Thread 11875145

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>>11860261

First for legion go! The eck is AMAZING but its effectively the eck 2. Debating doing a battery mod.

Reposting in the new thread. Any good clamshells models that can run Portmaster decently? Was thinking of grabbing something I can bring to work for breaks. Considered my old Trimui Smart or Smart Pro but I think a Clamshell might be a safer bet for carrying. I do not want to bring anything like my GBA/SP, PSP or Vita where it could get lost/stolen/damaged.

>>11875161
The 35xxsp should be fine if you don't play stick games, otherwise, the miyoo flip assuming they fixed the hinge.

>>11875164
Thank you, Anon. I gave up on retro handhelds after getting my TSP and TS, also my Deck later. I just want something cheap-ish for breaks and lulls though now.

>>11875151
I was planning on getting one, but it being twice as expensive as the Deck is a no-no. It's silly how these companies keep putting out budget handhelds but refuse to subsidize them to actually compete with Valve. There's just no reason to not save up some more money and get a Z2E device, which is infinitely stronger.

what's the cheapest handeld that can emulate 6th gen games? the rp4p is too expensive for 20yo games desu

>>11875253
either cough up a $200 for a retroid of your choice or wait 5 years for phone companies to start binning and throwing better processors

>>11875253
>the rp4p is too expensive for 20yo games desu
That is your price range for wanting 6th gen. The RP4, RP5, RPF2, and Ayn Odin 2 are what you're looking at. It's why it's typically recommended you just save up an extra $100 and get a Steam Deck because at that point you're in the price range anyway and get access to way more.

>>11875187
Valve is in the business of selling games. They're in the business of selling hardware. Valve can afford to subsidize their device, they cannot.
Think 3DO versus Sega.

>>11875164
What about the Powkiddy V90S?

>>11875151
>not oled
Trash.

>>11875441
I'm not sure the v90s can do portmaster yet, there hasn't been a rush of CFW for it

>>11875145 (OP)
A currently unknown entity sued this Italian youtuber for "promoting crimes" (piracy) because he reviewed Anbernic consoles.
He specifically told his audience (at the start of every video) that piracy was wrong and illegal and you need to dump your own roms in order to enjoy the chinese retro-handhelds.

He's now facing jail time and a 15k fine.

>>11875528
>A currently unknown entity sued this Italian youtuber
Mama mia!

corpo globo homo mafia is too powerful

mama mia

>>11875528
Based, hopefully Russ and Techdweeb go to prison next

>>11875512
actually it looks like portmaster works on PlumOS but you need to fiddle about
https://github.com/game-de-it/plumOS-V90S/releases/tag/plumOS-V90S_v0.4

Looking to add a 5th member to me collection. Thoughts?

>Anbernic RG280v, silver
I'm on the go, so this is the pefect device for me. Amazing for JRPGs that don't require much trigger use due to their placement on the corners.

>RG351MP, mintgreen
I got it for the metal shell and screen ratio. It has a nice PAWG weight that screams quality; can possibly bash someone's head in with it. Nice buttons, sticks, bumpers, and silicone grip pad on the back. No contest, the best for all PSX and earlier.

>Analogue Pocket, black
Preordered first run, never going back. It may be the black sheep, but nothing is better for original hardware except arguably their source consoles. No input lag, crisp enhanced display, once you add the FPGA cores it's flawless for NeoGeo and earlier. They have a 1080p dock for it also, and all your 8bitdos are compatible with it. There's a grip installment now too. It's made by two whiteboys in Seattle, not children in Taiwan for $4 an hour.

>Retroid Pocket 2, gameboy colors
It introduced me to the chinkheld market, so it holds a dear place in my heart. It may not have aged like wine, but it served me well and for years. Despite being older it can emulate N64 better than the aforesaid Anbernics, which makes no sense to me.

>Steamdeck OLED, black
Sex in your hands. Feels good. Incredible for emulaying PS2 and earlier, runs most Steam games except those you need a crazy PC for, runs PC games and is literally a Linux computer in desktop mode. Very moddable inside and out. Just like the Analogue, if you want quality I suggest you buy American.

>PSP 2000, white with Vader (Battlefront edition)
Honorable mention. My first true love.

>>11875674
clamshell is the only form factor that isnt listed so probably that. budget options are the anbernic or miyoo SP clones. otherwise retroid pocket flip 2 for a ds-sized clamshell that can play up to ps2 and light switch games.
either that or upgrade from your rg280v to a better speced budget vertical. if you want to keep the screen under 3 inches the gkd pixel or miyoo mini v4 are probably good options, but for verticals in general the trimui brick or the batlexp g350 probably the best budget option if you don't mind getting something bigger. i dont think you need any more horizontals lol.

Are there any interesting ports I could download for my android handheld? Even if the game is a novelty I just want to see how it plays on my rp5

>>11875512
I wonder if Crossmix can be ported to it, it's almost identical to the Brick in terms of hardware.

got my RG 40XXV yesterday and i notice that the dpad is kinda shit and i keep pressing the fucking trigger buttons, i probably shoulda just got a clamshell unit.

>>11875708
final fantasy pixel remaster

>>11875528
Yeah Italy has a history of being very retarded about the subject of video games. He will probably go to prison.

>>11875708
Not retro but Alien: Isolation

Openmw. Jedi knight and academy. Half life. Hitman blood money. Flame keeper. Katana zero. Subnautica

>>11875902
>>11875708

Checking in to see if analogue pocket has savestates for snes/genesis yet

how the fuck do I use the scraper on KNULLI? I can't sign in anywhere and it only ever scrapes MAME and it never finishes.

>>11876018
>Press start when at the console listings, not in the games.
>Scraper -> Scraper Settings -> Bottom to log in.
>Scraper Settings also lets you select how you want them viewed.
>Back out to Scraper and then choose whatever you want on that page and then at the bottom hit "Scrape now".
It by default only grabs from one source which is your choosing. Screenscraper is the best choice, TheGamesDB is only good for things like romhacks or translation patches. Once the scraping is done go back to the main menu and go to "Game Settings" and then "Update Gamelists". Anything it couldn't find will be the filename you had it at.

If you want to manually scrape something then go to a game, hold A on it, scroll to the bottom, and click "Scrape". The manual scrape scrapes all three sources. If it still isn't showing then go to "Input" at the bottom after you enter the "Scrape" menu and mess around with the name to try and get it to find something. Romhacks are the hardest to find any listings for and they usually default to the source of the romhack.

>>11876164
yea i did and theres no login option, but i figured out an easier way to do it with skraper.net so im just doing that now

>>11876174
>theres no login option
Uh, there should be. No idea what's going on on your end then.

>>11876182
no clue i don't have that at all though.

>retroid shipped
>coming next week
>hospital stay saved
Jawsome.

3x2 gba box art that's made specifically for knulli on the rg34xx, it fills up all of the space provided on your tiny screen

https://drive.google.com/file/d/13i4tod9dRO4hN7cXr-ixMa7CEUWDIZiU/view

I wanted all my snes box art in emulation station to be the same size and orientation, and to replace ugly box art when applicable, so I've built up a collection of alternate art from a million different sources. you can DL it and pick and choose stuff from it if you want.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1G7oJ32R-KDgWLDpjier6m5TPladGz4t0/view

>>11875423
Being in the business of selling hardware should make it easier to subsidize.

So I'm bout to install MuOS on my RG 40XXV because the fucking overlays keep fucking up with knulli and it's pissing me off

so i can't put any files on my SD card anymore, i thought the SD card I got was good cause it looked like a normal fucking SD card but apparently its shitty cause its deleting shit randomly and now its throwing me this error.

are these one of the SD cards that are prone to failure?

>>11876427
It might be a fake Kioxia. Cross-check with some official screenshots to see whether all markings are correct.

>>11876449
That sounds like a stupid waste of time. Just throw it away and use a brand name card.

i bought a 1tb lexar micro sd card for my retroid. Guess i'll be putting in every game i can find into it.

>>11876454
im just annoyed cause that means i gotta setup all the filters/shaders again. I might just do MUos so I don't have to fuck around with all this bullshit in KNulli

>>11876464
is there any place that sells preconfigured SD cards with everything setup shaders wise? I feel exhausted from this shit.

>>11876484
I don't think anybody offers full configs. Not even GoGameGeek or LitNXT go that far with their customized SD cards.

>>11876464
Can you at least read and copy files off the card? Why not back everything up and copy it to a new card?

>>11876524
friend helped me to fix it
>>11876515
would be amazing if someone did

i want this overlay but the tiny little squares really kills it for me, GBC never had these squares so why is it on the overlay?

>>11876554
>GBC never had these squares
they do, they are called pixels.
anyway, not everyone likes it.
post the overlay image and i can fix it for you.

>>11876560
I really need to get a GBC again just so i can see for myself cause I really don't remember that at all.

>>11876567
there you go, anon.
replace the image or create a new overlay cfg file pointing to the new image.

>>11876586
appreciate it

>>11876587
i adapted the perfect overlays to fit the trimui brick for myself.
removed the grid because i use the sameboy lcd shader for that.

>>11876606
i guess maybe i've just been spoiled with all these LCDs that I don't remember what GBC use to look like and sadly it would just cost way more to get a GBC and a few games so I just go with these. It pisses me off cause I had a GBC one of my sisters friends stole it on me and sold it for drugs 20 years ago.

>>11876615
it sucks.
i had my gba sp stolen on my way home when i went to trade-in metroid fusion for minish cap.
worse thing is that it was an ags-101 unit and sometime later i saved money to buy a used gba sp, but it was an ags-001. i didn't even know gba sp's with frontlight existed until that point. all the ones i've seen were ags-101.
but whatever, later i bought a flashcart, so i didn't need anything else anymore.

>>11876427
Mine is still good after a year, should be legit.

>>11876427
i have an identical one on my rg351m i bought like 4 or 5 years ago.
it's good.

what's the cheapest way to reliably play ps2 on the go

>>11876898
your phone.

>>11876898
technically your phone with an 8-bitdo micro controller clip or something, but else the retroid pocket 4. No cheap EDC devices that can handle it yet

>>11876958
>retroid pocket 4
thanks, they look fairly affordable used

>>11876898
steam deck

>>11876417
Did you buy a temu sandong card?

>>11876417
Every time you buy an SD card, the first thing you should do is run h2testw or f3 to check if it's a legit card or not. Even if you buy SD cards from Amazon (the seller) there is a chance you could get a fake one because the fake ones from other sellers can get mixed in with the legit ones.

>>11876459
Nice. I was about to get a lexar but saw teamgroup had a better speced one for 10 bucks less

What has been the worst brand of SD card you have tried?
In general, bad experiences with SD cards?

>>11877198
I've had SUCH terrible history with SD cards I ONLY buy sandisk or Samsung. And I always run h2testw first thing.

>>11877198
I don't risk it. Only big names and only scamazon, they don't question returns for that sort of shit.

>>11877184
i looked at the reviews and there's way more 1 star bad reviews for teamgroup compared to the other brands, I believe that $10 discount is not worth the headaches if it turned out to be a bad sd card.

>>11877182
>every time you buy a sd card you should shorten its lifespan running a test made for paranoid people
no. you should be buying from reliable vendors instead.

>>11877269
Even if you buy from a reliable vendor, you could still have a dud. Testing it once is not gonna kill your SD card.

>>11877232
I thought the same thing but reading niche tech forums teamgroup seems to be on par with SanDisk

>>11876464
>>11876524
Just clone the card using your pc, there is a 3 minute long guide on YouTube with a 1 minute intro

HERE'S an sd card that'll put hair on your chest!

>>11875638
Will he have snack and drinks in prison as well?
Honest question!

>>11877198
A Kingston 1GB was the only MicroSD card I've ever had properly fail on me. Outside of that the only other SD card I've had fail was the Vita's 1GB or 2GB proprietary one and only in a weird way with it having issues if left unpowered for a few years (I couldn't really backup saves or screenshots without it throwing errors at me unless I did them individually) at which point I was forced to format it. It still works today though after the format I did like five years ago?

Now, if we're talking HDDs Seagate can rot in a pit. Five HDDs from them have all died within a year of owning them ranging from their higher end externals to their normal HDDs. A brand new external of mine died literally as I was moving files to it getting rid of like 3 or 4 years of documents and pictures. My parents would get them for me when I was younger brand new and I lost so much data because of them specifically. The only one that ever survived for me was a 40 GB from my PS3 which lasted over 10 years before I replaced it of my own volition, not because it was failing.
I refuse to trust them and have stuck with WD ever since with not a single HDD dying in like 15 years now. I primarily only have blues in my computer and bought their 2TB SSD as well which also has no issues for over like two years now. I've only ever had to replace them because they were actually just getting so old CrystalDiskInfo started showing there were genuine write errors starting to appear on the disk so I should replace it.

>>11877198
I had a 512MB Sandisk fully die on me, but that would have been like in 2008.
I have a 16GB Strontium that ended up in a Raspberry Pi where it eventually stopped booting reliably. Just tried plugging it in now and it took a few plug/unplugs to get it to show up.

Anyone with the 6 button retroid picked classic, can C be used as confirm system wide?
I know emulators can remap, but if I'm playing any android apps and C isn't jump/shoot/accel I will lose my mind.

>>11877198
PNY always died on me

>>11877695
>confirm system wide
What are you talking about? It has a touch screen, dingus.

>>11877715
Why would I use the touchscreen to play android games on a device like that?

My flip 2 is sitting in a delivery facility thats 20 minutes away cmon you fucks send it out already reee

>>11877754
Just go down and get it like any other American.

very comfy playing Radiata Stories on my flip2. Never thought that would be possible but here we are. And the good thing is that these things are getting cheaper/will have better battery capacity in the future/better ergonomics/better software, so if these things break, you can just replace it.

Bros... Trimui smart pro or anbernic RG40XX H? I just want something so my kids can play some classics during our holidays and both look good on paper

>>11877818
both play the same games and are around the same price, it comes down to whether or not you want a 16:9 screen ratio or a 4:3. the trimui screen does look better, tho most games that it can run without problems are not going to be in widescreen without hacks anyways if they can tolerate black bars if you go with that.

RG Cube is pretty comfy - anyone know if Azahar is the way to go for 3DS? It seems to struggle with some games

>Check portmaster testing thread
>Morrowind werks on the shart pro
>Mods also work
Retarded question, but how feasible would it be yo get gothic 1 and 2 running on pm?

>>11878042
>Azahar
That's indeed the one you should use. That one has a setting to turn off right eye 3d or someshit that should improve performance. I don't rememeber what it's acutally called.

>>11875528
How? There's a Olympus Mons sized pile of homebrew games that'd fill the SD card on that thing.

What did they mean by this design?

>>11878305
wheres this testing thread?

so how come portmaster never added diablo 2? it was being worked on by anberports but anberports got discontinued.

Is there any drawback to converting files to chd?

Just starting my collection and have some ps1, ps2, Sega CD, Saturn and Gamecube games. Will I need to worry about decompression issues on handhelds like ps1 on a Trimui Brick or Ps2/GC Saturn on a RP5?
Is it likely safe to compress romhacks/translations?

>>11878614
no, chd just saves space without any drawbacks.

>>11878614
No.
Yes, but I've had unCHD'd games fail to apply romhacks.

>>11878614
I've seen a few mentions when I was wondering this same question and there's some games that have audio issues or crash due to audio problems rarely. I think one example was Tekken? Gran Turismo? Something like that. But overall it's not a problem and you're just getting space back.

>>11878614
There's a new version I saw that keeps audio files as lossless so use that

>>11878614
Dolphin's CHD equivalent is RVZ.

A handful of Saturn games can't be correctly represented in CHD according to https://github.com/StrikerX3/Ymir/issues/48.

>>11878531
He means the offical portmaster discord. R36s devices don't seem to play it well.

>>11878305
How well does morrowind work? What kind of framerates are we looking at?

>>11878614
for ps1 pbp are better.
>can store up to 5 discs in a single file
>no need to fiddle with m3u files and having your cue and bin cluttering the list
>also supports compression

>>11878614
As with any compressed format, it will have to be decompressed on the fly, which requires more power, time and adds more heat. Besides, should you want to apply an undub/translation patch or a mod, you'll have to decompress CHD because no patcher will ever support it. As a rule of thumb, Generally speaking, I'd say don't bother unless you get a good compression ratio, at least 80% for example.

>>11879049
You're a dumb ass
>>11878614
nope. it's all i use, and low power devices show no difference in performance.
>>11878942
chd is lossless, pbp is lossy.
Also, certain versions of retroarch on these Linux devices don't seem to allow you to switch disks with pbp without creating the cue file. You can switch disc's with chd, you just use the file browser. put all the disc's in a per-game folder and you won't have to scroll.

>>11879171
>You can switch disc's with chd, you just use the file browser. put all the disc's in a per-game folder and you won't have to scroll.
Or just make an m3u.

>>11879321
i think it's easier to just put them in a folder

>>11878942
I do this too. All my single disc games are chd and all multidisc get turned into pbp.

Folders are another option but I personally prefer the pbp method because I like having singular files. The only thing that sucks a bit is I'm pretty sure pbp is lossy.

>>11879171
>muh lossless
cannot be lossy, retard. not in the way you think.
all the files and track data remain intact.
but yes, the reconstructed bin isn't 1:1, but it still contains all the data.

>>11879171
pbp just work.
if "certain version of retroarch" doesn't work is because the retards that modified it fucked up and you should consider another cfw, simple as.

>>11878305
>That one has a setting to turn off right eye 3d or someshit that should improve performance.
Thanks anon, setting 'Disable Right Eye Render' to active helped with the stutter in the games it was happening

>>11879372
nah, chd just work.
pbp Disc changing is harder in retroarch. simple as.

chd Also ends up slightly smaller.

>>11879381
3DS games naturally render twice for 3D and since devices dont have 3D screens anymore, it should be turned off unless you see graphical errors.

>>11879402
we may disagree with chd and pbp.
but i completely agree with retroarch disc swapping, it's dogshit no matter the format you choose.
famicom disk system swapping is also shit.

>convert my Legal Backup (TM) PSP ISOs to CHD
>PPSSPP says I didn't use the createdvd setting and calls me a retard
I'm still a bit salty

Do you guys actually use the preloaded roms instead of building your own library?
I threw away my card and never used it

>>11879468
lol, i buy without card. and the second thing i do is installing cfw anyway.
i have some unused micro sd anyway, so it's not like i even need more micro sd's.

>>11879468
I make a Linux card and delete their included games.
>>11879469
All my cards are in use, so I always have to buy a new one. I have a RP5 en route, debating on what size to get. Will probably go for 1tb just to be over and done with it, since I’m planning on PS2 emulation.

>>11879468
The included games are also buggy from what I heard

how do i disable the L1 R1 R2 L2 Triggers on retroarch while im playing gb/gbc? I keep fat fingering them and changing the color/speeding up the game.

>>11879712
>Quick Menu
>Controls
>Port 1 Controls
then scroll down to the triggers/bumpers and change them to ---
then Manage Remap Giles -> Save Core Remap File, if you're using Gambatte for both GB/GBC, otherwise Save Content Directory Remap File

is the miyoo mini as good as people say?

>>11879728
thank you

>>11879730
no its fucking not do not buy that piece of shit.

>>11879738
is there anything else in that size class? the portability is the main reason i'm looking

>>11879741
get an RG 40XXV

>>11879741
RG28XX or MagicX 28 are around the same size and are better, but if you want a one-handed mini there aren't many other options apart from the D28S, which isn't great.
A lot of the 'Miyoo Mini is great!' is from a few years ago when there weren't other options

>>11879746
the magicx 28 looks cool, is it easy to pocket?

>>11879468
honestly yeah with my g350, playing a lot of games i never heard of and having fun
gonna actually just copy all the default games to a new card though just to be safe
currently playing super turrican

>>11879761
yeah, here it is with a deck of cards for scale. I do put it in a sunglasses pouch when its in my pocket though

>>11879730
It's kind of overrated and underrated. Redditors and YouTube shills will glaze it for its CFW and say other dumb shit like "the coziest comfiest handheld for retro blasting", but I don't think the hate it gets is really justified either. It's a system that got a lot right at the time when there was so much slop on the market, it's <$50 and sometimes could be had for ~$30 with AliExpress coupons and sales, and it's for that reason it's still a top seller years down the line and has matured since then with community support. I still think it has the best feeling buttons and dpad among handhelds I have in the same budget category, and OnionOS is pretty nice (though I use MinUI nowadays). The triggers on the Miyoo Mini specifically are pretty bad, but they are a lot better on the Miyoo Mini Plus at the cost of being a bigger device.
However, I will agree there are handhelds now that can do a lot of things better for the same price range, and you should consider getting those unless there's something you specifically like about the Miyoo devices. If you want something that's a similar size or some other micro device, I honestly think the Miyoo Mini is still the best option as similar small options like the GKD Pixel don't really do much better and cost more. If you just want a good vertical handheld with a 3.5" screen or less, the TrimUI Brick is the best option for something just slightly bigger than the Miyoo Mini. If form factor isn't a consideration, just pick something and compare it to the Miyoo Mini and it will probably be better.

>>11879730
Reddit aren't people.

>>11879815
thanks for the size comparison

>>11879840
that's a very even handed take and i appreciate it. just gotta figure out my use case and the choice should become clear

>>11879730
no, it's shit. it doesn't even have something as basic as stereo speakers.

>>11879730
The plus version is much better.

Does anyone know which chinkshit has the brightest screen? All the anbernics I have are pretty dim

>>11880028
grab a retroid because im the type of person who would max out brightness but retroids are so naturally bright i had to set it to below 50%

>>11880028
if you need bright screens, there is something wrong with your eyes and you should not be looking at screens at all.

Is MUOS/Retroarch really fucky with Pokemon Emerald? I can't seem to run it on my anbernic35xxsp and I tried different cores already.

>retroid classic has saturn buttons
>no saturn dpad

>>11880031
Thanks I'll probably get a Mini V2 soon seems like exactly what I want
>>11880040
I play my handhelds outdoors a lot lately and the screens have been way too dim its not my eyes

>>11880028
RGB30 gets so bright the SD slot gets hot to the touch after a few minutes, CubeXX gets similarly bright. Both on CFW anyway, stock has dimmer limits.

>>11880042
No. You probably got a bad/edited dump.

>>11880080
I got it off vimm... Finding the correct MD5 for moemon is difficult enough. I'll try downloading virtual boy if it's truly fucked.

>>11880080
I might get a CubeXX instead of a Mini V2, the Mini V2 is fcking insanely priced. Thanks

>>11880080
Works on my PC.

Wow, this rouge-like hack for Zelda 1 was great. Very fun.

Really really enjoying CV2 in the handheld context (flip 2). It's fun to just play it in little bites at a time, going on one little mini adventure to make it to the text now and collect some clues, then flipping it closed when I'm done for the moment. I love sprawling explorey adventures so much.

>>11880126
>New Pixie
Nice.

>>11880042
works on my brick machine.
i got moemon star emerald from pokeharbor.

>>11880175
What OS are you running?
Downloaded there just now and it's still fucked.

>>11880201
stock with anotherstockmix.
retroarch 1.21.0 and mgba 0.11-dev core. no fancy configurations other than the shader and overlay.
gpsp core gives a white screen.

>>11880210
Huh, yeah. gpsp core gives me a white screen too, but mgba freezes after the Gameboy logo screen. Thanks.

>>11880214
found the issue.
enable skip bios intro.
there is something wrong with the game.

>>11880214
>>11880220
alternatively, fix the header with gbata.
that also makes it boot from bios.

>>11880115
what's it called?

hey, i just updated retroarch on my rg300x and gpsp now has rumble support.
drill dozer can be played as god intended. games with gb player rumble work too.
the jz4770 keeps on giving!
only bad thing is that only officially supported games rumble, so no warioland 4 rumble patch yet.

>>11880220
>>11880228
Alright thanks, I'll try fucking around with the tool.

>>11880305
good luck anya :3

Flip2 finally arrived!
Is it possible to install rocknix on the internal storage of this thing? I don't wanna use android ever

>>11880248
Ancient Dungeon

>>11879815
Magicx make really neat devices

>>11880394
You will need a different microsd card to install Linux, I believe you still need to boot from the external to run Linux. I think you just need to change boot settings once and then it will keep booting from that.

>>11876182
why the fuck do you need an account to download some pictures
not that I give a single fuck I find my game and press A no faggotry needed

>>11880126
What the fuck are you doing man
It's a 1080p screen
use 5x scaling and a KIO shader

>>11880175
wash your hands god damn

>>11880283
based MIPSchad, what OS are you using?
I feel like the opendinux beta and manually updating retroarch is better than those pre-built images

>>11880931
It allows more simultaneous downloads, doubles your daily cap of images downloaded (Which is very very easy to hit if you pick anything other than the bare basics because just nabbing a basic image, boxart, and marquee is already 3), and increases your download speed.

>>11880942
Nah, I also have a Brick, TrimUI devices just has really fucking smudgy screens for some reason. Even with a microfiber cloth it's a pain in the ass to wipe off completely. I don't even use screen protectors and I bought one for it just because its easier to wipe down than the bare screen.

>>11880951
im talking about the greasy ass buttons

>>11880953
Oh, I thought it was the lighting honestly. Get this dude a wetnap

>>11880962
this is why buying used handhelds is insane

>60hz LCD screen
>$440 to fucking $700 dollars

I am deeply confused. Who buys Ayaneo and why? At first I guessed it was about getting a more premium quality for premium price till I actually looked at the things and see it's just premium price. Yet they're still in business so somehow there's an audience for this somewhere.

>>11880972
They're in business mainly because all their products are Kickstarted. They functionally have the R&D paid for.

>>11880964
Never bought specifically handhelds secondhand but looking at retro console listings in general on ebay is disgusting sometimes. The worst is when there's at least an attempt made to wipe controllers and shit down, but with a baby wipe instead of alcohol or something, and it still clearly has the fucking tissue fiber residue on it and just turns grime into moist grime that I'd need to clean up properly when it arrives.

Being new to this scene I'm in awe in how rapidly China has been been blasting out handhelds of every price, spec and style under the sun. Wonder how long this can last? I mean, eventually all the low-hanging fruit will be taken and the only option left will be higher power, more expensive hardware that will creep into the territory already taken by pc handhelds.
Are there any notable niches left for them to serve?

>>11880972
Not only the underwhelming specs but their build quality in general is shit for the price range. There was a video about their $1000 Steam Deck competitor's touchscreen getting as hot as 135F and light bleed happening on the sides of the screen after only a few days. Their customer support is also pretty awful, with people even being contacted by them to remove their negative posts about their products on social media in order to get a refund. I literally have no idea how they still have people Kickstarting their shit like >>11880979 mentioned, I've been in these threads for a few months and I've never heard of any anons using Ayaneo devices.

>>11875164
>the miyoo flip assuming they fixed the hinge.
they didnt

>>11875253
Your phone plus a bluetooth controller you slide it in

>>11875720
The dpad will wear in after some time, but probably won't ever be perfectly definite like some other ones are

>>11876427
I've used the fake microSD card that I got with my Miyoo Mini as throwaway storage for my Steam deck, and really abused it with anime torrents. Still works fine
These cards are all likely factory rejects that were "finished" in ghost shifts so they are a gamble.

>>11876554
It's a shader. You should be able to turn it off.

>>11877198
A samsung one I have randomly corrupted everything in a pattern. I was using it in a DSLR to take photos so it was really shit to see all images with corrupt blocks somewhere in the image.
A few months later I tried to copy all the pictures from it again, and that time there were no issues. It had somehow fixed itself.

>>11878467
Perfect for virtual boy

Anyone with an Ayaneo windows device here? What's a good replacement for their crappy ayaspace system menu?

>>11878614
>Is there any drawback to converting files to chd?
Converting them back to a normal format doesn't always work
I converted some PS2 games with likely a wrong flag (CD instead of DVD). They work as CHDs but I couldn't restore them to DVD images

>>11879171
>pbp is lossy.
Is it? What data gets lost?
I wouldn't use it because it's a proprietary sony format and can have issues with some games

>>11879452
For PSP you should just use CSO
Then it still works even on the real machine

>>11879730
>>11880006
OnionOS is trash, it's a modified stock OS. it#s built on a bad, unstable foundation.
The headphone out is crap quality
The display looks bad compared to slightly more expensive devices and this might actually be a fault of the CPU and not the display itself
The CPU is dogshit made for digital picture frames and has no 3D GPU at all while any other handheld worth anything does have one

>>11880951
>TrimUI devices just has really fucking smudgy screens for some reason
They don't apply the aniti-fingerprint coating to save money. You could install a screen protector that has it.

>>11879840
I think this is the most fair take. Still love my Miyoo Mini and it does a lot for me, but I wouldn't get it again given the current market of handhelds.

The perfect handheld for watching tiktok and youtube shorts

>>11881251
This is the only time where I will recommend a phone over a handheld.

>>11880972
Why would anyone get this shit over an Odin 2 Portal that's cheaper and has a way better screen? Sure the Ayaneo is more powerful, but marginally. Odin 2 Portal can already play everything.

>>11880945
custom made odbeta based on adam 2.1.
i fixed some things like the volume not having enough steps and the lower possible volume being too loud.
also added a script to mount the third partition of the first sd card as the games partition so i don't need a second sd card.
i wanted to also fix hdmi output, but never found a solution for odbeta. it would be easy if anbernic shared the source of their hdmi enabled image.

>>11881303
ah, also added music while browsing simplemenu :)

>>11881251
How did magicx go from literally who to a fairly liked brand overnight?

>>11881317
They got free advertising everywhere. A better question is, are they actually a new company? The buttons, screws, back sticker look like Anbernic ones

>>11881303
>it would be easy if anbernic shared the source of their hdmi enabled image.
you can use more recent RA builds with the 'nig image right?

>>11881332
you can, retroarch has an opendingux stable release
but some game ports don't.
someday i'll try the anbernic image again and try to push it as far as i can.

>>11881340
it outputs 480p over hdmi iirc so it might be worth exploring.
the H700 also do 480p out so id stick with one of those devices if I really cared

>>11881343
>chinks can barely make ONE (1) working hinge
>make a device with 3

Just want to thank >>11834415 and >>11835691 for their help on figuring the tape out in addition to our local tape autist (>>11824469) for getting the pad locations down. The d-pad on my RG34XX now functions monumentally better. It won't detect on very light presses but detects on normal presses every single time and I'm not getting any false diagonals whatsoever anymore. Would highly recommend it, took like 40 minutes to open the thing, get the tape cut to the right size, place it decently enough, and reassemble it all correctly.

I would recommend pulling the tape back ever so slightly from the center of the button since center feels like it sometimes doesn't get the input on light pushes, but normal pressure always gets an input.

>>11881134
just download the iso again.
that's always faster than converting

>>11881363
who gave you permission to use my tape tripfag

fucking retard you're not even doing it right and the one you bought is too thick
never try to use my tape again idiot

>>11880942
i ate something greasy yesterday and thought i had washed my hands hard enough. sorry you had to see that, anon :(
or where you expecting an edgy retort like.
you mom's greasy pussy juice left my hand like that!

>>11880625
Yeah I did all that, I was just wondering if you could write it to the internal storage so that I dont have to have the OS on the external microsd. I think it should be possible with adb, but I can't find confirmation online that it works and I don't wanna brick my system

>>11881273
>>11881251
If one is passionate enough about the NDS to have a dedicated emulation device for it, why not just use a DS?

>>11881641
Emulation ≠ Original Hardware. Both cases have their pros and cons
>>11881273
On-screen buttons eat nig*er dick

>>11881660
That's what I'm saying; emulation is worse and costs more than a DS, so who is this for?

>>11881660
Tiktok and youtube shorts are already nigger dick tier garbage anyway.

>>11881672
Zero 40
>Better contrast and color
>x1.9 resolution
>IPS
>Save States, Fast Forward,etc
DS Lite/XL
>A bigger screen
>Clamshell
>~20 year old used hardware that probably has dust from the previous owner's belly button.

>>11881324
This was already taked about. Most of these companies pretty muc use the same parts because most of them are made in the same core factory. The reason why the retroid flop 2 isn't shit is because moorechip already made the x18/s so retroid told them do what they did there in theirs. This goes for telescopic controllers as well. Magic x was the first to use the hall sticks from telescopic controllers. Then retroid followed.

>>11881709
The zero 40 is just a phone with a telescopic controller permanently attached. Just use that at that point.

Is the Anbernic 35xx SPas good as it looks?

>>11881790
You tell us.

>>11881790
Its better than it has any right to be but the buttons are still borderline planned obsolescence with how easy it is for them to puncture the pads on the pcb

>>11881792
That's just something from google images

>>11881794
Is there a home fix for this that isn't too complicated?

>>11881794
I thought the button problem was addressed in the revisions they released 2 months later

>>11881801
I heard it was as well actually.

What are the chances of Anbernic releasing another handheld that's just a slightly more powerful 34xx sp but with a screen more like the 35xx. because that's exactly what I want

>>11881790
yes.
looks like crap and it is crap.

>>11881820
what's a better alternative

>>11881790
It's slightly larger than an SP and the buttons are clicky. Like the others said there's an issue with dome piercing on the ABXY buttons and the d-pad. The revision fixed this on the ABXY buttons but not the d-pad so if you want to make sure it doesn't happen you need to 3D print some washers and then open up the SP and put them on the silicone membranes. You can find more about that:
https://imoskvin.com/blog/rg35xxsp-button-mod/

Stores still have old revision stock so if you want to guarantee a new revision you need to buy transparent white, transparent red, or transparent green.
Transparent blue, transparent black, OG silver, and SNES all have a chance to be old revision so you're rolling a dice on if the store has old or new revisions of those and what they will send to you.

>>11881801
They addressed it on the ABXY buttons, not the d-pad. The d-pad still punctures even on the revisions.

>>11881790
Best SP format handheld, for what that's worth.

>>11881818
I'd fully expect them to make an "RG34XX-SP Mini" to copy Miyoo since they removed their sticks as well and the #1 complaint about the RG34XX-SP is that it has sticks. The #2 complaint is the awful tapering for the screen which they could also probably fix.

>>11881875
Fuck the 34xx's screen resolution, anyone that wanted it to be a perfect replica for gba games is retarded. the 35xx is way better for way more games, including gba since the little logo on the bottom when emulating gba looked cute

>>11881891
>anyone that wanted it to be a perfect replica for gba games is retarded
The entire point is that it's a nostalgia device which is why it's in that shape in the first place. It being able to play more systems isn't the draw because the focus is specifically to play GBA games like a real SP without the limitations of an SP. That's why the 34XX is so appealing in general: It's literally just a GBA with more buttons. I do agree with you that the bezel does make it feel more "authentic" and I think going down in size is actually worse in terms of adult hands. I think the RG35XX-SP is the best implementation of the SP model so far.

>>11881873
V90s moggs

>>11881891
People wanted the 351p but clamcell, it's that simple

>>11881891
>>11881897
I've owned a bunch of these devices, and the 34xx and arc-s are my two most played. While the Arc-S could use more power and a better screen, the 34xx is fucking perfect.

And I don't want it to be anything other than a GBA. Games are more enjoyable when you play them on a device that excels at being what it is, not a

ONE-SIZE-FITS-NONE

device.

>>11881917
>Games are more enjoyable when you play them on a device that excels at being what it is, not a ONE-SIZE-FITS-NONE device.
Agreed. Still waiting for a WS clone and a better DS clone that can run Melon DS better.

>>11881920
wonderswan is 3:2 so the 34xx is actually fine for that, unless a game actually uses all of those buttons. Most don't.

As for DS, I still say N3DS XL is the way to go.

>>11881923
I mean an actual clone so it has the vertical option if you want it with the proper control scheme. Plus, all the WSCs are being destroyed by modders sticking new screens in them so it would be a way to save the original systems.

>>11881924
I would just play the vertical games on a vertical device. The wonderswan itself is a one-size-fits-none device. The controls suck because of its gimmick, just like the N Gage

>>11881898
>worse chipset
>worse build quality
>no wifi
The v90s is just a straight downgrade from the rg35xxsp, the main thing it has going for it is the price.

I have a few handhelds, but still prefer playing on my Odin 2 Portal...

>>11880115
>rouge-like
I don't see any sexy bats

Alright /v/ros, no bullshit, what's the best emulator for PS2 to use on a Retroid Pocket 4 Pro? I've heard of both nether and aether, but most of the arguments for either are at least a year old or more. Has one clearly surpassed the other as of today?

>>11881821
for clamshell gba sp style? none, not without sticks at least.
at most the powkiddy v90s, but it has dumb drawbacks.
miyoo is crap all around.
and that's why everyone buys crap.

>>11881790
The CPU sits directly on the battery and gets pretty hot.

Does the Ayn Odin mini have any serious flaws apart from price?

>>11881641
>Screenshots.
>Save states.
>Macros.
>Turbo.
>Upscaling which is genuinely magic in the case of stuff like that idolm@ster game or Kingdom Hearts 358/2.
>Objectively better screens than even a 3DS.
>Can just ssh into the machine and move files on and off of it without having to pull your MicroSD out and power the machine down.
>RetroAchievements support if you like that.
There's lots of reasons why you would want an emulation handheld over the original DS and why the MagicX Zero 40 was looked forward to. The main issue with it is its performance which only really holds up in Drastic and the size of the screen being too small according to people who reviewed it.

>>11881989
>nether
That one.

>>11882036
I know some here don't like phones, but this is case where you should use a phone with an opera style controller since the magic x is just a phone screen. At least the Gpd xp did something goofy with the same concept.

>>11882054
Well, in the 40's case it's more convenient and not exactly a crazy high price in addition to being a dedicated device. In an ideal world we'll see a Linux-based one for better performance and with a slightly better chip. I'm wondering if the Knulli team is going to bother supporting the 40 since the firmware is handled on the external SD card in addition to the fact that the chipset already has support by them in the 28 and the Trimui systems.

>>11881029
>>11880979
Why aren't we Anons kickstarting our own handhelds, we could outsource manufacturing costs to China?

>>11881005
ARM chips in future will likely become hybridized with X86 as a small compatibility niche. In the mean time they still have advantages over x86 of battery efficacy on lower power use emulation. And as they get more powerful, earlier chips will get cheaper and software more mature and optimized.

>>11881154
The OS is perfectly fine, I run into no issues using it. Headphone jack is ok, not sure what you mean. Cpu wise, I run everything I want with no slowdowns, so good enough.
Have a good day

>>11881917
can the middle even play saturn?

Can the RP4 Pro do PS2 well?

>>11882190
>3566
Better than an h700 and a113, but not by much.

>>11882187
Having low standards isn't a virtue, and not realizing that other things can be much better is also bad.
>The OS is perfectly fine, I run into no issues using it.
The whole thing is hacked together from the crappy proprietary stock launcher because of this bullshit "good enough" mentality, as a result the settings and apps menus make no fucking sense, and sometimes you get crashes and can't fix the bugs causing them.

> Headphone jack is ok, not sure what you mean.
Sound quality sounds tinny, and the jack itself is so bad that the plug is hard to insert.
I guess you only use it as a pokemon machine? It's "good enough" for that but even then you can't fast forward properly like on other machines.

>>11882023
As /vr/'s sole mini owner I can tell you it has amazing build quality but what lets it down is the screen.Huge amounts of ghosting that's worse than even what the switch 2 is capable of. The backlight uniformity is also pretty bad with some 'dirty screen effect' as a result. I think the odin portal uses OLED and if you're still looking for an android portable I would reccomend exploring that instead.

>>11882205
I don't think stock is good, but it genuinely was the first decent original chink Linux based os on these handhelds. Everything before was just whatever firmware the phones their chips came from. Mind you, I'm talking original firmware. Pocket go 2 and rg350 don't count. The supor q900 comes close though

>>11881363
this tape shit is going to damage the rubber membrane pads and make it wear out faster

>>11882234
>Huge amounts of ghosting that's worse than even what the switch 2 is capable of.
Seriously? At least gameboy games will look accurate.

>>11882195
it was the best option they had until last year for ps2 and gc
rp5 isn't even that much better for it so yeah

I have an oldish(as far as handhelds are concerned) experimental pi dmg. I liked it when I used it but the screes is absolute shit. What would it take to hook up even something like a 35xx screen to it? Its basically just a rp3.

>>11882289
Cool, I'm seeing a used one for $50 in my area. I've heard some things about input lag on Android. Is that true with the RP4?

>>11882313
too much work when you can spend $50 and get something better made from the best leftover phone parts.

>>11882327
damn that's an amazing deal, i'd grab it
i've not noticed any lag with my flip 2 personally

>>11882195
RP4 pro cant do switch and wii u but otherwise PS2 should be fine though you might wanna turn down the resolution for tougher games. Otherwise 50 is an insanely good deal either way.

>>11882357
I like the case though. That's the whole point.

>>11882313
Might wanna make sure you can return it in case it's bad, $50 is not realistic for the Pro.

>>11878614
I converted Radiata Stories to CHD and it didn't work. Everything else I converted seems fine though

>>11882104
>Why aren't we Anons kickstarting our own handhelds?
because we're retarded, and would end up with The Homer

>>11881897
Are you the same Moose that used to be active in Blazblue generals and was a weird gay furry into absorbing cum

>>11882554
i'm not him and i have no horse in this race but i'd like to know how you'd even know about a furnigger with a semen absorption fetish if you aren't a degenerate yiff in hell tier faggot yourself. don't say you just browsed /v/ and saw it on occasion because i personally wouldn't retain one bit of that information unless my dick was getting hard in tandem.

>>11882559
I said in the same sentence that there's someone like that from the old Blazblue generals, I'm talking like 5+ years ago though, pre-pandemic

>>11882562
you recognized some guy from some general that was apparently into gay furfaggot fetish shit about absorbing cum. now, i repeat again, why do you know anything about this stuff unless you were involved with it yourself? i hope you're not going to tell me "i just liked blazblue" while implying that you aren't a faggot in the same swift motion.

>>11882574
If you played a game with gay furry calling himself Moose that talked about how romantic it would be for someone to choose to be pozzed as some strange gay devil pact you'd remember him too.
Are you autistic or something

>>11882576
He's Moose.

>>11882559
Sounds like you might have a Moose in the race

if i only wanted one of these chinkheld consoles to play up to and including 6th gen, and i want something that will look good regardless if i play 4:3 or 16:9 games, what should I go for? decent battery life, good controls (d-pad preferably on top), fits in a small bag.

>>11882632
do you also want to use it as a retro console with hdmi and a bluetooth pad?

>>11882632
RP5

>>11882632
Steam Deck

~$40 Miyoo Flip V2 or Trimui Brick?
Ampown is offering coupons you can stack on aliexpress to get either down to that price.

>>11882635
Nope, this is purely for portable gaming
>>11882637
Doesn't fit in a small bag
>>11882636
Is this significantly better than the retroid pocket 4 to warrant double the price?

>>11882645
If you mostly want portability I'd scale what you want back a gen and get an Anbernic SP. Can't beat a clamshell in that regard
It's what I take on all my flights. I even use it as a little media player and use the hdmi out to watch things in hotels

>>11882642
I'd roll the dice on a black Miyoo Flip V2

>>11882642
trimui looks cooler
t. someone with no experience with either

>>11882645
>significantly better
I would say so. Marginal performance increase, but the main difference is the OLED screen.

>>11882652
>But the main difference is the screen that will get burn-in after a year or so

>>11882656
Who expects longevity from Chinese e-waste?

>>11882657
When it's a £200+ device I bloody do

>>11882647
It doesn't have to be a tiny portable, I just don't want something as big as a Steam Deck in my bag when I'm carrying my bottle and other items. Something like the RP5/Flip looks good.
>>11882652
I'll consider it, thanks

>>11882662
RP2 can run gen 6 games, but I wouldn't. Get's very hot and feels a bit too spooky.

Does anyone know how to get the touhou games working on a TrimUI Smart Pro?
They launch but can't figure out how to get into the actual game

>>11882576
>if you played a game for faggots...
And there's your problem.

>>11882642
Unlike many other anons, I believe verticals, and vertical-style clamshells, with sticks are an abomination. So I would go towards the Brick.
But I'm not exactly a good reference point.

>>11882716
simmer down Moose

>>11882642
If you're gonna get the Flip V2 just make sure it isn't the gray one since that one has the highest failure rate. I have both the Flip and Brick and honestly I'm a bit disappointed by the Flip V2 build quality aside. The CFW for it is pretty underwhelming at the moment coming from the MM+ and TrimUI's options, and I've overestimated the usefulness of having a clamshell form factor and the sticks. I really want to like it though as I think aside from the hinge issue it has better buttons than the Anbernic ones and it doesn't have a GBA-specific aspect ratio. I'm tempted to just return it or put it on a shelf for a while until the CFW improves it. I'd get the Brick unless you specifically want that clamshell form factor and are willing to put up with being a beta tester.

>>11882873
Cfw tends to not improve or even exist on retroid devices after the p2+

>>11882878
I was talking about the Miyoo Flip V2, but that sucks to hear if true. I was always curious about Retroid devices but Android on a handheld just makes me feel like I could just put a Backbone controller on my phone.

>>11882890
Oh that. Yeah, the same applies to the miyoo flop since there's some weird shit going on with either getting cfw or the devs.

>>11875145 (OP)
Just bought my first ever retro handheld - The Anbernic RG cube xx

What is the best bet for replacing damaged controls when they eventually happen?
This was something that always put me off when I looked at retro handhelds in the past
A bunch of people at work have bought RF3000s and it gave me the fever to get something

I can plug a controller into the cube xx if I need to, but I would like to be able to repair it for using it mobile long term also

>>11882895
The funniest thing to come out recently about the Miyoo Flip is that the PakUI dev for TrimUI was attempting to port it over to the Flip, but had two dev kit Flips suffer hinge failure already, and Miyoo would rather send replacement parts than exchange the unit, so development is just halted now. I really should just return this thing and just stick to slabs.

>>11882910
You can usually just buy replacement parts directly from Anbernic support when that happens.

>>11882914
OK that's good
But I can't find a page that has this stuff on their site

Do you have to talk to their support directly and tell them the model you want?

>>11882926
Yeah, they have a customer support email. And it depends on where you bought it from. It'd be pretty easy if you bought it direct from their site with an order number. If through some AliExpress vendor, it becomes pretty annoying but either them or the vendor might help out if you offer to pay for parts and shipping.

I read somewhere that the colours for the RG35XX SP actually matter, that they are different types of plastic

Is this true, if yes which is best. I ideally wanted the silver one that mimics the actual GBA, but if the transparent ones are somehow better in some way I'll go with that

>>11882956
OK so what happens if I didn't buy it direct from Anbernic?
I got it from Geekbuying.com - Can I still buy parts from Anbernic support?
I hope it isn't some direct customer exclusive thing

Turns out the Anbernic site would have been cheaper - there's a sale on and it's full 20$ less for the cube xx with full 256gb
Amazon would be way more
Aliexpress would be similar to the Anbernic sale but I've never used Aliexpress

>>11882991
I doubt that matters, Anbernic themselves sell through sites like Ali Express

>>11882990
In theory, clear plastic should be more brittle not just for the SP.

>>11882991
Literally never even heard of this site. They seem to have a 1 year repair and replacement policy though, so I wouldn't really worry about it. By the time that warranty runs out, the CubeXX would probably become cheap enough to just buy a new one instead of paying for replacement parts.
Also, if you're going to become a handheld slopsoomer like the rest of us retards, you should try to familiarize yourself with AliExpress, because it's gonna be the cheapest place to get handhelds generally. The base prices are typically about the same as the MSRP on the official handheld sites, but the shipping is usually free, they always have like a million coupons, and you can sometimes stack them with their weird virtual coins on the app. It has a reputation for sketchy shit and long shipping, but everything I ever ordered arrived in 2 weeks at most, and you should be fine if the vendor has a good rating and reviews for the product.
One last thing
>it's full 20$ less for the cube xx with full 256gb
Most of the SD cards that come with these are generic crap that will fail pretty quickly and the pre-loaded ROMs can be dodgy like being written in Chinese or just not working. I recommend just ordering a reputable name brand microSD on Amazon and downloading your own ROMs for it.

>>11883023
>Most of the SD cards that come with these are generic crap that will fail pretty quickly and the pre-loaded ROMs can be dodgy like being written in Chinese or just not working. I recommend just ordering a reputable name brand microSD on Amazon and downloading your own ROMs for it.
Damn
Even on the ones that are upwards of 50$?

The guys at work have bought SF3000s, one guy got it new for £23 - $30
It has the maximum list, it says 20,000 games
Some of the games have 5 or 6 versions, like the U.S, Japan, Europe etc versions, some have the original release and an updated release from a year later
It said 10,000 titles just on the MAME section
Everything I looked at worked, but of course we only clicked on a tiny amount of what was listed

The screen is also 4.5 wide
I was very impressed by such a cheap thing at the low tier, it got me hyped up
I thought by buying mid range I would be getting at least that quality

>>11883023
I looked up the company that makes the SF3000
S_way
Looks like they make random stuff like automatic wi-fi fish feeding devices, and wall lights that can be controlled with wi-fi
So retro gaming isn't their only line of work
They also make the Miyoo mini handheld which was given a positive review

What is the situation with Anbernic in general?
How do they compare to S_way with their general quality?

>>11882990
In general the transparent models have to potential for the plastic to be more brittle than anything that uses solid plastic. I personally have a transparent white RG35XX-SP which had the plastic screw posts completely disintegrate on me when I went to open it up to do the button mod making it borderline unusable as a system but then the new one I got (Same color) has been just fine even opening it up and my Glacier RG34XX has also been fine doing the tape mod I mentioned earlier. If plastic quality or durability bothers you then just go for the solid models but that usually means sticking with an SNES, Famicom, or GameCube control scheme.

>>11882554
No, the only fighting games I've ever played are Jojo ASB, Killer Instinct, and Power Quest. It's not a genre for me at all. I primarily post on /v/ and /m/, I just got interested in this stuff last year when I saw these things on sale on Slickdeals. There's also a Moose on /vp/ who was making Pokemon Sage.

How likely it is that nintendo will sue anbernic? you know...RG34,35SP,34SP...etc...

>>11883071
How does one sue the chinese?

>>11883039
>Even on the ones that are upwards of 50$?
Even $100 systems come with completely unusable SD cards. MagicX is like the only one I've seen who actually intentionally goes for legit Samsung and Kioxia cards and there was a very short period of time where Anbernic got a stock of Kioxia cards that they've since stopped providing. Never ever use the included SD cards unless they say Kioxia on them and even then you should wipe the whole thing and start anew.

The SD cards are typically faulty rejects of the proper manufacturers so their lifespan is limited, they're prone to corrupting random parts of the card, and they're prone to simply dying at random out of nowhere. It's never worth it to waste your time on them, they're e-waste used as a selling point for people who are technologically illiterate.
>Everything I looked at worked, but of course we only clicked on a tiny amount of what was listed
When they advertise the "20,000 games on the card" what that means is you're getting every single possible region variant of that game, any budget release variant, pirated Chinese romhacks of popular games, and duplicates of the game in every single system it was available on including knockoffs and Chinese pirated ports of them so that they can pad the list out as much as possible. In addition to this nowadays they're not including Nintendo games out of fear of lawsuits since they sell the systems on western storefronts or through western vendors.

You're also not getting the "official" dumps of the games. It's usually random garbage that has been floating around for years on random surface level rom sites that won't match any known CRC hash which could potentially lead to in-game issues, crashes, or corruption of saves and make it incompatible with real systems.

Always go for the lowest value SD card (Or even better, no SD card) because it's destined for the trash as soon as you get it. Unless you don't know how Google works you are paying money for nothing.

>>11883039
>>11883041
>Even on the ones that are upwards of 50$?
Unless it's explicitly stated that it uses a name brand card like SanDisk or something, generally yes. Don't get me wrong, the SD card will probably at least work and you could get by with it for a while if you were desperate enough. I just wouldn't expect it to last very long without corrupting your data, and some ROMs might be missing. I know Mario and other first-party Nintendo titles are often missing on these cards due to Anbernic and other companies not wanting to get their ninjas on their ass as an example.
>SF3000
These are kind of dogshit honestly. I'm not sure where you're getting S_way from, the company that actually makes them is called DataFrog, and their handhelds even struggle with more demanding SNES games. They also don't make Miyoo devices. $30 is not really even that competitive considering you can buy a horizontal handheld like the Anbernic RG35XXH or TrimUI Smart Pro that can play up to PS1 games perfectly with some N64 and Dreamcast too for only like $50-$60.
If you want my advice, if you're looking for a PSP form factor similar to the SF3000 you posted with a nice quality wide screen for <$60, return or cancel the RG CubeXX order and get a TrimUI Smart Pro off AliExpress with coupons. Pic related is how much it costs me in the US. Then get a 64-256GB microSD from a good brand like SanDisk and a microSD to USB reader if you need one to hook up to your computer to download ROMs and custom firmware if you want to install it.
>What is the situation with Anbernic in general?
Anbernic is fine. They make dozens of handhelds that mostly do the same shit in different form factors and performance tiers, but they all generally work well. If you're really curious about different devices and brands, I'd try to compare the specs and features you want on a handheld on a site like RetroCatalog, and also just lurk moar.

>>11883086
>It's usually random garbage that has been floating around for years on random surface level rom sites that won't match any known CRC hash which could potentially lead to in-game issues, crashes, or corruption of saves and make it incompatible with real systems.

They can also be pre-patched with cheat codes or trainers, ruining the experience.
I'm pretty sure I've encountered pre-loaded ROMs for Super Mario World that disabled Mario getting hurt by enemies, or Gunstar Heroes that disabled losing health.

>>11883103
>These are kind of dogshit honestly. I'm not sure where you're getting S_way from, the company that actually makes them is called DataFrog
You're right
There's an Amazon page selling the SF3000 for £50 - $67 when my friend got it for £23 elsewhere
This page says S way on it for some reason, maybe they are reselling some

>>11883132
Amazon sellers selling these things are almost all dropshippers. It's why people are telling you to use AliExpress since dropshippers just buy stuff from AliExpress, Temu, or Wish and then ship it directly to you. I think even Temu is filled with dropshippers.

>>11883086
>>11883115
Good info
Thanks

I knew I should have consulted /hhg/ before I buy, I was planning on coming here as I was leaving work the other day
I got distracted by other stuff and the hype made me buy something as soon as I got home

>>11883152
Well, if you haven't cancelled it yet the Cube is still a solid system overall and I believe it's one of the models of Anbernic systems that comes with a Kioxia SD cards. All you would really need to do at this point is go to Amazon and buy a 128-256 GB micro SD card from a reputable brand (Which are beyond cheap at this point, two 128s is like $15-$18?) and then simply source your own roms either through things like the Tiny Best Set or just actually source them in general.

>>11883103
>TrimUI Smart Pro
That's a good reccomendation, but I'm going to stick with the CubeXX
The smart pro has slightly better internal specs than the CubeXX it seems
The battery is 5000 mAh compared to the cubes 3800mah, CPU and GPU are a bit better too
I think overall as a pure handheld it probably is slightly better

But the Cubexx can cast to TVs or video out with a cable to a TV or monitor
It can receive casting from a PC so you can play a PC game on it while you're sick in bed or in the garden or something
This guy in pic related is using his PC and Cubexx together multi screen for 3ds games

I could take this thing to work and play Street Fighter on a wall mounted TV in the break room
Or take it to a friends or relatives place and quickly stream to TV
It has a square screen which is good for different aspect ratios too when actually using it as a handheld

>>11883203
Forgot pic
>This guy in pic related is using his PC and Cubexx together multi screen for 3ds games

The CubeXX has some kind of TV box GPU where the Trimui smart pro is using a smartphone origin GPU
The smart pro is probably better for pure performance but the Cube is doing all kinds of cool stuff

>>11883203
You can stream pc games to a TSP if you use custom firmware. Don't think there's any way to hook it up to a tv though

>>11883208
That's the Cube, not the CubeXX, you can't dream of running 3DS on it.

>>11883203
>>11883208
Careful not to mix up the RG CubeXX and the regular RG Cube btw, the RG CubeXX tops out at PS1 games, the other one can do PS2 and 3DS. You can tell by the joystick placement being different. That's one thing that sucks about Anbernic, their naming conventions are fucking retarded and it's like they want to confuse people.
>I'm going to stick with the CubeXX
That's fair, both are good options and play the same games. I just wasn't sure if you wanted something cheaper and in a similar aspect ratio to the SF3000 you saw. But to be fair, most games you're going to play on either of these devices are probably running at 4:3 or a similar ratio anyways. Hope you enjoy it.

>>11883232
>>11883240
My bad
The proper Cube and the Cubexx are identical at a glance

>>11883232
>>11883208
The Cube xx still has video out via cable and cast to TV even though it doesn't have the full beast hardware of the real Cube

Google is telling me that the Cubexx does have moonlight stream and can wirelessly receive a PC signal too

A yo bitch nigga!

Play a video game

How many games have you beaten on your handheld(s)?
>mother
>metroid zero mission
>metroid fusion
>pokemon kalos crystal
>pokemon emerald
>halfway through chrono trigger
>started SMT1
>maybe a third through aria of sorrow

I wish the TSP had bigger buttons. The d-pad hurts my fingers over time

>>11883356
>castlevania 1 & 4
>super mario 64
>mario kart ds
>new super mario bros ds
>warioware
>aria of sorrow
>symphony of the night
>ridge racer 4 (ps1)
>tekken 1, 2 & 3
I think that's it so far

>>11883356
>Wario Land 1-4
>WarioWare Mega Microgames
>Metroid Zero Mission
>Dragon Warrior III for GBC
>Crash Bandicoot: Warped
>Little Nicky for GBC
>Gunstar Heroes
>Kirby's Avalanche

>>11882234
Ghosting or just variable backlight artifacts? Does it run mainline linux? I already have a Deck and want something small and portable, preferably something that can boot desktop linux at least in theory and with good specs. Don't really like the look of the Retroid Pocket 5.

>>11882386
All current good screens are laminated and won't fit in that case, or will look worse if you put them under the bezel. The display seems to use an 54 pin RGB interface that the raspi doesn't provide so you'd have to have adapter board that converts it to hdmi or something

>>11883071
Nintendo can try, but they probably can’t. It’s probably nigh impossible for foreign companies to try suing certain entities in China, and what would be stopping Anbernic from feigning bankruptcy and then reopening under a new name? I don’t think Nintendo can easily sue AliExpress listings either, shoot one down and another 10 will grow in their place. It’s why they’re more interested in taking down Youtubers, since it’s easier and it means that there’s less of a chance that people will find out about these devices.

>>11883421
Thanks. Do you think there are any decent 3.5 inch rp screens out there?

>thing about buying an Anbernic
>can't decide which one
>15 minutes later, they release a new model

>>11882910
>The Anbernic RG cube xx
>>11883103
>TrimUI Smart Pro

There is also the Powkiddy RBG30
Very similar to the Cubexx but with slightly better hardware, slightly more in price
Square screen and video out with a cable, doesn't wireless cast to TV though

Playing with full brightness on Flip 2 makes it heat up like crazy, warning to any other clamchads.

>>11883712
Clamchads more like Clamcels. Real nigs are waiting for retroid and powCHADDY to btfoutta anbernig with their own sliders.

>>11883712
The Flip 2's OLED screen is really good so I usually just have it at 25-30 brightness anyway. Only time I ever see you needing to bump it higher is playing in direct sunlight.

>>11878467
Unironically this is kind of a perfect design for something designed to play up to Gen 5. Having a right dpad would provide a pretty similar experience to using c buttons while playing N64 games, but by making it a dpad instead of a second set of buttons you can also fairly comfortably use it as a right stick for what few PS1 games actually require one

>>11883769
I am looking forward to more sliders.
>>11883775
I was in sunlight. Just to make sure it wasn't the summer heat (only played a couple minutes of N64 before noticing), I tried it in the air conditioned house and the same thing happened.

>>11883356
I honestly can't even remember them all.

Mega Man Wily Wars, 7, 8, Bass, X1-6, Zero 1-3, Legends 1&2, and Battle Network 2-6. Castlevania 1, 3, 4, Rondo, Bloodlines, chronicles, Symphony, multiple symphony romhacks, circle, and Aria. Parasite Eve 1&2, Breath of Fire 3, Crash 3, Darius 1-5, Final Fantasy 6&9. MGS1, VR, Ac!d 1&2. Oddworld Odyssey & Exodus, Parodius 1-5. Resident Evil 1-4, Remake, Zero, Veronica, Outbreak 1&2. Silent Hill 1&3, Spyro 1, Tales of Phantasia ps1, God of War 1, Onimusha 1-3, Chrono Trigger, Contra 3 & HC, Demon Crest, Super Bomberman 1-5. Zelda Lttp, Minish, and some 64 romhacks. Fire Emblem 6&7,
Sonic Advance 1, Animaniacs Genesis, Shadow Dancer.

Most of the way through Pokémon Unbound and FF7 (first replay in 20 years),

>>11878467
And people called me crazy for using r analog as an extra dpad. I guess this is decent for verticals though.

>>11879372
>pbp just work.
Literally doesn't. Half the PBPs I got refuse to load, like Dragoon and FF7 Survivor. Better of with CHD or unmodified.

>>11883567
the extra power in the rgb30 is really nice, but the build quality is just so shitty. The plastic feels like a mcdonalds toy and all the buttons rattle. If you can get over that, it's better than the cube xx, but I just don't know if it's worth it when all the extra power is good for is making sure GBA audio doesn't crackle. That's pretty much all you get out of it because it can't even do 2x PlayStation resolution most of the time. And neither handheld can do N64

Captcha: TKD HD

>>11883881
>If you can get over that, it's better than the cube xx
Absolutely not. The stock d-pad and inline shoulder buttons suck. There's also the constant battery headaches, which are made worse under Rocknix. The only things it does better than the CubeXX are start and select placement and the face buttons feeling a little better.

You can stop the mGBA audio crackling switching to Alsathread on muOS.

>>11883906
You can fix the rgb30 battery issues by switching to minui, and some people think the inline shoulders and overall flatness of the rgb30 are better for portability. I prefer the rgcubexx btw, I'm just saying

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qe5NeulOxT0

What a weird ad

>>11883960
What did they mean by this?

>>11883854
>PBPs I got
official pbp don't work.
you should be making your own anyway.

>>11883906
>>11883881
Interesting

Thought I may have missed out by getting a CubeXX instead of an RGB30
But this has convinced me otherwise

Anyone know why a 'held would suddenly freeze for no reason? It happened like three times in close proximity to one another, then it worked just fine for ages and now it froze again. I lost all my progress in Mario Golf GBC, and I'd beaten Grace in a match, too. Could it be the card poorly seated? But I didn't touch it at all.

>>11884149
sd cards need to be formatted

>>11884149
What chinkheld and OS?

is there a reason to get the RP5 rather than the RP Mini?

>>11884221
they're basically the same specs other than the rp5 having 2gb more of ram. other than that it's basically a preference of what aspect ratio you like more

>>11884207
RP353P and JELOS.

>>11884221
>>11884228
also keep in mind the rp5 is already pretty small, its about the size of a ps vita. both rp devices are pretty compact and the rp mini is only about an inch and a quarter shorter from side to side so i dont think size is really a big factor with this.

>>11883523
Wait kings continue winning.

>>11884221
Aspect ratio, moar RAM, screen size. The mini is pretty small, text might be hard to read if you're a jarpig. Mini is probably ideal if you're getting their add on and want a DS machine but the regular unit would do the same thing if you fuck with borders.

>>11884112
I use the ones on RGT/CDR. It's hit or miss.

>>11883769
Rape time

>>11882205
>sounds tiny
Not a thing
>its hward to pwut it innnn :(((
>i-it just sucks ok!!!
None of this is a problem. I don't know why you're so pissy about it. Are you autistic?

>>11884221
Mainly if you want widescreen. I would recommend it. If you don't like black bars on the side, just get the black model and they basically disappear. Switch emulation is nice too, since I've found some old games where the emulating the Switch port yields better results than emulating them on their original system.

>>11883356
Castlevania Aria of Sorrow
Pokemon Brown
Pokemon SlowPink
Pokemon Unbound
Pokemon Polished Crystal
Hamtaro: Ham-Hams Unite!
Megaman Battle Network 2
Megaman Zero 2
Megaman Zero 3
Megaman Zero 4
Megaman X4
Quackshot
Phantasy Star IV
Link's Awakening DX
Mario 64

I should beat more games. I like to start them and never finish.

>>11884649
they have official pbp for the games that got released on psn. so, watch out.
also, they do some patching to some to make problem games work on psp. i presume those may fail.

>>11884695
>romhacks
How embarrassing

>>11884221
The only reason to get the mini is if you absolutely MUST HAVE 4:3.

>>11884841
Looks very nice

>>11884841
What is the screen resolution

>>11884846
I guess. The faux-DS/3DS effect would be cool.
>>11884865
1240x1080

>>11884867
Seems weird, what are you supposed to emulate on this? Does it use proprietary software or can I load linux on it?

>>11884867
>practically as if it was made for the 2S
>doesn't work with it
fucking chinks

Any recommendations for a handheld that runs up to 5th gen? Preferably with analog sticks

>>11884882
It's android, but linux works same as anything else nowadays. It's obviously supposed to ape the DS or 3DS. If you already have a retroid 5 or was going to get a mini anyway, it's kinda cool.
>>11884912
The USB port is in the wrong place. If anything, it was made for the mini. The fact that they made something that's for "other devices" and you have an option to get one for retroid or "other devices" is pretty generous.

I really enjoy my RG35XXSP. Its like playing the old GBA SP and you can connect it to the TV and attach a Bluetooth controller. It feel like a dedicated retro console. Its perfect for most Nintendo gaming needs. (NES, SNES, GB, GBC, and GBA) I enjoy playing the NES and SNES games on the TV. I play the GB, GBC, and GBA games on handheld.

>>11884940
I’d buy it if they just made a revision fixing both the face buttons and the dpad in solid colors

>>11884937
Meh. I guess some nice features for 200$. For me, I would like a chinkheld that can do up to 5th gen within reason. So maybe N64 but especially Dreamcast, preferably vertislop, preferably with a hall effect stick. What's the cheapest good unit for this or am I looking at 200$ too?

>>11884796
Well in any case, I've had better luck with CHDs so that's what I have to go with.

>>11885003
Gpd win 2

>>11884867
This is the image that inspired them..

>>11885025
Kek this looks cool as hell but it's a bit overkill

>>11885003
RG405V is relatively cheap now, or the RG406V if you want to dabble in PS2/GC

>>11884867
Notice how the Mini requires no extra grip due to analogue placement? Something we all know, yet always seems to get monkey's pawed. We're constantly being told not to expect perfection. That past times when they get a quality or detail right they cannot repeat it in future models. I could attempt to steer design choices and ideas, like many before me have here. But I wonder what the point would be? They listen, until their business decision strips us once again of our current endgame design. We all have what we individually are after design wise. All they'd need to do would be to provide replacement parts, update the OS' and upgrade the chips every year. Just make a perfect quality device.
The AI aided one I drew leaned toward the idea that future ultra wide screens could still have a foot in the field of retro. A 4:3 as second screen would keep the black bar crowd happy while the top 7:3 screen could also house perfectly a 4:3 alongside a 1:1 display. Also, wider screens and longer units have so many benefits. Port access, more space for internals more batteries, ergonomics, extra buttons/ controls.

>>11885058
>AI doesn't have the heart to tell him it just copied the Ayaneo Flip DS

Best ps2 lowcost handheld?

>>11884867
RPMinifags about to get a good look at analog and face button smudge marks

>>11885072
RG406V/H or Cube
>inb4 phone

Obviously only including the chinese consoles, now that I look at the list it's largely a lot of "Vanilla+" romhacks.
>Beaten on TSP
Metal Gear Solid
>Beaten on R36S
Link to the Past (improvement hack)
Metroid Zero Mission (improvement hack)
Kirby's Dreamland 2 (color hack)
Castlevania Circle of the Moon (run hack)
Otogirisou (only one ending)
>Played a long time but didn't beat on TSP
Super Mario 64
Pokemon LeafGreen
>Played a long time but didn't beat on R36S
Pokemon Blue (full color hack)
AM2R
Harvest Moon (SNES)
Final Fantasy 5
Golden Sun
>Same but for Trimui Smart (not pro)
Fire Emblem 3

I'm probably forgetting some stuff.

>>11885084
>improvement hack
you didn't beat them.

>>11885054
Damn this looks pretty good, thanks anon.

I'm retarded, my Flip 2 was only heating up so hard because I was playing N64 I guess. I put it on max brightness for SNES and nothing happened. Can't believe it can run shitch and Wii games but N64 is what turns it into molten plastic.

>>11885139
My desktop can emulate PS3 games but it can't emulate Conker's Bad Fur Day.

>>11885084
>full color hack
Just say you played on baby casual mode.

>>11885139
Haven't tried n64, but I've been running ps2 games no problem

>>11884695
>Romhacks
Kek, based, canon.

>>11885149
>How could you, gajin, leh honobouro original japanese intention
Emulation so who gives a shit and chink devices so who double gives a shit.

>>11885084
You're a fucking loser

>>11885084
You're a fucking GOD... Unless that blue color hack replaces the kino sprites of course.

>>11885194
>emulation so who gives a shit
I don't understand this mentality. Why is it that you think cheating in an emulator is somehow more valid than cheating on original hardware?
Alternatively, what is it about emulation that makes you think it's inherently incompatible with the intended gameplay experience?

>>11885309
A hack that adds color isn't cheating ya dingoo. I admit, if it replaces the kino gen 1 sprites instead of just coloring them in like the name implies, it's a shit hack. The gameplay experience is just overleveling yout starter or using your favorite bros anyway

>>11885309
Not the same guy, but it's a pretty simple view
>Why is it that you think cheating in an emulator is somehow more valid than cheating on original hardware?
>Alternatively, what is it about emulation that makes you think it's inherently incompatible with the intended gameplay experience?
Because a free cracked game on an emulator is already a far deviation from the original game and hardware, it's inherently a form of cheating and stealing, and it's an unorthodox and creative workaround
You are several steps away from the intended gameplay experience already, so now that we are down the path of modified software and hardware it makes sense that those that are able and interested would further modify the games. The original hardware was limited by miniscule processing power and small size memory, so now that the hardware specs are gigantically better there is freedom to add colour or extra game elements

If you put the real original cartridge in the original console it wouldn't have these thing
But you are playing an emulation, so who gives a shit
The full colour hacks for gameboy stuff look great

>>11885328
Mental illness

>>11885328
The SGB Palettes for Red/Blue are pretty much full colour anyway, zoomie

>>11885332
>Giving a shit
Pot calling the kettle nigger

>>11885334
>You gotta play the way goyfreak intended brah
I forgot you lot post even here.

>11885356
You're a loser. Grow up

>>11885321
>A hack that adds color
Sorry, this was regarding the "improvement" hacks, not the color (even if I think it's uglier than the original).

>>11885328
>a free cracked game on an emulator is already a far deviation from the original game and hardware
Why do you think that? It's running the same software, identical down to the bit.
>it's inherently a form of cheating
It's not.
>now that we are down the path of modified software and hardware
Again, the software is 1:1 unless you go out of your way to change it. The same goes for the hardware being emulated; anything other than stock is an option you choose to enable.
>now that the hardware specs are gigantically better
That's not how emulators work.

>>11885360
>Monkey noises
>Getting this buttmad on gayfreak's behalf
I can see how they're still alive. No matter the generation, they'll always have professional dick suckers

>>11885367
>>a free cracked game on an emulator is already a far deviation from the original game and hardware
>Why do you think that? It's running the same software, identical down to the bit.
Clearly not
The emulator program is a completely new software, so is the OS on whatever handheld you have
The PC you use to download and install these things, you and the others in the community that provided them, all the software involved at every stage, the internet servers, your modern windows OS, your browser perhaps a torrent client and zip program, you used all of that to get hold of the games
>>it's inherently a form of cheating
>It's not.
The games cost money originally - free hacks are theft, you cheated to get them
>>now that we are down the path of modified software and hardware
>Again, the software is 1:1 unless you go out of your way to change it. The same goes for the hardware being emulated; anything other than stock is an option you choose to enable.
A PC is not the original hardware
Playing the Japanese game on custom handheld hardware from a different Chinese company is a total deviation from the original experience, not 'stock'
>>now that the hardware specs are gigantically better
>That's not how emulators work.
What does that even mean as a sentence?
The original gameboy had an 4mhz CPU, they were severely limited with hardware
Google says - Cartridges for the original Game Boy range from 32k to up to 512k in size, while standard sizes for Game Boy Color cartridges are between 1MB and 4MB
Kirbys Dreamland 2 came out on the original gameboy when hardware was microscopic
If adding colour to games is so bad then why did Nintendo create a colour Gameboy and colour games when they had greater capacity of cartridges?

>>11875187
Just get it used and then clean it up.

>>11885403
To rip off children and their parents. Duh. Nintendo tradition.

>>11885453
By the time you “clean it up” you would have come out ahead if you just bought new.

>>11885139
Which Flip 2 do you have?

>>11885403
>Clearly not
So the emulator isn't running the same game because, why exactly?
>The games cost money originally
Sorry that I have to be the one to tell you this, but paying for the game doesn't change the game.
>A PC is not the original hardware
You don't seem to understand what you're arguing.
>What does that even mean as a sentence?
I can tell English isn't your first language, but this is an English speaking website. You're just going to have to adapt.

>>11885075
So it would seem. I'm honestly surprised it took this long for somebody to shit out something like this though since it automatically makes retroid the number one DS machine

8 core up to 2ghz
up to 950mhz GPU
5000mah battery
2gb RAM
only $60
This wasn't on the RetroCatalog.com best under $70 list however

A reviewer got one that had broken wifi out of the box. Also the cable couldn't do data, so he messed up a setting and couldn't fix it because there was no wifi. He had to get another device to play PSP games for the review.

So it looks suspicious. How can they can offer that hardware at that price? More powerful than the Trimui smart pro, Anbenric Cubexx, or the powkiddy rgb30 which are equivalent in price
Anyone ever bought something from Helegaly? What's going on here?

>>11885635
Isn’t this their first handheld? Unless it really is just rebranded Kinhank, in which case it’s probably trash no one should bother with

>>11885635
Those specs are 60 dollar range anyway. The e6 max has the same chip and also around that price. The reason anbernic sells their h700 stuff that high is because they can get away with it. Powkiddy only still sells the rgb30 for that much because they consider it a novelty device in the first place. New/Lesser companies also have to stay competitive with telescopic controllers as those are getting better by the second. The rgb50 also wants to sell at that price range to do well, but it seems powkiddy doesn't like the a527 as much as they thought.

>>11885656
It doesn't seem bad according to Baidu aside from the screen early batches used.

>>11885656
>Isn’t this their first handheld?
Looks like it, released this month. They have this one and a more expensive one.

A 2nd reviewer from the same channel has a Helegaly action pi that can't do wifi
His one is also not booting gameboy color or GBA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vtuCnHFvTw

Both reviewers were told the wifi issue will be fixed for the release
This is crazy, both reviewers have faulty units
The release is this month, so they must have got early ones because the video is from 2 months ago
Why the fuck is this company mailing out defective devices to reviewers?

The 1st review
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MelJgKiUC2A

>>11885710
LMAO, and here I thought them delaying the release due to a display bug was an indication of the QC team doing their job

>>11885673
>e6 max
The price for this is varying wildly, it goes from from $60 to $130
The 1st review I clicked on has a faulty device, the controls are very bad - A faulty L2 button that needs to be pressed very hard, and the OS menu starts scrolling by itself
The device is also not registered to the included google play store
There is a menu button for the OS that works in game as a double function pause button + quit game button, the reviewer felt the need to mention his dislike of that

Seems like there's a trend for devices offering high level inner hardware at their price point, that they have poor outer hardware, design, and QC

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bx6-KdWw85o

>>11885761
The actual price is 65-79. Anything else is Ali fuckery and last I checked, it did was play approved. Is that video a prerelease unit?

Mangmi status?

>>11885767
When I say fuckery I meant scalping. That new 662 for example was sold for 130 by Ali stores that didn't even get units when it's supposed to be 75-85 when it officially launches on the official store

>shipment is on hold
Damn

>no 3D printer
>look up the washers for 35XXSP buttons on ali
>the ones with the exact measurements needed are sold in batchers of 100
The fuck do I do with all these washers?

>>11885847
Did you check anywhere besides a dropshipping site?

>>11885847
Why don't you check your local libraries? Every single one near me does 3D printing which is how I got stuff I needed printed printed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLRKYoReFI0

It's up

>>11884668
Imagine defending trash.

>>11884668
>I have no arguments except "lol its not THAT bad" even though it really is so I will call her autistic
/v/ tier kuso post, go back

>>11885890
>>11885948
My uni does 3d print but doing 8 washers will actually be more expensive than just ordering 100 from ali

>>11886102
>her

Waiting on a new Soulja boi handheld

>>11886115
What happened to the last one?

DHL you fukken suk reeeee

>>11886025
This thing is just horrible and pointless
The reviewer says it's a bit uncomfortable to hold in every position
5,600 mAh battery - Just under 2 hours gameplay for God of War 2 on the PS2
He said he couldn't get the touch screen to work properly on both screens, for DS and 3DS - He thinks it might be due to Android trying to emulate Nintendo business
It's memes on top of memes for $600, if you want to play 3DS games that badly you could go buy a 3DS and still have enough left over for a Nintendo Switch and a Retroid Pocket 5

Despite all the clever transformation folding the screens can't be angled towards you when playing, which is the only folding option you need. If they had just made it a normal clamshell they could have used the space better and put a bigger battery in it, and still had 2 screens that you could lean forward to deal with glare
It's got a bunch of hinges for breaking
on top of that IT HAS NO HEADPHONE JACK
IT
HAS
NO
HEADPHONE
JACK
They filmed a full blown ad for this thing with actual actors and a song and stuff, this whole thing is insane

>>11886343
And on the topic of the ad
They put a white girl and a black boy in the ad as a couple, so this is copying recent western multicultural advertising in a hamfisted way, especially American
They want westerners to get hyped and buy this thing like it's a polished international operation, but they're making retro handhelds that play pirate software

With the build they are doing a clumsy attempt at the Nintendo strategy of developing fun, novel, and creative platforms like you get with the 2 screens of the DS, the detaching controllers of the Switch, they're aiming at a sort of Nintendo mix up where they do something unexpected and change the scene
But they're also going for the Android functionality too, and sort of like a two screen PC - You can Youtube on one screen and play a game on the other

So it's like a Retro Handheld Nintendo Phone PC but it doesn't fully succeed to complete one of the lanes properly
They've tried to go super high effort and polished but it's just too messy in the end
It has two different power buttons, and two different volume controls, due to the folding pieces covering them up - but they didn't put a headphone jack on it
This thing is really fucked up

>>11886025
IT'S ONLY $600 FOR THE EARLY BIRDS
IT INCREASES BY $70 AFTER THE FIRST 3 DAYS OF RELEASE

This thing makes me want to shoot a nailgun into my arms and legs as I roll down a concrete staircase

>>11886025
THE SCREENS FACE OUTWARDS AND FOLD BACKWARDS
THIS THING DOES NOT CLAMSHELL
YOU CANNOT PROTECT THE SCREENS BY CLOSING IT
THEY LITERALLY WANT IT TO BREAK IN AS MANY WAYS AS POSSIBLE
THIS IS INSANE

>>11886025
What a scam. More expensive than a deck and it’s android lmao. Just get a mini and add on if you gotta have dual screen. Probably even be cheaper to get an Odin 2 portal since retroid makes an adapter for those.

>>11886371
My man, you have got to stop obsessing with America.

>>11886117
It was a massive success so idk that's why I'm asking

>>11886025
>hand differential
dis nigga coomin on two screens dayum

>>11886025
I can't even take this fag serious in his white-on-green Op Ivy shirt. New school, Hot Topic-shopping ass, Navy "semen" gaylord. Old school Lookout records crusty punx wouldn't get caught dead in that gay Lucky Charms green shit. He's such a fucking poser it's unreal. Fuck you Russ!! I know you're lurking here somewhere, pussy!

>>11886025
In one of the positions it even blows hot air on your index fingers from the fan exhausts, while also blocking your access to the shoulder buttons

>>11886025
I posted about it before it was cool

>>11886434
>>11886025
9001 hours in paint

>>11886503
Wonder what he's been watching.

>>11886524
>BB
Unfathomably based

>>11885547
RP5 Flip 2. Also I just found out it's because I had it at 1280x960. Didn't think much of it at the time, I didn't see that as being too much for the system since it's just a gen 5 console. Ever since lowering it, Flip 2 has been at regular temperature.

>>11886524
He would never be so based

>>11885067
kek, I couldn't get it to gen anything decent based on word prompts alone, let alone AyaNeo smegware.
It's too expensive and ugly. The 5" 4:3 screen here is bigger than the second screen on the AyaNeo DS anyway. And if I were to design the better version of their X86 dual screen, it would've been more like the GPD Win Max 2's superior format- BUT, I would've retained the full size keyboard above the screen. It would've slid around and beneath the device to reveal the second screen.

>>11886747
Ok. The good one or the sucky one? There’s two flip 2s.

What kind of charging set up do you guys use? I just got a RG Cubexx but the cable it came with is way too short if I wanna game while charging elsewhere that isn't right by my PC. Battery says 5v + 1.5a but looking stuff up on amazon and almost everything has higher specs... I don't want to fry it.

>>11886803
Yeah, the RP5 one is the better one. The RP4P is no slouch though, it just isn't as capable.

>>11886825
I use a gas station USBC cable which was pretty long, I just make sure I'm present while charging my chinkshit and I give it a break from charging once I feel like it's about to get too warm.

>>11886825
USB A to C cable, charge only while awake, don't be like reddit

>>11886847
>>11886854
Just found this, seems perfect even if its 1amp instead of 1.5amp

>>11885769
SHATNERED

>>11886854
>charge only while awake
Is my RP5 going to explode? It’s my first chinkheld

Is a RP4P overkill for PSP emulation? For some reason PSPs are over $100 here which is almost as expensive as an RP4P. What's a good handheld if I just want to do PSP?

>>11886894
to my knowledge no RP5 have exploded. . . yet

>>11886908
>overkill
No such thing because you can crank up the settings

>>11886908
>overkill
No such thing as overkill for android emulation, but it should handle PSP if you make a Linux stick.

>>11886908
Get a 5 instead and crank the fucker to maximum scaling. They’re probably like 20 more whatever you call your fake fiat currency.

>>11886908
No.

>>11886908
It's the best for PSP since it has the right aspect ratio for it and can run it extremely well. Sure you can go way cheaper and get the TrimUI Smart Pro but the TSP can't run every PSP game well.

>>11886920
>20 more
I wish, the 5 is double the price, almost $300 here.

>>11886917
>"it should handle PSP if you make a Linux stick"
you don't need to change the RP4Pro to handle PSP

>>11886825
bro, only voltage matters.
you want as much amps as you can get because the device uses as many as it needs and no more.

>>11886908
yes, it's overkill, wait for the Mangmi Air X, MSRP of about ~$80, 16:9 screen, and can play almost any PSP game with upscaling

>>11881917
>Arc-S
going on 2 years since it's release, surprised they haven't released an upgraded version yet

>>11886994
They will.
They must.
'Fighting Machine 2.0' in two more weeks.

>>11887000
Same D pad tho, Triple-0?

>>11886908
Yes. PSP emulation is not particularly intensive.

>>11886908
Just get a TrimUI Smart Pro, it runs PSP great and it's only like 40 bucks.

>X Game
>Portuguese Patch
Fuck off!

>>11887071
why would you lie like this

retro pocket 4+ ($150) or 5 ($220)?

i guess i want to know if the 5 is head and shoulders above the 4+, and which one is comfier

>>11887152
snapdragon is overwhelmingly better for switch and wii u games. If you care about those, just adding in a little extra would allow you access and it runs a lot more games better too due to more mature drivers.

>>11887152
220 trumpbucks seems like a lot

>>11887162
is there something with similar performance and form factor you'd recommend for cheaper?

>>11887159
that's good to know, thank you. would i be able to get up to ps3 or is ps2 the upper limit?

is black frame insertion on a 35xxsp possible? or am i just SoL because the refresh is not high enough
id like to have it but im a cheap retard who refuses to get a different handheld for it

>>11887192
I bought an Odin 2 Portal and use it all the time, but to be honest, I can barely tell the difference.

>>11887192
There were some shenanigans going around that certain anbernic handhelds had 120 hz screens but I don't know what became of it.

it's actually bigger than i thought

>>11887192
is this what you're after?
https://github.com/TheGammaSqueeze/rgxx_boot_package_mods/tree/rg35xxsp

>>11887192
>black frame insertion
don't search images of that on bing with safe search off...

>>11885518
wdym? it's not that hard to clean up a device.

>>11885139
my flip2 was playing Radiata Stories with no fan, no heat, nothing but playing Renegade Platinum using melonDS made it heat up like crazy. Doesn't make sense

>>11887341
Maybe the android version of melonDS is just optimized like shit.

DHL actually fucking sucks don’t they update your shit goddamn

I'm planning on buying the Flip 2 but first I wanted to ask about battery life.
How long does the battery last, let's say I want to play a sprite PS2 game like Mana Khemia? How about the other consoles?

>>11887341
Yeah like other anon said, I play drastic and I've never had that happen.

>>11887727
Lower end PS2 like that could probably play well even on a RP2S. I had Soul Nomad running perfectly on 405M which was mostly comparable and it drained battery about as fast as a PS1 game. That's just a rough estimate though, maybe one of the review videos would have better insight.

Is there a need to make a Linux boot card for RP5 or has android emulation reached a point where it can handle most everything PS2 and below?

>>11886438
Take your meds

>>11888025
The emulators are still out of date on Android compared to Linux, especially with regards to things like PS2. It's better to jump through the hoops to deal with Linux than to be lazy and deal with Android. It doesn't mean it can't play it, it just means that performance won't be the best you can get and you'll have issues that were fixed months if not years ago on Android you don't have on Linux.

>>11888253
What emulator do you use for Switch games on ARM Linux?

>>11888025
Android is good enough for me, the only thing I'd put linux on my flop 2 for is xbox. I had good taste when I was a teen so I never got to try most xbox exclusives.

>>11888297
There's exceptions, obviously. I'm speaking more in general. Switch would require Android but generally it's better to stick to Linux if possible.

So... has anyone jailbroken the PS Portal yet? Can I play PS1 on this thing somehow?

>>11888420
isn't it just a screen with a controller?

>>11888420
Supposedly for a small period of time it was able to be hacked to play PPSSPP on it but I don't know what the performance was on it at all.

>>11888420
Why the fuck would you want to use that

>>11888452
It's essentially an official DualSense controller with a screen glued onto it, and the DualSense itself is in my opinion the best official first-party controller with the only flaw being the d-pad. If they made it with the Vita d-pad it would be perfect. So having something that can emulate games with an official DualSense controller instead of these weird Chinese takes on them would be a good thing.

>>11886025
Eta prime figured out the touchscreen. Russ confirmed once again as being an idiot.

>>11888505
>Eta prime
Wasn't that the retard who came up with the idea of putting a copper heatsink on a battery in his RG35XXSP video?

>>11888662
Just goes to show you how smart russ must be.

>>11881363
Can't access those posts you referenced. Can you tell us wth tape it is? Can we get it from chinky-express?
Fuck that tape autist, I was one of many to have asked him months ago.

Any custom firmwares available on the RG35XX Pro already? The stock OS feels like total shit.

>>11888679
Second guy said it could be PTFE teflon tape which is what I went with and it looks close enough. I got it for about $5 off of Amazon. If you want the exact listing I bought:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09GP39Q6B

Like I said in the post you quoted though, don't go fully half way into the button. I can do that thing in Pokemon where if you tap the button you pivot in place instead of moving way more than I feel is normal and sometimes the menuing feels "off" with the inputs not always registering. I think if I just pull the tape back a tiny bit back it would get rid of that issue entirely.

>>11888769
new thread

Now with Ozzy gone, the conditions for the world to end have finally been met..