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>>11835505

What's the best handheld you ever personally experience? What are the cons/how would you improve such device?

Ok let's settle this once and for all: what is the best horizontal ps1 and under handheld?

>>11847686
rgcubexx

>>11847680
>What's the best handheld you ever personally experience?
Powkiddy v90s, all it needs is good CFW and that's it. Its cheap, it plays RETRO GAMES and you can throw it in a pocket/bag whatever and not have to worry about it.
Headphone and wifi fags can suck my dick

>>11847709
Powkiddy themselves are headphone fags. You wouldn't let the kiddy suck your dick, would you?
>Cfw
Isn't stock good enough? And isn't makinf cfw kinda aids on that chip? The options for the smart pro and brick are pretty much stock with a different coat of paint/extra libraries for portmaster

>>11847686
>Ok let's settle this once and for all: what is the best...
RP2S

>>11847669 (OP)
OP is a schizophrenic faggot who watches YouTube all day

>>11847718
>Isn't stock good enough?
Stock didn't work out of the box, had to use PlumOS which is fine. Apparently Knulli is coming to it but I hope those aussie bastards port MuOS

>>11847709
>it plays RETRO GAMES
You're easily impressed, clamcel bro. What the FUCK device made post 2014 can't play retro games well?

>>11847728
>Average chinkheld consumer
Is the an insult? The average phone controllerslop watches youtube less than this general.

TechDweeb won.

>>11847736
>What the FUCK device made post 2014 can't play retro games well?
the original v90, sadly

Why is Amazon stuff so overpriced?

>>11847780
Chinkhelds? Because you're basically paying the difference for it already being imported in. Plus some people like buying them off Amazon because then they can just return it if they don't like it.

>>11847709
>all it needs is good CFW and that's it
no, it needs stereo speakers.
the old v90 has them, the new v90s should too.

>>11847680
The Revo K101 Plus. I've got the one that's colored like the original GBA. I like having a cheap enough GBA clone that I can run my Everdrive on since I like carts, and it's pretty comfy to use. I haven't used the video out but it's cool to have, and the included flash cart's alright. My only problem is that the d-pad isn't that great, but for Pokemon hacks it's not that bad.

>>11847743
It slipped my mind there were devices with sub tier specs compared to even the mips class devices anbernic had. Rg300, Rgplus/Rs97/Pap kiii plus

>>11847796
Anbernic used the same shell for the rgplus/Rs97, but the dpad on the 97 is much better. One of anbernig's best

>>11847680
the best in terms of look and feel would be the rg300x.
it feels solid and the slight angle of the buttons is excellent. shoulder buttons are very easy to access and press too, though they are too clicky. the lack of analogs is a feature.
i would love it more if it had a rk3326 for a little extra power for better performance and shader support.

Reminder that the dot shader schizo thought the the gba had round glowing pixels

>>11847785
This, a generous as fuck return policy and 24-48 hour shipping is essential when experimenting with chink crap and worth the 10-20% upcharge imo. It's for that reason I ordered 5 devices by Anbernic and Miyoo and tested them to see which ones I actually liked enough to keep, then returned 3 of them. Then a few weeks later I noticed one I kept had a screen coming loose from a shitty glue job or whatever, so I exchanged it for another one. They even let me receive the replacement first before having me send back the old one.
I'm sure you could do this with AliExpress but you'd have to put up with both Chinese japery and possibly waiting the better half of a month to get/return shit. I've heard companies would rather just send you free parts to fix the model yourself rather than just swap it out for a new one.

>>11847680
The Odin 2 Portal.
I just wish it had quieter buttons.
Too clacky.

>>11847680
retroid pocket 4 pro
give it an oled screen and that's it, it already btfo's the rp5's form factor and general design

>>11847739
He's a gigatier faggot for no face reveal

>>11847937
Why should he face reveal? So you can goon to him?

>>11847810
If they'd priced it better it would have done grand - fantastic screen in person

>>11847850
Grotesque

>>11847937
>nooooooo he needs to do a face reveal or he's a faggot!!!!!
>why yes i post on 4chan anonymously, what of it?? :^)

>>11847850
Ew.

>>11846832
>I asked the exact same question somewhere else and was met with crickets. I'm pretty sure saw r-18 r2k3 games on dlsite, but they were never ripped and jap only. If you have a phone running android, you could at least use joiplay for xp and up
I have an Android 'held which runs JoiPlay breddy decently, but I was looking for stuff that can run (via ERPG) on the TSP as well.
It's been oddly difficult to find info about r2k/r2k3 eroge, not least because a lot of sites only list "RPGM" as the engine, without differentiating between generations.

I heard that there's a way to improve how DS games look on the 3DS when in full screen, mine's already hacked so can someone give me some details? Maybe some comparison pics? It'd be much appreciated.

>>11847680
Aw. Agumon :)

>>11848521
You can use twilight menu/patcher on 3ds to apply new filters, as well as widescreen hacks. If the game is 3d, it actually renders the extra screen width, it's not just stretched.
if you go through the trouble, the analog stick hacks are also very good.

Here's a comparison of a dsi xl(the largest screened way to play pixel perfect nds) vs new 3ds xl

>>11848589
>vs new 3ds xl
2ds*

>>11847810
>look
You'll ruin your eyes trying to read the screen
>feel
feels like shit to actually hold

The most comfy chinkhelds are the cubexx and Arc-S

Dear bitch nigga,
play a video game.

sincerely, everyone

>>11848731
I just beat Lemmy's Castle, nigga.

I recommend all people looking for a solid device to purchase a miyoo mini plus.

My autism is compelling me to spend $250 on a GameBoy Color shell&screen swap and an Everdrive, why cant I just be happy with my anberchink

>>11848819
>screen swap
What's even the point then? I wanted to restore my GBC, got over it the moment I tried its buttons again. Horrible.

>>11848770
zoom zoom

>>11848819
That was me except a FPGBC to go with the Everdrive.

>>11848850
The shell swap would probably include aftermarket buttons that are probably nicer. It becomes a GameBoy of Theseus problem after a while but that's a dilemma for another day

>>11848819
The only reason to do this is because you want to display it as a trophy in a collection because nobody is going to be rocking a modded gameboy color outdoors like they were 10 again.

>>11848885
You must be a very self conscious person.

>>11848918
I meant it in a "why would you bring your precious modded GBC out when you can have a cheap chinkheld that you wouldnt care if it broke" way instead of a embarassed playing it in a public way.

>>11848876
I was looking at the FPGBC but the complete lack of logo on the bezel is kind of annoying. Have they changed that yet or could I just get a separate panel? I made my peace with the other kits that just have the logo as a solid color because at least its there
>>11848885
I dont even take my chinkheld outside, I just like not being stuck at a desk for gaming. I do worry it might be an expensive novelty though, at least if I build it myself I could break more than even if I ever need to sell it to zoomllectors who can't into DIY

>>11848923
Well it IS an expensive novelty but this is a hobby so if you got time and extra cash to spend there's nobody that can stop you from doing it but know that it's just outrageously expensive for what you get nowadays.

>>11847739
His reflection comes up constantly in his videos if you're that desperate. He looks like a normal 40 year old.

>>11848729
>tell me you are blind with baby hands without saying it, the post

>>11848770
Based zoomer. The less you have to "tinker" with your device, the more you play games. Now give me your unused odin 2 mini.

>>11848945
You need chink eyes and baby hands to like that piece of shit in the first place. It's anbernics greatest shame.

>>11848868
>>11849114
I'm 39...

>>11849157
My point still stands. An andeoidheld or phone helps keeps a smile while linuxjust causes bile.

>>11848945
It's literally the opposite you retarded shit skin. How fucking moronic are the shit skins in this thread, I mean really? Are you faggots posting drunk or something? Too much tequila for you Paco?

>>11848819
>>11848876
This is me right now trying to decide between
>Everdrive-GB X7 for my GBA SP for $134
or
>ANBERNIC RG35XXSP for $41
or
>Miyoo Mini Plus for $44
I've never bothered with these Chinese handhelds before, so I have no idea how they're going to feel.

i want a handheld that connects to my PC remotely to play the games i have there.
>which games
all of them

>>11849504
I'm not him, but picrelated works incredibly well for half of what the Everdrive-GB X7 is worth. 50$ cost me 3 years ago.

>>11849504
>>11849504
I'm not him, but picrelated works incredibly well for half of what the Everdrive-GB X7 is worth. 50$ cost me a year ago.

>>11849512
So, any handheld that can run Artemis?

>>11849549
Yeah, but when the internal battery for your RTC dies you have to solder in a new one, instead of just sliding a new one into the clip, right? I preferred to pay the difference and not have to deal with that.

>>11849709
That's a good point, but I guess it shouldn't be really complicated to desolder it or use one of these adapters in the future.

>>11848770
Overkill

>>11849812
It's true, 99 lives is a bit much, but they're so easy to get.

>>11848770
Where do you find that overlay?

>>11849956
Made it meself.

>>11849961
Pretty cool. I'd like to see if it works on my rg406h. Would you be able to upload it with the configuration file to load it?

>>11849976
Isn't the 406H 3:4?
It doesn't need border overlays...

>>11849981
er, 4:3

>>11849981
>>11849982
For fun of course.

>>11849998
Forgot pic.

Anyone ever find a way to change the folder limit on DS flashcarts?

I think my DSTWO folder limit is 230 roms.

>>11849998
https://files.catbox.moe/xn1wpi.cfg

>>11850025
Thanks Anon

>>11849549
>Non definitive edition
OHNONONONONONONO

>>11850025
Cheers!

>>11849504
Why not the RG34XXSP?

>>11850130
what shader?

>>11850171
It's crt-geom. I set aspect ratio to 1:1 after enabling integer scaling and it seems to work well enough for me.

Please convince me to not be an idiot and spend 500+ on a steam deck. I want to grind levels on my steam library's JRPGs while on break at work, and then come home and continue from where I left off. It seems like a bad idea since eventually a steam deck 2 will come out, probably in a year or two right?

>>11850329
setup moonlight and just stream it to your laptop/phone/handheld

>>11850329
Valve will only release a new Steam Deck once the new UDNA iGPUs can be sourced at a low enough cost.
Their intention is to be the reference baseline for x86 handhelds, not duke it out with the likes of Asus, Lenovo, or MSI. They also need a chip that can go as low as 7-8 W TDP, which no current AMD design can do.

OTOH, I would only buy the OLED version of the Deck, and only 2nd hand or refurb.

>>11850301
danke

>>11850362
No problem and enjoy

Please convince me to not be an idiot and buy a Mijew Mini out of sheer curiosity as to why every jewtuber and redditor shills it so much. I know it’s old now and pretty much every chinkheld does everything it does and more but I still want to know why it gets brought up in every discussion

>>11850767
Probably too small for your hands and you might just chuck it in the chest. As to why, it's the one of the first of chinkhelds with usable linux firmware not based on existing firmware. OnionOs is just stock with a shit ton of tweeks. People also just like the dpad without knowing of miyoo's previous products since it's the same one they've used since the pocketgo 1

>>11850767
>I wanna buy something because Redditors like it
I can't convince you you're not a consoomer. Buy a Miyoo Mini like the retarded whore that you are.

>>11850767
Don't waste your money buying cheap Chinese e-waste. Instead, skip straight to buying expensive Chinese e-waste.

>>11850767
It's because it was cheap and the first good handheld with decent build quality and a custom OS that was really great. Nowayds every other handheld does it way better but at this point there's no reason to get one.

>>11850772
>OnionOs is just stock with a shit ton of tweeks
Are there any particular tweaks that’d make it stand out even now? Game switcher seems to be the only thing other CFWs don’t have
>>11850775
Rude, I don’t want it just because reddit likes it, I want to know WHY they still like it
>>11850776
>expensive Chinese e-waste
Thing is, I don’t really need anything powerful since I don’t have any nostalgia for anything past dreamcast
>>11850781
I was this close to forgetting it but then TechDweeb made another video about it…

>>11850790
>I don’t want it just because reddit likes it
>spoiler
take a look in the mirror anon.

What kind of micro sd card should I be looking at buying amd what size should i get? Just ordered an rp5 and I'm definitely going to be playing higher end systems like ps2, wii/u even switch for the games that work.

>>11850790
>Are there any particular tweaks that’d make it stand out even now?
I dont think so. I'm also pretty sure the cfw's for anbernic's h700 series have gsme switcher, but I'm not sure.

>>11850790
>I don’t really need anything powerful
Don't say I didn't warn you

>>11850795
i got 256gb
it seems to work fine enough unless you only play later gens

>>11850790
Reddit "likes it" because Tiktok spammed ads for it and they got fomo. It actually sold like shit on Tiktok, but Reddit ate it up until it became a coveted must have device. Similar to the Nintendo Amiibo, Redditors started posting, "I got mine!" threads further increasing their incestuous self-created fomo over it.
Reddit's obsession with the Miyoo Mini created an entire fucking market around Redditors buying them, especially on Etsy with making accessories and custom buttons.
Then the Miyoo Mini Plus came out, and Reddit felt like they had to have a console war with Anbernic over it.

>>11850795
Anything from Samsung, SanDisk, PNY. No noname shit, no Kodaks or Sharks.
256Gb should be fine, since there are not that many Switch games that run well, and for PS2 you can use CHD for (mostly) better space efficiency.
Or just get 512 and put all the shit you want there at once.

>>11850795
I got 512gb and i have 90 gb left after putting in all the dreamcast/GC games I wanna play. 512 gb isnt too expensive nowadays and you'll appreciate having more space than less on a RP5 since latter systems have bigger file sizes.

All you need for Handhelds.

>>11850815
The latest version (Gen4) of Kingston's flagship card (Canvas Select Go Plus) has good performance.
A-Data's new Speed Plus line is also decent.

>>11850829
Yeah, Kingston too. Thought I was forgetting something.
Don't know anything about adata aside from really bad SSDs from back in the days. But I'll take your word for it.

>>11850831
It's not that A-Data SSDs were shit, some of their generations were very price/performance competitive. It's that they were notorious, IIRC during the mid-2010s, for pulling bait&switch shit with their SSD controllers. They would release one batch of high-performance SSDs (which would get all the reviews), then they would switch to a cheaper, lower-performance controller chip for their next batch. They eventually stopped this BS, after several reviewers did 1st to 2nd batch comparisons.

>>11847680
Steam deck because it's literally just a PC and has usable mouse controls.

Just received my RG34XX and RG CubeXX in the mail. I don't care about skins or crazy hotkeys, I just want to pick up the handheld and play games. Is MinUI a good OS for my needs? I'm also playing only GBA on the 34XX and GBC/NGP/GG/Lynx games on the Cube.

>>11851003
No.

>>11851009
Care to elaborate? What should I be using then? KNULLI and MuOS look like they do too much for my use case.

>>11851032
MinUI is built upon stock and carries over issues plus has its own. The idea of trying to make RA work by crippling it has never, ever worked, and finer control over scaling is absolutely essential for chinkhelds, the Cube especially. You bought tinkerer devices whether you like it or not.

>>11850795
Get a card with “U3 A2 V30” specs

Is there a way to to fix missing textures for ship of harkinian on the smart pro? Switches and anything underwater are invisible.

Handhelds have evolved...

>>11851003
knulli is awesome. You sound like a boring homo who only wants to play 1 game. Just use the stock os if you're only going to play emerald.

I need a hand held that plays ps2 and Saturn flawlessly, has 6 buttons, analog triggers, two analog sticks in the wii u position, A 4k oled screen, Linux, under $100 and is pocketable. Once they make that, I might finally play a video game.

>>11850148
Those sticks look like they're in weird positions. I'm not sure what game I'd play on it that would make use of them either. If there are big benefits of it over the 35, I'd like to hear them. I'd consider the Miyoo Flip as well if I knew how these sticks felt. My only reference would be the 3DS or PSP sticks.

>>11851115
This is overkill. You’re literally just loading rom files off the damn thing. Just get a cheap one like this.

>>11851219
34xx screen is more vibrant while the 35xxSP's is more washed out, but you'll lose .4" on 4:3 content. Miyoo hinges are fucked, avoid it entirely.

>>11851136
Looks like garbage.

do you guys ever trade? is that even possible on a site like this?
i'm trying to trade my black RG35XX SP for a black RG34XX SP

>>11851459
Out of curiosity, since I'm still trying to pick between the two, why do you want the 34 over the 35?

>>11851459
Sure man, just mail your RG35XX SP to my PO Box and I'll totally mail you my RG34XX SP

>>11851232
>1 TB
That capacity might be overkill in some instances, depending on what your device's performance. If your 'held can only run platforms up to PS1 (your typical A-53/55 quad-core), 256 GB should be enough, even when adding Portmaster stuff into the mix. If your device can run up to Saturn (ex. T820-based 'helds), you'll likely want 512 GB (some PSP games are over 1 GB in size, plus the DC/Saturn/PS1 titles). In general, you shouldn't buy cards that can hold way more than you realistically need for a particular handheld. They're not very expensive, but the costs eventually add up, if you happen to have more than 1 'held.

>>11851464
analog sticks and i prefer the solid black enclosure of the 34 over the translucent black 35 i have. thems the main upsides for me.

>>11850795
Just get a proper branded one off of Amazon or your local stores if you're worried about knockoffs. 128GB is more than enough for up to PS1 and most of it will be filled up with PS1. Anything below PS1 is so small in size that GBA will have the largest files outside of it in 32 MB ones at max.
If you want to go past PS1 then 512GB is the best middleground if you want a little bit of everything.

>>11851574
In hindsight, would you have gone for a solid color 35? I like how the translucents look, but I'm worried them may be distracting when playing. I don't mind spending the extra money for the sticks, but most reviews I hear complain about their feel. But then again, at least someone is going to complain about anything.

>>11851032
What are you talking about? MuOS is very basic (while still being functional)

>>11851459
I just sell shit I don't need on local classifieds (before Christmas I had people fighting over them) and buy new ones. Sure I lost some money, but also it was fast, easy and secure.

>>11850795
Only ONE TF card slot!
HAHAHAHAHAHA!

>>11852075
Why the fuck would you need more than one

>>11852086
Don’t listen to that guy, he’s gross.

Does anyone know of any handhelds that have a SIM slot with 2G capabilities, while also being free of spyware? Both Chinese spyware and Google spyware (AOSP-based devices are okay, just no Google bloat pls, or at least no unremovable Google bloat).
Is Odin Lite like that? I know you can make calls on it and stuff, but does it come bundled with phoning home to Google and CCP that cannot be neutered?
Yes, I want to use a chinkheld as a phone, because I hate touchscreen keyboards so much I would rather type with a built-in controller than an on-screen keyboard. Yes, I'm a psycho AND a schizo.

>>11852113
They stopped using 3G awhile ago and are now phasing out 4G. What the fuck are you going to connect a 2G device to? Your own tower in your backyard?
Or are you just a zoomer spouting nonsense?

>>11850821
>all you need
>three devices stacked on one that does everything they do and more

>>11852118
>3G awhile ago and are now phasing out 4G
Not where I live. Now answer my questions.

>>11852118
2G and 3G have been entirely shutdown in Australia, 3G is mostly shutdown in North American and the UK, it's mostly Europe, the middle East, and Brazil that still have 2G networks. So anon is probably Brazilian.

>>11852127
>>11852129
Hmmm.... post hand(held)s first.

>>11851656
i don't find translucent "distracting" as much as it just doesn't fit the decor in my home, which is generally solid black. the sticks are probably positioned in a way that sucks, but i've played on controllers in my day that had equal or worse ergonomics, probably, and i was fine. i remember a handful of aftermarket controllers that were shaped a fair bit different from their OEM counterparts. and ultimately a 34 is smaller, i appreciate that portability. the dimensions of the overall unit are near identical to the actual GBA SP compared to the 35 which is noticeably larger.

>>11852113
Just get an N-Gage

>>11852132
I'm genuinely considering getting an old phone just for the sake of more physical buttons. But if there is any modern chinkheld on which I can call and SMS people (that isn't also full of spyware), I would rather go with that.

>>11852138
You must be quite a big fish where you come from, you in the Brazilian government or something? Why would they want to spy on you?

>>11852149
I'm simply fundamentally opposed to how much data some modern software likes to harvest, and to my data being harvested for profit.

>>11851136
>£125.00
Are they serious? How are you even supposed to play games with this?

Well...I wanna to buy a v90s and I found this. Should we succumb to panic?

>>11852121
Original Hardware > Upscaled blurry shit.

GBA and DS look like shit on New 3DS XL without pixel perfect then you get some small ass fucking area.

I'm very happy with my ModRetro. I'm still trying to remember all the GB games I had in my childhood, but the ones I've loaded so far all hold up.

>>11852205
the circles are just dpads, so that covers directions and face buttons. it's a pretty retarded design and would fare so much better with a traditional dpad and buttons, hell he could've used the same material with the same travel, just cut to an actual dpad cross shape and a few small circles. i dont know why people want to reinvent the wheel with gimmicks like that. but regardless, it's enough buttons for 8/16 bit emulation.

>>11851136
>even this PoC has stereo speakers
what is the excuse of the chinkheld manufacturers?

>>11852248
>should we suck cum
uhh anon

Does anyone know if there exists a retroarch overlay that looks like the sega collection borders (pic related) that would look good on e.g. a 4:3 anbernic?

>>11852459
>what is the excuse of the chinkheld manufacturers?
"The original lameboy didn't have a stereo speaker either."

>>11852113
>Yes, I'm a psycho AND a schizo.
Don't flatter yourself. You are just a regular retard.

>same hinge design as the previous Flop
Are they actually retarded?

>>11847680
flip2
needs bigger buttons and maybe 1-2 extra buttons for emulator functions.

>>11847680
modretro chromatic it's just the best game boy in every way besides design aesthetic

>>11852476
>that would look good on e.g. a 4:3 anbernic?
Huh?

>>11852814
How's that hinge holding?

>>11852852
works on my machine.
helps that Im not brown.

>>11852852
Only happens to 16bit colorways

What are the advantages of a chinkheld over just strapping a Bluetooth controller to my phone?

>>11852916
phone gaming is gay

>>11852916
Just to have. But I can help you if you're looking for a decent telescopic controller.

>>11852916
because this is the 'best' case scenario
>inb4 bigblur

>>11852918
Ok
>>11852943
Maybe, anything that's easy to connect and set up is fine.
>>11852946
Looks fine to me

>>11852912
I hope so.

>>11852953
If youe phone has usb-c, any of those controllers is just connect and call it a day. Do you prefer rubber membranes or clicky dpads?

>>11852953
>Looks fine to me
found a new controller for you bro

>>11852964
>He forgot about the phonejoy

The clamshells are fuck

>>11852982
BORN TO CONSOOM
CLAMSHELLS ARE FUCK
ポケモン Collect Them All 1996
I am Anbernic man
410,757,864,530 DEAD MIYOO FLIPS

>>11852916
Dedicated device with its own storage, no bloat on phone or unnecessary drain on battery (remember that, unlikely as it is, a cellphone is usually your one and only way to contact emergency services should something happen)
Proper controls, ergonomics, screen, emulator developer support, etc.

Plus in a few years phones will be even more locked down than they already are and you'll bet google and apple will forbid use of emulators on their stuff because of "safety concerns"

>>11852916
better thermals and ergonomics

>>11852961
Ideally clicky
>>11853003
>>11853007
These are very fair, how is the Anbernic clamshell or RG35XX H for up to PSX?

>>11852975
jumpscare!

>>11852852
Never trust a chink hinge

>>11853056
Looks like user error.

l>>11852807
they are and it sucks cause if they did the split hinge this would be a day1 consooom for me

>>11853040
Your in luck then. Telescopic controllers didn't have clicky dpads in the pass. Easysmx m15 is a good cheaper option. The kishi ultra is said to have a great clicky dpad for fighting games, but its overpriced. The gamesir g8 is also said to have a clicky dpad, but I'm not sure if it's the original or the plus model. One of them also has a problem with multipress if one of the sides is pushed too hard.

>>11853138
Oh yeah, there's also thr x2s which is clicky for sure.

>>11852912
>colorways
It's a scheme. The word you autistic retards are looking for is colorscheme

>>11852847
>>11852848
Thanks for the genesis borders!
Now that I made my own genesis overlay, I can finally play these games!

>>11853156
This post is an argument in favor of owning multiple devices. One for each aspect ratio.

That way people like this can't drag and drop logo PNGs onto some shitty grid art they couldn't even crop themselves. Like damn bro, you really wanted to feel creative so you did that? You're like a child making macaroni art. It's sad man. You should feel ashamed of yourself

>>11853207
I'm having fun.
Sucks for you.

>>11853207
He's playing games on the seemingly one device he owns instead og going autisimo buying multiple devices for every aspect ratio.

>>11852807
Damn, ignoring the hinge design, how could anybody actually use this? The 34XXSP and the normal sized Flip was already small as hell

>>11853264
People used the v90 for the logest time and thag thing was smaller than an actual gba sp

>>11853264
>muh pocketability
Some people genuinely believe in this.

>>11853271
I wonder if the mini is actually smaller than this lol

How customizable are the fast forward features on these devices? I've been looking at the Anbernic 35/34 SP, but haven't found much information on if you can remap and increase the speed. Menu + R2 seems tedious for a feature I plan on using frequently. I'd prefer holding one of the shoulder buttons to skip through animations. I tried playing Pokemon TCG on my 3DS and it's a slog waiting for coin flips and enemy turns at 100% speed.

does anyone know where I could still find a REVO / Anbernic K101(+)? It's a GBA hardware clone with some emulation features, I had one a few years back but sold it and wish I hadn't.

>>11853320
Its fairly easy to remap in retroarch and set the fast-forward speed too.
95% of these devices use retroarch for emulation.

>>11853320
>>11853353
Just checked on the CubeXX with muos.
It can indeed be remapped in the RA, but looking through options I don't see an option to use FF without a toggle hotkey. But you can map toggle and FF to the same button and it works.

>>11853320
Because RA design is fucking retarded, the only way to have FF bound to a single button -while also- retaining hotkey + button functionality for everything else is if the core has its own FF functionality, which Gambatte (GB) and gpSP (GBA) do. That said, helps if you switch the RA-wide FF from hold to toggle (and I have no idea why that isn't standard on any OS).

I got my R36Max for $26 my niggas

>>11853412
And from a reputable WDYQJE store no less!

>>11853345
Found them on AliBaba, was able to order a "sample" of a single unit, rather than having to buy 500. We'll see if they ship.

>>11853156
Overkill as fuck, buy XX chinkslop

>>11853474
It's only overkill if they bought it specifically for SNES games. Using something you already have to play weaker systems doesn't make it "overkill".

>>11853228
He's not playing games, he's making borders

>>11853549
You know... You might have a point.

>>11852916
there are currently zero phone controllers with a type c connection that have the dpad in the objectively correct spot, which is above the left analog. zero. they are unplayable.

>>11853583
Ayn won. Remember who feeds you, retroid

>>11853601
how's that second screen coming, DNA?

>>11853601
dpad on bottom instantly renders a device ewaste. you clearly dont play retro so i dont know why you are here.

>>11853606
It's all about preference. Your thumbs get used to both in literal seconds. I don't know why people pretend to give a fuck.

>>11853606
dumb extremist opinion

>>11853620
i wouldn't even think about it if companies stopped playing follow the leader. one company makes a mobile asymmetrical controller, then they all do it. like i said, there are zero controllers that have a properly located dpad. i will bitch about this until it changes.

>>11853637
One of the bsp controllers is close, but its diagonal

Are the sticks on the RG34XX-SP comparable to the 3DS's? I'm mainly interested in playing GBC, but do I really want to throw away the possibility of some casual N64 over $20? I'm too indecisive for this.

>>11853697
I wouldn't even consider N64 on that device. It's EXTREMELY compromised and maybe you can get around 15% of the games to run decently tops.
PS1 is really what the sticks are for. Specifically Ape Escape.

>>11853735
>PS1 is really what the sticks are for.
I see. The most I was hoping for was Pokemon Stadium and maybe Mario Party mini games, but those were just bonuses to the main GBC use. I was considering Digimon World a play on it as well. Are they sticks good enough for that? Or should I just say fuck it and do the 35SP?

>>11853747
Yeah, I'd say PS1 is VERY playable. Some games run better than others. But unlike N64 where there's stuff that's literally unplayable or games that run at 8 fps.

>>11853264
Maybe they think people still want mini devices? But the GBA SP form factor already is pushing it for people with larger hands, do they expect people to just game one handed with it?

>>11853789
Dear friend, Chinese have small hands, please understand.

>>11853642
thats not horrible, but then its bluetooth only. i cant do it, bluetooth in my experience has always been awful.

Are the buttons/triggers any better on the RG35XX Pro? I'm so sick of dealing with the triggers on the 353V. Also how does it fare against the RG34XX SP?

>>11853776
what n64 games run slow for you

>>11853735
>>11853776
A good amount of N64 games should run well with Mupen64Plus-Next's GLideN64's threaded renderer turned on. It actually did a big difference on my RG353V wtih ArkOS.

>>11853345
Doesn't it automatically stretch GBA games to 4:3?

>have to have surgery and am gonna be stuck in bed for a bit
>resisting urge to consooom
How do Pocket 5s handle DS/3DS as far as their displays and emulating stylus input?

sup hhg
any of you guys got the magicx zero 40? have you received it yet?
im interested on it as a dedicated MAME portable for shmups and other vertical orientated arcade games.
how well does it perform? is it comfortable?

>>11854147
It has a few scaling settings for the LCD, you can do a pixel perfect mode. Not sure how the AV output will be, if they actually ship I'll let you know.

>>11854150
if you are willing to spend that much, go for a new 3ds, regular or xl.
touchscreen emulation is only at an acceptable level.

>>11854165
I already have one, but only the top screen is IPS. I guess I'll just set up a bed desk and slap my laptop on it.

>>11850029
I have a GB to play with, no need.

Think retroid might have a sale on the pocket classic anytime soon

>>11854150
>>11854174
I got a mini when I had surgery and also have a 3ds. I just played RPGs and Donkey Kong 94
>can't post the buy two get 2% off chinkvert
Damn shame

>>11854174
IPS lottery is a meme. You can just adjust the color warmth and brightness in Rosalina menu to fix 90% of the issues with the TN screens. Only other problem is the viewing angles, which means nothing because you don't play your 3DS while pointing the screen to the side. If you're really committed to putting extra money into a marginally better display, you might as well just get a OLED emulation handheld or Steam Deck, because those will always look better than even an IPS screen 3DS. Or, since you mentioned normal DS games, the DSi XL is guaranteed to have IPS screens and is a lot cheaper than the 3DS.

>>11854174
>anon has his bed centred and not against a wall, like a hospital room
Are you over seventy years old, or have been diagnosed with being sociopathic?

>>11854183
Probably around 11.11 or black Friday.

>>11854278
Is this bait or some meme I'm not familiar with? Who the hell puts a bed against the wall?

>>11854278
What's it like being in prison?

>>11854165
What's wrong with it? Was considering buying a n rp5 with stylus and getting around to finishing touch heavy games like EBA and the Etrian Odyssey series.

>>11854184
That's probably better for my use case.

>>11854278
People in the US have it up their asses that their bed needs to be in the middle of the room to be an adult, it's really cute.

>>11854379
I have my bed up my ass.

>>11854278
Do you and your wife get on the bed from the same side? That's insane.

>>11854395
My wife crawls over me to get to her side but I catch her and fuck her before she can get over me.

>>11854395
Do you walk down the street single file and not side-by-side? That's insane.

>>11854395
What's insane about it, retard?
>>11854395
This guy gets it.

>>11854410
I walk down the street with 3 friends. We walk side by side with our arms linked. If anybody gets in the way we clothesline them.

>>11854395
Hi russ. How is your wife's boyfriend doing?

Take a look at this cheddar, Outlander.

We are not the same..

>>11854442
Not retro games and not handhelds.

>>11854445
Six buttons are inherently retro, freemason.

>>11854442
>Gay-I
Looks horrible desu senpai. Should have six shoulder buttons. Also it just looks fucking horrific like a 6th grader making a collage from his gay fathers old gayboi magazines.

>>11854337
the stylus is the problem.
capacitive touch screens (the ones that only react to fingers or special stylus) are generally less precise than resistive touch screens (the ones that react to anything).
i don't expect retroid to be the exception, especially because they don't come with any stylus.
if you must emulate, i would recommend a fancy phone with built-in stylus, those are precise enough.

>>11854442
>Retroid copies your designs
>credits the ai and not you
How would you feel, anon?

>>11853461
they did not ship and instead cancelled my order

Anons, which shaders do you use on android-based handhelds for snes/genesis games?
I was recommended koko-aio's but whenever I try to load one of those, I get a popup that retroarch isn't responding (I can select "wait" and it will run till the same dialog appears again).

>>11854783
I like the pop out feature for crt-geom

Anyone buying shit during the Amazon sale? I got a Miyoo Flop V2 for $65 after both the sitewide price cut and a $15 coupon Miyoo is giving out, I guess to make up for bad press and move inventory before the Mini Flop drops. Some of the deals I saw for other handhelds are about as cheap as they are on AliExpress.

>>11854807
Did they address a shit hinge in the V2?

>>11855000
They "improved" it in V2 but it still kept happening. They apparently stated that the hinge problem was a bad batch of plastic specifically for the gray SNES color scheme models that had a high hinge failure rate, which sucks because that's probably the most popular color for it lol. I don't think it was widely reported for any other color.
I got the hwhite Dreamcast knockoff model personally, already have enough SNES nostalgia shit anyways.

>>11855013
I see. Hope yours work well then.

>>11854667
i found this. https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005005235079082.html
i amuse myself looking through chinkexpress and remember finding them easily not that long ago, but now it's getting harder.

What's a good handheld if I want to play my retro games and use steamlink to play my jrpg library? I know the RP5 could probably handle it, but is there a better option?

>>11855046
>but is there a better option?
steamdeck?
define "retro games".

>>11855058
>define "retro games".
For me it's mostly PS1 JRPGS. I had been thinking of buying a steam deck but with it being old I was warned off it, and some people suggested streaming from my PC. I've never done that before so I'm only now looking into handhelds that could handle it.

Alternatives to the retroid pocket 5? similar format, better o similar performance for the price

>>11855151
Retroid Pocket 4 Pro, lol

>>11855067
You can run PS1 games on any Anbernic XX without streaming.
>Deck is old
Are you trying to play old games or AAAA ones? What part of it being old makes it unable to play even older games?

I googled 'm27 handheld console firmware' and now my brain is broken

>>11855032
Nice find anon, those are all unavailable to ship but yeah there were a million and now there's none. I learned my lesson with chinkshit, if something looks cool, buy it and hang onto it.

>>11853697
34SP owner here, I wouldn't count on it for N64 and the sticks are regular ministicks, not sliders like 3DS. However, they're faaaar from useless with the stuff it can run through Portmaster. I'm particularly enjoying Descent 2, the Perfect Dark source port, and Raptor: Call of the Shadows right now and I've got Half-Life running on there too. The CFW scene for it is still a bit underbaked but alpha/nightly builds for Knulli and Rocknix support it so whenever the next stable releases drop it shouldn't be an issue. I'm really enjoying it, great little device.

My RG34XXSP has turned out to be my favorite console ever. The DS, 3DS, all my xboxes, playstations, etc, barring a few exceptions, never gave me the satisfaction that my gameboys had given me.

Why does my RG34XX have so much audio crackling? All I'm doing is playing GBA games, it shouldn't be that intensive, right? I'm using the mgba core on MuOS, even turned off the shader to see if it would help, but it doesn't.

>>11855381
The DS is such a garbage, unpleasing format, really. I returned to handhelds from the GBC with the 3DS and it turned me off for ages, wasn't until the Deck I gave them another shot.

>>11855393
MuOS is just fucked with GBA and they refuse to fix it, they'll tell you to raise audio latency to 96ms instead.

>>11855267
I fucking LOVE AI overview. Yesterday was using Lens to identify a game in the screenshot, and every time I would reload a page, the game would change.

>>11855404
That's fucked up. Guess it's back to stock? I literally bought this for GBA only. I guess I could try KNULLI.

>>11855404
The original launch DS has the best ergonomics out of any DS/2DS/3DS model. Its only flaw is its absolutely retarded Power button placement, literally the only thing the DSlite model fixed (No, the brighter screens were not better. The first ones turn smoke yellow in a year, second and third ones have DISGUSTING ghosting that makes any sprite DS title/GBA game look like smeared grease, only the fourth gen DSlite screens are an improvement over the dimmer phat DS ones.
God fucking damn I will forever hate Nintendo for patenting the DS's d-pad design, the single greatest d-pad ever fucking made, and then shelves it for the Apple aesthetics of the + d-pad.
The ultimate GBA machine with official hardware is the bottom half of an original Nintendo DS with a new screen and speakers installed on the bottom, and costs less than $70 to do ($40-50 for a phat DS, $20 for the screen).

>>11855464
Also the DS card slot can always just have an R4 filled with GBA/SNES/Genesis/Master System/NES/GBC/GB/GG titles.

>>11855464
It really is the best D-Pad of all time

>>11855471
Can DS reliability emulate SNES and Genesis?

>>11855560
None of these shits can do SNES with enhancement chips well.

>>11855560
Genesis yes, SNES not even close

>>11855431
Nah, stock is still worse by not being able to switch cores. By the way, make sure you get the GBA bios, it actually boosts performance.

>>11855464
Wouldn't know, only held a DS Lite before it on a con and from what I recall it felt exactly the same as the 3DS where it mattered. Well, the PPI might have not been as shit.

huh? those look kinda cool.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GolYp3QLDZc

>>11855929
Why are chinks unlearning how to design volume buttons?

Can someone please recommend me a good controller for retro precision platformers

>>11852946
>inb4 bigblur
Damn... got me.

>>11855929
What is that? Another R36S clone in a new shell?
>>11856395
Try the retro controller that came with a retro system that the retro platformer is supposed to be running on. And I'm not even taking a piss, it was designed for it, right? Get some adapters and go to town.

>>11856395
this one.
i'm not kidding you, i have it and the dpad is perfect.

>>11853345
I bought mine just last year in December from Anbernic's Aliexpress page, I'm surprised they've already sold out of them, but I guess they've stopped production on them on account of them being pretty outdated and kinda niche. They didn't even have that Famicom colorway when I ordered mine, I had to go with the GBA blurple but I've actually grown fond of the color since owning it.

>>11847850
>>11848169
>>11848249
I'm tempted to pick one up. What's wrong with it besides the price? I like clicky/tactile, but am a headphonesfag.

>>11847686
TrimUI Brick

>>11856568
Nothing is wrong with it, they would rather spend 300 dollars on 7 different chinkhelds instead of just one that actually play 6th gen and more

>>11847686
rg351m
i like having internal wifi to copy shit while playing another shit.

>>11855159
Chat, is this real?

>>11848589
Damn, nice.

>>11856581
Makes sense. If Retroid's dual screen works on it, I'm definitely going to pick one up and finally retire my 3DS.

Anyone else have autism with what type of games they consider handheld and what is for a biger tv screen? For some reasons jrpgs are handheld games to me. It's just more comfy this way even if it makes no sense

>>11856525
>What is that? Another R36S clone in a new shell?
more or less.
good'ol rk3326 but horizontal. with a good looking dpad and most importantly stereo speakers.

>>11856589
I don't see why it wouldn't.

>>11856595
I'm waiting for a flip and slide 36 clones. I'm not buying any of them, but I want to see how far they would go.

>>11856589
I think the Odin 2 screen is enough for you to not need something like this. Having the 3ds screens horizontaly next to each other isn't bad when the actual size of the image is big enough

>>11856602
i hope someone releases a slide clone with a rk3326 or better at a relatively low price point.
i find sliders cool.

>>11856608
Or you know what? Remember that Powkiddy (I think) mini arcade thing, A12? R36S clone in that form-factor, but with three sticks -- two to replace sticks, and one for d-pad.

>>11855571
Yeah I already have the BIOS, though some part of me thinks it might not be the right one, or the system might not be detecting it.

>>11856592
For me it's the portable / console split. If it's a portable game I'll play it on a portable device, if it's on a home console I'll turn on my miniPC that I've configured for this exact purpose.

>>11850776
Wisest poster itt

>>11856605
My autism is too powerful for such logical conclusions and totally fine workarounds.

>>11856568
Odin 2 Portal is an end-game handheld. Emulation-wise, you'll be set. It's still nice to have a smaller, more pocket-friendly device though.

>>11856691
I would only use anything pocket friendly on a plane. Ironically, I only play video games at home, on planes, or in the hotel. I don't play games in "public" like every other self-respecting member of the Diamond Dogs.

>>11856707
I play at when I'm alone at work or in long uber/taxi rides.

>>11856719
At work is also perfectly acceptable.
https://youtu.be/d7B3Y6MBtQ0?si=jznigIonTNojxUJD

>>11855174
>Are you trying to play old games or AAAA ones? What part of it being old makes it unable to play even older games?
I want to play my retro ps1 games as well as the low end jrpgs that I buy on steam. And it's not that it being old makes it unable to play old games, it's just value for dollar isn't there as much because it's older hardware. At least that's what I've been told previously.

>>11856719
Is that a "marble" countertop?

>>11856740
Value for dollar? Are you buying a gaming device -- essentially throwing your money away -- or investing? It's a good device for what you want. It can play PS1 no problem. PS2. PS3, some at least -- I finished Ratchet and Clank HD trilogy on the deck. PC JRPGs.
Yes, the new Deck might come out soon. Yes, new handhelds with Z2 Extreme are more powerful (while being much more expensive). None of these things will take away your ability to play some FF7 (I know it's what everyone plays on these things) on the OG, or better yet, OLED Deck. Even if it's not perfectly optimized for value.

>>11856740
Deck is overkill, doesn't matter how "old" the hardware might be. It doesn't lose strength over time just because it's older hardware, it stays the same. The deck can handle anything up to and including the Switch, but people report problems with PS3. If you're just playing JRPGs, they "might" be able to work fine.

If I were you, I would care about two things: display and controls. Get the best display and controls you can afford and be done with it, never come back to this thread ever again because it's 99% cheap chink shit and buying whatever they crap out over and over.

>>11856742
Nah, just smudged glass.

>>11850767
It's shilled because with the OnionOS CFW, it's really easy to just pick up and play with and RetroArch integration is seamless, and there's lots of room for customization and apps but in a pretty idiot-proof environment. It was revolutionary for the time as >>11850781 said, but there are alternatives on the market nowadays. Still, many people still swear by it, and it'd be disingenuous to say it isn't one of the nicest OSes in the handheld community. If you take away the OS though, it's the same junk that the RG35XX or PowKiddy or whatever other vertical slab is at stock settings, though it does have nicer buttons at least.
The only other good option in that vertical form factor and price range is the TrimUI Smart Brick. If anything, the Brick is superior because it has Bluetooth, a GPU to add some N64 and Dreamcast games to your library (even if most games are a pain in the ass to use the d-pad as an analog stick), programmable buttons, and the screen is a lot nicer. Some people don't like the buttons, especially the shoulders, and there's a meme about it getting hot under stress, but it's not like it reaches fingerprint eraser temps and is only noticeable on more demanding libraries like PS1 and N64.
Both of these devices are around $40-$50 on AliExpress. If you want to get the Miyoo, I'd get the Miyoo Mini Plus specifically, the Mini V4 is just a novelty at its size and has worse specs like no WiFi for OTA and RetroAchievements if you care about that, and the volume wheel and old triggers fucking suck to use. Some people do like that it's small enough to literally play with one hand, which might be nice for turn-based RPGs or something, but it's kind of a niche use case. They use the exact same OnionOS CFW and do almost all the same stuff though. Only reason to get the V4 is if you're really curious about the device that started it all and want to be mildly amused playing Gran Turismo on a screen smaller than a Post-it note for 10 minutes.

>>11856805
"Again?"
"Again!"

>>11856828
you forgot to add that the shityo mini only has a mono speaker while the brick has stereo speakers.
very important!

>>11856828
406V is the better vertislop...

>>11856924
I know what you are

>>11856559
very qt anon, that color looks nice.

>>11856924
How is ps2 on that thing?

>>11856559
You are a fat homosexual man

>>11856939
Most games run fine at 2x or even 3x resolution. But notoriously tough games to emulate run like shit. Even at .75x resolution, SotC ran like ass.

>>11856915
Everyone says the Brick's audio is bad though.

>>11856924
a shame about the horrible aesthetic and sticks, really.
the system specs look really good, it even has stereo speakers. but it's ugly as sin.

>>11856959
people also say that the miyoo mini plus is good.
people say a lot of things, many of them are lies.

>>11856961
It's not the prettiest thing but it is very comfortable and does well for the price.

>>11856963
Yeah, except they captured the thing's audio on video.

>>11856924
What video is playing in the background? got me curious.

>>11856975
NTA but honestly audio on anything in the <$100 range sound pretty bad over 50% volume in my experience. I bought a $20 pair of IEMs just for my chinkhelds.

>>11847850
I use my portal everyday to play gacha games

>>11856974
wow the brick is tiny

>>11856691
did you really need the whole n64 library?

>>11848923
Why don't you just put a sticker over the screen to mimic the bezel?

>>11849549
This. Got an ezflash last year. It just werks.

>>11849709
Soldering is easy once you pop your cherry. It's literally just make thing hot to melt metal.

>>11849917
What are you using for saturn emulation? I struggle to get yaba sanshiro 2 working.

>>11857061
Beetle Saturn

>>11856952
Interesting. Does it run vice city alright?

>>11857090
I was playing SA at 3x with no issues

>>11856975
works on my machine :)

>>11847680
Either the Dingoo A320 or the OpenPandora. If you disagree you're a newfag and also wrong.
>powkiddy or some other gay new-chink-shit
Anything pales in comparison to the original Dinguxx device and the port-machine that was the Pandora.

>>11857127
I want an openpandora but I literally have no idea where to buy one

>>11855404
nta but what would you suggest instead, knulli or just setting the latency to 96ms and dealing with it?

>>11857127
>Openpandora
Based germoid
>Dingoo
Sloplmao! The original devfag drama that plagued chink cfw to this day and its just the top of a ds gb micro sized. Gay and shitted. Jxd was better.

Anyone got grips for the RP5? Struggling to decide on one for my spindly hands. Looking at the official or the JCSFY/ComfortGrips on Etsy

>>11855404
i don't have a rg34xx, but try lowering resampler quality on settings>audio>output

>>11850130
ahhh yes, the greatest. FFVI

>Found out MuOS has moonlight and it works great
>I have a RG35xxsp so no analog sticks so I can't play most PC controller games
>Tempted to buy the RG34xxp
I can't decide if I should pull the trigger, or get a retroid instead, or just blow my brains out.

>>11857237
please delete that image and never post it again.

>>11857237
what do you want to play?
also what is that?

>>11853264
Vertislopfags have literally no standards. You could stack the face buttons on top of the dpad and they would still play it if it looked like an old nintendo handheld.

>>11856589
Don't, Citra still can't play a lot of games

>>11853264
looks like the funkey s. except it only has a mono speaker.
miyoo fags will buy it anyway and claim it's perfect.

Is there a single emulator that runs better than the original hardware?

>>11856617
I imagined an adult playing with this and it gave me secondhand embarrassment

>>11857294
Most of them. Asinine question.

>>11857061
Yabause

>>11857303
Kek
>graphical issues, sound hiccups, framerate fuckery

>>11857294
What does that even mean? The best an emulator can possibly be is an exact recreation of what it's emulating, fast-forward or graphical enhancements or reducing sprite display limitations/flickering might be a better experience for some people but are inherently worse emulation.

>>11857309
>no slowdown
>no flickering
Even NESticle ran games better than original hardware.

>>11857246
Parasite Eve 2 I guess.
Petra Gurin.

Any recommendations what to play via portmaster? Got braid and deltarune. Any must-play?

He does have a point though.

>>11857383
Because the Switch is good at playing Switch games, bad at non-Switch games

>>11857369
No Skin
Stardew I guess
Lunar Lux
Balatro lmao
Dark Deity 1 and 2 if you can run it
Risk of Rain

>>11857383
>$450 walled garden platform + sales tax + $50/yr subscription to play Virtual Console + tip, currently unobtainium without paying an extra ~$20 for 1 month of Walmart+ and a bot to buy it for you, also you will own nothing and you will be happy
>play anything up to PS1 starting at $30 and a 128GB SD card with all your games for $15
tough call

>>11857369
fallout

>>11857418
To be fair he said switch, not switch 2. You can buy the former already modded for around $200 I think
>>play anything up to PS1 starting at $30 and a 128GB SD card with all your games for $15
Switch can do that too+switch games
Though you could just buy RP5 instead but I don't really know how good switch emulation is there

>>11857383
>>11857392
>>11857418
Switch is great at playing non-switch games, provided you're not a retard and use cfw + homebrew

When are these fucks going to release a linux handheld I can slap SteamOS into?

>>11857498
Why would I buy something worse than a Retroid that costs more than a Retroid?

>>11857508
The chinks? Probably never, they seem to like android and the cheaper chipsets.

>>11857512
Also plays switch games

>>11857508
They did.

>>11857018
Is it better than a phone with a controller?

>>11857514
The Retroid plays PS2, can the Switch play PS2?

>get rp flip 2
>just play ps1 and dreamcast games on it

>>11857657
Sounds based

Haters will sperg but I'm genuinely enjoying playing ALTTP with gratuitously overexaggerated levels of bloom. It gives everything an eerie, Twin Peaks-like quality to it.

>>11857657
Why not? It handles them well, the screen is great. I'm planning on playing Shenmue on it -- and I have a Dreamcast.

Even the curvature over the otherwise LCD-like grid feels nice. I tried without it and it still felt too flat.

I will say FYI these shots look less good on my PC monitor in a browser window than they do on my flip2 amoled tho

>>11857682
For instance on PC I can see the grid not quite lining up perfectly, but it's not noticeable on the handheld.

>>11857679
>>11857682
I genuinely think that shaders should be enjoyed how you want.
Also, you can't judge based on how it looks on your screen. Might look better on their screen, ya know?

>>11857687
Yeah. Plus you can have different tastes for different experiences. I don't usually care about "accuracy" much but when I play CV2 I like to give it a more jittery, RF switch-like look that I remember from back in the day. I think the key thing (for me) is using shaders less to make it a supposedly accurate reproduction of specific hardware, and just as an aesthetic layer to trigger the emotional feels I associate with the game. An artist's interpretation, if you will.

>>11857685
Holy saturation, Batman.

>>11857679
Castlevania with kawase_glow goes hard. Every Castlevania

>>11857138
I'm undecided myself. Tried Knulli for a few minutes and got turned off by how sluggish it is. I'd ditch muOS for Rocknix in a heartbeat, but losing the proprietary GPU blobs really sucks for 3D ports and the few select PSP I play, might end up sucking it up anyway once I run into GBA games with crackling.

>>11857383
I don't want to be normal.

>>11857294
Virtually everything past 16-bit performs faster than real hardware, whether it's intended or not. N64 especially, the gap is abysmal.

>>11857508
Most UMPC brands are chinknese, you just don't want to pay their price.

>>11857685
Finally, just as the creators always envisioned it

>>11857782
>Virtually everything past 16-bit performs faster than real hardware, whether it's intended or not. N64 especially, the gap is abysmal.
Absolutely fucking amazing when a gameplay mechanic, such as running speed, is actually tied to the framerate, holy shit.

There's no way size comparison on the retrocatalog is right. Is portal rally that much bigger than RP5? It's like deckhueg.

>>11857979
Yeah, it is. Why won't that pile of shit site show them in scale to your monitor like retrosizer does anyway?

>>11857782
for what it's worth i gave the modded stock os a shot, added minui as a launcher on top of it. it seems to have stopped the crackling. tested with breath of fire with the sound restoration mod. that one always gave me trouble on these lower end systems.

>>11857383
Replace "switch" with "deck" and this is just the video title russ wishes he could make

>>11857657
Try GBA next, it looks great on there.

>>11857746
Current gamers wouldn't understand since modern slop is so washed out and filled with anti-soul gas.

>>11858006
Yeah, apparently stock doesn't suffer from this at all, looked this up again and they're switching to alsathread after all.

https://github.com/MustardOS/internal/commit/698c83065f6581da2f50011667e1e05ae2367bc8

Now to wait ages for the public release.

>>11857524
Depends on the game but the active cooling lets you push the graphics on the game without the device overheating like a phone would.

>>11858034
Those are just changes to the retroarch config file, you don't need to wait for anything to update the one on your machine and see if it resolves the issue.

>>11858102
I know, just can't be assed to follow the trail for whatever else they changed, and then double check shit when the next version comes out. To be honest, haven't played a GBA game on the 34xx in a while.

>>11858020
ALttP never looked like that when I played it on a CRT through RF 25 years ago. Yes, my family was kinda poor.
The GBA version didn't look like that either.

Aside from RG35XX/34XX SP, are there any chinkhelds with clicky buttons?

Anyone else have an RG Slide? What CRT shader are you using?

>>11858190
Why don’t you RG Slide that into the trash.

>>11853549
>

>>11858198
Still better than the abomination that was the Retroid Pocket Mini and its 3.789999" screen size.

>>11858330
Better how?

>>11858332
It isn't made for manlets with nearsightedness.

>>11858190
If this chink had a 5G SIM I would definitely buy it.

>>11854785
Thanks anon. I dunno why the koko-aio-ng shader is not working, maybe the device is not powerful enough?
Trying crt-geom, and other shaders in the crt folder as well, maybe I find something I like.

>>11858343
People keep saying that, but it's too thick to really use as a phone, and both of those slits by the screen are front-facing speakers. I don't know if there is a mic on it anywhere.

>>11858389
>too thick to really use as a phone
I don't think it's a problem. It's still small enough to be portable. The biggest problem is that the screen being 4:3 would look strange in most use cases.

>>11858404
I mean, it's roughly the size of a n3DS XL. I would find that very awkward to hold up to my head in one hand. I like it as a handheld, but I would not want to use it as a phone.

>>11856461
Anon, gamepad arrived!
Do you know if I can add bigblur to duckstation?

>>11858469
Wider.

modretro chromatic is back in stock

>>11858615
New colorway (US SNES inspired), $200 for a Gorilla Glass lens, $299 for a Sapphire lens.

>>11858615
I can't order the lithium battery on its own this is bullshit

>>11858717
What do you mean? I just ordered one.

Let me guess, you need more.

>>11858745
This cements that anyone who bought the one on the right is a third world mudzilian subhuman. They probably love "the football" button.

>>11858749
Don't care, spent $45 on R36S and R36Max

>>11857687
How do the controls feel on that thing?

>>11858684
So they made a cheaper modretro model they're still selling for $200 and then up charging you for sapphire.

Gamestop still has the first editions in stock.

>>11858817
I wish that they had kept the sapphire lens by default, and just went with a plastic shell. I hate the metal shell.

Modretro did email a 15% off code for whoever bought one in the past.

The battery pack is $30 plus $5 shipping but the coupon takes off $4.50

>>11858825
Well shit, I have two of the GameStop Chromatics, but I guess that doesn't qualify me for a discount. I did order a bunch of their games though.

>>11858831
Why wouldn't you just get an Everdrive?

>>11857498
Wait, are you saying you can mod an OLED Switch now?

Best OS for RG35XXSP?

>>11858832
I do, but it takes a while for those games to get posted anywhere, so I just dump them myself instead. Also the Game Boy is one of the only systems I still actively collect games for, I find it fun and for the most part games are very cheap.

>>11858754
>So fucking stupid he literally does not know what his left from his right is
No words
Besides that the R36S is on the LEFT, THE ELFT, YUO FUYCKWFAW EHFAIUFHILU

Talk me out of it

>>11858339
what do you think "nearsightedness" is?

>>11858754
>Spent $45 on a R36 Max

>>11858843
always been able to.

>>11858873
We can see the South American brown hands in the photo, there was no need to clarify he's an actual, unironic bean.

>>11858867
>grip
>screen protector
take that garbage out and go ahead.

>>11858745
>>11858754
249.59 R$

>>11858879
>no grip
But I'm a big guy...

>>11858745
Wuds your faybrit fuutbal team
Dunnay Brazil now, pompay

>>11858745
huehuehuehuehuehuehue, for the first fucking time in fucking eighteen years

>>11858884
then don't buy it.
if the device needs a grip, it's badly designed and not worth your money.

>>11858843
Nintendo Switch units that aren't the launch ones with the paperclip exploit have to get a mod chip installed.

It was bad enough when Redditors were flooding here after some sort of shit going down where Redditors were supposed to boycott Reddit over some feigned cause over disabled people having trouble with the mobile app's update, but now that we have unironic Brazilians shitting up the general, I'm done, son.
See the legit of you in the Facebook group. Peace to the retards who aren't in the know/Discord faggots/all the Gen Z posters that took over this General.

>>11858891
Like the n3DS.

>>11858891
So you agree that every smart phone ever designed is bad.

>>11858904
i have never use screen protector or case on any of my phones, ever.
they all have worked perfectly fine.
but yeah, i've held phones that feel like shit naked, samsung phones especially.

>>11858904
For most gaming? Yeah.

>>11858949
I felt like the Vita had a sort of... delicate feel to it. Completely unlike the PSP, which just felt fragile and weak. The Vita felt like something more valuable than it actually is.
Almost every single smart phone is the same way, even without screen protectors. You just can't comfortably hold one, whether for phone calls, browsing online, or playing video games, without SOME sort of case.

>>11858186
I’m curious about this too

>>11858904
Featureless rectangles with screens are badly designed, yes.

>>11857979
It's not big. The RP5 is smaller than a phone.

>>11858897
R36S causes yet another crashout. None of you play games.

>>11858873
Not just an R36Max, but also a R36S

>>11858749
>>11858881
>>11858885
>>11858889
>They need more

>>11858975
>The RP5 is smaller than a phone
No it's not. The RP5 is 199mm and even the most massive smartphones right now are around 175-180.

>>11858724
They don't ship the battery seperate to my country (UK)

>>11859013
I mean the screen.

>>11859037
That sucks.

>>11858962
>Completely unlike the PSP, which just felt fragile and weak
What? The feel of the PSP is one of its best parts. It feels like peak Sony media player design. Like it could be a mini-disc player or something.

>>11858745
I bought a Miyoo Mini Plus out of curiosity, when onionOs was still a noteworthy feature. The device can handle up to PSX games (anything beyond that likely requires analog sticks, I guess).
I know there are better options out there, such as the Trimui Brick with its higher res screen, or other devices with a horizontal form factor that might be more comfortable for extended play sessions. However, to be honest, I don’t need anything more right now.
In the future, I might consider upgrading to something more powerful for playing PS2 or N64 games, but I’m not sure how much the addition of analog sticks would affect portability. Until then, I’m using a telescopic pad with my phone.

R36Max is built to be bleached with the white mod.

>>11858820
Really? I think it feels like a little tank in my hands, I love it.

>>11859153
I'm constantly paranoid about scratching the paint.

>>11859163
Oh that's fair, I figure if they can run over it with a car I'll be fine.

Is there a good use for the sticks on the RG34XXSP? I like the screen size of the 35 more, but I also don't want to end up collecting emu devices. Just wanted to check before going with the 35.

>>11859175
They can't, actually. It's been tried.

>>11859209
I won't test it, but generally I feel like this thing is pretty resilient lol

>>11859054
The PSP is the single most flimsiest "official" handheld I have ever owned/used, and that includes the launch DSlite, launch 3DS, and Wonderswan Color. The PSP's plastic feels like the same grade that fucking gumball machine capsules are made out of, that fucking UMD tray, the analog slider, come off whatever the fuck you're on.

>>11859290
Need to specify I had both a PSP-1000 launch, and the red God fo War PSP-2000 which was LAUGHABLY shittier and cheaper quality, I'e had fucking 500-in-1 famiclones in PSP shapes with better plastic quality than the PSP-2000.

>>11859290
>>11859294
I never owned a PSP Go or PSP-3000, they did seem neat but so fucking redundant at the time, especially with how unhappy I was with how shitty the 1000 and ESPECIALLY the 2000 were.
The PSP-2000 was so fucking terrible I'm surprised I even got a Vita at all.

>>11859301
There was a PSP-3000 with red buttons, and a black and gold Monster Hunter PSP-3000 that looked cool, but I just never got around to getting and see no point getting them now.

>>11859308
Even though the 3000 looks nicer than the 2000, it's apparently super shittier. If you want a PSP, at all, the og 1000 model or maybe a Go if you can handle it are the way to go.
Fuck a PSP TV, you might as well play on a Vita for a better experience.

>>11859301
>PSP-2000

What was wrong with the 2000?

>>11858469
Your new controller looks great, anon! I'm happy for you. Standalone DuckStation? I'm not sure, but you might aswell try, though I'd just use it on RetroArch since it's easier and I'm lazy.

>>11859369
Worse screen, half-circle buttons, hadn't gone through 9/11 yet so it still exudes an unfashionable air of naiveté and optimism.

>>11859369
>>11859457
the 2000 is literally the best model

go is trash

Is there any reason to pick the Miyoo Mini Plus over the Trimui Brick?

>>11859564
it'll make the guy here who posts 'buy a miyoo mini plus' happy. Apart from that no

>>11859564
TrimUI has better hardware like a better screen, programmable buttons, and has a GPU that allows it to handle some N64 and PSP games, but Miyoo has a more mature device with better community support behind it and really good CFW. Other than that, it comes down to preference of the actual build. Some people think the MM+ has the best d-pad and buttons in the <$100 range, or that the TrimUI has bad shoulder button options. Do you want something with a nostalgiabait Game Boy plastic build, or do you want something more modern and kind of aping the Analogue Pocket design, even with a full-metal variant dropping in a few weeks? They're both around the same price, so just decide which is more important for you. Or buy both.

>>11859564
only if you want worse screen and mono speaker.

>>11859457
2000 is the best all-around model.
1000 has a joke of a screen, and suffers with homebrew that use the 2k/3k's added RAM. And I personally hate my Go. Bought it to play games at work and it sucks to use. Same deal with my GB Micro, actually.
3000 would be ideal if hacking it wasn't a minefield.

>>11858843
Retard

>>11857687
>gen 1 pokemon
>monochrome
Disgusting

what is the sudden revisionism with the psp?
nobody said anything before about the psp build quality being bad.

>>11859645
>full-metal variant dropping in a few weeks
I guess I'll wait for that then.

Is it worth it to get an odin2 portal over an rp5?
I don't really care if I have to play some PS2 games at 1x resolution, or is there stuff that doesn't run even then?

>>11859662
Lmao, fucking zoomers.

>>11859697
i'd say stay away from metal variants if you have cold hands.
i like my rg351m but it feels cold as a penguin. i prefer using my other handhelds during winter for that reason.

>>11859715
not really then, if you wanna play wii u and switch it would though

>>11859743
>if you wanna play wii u and switch
Not really, I just want something to tide me over while I save for a steam deck (It's like $800 here, since I'm not in one of the officially supported regions, but I really want it)

>>11859662
Vita trannoids, most likely.

>>11859727
Thanks for the tip, because I have dogshit circulation.

>>11859662
Tell me the PSP was released before you were born without specifically stating you're twenty or younger.
>>11859717
https://notafeaturefamilyguy.ytmnd.com/

>>11857998
Retroids are literally the perfect size. Pocketable. Easily slipped into a work bag, a carry-on, or even a sling.

>>11859758
yeah then the rp5 is a good choice then, i'd prefer a steam deck for emulating switch anyways

>>11859662
My guy, you come from an age that believes the console wars either didn't exist at all or were completely fabricated by a thousand lonely nerds who later formed GamerGate to get Donald Trump elected twice.

>>11859697
There's preorders up on a few of the retro handheld sites that YouTubers usually shill, google TrimUI Brick Hammer. $90 tho compared to a regular half plastic half metal TrimUI Smart Brick that's like $50something with AliExpress coupons. Idk if it's just a limited edition run or if it'll be up for general audience purchase later or something

>>11859659
unless you're a zoomer, you played it in monochrome

>>11859717
I was expecting the UMD to hit the twin towers

>>11859662
>>11859717

>>11859821
>xhe didn't play RB on the SGB or through Stadium
Embarrassing

>>11859659
>>11859892
I played gens 1 and 2 exclusively on a DMG

>>11859761
>Trying to pit psp and vita bros against each other.
Lol @ Dslite-rat.

>>11859821
>Playing nintendo handhelds games on the original system
The smart thing to do was to always wait. Gb? Waited until the gba. Ds? Waited until the dsi xl. 3ds? Waited until new3ds. The only exception was the gba.

>>11859941
You didn’t wait for the ds for gba?

>>11859925
Cringe and sad, you really missed out

>>11860004
Not sad. Just soul and original. Besides, monochrome was clearly Psuedo black and white. It's why gen 5 is second best.

I want something to launch fortnite on the go so I can goon to the skins anywhere

>>11860049
look no further than the datafrog gb300

>>11860008
>soul and original
Gen 1 was made with the SGB palette in mind, anon
>gen 5 is second best
fuck off, zoomer

>>11860094
>Gen 5 leh bad bcuz [Peppeeeoppploblublublo]
Kwab. Bet you like shithonen over gen 2.

>>11860049
listen to >>11860059
the GB stands for 'Graphics Beast'

>>11860140
1>2>4>3
Everything else is shit and not canon

new thread
>>11860261

>>11858843
It's a pain in the ass to do properly -- you have to drill a couple of layers of PCB to connect a modchip. Drill not enough -- wouldn't work; drill one too many -- switch is dead.

>>11858615
Don't really care, but this is pretty sick. Shame it's not the Wireless 2.0 version, I would've picked one for sure. Orange or pink.

>>11858975
Can't fool me, anon. I have an RP5 and a phone.

>>11859645
>full-metal variant dropping in a few weeks
I'll believe it when I see it. It's vaporware.

>>11859758
Why not put that money (almost half of the price) -- towards the deck?

>>11860501
new flop incoming

>>11860937
Not sure why I should personally care about that, anon. Really not following you here.