>the perfect hand-held doesn't exi-
I'd rather have a buffalo take a diarrhea dump in my ear than experience Android emulators on the cheapest electronic device China could muster.
>>749666779as with all 3DS copycats, the touch screen fucking sucksjust get a normal one and homebrew it
Just buy a normal 3ds. Emulators suck for that system. The touch is always off and the graphics processing is always bad. 3Ds cost about the same as the knock off and are easy to mod.
>le retroYou have to go back
>pay four times as much for a "name brand" chinkheldJust get the bootlegs from aliexpress
>sour grapes: the threadAnyway, I bought my steam 'ick last week so I have no reason to get any of those new chinkhelds
Why have that when I have the win 4 2023 model? My handheld has 64gb or ram and a 4tb nvme drive.
Thought the point of Chinese handhelds was cheap gaming. This thing costs more than the 3DS ever did.
>>749666779But it's not perfect. Just makes sense. sensible SOC to play 3DS titles.Bottom screen has the same aspect as 3ds i think.If your aim is just 3DS mainly and the other portable devices minus Switch. It's probably a solid choice.Odin 3 Portal will look interesting too with the growing capability of running PS3-4 games too.
>>749668863It runs the 380p games EVEN BETTERcrazy
>>749666779I do not feel the need to emulate DS/3DS.
>>749667056Sounds more like you just have a scat fetish anon
>>749666779>cost 300 to 1kLol, lmao even
>>749668498I'd agree if people we're re selling them up to 300 us.I'm glad I've hung onto and modded mine but I keep am eye on the scene for the day it breaks so it won't be a sad loss.
>>749671241Sounds like you'd rather eat the rotten asshole of a roadkill skunk and down it with beer
>>749671379You have a weird fascination with animal asshole anon
>>749666779I bought. Still waiting for it to arrive. Really just want it to play Nightmare Troubadour and PxZ1/2 and maybe ps1/ps2 gaems.
I have chinkheld fatigue
>>749666779>4x resolution>decent touchscreenFinally, a proper 3DS replacement
>>749671280>cost $250????
Oh, no...
This is the real deal.
>>749673740>stick topLmao
>>749673426>duo litekek
>>749666779Too weak, if Thor 2 has this design and an 8 Gen 3 it's a winner.
Feels good not being a drooling retard. This shit is made for morons who can't follow a 30 minute modding guide for a standard 3DS model. Thanking you guys from the bottom of my heart because retro handheld prices are slowly deflating again
>>749671241>>749671441Way too many young people invaded this website.
>please please please buy my cum stained 3DS for 500 burgers!
>>749666779buy and ad
>>749668863It's because 3DS emulation is pretty heavy, so the required hardware ends up even more expensive. Doesn't help that they all have bigger screens with 4x the resolution too.
>>749666779That thing looks like it's made out of the cheapest plastic on earth. Also,>AMOLED screenCan't imagine it would be very easy too see in broad daylight, important for a handheld.>JeetDroidlol>16:9 screenOn a console designed for old games?>Active coolingWhy would it need a fan? My 3DS doesn't need a fan>$269That's more expensive than a 3DS AT LAUNCH, an infamously big ask from NintendoAlso, it still looks kinda too big for a proper handheld in my opinion.
>>749674710$269 in 2026 is far cheaper than $250 in 2011 when it launched. Economics and inflation, bro. I still agree that chinkslop hardware fucking sucks, but at least get your math right.
>tendies think people buy these devices to only play 3ds They really are hopeless tech illiterate retards.
>>749674845It can't even play ds perfectly due to touchscreen lag and lack of capactative stylus. And if you're getting a device to play anything but ds/3ds, there's better form factors like retroid pocket 6 or the 477.
I have a jailbroken 3ds so I bote this instead
>>749669480that case reminds me of this so I hate it
>>749674845Getting a 3DS-shaped chinkheld is compromising every other game you could play for the benefit of 3DS games. If you get one of these and aren't mainly playing 3DS games,w hat's the point?
>>749674830You're right, I'm retarded. It would be $374 today. Also,>2011 was 15 years ago
>no 3Duseless garbage
>>749666779just ship it already you cowards. it is mid October FUAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACK
>>749674845Why buy device only good for 3ds if not playing 3ds?
>>749675749>2011 was 15 years agodon't do this to me, anon...
>>749675715there's a decent amount of dual-screen mods at this point
>>749676562>>749675715
I got Thor already and i mostly play JRPG/TRPG/SRPG so i didn't had any issue with touch screen part yet. To aim or move unit, if i don't want to press buttons? Perfect. Also could pull up steam games on the device it self, PSP and many other emulators too.Most 3DS at the time i could find in near good condition were closer to 400 dollars if i add up delivery fee and possible Taxes too i had to pay for the import. So i just gone with the more versatile device.Azahar devs are also working more actively lately and most of the shader stuttering was mitigated. it's far from being perfect but the type of games i wanted to play on DS/3DS? it's perfect.>>749676562>>749676720>>749676921These are pretty cool too.
>>749668498God, I'd kill for one of these with a resistive touchscreen.
I have a 3ds xl but sometimes I wonder if I should sell it and buy a New 3ds xl
>>749678415If you want it for emulation, you would be better off keeping the 3DS to play DS/3DS games and buying a chinkheld to play everything else. The n3DS is kind of shit for emulation, it struggles even with the PS1.
>>749678415New 3DS is worth the upgrade over the stock model for the improved 3D effect (incorporates head tracking) and being able to force the updated specs to work on all games, not just the select few New 3DS titles or improved-by-3DS titlesIf you AREN'T pirating and using homebrew on it, no the New 3DS is not worth it
>>749678415New 3DS prices skyrocketed over the past year. Some are fucking $300 used those bastards. I'd rather buy the 3ds chinkheld and emulate more games rather than give money to those jew bastards.
>>749678415mh4u runs better on new 3ds models so i recommend for that reason alone. also c stick. lmao.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0sZJyCArfg
>>749676425>>749675749how's wives and kids, anons?
>>749666779Bro just get the Fold 8, run emulators and droid deck and call it day
Any good chinese handheld for under $100? I want to play PS1/Dreamcast flawlessly
>>749679062>Foid 8KEK
>>749671697>he doesnt know what tax plus shipping & handling is>other DS devices cost upwards to a thousand
>>749679062how long until the screens get all creased and the hinge starts to break?
>>749666779Already outdated with the Anbernic one announced
>>749666779>Brownoid Pocketbuy a fucking ad
>>749679292It's purple thoAre you colorblind?
>>749679249>screens get all creasedunavoidable just because of the nature of soft screens but it's something you don't notice unless the screen is off>hinge starts to breakhonestly you can pack that full of sand and it's fine, per jerryrigeverything
>>749667056Just flash Rocknix or whatever
>>749674205it's ok anon, just watch from the sidelines like the rest of us oldfags
>>749679107Either the RG35XX H(orizontal) or the RG35XX Pro (vertical) around $60, which has frameskips or the Mangmi Air X, which is around $90 IIRC and runs dreamcast games mostly okay (no frameskips)
>>749671241It's gotten to a point that retarded zoomers don't even know the reference? Really? Goddamn you retards need to die or lurk more
>>749673426Nintendo really used to make quality hardware huhShame those days are gone
>>749680840This never happened. You are a bad person.
>>749673426Nativechads can't stop winning.
Are the Ayn handhelds good?
>>749682524They have great build quality and feel premium. They used to be more powerful than competitors with newer chips. Prices these days sucks due to RAM prices though. I would say you are better off with retroid and anbernic lines now since the hardware chipset is mostly the same between all the top brands now
>>749681789The DS to 3DS line was all quality hardware for an affordable cheap price. It just worked.
>>749669480Why can't they make Nova Duo with a second screen slapped on top?
>>749679062>Just get the fragile, $2000 phone with no buttons
>>7496684983ds cant play gamecube or ps2 games unlike every other retro handheld for the same money as a refurbished 3ds and even then 3ds isnt aging gracefullyThe battery alone is slowly decaying and replacing it will be a nightmare in the future when you have to frantically search for a replacement3ds emulation sucks though im playing conquest on my Thor and it keeps stuttering when 3d modells are shown but ds emulation is alrightIf you only care about 3ds games then a refurbished 3ds might be worth it but emulation is only gonna get better so in the longterm any chinkheld is gonna be better than a 15 year old handheld
>>749683093>fragilePoor detected.
>>749683168Nah emulation can easily hit a bottleneck like ps2 especially on shitdroid. I tried 3ds emulation 3 years ago and tested it again just last month and it still has the same shader issues on stuff like OoT and FE. I don't expect the touchscreen lag to ever be fixed wither, which automatically rules out all rhythm games and stuff like TWEWY.
>>749671241hello newfag
These devices seem to be in a weird space where they're good for everything but ds/3ds games. I'm hopeful they keep iterating on these things so by the time my 3ds does finally die it's a viable alternative.
>>749683093>plastic scree>fragileBased RETARD
>>749666779The switch Lite is the perfect handheld today and the switch 2 Lite will be the perfect handheld once it releases
>>749683168>3ds emulation sucks though im playing conquest on my Thor and it keeps stuttering when 3d modells are shown stop using Azahar
>>749684454What else is there? citra?
>>749686293ive looked at the emualtiobn wikie and the only thing that showed up was Folium for androidI dont know if its any better though
>>749686293Citra fork by weihuoya. It's somewhere around 150-200% faster, stutters less, and has less input delay because it runs on opengl (Azahar has 3 frames of input delay if you set it to vulkan. It's on the issue github page but nobody has an idea how to fix it). It suffers from some compatibility issues though.Whatever that autist chink did to the code it basically optimized the emulator beating the combined azahar team making them look like code jeets.
Should I get a 4:3 handheld just for playing 4:3 content or play everything on a 16:9 device?
>>749666779Playing twin snakes on my pocket flip right now btw. Android does indeed suck however.
>>749684390>fast talking tikslop
>>749687083>FoliumThat iOS only.>>749687087>Citra forki had Citra MMJ, it certainly didn't had stutter but was a bit slower.>by weihuoyaDidn't see this one listed or mentioned anywhere. But i give it a go, thanks.But yeah, Azahar kinda sucks, because they are too heavy into not enabling piracy.>>749687238I'm not allergic to 16:9 black bars with 4:3 or 3:2 systems, so i have gone with it for versatility.
>>749666779I’ve got one of the one screen ones, and I love it. I dunno if I want a 2 screen one though. I’m not that into DS games, and I can just play the few I want on pc.
>>749687790It's not bad, if you are into multitasking or want a guide open all the time. There are some neat second screen apps now like the magnify glass, if you need the map to be zoomed in and displayed on the bottom screen.Some translation software that auto translates parts onto the bottom screen so not getting in the way of view.Recompile/decompile of games with second screen enchancement added in.But one screen device is also good enough on their own.
So, what is the best retro handeld under 100$ today?I do not need more than n64 emu but i want MAME to run well.
>>749683168Playing non handheld games on screens that small is fucking garbage. 16 bit era is "fine" at best due to their simplicity but anything past is SHIT
>>749688004Neither of these are achieved under $100.
>>749676562>>749676720>>749676921>chinkfag needs 10,000 HP and cheats to play morrowindEL OH EL.
>>749688067Really?Ok what about 100-150something?My 2ds is failing and family still want to play tetris ds and other old ds games like mario.What about those with 2 screens? Not gonna use touch function much.What i can buy?
>>749688041ok, boomer
>>749689063Android ones all range in the 250 dollarsLook up Retroid duo lite, should be good for DS but i think that is like 175 dollar..Though there is RG DS plus if only DS is needed.
I have a DSi in pristine condition.I just need an R4 cartridge, or do I need to do something to the DS OS as well?
>>749690143>R4There are better flash cards these days, do some research.And yeah, you can do some extra modding to have some emulators and other stuff on your DSi
>>749689063The DS clones are iffy, you have to go big on the Thor Base or suffer the shortcomings of the Duo or the RG DDS (which is looking to be $300 anyway).$150ish chinkhelds can net you good N64 with GlideN64 on mupen, but the super accurate stuff with 3 layers of vaseline on Parallel-RDP is a real bitch to get working, AFAIK you need at least a SD8Gen2 device, Turnip drivers so the GPU turns vulkan compliant enough, and either a vibecoded fork of Mupen standalone or retroarch-turnip to let you sideload these drivers. MAME Is pretty tricky since, as you probably know, it's entirely CPU based. Normally people just run "normal" arcade games (ie CPS3, beat em ups, shmups) through FBNeo instead, and these can also have decent results on the $100ish bracket, while the hard hitting 3D stuff is up in the air. I haven't really messed with it beyond Daytona USA, which made my RP5 eat shit to the point it was better to just emulate Model 2 Emulator for Windows.>>749690143https://dsi.cfw.guide/
>>749690516>>749690552gentlemen...
>>749690552I should clarify: the 3D stuff being on MAME, not FBNeo.
>>749683168>gamecube or ps2 gamesyou should get a CRT for those>3ds isnt aging gracefullybuild quality of 3DS (non xl) is excellent, there are barely any broken consoles on the market compared to DS and GBA>battery alone is slowly decayingthere are good replacements like CameronSino
Buy an ad.
>>749690552I mean, i do not need complex arcade racing games, i will play those on pc.About doing mame well i mean those semi-recent shmups with some 3d going.Is still a handheld and i will just play handheld games.But my priority are the ds nintendo games running well.I do not want to risk a used ds with broken controls/battery or something.
>>749690143just get a DSPico
>>749691025>build quality of 3DS (non xl) is excellentMaybe if you ignore the paint chipping and the circle pad.>>749691104>About doing mame well i mean those semi-recent shmups with some 3d going.Hmm, how semi-recent are we talking? I know shmups very casually, but basically the late 90s early 00s CAVE stuff is where the $60 budget stuff would fall apart and the sorta PS2 and PS2 able chips become necessary. Either way, I'd double check with someone actually into shmups in that case.
>>749691485>paint chippingyeah, the XL-specific problem (metallic versions only), which I mentioned>circle padnot a problem, just don't give it to kids
>>749688041I can't play anything on my handheld other than Gameboy games, shit is too small. There was a reason for these games to have small characters and items — people were playing them on a normal fucking screen.
>>749691663>yeah, the XL-specific problemUpdate your database claude, the O3DS is painted and it chips like a motherfucker in no time.>just don't use the circlepadListen, I know the 3DS has nothing worth playing, but come on.
>>749666779The dual screen is so pointless when DS games are barely even functional. I wish they would focus on single screen clamshell more.
>>749680840>>749682761Everytime dust got on the screen the stylus would feel and sound like nails on a chalkboard, the ps Vita actually had a good proper touch screen
>>749691753O3DS original Nintendo shells don't chip and you are lying.>just don't use the circlepadIf you can't grow up from being a 7 years old who breaks his toys easily then you shouldn't have consoles at all. This is purely a "found my old console how do I fix a circlepad" redditoid problem.
>>749691992even if DS emulation is bad you can still doomscroll insta reels on the bottom screen while you play something on the main screen
>>749692056I traded in that pile of shit before it chipped any worse for an XL and it was barely an year old. And you don't have to insist, I know 3DS warriors don't play 3DS, else they wouldn't be 3DS warriors.
>>749683168>im playing conquestfeel sorry for you hope it gets better
>>749689063If you know you only care about DS games and Nintendo handheld games with some NES thrown in here and there, DSi's are pretty good and cheap. They can't do SNES games, and I don't know how their Genesis emulation is, but for Nintendo handhelds and NES games they're pretty great.
>>749691992DS was peakDS was 2000zoomers love the 2000simple aswe also have psp clones btw, they are just less talked about because...well, it's a psp clone
>>749692149Your O3DS was some chinesium reshell. My black O3DS is 15 years old and it's only scratched a bit.O3DSXL are known for their weak hinges, maybe you should trade that one too
>>749675234does anyone have the barneyfag version of this?
>>749673740>million games on the home screenyou don't play anything on that, you only boot it up to take pictures of the home screen title screens
>>749692379I'm reminded of how 3DS shills have to be genocided. Nothing but lies.
>>749692557Not only there is nothing wrong with having your machines loaded with games, installing games on 3DS is a whole long-winded ritual, hoarding is even more warranted there.
>>749691753>the O3DS is painted and it chips like a motherfucker in no time.I have 2 and my wife has 1 all of which are 13 from the first 2 years of production. What fucking shit climate do you live in that's a problem?
>>749691992>DS games are barely even functionalwrong. russ's recent video showed an update for melod ds that had better input latency than rocknix.
>>749674045I have an original hacked 3ds XL full of games and im still getting the Duo. I cant stand the low resolution of the original 3DS. I dont know how anyone can desu
>>749676216>$45 shippingWhere the fuck do you live?
>>749668498Holy fucking based! What an original and well thought out opinion
>>749696218east coast na. i paid for dhl because of the horror stories surrounding chicago and 4px shipping.
>>749691992>DS games are barely even functionalu wot m8
