Emulation handhelds are turning into fashion accessories You bought one right?
>>739659254I bought the VMU pro over the VMU2 because it doubles as an mp3 player but the shitty thing can only load a 10 song playlist and the USB C port doesn't even send audio to headphones, I feel like I was ripped off because they advertised it as a "powerful mp3 player" Tried Game Gear emulation and it didn't even boot up.At least It can hold all my Dreamcast Saves
>>739659254Yes but I actually play games on it
If it doesn't emulate the DS is trash
>>739659254>screen aspect ratio so shit you will get black bars everywhere no matter what
>>739659357Beat FFV and some NES games on my 35XXH, now mostly play on my retroid. Good handheld.
no I do not leave my houseI play emulated games on my monitor
Got a Miyoo Flip v2 comingThe fixed hinge version
>>739659353You didn't set it up properly. Read the manual.
>>739659853>fixed hinge versionno such thing, only confirming "fix" was they are planning a V3
>>739659254>You bought one right?No because I can just buy a controller for my phone instead of having two (2) android devices.
>>739659357I have this and still can't figure it out. I only want to play games and scrap their stuff
>>739659254How do femoids wipe with these claws?!
>>739659357>play more than 15 minutes of anything that isn't turn based>hands cramp
>>739660835What's to figure out? You download custom firmware of your choice, slap it on an SD card, then dump the roms you want on it as well. The setup wizard will do everything then you can just play the games. If you're feeling fancy you can download some portmaster games too.
>>739659254Why would anyone emulate a cassette? Makes no sense if you're just going to play mp3 files.
>>739661185Reflexes aint what they used to be so I'm not even going to try
>>739661119a lot of people straight up don't wipe their asses at all
>>739661119They use it to scoop it up retard.>>739659254That one looks really nice, is it machined aluminium?
>>739661226I found a torrent with gba ROMs, unpacked them to a folder and tried to scrap them , program could not detect the games
>>739660296Holy shit this. My redmagic 11 pro with a controller MOGS all these handhelds.
I'm too old to buy props for social media. If I want to play old games I either just run an emulator on my PC or on my modded 3DS.
>>739659254>Emulation handhelds are turning into fashion accessoriesno they're not.
>>739659254I stopped buying Anbernic products after buying a RG35XX and an RG35XXSP.All their handhelds have serious engineering problems and feel incredibly cheap.
>>739661732It's comical how many of their products come with fucked d-pads that you have to fix with tape
>>739659254tablet > chinkshit
>>739661732The worst thing about chinkhelds is they're all shoddy, even the $500 ones. Yeah the cheaper ones are extra bad but no matter how much money you throw at it they'll always have shoddy QC, jank incompetent hardware design, and unacceptable failure rates.
>>739659926His issue is probably that whatever USB-C headphone dongle is UAC 2.0 some of them let you swap back to 1.0 through an app. Still for a cheap decent MP3 player I just use a my previous smartphone, get a decent dongle and load songs onto that.
>>739659254>displaying a cassette tape when listening to musicnigga just use a cassette-tape shaped digital audio player
>>739662205why not current smartphone
>>739659254No, because I play on my 'Eck with my 'Ick in bed with my wife (husband).
>>739661685your 3ds can't even emulate ps1 at full speed, quit coping.
>>739662658Did you not read the "or" you absolute fucking troglodyte?
>>739662707There is no "or" you triple mega nigger faggot 69. There is only your pc. 3ds is useless for emulation unless its on the virtual console support list. Cope and seethe for not throwing that piece of shit into the trash can already.
>>739661627>be me, this time last year>get meself the 10s pro>2 months later 11 is announced, fucking thing has water cooling>it launches soon after>same time this year>11s pro is announcedreeeeeeeeeeeeeee fucking chinksssss
>>739662758Not sure why this has you so asshurt, but the 3DS handles GBA/GB/SNES/NES perfectly and many games are comfier on a handheld.
>>739659254Can any of these run xbox 360 titles? I got a rog ally z1e but its a bit big and haven’t bothered setting up emmyI wanna play armored core
>>739659254Anbernic loves to throw shit at the wall
>>739662830Fuck off tendie, nobody gives a shit about your virtual console bullshit. If it can't even play ps1 then its fucking WORTHLESS as an emulation device. Something my psp could do far before the 3ds even came out. Your handheld sucks donkey asshole and I am danmed if I am going to have someone challenge me on that when I owned every single model of the 3ds and hacked every single unit. Literally a 70 dollar chinkheld can do emulation better than a 3ds. You have nothing, and I despise you for trying to make a depreciated handheld relevant again in 2026 when you should be using your phone or a chinkheld like an actual sane human being.
>>739659254No thanks I have a large collection of real handhelds with cfw/flashcarts>>739662830He's either brown/poor/underage and didn't buy one before prices shot up so now he has to cope with chinkshit.
>>739662912Not reading all that. Sorry you were raped as a child or whatever.
>>739662930You handheld can't emulate ps1 and above therefore you lost and got raped. That is bare minimum for acceptable emulation hardware. There is no counter argument here.
>>739662916>>739662830stop trying to fit in tendie nigger, you posted a niggy
>>739660296Why wouldn't you pick an MCON to advocate using your phone?
>>739659254>touchscreen with an image of a cassette on itwhat level of faggotry is this?
>>739662758>3ds is useless for emulation unless its on the virtual console support list.Anon...
>>739662390I just like having a more dedicated device+my phone doesn't have space for a big library. New phone is fine if your library isn't too huge.
>>739662658>>739662758>>739662912>>739662981why are brown people like this?
>>739662990The mcon fucking sucks.>top heavy>vastly overpricedHand comfort is everything in a handheld.>>739663027Yes, unless you use the official virtual console emulator via the rom injector method you flat out cannot play most platforms or consoles. SNES and N64 will flat out just shit the bed unless you do so. The n3ds only has enough UMPH for at best, gba with sound issues.
I got a ton of hours on my chinkheld. Might get a better one eventually but every new release isn't quite what I'm looking for.
>>739663080You can't even read, so you can kill yourself now. You once again, lost and got raped.
>>739663084>gba with sound issues>N3DSWhy wouldn't you GBA inject for native play, the whole point of the Ambassador Program was it runs a modified GBA firmware to play those games. Nintendo pretty much gave you an FPGA core.Not only that but if you believe the 3DS/N3DS are enough of a dinosaur that they can run GBA but magically can't run SNES emulators then you're just silly.
>>739663123
>>739663140No shit shirlock, why do you think I brought up virtual console rom injection for now the third post in a row? 3ds emulation is so putrid dogshit that the only way you're going to get a playable experience with any title is via that. Using retroarch on such an underpowered system just introduces issues for no reason, further cementing how dogshit worthless it is for emulation.
>>739663190>shirlock brownoid-sama...
>>739663159See>>739662912RetardI genuinely hope you kill yourself for going out of your way to use inferior devices for purely sentimental semantics. You do not belong on a technology focused board, my board.
>>739663190>Using retroarchWELL THERE'S YOUR FUCKING PROBLEMAll the Retroarch cores ported to the 3DS are so hideously out of date and badly optimized that they're clowned on by the scraps of GBAtemp that still talk about the 3DS. Get dedicated homebrew emulators.
I personally really like my retroid flip 2, but I admit my phone would've been perfectly fine to play on. I just really dont have any options when it comes to flip phones.
>>739663241>I genuinely hope you kill yourself for going out of your way to use inferior devices for purely sentimental semantics. You do not belong on a technology focused board, my board.I own a 3DS. It's already modded. It makes playing games from specific consoles easy/convenient. If I need more power for emulation I use my PC. I genuinely don't understand where all this rage is coming from, you're free to use your chinkslop handheld.
Yes, I have an R36S.S'nice. D-pad is a little stiff and buttons need a lot of push, but for $30, that screen is gorgeous. It's nice to have something I can jsut shove in my pocket without worrying too much about damage or price.
>>739663232You still lost and got raped unless you can suddenly produce evidence your shitty pathetic outdated depreciated hardware can actually play ps1 games.>>739663261There is no problem, you have reading comprehension issues. I have owned every 3ds device, you are not emulating anything outside of virtual console platforms which is extremely limiting in itself. You are not allowed to say something is acceptable as if your personal standards have a marking on reality. There is only ONE standard for emulation and /vr/ as a board collectively got together and decided that as an elite elder council. You will adhere to those standards or I will rape you, end of story. ps1 or above or fuck off. If I had it my way I'd be making this argument with psp emulation or above but the /vr/ council would have my head for that.
>>739659254Some stock photography isn't a "fashion accessory".Let me know when the high-end clothing and accessory stores are selling this stuff.
>>739663345Can your 3ds play PS1?
laptops are the perfect handhelds, we are just too weak to carry them.
Do people in real life actually do this? I never go outside so can't know
>>739663392No? When did I ever claim it could do so? You seem to be getting buttblasted over scenarios you've made up in your own head you absolute faggot.
>>739663392WoW
>>739659353>10 song playlistLet me guess, you need more?
>>739659534Unironically a good thing, it means that while it isn't perfect for any one system it's at least 80% decent for every system. Jack of all trades.
>>739663364These are big words from somebody that wasn't aware that Retroarch fucking sucks on 3DS and there are alternative emulators
Holy fuck, we're regressing
I have the RG556. I use it a lot, have pretty much all my emergency media on it. But I'll be honest with you guys, before this handheld I was using an Onn walmart tablet with a duelsense controller, played pretty much everything up to psx just fine. I didn't really need to upgrade.
>>739663467Jack of all trades would be a 4:3 or maybe 3:2 The vast majority of systems are wider than they are tall
>>739661119they use bidets
Just get a Pocket Air MiniYou don't need more
>>739659254I bought pic related since it can play my old cartridges.
>>739663715I remember that thing, pretty much a Retroid Pocket 2S in specs and price-point wasn't it? I fucking love my 2S still, perfect market target.
>>739663536All emulators save virtual console rom injection is worthless on the 3ds. Show me evidence of full speed ps1 emulation on all titles and I might stop posting, otherwise you're still not meeting the standards of anon. I'm not bending on this, and I hate people who go out of their way to defend irrational platform choices for emotional reasons over rational ones. There is no way under the sun you are going to look sane to me for trying to justify a handheld that can only do everything worse than anything else I own in my house save play its own games released for specifically itself as a platform, which I have already done when it was alive and during its peak and you should have as well. You will meet the standards of the hivemind upon this website or you will be berated by its members.
>>739663805Once again this is mucho texto for somebody that is stockholme syndrome'd to Retroarch
>>739661119girls don't go #2
>>739659254>No headphone jack
>he doesn't own a gba for gb/gbc/gba>he doesn't own a dsi for ds>he doesn't own a 3ds for 3ds>he doesn't own a psp for ps1/psp>he doesn't own a ps vita for ps vita>he doesn't own a game gear for game gear>he doesn't own a steam deck for pc>he doesn't own a switch 2 for switch/switch 2
am I better off getting the Ayn Thor or a new phone as a gaming handheld?
>>739663539sovl
>>739663887You're once again making bold assumptions as if retroarch was the only emulator I've tried and still failed to provide counter evidence as a response. You are wasting my time at this point with your posts. I don't feel bad for telling you to kill yourself at all if you're going to behave this irrationally.>haha you don't need ps1 emulation bro nintendo is the best you only need gba and snes and n64 bro it's the greatest. I love using my 3ds over other choices because it just feels so comfortable when its a nintendo product. ps1 is for losers anywaysWhy are neurotypical niggers like this? Nobody cares about your idea of mental comfort, intelligent people only care what hardware it has in it and what software it can run. Less software choice always means inferior decision. Same reason I own a legion go 2 instead of a fucking steam deck despite them both using steamOS. ITS CALLED BEING FUCKING LOGICAL.
>>739659254I bought so many handheld junk but realistically you are not going to use thesesteamdeck is seeing some use, but only as a bedside gaming or when I am traveling for multiple daysvita is seeing some use only because it is light and it is so easy to mod and download games, never have to connect it to anythingnone of android based handheld are being used anymoreI got clockwork pi because I fell for "coding on the go" meme, it is so fucking heavy and clunkyI acquired one windows ce handheld device for muh nostalgiaand some other junks I can't remember where I put themand all these get nodiffed by decent android phone with a controller
>>739664058Thor.
>>739664080whoa whoa whoa who said you can emulate n64 and snes on 3ds
>>739661119Good question.
>>739664056I intentionally threw away every single version of the 3ds, psp, vita, gba, and everything else I owned and I hope this upsets the fuck out of you. I own a 5090 by the way.
>>739664116n64 and snes rom injection is a thing, nintendo added several titles to the store you can do that through.
>>739664116Honestly between source-code ports and 3D versions of the original games like Star Fox, N64 emulation is kind of a nothing goal on the 3DS regardlessSNES is perfectly feasible on O3DS if you use homebrew emus that aren't RA cores (abysmal dogshit)
>>739662890One of their best qualities really.
>>739662990I like it but the sticker didn't stay on my phone so I have to keep it balanced to play without it falling off.
>>739664294Magsafe stickers are cheap on Amazon
>>739664058as someone who prefers original hardware, I would rather game on an ayn thor than a smartphone because at least it's a dedicated device that would allow you to ignore notifications from work and family. but a new phone would be the smarter decision, financially.
>look at all these $50-80 shitty ass devices i haveYou should honestly just have saved for a premium device like an 'eck, Thor, or Rog device. I've tinkered with a few of these chinkhelds and at the end of the day just having one premium device that can do everything while displaying every system well mogs having three different 480p systems that all have heavy compromises
>>739664136>I hope this upsets the fuck out of youI'm more upset by you wanting me to be upset than by you throwing away your games. I thought we were friends, anon. :(
>>739664058Phone for power if you really need those more edge case pc titles. the redmagic 11 pro and 11s can even run red dead redemption 2 pretty okay. Otherwise you'd wanna get the thor. Problem with phones as someone who owns the redmagic 11 pro is that it kinda sucks ass when it comes to handheld specific features like having a sleep mode (phone can only be turned off entirely to save battery). I personally use the virtue 8bitdo controller with my redmagic so I can have expanded storage. But as the worthlessly retarded niggerfaggot 69 said, why ever use a handheld if your pc is available?
>>739664391stop invoking empathy during my shitposts that's not right. I'm not heartless enough. Remember 4chan gay, not 4chan mad. It just appears like 4chan mad at a glance.
>>739664056>>he doesn't own a gba for gb/gbc/gbaYou play GB/GBC games on a Game Boy Color. The GBA screens are dogshit compared to it.
>>739664458heh. oldest trick in the book, it never fails.
>>739664591I'll have a beer in your name and go play vidya.
>>739663539Chinkheld tech is all about bringing sexy back, so that's what's up.
my r36max is being shipped right now. i plan on playing through the poke'mon games, what should i expect?
>>739664306Eh not worth it, I only play it at home and only use it for porn games anyway
>>739664607Patents expiring on old cool designs is great news for people that WANT those old cool designs to resurge, all of a sudden there's Blackberry and Sony Xperia Play clones flying around everywhere
>>739664639Should be fine since diagonals aren't super important but if you want to improve its quality dramatically for other games like contra and such I recommend opening it up and putting some non conductive tape over some of the dpad contacts. There was a guide for it from tape anon on /vr/'s handheld general.
>>739664712Odd that this is such a magic bullet for bad d-pads, everything from my old 8bitdo SN30 Pro to my Steam Controller have benefited from a little electrical tape on the contacts. I would have guessed the secret to a carbon pad/rubber membrane d-pad would be pretty much figured down to a fraction of a millimeter by now.
>>739663539people crave tactile feedback. its why analog media is making a come back. you can only do so much with a slab of glass.
>>739664787I think its really a matter of people not really giving enough of a shit to playtest things properly before releasing them. Most of the engineers behind these products probably so some basic tests along the lines of performative gaming, probably with something like pokemon and then call it good enough and release it.
>>739664661Hell yeah
>>739664537Admittedly I had an AGS-101 but playing Pokémon Gold or Oracle of Seasons with a lit screen and not trying to angle toward toward a light source was the greatest quality of life improvement I've ever had in playing vidya.
>>739659254>You bought one right?Hell no. I'm not trans.
>>739659254>Android This this is just a phone without SIM card
>>739665836The GBC screen is legitimately gorgeous in person. Having the secondary light enhances how it looks. The screen is easily better looking than an IPS one.
>>739665956I hate zoomers so much its unreal
>>739663327it wouldnt.
>>739659353Can I use this on a dreamcast? I actually want more blocks but those multi vmus LOVE to fucking corrupt randomly.
>>739664056I'm actively selling all of my old hardware because its pointless.
>>739665956>a secondary lightYou needed a light just to see it. The Game Boy Color was almost impossible to see without a good light source, good luck playing it in an unlit room, under the covers, or on a road trip when it was still dark.That's why you had gimmicky peripherals like the Worm Light.
>>739664058always china handhelds or a steam deck. phones are terrible and not for videogames.
>>739664319a powerful phone is an all around waste.can get a $200 black brick that does everything all the others do.
>>739664805>>739664661This is performative shit. You want tactile connection it has to be done well and if you're going to complain about things being 0.01 grams heavier, thicker etc.. then this will never work. A lot of this shit is just memberberry nostalgia for oldfags who actually remember it (ie the digital media player that looks like a cassette tape ) or larping for those who are too young to do so. The problem with a lot of chinkheld shit is just like people who like the style of Y2K era tech or yell about Aero being SOVL UI or etc...is that implementation. Sure, it has the baseline aesthetic but if its not built well to solve current problems, then its just a memberberry toy. If it lacks the freedom and benefits of the shit in its old days, then its just like buying "punk" looking clothing that's made by fast fashion megacorps yet claiming you're heckin overthrowing the system. There's some legitimate coolness to some of these old designs sure, but much like a lot of "temu / aliexpress / chinkoid bullshit" you can get anything that LOOKS like the old days, for cheap, but its implementation under the hood one way or another is often fucked. Chinktrollers is another example - tons of great specs on paper but the actual implementation is often shitty and has other issues, needs proprietary Windows only apps to configure, gyro doesn't work unless you put it in 'switch' mode or whatever the fuck else because the PC mode is using a ripoff chipset pretending to be an Xbox360 pad from decades ago and can't do anything more etc.
>>739666389It's cool if you're a collector and have a place to display things.
I unironically marked out and bought the Anduril branded gameboy.
>>739667063I have grown to dislike collecting and collectors specifically.I will keep a few meaningful cartriges but most will go.
>>739659254Console wars were the first performative thing normie gamers invented without actually talking about the games themselves. So lots of /v/s are just normies in the past actually.
>>739666547words words words who cares nigga
>>739667203Meanwhile I just want to play essentials from each console up to ps2, preferably on a single device
>>739667981I would advise against a vertical like that then.Something more horizontal like the retroid pocket or flip is better for analogue games.up to PS1 can be done for like $50, up to PS2 is around $200.
>>739668023Why? Shoulder buttons?
>>739668057just a very cramped design. consider how you'd have to hold it and bend your thumbs to reach those analogues there.ok for slower games, but kinda ass for action stuff.
>>739663628>>7396634674:3 is absolutely the only aspect ratio that makes sense.Out of shit that can actually be emulated on handhelds;10:9 ratio:>Game Boy>Game Boy Color8:7 ratio:>NES>SNES4:3 ratio>PS1>PS2>Genesis>Saturn>Dreamcast>N64>GameCube>DS3:2 ratio>Game Boy Advance16:9 ratio>PSPWidescreen was a mistake for everything except movies
>>739668118Ah, noted. Some time ago I was oogling retroid pocket 5. But it's so similar to my switch.
>>739659254I just got a Retroid Pocket 4 Pro for my birthday but I'm too exhausted from a stomach sickness to play. And I lack a MicroSD card so I can't even pack that much onto the thing all things considered.
>bought an RG350>like it a lot>never want to buy another one because people who own more than one of these things are fags
>>739668193>16:9 ratio>>PSPthe annoying thing i've noticed is that this is still bullshit for horizontals anyway. got a 16:9 system but it isn't filling the screen 100% thanks to missing like, a couple pixels on the side, and thus cannot be pixel perfect. either gotta downsize the bitch in integer scaling or linear scale the image, adding a blur to everything. absolutely maddening unless there's something to ppsspp i don't know, the display options aren't helpful with this..
>>739660296Yuck, icky
>>739659254>play gamesphone or just don't game outside>listening to musicphonewhy do people keep buying these trash?
>>739668196I have the flip2. Its the same hardware as the pocket 5 but as a clamshell.I like it, but at this point I mightve bought an Ayn Thor instead. Thats more expensive though.I also like to buy handheld grips from Etsy to add some girth.
>>739668420>>739660296Touchscreens suckPhone controllers suckPhones weren't designed to actually use their CPU in more than short bursts, so running an emulator will kill your battery and heat it like a nuclear furnace
>>739668423>Ayn thorJack of all trades. Expensive, but is it worth it for ds/3ds games? Or old pc games?
>>739668487Yeah, I'm discovering that myself. Got a phone that's technologically stronger than a chinkheld, but it burns through battery like nobody's business passively, whereas the chinkheld not only doesn't get input lag by comparison but is able to hold its charge far longer unless I'm tackling Gamenative shit (which barely works because don't got the drivers and factors for it). I lose like 11-15% a day on the phone when it's left idle with no tabs open, like 2-3% a day on the chinkheld left passive for the same span of time. People underestimate what a focused device can do, Android or not, and this inherently makes the high end devices just plain absurd no matter the specs.
>>739668775I dont have one so Im not entirely sure.Its also not the same touch screen tech as on the DS/3DS so I dont know if it will feel right with a stylus.Would love to try it if given the chance.
i hate any electronic with a large screen. it's just a massive failure point that will be difficult to replace in the future compared to a proper design. this goes doubly so if it's a touchscreen.
>>739659254I dunno, I'm kicking it around now that I've been on vacation and had to use my phone's wraparound controller in bed for extended time (and it's a pain to hold up since it's so damn long) It's just that, I dunno how much I'd use one once my vacation is over, and most of them are about paying way too much for something with shit stick placement because it can barely handle most N64 games. $70-ish just to run SNES/GBA romhacks and pico-8 is kinda meh sounding to me.
>>739662370I would use my Echo Mini more if it had some form of playlist support.
>>739668420kill yourself
>>739659254was checking this out a couple of days ago, was considering getting one but the buttons don't work with barely anything and you need to use the screen touch anywayI'll still stick to my psp for on the go games and music player
>slop, chinese
>>739666547Pro tip: chinkhelds is one of the few industries where gimmicks are a plus as long as it's nifty. Personally I'm bored of modern handhelds that are all just the Switch but bigger.
>>739668193True 2018 4channel oldhead here, been gaming since the early days of the late 00s.3:2 > 5:4 > 8:7 > 4:3 > 16:9
>>739668487>had an 8GB Moto>heated up and chugged on XenogearsCan confirm.
>>739666108I'm not a zoomer. Zoomers replace GBC screens with shitty Chinese ones because "omg backlight!">>739666419Who even plays in an unlit room? Or under the covers? And you're an adult, you ain't pulling this out in your dad's car or whatever. Just play it on the porch during the day, enjoying the outside, or by lamplight. It's not difficult.
>>739659254Is thor the only real option for playing 3ds? It's kinda overpriced. Maybe i should wait for the clones
>>739670286Nigga it looks like a TN display from my 2001 Sagem, it's atrocious.
>>739669335never thought I'd say this but it badly needs a touchscreen. navigating tons of folders one by one is such a pain
>>739661896iPad kids ruined the image of tablets, nobody takes them seriously anymoreThat and phones being so big these days that tablets don't feel special
>>739670778and the worst thing is... iPads are awesome devices.
>>739670562It's not atrocious. It looks wonderful in the proper lighting.The only thing people complain about with it is just "muh backlight."
>>739671093THIS. The colors are great.
>>739659254Good evening. I join you friends now to state that I hate the antichrist. Thank you
>download tinybestset>get 2000+ games I will never touch>but what if I do want to touch an obscure game and Nintendo kills the current hot piracy site when I check for said game?
>>739659254>Plays PS2 games>No analog sticksJUST
>>739659254Nah I still have my 3ds hacked and just bought a limited edition DS lite These gay emulation cuck devices still lag on certain games and lack the SOUL of using dual slot mode on the DS
>>739659254I've got an R36H that I picked up for cheap that is the same atomic purple that my old gameboy colour used to be when I was a kid (I miss electronics doing this in the 90's)It's pretty good, but I did need to 3D print a better grip for it, and it's not the strongest thing in the world, but if you just want a portable device to play NES-Dreamcast games on without raping your phone's battery and cooking it's CPU, then it's perfectly fine
For ps1 games should I buy a controller for my pixel 9 pro or a R36S? How good/bad is it in comparison? I head phone batteries drain fast emulating
>>739674871PS1 is super lightweight, unless your phone's android is fucked you won't feel it. I hate telescopic controllers and I'll tell you to get whatever you're thinking, that's how dogshit the R36S is.
>>739666268Yes, it saves to a microSD card. I have one ordered, but don't have it yet. I do have the PS2 equivalent and it is great. Functionally limitless space.
>>739662370>>739669335>>739670770>Zooms decides to go back to the iPod days>Zooms soon find out why everyone moved on to using smart phones as their music players
>>739659254No, but i do still have my old sony walkman. Still works too.
>>739661560???????? you put roms in the roms folder
>>739664058get an rg28xx instead
>>739662370I see no point whatsoever to this UNLESS the buttons are not that dogshit microswitch crap. They totally are, aren't they?
>>739671093lol
>>739675826Scraper could not detect the games for some reason. Should each game be in a separate folder or ?
>>739671093Jesus kid, shut the fuck up, it's just a really bad LCD. GB and Pocket at least looked charming, this is completely unremarkable gridshit and color correction has been solved for like 20 years.>>739676245Depends on the OS you're using.
>>739675352yeah I was thinking of a small wireless controller like this
>>739676348Cry about it bitch boy. You'll post shit like this and go "wow this looks so much nicer because I can play it at night!"
>>739670286my wife's boyfriend won't let me keep the lights on past 8pm
>>739676489(Pic related)
>>739671093Chromatic superiority.
>>739669848>posts credentials for credibility >ruins street cred for everybody with a similar background instead
>>739666460>can get a $200 black brick that does everything all the others do.post an example then
If they ever make something like the ayn thor without touch screen input lag I'll buy it
>>739659254>Got a Miyoo Mini (revampt with the good battery)>Literally can't buy them anymore since the overstock screens no longer existFeels good man.
personally, I'm of the belief that original hardware is king. I don't want to emulate home console games on a handheld as they were designed for larger screens. I don't want to emulate at all because tinkering with emulators takes time that could be better spent playing games. so I have my collection of handheld consoles that are either modded to play "backups" or have flashcarts. NDS has the best library of them all btw
>>739663359Can the R36S run PSP games reliably? The ones that were preloaded onto mine crash frequently, idk if it's because of the device or just the roms they chose
>>739677201No, it's too slow. As for the crashing your card is probably dying, might want to backup your saves.
>order AYN THOR>excited>get letter in the mail>lost insurance, have to pay for meds and doctor visits out of pocket>have to cancel thor order>actually really sad about ittfw
>>739676348Amber elec I suppose. Keeps showing me 17th Feb 2023 for some reason
>>739677301That's on the 35xxH? I had no idea. But yeah, scrapping varies between OS, if it's just running EmulationStation as the frontend it should be the same across them as it's handled by it, muOS got its own fucked up scrapper I never really understood but there's documentation for it.
>>739676951I would never play on that device but damn it looks good
>>739677298feel bad for you anon, though these are toys that won't keep your interest for that long
>>739677405Yeah I use this model. I will tinker further with the console. Right now I need to take a nap and boot up ring fit, gotta keep shape!
It's the RG Slide for me.
>>739659254I want to get one but the 5 hour battery life sounds atrociousI'll wait for the pro version
>>739676245why even scrape them, just put the roms in the folder and play them. there should be a gba folder in roms
>>739670913Keep bootlicking, apple-tardu cant afford a macbook LOL
>>739680514Because I'm hungry for knowledge
Which one looks the nicest? All of the ones I have seen so far look like cheap fisher price garbage
>>739681954Retroid and Ayn got the best build quality, Thor and Flip hinges cracking aside. Ayaneo -looks- premium but is all over the place.
>>739681785that's dumb, i use minui and muos with no scraping and it just works. romhacks won't scrape btw, so you'll have blank spots in your library anyway
>>739682110Thank you
>>739677298>not being autistically /fit/ so his health doesn't get in the way of gaming
>>739677298I'm really sorry you were born in the US, anon
>>739682463i just want to know more about the game i'm playing, browse its manual , check boxart and the like.
I love my chinkshit rg35xxsp running muOS. I don't see a point in getting a handheld with joysticks unless they're TMR or hall effect or whatever and if I run PS2 beyond, I want to be on a TV anyway.
I've been waiting for my retroid pocket 6 for two months now
Big fan of my XXSPAlways have it with me in my bag
>>739670286>And you're an adult, you ain't pulling this out in your dad's car or whatever. I was talking about from over 20 years ago when I actually used a Game Boy Color as a console, and not some sort of collector's item/way to recreate a childhood I never had. Even now, I struggle to think what my GBC can do what my GBA SP can't. OK, the IR sensor and the fact Kirby Tilt N Tumble won't work since it's not as advanced as the WarioWare Twisted cartridge and will reverse the controls if played upside down...what else?
>>739659254don't need more chinkslop in my life
I should think about getting one. Playing roms on a phone feels weird when it comes to inputs. Though I'm curious about how the rom installation works (do romhacks work too), do cheats work, how does this work with DS games and some other stuff.
>>739689518It's just retroarch for the most part, and whatever standalones you already got running on android for systems past PS1.
this was almost perfect for emulation if only the construction wasnt dogshit
considering the trimui smart brick, but I don't know shit about these things.and major red flags?
>>739684180it's called having a memory
>>739659254I was tempted by the rotate, but a v2 with better speakers and battery and 3.5mm audio would be ideal.
>>739659254>acoustic cassette
>>739661119My tongue.
>>739659254>turning intoThey already were
no they are notstop coping
Why would I want android garbage?I have a PS Vita and a 2DSXL. They run Vita, PSP, 3DS and NDS games natively or with very good first party emulation, along with having emulators for all the SNES and whatever retrostuff you want to play.
>>739659254feels good to have a steam deckit's like having a real car while watching others run around with donkey carts
>>739675713I still use my ipod nano. My phone is too bulky to take running.
>>739659926I did all that and nothing, the mp3 player app will crash sometimes too>>739663425By the way there's noticeable audio slowdown if your mp3 has album art attached to it lol>>739666268Yes but it still works within VMU memory size limitations of 128KB of data so you're going to have to switch VMU states often if you want to use this for everything
>>739659254that thing would actually be ideal if it had a 4:3 aspect ratio and headphone jack
playing the Mario & Luigi supersaga, and damn this game is jolly. Stealing Peach's voice then Bowser's a temporary ally.
>>739659254i only play video games at home because im not a loser, op
>>739672326>Dualshitter is retardedShouldn't have went jeetdroid. Troonix doesn't have that problem.>>739689653The pocket play is a modern Xperia play. It just looks like shit and is gonna cost 1200. Thats the acutal price.>>739693909>Plays goymes>Thinks he isn't a lover/tv/ wins again
I ordered this but God it's taking ages to arrive.
>>739659254Way better for kids than fully Internet conneced Ticktok goyscreens.
>>739661119Allegedly, they curl toiled paper into small balls before wiping.
>>739695672>pocket playsomewhat neat. apparently sony's patent on slide-out controls expired last year so we might see more of em coming up.
>>739659254Spicy pillows.
There is a decent chance I will end up with a job that's an hour away by train. Do I just get a 2ds or is there a good chink handheld at that price point?
>>739701093I don't know, how much are you overpaying for it?
I have the retroid pocket mini. its a really cool device for games before ps2/gamecube, but I do kind of regret it a little. the buttons kind of suck on it. if I were to get a better device what would you recommend? i'm preferably looking for something that could play up to wii u so I can play yoshis wooly world with no problems
>>739701286there's a few for 50 euro bucks + shipping. I guess I'll need an SD card on top of that so let's 70 bucks in total
>>739701385The slab, right? I don't know how much a RP5 costs in euro, but pretty sure that's not enough.
>>739701624>rp5200-250 on aliexpress, fuck no
>>739701881Yeah, that's pretty much the bare minimum for a decent chinkheld, take the slab. Just know that its emulation capabilities are vastly oversold, and you can only really play NES, GB/C, GBA (through hardware) and VB.
>>739661698>the only guy that actually has a reason for owning a handheld console >it's a phoneModern consumerism in a nutshell
>>739701965I'm fine with that. I want to play some DS and 3DS games so it will be perfect
>>739702008That was recorded long before chinkhelds could reliably play gacha.
>>739661732Say what you want about them but I really don't think they feel cheap.
>>739702140It's a spectrum, though they're usually on the cheaper side. Love the 34xx, hate the 35xx Plus. The real problem with anbernic is their mid-high end offerings tend to feel really bad even before comparing to retroid.
>>739696130Ordered one for my gf. Hopefully it ships around mid-June.
>>739702491Huh, what a coincidence! Your gf told me she was going to give me one while I was fucking her ass earlier.
>>739691053steam decks are the new "gaming laptops"
>>739662370Why is it so hard to find music players that are all-buttonI fucking hate touch screens
Mine is arriving soon and I can finally take it and play it at work
How the fuck do you get a Thor without waiting 3+ months or paying scalpers prices?
>>739664098>I got clockwork pi because I fell for "coding on the go" meme, it is so fucking heavy and clunkyLegit my worst purchase. I used it once, got disappointed by how bad the wifi was and how loud/clicky the keyboard. The one feature I need from a portable device, which is proper suspend and hibernation, is missing. Tried using it for classic debian/linux games for a bit but the fingers quickly start hurting.Thankfully I'm using my two anbernic devices. Portmaster is goated and having syncthing makes it dead simple to drag games onto it and forget about it. I really missed having a device that I can open at any moment and not need to fuss with settings for each game to play nicely.
>>739702401Oh fair, I only have a 34xx and 35xxsp and aside from a few gripes with the controls (e.g. 34xx dpad has too easy diagonals that the original gba didn't), they feel really premium for the price. I can't speak for their other devices.The only way I'm noticing they're cheap is that the plastic is disintegrating - there's noticeable dents in the dpad and buttons where I put my fingers and I somehow managed to leave nail marks. Also make sure to open it and check the metal dome switches for damage, mine were rather worn. I reckon I can replace the buttons over time, but it's a shame.
This is the only emulation handheld I own. Going to buy a Retroid Pocket 5 soon.
>>739659254Yes plus a r36s and a RP5
>>739704126Yeah, the SP initially feels good but the dome switch piercing is bullshit. I covered the contacts in exactly half and that did the trick for my 34xx, YMMV.
I got a Miyoo Mini+ and it does everything I need it to do. I mostly use it for GB/GBC/GBA/SNES and the occasional PS1 game. Lately I've been trying out that Path of Radiance demake.
>>739690573Buy the Hammer if you can for a bit more. It's got an aluminum shell and actually feels premium. The normal Brick tends to get hot at the back and is only plastic whereas the Hammer dissipates it.>and major red flags?Never use the built in OS or SD card that comes with the device.The OS is always outdated, unoptimized, and horrible. Use a CFW like Crossmix or Knulli depending on if you want something more like what it comes with or Emulation Station.For starters the SD card is always a bad reject of actual SD cards from the factories that they decided to use because they know it's going to fail in a few months when and you can't do anything about it. It WILL fail, it WILL lie to you about the capacity, and it IS ewaste. Second, they always come with decades old dumps of games that likely have random patches applied to them to avoid piracy protections, incorrect dumps that aren't even proper, trimmed roms, Chinese bootleg versions, etc.You can keep the SD cards if and only if they're from Kioxia as those are legit Toshiba brand SD cards. When you start going up in the price range (Like $200+) they use legit SD cards. The only thing you should keep from the pack-in SD card is anything they have in their Ports folder. My TrimUI Brick came with that one Taiwanese RPG for example, Celeste, Balatro, and a few other retail games.Also, if your plan for the Brick is something like action games from the SNES that require all four face buttons your hand is going to cramp within minutes trying to seriously press thing like X and Y, I'm going to put that out there right now. It's small. Real small. Videos do not do it justice how small it is. The thing is best for GB, GBC, GG, NES, SNES JRPGs, WS, WSC, and GBA if you don't have other systems that play those last three. It's by far the best for JRPGs or anything that doesn't require major inputs like action games.
>>739660296One of the few smart post in this thread.A good phone can do everything emu handhelds can do and more, do them for three times as long and best of all not make people side glance you for whipping it out in public.Personally, the third point doesn't really matter as 99% of the time people give zero shits about what kind of screen you use to waste idle time with.
>>739706546>do them for three times as longLying motherfucker, phone battery lives plummet when they actually use their CPU
>>739706605Are you running ps3 games or some shit?My 8 year old samsung could run NetherPSX ps2 emu for like 4 hours uninterrupted and anything older was basically nothing.
>>739660296>>739661627>using phones for something they're not designed for (long-term gaming)>eating up your battery AND killing its lifespan from the heat>killing performance running all your phone shit in the background>can get interrupted by calls, texts, and notifications>thermal throttling from passive cooling>the few phones with active cooling rely on a 0.003mm fan>either dealing with touch controls or some shitty third-party controller that takes up space in your pockets anyway>zero right to repair, even if you could (you can't)>if playing with the speakers on your phone, it's either backfiring or off to one side, or is both backfiring AND off to one side>minimal RAM on anything that isn't a flagshipAt this point I'm sure there's a fuckin' bot posting these replies in every chinkheld thread.>>739659254I'd get one of these Rotate shits if the battery wasn't ass and there was a headphone jack. I'm still on the market for a second chinkheld that has WiFi so I can sync saves, though I guess I'm not trying that hard since I'm mostly playing Switch games on mine these days. Might get that one GBA-looking one since that targets the specs I want and has WiFi.>>739664058Thor if you're not afraid of chink hinges like I am.
>>739707373They say it because every chinkheld is running some sort of custom android shell, basically making them truncated phones. Half the shit your complaining about can be fixed rooting the phone and running a custom OS or also plague chinkhelds like lack of dedicated active cooling.>dealing with touch controls or some shitty third-party controller that takes up space in your pockets anywayTouch controls as well as button layouts have evolved to the point of where there basically on par with controllers if your willing to actually learn Six Finger gripping. The perpetuated meme of absolutely needing a third party/bluetooth controller has been dead for a while.
>>739708405Fuck right off, you animal.
>>739706925On what device are you getting 1.5 hours emulating PS2 games?
>>739708475You can't stop the future of gaming anon. You're just going to find yourself left behind.
>>739659254If I'm out of my house, I'm probably doing something that requires my attention more.
>>739659254Yeah i have a phone
>>739708405my chinkheld has active cooling and mogs every phone because phones are for retards and not for videogames.
>>739661493Nasty ass bitches. If I don't get my ringpiece sparkling clean I get horrendous shitchafe.
>>739689653ergonomics from hell
>>739663425I need less>In The End - Linkin Park 30,000 plays
>>739708405Ick.Also:>implying trimming off all your phone shit will make it into a workable handheldThe biggest thing that makes phones bad for gaming (on the software side) is the fact it's a phone. Calls, texts, notifications from your Uber-whatsits, RAM usage and battery drain from it refreshing your shit.Sure, you can save a ton of battery putting your phone in Airplane Mode or Do Not Disturb, but then it's not a phone and you're probably missing calls.On the hardware side, the #1 issue is the cooling. If you play anything tougher than... maybe N64, your phone heats up.Most phones don't have active cooling, and the ones that do usually suck, so you're just building up heat with nowhere to send it, which means thermal throttling and/or battery damage.I can understand using your phone for anything up to GBA/SNES, but anything past that and it's just stupid, and anyone willing to do that to their phone is either underaged and has their parents buy them their phones, or they've got a phone with active cooling.
>>739675713>everyone moved on to using smart phones as their music playersThe market for dedicated music players are growing actually, nothing that will ever compare to the days where iPod was king but the number is there, the offering ranging from cheap to outrageously expensive has given people plenty of options to choose.
>>739709695I'm getting an mp3 player again because I plan to visit some public places that have too many browns in them and I dont want my phone stolen.
>>739676595For me it's the fpgbc.
Something really needs to be done with China. They're make the whole world soulless
>>739680535have both
>>739696130I shoulda bought a Thor before they nerfed it. Can someone with a thor show me the top screen with a gacha game and bottom screen showing some jav?
>>739709796Do phones really still get stolen? There's just no point to it. You can't do anything with a stolen phone anymore.
>>739659254>LONG fingernailsYou see the low-iq of people with long fingernails with dirt and mold
>>739662370I was about to buy this thing but it doesnt support LDAC, im saving for a HiBy R4
>>739711063I live on a third world country (LATAM) and stealing phones is really lucrative around here. At least that's what i think considering how common is getting your phone stolen
>>739711063what?
>>739711063You definitely can still do a lot with a stolen phone.
>>739662370>FiiOI bought an M7 probably a good 7 - 8 years ago. Throw a 2 TB micro sd in and it's been one of the best value objects I own.>>739675713Nah, I'm 40 and multi function devices are such shit as music players imo, you get so much more out of a dedicated device. I also don't stream, so there's that.
>>739675713>Mp3 player>Still has 30 hour battery life on a 1 hour charge after 19 years>Phone>Spotify drains my battery ~12% per hour of audio playback Specificity will come back
>>739675713i still keep my old as shit LG v20 because it has a removable battery and the quad dac.thinner than modern smartphones and way better.
>>739713649I wanna get either the fiio or moondrop cd players.
>>739690573>trimuiTrash. Post what systems you wanna play and you'll get better recommendations. If you want some aesthetic stuff that is actually good the new Konkr Pocket Boy. But personally the best handheld on the market value wise is the Ayaneo Pocket Air Mini. It plays PS2/GC and below. And I've even got it to run some switch shit. It is psychotically good value for the 75 I paid. But it is a premium feeling handheld made by a competent company not one that spends all its money on Tiktok ads. If you want good budget shit for N64/PS1 and below there are numerous exceptional devices from Anbernic and Miyoo (my favorite). Top is the Ayaneo Pocket Air Mini and bottom is the Miyoo Mini Plus. Both are exceptional at what they do and an exceptional value. The bottom I got for 39$, top for 75$. Personally I wouldn't spend more.
>>739660296these are all dogshit just buy a bt xboner controller
>>739709695>The market for dedicated music players are growing actuallyI know, I was responding to people who bought dedicated music players and found that they aren't all they are cracked up to be.
>>739659254I got a RG3500XX Pro for Christmas by surprise. It's cute but I can't get it to run N64 games at full speed without an extremely outdated and visually buggy core, and I've had little success with getting modern indie games to boot through Portmaster, even after making sure my device is listed as compatible with them. I played a few games on it but it's generally inferior to playing on PC and I'm not out and about enough to travel with it even if there wasn't a social stigma against it.Does anyone who's used Portmaster with one of these know how to troubleshoot when the installation menu pops up, goes through the file patch process, and then crashes upon loading the game?
>>739659254>no headphone jack>shit battery>powerful but has no sticks so you can't really play ps2 games for example so what's the point, also shit battery and tiny screen>too powerful and expensive for snes and gba emulation you'd actually use it for>even many psx games need a stick>did I mention non headphone jack (wtf?)>>739712272why'd you buy a dedicated dap if you're going to use bluetooth anyway? the whole point of those devices is to avoid that
>>739664058I got the Thor and its an amazing handheld. I would suggest you get a gaming phone like the Redmagic if you can afford it. That way you can consolidate wanting to buy a new phone but also having a strong enough phone to emulate everything the Thor would.
>>739718067Not him but have you tried out Rocknix on it? I know for my RG34XX SP it is night and day vs the stock OS for performance. https://rocknix.org/devices/anbernic/rg35xx-pro/
>>739659254Nobody with long nails has an opinion worth hearing.
Love my thor so much bros.
>>739709936>Still haven't open sourced the software so people can port MiSTer cores to it.>The latest software is still broken on a lot of games.I don't understand their mindset because it's straight up a better GBC.
I got this thing for my psx and down craving.Great screen, surprisingly comfy for long periods of time with my huge hands, very sturdy.The ayaneo pocket air mini seems to be better but this was like less than half the price and I don't think I can stomach PS2/GC on such a tiny screen even if it can run those.
>>739676595Those are pretty. What are those models?
>>739661119Srsly there is no better way for a girl to tell me they are off the market than wearing these fake claws. Like why would I want a bitch that can't open her own bottles or wipe her own ass?
>>739722123The GBA is just a custom GBA with an IPS screen. The other device is a ModRetro Chromatic (Cloud is what they call that color scheme). I have another pictured on the left of this image.
>>739691415>running with wired earbudsSorry but I can't go back from wireless
>>739711063I blame all this 2fa shit. I wish they all stopped forcing me to add my phone number. Why does my bank, email, and government need to be linked to my phone? I'm going to be so fucked if I ever lose my phone or change providers. How do people deal with that?
>>739722906I'm sorry for your hearing loss.
>>739711063I'm guessing the people who steal phones regularly probably are part of a black market where they get those phones back up and running to resell
Do you not have phones?
>>739722906What are you running from pussy?>>739723168I get a different phone number every few months. It's not that hard. Although I'm currently locked out of one of my banks because I'm traveling and I dont have the phone number, phone, or computer I used for online banking. They tell me to come in to the bank but I'm on the other side of the world. Kinda sux but at least my other banks didnt cuck me
>>739715702>Trash.>Shills Miyoo in 2026.Come on man. What possible reason could you have to dislike TrimUI? They're very consistently solid in their quality department compared to the meme company that is Miyoo that has had one single good item (The Miyoo Mini) pushed due to Covid and has bungled their way through life ever since.
>>739723554>TrimUIOS is trash, gets hot, buttons are small for the shell size, the FUCKING DPAD IS CLICKY, last I checked the only alt-OS CMOS is horrificly ugly (the only tolerable one is MinUI but that has no retroachievements), and the firmware on the device is fucked for some reason that prevents some ROMs from even running where they just work on even stock Miyoo OS (which no one in their right mind should use since the superior OnionOS is around). Genuinely why would you shill TrimUI? It is a tiktok product and that's it. There is no redeeming qualities to it. There are hundreds of other better/cheaper/more performant/more customizable/more compatible/better screens/sane d-pad handhelds out there to choose from. I rotate out every couple of months (almost always they sell for more than I paid, sometimes 2-3x) so I've owned at least 20. My dumbass coworker has had two TrimUI devices (Smart Pro & Brick Hammer) and there is nothing I can do to help him, namefag.
>>739723554>What possible reason could you have to dislike TrimUI?Same. I have a Smart Pro S and that thing is great. Good build quality. Good screen. Good battery. Good buttons. Running Crossmix. Consistently good across the board is better than great in one area and garbage in another imo. For sub-$100 up to PSP gaming I think it's a great buy.I am still interested in a little foldable SP-like for on the go gaming, but nothing stands out to me yet.> last I checked the only alt-OS CMOS is horrificly uglyCrossmix-Surwish is great, mate. Dunno what you're on about.
>>739723554Trimui isn't better than Miyoo at all but they're not worse>MiyoominiShit. The pocket go 1, rk2020, and pocket go 2 were good. Rk2020 was the first odroid clone btw. >>739724213>Minui Aids, but the rest is correct except the clicks dpad. Clicky dpads aren't negatives but the smart pro's is just I've used. The model s was acutally okay.
>>739724213>OS is trashWhy would you ever use the stock OS on any platform? Are you stupid? You either flash it with Crossmix or Knulli, same applies to the S, same applies to the Brick. If you are the kind of person who needs minimalism then yeah, go find some other thing, but minimalism sucks for these devices and all you gain is like one or two seconds faster boot time which is so negligible you have to be an extreme autist to even care.>the FUCKING DPAD IS CLICKYand? All the high end gaming controllers have clicky d-pads because it's more precise.>Genuinely why would you shill TrimUI?Because their products are of solid quality even if the plastic can be a bit cheapy, they have good buttons across the board, they won't break from looking at them, and they're completely reasonable prices for what they are. The TSP is like $60ish nowadays and that covers PS1 down. The TSPS is like $80ish and that can go up to PSP. The Brick is like $30-50 and the Hammer is $80-100. You also don't have to open the damn things up like Anbernic devices to fix some main issue they have.>It is a tiktok product and that's it.Buddy, the Miyoo brand as a whole only exists because it's a Tiktok product that got heavily pushed during Covid. The only reason they got popular was because Tiktok Shop pushed it on everyone. They are constantly plagued with QC issues, have objectively worse designed products than Anbernic in almost all cases, and cost as much as any other competitor. There is no reason to buy the Miyoo Mini Flip over the RG34 or 35XX-SP. Absolutely none. It has worse CFW, worse support, worse quality control, and is smaller.
>>739724593Clicky is fine on PC for modern games. But I dunno, I grew up on NES/SNES/GB/GBA/etc. It feels wrong playing retro games on anything but a membrane dpad. One that doesn't have false diagonals.
The Trimui Brick and NextUI are pretty good.
>>739724839>Membrane dpad's Anbernic. Miyoo's soft dpad's good too, but I really don't like verticals. I wonder if anyone with the ayaneo air mini can vouch for its dpad? It looks like the retroid 2s, but better
>>739670778Ipads are genuinely great if you do anything visual arts and maybe 2D animationAnything else? Genuinely cucked by apple themselves, an M2 Ipad is a powerhouse that will never use like 40% of its actual specs because apple is genuinely just retarded. We were going to get Blender first but for some odd reason the Ipad development was so expensive the blender guys just put it on hold and decided to focus on android. Android also just straight up has full Godot for some reasonI belive Apple genuinely knows it won't take a lot for IPads to become genuine laptop replacements for 75% of the population and they realized how bad that would be for the Macbook market, so we're cucked to obscene chips that might see some use if you're stupid and decide to render DaVinci clips on the thing and nowhere else
>>739677457Pretty good for everything GBA and under, I use mine as a pokemom machine
>>739659254Shill me the cubexx, /v/. i know that any chinkheld can emulate nes, snes and gameboy games without issues, and the problems start to appear if i want to play ps1/saturn/n64 onwards, though suposedly the cubexx can do ps1 with no problem. how fucked is playing sega saturn games on that thing? same for the n64.specifically i want to have radiant silvergun and the original bangaioh to play on the go, stuff like baroque, bulk slash, the thunderforce ports or mario64/zelda hacks would be neat too. also i want the XX verison because i read that you can install linux versions of pc games, and i want to try putting srb2, srb2kart and doom on it.am i asking too much for this little thing?
Honestly I've been considering getting one of those Music players, so having that and a pokemon machine that isn't a pain to connect online for retarded shit like scraping and RA seems like an ok dealShould I assume thins thing is like every fucking handheld in the market and that it only gets up to PSX?
>>739724836>Why would you ever use the stock OS on any platformNigger you didn't even read my comment so I'm not gonna read yours. I clearly listed the two best alternative OSs which are both TRASH. I won't be baited again namefag.
>>739710627>nerfed itWhat?
>>739725830>I clearly listed the two best alternative OSs which are both TRASH.No, the best alternative OSes are both Knulli and Crossmix. You decided to pick the most barebones ones and called it a day.
>>739725902By default they all ship with lower specs nowI'm baffled my LCD deck was probably a good deal with today's prices as well
>>739725902The Thor, RG34XX-SP, and one other device had their RAM amounts lowered which caused some issues performance-wise.
still the king
>>739725902It's not that bad, just a little slower internal drive but it feels bad buying after that.https://retrohandhelds.gg/ayn-announces-another-ayn-thor-price-jump-and-a-major-change-to-the-thor-and-odin-3/
>>739725943>>739726012Oh I'm glad I got mine from batch 5 then. Kept getting envious of people enjoying it and bit the bullet and haven't regretted it one bit. Just wish the glass screen protector didn't make touch inputs shit.
>>739659254>emulating a cassette tapeSure, now just go ahead and emulate the shitty audio quality as well for the full "authentic experience".Also, what's the point of having a dedicated media player in 2010+16? Granted, I kept my iPod around until ~2019, but smartphones are just as capable if not better. foobar2000 mobile JustWerks™, the only real challenge is finding a phone that has an audio jack.>but muh 384kHz DSD32768 audiophool snake oil!16/24bit 44.1/48kHz FLAC is all you need and that works just fine on any smartphone of your choosing.
>>739726496>much smaller and lighter>tuck it into a pocket>physical controls>one click sleep/wake>better battery life>its own battery meaning my phone's battery survives for longer>not connected to my phone in any way so I can use them separately>no interference from phone bullshitery either>balanced output and much higher output power if I ever want to use proper headphones with it>much better dac than that of most phonesI use mine all the time even though I have a good phone with a 3.5mm jack. It's just better.
>>739659254im waiting for big companies to step inI really don't want to go back home just see it on fire simply cause my chinese handheld decided to explode
>>739727279>im waiting for big companies to step inWhy would they step in and make piracy devices? They've stepped in and made stuff like the Evercade, the Neo Geo refresh console, and the Chromatic. The high end western-produced stuff is like the Analogue Pocket and their devices only get sideloading months if not years after release.The high end Chinese stuff like the AYN or Ayaneo stuff is the best you're going to get.
>>739727279What are you talking about? All your shit is made in China. They all juggle the same factories, workers and components over there.
>>739703617>The one feature I need from a portable device, which is proper suspend and hibernation, is missingahh completely forgot about that part, it was so disappointing
>>739726837>>much smaller and lighter>>tuck it into a pocket>>physical controlsFair enough.>>interference>>balanced output>>better DACI genuinely want to see someone do a proper double-blind test between some "good" standalone media player and an ordinary modern smartphone. See if anyone can realistically tell the difference when music is playing. Until then, it's all just audiophool memes as far as I'm concerned.I'll only concede on the output power point since my own headphones have difficulty going louder without an external amplifier.
>>739663765It's fine if it's under $100, but it's $135 now.
>>739727613Balanced output and output power go hand in hand. Most devices pump out at least twice as much through the balanced jack. It's also nice for good IEMs.
>>739725914Crossmix was listed. That is CMOS you illiterate namefag. Now I know you don't own a TrimUI.
I really want a Gameboy Advance SP now and I don't know why.
>>739728209ambernic rg35xx sp
>>739728389>ambernic rg35xx spWhat's the best custom os for this thing?
>>739728020>Now I know you don't own a TrimUI.I literally posted my Brick Hammer in the post you replied to saying not to buy it and I have a relative who owns a TrimUI Smart Pro that I had to set up and playtest. I have never seen Crossmix abbreviated as "CMOS".>>739728618Knulli or MuOS. Former if you want a better experience with more bells and whistles, latter if you want ti barebones and just loading games. The difference in boot times is like a few seconds max.If you want proper integer scaling you want an RG34XX-SP, same OSes, otherwise you need to manually force full screening it with a weird resolution.
>>739729046>If you want proper integer scaling you want an RG34XX-SPMan, I'd love a 4" flippy. I can manage with the 3.4", but I'm old now and I appreciate a slightly larger screen.
>>739659254Yeah, a hacked Nintendo DS
>>739725626a-any help?
>>739727445>T. Retroondittor shilling his exploding shitheldGet a real chinkheld.>>739728020Shartui is shit, but you're being retarded.
I still just use my trimui brick, although I have considered buying a horizontal handheld I just don't like being the kinda guy that wastes money on things they don't need. the trimui brick just cramps my hands after 30 minutes but it does its job for my backpack
>>739727445Chinese factories give customers exactly what they pay for, and chinkheld manufacturers skimp on anything they can, even if it costs literal pennies.Did you think the accounts of USB-C fast chargers killing low-end chinkhelds or causing them to catch fire were just a meme?
>>739664058Thor. It can emulate up to switch depending on the model, plus it has expandable storage so you can easily store all your ROMS.Modern phones are $1500+ for flagships, almost none have expandable storage and the ones that do usually have less RAM and weaker processors. A phone is also going to get filled with your pictures and other media. And you will require a controller to get a similar experience.The Thor is expensive for an emulator, but cheaper than a phone and will be better for just gaming.
>>739659254Only one of these I own is the Retroid Pocket 5. All I do is play SNES and GC games on it, but I get 2 days of battery on a single charge so I can't complain. Feels nice in the hands with the grip too.
Played The Lion King and Lemmings from GBC. Both solid games.
>local game shop has a 70-90ish dollar, can't exactly remember price, japanese dsiI could google but I want anon-kun's two cents. Would be nice to have something to jailbreak and play DS games on that isn't shelling out for a Thor or continuing to tolerate the 3DS's bilinear filtering.
>>739732653Probably helps if I actually fucking asked my question instead of autistically fabricating a whole post around it and then not asking? Is it worth? Did Google a bit and it seems I can find them cheaper but shipping kinda fucks it. Should I go for the shop one or nab an LL online and cope with the fees and wait?
>>739659254Yes. This is my dedicated PICO-8 handheld. Although I don't take it anywhere; I just lay in bed and game with it. I grew up with a Game Boy.
>>739732958Imagine the cramps
>>739727279Lenovo recently tried. It is a disaster
>>739707373>using phoneYes, the redmagic 11 pro has a fucking active cooling fan and liquid cooling, cry about it.>eating up my batteryFor what? I have an actual phone for calling people. My redmagic is purely for playing games.
>>739709067>mogs every phoneMy redmagic 11 pro has superior specs to your chinkheld, actually google the words I am typing next time before you keep making retarded assumptions.
>>739659254>zoomers cause us to lose out on physical buttons on our phones due to blindly buying anything with an apple logo on it and treating their phone like an accessory instead of an appliance>now they want separate devices to play what their phones could have been playing for years with the same degree of ease of controlling if they weren't so fucking retarded, all so they can treat this new device as a fashion accessory I will literally never understand the zoomer mind.
>>739659254GBA SP is the best handheld>big enough>small enough>Closes so screen is protected while in your puch>on/off switch is snappy and feels great to use instead of it being a lame ass button like any modern console>inserting gba cartridges feels fucking great>amazing games including some of the SNES library and wizardry shit like Driver and Jet Set Radio.
>>739732653>>739732927DSi XL's are generally the recommended thing to opt for due to the aspect ratio perfectly fitting DS games. That's not a bad price for a DSi but it's really up to you if you want it.
>>739659254These things have inherited the spirit of 2000s flip phones and I'm all for it. Just wish one of them would go full retard and make one that actually is a phone.
>>739734604>amazing games including some of the SNES library and wizardry shit like Driver and Jet Set Radio.The SNES ports were only good if you didn't have access to them before or thought the idea of playing Super Mario World was a novel idea, which is pretty much irrelevant nowadays. That being said, the GBA has a handful of good games otherwise, but to me the GBA really shone in its ability for backwards compatibility. Stuff that I spent more than 5-10 minutes and liked on include otherwise:>F-Zero: Maximum Velocity>Harvest Moon: Friends of Mineral Town>Mother 3 (don't expect a satisfactory conclusion to EarthBound or GOTY material)>Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land>Hamtaro: Ham-Ham Heartbreak (yes really)>Mario Kart: Super Circuit>Mario vs. Donkey Kong>Metroid Fusion>Metroid Zero Mission>Pokémon Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald>Pokemon FireRed/Leaf Green>Super Mario Advance 4 (get the Virtual Console version, it has the e-Reader levels)>Zelda: The Minish Cap>The Tower SP (an acquired taste but I enjoyed it)>Wario Land 4>WarioWare Inc.>WarioWare Twisted (physical cartridge only)There's a few more like Advance Wars or Mega Man Battle Network or Sonic Advance if that's your thing
>>739659926Saint anon helping wherever he can
>>739725626>how fucked is playing sega saturn games on that thing?Completely unplayable. Even SRB2Kart won't run well.
>>739725960>RG34XXhow nig an issue us this for the RG34XX? does it only affect things if you're trying to push into say, DS/PS1 territory?
>>739733820Such power... How hot does monster hunter world get?>>739733895You're potentially making assumptions yourself, redmagicbro. His chinkheld very well could be just as powerful. [Inb4 it's a pocket 5] i honestly wish for phone/handheld unity again. Fucks sake, pc emulation used to be this.https://youtube.com/watch?v=Co78pPKakkI
>>739737491It primarily affects the OS and Portmaster stuff. Knulli released an update to address the lower RAM usage for the OS but I don't know about other OSes.
>>739664056a n3ds covers NES, SNES, GB, GBC, GBA, DS(and like the 3 dsi exclusive games worth playing), and 3ds it can also play TG16 games too by VC injection
Get the Thor now or wait 1-2 years and hope there's a successor that will (hopefully) be at around the same price?
I've got my 3DS but I'd like to play PS2 games on the go, what should I pick up?
>>739737965Depends what your use case is. A successor can't fix the input lag, that's just an emulaion problem, and I doubt it will use resistive touch screens since that would be an extra cost for them to produce them. All you'd really get from a successor is better Switch and Gamehub support, so unless you really want one of those two what's out now is basically as good as it gets and you just have to hope for emulators fixing the input lag issue in the long run.
>>739711063They get shipped off to african/ME countries that don't respect IMEI lock because they are too much of a shithole to actually secure a steady supply of phones to sell without getting stolen in transit. Not even meming.
>>739661493>a lot of people straight up don't wipe their asses at allThe racist in me cant help but feel a certain nationality flooding other countries is throwing off the average on this statement.
>>739738075RP5 is good. RP6 would have been the go-to costing about the same except it's got waiting lines. Don't buy chamshells, hinges WILL crack.
>>739738119I dream for a future where ai will be able to shit out recomps
>>739737579No, it can't there are no x elite gen 5 devices right now on the market for handhelds. It is a phone exclusive SoC. I wish I could ban you for making posts without fact checking first.
>>739659254>giant window to show that you're listening to a RETRO cassette!Even gayer than the tube amp steampunk larping which preceded it
My RP6 is coming next week. Are there any easy set up guides? I assume it comes with a bunch of outdated emulators.
>>739742105ObtainiumObtainium Emulation PackES-DEThen you look up the most recent youtube shill clown guide to android if you need help setting up. Retroid is nice in that they make the outdated emulators opt-in on first boot.
>>739742105Also, if you're familiar with android, here's a protip no one will ever give you: enable wireless USB debugging and use scrcpy. Boom, you can now set up the thing from your PC using KB/M.
This russ guy fellates every device so I am not sure if he is being honest or a shill.
>>739677457it's actually pretty usable even in terms of ergonomynot a high end device but very sensible
>>739743780Worse than a shill, he operates on hearsay with next to no research to try to look knowledgeable. He got idiots using that beam scan shader that explicitly needs 240hz on 120hz chinkhelds, pushed nightly Rocknix on redditors when they CLEARLY are not equipped to deal with it, continues to lie about current PC emulation software, the list goes on. Complete imbecile.
>>739744079Thanks. He gave me serious dishonest vibes.
>>739662830>3ds handles snes perfectly
>>739663140>he actually doesn't know
>>739668420lagdroid is for subhuman brown niggers who have inherent temporal deficiencies, like you
>dude just play with shitty touch screens or buy a shitty clumsy, bulky and heavy pad adapterNo. For playing video games, these dedicated devices shit all over phones.
>>739707373>At this point I'm sure there's a fuckin' bot posting these replies in every chinkheld thread.never underestimate the depth and the breadth of the industry of astroturf shilling shit on /v/ and its ancillary boards, the problem is that it has become to ubiquitous that it's actually working on some of your retards at creating a false consensus, never fall for shilling
>>739727279>leaving home without your chinkheldabsolute retardationthat's LITERALLY the fucking point of them, fucking dipshit
>>739730951which one is this?
>>739747729which one is this?
>>739727279>charging any chinesium unsupervised yes, phones are also chinesium, except those actually have to try to be sold on local retail stores that have to observe safety and customer rights regulations
>>739747729>Console that can't even run its own games for more than a few hours>Emulation
>>739741074Nah bruh you gotta rawdog shit sometimes. >>739743780They're all shills and sometimes completely retarded. Russ's setup videos are surprisingly useful, but he has like 20 and they're pretty much the same video.
>>739659254No because I'm not gay or a woman so I don't care about fashion.
>own a Switch (hacked) for Switch and all home consoles up to SNES>own an Anbernic for all handheld consoles up to GBA>own a DS for DS >own a 3DS for 3DS>own a PC for everything elseYup, I think I'm all set.
>>739661896Do you niggas ever post new images? I see your ass on /vr/ and you just post the same image over and over again.
>>739749505That based tho. The world is in a constant loop so why shouldn't the internet reflect it?
I want to play some final fantasy games on one of those.Wich one should use?
>>739750686I don't know, have FFfags settled on using the pixel remasters or are you still bickering over SNES and PSP and DS? The former would require a beefier android one to emulate PC. Then again, anything that runs PS2 may enable that? Not sure if the not-snapdragon situation for PC emulation of very barebones 2D games improved though.
>>739750917Aren't the remasters on android?
>>739751036No idea, but wikipedia says so. Even easier in that case.
>>739750917I want to play ff8 9 and 10 if possible, and other jrpg.But playing a jrpg in a Gameboy type of console seems awful.Maybe a PSP type of console might be better
>>739751193Verticals are more comfortable to play laying down and work well enough for simple JRPGs, but horizontals are tremendously better at everything else, yeah. I couldn't tell you the bare minimum to run FF10, but I know RP5 does it well.
>>739659254I sold all my old cartridges and game discs so I can't emulate :(
>>739659254My concern with these handhelds are repairability and parts availability. I might end up getting a ROG Ally just because I can get upgrades for it.
>>739659254Akshully yes, shit is cash money.>>739677201It can, but you need to tinker with the settings, and it depends on the game. Some run smooth like butter, some have terrible audio or stutter, so you need to test it individually.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzxgaeGPhNQ
>>739659254>A screen of a cassette tapei need to kill myselfi have always worn koss porta pros and now I have to switch to my sony mds when im in public because i dont want to be accused of being a mixtape-playing nostalgiatard. porta pros are just legitimately good wired on-ear headphones.but zoomers are ruining it
>>739751193Verticals feel better for card games. Hori's for jarpigs.>>739756057When someone asks reliably, they mean with minimal or no tinkering.
>>739756271I used to wear proper headphones out, but the autists put a stop to that. Now it's IEMs if I want to focus on audio, or TWS without noise cancelling if i need to stay aware.
>>739750917Pixel remasters are a decent option for almost all of them and the best option for FF3
>>739708405>They say it because every chinkheld is running some sort of custom android shellGood ones run homebrew ARM Linux, not Shitdroid
