Just A Dream EditionScreen Utility - https://shauninman.com/utils/screens/Handheld Comparison - https://retrocatalog.com/Google chart - https://tinyurl com (slash) AllHandheldshas anyone asked my question before? - https://4search.neocities.org/vrCompare handheld sizes - https://retrosizer.com/Handy Handheld info - https://handhelds.wikilast thread>>12435719
I really enjoy my handhelds. I would like to get more original retro hardware but they are always so uncomfortable or drain AAs in like an hour so I just emulate on my steam deck.
>>12449838W I N N I N G 2 6
>>12449841>drain AAs in like an hourGet some Panasonic eneloop AA rechargeable batteries.
>>12449841I used to be more into OG hardware as well (and I do still own quite a bit of it) but my chinkhelds have essentially replaced them. OG hardware is great but by this time it's gonna get a lot of wear and tear. My PSP's screen has some bits chipped out, my DS Phat has a stuck pixel, etc etc. Getting fixes/replacements is just not worth the time/effort if I can just play them elsewhere.Of course I am beyond fuming that Persona 3 Portable has jpg lines on the portraits whenever someone blinks.
Are horizontals fundamentally more ergonomical or is there something verticals aren't doing but potentially could that would make them just as comfortable?
Anyone else is using firefox on the thor and it's crashing a lot? I think it doesn't know how to handle being changed between the top and bottom screen or something. It crashes like half the time I use it.
>>12449905Russ says horizontals are more ergonomic so people here repeat that
>>12449905vertishits are top heavy and have no space for your fingers if you're an adult male
TechDweeb won.
>>12449905Big verticals like the 477V that have enough room for your fingers in the back should be just as comfortable as a horizontal. I don't know firsthand though, only owned tiny verticals.
>>12449905Nothing can be done to fix the shoulder buttons or allow sticks. There's a case for laying down sideways, but only for very simple games. >>12449938>vertishits are top heavyI imagine that's the case for everything with a fan or lacking in chin. Can't say it applies to my two 35ers.
This thing really is leagues above that R36S I used to own. The quality of material actually makes it feel like something I can play on and not some cheapy flimsy thing. Though I do miss that light green colorway. And I kinda feel like this thing isn't as loud as I would like it to be.>>12444279Yeah, dArkOS is what I ended up going with. It seems fine, though I feel like there's some emulator options that ArkOS had that I'm not seeing on this new build. I also ordered a Wi-Fi dongle, so I'm interested in seeing if Portmaster and allat still work as good on this.
>>12449930He's right but it's just common sense, you don't need to have russ tell you that
Ok I'm going to pull the trigger on the Retroid Pocket 6 (dpad top configuration) as my first android handheld. I'll be mainly using it for SNES and PS1 emulation of Japanese games to help me with my language learning. However I'm sure at some point I'll want to play PS2 stuff as well. I guess if I hate it I can always sell it off...
>>12450064Yeah, those things are probably never going down in price second-hand, you'll be fine.
If I have a sd card loaded with games, will putting it in my rg34xxsp and turning it on to format erase the games?
>>12450085not sure, never tried putting in a non-freshly formatted card with shit already on it inside an h700 device
>>12450085What does turning it on to format mean? First boot setup? What OS? I don't think any community distro formats the secondary SD during setup, but I'd rather be safe.
>>12449905>>12449938Verticals are better for playing with one hand while doing something else. I’ve done plenty of Pokemon ROMhack grinding while driving down the freeway after work
>>12450085Yes.
>>12449837What the fuck is this chonky fucker
>>12450118Why can't you just keep your eyes on the road and listen to the radio like a normal person? Why do you need to play your bingbingwahoo machine while you're operating a deadly motor vehicle?
>>12450080Yeah I just wish I could fingerfuck it before I buy it and ship it around the world.
I wanna buy a GBA-machine, and I’m trying to decide between the 34XX and the 34XXSP. Does the 34XXSP’s D-pad feel like the 35XXSP’s, where there’s no central pivot, and you can just press all four directions at once? If it does, I’ll probably just go for the horizontal version then.
>>12450107Stock OS, first boot with the SD card. All the set up guides mention formatting by booting with the SD card in, then using a pc to move the games over. I have a 128 gig SD card in my android I've been playing roms from for years, but I'd like to use it in the handheld permanently.
>>12450160Can confirm - no central pivot
>AYN Thor looks pretty nice>sold out>2 month preorder>"well, I guess I'll check the threads before committing to anything">everyone shitting on itOf course, you fags are such poorfag contrarians. If the Thor wasnt getting shilled by Youtubers you would all love it. Now I'm left not knowing what to believe.
>>12450167>I can't think for myself waaaaah
>>12450154For what it's worth, I ended up liking the RP5 more than I thought I would. Just wish it had a better speaker setup. Might regret it if they reveal a new Mini soon, but not enough to sell it. >>12450163Yeah, I'd make a backup, don't trust stock at all. >>12450167Do it, retard. Buy the most expensive SKU even, that'll show us.
>>12450165Thanks; horizontal it is, then
>>12450171>want to hear actual opinions of the device>Youtubers just praise it BROOOOOO THIS IS THE ENDGAME!!!!!!!!!!>/hhg/ shitting on it, acting like an objective authority on the topic while not a single person in this general even has one.
>>12450167>>12450201bro is really getting mad about 4chan discussion of a children's toy
>>12450167Who cares what people are saying here or on Youtube, go do your own research and filter out the handhelds that fill the most checkboxes for you personally.
>>12450201>nooooo, you need to experience the hinge crack reports every 3 days yourself to be objectiveNo? lmao
When is the Magicx Two Dream coming out? it's literally the only upcoming handheld I care about.
>>12450206I'm not mad, I'm just wholeheartedly disappointed that even in 2011+15 all discussion about anything on this site gets overridden by how popular something is and the contrarian take must be formed.
>>12450201Too busy playing mine to write unpaid advertisements on this thread for your benefit.There's enough info out there that you should be able to know if you would enjoy one.
>>12450213>just go waste $600 on some chinkshit you might hate just to see if the D-pad is clicky or mushy>instead of just… fucking asking someone about itHoly chinkshill, just tell us who’s paying you so we can write you off already
>>12450167I just ordered a gpd win 5. Thor is only for performative gamers.
>>12450167The Thor isn't bad, but it is overhyped. This gets discussed in every thread now.The short version is that it makes a lot of sacrifices to have a second screen. If you're going to actually use the second screen, meaning you like DS/3DS games, get a Thor. If you want one because everyone says it's the "best," you will be better served by something more conventional.
>>12450236>telling you to go do research makes me a shillThere's no helping a retard like you, you should just roll a dice to decide what to get because you're too fucking retarded to make decisions like an adult.
>>12450257>do your research>but don’t listen to the reviews online; they’re all paid off>and don’t listen to people who actually bought the device on Reddit or 4chanOkay, so where do I do this “research”, if not those three places? The manufacturer specs aren’t gonna tell me what type of membranes the handheld uses
>>12450274watch a teardown videohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jc0P8YterHAbut seriously your only choice is to listen to shills and/or retards so choose wisely
>>12450147people scared of driving are weird. Grow up and git gud. Shit is easy, especially autos
>>12450289did you chipped it to make it play ROMs
>>12450274faggots on reddit and 4chan are shills too, retard, do your own research
>>12450201>t. ACKyn shill
>>12450141a photoshop, you fucking cumdrooling retard
>>12450118>brown hands>sandalssaaar
>>12449864Which chinkheld do you use that replaced all of your og hardware?
>>12450291Every single person I have ever known in life that thinks this way has totaled at least 2 cars.
>>12449838Miyoo Mini still hasn't been topped btw
>>12450604*Cracks*
waiting on Miyoo Mini Flip to arrive, thought I'd look at what CFW was available. Jesus fuck there's like half-a-dozen
should I get a thor as a replacement for my 3ds? my left analog stick on my new 3ds xl is broken and I don't want to try fixing it (ribbon cables and tiny screws are scary).I've been hearing about input delay on touch screen games and that's my main concern aside from from android azahar still being kinda shit (?)I also have a steam deck and a homebrewed vita.Basically I just want an upgrade/replacement to my modded new3dsxl and anything else it does would be a bonus (ps2 emulation, playing my steam library, so on).Also, what model would be ideal if I only really care about emulating NDS and 3DS?
>>12450635I still kinda want one but the whole hinge debacle really puts me off
>>12450167It's heavily overpriced and it's extremely obvious that company behind it spend most of their money on promotion (paid shills) than development.It can't play 3DS games well anyway and in the niche of dual screen consoles that can emulate DS Anbernic just released much cheaper alternative. There's no reason to get Gayn Thor except FOMO impulsive purchase.
>Winlator and offspring can't handle installing net core desktop runtime again awardSo sick of this shit. Feels I must be missing something obvious, but nothing comes up.
For the people who have multiple 'helds and don't just permanently shelve whatever is older, how do you split the use cases between the different devices?Do you have a out-and-about one and another to play at home? Maybe you have one for true retro systems and another for more advanced consoles that benefit from more power?What's your system? Tell us the detailsPersonally I use a retroid 5 to play home consoles(ps1 and up) and a miyoo flip for "true handheld" games(gameboy...). I also have an old outdated anbernic I bought as my first handheld years ago but I don't really use it anymore.
>>12450642This has been discussed to death. My take is that the Thor is the first in a wave of clamshell designs, it's expensive and has some design flaws. I think future models will be a better value and safer buy.
my best friend russ loves the thor that's all I need to know
>>12450682You're really going to try and shill a dual screen device that can barely handle 3DS games?
>>12450667I wanted to wait a few months to see if any hinge issues popped up, haven't heard of any and its cheap so thought why not
>>12450687V90s for out-and-about or the toilet, RG505 for PSP. Tempted to trade up the RG505 for something that plays PSP at higher res
>>12450691you have to accept to wait for many years.Because given the current shortage of ram, the increasing prices of everything, it's way more risky for companies to challenge existing products with new models.The AYN THOR is likely the only model for at least 3 years, so I don't think I can wait that much. I'll still have my steam deck oled if things goes to south but for portability, ds and 3ds games the thor seems to be the best option right now.New models or challengers aren't coming anytime soon, hoping to be wrong though.
>>12450687V90S for GB/GBA/SNES, RG ARC for arcade/Genesis/whatever few Saturn games it can handle, SF2000 for NES because that’s the only thing it can emulate without shitting itself but I like it too much to get rid of it
>>12450737Well if you have the money and want it, then buy it. It's obviously a very cool device for playing ds and 3ds games (among others)
>>12450687Trimui brick for snes/megadrive/gameboy, Odin 2 for everything elseI don't think I ever played a game outside the house
>>12450764I mean, you're still pretty much correct. Ayn Thor shills are annoying as fuck, the problem is just that right now, we're in one of the worst era for new products involving electronic components. Especially when even giants like Valve have a hard time right now for their PC and new VR headset.So I don't see a new model competing the Ayn Thor anytime soon
>>12450736Maybe the 557 or retroid 5? >>12450780>VRIs it good yet?
>>12450819yeah probably the 557 because of the built-in grips, but I haven't dug into it enough to see what flaws it has. RG505 is fine for now but struggles in some areas
>>12450704That's what Ayn Thor shills do.
>>12450780they shouldn't be making another vr headset when they already had one that people already use, they should have made instead was a dedicated personal display device, no straps, no bulkiness, no vr bullshit, no excessive weight or power draw from having an entire system mounted inside, just make a simple lightweight efficient fucking display, jesus fucking christ
>>12450642I've decided to not be a bitch and just repair my 3ds. doesn't look that hard to just repair the circle pad anywayproper analog sticks and a high res oled screen are nice and all, but all the other cons on the thor are too damming considering the price point. guess im in for the long haul waiting for a better dualscreen to come out.
>>12450780>>12450924Even with the hardware crisis, china will grow larger. Don't count out these companies. There's obviously a lot of demand in this space and they pump out devices on a regular basis.
>>12450704to be fair, the anbernig ds is only 100 shekels, not 400
ambernig 3ds clone is coming as a blue 3DS was spotted in the leak for their next device
>>12451257Ya it'll be glasses free 3d? The Chinese did it before.
>>12451257Pretty sure that's just an o3DSXL shell, that shade of blue is spot on, anbernic's never been good at matching colors.
Downsides to the Anbernic RG 477M? The 4:3 aspect ratio is calling me. The biggest negatives seem to be the LCD panel and lack of triggers.
>>12450957All said devices have increased their prices, so even China is still massively affected by the crisis.If they release a new model in the upcoming months, don't expect it to cost less than 600 dollars.Because even China still depend on Taiwan and South Corea, who have other demands.If you're waiting just for a better Thor, you might as well get one from the Batch 4. Unless you can wait for 3-4 years then yes that's a good decision.
>>12450924What are the most damning cons?
between a Miyoo Mini+ and a Trimui Brickwhat are the actual differences?it seems the Brick is a little more powerful? does that even make a difference into what it can run?what about the ergonomics?
>>12451596That panel isn't a negative. It's really fucking good. If you did happen to get one with a bit of light bleed then you could just return/exchange it. Anbernic are a real company hence they can actually manufacture units to meet and exceed demand, plus have actual customer service. Also consider the 477V.
>>12451647>CoreaAre you a retarded nigger or just not a native English speaker? >3-4 years for a Thor replacementDefinitely a retarded nigger.
>>12450924>touch screen input delay>3ds emulation isn't actually that great on android>price>some people are having issues with the fan>uncertainty of the hinge's durabilityso basically, it's expensive, has questionable build quality/quality control. if you want to play nds and 3ds games, a new3dsxl does it better, if you want an emulation handheld, steam deck or other chinkhelds do it better and for less.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mw1wFi74usoJoeybros... we're back...
>>12451674>Anbernic are a real company hence they can actually manufacture units to meet and exceed demand, plus have actual customer serviceCould you expand on that versus the other companies? Is it better to buy direct, then?
>>12451747fuck yeah
>>12451776>>12451781reminder to report this spamming spic faggot for shitting up the thread
Finally sold my Odin 2 since I upgraded to a Rog Ally Xbox X. It was and continues to be my favorite handheld, but I just can't justify keeping it when I play more PC games these days.o7
>>12451853>>12451853Seethe harder tranny chaser, you chase and chase and never catch. You take it more personal than Chewey herself, I think you exaggerate a lot, performatively so. Chill out babe, this is 4chan not Reddit Safe-Spaces.
>>12451982Your Reddit spacing betrays your words.
Daily reminder that nothing else makes sense after the Thor released. It has everything. It's the ultimate endgame.
>>12451982haha your posts got deleted get fucked spamming schizoid filth
>>12452086go get banned by youtube again, jewey. fuck off, buy an add faggot. we dont care about you.
>>12452079Based performative Thor CHAD.
I think I'll buy a onexflyFor those who have one, how is it?
How do Ayaneo users get used to start and select being on the bottom left?
>>12452079As an owner of both the Thor and the Odin 2 I can assure you I play the Odin infinitely more than the Thor.
>>12451667brick has stereo speakers and a much better screen.being more powerful also means you can use heavier shaders and run better emulators.anything up to ps1 runs flawless. miyoo has issues with harder to emulate ps1 games.
>>12452229I mean, if I wanted a device that I was only going to use at home and nowhere else, I'd get the Odin 2 Portal and call it there. But I just want one single device I can use for everything and also take in my pocket as well.
>>12450497Retroid Pocket 5 for N64 to PS2, for PS1-under it's my RG353P.
Alright, pulled the trigger on the Retroid Pocket 6 as my first handheld. Thanks everyone for the various advice and discussions here. Hopefully there isn't some sort of massive geopolitical event that disrupts my fancy children's toy from getting shipped out of China.
>>12450687Similar situation to yours anon. RPC for GB/C/A and S/NES, RP6 for everything else. Truly comf experience to me.Does the Thor/RGDS have some custom software for playing DS with multiple screens? The dual screen fork of MelonDS runs like absolute shit on my RP6. I haven't seen anyone mention DS games running piss poor on Thor/RGDS so either there's custom software or everyone is lying about DS running well on 2 screens because no one is actually playing DS games on these devices. I'm guessing the second because 90% of Thor users just performatively post pokemon title screens or play pokemon on one screen and youtube on the other.>>12452079Honest question, do you actually play DS or 3DS games on the Thor?
>>12451982assraped post
>>12451747Never realized how much Reddit hated Joey. Maybe he’s /ourguy/ after all?
>>12452578>uh maybe don't yuck my freaking yum, chud?>cry about ai for no reasonlmao reddit
>>12452357you're not pulling out your fucking DS in the line at the bank dude shut up
>>12450201I own a Odin 2 Portal and have zero complaints, it's got a insane battery life and there's no input delay like the poor linux device users would have you believe
>odin 2 portal is TOO bigjust put it in your hoodie pocket retard, you're using a handheld in public so you're fat and wearing a hoodie already.I use my portal all the time when getting my car worked on
>>12452578what are RH folks?is jewey a left handed supremacist?
What is the best way to play morrowind on a linux handheld?
RP G2 is temporarily discontinued and RP Classic is getting a price increase.
>>12452683grim
>>12452618I use my steam deck OLED in public all the time, not fat, not wearing a hoodie.
>>12451680>no argument>seeth over mistypeI accept your concession.
>>12452683Temporary my ass. Wonder what this means for support, they may very well just abandon updates.
>>12452813>retroid>updateslol
>>12452817Yeah? The horizontal line usually gets updates, and G2 is missing Widevine L2 or whatever the DRM is called.
>>12452606I'm not sure what this obsession with "muh pocketability" is or where it came from. As a kid we usually kept gameboys in the car or a backpack because they either got in the way or fell out when you were playing outside. And as an adult I don't see anyone walking to the coffee shop only to whip out a Thor and start playing. I see most people play vidya on the train and most likely you'll have a backpack or bag going somewhere.
>>12452942i don't ever have a backpack when i'm on the train because i'm an adult and not a subhuman neckbeard fat fucking nigger retard
>>12452946If you don't carry storage around with you you're just a retard asking to get infected first in a zombie apocalypse.
>>12452946>I'm an adult so I don't wear a backpack (?)>But I'm so mature and carry a children's toy in my pocket and play in public
>>12452606No, but I spend a lot of time outside playing on my Steam Deck while I walk. It's surprising how many people enjoy taking care of their health while keeping up with their hobby.A lighter device like the Thor could fit my needs more while the deck will still be used for PC games.A lighter device like the Thor might fit my needs better, while I'll still keep the Deck for PC games.
>>1245261360ms min input delay just for using Android. I have plenty of Android handhelds but don't talk shit and misinformation like some Reddit NIGGER
>>12452804Mistype? It's on the other side of the keyboard you mongoloid.
>>12452986you can't be without video games long enough to get basic exercise?
>>12452987>60ms min input delay just for using Androidthis hasn't been true since android 7
>>12452997Test it yourself redditor.
>>12453000feels fine to meyou're probably using a blueooth controller and getting irrationally mad about it
>>12452946You wouldn't even be riding the train if you had your life together.
>>12452683Ayn at least give you a notice before price increases, retroid just discontinues and increase prices without warning.By the way, wasn't retroid going to show a new device after Chinese new year? What happened to that?
>>12452683its over
>>12453138Hello, canceled.
I got my Odin 3 in the mail yesterday >:^3
I got my yart in the mail yesterday and been hittin' the pen and playing tetris ds all day x3
>>12452995Walking is one of my many exercises, usually on my rest days so I can stay active while my muscles recover, but it’s definitely the most boring. Playing games while I walk really makes up for it.
Ayn thor bought right now, when should I expect batch 4 for Europeans ?
>>12453450>check Ayn's website>says batch 4 starts in AprilProbably April, anon.
>>12453382>needs constant stimulation>can't just be outside for an hourgrim
>>12452986>>12453382These posts make me picture a bloatlord /fit/cel walking around the streets of Krakow with his deck in hand
>>12453528I moved to Poland from Bangladesh and haven't seen anything like that in my four years here.
>>12453528Not walking in the city with it, though I do pull out my Deck when I'm waiting to meet up with friends. I usually play while I'm walking in the park around runners and cyclists, but it's starting to strain my wrists. Getting older definitely doesn't help.
>>12453547It was just a joke>>12453626Do you have a lighter handheld? I can't imagine lugging a deck on a walk through the park
>>12453382based walkanon i need to walk more too
>>12453450Batch 3 started in Februrary and everyone's started shipping Mid-March. So Batch 4 will probably start shipping mid-April. I'm waiting for mine in the same batch too, ordered last week.
>>12453705It’s shitty and crooked but as long as I can get a glass screen protector I want it.
>>12453705DAYUUUUUUUM!!!!I N C R E D I B L E !Looks like a dream come true. Used to love those Flip/Kick phones with keyboards. Do not get me started with my love for Ice Cream Sandwich and the square form factor I love for my handhelds from having had a GBASP in highschoolThe mix of HD screen, kick screen, physical keys, discrete, shallow Ice Cream Sandwich form factor... damn....LOOKING GOOD!Other proto I liked was the form factor of RG34XXSP with dual screen. Seeing the name ANBERNIC on it gives me a good feeling about this video.. I would definitely get this one or have a toss-up with RGDS+ next year.
>>12453732Shut up you fucking loser.
>>12453705I don't see the point of this if it isn't an actual phone.
>>12453738Phones can't hog all the fun form factors. I got the next handheld design right here.
My thor doing a tour over the country I see it on other states and then leave to somewhere else, but it only gets farther and farther away from my adress.It'll come home one day, when it gets tired of the road.
>>12453642>I can't imagine lugging a deck on a walk through the parkI do, I have great shoulders so it helps>Do you have a lighter handheld? I don’t, that’s why I consider buying the Thor. The Deck will remain the best handheld for me but the weight is becoming more unbearable with time. I walk like 3-6 hours per week.
>>12453749That’s just a Pip Boy for homosexuals.
>>12453809>implying
I was thinking of getting the odin 2 later down the line but lately with so many handheld price increases it makes me wonder if Im better off biting the bullet sooner rather than later before things get worse. Do you think it's at risk of a cost bump or is it safe to wait?
>>12453875the odin 2 portal? The discounted base model was out of stock this week, but it seems to be back in stock. I would pull the trigger if you know you want it because there is a fear they discontinue it to prioritize the Odin 3 and the Thor. But that's just my opinion. I will say for almost every piece of hardware I've followed over the past 2 years, you were better off buying it then instead of waiting.
>>12453875I'd say this is the one time where giving in to fomo is fine. still ask yourself if you really need it, but if you don't have a handheld already or you don't have one anywhere near that powerful, it's a good idea to get it now
>>12453887>>12453901yeah I think I'm going for it. would you say the pro version justifies the price difference over the base if I don't really care about Switch emulation?
I unironically really want the Vita Pro. Highest powered linux handheld outside of rocknix.
For the four people who still care about powkiddy, the rgb50 has been canceled. They also help gamemt now.
>>12453959Why was it cancelled? What's happening with Powkiddy?
>>12453913From what I've read, with that chipset the extra ram is more useful for pc/android gaming. I can't tell you from firsthand experience though because I'm waiting on my 8gb RP6.
>>12453963Combination of the materials they wanted having a markup price that "exceeded 50%" and the fact trimui made the smart pro s with the same chip and a fan. That chip needs a fan, and it seems powkiddy underestimated that.
not to be a doomer but the future feels grim
>>12454078>anbernigger rgds covers handhelds up to ds>controller with phone clip for psp and 3ds>switch for switch shit>PCMR with 32gb ddr4 and 1660s for home consoles and pre-modern pc vidyadon't need more
>>12454078I ordered a Thor on AliExpress March 1st and it's probably the last handheld I'm buying for a while.I'm only interested in an upgrade for the mini zero 28 but the micro console market is pretty niche so I don't think that's going to happen this year.
>>12454078Do you mean in related to hardware, or in a general sense? Because I'm pretty optimistic about life overall, but I think things might be tough for nerdy tech related CONSOOOOMER hobbies for the next 3ish years.
>>12453913You may need the extra RAM and internal storage for PC emulation, but I can't emphasize enough, that shit is dodgy, it's more of a bonus that rarely works and poorly.
why not just get a small laptop and put a hook a controller on it?
>>12454143Oh. You’re right. Ok close the thread and ban everybody.
>>12454143because a laptop cannot fit into my pocket you faggot. big ass handhelds suck though
>>12454143>put a hook a controller on it?
Modern PC emulation on handhelds is cancer.
>>12454173ur mom
>>12454173They're based on modded exagear. I don't know why people bother.
>>12454143Already exists, doesn't look comfortable at allat all
>>12454173Recently had to delete the containers gamehub lite left behind by hand because they were piling up. Basically nothing works as intended.
>>12454173Trails in the Sky runs perfectly well on my RP6. What am I doing wrong?
>>12453749https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmvwbbT-0OA
>>12454143I looked into a SteamDeck when I had a Ryzen 33200u laptop working, that year the laptop broke down, next year I decided to fuse both expenses and got a TUF A16 (Ryzen7 7735hs + RX7700s) laptop instead. Found this laptop for 800USD with a coupon in BestBuy with 16GB, 500GB SSD, it does everything a SteamDeck would be used for and more, just as "portable".
>>12454143Yeah, why would anyone want a comfortable all in one low power consumption device and not a laptop and controller to lug around. Truly a mystery.
I love Russ! He's great value for this hobby, unironically
which OS do you guys recommend for the rg35/40xx family of devices?
>>12454360TempleOS
>>12454173Emulation runs fine on my ROG Ally.Never had any issues.What the fuck are you talking about?
>>12454394>ROG Ally.Isn't that a PC x86 chip, tho?
>suddenly ps3, xbox and pc gaming is available in androidWait what? I swear a few years ago ps2 games couldnt run on android devices
>>12454360Muos personally, its nice and simple, obnoxious install process notwithstanding
>>12454431they "borrowed" code from foss emulators and repackaged it to sell for $6.99
>>12454431All little more than proof of concept, Xbox in particular with it being just some guy taking the code and the name for himself, then charging for it because the cuckNU license they picked for Xemu allows it.
>>12454173Why?
>>12453626>>12453382>zoomers are so brainrotted and their attention spans so shot that they can't even go for a walk without being glued to video gamesGrim world we live in..
>>12454494>calls others zoomers>posts tobyfoxslop
>>12454527Come now, the undertale kid knows all about socializing and not needing constant stimuli.
>>12454527I would tell you to touch grass, but you'd do it with one hand on your 'eck lol
Yeah, see? You could never live up to his feats with underage boys on discord.
>>12450118hope you drive into a pole
>>12454360stock, it just werks and is the least performative
>>12453010i guarantee you that literally everyone riding the train has their lives more together than you ever will, just keep your slovenly ass in your room and waste away
>>12454527undertale is millenialcore
>>12454494>this nigga when you play video games
>>12454394he's talking about using winlator/gamehub/gamenative to play pc games on android
>Deckfag>Talking about anyone else groomingVery ironic.
>>12450167It's really just the price. It does everyone someone wanting a retro horizontal wants, but at a $450-500 price they rage since anyone playing retro never wants to spend more than maybe $70ish at the most. Rom players are consistently poorfags or else they would play this shit on their Switch. Or they would go buy the actual retro consoles. No one wants to buy what is basically a knockoff steam deck to play NDS roms.
>>12451060I have never seen a good review of that thing before. Apparently it's weak shit. It's a fun idea to have a DS playing device but that one just seems to piss off everyone. Maybe in another year or two it will get some updates and be worth a damn. Who knows.
>>12454804/ourguy/ said that custom firmware saved it so it's not a bad option if you're not interested in 3dshttps://youtube.com/watch?v=U0eckrNxbzY
usb-c to hdmi worked for one session and then stopped working for hdmi out. wat do?
>>12454664put it outside nowdo not keep it in your home
>>12454801>It does everyone someone wanting a retro horizontal wantsholy ESL retard of a shill, anyways>crackcel>stacked triggers>back bumps>whirrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr>lagdroid>fuckhueg unpocketable>asymetristricks>all glass surface>ACKyn fulfillmentit does absolutsly NOTHING that i, a horizontal chad, want
>>12454872>horizontal chadthis nigga obese
>>12454804>but that one just seems to piss off everyone.Because it's underpowered for the very systems it was advertised to be championing. If you're fine with using DraStic instead of MelonDS (So worse accuracy and compatibility) it's mostly fine as long as you use Rocknix with it to get the best performance out of it, but it still has noticeable input lag in input-heavy games and Rocknix specifically doesn't work well with non-DS emulators currently or something.The thing is just a victim of Anbernic choosing to pick an underpowered chip for it. If they just had something slightly stronger and priced it for like $120-150 no one would be complaining because MelonDS would work fine on it and it might be able to breathe on 3DS compared to what it is now.
>>12454801Saddest poorfag cope ITT, no small feat given the train guy having a meltdown.
>>12454967>t. liquid metal ACKyn shill
>>12454993The what now? They're using liquid metal?
What’s the fastest-booting chinkheld?
It's normal that if I install custom drivers on Azahar they show up on the game list? I don't get why it does that, it looks so bad.
>>12454218The new one or the OGs?I wanted to play OG SC, but I couldn't get the voice mod working so I gave up. Might just emulate the vita version.
>>12453705That sure doesn't look like it's going to fail even faster than a regular hinge.
I want a handheld like this. Why doesnt it exist?>inb4 the rg arcI want a joystick and I want all the controls to be under the screen not besides it. also it should be fat as fuck like a grip
>>12454773Aynfags did worse however
>>12454875He's not shilling a clamshell.
the glass front bullshit might be the greatest cancer in the history of this hobby. what is the point?
>>12455404to copy apple and appear premium
>>12454830>/ourguy/lol, no he's not.
Oh boy
I was waiting for this one
>>12455453Might actually get a handheld if this works
More like the anus thor haha
>>12455453Need to mention the Thor somewhere for that sweet SEO optimization
>>12449838>just seen news that retroid pocket 6 is getting discontinued>retroid classic pocket is going up to $140>go and check RP6>android 13 oled>oh wait i already have an RG556 with the same specs that I don't use>check RPC>literally a vertical with the nasty trigger button layout on the backWhy are all handhelds created just slop at this point with nothing that is at least android 16 or at least its own OS?
>>12455519It's the G2 that's getting discontonued, not the RP6.
>>12455526oh, well shit and i just realized that has android 15, i guess i should pick it up before its completely gone.
>>12455529I dunno why you want a newer Android version on your handhelds anyway. It doesn't offer any gaming advantage, just brings you closer to the locked down versions.
>>12455531theres alot of android games that are no longer playable on older androids and thats mainly the reason i would want it. I don't need a device for emulation.
>>12455536>consooming separate device for mobile shitstate of /vr/
>>12455538the future is mobile, and if you don't see that you're stuck in the past.
>>12455453I used to be excited for the development of Rocknix on Android handhelds because of Portmaster but now that Gamehub/Gamenative is a thing, I don't really have any interest anymore.
>>12455543uhm, you're on the retro board lil buddy
>>12455559only for this thread, i don't bother with other threads here.
>>12455548SameI thought xbox emulation worked better on it, but I found out it's as shitty as android.
doesn't even matter, the only place that fucking has the RP G2 now is aliexpress and they're charging $300 for it with tax. People with FOMO just killed the RP G2 on the official site.
>>12455574Ironic considering when the G2 was revealed, everyone was ragging on it for being pointless next to the RP6.
>>12455579its the FOMO effect, everyone read the news that they were discontinuing it and was like "i will make a profit" and then they try to sell it on ebay and no one will buy it because its gonna be more then the RP6.
>>12455536Are they actually not playable or is google play telling you it's not? There's a difference.
>>12455583google play is not letting me download them and says "unavailable for this android version"
>>12455519RAM shortage is killing chinkhelds. Components are expensive, so everyone either sticks to old SoCs (Anbernic, Miyoo) or releases much more expensive products with minor improvements (Retroid, Ayn). Anbernic is trying to cut corners even more than before to keep their company profitable, product quality be damned. It's why RG DS and RG Vita were flops. Retroid is price gouging. Their awful Apple-like "premium" design and army of shills convinced some people that Android handhelds are worth almost as much as PC handhelds.
I’m taking a shit. What handheld should I buy?
>>12455585the ram shortage shit is retarded honestly, specially when you realize that ram can be made easily compared to CPUs. This whole thing is a huge fucking pysop. If there was a ram shortage then how come people are getting free fucking ram randomly from amazon? Its complete bullshit.
>>12455592>then how come people are getting free fucking ram randomly from amazon?are you genuinely this retarded?
>>12455592RAM is still being made, every manufacturer just switched to making server HBM memory instead of DDR5 or LPDDR5.
>>12455584Tell me the games, gonna experiment with Russian download sites. I hope it's hitman blood money.
I copy pasted a few playstation roms into the sd card that came with the device among the pile of preloaded shit(im gonna do a new card with properly curated roms and custom os and all that soon enough when I get the time but in the meantime I just wanted to give a few beloved games a quick go) and though the games show up and I can start em they all seem to have issues: no music, freezing on menus, etc (all preloaded games I tried worked perfectly fine)was it because of the shitty card or did I do something wrong? I used .chd files is that a problem? does it have to be .bin/.cue or .iso?
>>12455609i don't even know anymore, i remember last year diablo immortal wouldn't work on my RG556 but now it is for some reason.
>>12455617They fuck with the roms to make them smaller e.g. removing music
>>12455687a .chd conversion does not remove music what the fuck are you talking about
It said out for delivery hours agoWhere is it?
>>12455585The fact thay so many people are shilling the Thor as a steam deck replacement blows my mind. They buy the max model and pretend they can play shit like cyberpunk without melting the chip.
>>12455609NTA but old android and ios versions tend to be incompatible with live service games like gacha. I know a bunch of people were complaining their 2016 phones couldn't play FGO anymore or whatever lol. I'd figure that would also be the case for offline, but more modern android ports and games.
>>12454801>It does everyone someone wanting a retro horizontal wants, but at a $450-500 price they rage since anyone playing retro never wants to spend more than maybe $70ish at the most. Rom players are consistently poorfags or else they would play this shit on their Switch. Or they would go buy the actual retro consoles.All of this^^It's just expensive for a chinkshit knockoff that play roms. And anyone wanting to play roms on chinkshit never ever want to pay more than possibly $150 at the absolute most for it. So they are going to bitch and scream, then try to find the most nit picky little shit ever to complain about and act like that is the irrefutable proof it's the worst thing ever made. You will hear way more about clicky buttons or how it cracks when you throw it against concrete walls or some other shit. when the reality is that the broke fags would never in their life pay over $500 for something like that no matter how much it works out for them.
>>12454924If they manage to make something that is in the area of $150 and plays 3DS games then that would totally undercut Nintendo right now.
>>12455519We can't have anything nice because AI fags want to keep making videos of fat people falling off mountains and cats in 70s kung fu movies.
>>12455367bizarre game choice
>>12455367It should be shaped to look like the old Tiger handhelds.
>>12455887Because it's insane to spend multiple hundreds on flawed, easily breakable chinkslop when the same or less can be spent on just a 3DS and then mod it yourself and have a significantly nicer experience. It IS insane to spend that level of money on 3rd party shit with faulty chipsets and shitty cards you will need to immediately replace. Even more so when your main goal is to play 20-30 year old games on it, something you can easily do with a 3DS for almost half the price. At that point you are not making any kind of smart purchase or investment, you are blowing more money on an expensive piece of jewelry purely for bragging rights and showing off to people who were never interested in the first place. It's a fucking Cyber Truck, Overpriced, badly made garbage, that the owners are so desperate for validation that they ignore the faults and think their showing off is actually impressing people and making them jealous. When the reality is that no one understands what in the fuck makes someone blow that kind of money and forcibly ignore everyone calling them a fucking retard. Then convincing themselves they are the coolest person alive no matter what everyone says.
>>12455887That's retarded.It's like saying that PC gamer don't pirate games because hardware is expensive.I'm perfectly fine paying for a device so that I can get all my roms for free later.
>>12455908you take your PC with you on trips and break it out in a backseat a lot?
>>12455908No, it's not like that. You have to be incredibly stupid to make those two points and have anyone think you are anything but a complete fucking retard. Go be stupid somewhere else Nabunbu Jackson.
>>12455914I did get a thor and I'm playing my games for free while you're here crying about not being able to afford one though?
>>12455913But that makes my argument even stronger? It's worth paying for a separate device to emulate on because it's portable.
REDDIT loves the MIYOO MINI PLUS.
>>12455957Every time I look up anything about that thing, it's endless bitching about the hinge. No one really bothers with any other aspect of the thing because hinges.
>>12455907Once you get over $400 you're starting to compete with a lot of other hardware that's made with a much higher standard of quality.
>>12455908Turns out poorfags make retarded arguments....from the $2.5K PCs. Weird huh?
>>12455961I didn't mention Flip anywhere.
>>12455964Yes YOU do
>>12455962At $400 the only thing left is portability, but you're also dealing with a lot of compromises too. I think Deckfags are retarded for suggesting it when I just want a $90 GBA SP, but when you're paying $500 for a Thor max the calculus no longer makes any sense.
Discourse in this and the last thread are always fucked up. No matter what you say, someone will lose their shit on you for saying it.I like this thing>FUCK YOU faggot that weak shit fucking sucks and won't load half the games!!Okay, what about this thing instead?>FUCK THAT expensive ass shit, paying for broken buttons you retarded faggot!Okay what should I go for?>Kill yourself faggot demanding a spoonfeeding, fuck off retarded casual and do your own fucking research!!I saw a review by this guy>Fuck that guy! He's a fucking paid shill that spews garage and fuck you for mentioning him here!Who should I listen to?>Fuck off with this casual faggot ass bullshit, you know fucking nothing!! Why the fuck are you here?! Kill yourself!
>>12455991Why not take that anon's advice and kill yourself?
>>12455991...so like, you are a retarded casual though. And everyone here rightly hates you for it.
>>12455991>No matter what you say, someone will lose their shit on you for saying it.first day on 4chan?
>>12455893yea thats not the reason, that is just what they want you to think.
>>12455893Don't forget the porn!If you faggots have to go a few extra months with your old ram so I can have the endless cache of furry foot guro pics every single night, then that's just a sacrifice you are going to have to make.
>>12455991That's the conspiracy theory anons. They expect any "Real" reviewer to shit on everything and make endless complaints. but when they see a reviewer actually liking something, they have to believe that it's all paid shilling. They see three more more reviewers actually liking something and they freak the fuck out since it's paid shills everywhere.
>>12449838why do most handhelds use IPS instead of OLED? I've been spoiled by OLED screens.
>>12455881For android, it's mostly a case of dropping 32bit arm support, not because the os is too old. Cod mobile still works on the Gpd xd for example.
>>12456052IPS screens are cheaper.
>>12455994Chinkslop is maximum causal. When it's not that stupid thor, it's just the r36s or similar verticals.>>12456052They just reuse the screens from whereever they can get. Sometimes they get oleds, but most of the time it's ips with the superultra cheap stuff using tn tft's
>>12455893that's not the reasonthe reason is because that's the only good use for ai right now (and porn, but the puritan companies refuse to let you generate that) and they've pumped billions if not trillions into ai with the promise that it'll replace most jobs. they can't deliver on that promise but the retards investing in it are still buying the lie, so they're throwing even more money and power at it in the hope that the next batch of models will either replace most workers or somehow become true artificial intelligence and usher in a star trek like utopia
>>12456067Not to completely derail this thread, but it has serious promise for art/video creation, as well as agents replacing low skill white collar work aka call centers.
>>12456065can someone suggest a comfy handheld that is around $200 and isn't vertical. I was thinking of the AYANEO Pocket MICRO but idk how small that screen is.
>>12455708'They' being the chinkheld sellers, not the .chd conversion. They strip the music from Playstation games like Tekken to make the files smaller.
>>12456053FEH seems to drop support for an android / iOS version every year and players keep seething.
>>12456085You have to give more information than that. What do you want to do with this handheld?
>>12456085fuck it i guess im getting an RP5, at least I can install al inux OS onto it.
>>12456102i figured it out on my own from looking at retroacatalog.
>>12456106I won't see it til April 1st :( kind of sucks
>>12456105>>12456106Nice choice. I am waiting on the RP6.
>>12456113yea the fact that it says april 2nd to 13th delivery I can't do it. I'm gonna be out of town that week and no one is gonna be home to get it. I guess i'm fucked.
>>12455453i like how he both finally mentions but also tries to downplay the inherent latency of lagdroid, classic shill
>>12455620classic mobile gacha liveservice slop-playing retard
>>12455907>something you can easily do with a 3DSclassic retard who doesn't know shit about emulation or the 3ds hardware
>>12456129ok this version actually has a quicker shipping for some reason, plus i mean it looks better anyways
Is the RPC still considered the best vertical? Even after the price hike?
>>12456085>comfyIf you mean without a grip, 556
>>12456202nah i sold my 556 because it was android only, i really don't like having to fuck around trying to find my roms because of the retarded android filesystem.
>>12455962Doesn't even live up to the build quality of the $200 RP5, insane how tourists are paying twice on something that won't last the year and then doing this whole coping dance. May very well be stray tendies now that I think about it, similar behavior to when the 3DS got criticized and no one else thinks the switch isn't horrible.
>>12455991>Mommy why are all the chuds making fuuun of meeeee!!!!!!!Fuck off with this bitching and crying faggotry. No one care about your feefees. you come in here spouting fucking retarded ass shit about things you couldn't even spend 5 minutes googling answers to yourself and now you're back here crying like a fucking fag and hoping for sympathy?
>>12456067Pretty sure we are at the point where it's not even possible to make the returns the investors pumped into them. They were promised the ability to churn out LOTR movies for a couple hundred dollars at best. But now nothing they make can be copyrighted, and it still looks like buggy fucked up slop.
>>12456067I never really got the game plan here. When only 1% of the population is capable of making more than minimum wage, who the fuck is supposed to buy their movies and games? Everything they are producing will be leisure class entertainment.
>>12456086They're still doing that? Seems pointless these days.
>>12456139Sounds like a YOU problem negro. I easily do it with a 3DS, as does anyone else who is not a third world street shjitting retarded who has to stick to chikshit.
>>12456245Who the fuck cares? That's a poor people problem years from now. Fuck em.
>>12456139you are brown and subhuman
>>12455991D'Waaaaawwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww someone's feeling a little blue.kill yourself
>>12456249alright then, show me your 3ds playing tobal 2 at a full solid 60fps right now then, nigger retard
i give this thread shit but I am greatful for it because I'll be getting a decent handheld now. What custom OS can I install on retroid pocket 5? I don't want any android OS and retrocatalog said i can do linux.
>>12456271Rocknix
>>12456275ok cool, ty.
Does anyone else just not bother with scraping? I just can't be assed taking so much time to do it. Also half my folders are romhacks so scrapers don't even have them anyway.
>>12450147Because he's brown and vehicle accidents and gore is their national pasttime. You've basically taken Australopithecus and dropped him 3 million years into a future created by aliens.
>>12456245yeah, it's definitely not a sustainable goalbut I guess their hope is to be in that sweet spot where *they've* fired enough workers but there's still enough of a wider workforce left that they're able to make bank for a while
I hate to be that person but where are you currently downloading trustworthy individual roms? I used to just grab whatever from the internet archive redumps but now I often get fucking login to view bullshit when searching
they are literally gatekeeping a sub-$250 linux based device that can run ps2 from usthey know that if we had a cheap linux handheld that could run ps2 (and had HDMI out) that no one would bother buying any shitty new handhelds due to the plethora of good games to play on ps2. thats why everything cuts off at dreamcast/saturn.
>>12456385just make an account then you tard, would have taken less time than coming here to whinge
>>12456385Myrient usually - gee I hope nothing happens to it
>>12456245>>12456363One word: UBI
>>12456391based noticer
I like my Thor.I use the bottom screen for virtual keyboard and maps for my DOS games.It fits well in my pocket and the OLED looks great.Actually, maybe I'll give some DS/3DS games a try. I never tried them. Do you think they're fun?
Is it too late to buy an xx34sp? Does 2GB really make that much of a difference?
>>12456497for GBA, no. For the more demanding ports maybe, but even 1gb h700 ones can run GTA Vice City fine.I heard the BatleXP flip might still be 2gb but not sure how available that is anymore
>>12456245>>12456363They are not and never will think that far ahead. Their world is nothing but next quarter profits. Firing 80% of the staff makes for great next quarter profits. That is all.
Love my 35xx H so much it's unreal. Thinking of buying another as a backup in case it gets discontinued
>>12456548Anbernig handhelds usually stay in stock a lot longer than the products of companies like Retroid/Ayn or Aya Neo.
Anyone remember how shills went on and on about Linux coming with the RP5 and being a game changer? And now it's forgotten since no one cares anymore and just runs android so they can use gamehub anyways.
Are there any chinkshit toteables or luggables?
>>12456391I couldn't even name a PS2 game, especially since it will never be retro.
ps3 is retro. it's time to accept that you're getting old and closer to death
>>12456640you're mistaking a thing being old for a thing being representative of an era of technology and game design
>>124566457th gen consoles are both of those things, though
>>12456645
>>12456052Most handhelds are made from leftover parts from other devices. The only reason you're even seeing oled screens is because it's surplus stock from something that failed or was discontinued and they're just repurposing it.
Bought the Anbernic RG40XXH back in December and am not disappointed. Very glad I took the retro and emulating-pill. Current day video game companies are absolute slop trash. I thought Nintendo had stayed a bit safe from the AAA faggotry but these switch 2 games have been atrocious. Don’t even get me started on snoys. In the future I’ll consider a Steamdeck. Anyways, thanks to that one anon who helped me on what to buy and what to do
anyone else slurping that RG vita pro when the preorder sale starts soon? dual boots android linux rather than android only slop and also has a better chip than most of the anbernic devices in the same price range
Mini flip is a good console for GBA and PSX?
I'd rather have this than the ayn whore desuhttps://retroforge-lab.myshopify.com/products/ds-lite-eva-02-special-edition-with-box
>>12453705Can't they just do a new Xperia Play equivalent pretty please?
>>12456808Ayaneo has you covered. No clue when it's supposed to be coming out though.
>>12456785I rather have a console that can play a wide variety of games including NDS titles than a pretty looking case that can play games of that single platform with worse image quality (maybe NES and GB too? I'm not gonna look up what can you do with a NDS, I sold mine like a decade ago.)I say you do you.
>>12456810OHHH! THAT LOOKS SO->MediaTek Dimensity
>>12456832Such an odd choice considering Ayaneo usually has no problem getting Snapdragon chips.
>>12456391>the plethora of good games to play on ps2fuck off, zoomer nigger retard, the ps2 library is filled to the brim with utter DOGSHIT
>>12456864>shovelware is le bad because I'm a hoarder m-kay???
>>12456548i refuse to get any more unless they're coming from their u.s. warehouse, i don't want to deal woth the niggers in customs smashing my chinkheld to bits because of their nigger monkey ape rage retardation and orange nigger's nigger monkey ape rage retardation towards anyone who stands up against the jewish kleptocratic false world order (aka china)
>>12456645he knows, he's just doing it on purpose for the (you)s, just nignore him
Thor has rocknix now so people cant call it laggy
>>12456845Snapdragon modems are expensive as fuck. They talked about it before. It wasn't always like this since snail's last gaming phone was a snapdragon, but things are different now.
am i guaranteed to be chinked if i buy the yellow ayaneo pocket dmg?
>>12456926>am i guaranteed to be chinked if i buy ayaneoYes.
>>12456580If I remember correctly people said rocknix was pretty buggy on the RP5 so most people just ignored it
>>12456879If only ps2 emulation was good
>So Vita 99.99 EB and 109.99 after>Pro is 139.99 EB and 149.99 afterVita means dead on arrival.
>>12456879The only thing I would definitely care on the custom firmware side of the Thor is if gets an ARM version of Steam OS
>>12456864fuck off and die elder millienial obsessed with the same dozen 8bit garbage NES gamesof course there is a lot of shit on ps2 it has the biggest library of any console. but if you can’t find 25 good games you need to die
>>12456785This is like the ultimate gen z performative device. Retro anime waifu themed early 00s retro console (that aesthetic is huge among zoomers right now), perfect for performative posting on social media.
>>12456879
>>12457480this makes sense for desktops, but handhelds require just as much tinkering regardless
>>12449838Is the gpd win 4 still the smallest portable that can play more demanding games?
>>12450118> brownoid> driving irresponsibly The memes write themselves
>>12457364That's about what I expected for the basic though the Pro is about $20 more than what I expected. Since the thing is only really good for PSP what's the idea here, Pro for 1080p or base for 720p? I think people said the Pro was the better idea if you want everything on PSP to upscale instead of just some.
>>12456874That tiny beep boop device just might be a bomb! They were protecting American sovereignty by smashing it! It could have toppled all of western society if it was allowed to go off!!!!
>>12456926Next thing you know you will be craving rice, and putting up Mao posters all over your home. Then you will inevitably want to get into arguments about the power of manufacturing belongs to the people..and it's all downhill from there.
My thor arrived yesterday I opened it and turned it on, then I watched some oled sample videos on youtube, then I put it away, I may play a ps2 game on it on Saturday, when I'm free.I'm happy, it feels very nice in my hands, when I held it for like 15 minutes.
>>12457703When mine arrives I'm probably going to take the SD card from my RP5 and insert it raw into my Thor.
>>12457741Hot
>>12457703>>12457741Do the putty
>>12457484Yes.
which handheld will let me play Ultima IX?
>>12457482it doesn't really make sense for desktops either considering the absolute state of windows these days
>>12457805Gpd win 2
I think I deeply underestimated how impatient I would become during a 1-3 month wait for my device.
>>12457468Fuck off and die mid millennial obsessed with goyslops2/gaycube garbage. The fact both systems only has 10 half decent games says alot about kektendo and shiitny. Ultimate shovelware before the wii.>>12457478>Thor out of thin air
>>12458032>thor nigger is retardedmore news at 11
>>12457480android is just a shittier jeet version of linux>>12458032sounds like you need to be murdered
I wonder when Russ will post another video
>>12458275He's going to post an apology video to Powkiddy tomorrow.
>>12458060>Dualshit nigger is not only retarded, he's esl.Kekaroo!>>12458282Powkiddy's new android handhelds arent even close to ready and russ would rather die than touch gamemt kino.
Is the gpd win 4 worth it for 600€? I swear trying to find a handheld that is between a fullblown pc and a cheapo plastic waste is more difficult than I imagined. I just want to emu ps2, maybe ps3 games and play pc games without having to break my bank.
>>12458348PS3 can be a very tall order, but pricing is only gonna get worse, do it.
>>12458348look around for used laptops, you sure as shit won't play anything if it thermal throttles harder than a low-mid tier gayming laptop>but handheldnot worth it man. not worth it.
>>12458360thisEven a light and thin aluminum laptop with the same ryzen 5 will work better for cheaper.
>>12455991buy a steam dck nigga
>>12457482>>12458165is arm-based linux mature enough that it's not a pain in the ass? I posted that image as a bit of a meme, but I'm new to this space so I have no idea. I know Rossy boy just posted a linux video but he is a bit of a hype man so I don't always take his word at face value.
>>12458354>>12458360>>12458371I know its true, yet I would really like a handheld. Maybe in a few years when android gets better at this sort of thing.
>>12458408>when android gets better at this sort of thingnever ever, sorry.
>>12455367Needs a second joystick and make sure it has shoulder buttons and triggers too.
>>12458382For general purposes no, but on chinkhelds ARM Linux is king as it comes plug and play Batocera style, while Android requires setting it all up by hand and has some exclusive issues like RA working worse. On the other hand, there are tradeoffs in energy efficiency, less software being available and some being worse off on Linux, and nightly Rocknix is a toss up on things working. >>12458408PS3 might get better, but I don't see PC emulation ever leaving the slump it's in.
Tried ROCKNIX on Thor. The input latency is indeed better however games like Sonic Advance get random slowdown and stutter so wtf is going on
>>12458430Rocknix is a brute force solution, it will never be a proper answer for Linux. You just have to wait for a real Linux handheld to finally catch up in performance to Android. At least we're finally getting a tiny bit of progress with the Smart Pro S and Anbernic Vita Pro
MagicX sill save us.
>>12456548Nah, the screen is too small and buttons are too stiff. Form factor is excellent, though.
>>12458464Release date when?
don't feel like looking at the wiki, what's most powerful handheld currently available (or upcoming within 3 months) that doesn't run jeetdroid and isn't an x86 pc?
>>12458507Anbernic Vita Pro
>>12458527apologia pro vita sua
>>12458527>Anbernic Vita Prowill keep an eye out for that but the dpad looks atrocious just like the real thing, anything else with the same/more power?
Which one of these handhelds is best just to play THUG/THUG 2/THAW on PS2?I don't care about anything else, just Tony Hawk and Hot Shots Golf.
>>12458573pick any modern x86 handheld that doesn't break the bank, android ps2 emulation is very hit or miss because pcsx2 itself was already a total piece of shit to begin with
>>12458551>just like the real thingThe Vita's d-pad is by far one of the best d-pads ever created, what are you on about?
>>12457468>dozen>8bit>nes>ps2 having anywhere near 25 decent gameslol, stupid fucking zoomer niggeroidal
>>12458551Performative gamer who's never touched a vita. The vita is one of the best dpads right behind the saturn dpad. The Vita Pro dpad will probably have the regular mushy garbage dpad. Retroid is the company that uses an actual vita style dpad.
Besides the Odin 2/3 what are the other devices with notoriously good battery power for their price/in comparison with their competition? I'm more interested in budget or mid range stuff not so much the high end where yeah as I understand it the Odin is the king of battery(when they don't explode lol)
>>12458592huh? it felt imprecise as fuck to me. comfortable yes, precise? fuck noalso it's a chink ripoff, don't expect it to be even 1/10th as good as the real thing if you really think it's good>>12458601kill yourself or get better bait, either works but i'd prefer the former, thanks!
>>12458605Some people's fingers find clicky dpads precise no matter what while others find rubber memebranes better. Mine can handle both, but the vita's really is the best. For rubber memebrane, anbernic nailed it twice with the rs97 or rgplus and rg300. The 300 also had the best shoulder button style on a vertical that isn't copied much for some reason.
The 4:3 retroid mini. Where is it?
>>12458605I'm sorry anon are you trying to tell me the saturn and vita dpads are bad? Are you really fucking serious? Did I hurt your feelings by not enjoying the snes dpad more? Both the saturn and vita dpads are incredibly precise and feel great. It's not my fault if you have bad taste. You massive raging faggot.
itt: vita apologists
>>12458597no one cares boomergroid jestergoonmaxxed faggot
why do you faggots care about new handhelds when you are just going to play the same absolute dogshit core millenial slop that has already been emulatable on a motherfucking nintendo ds for 20 yearsa new form factor is not going to make donkey kong fisting marios gay nigger anus fun, it sucks and you suck. your pixel sprite shit sucks and you are bad and need to be hit by iranian missiles
>>12458659>itt: angry because more and more chinks are switching to clicky dpads. (Not saying that's a good thing, mind you)
>>12458693Ds's can't play 6th gen. They don't even play 5th gen. What the fuck are you even on about? He'll, I see more gamehub posts in these threads lately.
>>12458697your overpriced chink handhelds can't play 6th gen either
>>12458693>when you are just going to play the same absolute dogshit core millenial slop that has already been emulatable on a motherfucking nintendo ds for 20 yearsthe creatures you described don't even play those games, they endlessly load romsets onto sd cards, test out the device for maybe an hour, put it down for months and then sell it off
>>12458702The retroid 6 is more powerful than my phone. And that handles 6th gen fine. It's not 2018 anymore. Youtuber's don't parrot the "playable" phrase that much when they're shill
>>12458697im talking about these sad fucks approaching 40 no kids no family parents no longer want to be reminded they exist>>12456864>>12458032>>12458597they need a fucking deep scan of their hard drives for toddler porn by the FBI this nanosecond, the fucking freaks. they are unable to fathom that good games exist outside of the time period of when they were 5-7 and played whatever sad generic platformer with colorful cartoon characters they now jerk off to and lost their figurative virginity to because they will never get laid. they are disney adults just even fucking weirder and more likely to be on the sex offenders registry. i hope an lightning bolt strikes your handheld collection and wipes all the ROMs and child porn youve worked so hard to store on them and then every serial killer in the state makes a beeline for your and your parents front doorfuck millenials
>>12458693ds can't even emulate snes, it's absolute dpgshit for anything but playing ds and gba games, and even for gba games it's nowhere near the best option
>>12458573I think they all emulate fine on $200 bracket. Might want to buy a snapdragon for PC emulation though, saw a guy posting about getting ReTHAWed running on RP... 5(?) on leddit a few weeks ago.
>>12458707holy fucking based
>>12458707project harder, seething zoomgroidal, the ps2 library is dognigger ass anus sphincter leakage, seethe cope and dilate about it
>>12458723yeah im gonna project so hard that my cock projects through your screen and down your fucking throat while your shitty scanline NES setup handheld is put through a wood chipper
if you haven't played and enjoyed this you have no soul
>>12458706wrong, chuddie, pcsx2 is a piece of shit, so no, your shitty android handheld is not running the 6th gen "fine", it runs it like shit
>>12458731>pcsx2 is a piece of shitthis^
>>12458707>>12458723I'm a tad confused. Millennials like 6th gen more than zoomers so neither replies here make sense.>>12458731Arm pcsx2 is a piece of shit. That includes the linux version. Android might have problems, but arm linux might be worse unless rocknix is a super big piece of shit.
>downloading and organizing my PS1 rom folder >fall asleep on my desk>wake up>entire PS1 roms folder deleted>mfw I accidentally deleted everything while cleaning upNow I need to redownload all my PS1 roms again
>>12458770you're not gonna play 90% of them
Got the MM+ for my birthday and this thing is fantastic. The screen looks way better than I thought it would for something so cheap. Did anyone play PS1 games to completion on this? I feel like it might be a tad small to play survival horror or action games.
>>12459101I beat FF VIII on my mini V4. I'm sure you be fine
>>12458423>I don't see PC emulation ever leaving the slump it's inValve's been working on something using ARM (might've been their upcoming VR thing, idr), and they'll have to make some serious improvements to x86 on ARM for it to work. So I'm sure it'll get better.And they've got real incentive with the memory situation only getting worse.
>>12458659>non-vr console warringyou couldn't have been older than 9 when the vita dropped if it managed to make this much of an impression on you
What's the best way to transfer files wireless from my PC to my android handheld? I was using the FTP server that you can set up from a file manager, but those seem to have a limit, because I can't transfer files over like 8 GB.
>>12459240Valve SHOULD release a Steam client on android, but I doubt they will officially. And most improvements are gonna concern the Frame's SD8G3. That chip is not designed for VR so any x86 will come after processing inside-out tracking and other nonsense. x86 on it will be a gimmick, everyone's just gonna stream from their PC.It's a more exciting product for VR nerds, FEX may get more attention but it'll be the same landscape of winlator/gamehub/gamenative. >>12459463LocalSend for one or two files, or Syncthing for your whole roms/saves/states folders synced across multiple devices
>>12459580Steam on Android/iOS means google and apple get their pound of flesh
>>12458464So close to having a usable amount of ram. Shame.
What is your honest opinion of SBCG?
>>12459628what?
>>12455957>curious about handheld emulation>buy a miyoo because everyone seems to love it>it can't even run GBA properlyTurned me off of handhelds until I picked up a Brick.
>>12458602It always looked to me like there is no mid range. Things are either cheap shit, cheap but workable, getting expensive but just as shit and buggy as the cheap shit, and then annoyingly expensive. The $50 stuff is only good for NES to SNES and maybe they can play a couple psx games sometimes. The $70-120 is a little better and can edge a little further into the psx area but can barely do NDS, cannot ever tough 3DS, while advertising it can do everything Gamecube and PS2. It can't.There are a few devices in the $250 range that can for a bit but they all have various issues that make spending that kind of money insane for something that is only marginally better than the $120 devices. Then there is a massive jump to $450-600 devices that promise the world.
>>12458693Pretty sure all they are doing is buying something that can be put up on a shelf and shown off that they own it like a trophy. It's basically an expensive funko to these people.
>>12455913>take your PC with you on tripswhat the fuck is the point of going to a trip if you can't go 10 minutes without your vidya>in a backseatoh, I didn't realize you faggots don't even drive
>>12459463>>12459580Ended up setting a proper ftp server through primitive-ftpd and tranferring the files trough filezilla on PC, but that site seems simpler. Gonna try it next time.
>>12458770You don't need a "library". There's a million mirrors for PS1 games and they are small enough to just download them when you need them.Just play a game for once.
what is it about handhelds that get me to play so much more games? I dont know what sorcery is this
>>12459969no temptation to alt-tab out and do something else
First time visiting old fart here, and I don't know shit about these chink consoles. There's a R36S 128gb version for sale close to me, and apparently it has 'ArkOs System' or whatever installed already. Is this console any good, and what about that custom OS? Let me guess, N64 emulates like shit and/or has massive lag?
>>12458464Those look boring.
>>12460196R36S is the cheapest device worth considering. Don't count on it to play N64 games.
>>12460196don't even think of emulating n64 on an r36s, even some ps1 won't be at 100%. might be the ultrabudget option but it's very supbarif you want a budget handheld, rg35xx h, rg40xx h, trimui brick or myioo mini and even then n64 will be hit and miss, depends on the game and the plugin you useif you want seamless n64 experience you're better of with a retroid pocket 4
>>12460209>>12460213With ArkOs the N64 emulation at least looks somewhat playable, guess it helps a little then? Don't know what that core business is, guess they come with ArkOs:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQMToCLObikOn another video I watched, the console had it's original OS and Wave Race 64 and Mario 64 were running slow as shit.
>>12460252id get the r36s out of my mind if I wanted to play n64if you just wanna play gba, snes, megadrive and some playstation sure go for it but you would be much better served with devices that are not that more expensive
>>12460213i have yet to come across an n64 game that my 35xxh can't play
reminder that to 3rd worlders "playable" = it boots at all
>>12460409Ironically, I have encountered some Splash Screens that ran at higher bitrate and had slowdowns, but after entering a stage they ran great, such as Diddy Kong Racing
>>12460409Some of these consoles advertising DS emulation made me raise my eyebrow. I've read that the sd cards they use are cheapest no-name junk possible as well.
The G2 is pointless with the RP6 available. I think it's great that they're discontinuing it. Sincerely, a G2 owner
Where the fuck is the mortgage mini, retroid? Enough time has passed
I'm too dumb to use myrientIs there something easier?
>>12460323What? Pokemon Snap literally will not run properly on any core. It's the only time I've ever seen Pokemon without faces consistently, picture taking doesn't work or if it does work the Pokemon are invisible, and it runs at like 10 FPS.Pokemon Puzzle League Challenge has extremely broken audio, visuals, and is completely unplayable and that's a tile matcher that is not even remotely graphically intensive.
>>12460512nvm I got this
I forgert the super user password on my steam deck.It's over
had more fun setting up my handheld than i do actually playing it
>>12460739Can't relate. Having so much fun playing games I dump on the card that came with it on the default OS but can't be arsed to make my own properly curated sd from scratch. Chances are I'll only bother when this card gives out
What do we thinkhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsFMqFhm6FkI think I like it but I already have a miyoo flip in this tier of handhelds
>>12457408Does the steam os gui even have dual screen support
>>12450167Its alright but really should have had the dpad on top and the face buttons are weird and creaky
>>12460752>stacked shoulders>back humps>only one stick>start and select in retarded placesunpocketable mess
I have a Thor.
>>12460752Another locked down and useless PS1 and under device>b- but it runs some PSPyeah, badly
>>12458707t. breeder normalfag
>>12461040this is a pronatalist website faggot. back to your childfree subreddit
>my portal 2 finally shipped>ordered on the 2nd of march >look at plebbit>peoples portal 2 getting shipped even tho they ordered this weekwhat the flip
>>12461172>pronatalist website>majority of posts are over 30 with no kids>majority of under 30s have never touched a vaginasure bud
>>12449938>and have no space for your fingers if you're an adult maleThis shit is the most baffling thing people say consistently. Are you so fucking fat your fingers can't fit between each other comfortably??
How am I supposed to deal with the shipping wait?
>>12461468Play games on your PC
>>12461468Start thinking about buying your next handheld
>>12461024And you only had to Wank-A-Dong, Don Juan !!
>>12461468Masturbate.
>>12461472I am playing Timberborn it's pretty sweet. >>12461473My dog had a tummyache that just cost me $1200. There will not be another handheld for a while. That said I do want a 4:3 device.
>>12460196I have been really considering the Retroid Pocket Flip 2 myself, but I also really don't know shit about these things. And apparently there are two different processors involved in them and half the dealers out there will not let you know which one is which.
>>12461496Yeah that's a tough one - on the one hand the weaker chip versions apparently sold out very quickly, but on the other if the price is too good it feels like it'd be one of the weaker models
Got my thor, playing rhythm games on melonds, runs like a charm.btw, I thought I'd want a frontend, but I prefer just have the icon, run it, and play, maybe it's because I'm lazy.I do want for the keyboard to appear at the bottom screen though, know how to do that?
>>12461496Every time I look at that thing, I keep thinking they could have placed another screen in that big blank space between the controls.
>>12461554It also triggers my OCD. As a prototype before the Thor I get it, but I dont get how people are bothered by RG34SP's "forehead" and are not bothered by that glaring empty screen-space on a NDS clone. It made it feel like one of those cheap Chinese knockoffs (PolyStation et.al.)
>>12461554That's literally what the Thor Lite is, my guy. the Flip 2 at least uses that space to inset the controls and make it more comfortable to use than the Thor.
>>12461543Agree on no frontend, except retroarch is not very friendly for it. Still looking for a solution that doesn't involve a launcher
>>12461562I don't get this take at all, just use recently played or favorites.
>>12461543Uhhh, you don't get to enjoy the Thor. You need to complain about input lag and broken hinges.
>suddenly BOTW on eden starts crashing a lot on my Thor Pro after 25 hours of playtime with no issues>check and it's using 10GB of RAM nowI don't know some update messed something up and I didn't notice, or it's just because I'm further into the game, but anyone telling you that 8GB is enough for switch is lying. Wish I got the Max.inb4 not retro
>>12461606I noticed because I've been listening to podcasts while I explore with no issues, but I suddenly couldn't anymore without the whole emulator crashing.
>>12461606have you restarted the device in those 25 hours of gameplay? How many hours before crashes? Maybe you have a memory leak and will need to save and restart the emulator or even device every 30 minutes or hour. I had this issue with PPSSPP in a 2016 mid-range Huawei Hero CHC-03. I could play them at 1x full speed in 3D or 2x full speed in 2.5D. BUUUUT... games would crash about 30 minutes in. I had to savescum with states. The device had like 4GB of ram, I still use it as Alarm Clock and web reader when I need to troubleshoot my main PC or Android TV Box.
>>12461559$300 more for a second screen is not really working for me though.
new thread>>12461682
>>12461652>$300 more?Flip 2 is $210, Thor Lite is $250
>>12461254i don't have dainty tiny little girl fingers, no, i have fullsized adult male niggerstranglers, i could crush your skull with one hand
>>12461024Install ROCKNIX. Night and day difference to lagtroid
>>12461624Yeah, I turn it off every night.Apparently I needed to enable ASTC texture compression in Eden, since that reduces VRAM usage.
>>12461189I ordered my rp6 on february 19th and I checked reddit because of you only to find that people who ordered later than me have had theirs shipped. but I think they got different colors or went with less ram, since I see a comment from a guy who ordered the same model the day before me saying his hasn't shipped either
i have a steam deck, n3ds xl, ambernic rg34xx, and a modded gb dmgthinking about getting bricked up with the trimui brick or whatever but not sure what I'd use it for differently than the ambernic rg34xx
>>12449838> Bought an ambernic RG35XX two years ago> Still too busy to set it upLook, what's the lowest effort custom firmware I can use to just start playing shit on this. Should I just stick with the Ambernic firmware?
>>12463958Yeah just start playing it. Stock is fine. People just like discussing custom firmwares more, but they all just run retroarch. Only worry about firmwares if you want more features.
