He's literally just asshurt you're dared to criticize the piece of shit.

>>10221136
You answered your own question. And connoisseurs rarely play games so I doubt that their opinion actually matters.

>>10221136
>Can someone please tell me why the Analogue Pocket is so hyped up?
It was a marketing campaign, and collectors with a space to fill out on their shelf fell for it hard.
>small batches
>restrictively expensive
>limited cartridge support
>looks really good if all you do is photograph the title screen and post it on reddit
It really was the perfect product for people who don't play games, but want to let everyone know that they have them.

The campaign was so blatant that, even here, you couldn't criticize it without getting your post removed and a warning.

>>10220758
>No clue, there's nothing worth emulating anyway
vitafags will never recover

>>10210084
Okay friend.

>>10221183
Why so many psps?

>>10221191
One for each of his wife's boyfriends

>>10221191
I repair PSP and DS for a goof. Gonna give one to my kids when they are old enough

>>10221191
I'm more bothered by all the dual slop.

did russ have a falling out with powkiddy? he's not reviewing the rgb30

>>10221238
He found it playable but not reviewable.

>>10221274
wut? He reviewed the sf2000, how is this handheld beyond him?

>>10221280
I don't think it's a matter of quality as much as it's a matter of interest. The sf2000 was shit, but there were interesting talking points to bring up about it. Meanwhile, pretty much every powkiddy product is the same 3 systems with incredibly minor adjustments between them.

What's there to say about the rgb30 that hasn't already been said about their other devices?

>>10221287
you're joking right? the rgb30 is incredibly niche

>>10221295
What's unique about it outside of the screen ratio?

>>10221280
It's a joke, ma'am.

>>10220972
No. They are a scam company with a good product. They are always "sold out" with there are numerous $600+ listings on eBay. I suspect they are artificially undersupplying to drive up prices. Miyoo is pulling the same shit.

ordered an rg35xx, i just can't resist the DMG color scheme and found it for a great deal (45€ including tax and shipping). also the quick "sleep" and resume of GarlicOS is what I'm really missing on my RG280V, I'd play it a lot more if it was faster to pick up and put down.

>>10221314
don't worry anon i liked your joke.

>>10221321
miyoo didn't have any more 2.8" screens for the mini, and the mini plus is always in stock and available, so i really don't think they're undersupplying on purpose.
i'm pretty sure the FPGA chips have been in a massive shortage during covid too (and the chinese shupply chain in general), which is probably a part of what made the analogue so hard to get, but you're right that it does have that "hypebeast" marketing around it.

>>10221136
Nigga, the retro handheld scene with absolute dogshit up the the Analogue. Chink shit is definitely catching up. But the Analogue definitely kick started the trend of actually making decent specific handhelds instead of one size fits all shit.

>Aspect ratio is only good for gameboy/gameboy color
The fuck cunt? Are you on meth?

>>10221136
>Aspect ratio is only good for original Gameboy/Gameboy Color
Why do people care so much about stuff like this? So you have some black bars, just ignore them.

>>10221136
Assuming you only want to play GB/GBA games, what's the most comfy and ergonomic/portable handheld?

>>10221345
A DS with a flash card

>>10221340
the analogue also has a massive resolution, so you can use integer scaling for plenty of different systems without ever having too much unused space.

>>10221345
comfortable is the enemy of portable. how portable do you want/need it to be? what kind of size are we talking about?

>>10221345
I'd honestly say the Anbernic rg35xx. Plays pretty much all 2D consoles smoothly, same size as a gameboy color, feels solid in the hands, only costs like $70 after shipping. Can even get em on amazon, have it in two days.

Just be aware that it'll require a bit of setup to get the best experience, but as long as you have an sd reader it's not hard.

https://retrohandheldguides.com/rg35xx-garlicos-install-guide/

>>10221351
>only costs like $70 after shipping
I feel compelled to point out the temu deal here
>10210218
for a cheap rg35xx, though personally I wouldn't buy a handheld that doesn't have at least one analogue stick.

>>10221367
Typically I'd agree, but since they said gb/gba was their main interest I didn't really consider sticks.

>>10221347
Sorry for the late reply, I was watching a video on that and went to grab my DS. I haven't charged it in years.

>>10221349
>comfortable is the enemy of portable. how portable do you want/need it to be?
I care about ergonomic more than portable. I personally just use my android phone with a controller and a little stand but my spouse needs something simpler.

>>10221351
I didn't think the verticals were very good ergonomically. I was originally looking at their 405M but then drifted towards the Retroid 2S

>>10221376
Verticals aren't that ergonomic for anything 3D, but to me they feel quite nice for purely dpad focused games.

What's your general price range?

>>10221384
>What's your general price range?
I don't really have a limit. Nothing seems to go over 200$ for that level that I've seen

>>10221301
Overall form factor, screen having nice integer scaling on a couple of systems beyong the square ones.
We all know the real answer to why Russ is not reviewing it though, because Powkiddy is being cheap with the amount of money they are willing to spend to get him to shit out a positive review. Anbernig paid him enough for him to make 2 fucking reviews of their Funkey clone.

>>10221376
>I was originally looking at their 405M but then drifted towards the Retroid 2S
those are a bit overkill for just game boy, but they're good devices. if you don't need it to be portable look into the powkiddy x55, huge screen and comfortable, under $100. It's 16:9 which may not be the absolute best for game boy but very comfortable and nice screen. you'll probably want to set up a nice shader for game boy and it would be great.
retroid pocket 3+ is pretty cool with its clamshell to have both a big screen but easy to carry around.

>>10221393
Hm, you may like the rg353ps. Not much more powerful than the rg35xx, but has a better grip, better shoulder buttons, and sticks if you ever wanna do some analog PSX stuff. Also still a bit smaller than the original gameboy so you can still pocket it

>>10221376
oh and rg353ps would be great too, a bit more comfortable than a vertical one but cheap enough, and the 3.5" screen is honestly enough for GB/GBA since those were designed for even smaller screens. probably more appropriate than a 405M for just game boy.

>>10221409
>>10221413
Nice hivemind, let me look into it

>>10221421
Surprisingly close in price/size. The big difference is the grip

>>10221136
Plays reall cartridges so it effectively acts like a super game boy. It’s also not the first recreation the company has made so it has a reputation of a standard quality

>>10221498
>quality
Keep in mind the attached screenshot is from the pocket reddit, which is infamous for deleting any negative posts. The d-pad is such a large issue they decided to leave this up.

>>10221498

>>10221519
>>10221518
Okay I didn’t want to sound like a shill but you know what I mean. For a lot of retrofags it managed to pass above chinkshit for people

>>10221498
You know, you can find similar devices on ebay for much cheaper than $250. It may not the same premium build as analoge pocket but it still manages to feel fairly authentic.

>>10220165
I skipped RG405M at first because of the screen thing but came around to it because of GammaOS, and I needed more than the RP2S which I had bought first.

>>10221136
Knelt in real life after reading this

>>10221531
Which do you like better?

>>10221206
I guarantee it will be much less endearing and exciting to them when they see what their friends' phone games are like at school

>>10221349
We've already established that it doesn't matter in the slightest compared to chinkshit for the kinds of games you're playing on it. If AP could do gen 5 and 6 then this might be a different conversation.

>>10221498
>so it effectively acts like a super game boy.
Isn't the point that it acts like a normal gameboy? Kek dumbass fucking shill.

>>10221549
RG405M because I'm playing it and the RP2S still hasn't come in yet.

>>10221136
You know what I really love about the pocket requiring a proprietary dock to give a video out?

The fact that you can just block it into a dock with a usb c means that it already has the capability to output video via that port.

It's like on-disc DLC, except it's a whole fucking hardware feature.

>>10221136
You know what I really love about the pocket requiring a proprietary dock to give a video out?

The fact that you can just drop it into a dock with a usb c means that it already has the capability to output video via that port.

It's like on-disc DLC, except it's a whole fucking hardware feature.

>>10221571
If it could do usb to hdmi then people would be able to do it, you're an idiot.

>>10221581
If the hardware to send a video signal through the usb port isn't present, how is it sending a video signal to the dock, which only connects via usb?

>>10221584
If you were a smart person, how come you make stupid posts? Lots of good questions getting asked here today.

>>10221443
yeah, if GB is the main focus and you don't really care about stuff that Android allows or the added power with the RP2S, the 353PS is probably the best fit. It has a Linux system that can be set up to have a really simple interface to just go through a few games, which could be ideal if your spouse isn't really a nerd who likes tinkering.

>>10221593
USB-C to HDMI isn't rocket science, it's been around for years. The Analogue Pocket is using artificial limits to push people to spend more money.

>>10221606
Show me your degree in technology and maybe I'll take your opinion seriously.

>>10221581
they intentionally didn't use the standard video out capability of usb c to push their expensive accessories onto their retarded customers.

>>10221593
This isn't me trying to even argue, this is just a genuine question:

How do you think the dock is sending a video signal from the analogue pocket to the HDMI out?

>>10221608
Nigger, he just showed you an existing product that does exactly what you claim is impossible. You couldn’t be more BTFO’d if you tried.

>>10221608
A degree isn't needed, it should be common sense to anyone who isn't a retard, oh wait...

>>10221571
Reddit spacing and 2017 era retardation around the concept of a dock

>>10221628
>2017 era retardation
I'm not the dipshit using "le redditor" as an insult in 2023. How the fuck are you the most dated motherfucker in a thread about retro handhelds.

>>10221527
Wow, finally a way to play Game Boy games on the go!

I just got a local shipping update, I will probably get my clear green RP2S before this weekend.

>>10221498
>so it effectively acts like a super game boy
Nope. It doesn't add any SGB features, it's just the standard Game Boy stuff.

>>10221626
>Bachelor
Glorified high school diploma kek

>>10221609
Or because it isn't necessary and would take up space inside the device.
>>10221616
It's just what the dock is built to do for that device.
>>10221625
Explain the Switch then.

I still don’t get the Anal Pocket gimmick

Why is “emulating hardware” supposedly so much better than “emulating software”? Not “how”, because I know it’s more accurate for less power draw, but… it’s Game Boy. That system is so easy to emulate that, even with brute-forcing accuracy, the power draw really isn’t all that much higher. Clearly not, since the both the AP and the MM+ have an 8hr battery life. And the MM+ gets access to way more systems, AND it’s smaller, AND it gets access to features like fast-forward and screen filters.
>inb4 o-ok poorfag
Really? YOU’RE the guys making a big deal over power efficiency. You bought a weaker system because you want to save an extra dollar a month on your electrical bill, but I’M the poorfag here?

>>10221754
whaddya mean "explain the switch", it works just fine with third party adapters, and you can get aftermarket docks all over. thanks for reminding all of us that analogue somehow managed to have even more proprietary bullshit than Nintendo.

all that said I feel like you're genuinely too stupid to argue about this since your only answer for how the dock works is "because it was designed to work". No wonder you love the analogue so much, dude probably doesn't know how to drag and drop files on an SD card.

Best Aspect ratio settings in Duckstation on RG405M?
I’m trying to enjoy FF7 but the menus seem stretched and I’ve tried every setting and still not got something that looks right

>>10221754
>Explain the Switch then.
Kek. When connected to a usb-c type device, the Nintendo Switch looks for the vendor identity and product identity (VID/PID) of the connected device. If it's not a Nintendo VID/PID, it refuses to pass video signal out the port. Third party manufacturers (or some of them, at least) get around this by cloning Nintendo VID/PID codes, and work just fine. It's all artificial locking by Nintendo to push sales of their overprices dock.

>>10221136
>$480
save your money and by the cheapest Steam Deck. Youll have emulation of every console upto Switch

>>10221781
>drag and drop
imagine not using total commander

>>10221779
it's not about efficiency, it's about accuracy. ideally it reproduces the exact same circuits as the original chips inside the console. that's the whole gimmick of the Mister and the Analogue, they're more like a "hardware copy" than regular software emulation.
another plus is being able to use original cartridges.

>>10221798
FF7 was 320*224 with black bars to achieve 4:3 (320*240), so the "true" (same as PS1) aspect ratio will have small black bars on top and bottom.

>>10221850
this is why pops 6.x is good. it has "custom" scaling you can do where you can just blow out the picture past the black bars. sort of glorified pan and crop
unfortunately not all games work flawlessly on 6.x version and older versions of pops didnt have this feature

>>10221837
But it’s always for super-old systems where brute-forcing accuracy achieves the same effect. If said “hardware emulation” existed for systems that software could NOT easily emulate, like PS2 or GameCube, then I might see the value in it. But the massive loss in features and convenience just doesn’t seem worth it.

>>10221856
>where brute-forcing accuracy achieves the same effect
well, kinda, but not really. for most purposes, it's the same, but it's never 100% exact. (FPGM hardware emulation isn't either, but let's forget that little detail...)

anyway it's all about autism. same shit as people who make backups of their own physical ps1 games instead of using widely available isos, for example. it's the same data, the file is the same in the end, but it's "really my game!!"
so even if software emulation was 100% accurate some people would still prefer hardware emulation, and FPGAs are the easiest way of doing it.

>>10221853
the game is intended to have black bars on a 4:3 screen, so if you do that you're just stretching it to fill, which is usually seen as a bad thing. try posting an image of a gba game stretched to fill 4:3 and see how people react for example.

>>10221868
>FPGM
FPGA*
not sure what happened in my brain there, the keys aren't even close to each other

>>10221136
As the person who made this post I gotta say, watching this whole thread derail into Analogue dogpiling is gold

>>10221868
See, here's the thing. Even if it's functionally the same, I can get the appeal of "real hardware, not emulation". Problem for me is that for all that money, you could just get the real systems. Everything the pocket advertises are natively handheld already, and people who use real cartridges (which is the analogue's main demo) probably already have the real consoles already, or else why would they have the real carts in the first place?

I got a cheap little RG353V because it was a nice way to play any snes and ps1 on the go, things that weren't an option to me before due to both lack of physical copies, and a desire to have these systems portable. But the Analogue's audience is literally people who have the physical copies of already portable games. Maybe I'm too much of a poorfag to get it, but it feels like spending money on nothing.

>>10221910
I have the real systems, and two of them are modded with IPS screens. I might argue that if you buy the Pocket at its normal price, you aren't that far off from the price of a modded GBA or DMG even if you do the work yourself (if you get someone else to do it then are right at the Pocket price). The Pocket has additional features that add value to it, such as a built-in sleep mode, save states (though they're iffy), and OpenFPGA support. So there is value there if you are comparing it to an original Game Boy or GBA, probably a GBC too but I don't have one.

That said, for most people I would just recommend a Chinese emulation handheld. I have a bunch of those too, and they're plenty good enough to play some games.

>>10221920
Ah? On ebay I can find IPS GBAs for less than $200, free shipping, though maybe there's something about them that makes em cheaper. But at any rate, I feel like if an "authentic" experience is so important to you that you'd be willing to spend $200+ on a special handheld, you'd be better off getting the real thing anyways.

Also I wanna say I adore that horizontal GBA. Was that shell mod a single kit or did you mix and match?

>>10221910
>probably already have the real consoles already, or else why would they have the real carts in the first place?
yeah but you get a better screen than any original gba, even modded.
i don't disagree that analogue pocket is a fucking ripoff, but it *does* offer something unique. is it worth it? obviously not unless you're autistic or have too much money to blow on stupid shit.

>>10221927
>Also I wanna say I adore that horizontal GBA. Was that shell mod a single kit or did you mix and match?
The GBA was done by a dude off of eBay, I did mod the DMG myself (also that GBA SP is an AGS-101 that I reshelled). I saw that GBA and had to have it, the dude did a really good job on it, seems like he does it as a hobby. He had a parts list on the eBay listing, but unfortunately that listing was from 2022 and is no longer available. It wasn't just a single kit, he had a bunch of parts that he put together to make it. I think most of them come from Handheld Legend: https://handheldlegend.com/products/game-boy-advance-prestige-shell-crystal-clear-series-ips-ready?variant=39593709994118

Anyway, I still think there is a value argument for the Pocket at its normal price if you are specifically interested in GB, GBC and GBA games. The sleep mode alone is a huge boon. Nintendo looked into doing that with the GBA SP but cheaped out to get it on the shelves quicker. Some might argue that the rechargeable battery is nice as well, but I honestly prefer AA's, so that's more of a drawback for me. That said, I won't have my Pocket until later today, so I'm speaking from the standpoint of "It sounds good on paper."

>>10221939
>Nintendo looked into doing that with the GBA SP but cheaped out to get it on the shelves quicker. Some might argue that the rechargeable battery is nice as well, but I honestly prefer AA's, so that's more of a drawback for me.
My nigga.

>>10221939
Aah yup, they have the same buttons and screen covers on sale there too.

To change topic to a less controversial handheld, I was actually kinda wanting to do a custom shell for the 2S, but budget kinda forced me to drop the idea. Was gonna get an indigo, remove all the white buttons and thumbstick caps, and use rit dye to make the button colors match the gamecube. Red B, Green A, one gray stick and one yellow stick, etc. But it was hard to justify buying the 5 different dyes I'd need for ten bucks a bottle when several colors were gonna be used on exclusively one button.

The ita screen mods are so much better than the ips ones. And the rechargable battery mods NEVER runs out on either system. The battery is eternal and powered by nuclear fusion. Speaking of fusion all the ladies in sight will cum when they see Metroid fusion displayed 1 to 1 with the superior screen mod instead of the IPS one

>>10221947
The project sounds nice, but does sound cost prohibitive for what it is. I bet it would look good afterward though.
>>10221942
I really miss the days of user swappable batteries. Especially since we have such good rechargeable AA's and AAA's these days. I have a huge charger filled with the fuckers. You could take the GBA out for a weekend with one set of batteries in it, and carry a spare or two, never have to worry about charging it.

>>10221969
One person actually did do a custom 2S recently. Used the white buttons and combined it with the transparent green, and honestly the end result was REALLY nice looking. So nice I almost regretted putting in my order and not doing that instead, but the grass is always jungle greener on the other side I suppose.

>>10221936
its worth it in a sense that compared to the beat to shit gba or gba sp you have from childhood, the cost of the pocket is almost even with the cost of a full list of mods to make the original hardware competitive, ignoring the skill issues you may face.
like for competitive I expect no less than:
ips/ita screen
replacement shell
replacement buttons
type-c mod if sp
rechargeable battery mod if gba
headphone port mod if sp
flash cart or rewriteable carts and a flasher

theres some more qol mods like even bigger battery stuff or the composite out mod, but for the sake of the comparison, a normal battery mod already puts you well over the life of the pocket and the video out is 100 more

As far as I'm concerned, the price is pretty competitive because this list of mods is like 180 bucks at least and thats assuming you dont fuck something up fitting it all. Like if you actually have to buy a used console too and you live in the US then its no contest. you have to keep in mind the pocket also brings to the table for an extra $100 dock basically a very impressive living room retro system since you can just run up to like genesis off it straight to your tv with hdmi, no stupid scalers. i fyou dont have any solution for that already, and have an interest in it, it's a pretty heavy consideration.

Does anyone think there's a healthy market for a gba xl? I'm thinking a wider gba with 2 speakers, custom mobo, and dmg style dpad.

>>10222021
market is already flooded with modded gbas so something unique like stereo sound would help yours stand out from the pack

>>10221987
An ITA and usb c battery for the GBA ads up to $100 tho? And a used GBA can be found for like $70, less if you intentionally buy one with a busted screen since you're replacing it.

Replacement shell and buttons are nice but don't act like the gba needs it to be "competitive" when GBA came in over a dozen different colors, and the pocket comes in solid black and solid white

>>10222021
Could be cool, though I feel a 3DS XL could serve that purpose since you can natively run GBA on it with homebrew

>>10221987
yeah i know, i did all of that shit on a gba and it was a waste of money, the end result is a lot worse than an analogue or a chinkheld.

>>10222030
>but don't act like the gba needs it
well it doesnt, but when you compare something thats a bit used to something brand new, idk.
maybe I am biased because my childhood devices are all beat up, but if you buy a good quality one then you can negate that charge.

>>10222030
Hmm maybe I should track down the dsi xl display. That would give it a sharper picture than a 3ds could do. Anyways thanks for feedback

>>10222021
that does sound good, but it would probably be prohibitively expensive considering all the custom shit you need. like even more than one of the Slate SP mods.
where would you even find a large 3:2 screen with integer scaling? I guess you could also just do what some of the GBC mods do and hide part of a larger screen...

>>10222030
any gba under $200 you'll find will have disgusting plastics full of child body grime. you want to replace that.

>>10222021
Did someone say big gba?

>>10222049
>any gba under $200 you'll find will have disgusting plastics full of child body grime. you want to replace that.

I shouldn't be surprised that the idea of cleaning something with soap and water is a foreign concept to this board, jesus fucking christ

>>10221206
>>10221550
I tried to give a PSP to my 7 yo nephew but he was already a roblox addict and got bored easily. The way he plays games is too different from me so it didn't work out. He needs the online multiplayer and e-celeb community experience.

>>10208548
Partial shot of my humble mixed collection. I definitely need to find a better place to store it...

>>10222064
Kids these days are such a disappointment.

>>10222074
It's a nice collection anon, but this is a handhelds thread

>>10222064
Yeah but what games did you give him?
>>10222075
This.
Children are lost, it is best we do not have them anymore. The Chamber of Guf is closed, so they get reincarnated animal souls given that the number of human souls are dwindling as most moved on to the higher plain by now.

>>10222030
the problem with playing on 3ds is the shit control layout and ergonomics. i also hate having an entire screen just sitting there unused, it's worse than black bars on a widescreen.

>>10222064
I feel lucky in that respect. Mine is 13, I put together a pre-configured, pre-loaded rg35xx for him (didn't do whole libraries, just all the classics mixed in some some lesser known gems)

He was hooked to that thing the entire day I was there, and whenever I talk to his parents they tell me how he's been glued to the thing. Not gonna lie anons, it felt good to be a cool uncle.

>>10222064
I'm almost forty, and my old friends from high school are only interested in live service/MMO shit. Can't get them engaged in anything single-player or even just small scale co-op.

>>10222082
I had all the handhelds, including Nomad, Jag, and NGPC. I still think the DS/3DS is the worst. It has crap sound and there's a super tiny library. Yeah yeah same with NGPC but those games mostly had charm, DS games are 95% slop.

>>10222087
i have been playing a few (switch) games with my 7yo niece, she's really bad at them tho
maybe i can try to get her into retro games when she gets a bit older too

>>10222093
If you don't like the ergonomics and sound, that's valid. But trying to say the DS had a bad library is insane. Arguably their best handheld library next to the gba.

>>10222104
So not to be an Anbie shill, but a 35xx with garlic installed is a really good for beginners and children. It's functionally bare-bones but it's good since it doesn't overwhelm them, and makes it easy to use.

Already set up 3 as gifts, one to my nephew, and one to one of the least tech literate people I know, and they both got into it no issues.

you guys aren't gonna believe this

Anyone recommend a handheld for the wife? I got her a white psp and she says it's not big enough for her because her big dark oled phone screen is bigger and better. Any help?

>>10222209
steam deck

>>10221321
That may be true, but I managed to get an order placed. 0 Response. Money collected. So are they truly a scam company, or are they a "scam" like you said.

>>10220972
>he bought a muttheld

>>10222205
THE KTR1
THE KTR1 IS REEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAALLLLL

>>10222218
Aren't they chinese? Only new burgerhelds is the g-cloud and stupid stream shit from sony.

>>10222205
first impressions:
the d-pad feels awful
the volume down button sticks
and that's about it, because it's dead on arrival

>>10222227
>dead on arrival
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>>10222227
How about the analog sticks and shoulder buttons.
IF you want to, sell it on Ebay, Aliexpress, Mercari, Craigslist, or Temu.

>>10222237
>sell it on Ebay, Aliexpress, Mercari, Craigslist, or Temu.
it's very difficult to sell broken items

>>10222227
it comes with a screwdriver to take it apart, so I decided to open it up in case maybe just some cables were unplugged.

>>10222227
>>10222250
obviously you tried charging it for a bit, right?

>>10222226
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analogue_(company)

>>10222253
I tried turning it on with it plugged in, however there do not appear to be any lights, so I don't know if it was charging or not.

however there is another problem, I only noticed when I went to put it back together, but when I unplugged the battery the connector did not actually unplug, instead the solder joints came off and left the connector inside the receptacle on the board.

>>10222268
closeup showing the connector still in the board

>>10221632
>gets called out for reddit faggotry
>immediately complains stops using reddit spacing
Maximum devastation kek.

>>10222268
>>10222271
That's actually normal, it's a weird connection.

>>10221837
>ideally it reproduces the exact same circuits as the original chips inside the console
The games made for these consoles were hatcheted together to compensate for said consoles. There is absolutely no reason to not emulate 8bit, 16bit and 32bit era unless you are needing the accuracy to "certify" speedrun records.

>>10221856
GC has been solved for like 10 years lmao

>>10221910
>Maybe I'm too much of a poorfag to get it
Analogue haters outed with this one simple post

>>10222296
Bitch, you bought inferior hardware to save money on your electrical bill. Quit projecting

So I've never played one of these sort of systems aside from a genesis emulator I got as a wedding party gift, but I'm curious about moving my roms and older games to a handheld so I'm not tethered to my desk.
Are these things able to emulate multiple consoles, and can they take extra storage via micro SD or anything like that? I've mostly got games from NES, Genesis, GBA, SNES, a few arcade titles and a few games from N64 and PS1 era.
>tl;dr spoonfeed me a starter anon

>>10222340
>Are these things able to emulate multiple consoles, and can they take extra storage via micro SD or anything like that?
yes and yes

>>10222285
>The games made for these consoles were hatcheted together to compensate for said consoles.
yeah, that's why it's so important to be accurate to original hardware to reproduce the original experience. you're arguing for hardware reproduction by saying that.

>>10222340
yes to pretty much all of those questions. Pretty much any recent handheld over $50 made by a known handheld manufacturer will smoothly run up to PS1. N64 can be shaky but that's more because N64 emulation in general is iffy.

what are your needs and budget anon?

>>10222309
nobody has ever argued for fpgas to save money, i'm not sure what you're smoking

>>10222340
yes and yes.
for everything apart from n64, RG35XX is great. if you want n64 too, RG353PS or RG353VS.

>>10222381
as an anon with an rg353v, they're usable for N64 but still has issues, and requires a lot of tinkering. I wouldn't get one hoping for lots of N64 play.

I'd also suggest the rg35xx as a starter console. money saver tip, don't get the one with the extra SD card, because theyre shit, cheap cards anyways. just get a good 128gb microsd from a reliable brand and use that as your main card, and buy it from Amazon so you don't gotta wait weeks to get it (it's like a $5 difference after shipping anyways)

oh, and install garlic is on the system. someone posted a link to a guide on that earlier in the thread, just F3 garlic and I'm sure you'll find it.

>>10222368
Thanks Anon!

>>10222380
I'd say I wouldn't want to spend more than $150-200, but I'd err on the side of higher price if the hardware works and any internal software is reasonably straightforward. I'm mostly interested in just being able to play some of my old favorites, and to explore the PS1 library as I never had one growing up. If the N64 is wonky, I'm not too put out. I had a chance to play most of the classics from it, but I've got a bit of an itch to grind on Quest64

>>10222381
Thanks for the recommendation!

>>10222375
>I play games in the most expensive and inferior way possible just to humble brag to basically anyone who will listen
God awful levels of retardation. No wonder nobody likes you.

>>10222395
if you're willing to go a bit higher, and don't mind waiting a couple weeks, maybe you should try the Retroid 2S. Has enough power to emulate up to Dreamcast super smooth and has some of the best feeling sticks and shoulders in the market right now. only downside is, since it's an android device, may be a bit harder for a beginner to set up. def doable tho.

if you do get one, just be aware that the green and retro colors are in short supply atm, you'd probably get yours sooner if you got a different color

>Have a miyoo mini plus on the way
>Would rather have had the RG35xx
>35XX doesn't have WiFi
>RetroGameCorp said they're making a new one with wifi and some other small upgrades
>I'm double dipping to play some fucking GBC games just for WIFI

>>10222421
Wifi is a shit meme
t. MM+ buyer who picked it over the 35XX for the Wifi
>retro achievements don’t work without constant wifi, and most of the achievements are for speed runners and completionists rather than normal people who just use them as progress trackers
>need to use POWERSHELL commands to download ROMs over your computer
>multiplayer doesn’t work for GBA Pokemon trading, which is the only thing I would’ve used it for
I 100% would’ve picked the 35XX now if I could. Not even for the HDMI, but because it’s a little bigger and fills your hands better