The perfect handheld..
Don't care, still waiting for the 'ick on 'eck 2
>no resistive touchscreen
>>733726003I boughted this and used it for a week and now it's rotting on my nightstand
another dumb handheld that won't pan out for anyone except the founder and getting that kickstarter bag and fucking off forever
>>733726003>3DS machine>Doesn't emulate 3DS wellDead on arrival
>>733726134Actually it's chinese and already out, chink handhelds are booming in general recently because they have the pipelines to shit them out for cheap unlike some random entrepreneur in his garage in cali
>>733726159>doesn't emulate 3DS wellwut?
>>733726329A PSP from 2005 still feels more premium than this 3D-printed crap.
>>733726658have you actually bought one in the last 6 or so years? or are you just basing this off of what some random tiktoker said?
>>733726003>those analog sticks
>>733727091You have to recess the sticks if you want to have actual analog sticks and also have the thing close flat
>>733726003I bought one and I've been using it significantly more than my Steam Deck for emulation. It's just so much easier to load stuff on an Android-based device than Linux, also I like its form factor more and I take it with me on the train unlike the Deck.Almost done with Final Fantasy X. Btw the best version of the game ro olay in 2026 is FFX International (PS2) which has an English text option and English voice acting, with the pnach codes to enable full party AP gain in fights so you don't ~have~ to perform an action with all 7 characters to get full exp.It improves the pace of the game significantly, and no "it makes the game too easy" is a cope from people who can't accept the truth, you're still using every character any way for the bosses even in the main story for their individual skills and all you're really doing is eliminating the boring catch-up / swap around time in between the actual fun parts of the game>>733726159None of the games I've played have had issues. It even emulates Wii U fine
>>733726809I have one multiple, one of which is 20 years old zoom zoom.
>>733726003buy an ad, chang
>>733726003>perfect>bottom screen is 31:27 aspect ratio and doesn't work correctly if you set the top screen to 120Hz.
How well does it actually emulate the Switch?I will hold off until a clamshell manages that.
>>733726003is it worth getting over a retroid flip 2?
>>733726003Valve got beat by some literal who (as well as everyone else) at their own game
>>733728082>the SwitchBro these things are less powerful than your phone and designed like a 3DS. Forget about Switch emulation.
The joycon analog stick was the worst thing to happen to chink handhelds
Poor man's deck but I'd take it over any nintendont crap
>>733726003>some hinges are already starting to crackHAHAHAHAHAHhA
>>733728486>poorit's expensive>man's only troons buy chinkshit>deckmore like deck 2.0 because 2 screens
>>733726091Resistive is very old tech and only allows 1 touch point to register at any given time.Capacitive let it register up to 10 points
>>733728561Didn't ask faggot go suck a a mutilated prick rapemade
uh-oh troon melty ywnbaw
>>733727519I am obviously not talking about your PSPs man, I am talking about the new gen of handheld devices
>>733726003i ordered rp6 instead
i wish sony and / or nintendo still made real handhelds that you could hack. i like these chink hand helds on a theoretical oevel but somehow holding one in my hands gives me an actual "ick". as if im holding fake counterfeit abomimations.
>>733726003My girlfriend wants one of these
>>733728082https://retrocatalog.com/retro-handhelds/categories/for-switch-games?sorting=cheapestjust get a switch liteif you want to emulate the switch properly its going to cost you way more
>>733728658And yet it's still laggier than resistive touch screens, which makes playing touch-based DS and 3DS games on a Thor a bad experience. New doesn't mean a straight upgrade.
>>733726003How is any device with a separate screen the perfect handheld? It's a total waste. Not even most DS games make good use of it.
>>733726134You're a retard. My Odin Portal 2 is slick as fuck. Beautiful OLED screen and fantastic wifi compatibility. I'm streaming kcd2 to it right now maxed out 120fps and basically no input lag. Controls feel great as well.
>>733728082Handheld devices are never going to emulate switch that well. You're better off doing that on PC and streaming to a handheld
>>733726003tfw they could have put more battery or cooling but instead do the dumbest thing possible and put a pointless LCD screen in your devicewhy even live
>>733728218>>733730060Snapdragon 8 Elite with the latest drivers can do full speed Switch emulation. You guys really need to stop relying on years old information on this board. It's really fucking embarrassing.
>>733728218>>733730060You tendies are actually fucking retarded and don't know shit about tech.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSdw_nyiPgY
>>733726003Batocera devs made an update for this shit, I will buy it soon
>>733729961WHOA 120 fps video!? best device ever
This is way better than playing on a 2DS imo. Now the only thing 3DS has going for it is the actual 3D which is a gimmick very few people use.
>>733730350>You tendies are actually fucking retarded and don't know shit about tech.It's /v/ in general. Every time there's a discussion on hardware or software tech, these faggots bring up shit that's half a decade or more out of date. It's why this board is the last place on the web still using speccy.
>>733730350To be fair for a long time phone chipsets were total shit. It wasn't until roughly SD8 Gen 2 (what Thor has) that they really became practically desktop-replacement level. Not a surprise people haven't kept up.
>>733730263>>733729893Bottom screen is super cool and useful actually, and unlike DS/3DS you can freely turn it off if you don't need it. It's not 100% intuitive how to use it but works a lot better than I expected.>>733729862>resistiveniggerAh we meet again. Resistive vs capacitive has no bearing on input lag, what matters is the emulator and it's only a frame or two behind native. Totally irrelevant in 99% of ds/3ds games since at most they use it for a map, extra buttons, inventory, etc. I played elite beat agents enough times a decade ago (and destroyed my fancy resistive fagscreen in the process).
>>733728082Emulates Switch fine, watch any Thor review video.
I like mine. They've been doing firmware updates with new features and qol too.
>>733728093No. Ayn and Retroid (same company) hinges are completely unreliable and Flip 2 has a layout made for human hands as opposed to the 3DS crap.
>>733730908EBA is literally unplayable on the Thor you dumb nigger, the lag is huge. Stop lying.
>>733731151Reading comprehension is poor with this one.
>>733726003can the lite model emulate 3ds, psp and vita games well?
>>733731245Other than vita games not emulating well in general, the SD865 is sufficient for those. I'd really recommend against clamshells though.
>>733731216You're still a lying faggot for trying to downplay just how bad the lag is compared to actual hardware. Modern touchscreens just aren't made for DS games, it's not an emulator issue, it's literally different tech.
>>733726003An entire thread of retard meme arguments for why this thing isn't god-tier and the only legitimate problems, OLED image retention and mura, aren't even mentioned. This is how you can tell nobody here has actually used one. It's OLED but it's not GOOD OLED, it's significantly worse than first-generation OLED phones were. Like I remember my old Galaxy Nexus phone for example - Thor's screen is worse than that. Leave a high-contrast image on the screen for more than a few seconds at middle brightness or above and it'll be burned in for several minutes. It goes away but I bet if you're not careful and let it sit for more than a few minutes it won't. And I guarantee it'll have actual burn-in before long if you frequently run games with pillarboxing. Then there's the mura: the screen has TERRIBLE uniformity and dark tones are extremely grainy.Despite these faults it still plays basically everything and I really like it.
>>733731408You can't read, and you're mad because of it. Brown?
>>733731408What possesses a man to be this black?>>733731245Lite version is for retards. Save up a little longer, do not buy the gimped version.
>>733731461Still harping on this because you have no argument, huh? We're done here then, that's basically a concession. Go try and convince people that the Thor is good for DS then, I'll stay here laughing with my actual hardware playing games with a real stylus and zero lag.
>>733731436Know how it compares to the RP5? I get some temporary burn-in, or whatever you call it, while running setup wizards on winlator but it goes away quick. I'm on 20% brightness though. Other than that and having to tone down the saturation to 0.8, I like the screen.
The coolest thing about it is that you can play two Gachas at once.
>>733731560Harping on the fact that you couldn't read basic English and pitched a massive fit because of it it? Yes, because that's what happened. lmao mad because bad.
>>733731560I have a DS and three 3DSes. I have already played elite beat agents to death and I do not need microsecond-accurate touchscreen response accuracy to play the vast majority of the interesting games on those systems.You can check any DS/3DS recommendations thread and you'll notice virtually none of the games require the touchscreen for anything more than inventory management or extra buttons. The rare exceptions are the DS Zelda games and those have romhacks to make the controls heterosexual.
>>733726003>dedicated muh performance screenmodern gamers are so fucking retarded
>>733730908Not the resistive screen nigger but didn't the screen on the original ds have pressure sensitivity that was used in various games?
Isn't 3DS performance shit?
>>733732003What else are you gonna do with the second screen if you're not playing DS/3DS?
>>733732250Watch vtumors/3D camwhores/breadtubers, of course.
>>733731881If that's your personal use case, then it has more value. But if we're speaking objectively, the Thor fails at replicating the main feature of the DS and 3DS which is using your stylus on the touchscreen. There are just as many games that required constant movement on it as there are games that just used it as an extra menu or map. It all depends on which games you play but if we're speaking in general terms, it simply doesn't cover the broad catalog. There's also the issue of capacitive styluses all being dogshit, not a single one feels as good as using a DS stylus.
>>733732236Yes. The emulator isn't great and has a lot of shader stutter, input lag, and incompatibility issues.
>>733732953Shader stutter is a reality of any modernish emulator and goes away, performance is relatively great after someone finally had the brilliant idea of just disabling the 3D render, latency is not much worse off than the average modern game. You still shouldn't buy a clamshell, but 3DS emulation is fine.
It's a shame all emu chink will be Android from now on
>>733735192Linux just can't keep up
>>733735192both linux and winslop suck as handhelds
I have one and its not perfect. The dpad placement and triggers are uncomfortable as fuck
>>733727176Or you could just make circle pads. The PSP and 3DS still work fine.
>>733726003too big
The only redeeming feature that could save the DS form factor is modular dpad and sticks to make it good depending on the game.So no, I ain't buying your shit.
>>733736183I want to lose real sticks in favor of circles, said nobody ever.
Still no decent handheld with 6 face buttons for Sega/FG emus
Are they planning to release a revision for this anytime soon?
>>733735567Gpdwin 2 shits the retroon flip 2 and ayn thor and it's not even close.>>733736493Surface duo with that new hello gamesir controller. Even has a 6 button option. Problem is that it's fucking bluetooth.
>>733738295>tfw no horizontal RP ClassicI'd cum buckets
>>733726003After BOTH of my 2DS systems had stripped screws I'm ready to try something like this. Fuck Nintendo and their shitty handhelds.
>>733729538Oh yeah but is she a friendly girl? Ever thought about that? Perhaps she's actually mean and she's actually your girlmeanie
>>733732236latest turnip drivers helped make things very snappy, so no it's not really shit anymore.
>>733738312Normally there would be yearly iterations, but the way this is selling and with the RAM and flash memory jew looming over, who knows.
>>733738596>Gpdwin 2>no dual screensshut the fuck up
>>733731245Unintentionally terrifying image
>>733738312The only realistic upgrade is giving it an Snapdragon 8 elite chip, which is only really needed for emulating PC games beyond 2015. It's something that most people arent gonna care about when the current device can already emulate everything except the latest PC games.
>>733726658I'm not advocating for you to buy one, but you're talking about shit that's like $10 on AliExpress. I have an RP5 I like it specifically because it feels like a handheld made by Sony or Nintendo. They even use a d-pad that's almost identical to the Vita's.I wish the face buttons were as big as the PSP's, though. I love holding that thing, but that one change would have me not even thinking twice between playing on my actual PSP over the RP5.
>>733739261I could be your girlmeanie tonight anon...
>>733736493>modular shityou are so fucking retarded
>>733740307It's that or inherently making the bottom input impossible to use, 3DS is garbage.
>>733739598>Needing dualshit
>>733735192We are gonna start seeing ARM SteamOS ports once it's released. It's very likely that the chinks use it as a base for their own OSes, at least for the high end devices.
It looks very nice but I would use it a lot and I am afraid the hinges would break easily.
>>733732139Uhh... No? Its touchscreen was plastic and had the durability of a happy meal toy. It did not encourage you to press on the screen harder, that would've gotten you blocked on cert by Nintendo.
Really been enjoying mine so far. Feels good to hold, form factor is nice - especially with the grip for longer sessions. Battery life is pretty good. Haven't really had many issues emulating anything in particular. Switch and 3DS can take some tinkering in terms of drivers and settings, but that's pretty true on most devices in my experience. Not cheap, but I'll get a lot of use out of it for sure
>>733726658I have a PSP and it doesn't
>>733726003It's kino. I finished re4 remake, re7, and re8. It gave me nostalgia for the 3ds when I played revelations.
>>733731436If it goes away it's not burn-in, it's image retention.I don't know about Thor but Pocket 5 has a pretty good screen.
>>733742739Not really. They use Android because it's easy since they use off the shelf components. They don't even port Android well over to these devices and there's a ton of stuff left that doesn't work because they're using the mode less version of Qualcomm. SteamOS isn't magic, it's just immutable arch. It supports the same stuff every other reasonably fresh distro does.
>>733726003That doesn't look like the ROG Ally...
>>733726003I ordered one of these 4 fucking months ago and 4PX just says "trajectory stalled" and they are straight-up impossible to contact. AYN has at least replied to my emails but they hardly seem to give a shit. So, just as a friendly PSA, avoid having things shipped by 4PX at all costs.
>>733726003Onexsugar is better
>>733726003Thor is the most performative and reddit handhelds.
>>733736183>3DS still work fine99% of people had theirs snap off on the 3DS. My PSP one still works but does that weird thing where it gets trapped and isn't entirely 360 all the time. I've never actually known why it does that.
>>733726003I have no interest in that product.
>>733726003>main selling point is that you can play ds/3ds games with those dual screens>can't emulate 3ds games well
>>733731318>SD 865How the fuck did Qualcomm still have some of those lying around? It's a 5-6 year old SOC and I'd imagine new ones aren't being produced.
>>733726003Just get a 3ds
>>733726003>120ms lag>hinge cracking >can't even emulate all 3ds gamesEh
>>733749125>4pxlmao it's your own fault retard
>I want to play PC games on a tiny screen with a controller and keyboard in publicNobody ever said this, ever, fucking ever. Deck and deck imitations are retarded
>>733740418I hear Gamesir products are actually good, but I can't get over that name.
>>733752235>Chinese company>Instantly get associated with indiaThey should change the name to Gamedragon or GameDir(ect). literally anything but that name.
>>733752628Outside of /v/ no one cares about Indian racism.
>>733752792that's not even remotely true. normalfags everywhere bitch about AI and Indians, even on fucking reddit
>>733726003>handheldgo read a book instead
>>733752870I thought you were still in prison, Quentin.
>>733752792My coworkers make fun of indians almost daily and I work an office job. They will show me indian Tiktok s where some guys crack up bottles and spray it all over people or some guy making food with his dirty feet. wut r u on about, though I don't really hear the term "jeet" instead they say punjabis or call them dirty people or poo people.
>>733726003for me it's the rg35xxh
>>733752848You think the average normalfag is going to go to bestbuy shopping for a controller, pick up a gamesir box, then think to himself it's made by Indians and put it back? Really now?
>>733753509I think there's at least a 50% chance of that, yes. I hear "Sir!" and "DO NOT REDEEEEEM" memes from normalfags all the time. scam call stuff, dudes like kitboga or however his name is spelled already lit the fire on normalized racism towards Indians. The past few years have just taken it above and beyond
>>733726003>unusable dpadtrash
>>733753509lol yeah in the west there's a lot of government social engineering against racism against blacks or hispanics but indians never got that brain vaccine injected into the herd to protect them
>>733753603We agree to disagree then. I'd say go touch grass, but it's snow everywhere.
>>733753603Half the clothes made these days are from India. I sincerely doubt the average American is looking at the label and deciding not to buy compared to say, China.
>>733753910that's because most people don't look at the label. If they did, it would probably be considered lower quality than China. Also in the US, I mostly see stuff from Pakistan and Indonesia on the tags, sometimes Mexico or Guam.
>>733754007>India>Lower quality than China clothingChang...
>>733754107let's be honest, it's all being made by slaves (or a small step above) using garbage materials no matter where ya go. anything else is too expensive. crazy how it's cheaper to make that shit and then send it around the globe than just pay people in the West to make it themselvesguess somebody's gotta deliver those pizzas and dig those holes
>>733754187No, China has a history of cutting corners in their products. They have a notorious reputation for it that continues to this day due to their culture. India doesn't have the same culture and manufacture in India tends to be okay.
>>733729152BASED
>>733754439>China has a history of cutting corners in their productsSo does India. Nobody expects high quality mass manufacturing from that part of the world. It all has to be shipped around the planet to the US and Europe, they have to keep costs down.
>>733728658Resistive is pixel perfect tho
China>ranjeshland
>>733736183Also no L3 R3>Inb4 dedicated shoulder L3 R3 buttonsAgreed but those sticks still aren't better
>>733736183>work fineWhen they're brand new out of the factory maybe, after 3 days they get dust or microscopic pieces of plastic from wear inside of them and then feel like shit to use.
>>733754439Apple had a ton of issues when moving production from China to India because jeets are too retarded to assemble a phone and not shit on the assembly line. I'm not even exaggerating, there are reports of fecal matter being found in iPhones assembled in India. R*edditors made a huge stink about returning iPhones that weren't manufactured in China. The only reason anything is manufactured in India at all is because China is getting more expensive and tariffs. Nobody actually wants jeets touching anything of value if they can help it.
i always wanted a psvita with a slide out keyboardturns out the chinks had already made onehuh
