/vr/ - Retro Games

>>7437715
wait 10 years for one that doesn't suck donkey dick to come out

>>7437715
None of that chinkshit. The build quality and poor compatibility will make you regret it later, regardless that YTsóys keep shilling them. Get a PSP or an old Switch (pre-2018) and hack them.

>>7437715
But your collection is an SD card with some ROMs you downloaded. You're not going to get a lot of it and probably want to keep it for your handheld.

>>7437715
>I hate the space it waste
the fuck do you people need "space" for? Every time I see this argument, it just makes me picture faggots sitting in an empty house with pure white walls. do you just fucking sleep, eat and shit at your house?

>>7438087
this, even the smallest apartment can easily fit most people entire collection in the corner of the room or in a closet. unless youve got something like thousands of dollars worth of games, its a complete non-issue, and even if you did, then you can definitely afford a bigger place to live

>>7437715
Since you have no taste or standards, just buy the cheapest one

>>7438087
Some of us avtually prefer a minimalist apartment instead of a big suburban house

>>7438163
>some of us had to sell all out shit to buy weed

>>7437715
Don't sell your whole collection, you will probably regret it later on - if you don't like looking at it just store it away somewhere

>>7437715
If you ABSOLUTELY need a hand-held emulator, I suggest the RG351P personally. It's not something I will say is "revolutionary" but it does the job for up to Dreamcast decently. Personally I say wait like 2-4 years for a system to come out that can at least do Gamecube, PS2 and Xbox (I think a few may actually be on the cusp of doing some Gamecube right now but I'm not 100% up to date on this information).

>emulation handheld
A "good" emulation handheld will run you between $80 and $120, and you won't see decent 5th generation performance outside of the higher end.
$80 can get you a cheap, prepaid Android phone (or even a used flagship phone from 1-2 generations ago) that will greatly outperform any of those dedicated handhelds and have a better screen to boot. Throw in a decent telescopic controller and you've got an objectively better experience for around the same price. Hell, you could just use your current phone and only have to buy the controller.

>>7438087
>>7438125
Most people don't want their house decorated with toys. It was fine when you were a kid but now it's just sad.
>just rent a storage unit!
No sense in paying to keep something you'd rather sell anyway.
Hoarders need to be lined up and shot, I swear.

>>7438458
This
Don't go through the trouble of buying these chinese handhelds if you NEED a handheld just get a CFW PSP or 3DS the former being better, or like they said just invest in a telescope controllers or one with a clip and use your phone and call it a day.

>>7438458
decent option but android has severe input lag though. whether it bothers you or not depends on your tolerance for it
>>7438639
3ds and psp/vita are surprisingly crap for emulation. even accurate full speed gba on a vita (mgba) isnt a given. 3ds is even weaker has an atrociously low resolution. emulation on those consoles is more like a bonus on top of the native library, not the main reason to buy one.

>>7437715
Get a Mister. Handhelds are for faggots.

>>7438639
TBF a few of the Chinese handhelds have better build quality than any Sony or Nintendo handheld

Hacked Switch

>>7437715
I have top left and it has honestly been great for quite a lot, though if I could go back I would prolly just get bottom left for lower cost and comfier form factor. Slower hardware but I really don’t like playing a ton of later gen retro on the small screen.

>>7440092
It's metal, but that doesn't necessarily mean it's well-made or will last (plus I've seen it's emulators and romlists, which are of highly questionable wuality). Something's off if they're able to offer it at such a low price, as well.

>>7437715
Use one of those NVidia Shield portables

I can only imagine the regret years later, no retro hardware, only a shitty bootleg looking android that shoddily runs the games. If anything, sell your games, keep the hardware, and get flashcarts.

>>7440626
Honestly most tech should be cheaper than it is we just end up paying more for it because we buy the brand. Speaking of Chinese cellphones the ones I've bought are a fraction of the cost of a name brand for an fantastic amount of quality. Not to mention I've used the same one for going on 5 years now. Don't let companies trick you into thinking they are offering you a good deal, that being said though ye always have some scepticism so you don't get duped

>>7438458
>Most people don't want their house decorated with toys. It was fine when you were a kid but now it's just sad.
And yet you're clearly still interested in playing with them. Sounds like you're just being insecure about what you like in your own home. As for the hoarding thing, I'll never understand why some people get so uppity about what other people possess (other than jealousy). I can understand it in situations where animals or kids are endangered, or it's spilling out into the yard and causing problems in the neighborhood, but neither of those are what's being discussed here.

>>7440945
This
And why the fuck does anon decorate with his games,just put em in a box in the closet and problem solved you can still play them when you want instead of emulating because thats easier to hide to his fellow normies friend.

>>7440945
Some people just grow up, anon.

>>7437715
Can't you just get a cheapo laptop?

here is a spreadsheet with different handhelds, i had to use pastebin because 4chan didn't like the link
https://pastebin.com/raw/Hi5616WD

>>7438458
Dude a literal corner in your house for gaming isn't decorating the whole house with gaming shit lmao

>>7437715
Just get flash carts for the real thing.

>>7437715
I got an RP2 right before Christmas. Already clocked 100+ hours on it, easily; beaten Chrono Trigger, playing Metroid romhacks, a bunch of Metal Slug, Bomberman and a few PS1 titles. It has a few quirks but once you go through the effort of setting up Retroarch and the Dig frontend, it's pretty good. A positive of it being a handheld is being able to relax on the couch or bed, get comfy with it. The build quality is decent and I rather like the form factor. The two big cons: Battery only really gives you about four hours playtime (depends on what you're playing/doing) and N64 emulation isn't up to scratch. Honestly, one of the my better purchases of recent, alongside an e-reader for books. If I could play the 64 Zelda on it, I'd be perfectly content.

Cool, still keeping (and expanding) my collection.

>>7440626
theres nothing really off about the price. it uses a super low powered chip meant for embedded systems that cost next to nothing and a low res 3.5in meh tier ips panel. a 80 dollar android has higher specs.

Do it OP. It's liberating. Use the proceeds towards bills and maybe towards a new hobby if you have one in mind. Try not to buy more shit until you've sold the collection so you can give yourself time to think.

In case anyone is curious, I sold my collection back in 2012 for about $14,000 after ebay fees.

>>7442074
No one is curious about your larp

>>7442115
Not a larp. I get that you have no reason to believe a stranger on the internet, but I assure you that I'm not lying. The only detail that I'm hazy on is the dates, it might have been from 2012 to early 2014 that I sold most of it, but I didn't think it mattered much to clarify.

>>7437715
A New 3DS plus a PSP/Vita are the latest consoles I wold invest in. Check /vg/ and their homebrew general to set up old games. Chinkshit is not a meme, they're that bad.
>>7438087
>>7438125
Not everyone lives alone and have big houses. Keeping empty space and rotating different stuff as I need is great. No clutter ever, everything gets some use. Love my empty space.
>>7438458
>>7440697
>>7442074
Good points here. Pay for some quality drives instead.

>>7442569
>Love my empty space
Honestly I dont understand why people deny the appeal of having several game libraries stored on a memory chip that is smaller than your finger nail.

Like if you want to dedicate a room/corner/closet in your house to your collection or you just want to buy an entertainment cabinet to house several consoles to your TV that's fine, but getting pissy because someone just wants the modern convenience of storing everything on 1 device and acting as if it provides no benefits is such an odd thing to become passively aggressive about.

>>7442723
>such an odd thing to become passively aggressive about.
Collectors who are offended don't actually care for their collections. They can't be honest with themselves that they've spent so much time and money on something they don't really enjoy so they get angry when someone is able to live more authentically than they can. People who actually like their collections don't give a shit what others do, if anything they would be supportive of people selling because it means more things are about to hit ebay.

>>7437715
For the love of christ don't buy this shit. If you are hell bent on getting one pony up the cash for a oDroid Go Advance because if nothing else you can change the OS so you are not locked into some shit chinese bootleg of a bootleg of an emulator running on Android.

>>7443217
oga sucks the chink clones are better desu
anbernic are stealing cunts but their devices are pretty much the best as far as retro emulator handhelds go

>>7442569
all devices are chinkshit now bro. the parts are from the same factories whether you buy a switch or a 50 dollar chink copy.
3ds and vita arent exactly high quality either and they kinda suck for emulating because they are that weak and the 3ds has laughable display resolution.

>>7442143
It doesn't really matter exactly when you pretend to have sold your pretend collection

>>7443556
>I know you're lying anonymous person
That's nice

>>7443592
>you caught me lying anonymous person
It is nice. And not the first time. Keep it up, kid. I can do this all day.

>>7443729
I'm not him

>>7444071
>im not me

>>7437715

Dont sell your real hardware just sell the games

>>7441507

That's the easiest way to sell a game collection without regret

You keep the original consoles and replace the games with a flash cart

>>7442074
>I sold my collection back in 2012 for about $14,000
Right before the prices skyrocketed. Well done

>>7444270
No ragrets.

>>7444090
>I know who you are anonymous person
I know you're a failure but that's obvious

>>7437715
Just sold my gamecube collection and I still feel really good about it. I got about 400 dollars for the gamecube and a bunch of games. I did research first so I knew I was getting a good price, but they ended up offering more than what I was going to sell it for.
It's hard for me to find places to live because I'm a felon so I've moved several times in the past 2 years and moving all of my shit was really starting to piss me off. Now my apartment is kinda small. I was thinking about getting a storage unit but I literally have so much shit that just stays in my closet. I was thinking why am I even trying to cram all this shit in my closet when I don't even use it? I am keeping my game boys because I still do use them but my gamecube I had no desire to play, I've beaten all the games I had already anyways. For those certain special game systems I am keeping to use and maybe one day get a nice case and display them if I ever get a bigger place. but for the rest I'm just going to emulate and having less shit (and a few extra dollars) is really nice.

I have a launch Switch gathering dust, is it retard proof to hack? Are there good retro emulators on it besides retroarch cores?

>>7444729
No NAND flashing, not worth unless you're cool with tethering

Kindle Fire HD

>>7444395
Jesus kid. What's wrong with you?

>>7445229
>being incredulous
gj

>>7446128
>being retarded
wew lad

>>7446167
>projecting
gj

>>7438163
bugman hands wrote this
where do you go when Tyrone comes over to fuck your wife or girlfriend? you have no yard to build a cuck shed

>>7446185
Holy fuck, stop acting like a nigger, newfag. Or go back to where ever the fuck you came from.

>>7446269
u mad bro

>>7446281
Obviously, shit for brain's. What are you fucking 12 years old?

>>7446301
>shit for brain is
u

>>7446230
mutts law

>>7437730
2nding this.
Ive tried op.
Everything only works about 75% of the way you want it to.
Buttons on the handheld never feels right or they are elevated too high for platformers but work just fine for rpgs.
Hues of the screen varry in ranges of acceptable to why is red non apparent?
Then you have interface issues for whats acceptable to you and there are various handhelds that only play certain emulators only so well. Also fuck retroarch from my experience. Every game needs tweaking to run like you remember.

>>7438912

>android has severe input lag though.

This is an old info being reposted here all the time. It applied to Android 5 and then it was fixed in later versions. I've beaten Punch-Out on an android phone (snapdragon 835 one) paired with ds4 with no problems.

Android phone + telescope style controller is the best way of emulating handheld consoles right now. A lot better than all the chink shit.

>>7446185
>zoom
>zoom
You need to go back kiddo. You're just embarrassing yourself.

>>7438912
>decent option but android has severe input lag
Android hasn't had latency issues since like 2015. It's come a long way and is now the king of portable emulation.

collectorfags: sunken-cost incarnate

>>7446749
buying things you like? lol can u even imagine

Don't bother with that shit. Just get a SBC of your choosing and fill it with emulators, connect to CRT and you're good. Keep a hacked Wii and fat PS2 with a hard drive and maybe a Vita for portable games. That's gonna give you most of everything in as few devices as possible.

>>7444313
Hell yeah. Who cares about a lil more money now? Plus if you used it wisely then who gives a shit. I sold off all the last bits of my retros, kept only sentimental stuff like my copy of Earthbound. Emulation is good enough for me with how lil I game these days, someone else can enjoy my shit.

>>7446741
>Android hasn't had latency issues since like 2015
Do you have any idea how fucking the android subsystem is? Even fucking scrolling through webpages has substantial latency.
fuck off
>>7437715
There are several good options now.
RG350/1, RG2020 and Odroid Go are excellent. A hacked switch is also a good option.

Yikes

>>7446763
>Don't bother with that shit. Just get a SBC of your choosing and fill it with emulators
Might as well go all out and get a Mister then. It'll have better CRT support too

>>7446810
this is a shill post
disregard

>>7446713
ᕕ(ᐛ)ᕗ can do boss

>>7438087
You never had children or are married, are you? If you live alone and are a bachelor, sure, space shouldn't be a problem when you own your own house.

>>7447747
Even as a bachelor I had to move twice. After that I was tired of packing most of my shit so I sold a good bunch of games, movies, all my CDs, books, etc. It's much more enjoyable to not be weighed down.

>>7438087
Found the girl (male).

>>7442569

I have a Vita, a 3DS, and Android Phone + USB telescoping controller as well as chinese handhelds like the RG350M and RG351P, and I'm telling you right now, you are wrong that the Vita/3DS are better for emulation. They simply are not on par with something like the RG351. The RG350 sputters a bit (I'm thinking of the Special Attack menu in Super Mario RPG specifically, but I'm sure there are other things) but the RG351 completely outpaces Vita/3DS for everything up to PS1 (with the exception of the Vita's excellent PS1 emulation through Adrenaline with POPS in its PSP mode). It is just a damn shame they put a 480x320 screen on the RG351P, so the scaling is fucked. But it is still a better experience than trying to play Super Mario RPG on the Vita via Retroarch or a PSP emulator, or god forbid on the New 3DS. I pretty much use my RG350 for 4:3 (or 8:7) systems and the RG351p for handhelds. As soon as they release the RG351 pro or whatever with a 640x480 screen like the RG350M, it is game over. But even with what is there today, it is objectively wrong to tell people the Vita/3DS is a better emulation machine than the Anbernic ones, and anyone who has tried all the options would agree. You might just be working with outdated information- I really recommend picking up one of the RG* devices and seeing for yourself. Far cheaper than a used Vita with much better emulation.

The phone + controller of course blows them all out of the water. It can play up to Gamecube. But I can't access the headphone jack while its in the controller grip and bluetooth audio has a ~1 second delay. Plus it doesn't "feel" good to play unlike everything else I've mentioned. TL;DR- if you want to get a handheld emulator and you don't mind a slightly blurry experience due to non-integer scaling, the RG351p is the best out there. Otherwise get an RG350 (the P is better than the M imo because I don't like the heavy metal material, but the M does have a better screen).

>>7437715

OP I made this long post here: >>7447860
but to respond to your question directly- if you want perfect scaling for 4:3 / 8:7 consoles, get the RG350P/M. If you want better emulation, wifi and a standardized interface via Retroarch, but no integer scaling for 4:3 content get the RG351P. I'm a stickler for integer scaling but if you can't tell the different between the two images in pic related, get the RG351P. I don't have a retroid pocket but I wouldn't like that dpad placement. Be warned that even though it is advertised, all these devices cannot reliably play N64, PSP or Dreamcast. I personally removed all my roms/isos from my card for these systems so I was never tempted to play a sub-optimal experience. It pretty much sucks shit for N64 and they are skeevy for trying to sell it on that point. But anything up til the PS1 should be good, including Sega CD. The RG351p is the best modern way to play GBA games, and that is coming from someone who has modded multiple GBA/SP systems with IPS screens looking for the optimal experience. If you put in the time to set it up, the RG351p is amazing and it feels great to play.

>>7447860
>>7447947

>>7447953

>>7447860
I have a 3DS, where can I find emulators to install into my 3DS with?

>>7444729
>>7444767
This is BS. Assuming it is actually a launch Switch, hacking it is very easy, just need a small jig for the joycons to trigger the service mode.

>>7448006

Just google "3ds hacks" and follow the guide. I used a DS flashcart to hack mine, I think it's even easier nowadays. Once you've done that use the FBI program to install the SNES9x CIA file and you can play roms from your sd card.

>>7447860
I found out the hard way that the psvita is completely trash at emulating SNES, how is that even possible?

>>7448251

I have no idea, I would really expect it to be better than it is. But for some reason you constantly see people here recommend the Vita as a viable handheld for emulation. I wince any time somebody responds "just get a vita" in a thread asking about handheld emulation. I will say that it is amazing for PS1 emulation via Adrenaline, and the screen on my Vita looks gorgeous. But that doesn't matter when I just want a playable smooth SNES experience. The chinese handhelds are miles better in that regard.

>>7438441
>he thinks PS2 and xbox emulation is coming to chinkhelds in under 10 years

>>7446825
>stop liking what I don't like

don't let the autist hoarders of /vr/ get you down OP. Yes emulation will never be 100% perfect but the conveniences far outweigh the cons like input lag that non-autists will not notice.
Any of the current handhelds, retropies etc should handle /vr/ games fairly well if it's from dreamcast or lower. If you want PS2/Gamecube or higher then yeah they won't do the job well but who cares there's enough /vr/ games pre PS2 to care about more modern libraries.

For example if you're into Nintendo just buy a Wii U and hack it, it can literally play any Generation up to Wii U perfectly either through nintendo made emulators or real backwards compatibility.

>>7447860

Why the fuck is Anbernic so expensive, goddamn.

>>7448315
Retroarch on Vita isn't as good, the PSP emulators via Adrenaline are more stable.

>>7448839
Unironically brand recognitiion.
The RG350 was a bit of a "breakthrough" device recognized as the first acceptable quality chinkshit.

>>7447957
cringe

>>7440092
Even the plastic one has amazing build quality. I love mine

>>7438163
I have a big suburban house and I keep it minimalist. I like a clean look and open rooms. My retro is in an unused room and I have current gen in the family room. Living room is just for sitting. It's rather comfy.

>>7437715
I've had my RP2 for half a year and it's great. Highly recommend.

>>7448839
What's your definition of expensive? You can buy a rg351p for 80 dollars on aliexpress. Sometimes they go even lower to the 70s and i think i've seen it sold in the high 60s.

>>7448864
What's the point of even getting a vita for emulation then if the psp emulators run better? Just get a used psp for like 20 bucks.

>>7447947
>>7447860
If this mother fucker gets nes, snes and genesis/master system cores then I'm fucking done. It has a 1440p screen which is perfect for integer scaling with all of those, including the handheld cores it has out the box, and enough resolution to do fancy shaders too so you can get that dot matrix look for GB games etc

God I can't wait for this, it better get a 'jailbreak' firmware like their other devices

>Vita
Requires hacking, 300MHz, unusual 30:17 aspect ratio, 1800MAh battery for 4-5 hours battery life, slow development scene, PS1 mostly perfect, SNES acceptable, N64 terrible, GBA hit and miss. $100

>RP2
Works out the box, 1.5GHz, 4:3 aspect ratio, 4500MAh battery gives 8 hours battery life, very fast development scene through android, PS1 and SNES perfect, N64 mostly perfect, NDS pretty good and GBA perfect, some dreamcast works well. $80

Why anyone thinks this is even a close contest is beyond me.

>>7449905
well, the (1000 series) vita does have a gorgeous OLED displayt, and the buttons and analogs are way better than on the RP2, especially considering the right analog on the RP2 isnt even an actual analog at all. But yeah its a dumb idea to get a vita for retro emulation only, its more like a bonus on top of the Vita and PSP games.

>>7448375
I suspect Gamecube will be ready to go within the next two years, Xbox and PS2 will take another 5 before one can say they are truly functional on something around $120 or less. Right now you can get them running on higher end emulation handhelds but those run hundreds of dollars right now and are really not worth it I feel.

>>7449881
>>7449928
That, pretty much. The screen, controls and ergonomics along with the possibility of playing Vita games. Other than that, I do agree.

>>7443238
>oga sucks the chink clones are better desu
untrue, especially now that metal cases are available.

>>7438087
Plants, books, art, etc etc.

>>7450165
>plants
>books
>art
>valuing any of these things
Just go back to the point and click adventure thread, faggot.

>>7450168
I don't like those games at all. It's simply that much as I like games in general, there's a lot more that interests me. I sold off most of my physical stuff a few years back for similar reasons as OP. I don't have an interest in displaying shelves of games so kept them in boxes and eventually realized I was emulating far more than playing carts so it was really just taking up space for no reason. Now that space is mostly art supplies that get used a lot more frequently.

>>7450252
>I sold off most of my physical stuff and now just use ScummVM
>I have so much space left over for books and art
>I'm learning French in my spare time
nobody cares, faggot

>>7450303
That's nice, I'm not interested in whether you care or not. I wouldn't expect someone with such limited interests to understand in the first place.

OP if your just hell-bent on getting a "handheld" dont buy a Chinese knockoff or mod a psp/3ds/vita, It's a waste of time/money. Instead get a "quality" bluetooth controller because in the long run it is the best investment for your money.

It will let you use the phone/tablet that your currently own which you can update as you see fit. It can also work with your pc and setting up a folder sync puts your saves in the cloud.There are plenty of sub $100 phones that offer better performance than any of those Chinese handhelds. If your willing drop around $200 on a phone you can even get wii and gamecube running.

>>7437715
>another chink thread
Reminder

>>7450673
That first option is fucking terrible. I tried this like an idiot and the uneven weight distribution makes it practically unusable

>>7442873
No one is offended by people not being interested in their collection, they're annoyed by you shitposters screeching about how no one should collect anything or play anything on original hardware all the time on the board dedicated to retro games.

This. I was at a train station the other day and this loser sat next to me and got out a dedicated handheld and started playing some games. I just rolled my eyes and opened my backpack, took out my xbox controller, took out my mount, put my phone in the mount, binned the messenger bubbles, synced up the bluetooth (phone was on 30% from being used all day but a bit of bluetooth should be fine), found the retroarch app, loaded it up, noticed it was running very slow, cleared background processes (probably because I used google maps earlier anyway), chose the core I wanted, chose the game, noticed retroarch was expecting touchscreen inputs instead of my controller, went back into retroarch menu, set controller to bluetooth device, back into game.

I didn't get to play as much as the other guy, but at least I didn't look ridiculous.

>>7437715
Just buy a controller for your phone, like the gamesir x2, or some shit. Opens you open to Gamecube, Wii, and (when it improves) PS2 emulation. Cloud streaming too if that's something you give a shit about.

>>7450731
based

>>7450370
You're just hoarding books and art, faggot. Get a tablet and epubs. Scan the art in and have it on a single LCD display screen. The fact you can learn French rather than play video games is not impressive, many people can collect and have interests AND also learn another language or have other hobbies.

>>7450731
You see essentially its 4 simple steps.

>Pull out the controller and power it own
>Turn your phones bluetooth on
>Extend the controller
>Place your phone in the now open space

They have made the device this way to ensure its retard proof, even a boomer can figure it out. As for battery life, instead of spending your income on that rad SNES collection perhaps invest on a decent smart phone with a modern battery life and get an actual job where there is no way you could possibly have enough time to be on your phone long enough to lower it to 30%. Why the hell would you need to use google maps if you rely on trains for transportation, perhaps sell some of those CIB games so you can also afford a car and have an excuse to use google maps and avoid the train station all together. It's time to stop inventing new problems and start solving the ones you have OP.

>>7450936
If you need to post this much cope in defence, maybe your product just isn't very good

>>7450957
And if you can't even make an actual response perhaps you invented problems that don't exist to shill chinese handhelds because you can't afford better

>>7450936
kek

>>7440945
Then why do you get uppity about OP selling his games? It's the same logic.

>>7451009
Not OP but I'll save him some time, hes a hypocrite

>>7437715
yeah listen to the CFW fags. Get psp psvita and 3ds CFW them and install emulators.
For more recent game consoles get a pc for emulation (ps2, gamecube, wii, wii u, ps3, xbox, xbox360)

>>7450775
whats wrong with you? genuine question

>>7451505
What's wrong with you? I'm not the one going onto a board about retro video games and shitposting about how you shouldn't collect or play retro video games while saying that instead of one commodity, you hoard others. And before you start acting like I'm saying 'vidya is just as valid as' blah blah, I've got a huge library of books, various sorts of artwork ranging from 19th century print of churches, 17th century sketches to original works from contemporary illustrators like Blake. I've got books ranging from antiques going back to the 16th century, large swathes of the classics and a load of schlock pulp to give just some of the characteristics of what's in my house. I also happen to have a few old games but I don't collect them and play everything on my PC on emulator. But you know what I don't do? I don't fucking go on /vr/, a place dedicated to talking about old video games and incessently, day in, day out go 'Video games are dumb, sell them and do something better with your time'. It's like going into a heritage railway and telling them to sell the collection of locomotives for scrap as it's pointless and learn to code instead. It's also extremely dull which is perhaps the worst thing. So what's wrong with me? Annoyance at shitposters at you who can't even be arsed to be original about your shitposting.

>>7437715
I have a lenovo think centre m93p i5 with batocera installed for my emulation. Pretty much flawless up to game cube, even 3ds seems okay. They go for about 100 dollars so worth checking out for the performance and small form factor

>>7441850
I've had some trouble with snes emulation on my RP2, super mario rpg has some lag when using retroarch. What settings do you use for snes emulation?

>>7450969
You can buy Chinese handhelds (ARM or even x86) that are more expensive than whatever shitbox made in China phone you're using. The fuck does that prove? Breaking news, products exist across a spectrum, somebody alert the fucking White House.
You must be at least 18 to post here, faggot.

>>7447947
>has modded multiple GBA/SP systems with IPS screens
Most gba games were made with the GBA/SP dark screen in mind and the IPS screen oversaturates the image

>3ds has an atrociously low resolution
You don't need more than 240p for retro.

Also
>3ds
>mGBA
The 3DS is literally an upgraded GBA and can run GBA games natively.
Just use open_agb_firm/VC injection.
There is no point to use mGBA on 3DS unless you want to trade pokemon (just use PKSM) or play Boktai.

>>7451835
kek kid this is so far my favorite post in the thread. Whether you were trying to sound edgy or troll it came off like a half assed attempt at mimicking a teenager trying to sound cool. 10/10 would trigger about his cheap ass chinese handheld again. Please OP never let anyone tell you to change just keep posting shit like this.

>>7451953

>3ds has an atrociously low resolution

Did I say that? I never said that. 240p is great (aside from things like the menu in Chrono Cross, but you won't be playing PS1 on 3ds anyway) and the 3ds has a good resolution for retro gaming, no doubt. It sucks how small GBA games are on it unless you want to non-integer stretch them, which I can't stand. I did say that its emulation is lacking, which is definitely true. GBA injects are cool (if you don't mind the scaling issues) but I have a script that I like to run to sync my game saves between systems (mister, 3ds, vita, rg35*, pc, etc) via ftp / ssh, and it doesn't work with injects because you have to go into Godmode9 and rename files as the title id etc etc and its just annoying for me personally. I am a sicko who likes to seemlessly switch between handheld and playing on a TV, so I actually mostly stick to my real GBA with an everdrive x5 and a Gameboy Player with GBI on my gamecube. Injects just mess with my workflow. But if you're exclusively playing on one 3ds and you don't mind stretched uneven pixels its definitely a good solution.

>>7438912
>accurate
Who cares.

>>7437715
I don’t get these threads. The only games worth emulating/playing are all on NES and there was a perfectly playable NES emulator on the DS Lite...

>>7437715
>PowKiddy V90
>4 hour battery life
Why even sell such a piece of shit?

>>7452008
>kid
Neck yourself.

>>7452008
Your phone is literally a chinese handheld. Go get your autism cured.

>>7452085
Please write a book, you may even make money

>>7452125
Great retort, you didn't even try to refute anything. I bet you're captain of your McJob's after hours debate team.

If you want it to play Nintendo games just get a New 3DS/2DS. It emulates GB/GBC/NES perfectly and you can use the Nintendo developed emulators for it. SNES games I'm sure there's some games that might not work but everything I've played on them work perfect and again on Nintendo's own emulator. GBA plays natively.

N64 you can have some luck with some games but overall not playable. Mario 64 did get ported after the source code leaked so that plays perfectly but it's not being emulated.

Other systems? I know PS1 sort of works and better than N64 but I wouldn't try it. Genesis should play fine as well as anything before that.

>>7452601
Unless you specifically want to play the DS library, even a middle of the range handheld made from pure chinieseium supports everything up to PlayStation and even CPS3. IPS screens make them even more attractive.
If you already have a DS, I can see the appeal, though.

Are the krikzz gba ever drives the best way to play GBA?

>>7451953
>you dont need more than 240p for retro
you do if you want to scale.

>>7452138
Anon come on we know you didnt come up with a line like that on your own, go back to your half assed edge lord style so I can laugh at you again. An unoriginal fuck boy that thinks hes being witty is just sad.

>>7452952
You got me, I plagiarize on 4chan in my spare time. 2/10, got me to respond.

>>7452963
It's been 4 hours since you wrote the comment I responded to and you responded back within 2 minutes.

I truly apologize to you OP at first I thought you were just some kind of troll but I see now you just don't have anything better to do than shit post on 4chan all day. I really hope you find the help you need, I'm going to go now because I don't feel to good about picking on the mentally ill. Enjoy your Chinese handheld now and dedicate the next shit post to me. Best of luck.

>>7453062
4chanx notifications, faggatron.
1/10.

>>7452074
because it's only 40 bucks.

Detroit Pocket 2. It's $90, runs all the way up to psp, and can hold a 512 GB sd card. I play Sega CD games on mine. Only downside is it runs retroarch, but if yet not a pussy boy whiner you can set that up to run like a fucking pro after a day or two.

>>7453192
Fucking auto correct.... Retroid Pocket 2

>>7453195
>>7453195
Detroit Pocket sounds like a gay bar.

>>7452601
There has been a lot of progress in PS1 and N64 emulation on the New 3DS lately, I've seen you can even play a bunch of PS1 games at full speed. I don't think there should be a problem with any SNES games, and if there is you could try switching between the VC and other emulators, I know from my own experience that VC often has problems with romhacks, but Snes9x runs most of them just fine.

>>7453212
I think it's more like a sexual maneuver. Like, you shit in a pocket and then fuck it.

>>7453239
Why not both?

>>7453259
Ahhh. It's named after the bar where it was invented!

>>7453192
it runs *some* psp and ds games. a lot of the more demanding titles stutter like crazy. more or less the same with n64, and none of these truly pocket devices can run saturn yet. only the bigger, more expensive android ones.
everything else runs better than the 3ds or vita though. 351p is a good one too if you prefer widescreen. build quality on either is great.

>>7452047
Sorry I wanted to reply to >>7438912 but i forgot the post number

>>7449901
that motherfucker will never be sold again oustide the preorders and besides it will never receive any meaningful support, furthemore I still haven't seen a single picture of the real thing around and they should be shipping soon

>>7451953
I like left more

>>7451756
Honestly, I just use whatever the recommended SNES core was for Retroarch from the guide I followed in setting it up. Some flavour of Snes9x I take it. I've not had any issues as far as I could tell.

>>7453669
Also, I should mention, the guide I followed had another video on how to optimise the device so all it's processing is focused on the games/emulation, so that may have helped as well.

>>7453195
>>7453239

>>7437715
I own the bottom left. I was surprised to see it runs PSX games (albeit not perfectly) but the build quality is really low. If you absolutely have to get some third party consoles just go with the RG350M or Gameshell

>>7453693
Have you got a link to this guide

>>7454008
https://youtu.be/U2I9Zi7Njd0
https://youtu.be/Fyr3_aQTuqc

>>7449875
>>7447860

I am interested in the RG350 because it has HDMI Output, but the RG351 is more powerful.

Are the differences between RG351P and RG351M that big? Or is it only the casing?

>>7455208
I've heard the Retroid Pocket 2 also has HDMI out, that honestly sounds like part of the appeal

>>7453652
They just announced they're doing more orders and that its not intended to be limited and will continue to sell it in the future. They mentioned they've had supply issues for parts and that's why all their shit is sold out

Also it has a second fpga specifically for third party development, amd everything single one of their other devices is jailbroken by the creator himself shortly after release

Here's a picture of the actual, non-remdered unit

>>7455229

I thought that because the RG351P was running on a Linux based OS the games ran better? Hmm. Maybe i should look more into this.

>>7455208

I have both- I don't use the HDMI out on the RG350M because I also have a MiSTer and I just use that, with ftp to sync game saves between the handheld and MiSTer. The HDMI out from what I've seen is *ok* but a little janky and poorly scaled.

>Are the differences between RG351P and RG351M that big?

I've noticed better performance on the RG351P across the board- things which have trouble on the RG350M (such as Mario RPG menus, or 3d PS1 games) don't have the same issues on the RG351P. I also like having wifi, so I can download themes and boxart etc. They are constantly releasing new ports to the think, just yesterday Spelunky and AM2R were ported (though they currently run like shit, the porter says they will have hardware acceleration added soon). The only downside of the RG351 vs RG350 is the aspect ratio- 480x320 means that 240p content is either in a tiny integer scaled box, or stretched with interpolation. If you get one, the absolute best setting I've found to make the non-integer scaling palatable is not the RGA (RCA?) scaling you see in all the guides. Instead, use this shader: https://github.com/rsn8887/Sharp-Bilinear-Shaders/releases . That shader makes SNES, NES, PS1 etc look good enough on the RG351p that it is not worth transfering saves to my RG350 anymore despite it having a more crisp image.

>>7455360

Can you link me the seller you got the devices from? Never bought anything off AliExpress.

>>7437873
>Get a Vita or an old Switch (pre-2018) and hack them.
Fix'd

>>7455280
I'm not sure I've just heard android devices are better with the N64 and Dreamcast as far as handhelds go but correct me if I'm wrong

>>7438087
>do you just fucking sleep, eat and shit at your house?
Yes. That's how people who have a job live. You'll understand when you get older.

>>7455267
looks weird, I might consider it if it ever actually coems back but I'm not extremely convinced by the irl pic

>>7455405

I just got them off Amazon. 1 day shipping. The rg351p I ordered on impulse at like midnight at had it by 5 pm the next day since I live in Seattle and there's a ton of Amazon distribution centers around here.

It is through resellers so you pay like a $10 premium but my lazy ass was fine with that. They have worked perfectly so far, no indication that they are fake or anything. I wouldn't bother with the month+ shipping from AliExpress.