/vr/ - Retro Games

>>9893038
>I ordered a RG505 for 160€ and got buyers remorse.
qrd?

>>9893064
I bought a RG505 and now think i better might have bought a RP3+.
The story is short, but that is what happened.

>>9893081
fascinitinig.do you still have time to cancel or has it already shipped/arrived?

i don’t get these chinese knock offs. seriously just buy and hack a psp or vita or 2ds or 3ds. even if you regret it or get bored you can sell it back at basically the same as whatever you paid for it on fb marketplace. i’ve bought, hacked, tried and resold a few after i got bored. didn’t like vita and ended up keeping a psp3001. honestly though after i get bored of ps1 and psp games i’ll probably sell it and get a 3ds to play snes games on the can

>>9893119
I could cancel by not accepting the package, but it's a private seller and not really his fault.
I would feel bad to be honest :-)

>>9893126
How is emulation of Gamecube and PS2 with a PSP?

>>9893125
You don't let a thread die because then you can't give a link to the new thread in the old thread.

>>9893159
Still you can let it reach page 10.

>>9893126
There isn’t much to get, the chinkhelds have better screen scaling options and emulating doesn’t suck. You’ve been told this dozen of times now.

>>9893154
>How is emulation of Gamecube and PS2 with a PSP?
lel just get a vita then it has a ton of ps2 ports

>>9893126
People get them for emulation of systems that don't do all that well (or don't work at all) on either the 3DS or the Vita. Besides that 3DSs are currently overpriced. The Vita could have been good if the hardware could be properly put to use instead of being a slightly better PSP when it comes to homebrew. The PSP is anemic and can't even do some GBA games without a hitch.

>>9893126
You don't understand they NEED another Chinese handheld that can play PS2 games at 12 FPS. Using a PC or console is cringe they NEED to be able to play Dance Dance Revolution Extreme 2 with CRT filters while taking a poop!

>>9893182
>People get them for emulation of systems that don't do all that well (or don't work at all) on either the 3DS or the Vita. Besides that 3DSs are currently overpriced. The Vita could have been good if the hardware could be properly put to use instead of being a slightly better PSP when it comes to homebrew. The PSP is anemic and can't even do some GBA games without a hitch.
mmm yaa depends on what you're playing though. if you're okay with whatever subset of games a psp or 3ds can play for a while then you'll never lose money because a "collector" will always pay at least what you originally paid for the system.

my point is:
>no one wants an older knockoff because they can just buy the newest version with better specs for the same price

>>9893213
I'm glad someone understands me.

>>9893172
Psp has more ps2 ports though.
>>9893213
Phones and chinkhelds are based.

These threads are paid for.

>>9893273
By who?

>>9893276
The CIA. They cripple the free markets so left wing pinkos don't get a foot hold.
It came to me in a dream.

>>9893264
Not only that, PSP has ports of better games
Are the buttons on that too clicky?

>>9893285
I believe it. Koreans should make handhelds more.
>>9893298
Face buttons have click, but too small. Im still waiting for a controller with big mushish face buttons and clicky dpad.

Powkiddybros...looks like we can't dab on Anbernig anymore...

>>9893182
The Vita's hardware is not good in today's climate, you're getting the equivalent of an iPad 2's chip downclocked and 10 year old hardware is slow as bollocks. For the price you can buy a PS Vita, the Chinese handheld will win in most areas like hardware power and choice of control scheme. The Vita should be able to slot above the $50 dollar handhelds like the Miyoo theoretically but in practice, it can't even do that and the only upside is being able to play Vita games with 70-80% of the functionality.

>>9893338
Why is that HDMI port dirty?

>>9893340
how are chink handhelds for emulating psp?

>>9893359
Retroid 3 plus and anything above that is fine. Just make sure

>>9893276
you know damn well who. they leave their cryptic symbol everywhere, toying with us. mocking us in plain sight.

>>9893359
You can play most games with an ARM chip using 2016-18 technology but you won't be able to run games that stressed the PSP like God of War on it, so RK3399 or equivalent chips. Anything after that, from the Rockchip RK3566 or newer will run it fine at base resolution or higher.

>>9893338
Why does this keep happening? Is there a glue shortage in China? Did they eat all the horses?

>>9893285
What kind of dream, though. And what makes you think that dream of yours is proof enough? Oh, and the CIA never cared for the well being of any Gentile, ditto for communist groups.

>>9893456
GBA SP>>GBA 001>micro

>>9893338
>HDMI port
It's a USB port nigger

>>9893456
Why does that FF GBA look like total shit? Where is the rest of the face that eye belongs on?

>>9893493
What kind of USB port is it, o wise man?
USB-A? USB-C? MicroUSB? MiniUSB?

The forbidden handheld.

for $150 plus tip chinkheld should be able to play ps2/gamecube at 30fps at least

>tfw bout the 20 dollar retro handheld that is viral on Tik Tok
What am I in for?

>>9893767
I don't think that's how Gamecube/PS2 emulation works, it has to be able to run at its full speed or else you will get slowdown and stuttering. That's why using PAL roms on those chinkhelds kinda helps because then it only needs to hit 50 instead of 60.

>>9893768
Shitty emulation on the level of DS homebrew
L and R buttons are hard to press
Other than that should be fine, they got the fucking button sizes right unlike anberdick and countless others

>>9893768
You get what you pay for. Screen tearing everywhere, difficulty running 16-bit consoles, weird fucking operating system. But everything else is surprisingly okayish for a 20 dollar device which is probably why it's getting so much buzz.

>>9893794
>>9893804
Quick update gotta say I do love the size of the buttons and it does feel a lot like the SNES control pad.

But that's the only good thing. The software emulation is really bad. It's really bizzare. With the right software I'm sure this could be a decent device.

>>9893807
There are some tools for rebuilding the romlist and changing the button mappings in the retro handhelds discord already. There was also a firmware update which actually made performance worse, so you might want to downgrade if yours shipped with the newer one. Downgrading the firmware boosts the SNES performance from shit to crap.

>>9893767
My guy, that would require these Chinese handheld makers to have the overhead to commission their own chips and have the equivalent of what is in flagship smartphones today. And even if you had that hardware, you would know that hardware stops becoming the limitation far faster than actually getting software to run correctly.

Got the RG353V and the machine shat itself while it was charging (the bottom got really hot) and playing Mupen64Plus FZ on the Android side, now it won't even boot aside from showing the Anbernic logo when there's no OS microSD card in (but without the big R symbol, pic related). Is there any solution or should I request a replacement over AliExpress?

Also, the battery seemed to be drain quite fast with ArkOS.

>>9893867
How new is it? And have you tried another SD card? It sounds like your microSD shat the bed, and given that your device can still turn on, I think it's fine itself. Worst comes to worst, you should just return it if you are still within the window. But I would lean towards return if you can't get another microSD to test.

>>9893887
>How new is it?
Ordered it on May 4th and got it yesterday.

>And have you tried another SD card? It sounds like your microSD shat the bed, and given that your device can still turn on, I think it's fine itself.

So far I've only tried putting Anbernic's stock firmware on the Kioxia 16 GB SD the machine included. I'll try with another SD card, but what bothers me is that the Android side won't boot at all even without a microSD, which it could do before.

I was curious to see if Mesen HD packs work on RG353P with Jelos, and it turns out they can.
You just place the HD Pack in /bios/HdPacks/ on the SD card and boot a NES ROM with filename matching the pack folder name in the Mesen core.

Unfortunately, performance is shit. It can run full speed without the pack, but with the HD pack it drops to less than 50% speed.

I had similar performance woes trying to run Super Game Boy with a Game Boy game loaded in the BSNES core. Technically works, but not worth doing on the handheld.

>>9893942
It's a shame because this would've been a really nice way to revisit some NES games.

Camera makes the RG353P screen look a lot more blue tinted than it actually is.

Goddamnit why the FUCK don't you put this goddamn lifesaving mother fucking spreadsheet IN THE FUCKING FIRST POST YOU FUCKING FAGGOT COCKSUCKERS!

https://docs.googlecom/spreadsheets/d/1irg60f9qsZOkhp0cwOU7Cy4rJQeyusEUzTNQzhoTYTU/edit#gid=0

It's a gem. Don't ever make a thread again.

It's still the rp3+ bros, and continues to be. Gonna have to be a chipset bump before it gets unseated from the throne. Flop didn't do it either.

Are clamshells good yet? If not, is there a chink Xperia play yet?

>>9893990
No and no. I'm holding out on the Miyoo clamshell though since a more powerful V90 would be pretty based.

>>9893961
u gotta relax mister its just bideo games. do you think you might be displacing stress form somewhere else in your life onto anons? feeling powerless at your dead end job? wife cuck you again?

>RK3588 handhelds may be coming by the end of the year
Tick tock Nil...

>>9893961
>rating devices that aren't even out
>"""playable""" with frameskips nets a B+ in emulation
>nothing on ergonomics, spec dumps and youtuber links
>vague description of emulations by people who clearly don't play games
Yeah, it's trash.

>>9893867
You didn't use a USB-C charger did you? It only works with USB-A to USB-C cables

only going to care if one of them has
>d-pad up top
>4:3 or 3:2 aspect ratio screen
>with good resolution
>and has at least 4" of room for 4:3 content
I also want it to not be larger than an RP3, be comfortably under 300g, and have good front firing speakers, but so far everything is failing at the fucking d-pad.

>>9894057
I've heard people mod their RG353P to have a better d-pad, something with less sensitive diagonals that would pass the "Contra test".

>>9894057
Doesn't the KTR1 cover most of this?

>>9894138
yes, I meant to quote>>9894002 with that post. I was pretty excited for a 3588 handheld earlier in the year because of the possibility of being able to play Steam shmups on something way smaller and lighter than the current crop of handheld PCs. After the Gameforce and Orange Pi handheld unveils, I started to realize that it's likely none of them will have d-pad up top, making them completely pointless for my niche use case. It's fucked to think that the KTR1 could be the strongest d-pad top handheld we get for a long time.

>>9894025
...That I did, yes. Didn't know about that until I started searching about the matter.

Also tried with a new SD and no dice...

>>9894160
I thought the whole appeal of the 3588 was that it was a small chip that could finally give Anbernic candybar sized handhelds the power people have been waiting for? I guess it's still wait and see mode right now but the 3588 excites me more than the G99 in the KTR1 since it can dual boot into both Android and Linux.

>>9893126
yeah the chink handheld always suck dick i much preferred a hacked 3ds

>>9894385
Suit yourself, I already have both a DSi XL and a PS Vita 2000. I have hacked the former to some extent already.

>>9893591

Still the best.

Got this R4 from 2013 that stopped working years ago, must be that timebomb thing. What do I do to get it back up and running?

>>9894459
Putting some firmware on a micro-SD card didn't do anything. No game is even detected by a modded DSi or 3DS

>>9894459
If it really is a time bomb you can turn back the system clock to fix it, otherwise if you want to use YS menu make sure you’re using the right one for your cart

>>9894516
I set the clock back to the date I got the R4 and installed the right YSmenu, still doesn't read as a game

>>9893456
My micro will freeze if the cartridge is bumped too much. Otherwise I like it.
Is that a common issue or what? What do.

>>9894557
I mean, it'll happen in normal play if I don't remember to hold my hands a bit differently than is natural for me. It's not super sensitive. But more than I would think it should be.

>>9894459
Are the contacts clean? I had an old Edge R4 cartridge that wouldn’t read before I cleaned the metal

>>9894586
Cleaned the contacts, it shows up now, but I'm stuck on the loading screen

>>9893264
Based

>>9893768
>TikTok

There's no good handheld with big buttons, goddamn shame

>>9894653
>Using a controller for a turn based game
Wtf?

>>9894775
>using a touchscreen for any game
kys

https://youtu.be/R4UQJKUGoqY

>>9893942
3566 can't handle Mesen HD packs? Damn. I might have to skip getting something like this.

>>9893768
>viral on Tik Tok
>>9893814
>handhelds discord
yfw

>>9893867
Chinked.

>>9894814

>>9894804
>Filtered by touchKINO in games you don't need acutal buttons for.
>Goyslop fantasy of all things

>>9894882
Get with the times soilennial grampa fr fr, don't forget your finasteride on god

>>9894891
Fucking lmao, holy shit

>>9894934
So you are on hormone replacement therapy then?
Who would have thunk.

>>9894942
huh?

>>9894961
You standing in full drag before us, defending the Nashville shootings and telling us about the benefits of TikTok and Discord, this all points to you being a tranny, innit?

>>9894989
Rent free, old man

>>9894989
I was the one I recommended Discord, and I do so with much regret, because it turns out there's a janny here that really, really doesn't like you pointing out the large handed she/hims over there.

>>9895007
That and Nintendo criticism is an instant heckin downvote I’ve noticed! Weird how those two things *always* are connected in the wild!

>>9894006
It literally has a tab of links to other spreadsheets/rating pages. You could even make your own and they'd link to it.

That is if you could actually make something that wasn't just pictures of your ashey sausage fingers and greasy Popeyes fried chicken lips.

>>9893998
YOU LEAVE MY FRIGID NO-TOUCHIE WIFE OUT OF THIS!!!

>>9895007
hehe

>>9894197
>I thought the whole appeal of the 3588 was that it was a small chip that could finally give Anbernic candybar sized handhelds the power people have been waiting for?
That would be cool as fuck, but my expectation for rk3588 devices is more along the size of the Odin. The Orange Pi handheld looks around that size to me at least. I've read someone say the screen was measured out to 6.2" using a reference, while /our guy/ dodo thinks it's 7". I don't know how big the Gameforce 2 is, but it definitely looks the same size as an RP3 as a minimum. Probably bigger. Expecting the rk3588 Powkiddy to be the Max 3, which I expect to be Max 2 sized at a minimum, but more likely X55 sized.

Also, isn't the chip quite power hungry and in need of a fan? I'd feel like that alone would disqualify the possibility of a candybar size, but I guess the existence of the KTR1 with it's ludicrous 7000mAh sized battery and vapor chamber cooling proves it might be possible.

new russ commercial just dropped!
https://youtube.com/watch?v=7-WlPA8acro

>>9895465
And so ...
And so ...
And so ...
Once you notice it, you want to hang yourself.

>>9894814
Why the FUCK can we not get an english review already? The jewtube auto-translate can not keep up with the two nip ones at all.

>>9894989
fucking kek

>>9894814
This feels like a live stream

>>9895465
It's surprising he even got one considering how they didn't focus on anyone big in the handheld space like Valve and everyone in the space got one. The people who were previewed (LTT, Dave2D) don't even have reviews up. Most of the reviews I've seen is for major gaming outlets and places that do laptops and mobile phones.

>>9893456
Der beste

>>9895664
Ho small is that screen even?

>>9895631
LTT released a video but they were slightly late. Dave2D might not and he is rarely late with videos but given Google was yesterday, might not have wanted to release that many videos back to back.

>>9895664
horrid piece of shit.

>>9895461
Imagine the explosive power of a 7,000mAh Powkiddy battery. I am become death, the destroyer of worlds.

>>9895957
Stop spreading lies.

>>9896092
>I haven't been on the Internet for a long time, I feel incredible.

what's the life span of some of these handhelds? like how long is a rg35xx gonna last?

>>9894846
It's still a remarkably capable device on the Linux and Android side, with some stuff better than others on either side.
It might be that Mesen HD packs work better in Android, but I've not tried.

So why is the vita worse at playing snes games than the 3ds? I thought the former was more powerful.

>>9896372
turns out this thread was wrong about le real hardware, and chink handhelds mog your shitty vita and 3DS

>>9896416
*mogs your chinkheld*

>>9896424
>stadia looking d-pad
>d-pad not even in the right position
>start and select not on top
>R*zer

>>9896416
>Linux handhelds cant play KINO phone games
>Android helds too underpowered at the moment. (Based powkiddy will fix this)
>>9896424
BASED GODzer edge enjoyer! Should've been a pc tablet like the first one though.
>>9896463
>LUDOia feelan dpad
>Shart and SHITlect in the correct postions
R*troid users need not reply

>RP3+
>Retroid Flip
>Odin Lite
Someone tell me which way to go. I don't give a shit about the few ps2 or gamecube games they may or may not be able to "run" but I do want saturn to play well enough. Flip is pretty neat but the low volume seems like a complete deal breaker, can anyone advise?

KT-R1 not in consideration due to no stacked shoulder buttons

>>9896791
Clamshells are the white man's form factor. You know what must be done.

>>9894891
>>9894814
#Blackhole sun, won't you come?....

CAPTCHA: PANTSW

>>9896792
Honestly it's either going to be the Retroid Flip or the Odin Lite. If the flip didn't have the volume issue I'd go with it without even a second thought since I dig the ergonomics of it

>>9896308
Seconded. Also, does anyone know the viability of the Aya Neo Flip as a clamshell design? How much will it cost? And what will it likely emulate? If it's $2-300 like some of the other Aya I may be inberesbed.
Mayhaps the competition has a new candidate.

>>9896792
I sense a Hyperborian video being made about clamshells..

>>9896831
Go with the Odin Lite unless you want the D-Pad on top. Any reasin to prefer the Flip over the 3+?

>>9896838
Holy crap. Just looked that up. It's got Ryzen 7 6800U CPU and a Radeon 680M GPU. If this thing is actually pocketable it might just be my next handheld.

>>9896791
If you want to play many 2D games then I'd strongly advise against the Odin personally. The d-pad placement is really bad, and not just because it's below the analog. RP3+ is the way to go imo: lightweight, surprisingly comfortable, well balanced size, and better speakers + placement than the other two (not that the placement is great compared to front-firing). I will warn you, however, that while the vast majority of the Saturn library runs great, there are still some edge cases here and there: Grandia still can't run fullspeed in battle. Saturn Bomberman won't boot in the standalone emulator and requires beetle core from Retroarch to boot, but runs like shit there. Burning Rangers DOES boot in standalone, but requires frameskip to run fullspeed, and worse yet has an issue where the fucking fire won't be visible, so you'd need to run it in beetle core except it runs like shit there. I think Dragon Force 2 also has an issue like Burning Rangers where you'll want to run it in beetle core due to an emulation issue in standalone, but doesn't reach fullspeed there (haven't actually tried it myself).

I don't know of any other Saturn games with issues on the chips, most of what I've tried runs great, just thought I'd give you a fair warning. Odin should have enough power to run Grandia battles fullspeed, and may or may not have enough extra power to brute force the other 3 games in beetlecore. To me it's still a DOA option because of the d-pad placement, but it's your choice.

>>9896870
I was under the impression the flip had better ergonomics than the 3+, that's literally it. Maybe I'm wrong and it's the same?

>>9896910
Thanks for the in depth reply anon. I'm not against a dpad below the analog but you're saying it's ergonomics is bad? It's a shame since it seems to have a bit more power than the RP3+/flip but I will be playing a decent amount of 2d games as well as 3d. As long as most saturn games are fine I can cope, I know the emulator is a work in progress. Think I'm leaning towards the 3+ despite its retarded start/select placement since it has actual analogs rather than sliders

Confession time: bought a gamesir....its fantstic really....but ita true. The dpad is so in the wrong fucking spot. Its painful.... good for other consoles, particulrly nintendo consoles. But tried playing final doom psx and it sucked. Ps1 is a no go. Honestly what were they thinking?

>>9896926
>I'm not against a dpad below the analog but you're saying it's ergonomics is bad?
That was my experience at least, yeah. Even though I don't like d-pad below analog, the reality is I can deal with it on stuff like the RP2+ just fine. The additional problem on the Odin is just how much further below the analog stick it is, it really was impossible for me to use for 2D games. And as far as the general ergonomics go, I think this is more of a personal issue, but for some reason that thing cramped the shit out of my hands more than any other handheld I've ever used. It's a shame because it always looked really comfy to me before I got one, but I guess everything was in and out at all the perfectly wrong places to fuck with my hands or something.

As far as the retarded start/select on the RP3+, I have to admit the start button placement is surprisingly comfortable and enjoyable to use. Select is a pain in the ass to hit though.

>I was under the impression the flip had better ergonomics than the 3+, that's literally it. Maybe I'm wrong and it's the same?
Not that anon, but I'm already replying so w/e. I heard RGC and someone else I'm forgetting (Dodo maybe?) say the RP3 is more comfortable than the Flip, despite them both really liking the Flip. I don't have a Flip so I can't personally vouch for how comfortable it is or isn't, but I can say the RP3+ is surprisingly comfortable. I bought one of those official grips for it out of morbid curiosity, and it does feel very nice, but I basically never use it. I found I just prefer the simple, light airy feel of the device on its own.

>>9896941
good morning gamesir.

>>9896965
I wonder if it's just a gamble as far as liking the dpad on the odin, some reviews I've seen say it has one of the best dpads on any of the retro handhelds while others hate it like you do. As far as select placement on the RP3+, at least that's not something you typically have to hit a lot. I can probably live with it.

But fuck it, you've convinced me on the RP3+. Debating on indigo, retro, or clear purple. I remember hearing some shit ages ago that the clear plastic colors felt better to the touch but I don't know if there was any truth to that

>>9896981
>I wonder if it's just a gamble as far as liking the dpad on the odin, some reviews I've seen say it has one of the best dpads on any of the retro handhelds while others hate it like you do.
The d-pad itself is fucking awesome, in fact it's pretty much the same d-pad as on the RP3+, it's just the placement that is fucked. But yeah, you might be okay with the placement honestly. If that's the one you want to go for, I will say there was a lot to love about the Odin.
>But fuck it, you've convinced me on the RP3+.
You're making the right choice anon, kek.
>Debating on indigo, retro, or clear purple. I remember hearing some shit ages ago that the clear plastic colors felt better to the touch but I don't know if there was any truth to that
Yeah, I'd 100% opt for the one of the transparent ones for the nice texture. The other colors are fairly slick, which isn't bad at all, but the transparent ones have a nice subtle bumpy texture all over it that really elevates the feeling experience imo. This is also true for the Odins btw.

>>9896791
Powkiddy X28
https://powkiddy.com/products/powkiddy-x28-handheld-game-console-android-11-t618
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005005512414419.html
Just look the best response from Powkiddy itself on their aliexpress store for a japanese costumer who gave 3 star in a review.
>Please kindly give a 5 star review to support, X28 is definitely the best cost-effective and quality console of its kind.

>>9896997
>Yeah, I'd 100% opt for the one of the transparent ones for the nice texture. The other colors are fairly slick, which isn't bad at all, but the transparent ones have a nice subtle bumpy texture all over it that really elevates the feeling experience imo.
That's weird. Aesthetically I like the solid colors a lot better but I will probably go for the clear purple for a better in hand feeling.

>>9897003
Holy BASED

>>9897012
Well, I guess if you like the solid colors a lot better, maybe I'm overstating the effect of the texture. I do like the texture on the transparents ones a lot, but the slick texture on the solid yellow RP3 I had wasn't bad at all. Go with your heart anon.

>>9897018
Thanks anon. I will order tonight and with my luck retroid will announce a 4 within the next 2 months. But there's always that risk in hobbies like this. How long does 4PX shipping take, couple weeks?

>>9897012
The comment about the nice texture of the plastic in the transparent shells are from a anon who did a great review and posted for us. You can see that the solid colors from retroid are not that great compared to the transparent ones. Just look how bad the red glossy from the flip is compared to the transparent red.

>>9897018
>>9897031
Oh yeah last question, do I order hall joysticks with this or are they not necessary?

>>9897031
Kek yeah it do be like that. If it makes you feel any better, I didn't have any issue selling my RP3 on ebay for a good price after my RP3+ arrived. I've ordered from them using 4PX 3 times now, and each time it took 9 - 11 days to arrive once shipped.

>>9897038
I never bothered to get the hall sticks personally. It certainly wouldn't hurt anything to get them, but I kinda figured I'd be on the RP6++ by the time the regular sticks would've started drifting anyways. At the very least, my understanding is they don't feel any different.

>>9897046
If they don't feel noticeably different I'll pass on them, I still have yet to get joycon drift on my 2018 switch. Any of the other accessories worth it? The grip seems overpriced for a piece of TPU plastic

>>9897059
The grip is kinda cool... but yeah, I never use it. Bit of a waste of money for me. If you don't have a case, you may wanna grab one of those I guess. I ended up regretting not getting one with my intial shipment, but then it turned out my Vita case fit it just fine.

>>9897062
Alright I'll throw it on there. Does the 3+ come with a screen protector or do I have to buy that separately as well?

>>9896505
What good android games are there? Seems every handheld reviewer that mentions them just brings up genshin or some racing game

>>9897072
That's a good question, I think someone else who ordered one within the last few months should answer that. Mine came with a screen protector, but that was also back when they were throwing in the DIY kit + dome buttons and an SD card around launch. I don't know if they're still including protectors. Then again, I guess they'd probably mention if they were, but I don't see anything on the page about one being included...

>>9897072
I think only the first few batches included the screen protector. You might have to buy it separate on the site now. No clue why Retroid is so fucking stingy when Anbernic always includes screen protectors no matter what.

>>9897072
Buy the flip instead bruh.

>>9897079
>>9897081
Typical. Well it's only $5 I guess.

>>9897082
>low volume down firing speakers
>sliders rather than actual sticks
Nah I'm good

>>9897095
The volume is good enough.
The clamshell design protects the screen and buttons. I HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAATE shoving raw sticks in my pocket.

>>9897078
From what I've seen on the poor reviews the kishi v2 has for not supporting games, it includes freefire, pubg, fortnite, minecraft, call of duty, the list goes on.
It has some gems like the Final Fantasy Dimensions games but they are a rarity, the rest are ports of indie games or gacha shit.

>>9897105
>I HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAATE shoving raw sticks in my pocket
You don't really feel them if they're recessed like they are on a lot of chinkhelds now.

>>9896308
They are cheaply made Chink trinkets. I would expect three or four years. Maybe more if you replace the battery eventually.
By then better devices for a better price are on the market.

>>9896796
kek

>>9897003
Just get a RG505 to save some moneys and get a OLED. Also has hall sticks and Android 12.

>>9897003
They don’t give two fucks. The art of war at its finest.

>>9897434
I just ordered an RG505 because of stumbling on this general last week. It seemed like all the better stuff was double or quadruple the cost (I'm looking at you Loki!).

The only negative seems to be that the colors are all ugly. Did color-blind people design these things? Don't the Chineat incels know that the only colors anyone likes are clear and purple-clear and black-clear?

What’s the problem with non analog triggers?

>>9896505

>>9897679
Racing games

>>9897672
I got the grey, it matches my other stuff. Anyway, i have it in my hand and it's fine. Make sure to install the updates and then factory reset. Also make sure to backup the SD card, mine came with 128gb card with lots of cool stuff, 109gb used.
The android all in all could be better translated, but it does the job.

>>9897003
SIRS

KINDLY UPDATE THE REVIEW

>>9897434
>Just get a RG505 to save some moneys
The x28 is cheaper tho??

>>9897979
Was $131 yesterday.

>>9897316
That's not remotely the point retard.

Is there any doc of these handhelds measuring button-to-pixel latency? I suspect all of these handhelds are running with v-sync enabled which causes input lag.
This could be resolved by having a 64hz VRR displaying running at 60hz, but I don't think this will ever be a thing.

with the game running at 60hz*

>>9898118
this is the only one that I know of
https://docs (PERIOD) google.com/spreadsheets/d/1RltJBQJjsyeNYTN67gnZN6eVs14de9n20twEcfbQSSw/edit#gid=0

Rumours going around they're making another batch of Miyoo Minis with a different screen.

>>9898303
Miyoo please...leave the Mini alone already. Give me the fucking P60 or Mini Flip already

>>9898303
Meme device. Both the original and plus break if you look at them wrong. RG35xx > either and it's not close

>>9898373
I too enjoy the many fine products of the well respected carpenter Anbernic.

those chink companies keep flooding the market with new meme devices but none seem to be an improvement over the last model beyond the design

>>9898428
Yeah feels like we’re spinning our wheels until a substantial chip set or battery life bump, have felt zero desire to get rid of my rp3+

Anyone know how I can play SGB-enhanced roms on BSNES via steam rom manager on my deck? SRM doesn't seem to give me an option to enable support for BSNES, just SNES9x.

Will i ever get a chance to buy the miyoo mini? The small form factor and thin bezel is exactly what I am looking for.

>>9898739
>Will i ever get a chance to buy the miyoo mini?

>>9898739
You could always get the plus

>>9898778
is it bigger? where is the downside.

>>9898815
It's a little bigger. The only downside is that it's marginally less pocketable. And the same potential quality control issues.

TLDR Thread:
>Steam Deck is still the overall champ.
>Get a Retroid Pocket 3+ or Flip if you want something that fits in your pocket.

>>9898905
just get a gamesir x2 pro or a razer kishin and play on your phone bruv

>>9898948
>>>g/spg/

>>9896463
Not that anon but
>being too scared to say Razer without bleeping out the "a"
PATHETIC!

>>9898948
This is a handheld general not a zoom zoom phone thread.

>>9898948
>Pajeetsir
Tell me yur an pashitdroid user without telling me you ash your gym socks. Ifone with backbone, kishi v2, or that cheap backbone clone is true mobile kino
>>9899474
J2me and symbian kino BITCH

Should I get a chink handheld or my OLED Switch modded with a chip?

>>9899635
handheld. switch emu performance isn't as good as you would think, I have a modded v1

What's the smallest most pocketable handheld that isnt awkward to hold?

>>9899652
Maybe the V90 by virtue of being a clamshell

What's the opinion on the Retroid Pocket 3+ vs the flip? Any difference in screen quality?How does that screen res in general go with integer scaling?

>>9899652
For horizontals, RG280M or Powkiddy Q20 mini if you want to go even smaller than that.

Why is there no middle ground for these things? It's like
>extremely cheap shitty handheld
>somewhat decent handheld that could just do with some better QC, a nicer screen and a little more power
>$500 portable PC that does more than I need it to, is twice as big as I'd want it with a shit battery life

>>9900028
Cheap tier:
P90
FC3000
Value tier:
RG35xx
RG353VS
Mid tier:
RP3+
RG505
Flip
Top tier:
Steam Deck

Why is that not enough for you?

>>9900037
The RG353PS is basically the VS but ergonomic

>>9900037
Because all of the mid tiers are all shit with poor QC, washed out screens, awful design choices or any combination of the three.

>>9900051
Poor QC is assumed when considering chinkhelds.
But you're right, for me the stupidest thing is that a shitty $20 piece of garbage handheld that can't emulate anything more than what the DS could probably handle through homebrew manages to get the buttons properly sized, but anbernic just can't do it (or any other popular handheld manufacturer for that matter). Or that the X55 has a decently screen and is very affordable but "we're going to use the worst tact switches we can possibly find and also put the d-pad in the wrong place and also the screen needs this tweak to not look really dark". I'm glad at the very least these are not too expensive, I dread to think of finding flaws like these on $600 handhelds like the rog ally.

Well, if i pay only 150 to 200 then the device isn't perfect, it is what it is.
I don't understand the ranting. Do you want $600 quality in a $150 device?

>>9900041
I think i may have picked the wrong one, i meant the vertical one, the RG353P without Android and touchscreen.

>>9900070
No, you were right
I'm just pointing out there's the RG353PS which is the exact same thing (1GB, no android, no touchscreen) but RG353P shaped.

>>9900028
way I see it there's four tiers for these kind of handhelds;

Low Tier: handhelds like the Miyoo Mini and RG35XX, generally priced somewhere between 60 and 100 dollars at their base price, ideally should be able to handle all 8 bit and 16 bit consoles and handhelds, and pretty much all non-Saturn 32 bit consoles too

Lower Mid Tier: handhelds like the Anbernic RG353 family, generally between 90 and 150 dollars in price, in addition to what the previous tier can handle they can usually handle a good amount of Saturn, N64, Dreamcast, and PSP games, and if it's a device with a touch screen then it can generally handle anything DS related(and potentially some 3DS games), usually has some manner of Wi-Fi capability allowing for gaming or media streaming and Bluetooth for external controllers, often has some form of AV output too

High Mid Tier: handhelds like the Retroid Pocket 3+ and Retroid Pocket Flip, generally priced between 140 and 200 dollars, in addition to previous tier capabilities they generally can do at least some GCN and PS2 games as well as 3DS, might be able to do some Wii as well

High Tier: if it costs more than 200 dollars than it probably is in this tier(also likely to not really be a "pocketable" system but still quite travel friendly), systems like the Odin and Steam Deck, can usually handle anything any of the lower tiers can run at more or less full speed, can handle most all Wii & Wii-U titles, and usually a decent bit of PS3 and PS-Vita emulation as well, emulation for Xbox or Xbox 360 is spotty at best, can usually handle at least some Switch as well, most of these devices are really good at game streaming, several use either Windows or SteamOS so can handle at least some PC gaming as well

Is the Odin Lite that much worse than the Pro?
Also what the fuck is that spreadsheet?
>Retroid Pocket 3+
>Rated as C tier in Gamecube
>"Most games playable but mainly with frameskip"
>Watch retrogamecorps' latest video on it
>PAL Mario Sunshine is sitting between 19-23 FPS out of 25
>This is considered playalbe

>>9900116
Just looking at performance. I’ve heard people say the lite is comparable to the regular model, slightly worse at some things, slightly better at others, overall not much difference.

>>9900116
I can't blindly trust any of these, I always give a little bit of headroom. The RG351P despite being shilled to me as just perfect for PS1 has some serious slowdowns with a few games (and funnily enough, some PSP games are quite playable, and most DS ones at native resolution run perfectly, something that I've heard plenty of people deny as well).

>>9900116
If you're trying to play GameCube the lite actually performs better than the base/pro. Pro is better for ps2. It's just how the CPU is set up

>ordered rp3+ Thursday night
>got shipping notification Friday night
Based. I was expecting a bit of a wait, but I guess that's more for the flip right now. Or they've finally caught up on their order backlog

pretty fucking good bios+romset for the miyoo mini plus I just got. Has translated rondo of blood too

https://archive.org/details/tiny-best-set-go

>>9899595
Nobody cares about your fag phone retard.

>>9899708
There are better clamshells on the market now. Stop recommending the V90. It's built like shit and it's slow as fuck. Lmao.

>>9900429
Please give a recommendation, I hate my V90 but love clamshells. If it can handle N64 at full speed I'm set.

>>9900438
I have a Retroid Pocket Flip and it runs every single N64 game I've tried full speed. Including Perfect Dark, Crusin' USA, and Yoshi Story. I'm not even using the standalone N64 emulator. I'm just using the Mupen gles3 core in RA.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKtPvrN-Q6o

I cant decide which gb color filterni should use on emulator. Pls help Theres millions of them

>>9900670
"Og gameboy" color filter*

>>9900670
Try using the one you like the best.

>>9900429
The only clamshell that can replace the V90 is the Miyoo Flip and it's dubious if that's even going to come out.

>>9898373
>meme device

https://www.youtube.com/@rodrigofrancis5598/videos

somehow this retarded portuguese cunt who cuts towards himself when using a knife did a way better job of showing off the x28 than anyone else so far. seems really impressed with the ergos, plastic, buttons, and general quality in the unboxing vid.

>>9900765
A turd could replace the V90 because it's a piece of shit. Lmao.

>>9901378
Think he meant thinner handhelds, but the v90's buttons, chip, firmare and screen suck ass. While outdated, the gpd xd plus has better buttons than the v90 and retroid flip combined.

>>9901390
The dpad and face buttons feel fine on my flip. Also the XD have separate L3/R3 buttons that I hate.

>>9899595
>izombie NPC consoomers who claim superiority, despite the fragility of the typical iphone without a case and their walled garden that has only become more walled up since after Steve died
Yeah, you got facetime and some Appstore exclusives, but you are being misled by (((Tim Cook))) the vile corporate crook as to things like side-loading being described as "a cyber criminal's best friend" Jailbreaking is nigh impossible on most of the post-2014 iphones, and similarly so for the later models of iPad, especially the air variants Truly, please, GO FUCK YOURSELF AND ENJOY EATING (((TIM COOK'S))) BULLSHIT.

>>9901390
>>9900469
These are both widescreen handhelds, the V90 is pretty shit, but it’s in the size class of things like the original miyoo mini but being a clamshell makes it less cramped. Shame it sucks at everything else though.

>>9901567
The V90 has almost the same exact width as the 35XX. So how exactly does it feel less cramped? That statement only works with larger clamshells like the RP Flip or GPD XD

>>9901592
Because I’m not comparing it with something like the 35xx or miyoo mini plus, but with the original miyoo mini or 280v

>>9901603
I brought up the 35XX because people still call that and the Miyoo Plus cramped.

>>9901606
I’m not claiming the v90 is some paragon of ergonomics, but that it’s less cramped than other stuff of its size

>>9901592
>XD
get out.

>>9901806
What's wrong anon? Maybe you prefer the GPD XP?

>want to get a n3ds for ds/3ds and native gba content
>close to nothing but XLs
>only n3ds I can find online are either scratched or dirty as fuck
Look at this fucking shit.

>>9901882
>trying to buy shitty old nintendo hardware at this point
you deserve to get fleeced.

>>9901891
What's on the top of your reccomendations list? A cheaply made chinkdroid device with a washed out screen, no quality control that's designed to break if you do as little as look at it the wrong way?

>>9901895
You described the ds line of hardware very well.

>>9901905
HAHA VERY FUNNY!/s
Go back to playing your fucking PS5 and kissing Stricken of Autism's asshole.

>>9901905
DS Line is durable as fuck, what are you talking about?

>>9901914
>>9901910
Lmao.
>Hinge breaks.
LMAO.

>>9901917
>twitter memes
I've literally never had a DS line hinge break. Maybe if you didn't tear it open and slam it down like an ape your hinges would be fine

>>9901917
>L
How so, snoylet? I am not >>9901914 FYI.
Still The feeling is mutual, Soiny loyalist scum.

>>9901920
>>9901923
It was extremely common even when they were on the market. They used bad plastics that got brittle extremely fast at the tail end of the SP's lifespan into the DS up until the DSi. (Which has shit L and R buttons that stop working unless you open the handheld and clean them out.)
>Known for durability.
LMAO. Get real Nintentards.

>>9901914
What are YOU talking about?

>>9901926
>extremely common
X to doubt
Yes, the original, and more so, the DS Lite had issues with the Hinge breaking, but the DSi,especially the XL, is at least marginally more durable. Do you expect me to kiss your ass and believe you after making a statement such as that without any evidence or citation?
Sod and fuck off, or cite the sources that actually state such a thing about it being all that common back in the heyday of the DS line.

>>9901943
Where's your proof for it being "extremely durable" nigger? The fucking DSi was a painted white shell that looked like shit the moment it started to get scratched up. LMAO.
The entire DS line was plagued with major issues. Only the DSi XL was fine. Shitty plastic, poorly designed buttons... I remember thinking at the time that Nintendo forgot how to make handhelds. I remember everyone I knew back then having these problems at one point or another. They literally have a support page for it because it was so common: https://en-americas-support.nintendo.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4792/~/plastic-housing-and-hinge-issues

>>9901960
Interesting find, fagtron.

>NIGtendo this ZOGny that.
Shatup. Based powkiddy (And maybe gpd if their next android device isnt an overpriced pos) will redeem clamshells. Sneedyoo shills need not apply
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4_FvDtLyotI&pp=ygUQR3BkIHhkIHBsdXMgZG9vbQ%3D%3D

>>9901960
Yeah I got a DSi LL from Japan, the previous owner(s) beat the FUCK out of it, used and abused it, everything about it is wrong, yet the hinge is still amazing

>>9901943
When I was young both mine and my brother's ds lites had their hinges break. We didn't drop them or anything, a crack would just start to form on the left side and eventually pieces would come off.

But can your chinkheld survive Everest?

>>9902025
Yes, this happened to me too. I had two phats and THREE FUCKING lites and they all did it. Never dropped them. Just normal usage. Eventually the tiny little tab on the hinge would crack and pop off on it's own. Then I got a DSi and the cheap paint job scratched off easily revealing the pure white plastic underneath. Also the L and R buttons would just stop working after a while unless you opened the console and cleaned the switches. EVERYONE I knew had these exact same problems. It was a shitshow. Don't try to gaslight me. I was THERE. The XL was good though.

Saw the Retroid Pocket 3 was a weird resolution. How does integer scaled content look on it? Tempted to grab one as I saw someone is working on porting GarlicOS to its chipset.

>haven't played a video game regularly in two years
>get a third party handheld thinking the extreme convenience will spark me to play more games
>get it and think it looks great and plays games great
>still never use it

Do I get a Retroid Pocket 3+, a rg405M or a rg505?

this thing cant go beyond 16-bit but its so fuckin cute i might order one. i can play 3d consoles on my pc anyway

>>9902535
Get the Retroid unless you can get the 505 at a cheaper price.

>>9902535
I have the 505, it's cool.
Will now sell the RG35XX, as the screen, even in 4:3 games, is a bit larger and better with the 505.

>>9902386
many such cases.

>>9902386
It's at this point you convince yourself that the idea of getting a handheld was sound and you merely picked the wrong one, and buy a different one.

What's something decent all around with a budget of ~170€?

>>9902997
Pretty much an of the T618 devices aside from the 18s. Retroid Pocket 3+ is probably the all around best and safest bet, but the RG505, RG405M, Flip, and PROBABLY the X28 all seem to be good devices as well with their own unique advantages of niche over the RP3+.

Newfag hee, just tell me the best handheld to buy under $100. I don't know have time to read all this. Thanks in advance

>>9903082
Powkiddy rk2023 or x55

>>9903082
The under $100 bracket are almost always exclusively hot shit. Spend a little more and get something that doesn't feel like it's going to fall apart immediately out of the box.

>>9903096
Give me a recommendation then

>>9903132
Get something in the $150 - $200 range.

>>9903132
RG505, RG405, RP3+.
These are safe bets at this point.

>>9903027
>RP3+
Yeah I think that'd be the one to look for, although I don't know about shipping fees.

>>9902617
I have one. It’s pretty cool for bite size gaming. I wouldn’t spend hours playing one though. But the buttons have this super clicky feeling that’s so satisfying.

I have a fat one and it never did it, but my lite did and I really treated that one properly. I remember reading a lot of comments on hinges breaking back then on these. It's practically the joycon drift of the late 2000s.

>>9903363
Meant to respond to this >>9902181

>>9903363
>I have a fat one
all i needed to read, lmao

>>9903170
Thank you

>>9902353
>How does integer scaled content look on it?
You can check here. https://shauninman.com/utils/screens/

>>9902353
Have you ever seen am iPhone 6 to SE2 screen? It's the same display.

>>9903448
There is no argument here, fuckface.

>>9902353
for content running at 320x224 like Megadrive or 320x240 like PS1, you get very close to using up the full vertical space while using integer scale, but not quite. Still results in an image bigger than what you get on a 3.5" 4:3 480p screen. PSP also scales really close to using the fullscreen but not quite, but it doesn't really matter because PPSSPP allows you to render the game at the exact resolution of your device. Yabasanshiro for Saturn has a similar feature that allows you to render the game at your device's exact vertical resolution.

480p stuff like Dreamcast is... well, you don't even have a choice to integer scale in the standalone emulators nor enough juice to play in retroarch, so it's not like you have a choice. It somehow still looks good at 480p, 720p (1.5x internal res), or downsampled from 960p (2x internal res), but the 720p display on the Powkiddy x28 would be a perfect fit for the 1.5x option.

>>9903703
It's literally one tendie in every one of these threads that can't admit the DS line had a ton of issues.

>>9903720
I'm here. and I admit to the issues the DS line tended to have. However, they are not equally found among all models.

>>9903726
No shit retard. Nobody said they were.
>DS Phat has extremely brittle plastic and a weak hinge.
>Some DS Lite's have brittle plastic and a weak hinges.
>The DSi has a cheap paint job and crap shoulder buttons that stop working without regular cleaning.
>The DSi XL and 3/2DS line is fine.
Try reading next time. I said the same thing multiple times.

>>9903768
>>Some DS Lite's have brittle plastic and a weak hinges.
I remember Lite's having cracking hinges being insanely common back in the day.

>>9903852
Also not sure why we both put an apostrophe in Lites, kek.

>>9903603
Holy shit, based. Had no idea this site existed

>>9902353
>>9903717
Actually nevermind, the integer scaling for PSP leave a ton of unused space on the screen. I was just confused. But again, you can render at the screen's exact resolution in PPSSPP, so thankfully it doesn't really matter unless you're trying to play God of War or something.

>>9903082
>Newfag hee, just tell me the best handheld to buy under $100. I don't know have time to read all this. Thanks in advance
Anbernic RG35XX is what you're looking for, if you're willing to spend a bit more money then the RG353P is also pretty good

new vertislop just dropped
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVvBxdhKOQY

Is the Retroid Pocket 3 (non-plus, 2gb version) the best emulator for $100 currently on Amazon? Mostly interested in snes, gba, and n64 games.

Ordered a 3+. I'm still not thrilled about the start/select location but if that guy delivers on GarlicOS I'll be happy to have something running on Linux with a bit more power, even moreso if they manage to get portmaster working.

>>9903943
Never understood why these tiny novelty handhelds have 4 face buttons. It's already small enough as it is and you're going to make it even more cramped. And they usually can't even run SNES full speed anyway to warrant X and Y buttons.
>>9904117
The RP3 non plus is less enticing now that the RK2023 and RG353PS exist.

How hard would it be for Anbernic to just take the 552, put a better chip in it and work on QC? That screen is fucking perfect.
If shills lurk these threads go tell your designers to do that

>>9904179
Chinese companies don't think, they just do.

>>9903852
>>9903858
I typed that at work. Lmao. Didn't have time to proofread it.
It was extremely common on those first two models. IDK why the idiot can't just admit it.

>>9904192
That applies even more to North Korea and Cuba, I'm sure.

Behold.

>>9904672
What is it? Beyond the Deck of course. I thought it was a powerbank but your earbuds are connected to it?

>>9904681
2tb internal ssd
2 512gb SD cards
USB DAC
bunch of angle adapters to eliminate cable strain
2 free USB ports
Free full size SD slot for a 3rd expansion
NOW I can game

the good:
you already know
the bad:
screen feels kinda hot after an hour or so at max brightness
the game:
yuna pc engine cd

>>9904817
the screen is a real treat in person

>>9904817
Is that an Analogue Pocket? I heard nice things about the screen, I hate their ordering process though. They've made a shit ton of money on their devices, it shouldn't be that much more of an ask to hire more people and parts to expedite unit production. When I'm looking for a new gaming device, I'm looking for one now to a month or two at most. Not a whole year.

>>9904841
stockX or ebay
i never ordered from them anon
i do want the pc engine theyre cooking though

>>9904817
triggers are kinda small
but still usable, reminds me of the SP era

all golds @ mkart advance

Fuck the 505 is much cheaper for me than the RP3+

>>9904950
Paid 160€ for mine, incl tax and shipped to Germany.
The RP3+ would have been a lot more for me as well.

Don't bother with the 128GB SD-card, it's full to the brim, but cheap. I can make a torrent for mine and you can get a proper Sandisk.

>>9904946
Looking good!

>>9904985
Yeah I ended up not ordering the 505 because for some reason even shipping from my own country I have to pay about +$50 in taxes + shipping

>>9905009
Do you need the sdcard contents?

>>9905025
I don't think, isn't there custom firmware for it like ArkOS?

>>9905001
kek im outside on my lunch
its nearly 3am

iphone struggles in low-light scenarios

>>9905034
Not yet. Someone hacked the bootloader, but nobody did the work.
To be honest, their preinstalled setup isn't bad. Install the updates, then do a firmware reset.

>you need 100 gorillion pixels to have shaders

>>9905162
That's 5X resolution, so you made a great point.

>>9893038
Does the PocketStation qualify as a handheld? What are the actual minigames on it?

>>9905227
Never heard of this. What is it?

>>9905239
It's a Playstation memory card which also has its own buttons and screen and can play minigames.
So basically Sony's copy of the Dreamcast VMU.

>>9905250
Neat.
I guess it's a handheld if it has batteries.

I found out that THREE of my best friends never played A Link to the Past. They were all excited about the new TotK, and one of them was wearing a Link to the Past t-shirt.

>"Oh man this will probably be the bestest Zelda game ever!"
>"Finally something better than A Link to the Past you think?"
>"Oh I never played that one."
>"Dude you're literally wearing the shirt right now......"

Then I found out that the other guys there who had also all just bought Tears of the Kingdom had never played anything earlier than Ocarina.

What the fuck is wrong with my friends? Should I just load Snes9x and the ROM on a USB and install it on their PCs the next time I'm over? Or should I just buy them all some cheap chinkheld just so I can make them play this game together while our wives make us snacks?

>>9905580
zelda was never good tbf.

Is the PowKiddy V90 a decent purchase for small, cheap, GBA/NES game play, with maybe a bit of SNES? FunKey S seems too tiny to be enjoyable and the Data Frog SF2000 is too large. I'm not sure what else I'd even look at, or what might be on the horizon. Size is an important factor for me as I've already got too much stuff I carry around with me in my pockets.

>>9905591
It can't handle SNES or GBA at decent speeds. The frameskip is too heavy - worse than the PSP which I used 15 years ago.
I bought the V90 because I had a similar use case to yours and it was not suitable.

>>9905598
Damn that's a shame. Thanks for the input. Maybe I'll look at the Miyoo Mini next. Fuck there's a lot of retro handhelds.

>>9905604
RG35xx is likely the best "cheap" handheld and can do up to ps1. Same power as miyoo mini/+ but can actually be found in stock

>>9905604
If you want a clamshell check out the Retroid Pocket Flip. It's pretty small.

>>9893867
Update: Got a replacement and so far it's working good. Initially I charged it once using my PC's USB port and it displayed two thin blue lines on the display due to overheat while charging, but they disappeared after a couple of hours. Hopefully I didn't damage it that way? Now using a USB 5V/1A charger in order to avoid damaging the battery.

It's the V1 screen this time. Is there any major difference against the V2 one, or it doesn't really matter?

Installed ArkOS once again and it's doing the job well, turning off Wi-Fi and Bluetooth seems to help with the battery. Emulation performance is what I expected so far, with the nice surprise of SwanStation working nicely with the software renderer. Only issue currently is that I can't get the inputs working on Amiberry.

>>9905580
I'm sorry, but when they get into that state the kindest thing to do is have them put down.

>>9905580
They wont play it.

https://youtu.be/CW_KIQaSGiA

>haven't really played a handheld since the GBA
>work as programmer so kind of tired of computer, don't play on it anymore
>don't want to mess with modern consoles
>research chink handhelds
>find flaws on literally all of them
>eventually give up

This has already happened 4-5 times.

Let me guess, you need more?

>>9905959
Buy a Steam Deck then.

>>9905998
Most likely the last "handheld" I'd ever buy.

>>9905959
I need to learn how to install alternate start/select buttons on the RP3+ so I can finally give up on wishing for the perfect handheld.

>>9906116
I'd rather buy a steam deck, RG 505, or a v90 over the a66 or RGXX

Bought a Flip. Own a Steam Deck, PSP, N/3DS, multiple Gameboys already. My thoughts:
>The screen hinge not being able to go back as far as DS systems is a little annoying but I adjusted to it quickly without noticing much. Could fix it with some light dremel work if you really wanted to
>is no more uncomfy than a 3DS/NDS
>absolutely love the size, even with the "grips" and triggers it's still very pocketable
>speakers on the back kinda suck but whatever
>buttons and analog nubs/sliders feel good
>the retroid launcher UI is bland as fuck and idk how to customize it further (this is my first retroid/android experience), almost want to use the standard "phone" view
>I disabled the on-screen buttons but kept shortcuts like pause menus and save states for the emulators and found the touch screen integration to actually be really neat. I usually hate touch shit but this was nice
>the empty space on the front could obviously have been used for something but it doesn't actually bother me. I'm playing games not staring at the shell

Overall I got what I wanted, that being a clamshell PSP. It works.

>>9906226
Download Daijisho, it's a much better frontend than the Retroid Launcher.

>>9906226
How's the audio quality?

>>9906226
>3-4h battery

Is there any handheld with at least 10h?

>>9905930
Looks like the RK3566 is going to overtake where the RK3326 and RK3358 currently sit really soon in handhelds at that price bracket. Wasn't expecting things to drop in price that fast but I guess everything is heating up in the handheld space to try and get emulation power to 6th gen consoles for as cheap as possible.

>>9906226
Same. Already had a Steam Deck I had for PC games and high end emulation. Bought a flip for pocketabilty. No regrets. Working great.

>>9906223
>v90
Wait for a bettter clamshell. That thing is a massive piece of shit.

>>9906260
Where are you seeing "3-4h battery"? That's what my RP3+ bottoms out at if I'm playing PS2 at max brightness, but I rarely even play PS2 on this thing. I generally tend to get 5 - 10 hours playing Megadrive/Neogeo on the upper end and Dreamcast/PSP on the lower end around 1/4th - 1/3rd brightness.

>>9906223
I have a RG505 and a RG35xx. I think they are both brilliant. The RG35xx will be sold now that i have the larger screen in the RG505 (about 4 inch at 4:3 content vs 4.5").
I can both recommend, particularly the RG35xx if you are low on funds. Also, with Batocera using the GPU you can play a lot more systems now.

>>9905959
Man, don't overthink it. Just buy one, they all work.

>>9906450
I have a 505 in the mail right now. Question though:

This thing has Android on it... so can I pay $5 and get Vice City on it? Will it play well with the controls or will I need to use the dumb touchscreen sometimes? Do all the other App stores work well? Like Nutaku?

>>9906467
Install the update, then factory reset, otherwise you don't have Playstore and badly configured hall sticks.
I don't know about Vice City, but it has Playstore, so i guess you should be able to install all kinds of stuff.
To be honest, i haven't even logged into Google with it, it has Retroarch, which is all i seem to need.

>>9906241
ill give this a go, thanks
>>9906248
its alright. i havent paid enough attention to tell if its just the speaker position or the audio itself that makes it sound the way it does. not bad enough to detract i suppose?
>>9906260
havent used it enough to gauge the battery but i imagine it would last longer than that. also my old psp 2000 with the official sony expanded battery would easily clock 8 hours,
>>9906274
hell yeah, same. ive always had way too many systems and have been trying to downsize for years, and my final compartmentalization as to why i still carry a deck + smaller handheld is that the deck is a ps2/ps3 i just happen to be able to take with me, whereas a smaller handheld system is my "quick fix" machine. was packing my PSP for the longest time but i just really love clamshells. the flip is great for what i need it for. ds family is fine for pokemon but i unironically think the libraries are otherwise shit.

Anyone have any fucking idea what chip this could be?

>>9906467
All gta ports on mobile has controller support.

>>9906669
If it's not either of those two, the only remaining chip that has been widely documented in that range of performance is the Unisoc T618. It could just be a tier below the 3588 like the Rockchip RK3566 as mentioned in >>9906270. But other than those two, nothing really comes to mind.

>>9906467
>>9906707
https://invidious.snopyta.org/watch?v=Yim8kwb_qk8
Assuming anbernic set up the controller correctly, this is what the gta ports will play like.

Any of you know a website with extensive reviews and recommendation charts?
I swear I'm on the same boat as >>9906226

>>9906669
T618.

>>9907137
You can reassign the controller buttons for different applications.

>>9907335
There is a game compatibility chart for T618 devices:
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Look at the last sheet for the links to other documents, like this device comparison sheet:
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To get an idea about screensizes when bilinear scaling is used, check this site:
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Couldn't post any URLs after several tries, not matter how obfuscated, so you are shit out of luck.

RP3+ came in today. Ordered it from a reseller based locally, paid a little more than I should have but considering I ordered it yesterday I'm happy with the speed.

Overall seems really nice, good size for a handheld which is my main issue with the Switch and Steam Deck - it's not too big and not too small. Screen is nice, too. It has enough power to do Normalx4 +bilinear filtering which is nice. I have no fucking clue how the filter works but at the cost of the ever so slightest bit of sharpness to pixels my games don't look distorted without integer.

Still no fucking clue what they were thinking with the start button placement but I'll learn to deal with it. First Retroid product I think I'm going to actually use and enjoy. Gonna play same Pokemon Heart Gold now.

Thanks for subbing to my blog.

>>9907414
>heart gold
without transferring your monsters from a retail cart

fuckin soulless anon

>>9907425
Starting over, of course. I keep all my playthroughs of Pokemon games, including ripped retail cartridge saves so I can transfer Pokemon with PKHeX.

I just wanna collect more of these Famiclones, don't care how garbage they are, it's fun for a quick game of Double Dragon II or Gun Nac on the go. Og Game Boy could only do 8-bit anyway

>>9893591
My coworker and my supervisor both have one of these. I'd buy one but forget spending $20 on an LCD toy.

wish there was a better shaped T618 handheld
All of them seem not all that ergonomic, maybe marginally compared to my shitty RG351P

So after looking through the available devices this year, it seems like the only device worth anything is the Analogue Pocket, and you'll pay about 50-100% more for one because they made 5 and then stopped bothering. Even then, the controls are terrible.

Everything else has awful screens, pointless analog sticks, and shit software. Or I guess you could get a Deck and carry around a fucking brick, I guess.

How fucking hard is it to make a handheld?

>>9907534
RG351v is a much better value than the Pocket, it has a single easy to ignore analog stick and that's it. Does not require cartridges or modding of any sort to play roms. I remember when the Pocket came out and people realized how much better the 351v was for the price.

>>9907553
After looking into it a bit more, it seems like the Pocket is still dogshit, you can't even use video overlays on anything but the "official" cores that require you to have a stack of flashcarts and stupid adapters.

Personally, I just have absolutely no interest in playing games on shit screens. All the other handhelds have shit screens, 480p LCDs are a joke. I emulate at 4k, if you can't emulate the screen properly, what's the point? Guess I'll give it another 5 years.

>>9905959
typical autistic perfectionist IT retard
just buy one that can do most of the systems you want to play

>>9907534
The pocket has a dogshit d pad

>>9907570
I've heard complaints about the d-pads on pretty much all of these handhelds, so I don't think it'd be much different elsewhere.

If the chinks were making these things with proper d-pads, like a NGP or something, maybe that'd be a consideration.

>>9907567
I mean the original Game Boy screen wasn't exactly amazing, even with a backlight. Simple dot matrix filter with ghosting enabled can easily replicate it. Remember these are handhelds, not consoles. Sorry we can't help you more anon

>>9907608
How are you going to do a decent dot matrix filter with 480p, though?

It's not just emulating handheld screens, anyway. Plenty of consoles would look better with filters even on a small screen. I just don't see the point in these low resolution screens when there are so many high res screens these days.

For people who buy portrait handhelds, or gameboy clones, how do you find them in terms of comfort?

>>9907585
Something like this?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgBEDaFT798

If you changed your KTR1 order to purple metal, turns out there aren't enough for you to choose where the d-pad is.
Nil never learning from his mistakes is a fundamental constant of the universe.

>>9907632
The original Gameboy resolution was only 160x144, on a 480p display you can integer prescale 3x or 4x, use a dot matrix filter, then bilinear scale to fill the screen and preserve aspect ratio.

Incidentally, the Analogue Pocket has a 1600x1440 display which allows you to dedicate a 10x10 area to every Game Boy pixel, specifically for filtering to reproduce the look of various Game Boy model displays.

>>9893126
If you get a Steam Deck you can literally run GCN and Wii games at 60 FPS

>Buy Anbernic RG351P last year
>Decent little device but starts having power issues after 2 days. Takes at least 5 attempts at holding down the power button to turn it on succesfully.
>fuckthisshit.jpeg

>See how cool the Anbernic RG35xx is.
>Order one for less than MSRP on Amazon because chinks made a mistake
>Great screen, Garlic OS is wonderful.
>Awful, awful cramped hands when trying to play any game with triggers.
>After one hour the exact same issue I had with the RG351P starts up again. Turning it off is basically a death sentence and takes me at least 2 minutes to get it running again.
>Try absolutely everything.
>Fuck it, lets just return this dogshit

Fuck Anbernic, I'm just gonna get a Deck instead. I really should have learnt my lesson.

>>9906260
Just buy a quality handheld and a cheap power bank.

>>9907772
>Fuck Anbernic, I'm just gonna get a Deck instead. I really should have learnt my lesson.
Just get a Deck; the triggers are great the only control issue I've had is the thumbsticks being placed upwards unlike the Switch but you get over it fast.

>>9907398
>so you are shit out of luck
A screenshot of the urls would work.

>>9907772
The Deck is great man. I'm the anon a few posts above that bought a Flip recently, which is great for the pocketability I bought it for, but the Deck feels very premium and will play whatever the fuck you want. Yeah it's big but it's very comfy actually. Absolutely worth the money based on emulation alone. Built in Steam is just a bonus.

Also, swapping the SSD is incredibly easy even if you're not tech savvy. The only even remotely similar thing I've done is swap my PSP's stick and screen and even I was able to swap my Deck's SSD with minimal hassle. Works like a charm. So if you want an end-all mass storage handheld, I recommend a 64GB Deck since it's the cheapest then just throwing in the SSD of your choosing. It takes SD cards too so yeah. Lots of storage potential. But if you're content with the 256 or 512GB model and a big SD card there's no shame in that

>>9907772
Did you put a proper SD card in it? I hear they ship with dogshit.

>>9907448
don't ignore the x28 you benchod basterd bitch

>>9907632
Why do you keep mentioning 480p when many of these handhelds are 720p, 960p, etc? Granted I think filters are cringe

>>9907968
>Why do you keep mentioning 480p
Probably because for some terrible reason, trash like the 35xx and pee-yew mini is by far the most popular in this community. And then they often try to slap meme filters on their pokeman's and shit anyways.
>960p
man I wish. I agree there are much better options out there now tho and that filters are for fags.

>>9907553
What is the difference between RG351v and RG35xx?

>>9907886
You are welcome. >:-)

>>9907756
>bilinear
Absolutely disgusting

>>9908083
Bilinear by itself sucks, applying it to after the result of an integer nearest neighbour upscale is fine.

flipsisters...

This d-pad and button positioning is uncomfortable as fuck right?

>>9908625
To me everything about vertical handhelds is uncomfortable, I only liked my GB pocket when it came out because it was the first handheld I had

>>9908631
I think shoulders are always shit on vertical devices, but I've yet to hold any handheld that I thought was comfortable.

The closest I've ever found was the WonderSwan, but that's comfortable mainly because of the weight, the ergonomics aren't that great.

>>9908487
it's ok, the flip+ is coming in two months

>>9908625
That positioning is better for the sticks and not the buttons whereas most other handhelds, it's vice versa. I don't even own a Steamdeck and can tell you that the side-by-side placement is the pinnacle of control input layout.

>>9908672
I really hope there's a steam controller 2 that uses the same layout

>>9908336
soul, soulless, soulless

Soon™ ktwarriors...

>>9907886

>>9907567
The RP3/+/Flip has an iPhone display that looks legitimately good and the Flip fits pretty good in my hands.

>>9908487
>>9908667
Totally not grease rubbing on the sticks from your filthy hands.

since the OP picture is Tamagotchi related I wanna share an interesting vid I watched recently:
https://youtu.be/jQHU9m90VLU

>>9908680
Valve did say a steam controller 2 was in the works.

I was surprised how minimal and effective the video filters are for retroarch under onion os for the MM+. That grid3x option or whatever it's called looks so good with GB and GBC games. Sharp clean all that.

>>9909190
I really hope the Steam Controller 2 is basically just a Steamdeck in controller form.

>>9909193
Many filter presets in Retroarch are actually a combination of other filter passes.
For 480p devices, the interpolation / sharp-bilinear-2x-prescale filter in general is excellent for filling the screen for stuff that doesn't quite integer scale perfectly like SNES or GBA. It works by doing a nearest neighbour integer scale 2x, and then does a bilinear upscale to fill the screen.
A significant number of filters will incorporate nearest neighbour integer scaling for the first pass to set the basis for the handheld pixel or dot-matrix aesthetic. Turns out a 3x3 pixel grid for each pixel on a handheld's screen works pretty well, when you just darken two edges of the grid a little.

>>9907915
Do not redeem.

I know it's reddit but /r/SteamDeck is retarded. There's a heavily upvoted post on there with 500+ comments calling out fanboyism and toxicity on the sub regarding the Ally. But if you actually look there are no negative posts about the Ally on there. They just keep posting vague callouts about the toxicity on the sub. I'm pretty sure they're just mad they aren't allowed to discuss the Ally on there instead of just going to /r/ROGAlly. Lmao. This is why I hate reddit.

>>9905959
You'll find flaws for literally any product you research. Just get any non vertical anbernic.

>>9909190
This ones better IMO.
https://is2.4chan.org/vr/1684196523592865.png

>>9909392
That's why I only go there for guides (because hardly anyone ever writes faqs anymore).

i'd like one that can play the Saturn but also has the OG Game Boy form factor, anything or any hope for me?

>>9909816
RG353v can handle Saturn if you like the vertical form factor. It's probably my favorite style as well

>>9909820
it seems like the best choice indeed but from what i'm seeing, 3d games seem very slow.

>>9907915
I don't ignore it but it looks weird as fuck

Are there any decent rom sets out there that only have original releases? If a game was made in the US, it's the US version. If it was made in Japan, it's the Japanese version.

I've found a few pre-made sets, but they're all filled with burger shit or crappy fan translations. Do I really have to go through fullsets and pick out every game myself?

>>9909174
appreciated

>>9909395
True, just buy one and then enjoy your games. Does it really, really matter where the start button is?

>>9909392
It's tribalism. The same happens in many other communities as well. I was on r/prusa and there where people accusing others of badmouthing Prusa 3d printers and hyping Bambulab products. It might have happened, but not so much that it is a problem.
Anyway, yeah, it's tribalism. People get emotionally invested. Most of them are trans folk i suspect.

>>9900116
Once again I will call anyone who mentions Odin lite a double nigger. Fuck you chink handheld shill where’s my fucking unit. Also anbernic GODS where the fuck we at

>>9907335
I'm that anon. I didn't watch any reviews personally. I just knew that I'd probably enjoy a clamshell PSP. If that's your dig as well then you'll like it too. For some games it's actually more comfortable than the PSP. MHFU for example feels great with the extra stick and trigger placement.

>>9909918
No, it's even dumber and weird than that. They were complaining that people were bad mouthing the ROG Ally on the Steam Deck sub. Practically every post was a Ally fanboy bragging how much better the Ally was then the Deck (this is still happening in those call out threads) so the mods banned Ally discussion as off topic. Now people keep posting vague call outs about toxicity and fanboyism simply because they can't just shit on the Deck and suck off the Ally.... On the Steam Deck sub. The entire situation is retarded and peak reddit. Lmao.

>>9909976
Are you the guy that ordered one months ago with a friend? Have they seriously still not fucking shipped wtf?

>>9910501
this kind of retardation is why I try to make these threads more lively. hopefully one day we won't have to go to shitholes like that or transcord at all for the latest handheld news and discussion.

>>9893591
Connections were better

Seems there may or may not be a blue KTR1 in the second batch. Source is Nil's chink QQ chat.

>>9910501
lol I too admittedly use plebbit and this is entirely accurate. I'm apparently not there enough to see the Deck vs Ally wars, but instead all I see is "just got my Deck!" posts and either way it's cringe as fuck. Glad this place is what it is.

>>9910635
The problem is upvote culture mixed with ban-happy admins.
I rather suffer the 4chins retardation than the circlejerking everything ends up in.

>>9910707
I've been here for 12 years for a reason I guess. Something here goes right enough to keep coming back. I've moved on from the "this is all I do help me" phase I hit in the late teens/early 20's so that definitely helps.

A patent troll is going after Valve again. This time it's over rumble even though the patent is for an entirely different kind of rumble. Last time this happened was the Steam Controller and they just pulled it off the market. Hopefully this time they fight it.

>>9910589

How are the boot times of shit like the RG35XX determined?

Am I better off with a smaller card for slot 1 with the OS on it, or does it not make a difference? Should I fill slot 2 up to the brim with games, or am I better off having it half empty or loading up mostly on CD titles given they take more room but don't require as much file scanning?

>>9910785
Doesn't matter. Speed of the sdcard doesn't matter much either.
It boots in seconds, under a minute for sure.