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knave:
Hi, poof, its me!

I have recently picked up two handheld game systems and wonder what you all think of gaming on the go?

Do you swear by the most recent offering by Nintendo? if so why?

Backstory:
I have seen many videos over the years offering a retro handheld that can play emulated games. There are lots of options of questionable quality to be found. I passed on them all...

...until now. I have been watching videos of a new product line of not sucky emulation handhelds. RG350 if you care to google it and a few others.
I rather like the idea of gaming on the go but it has not captured me in practice.

By accident I was online when the new version of the Odroid Go Advance came out (the black edition with WIFI and 4 shoulder buttons.) Since I was interested it was worth the price of $59 to try it out. (I bought 2)
It comes as a kit. thus "IS" byoac in a manner of speaking.

With the skills I honed here building other stuff it took me about an hour to assemble...being careful.
So far the ting runs up to PSP pretty well. But purists would say it stops at dream cast and PS1. Even so. For $60 its way better than not bad.

Should you go out and buy one?
...No, it is tinkery and its competitors are on point too. but...if you want to "build" it, it's a pretty fun project.

While doing this I also picked up a PS Vita. OK am impressed. the Aftermarket scene on this handheld are great...Lots of games designed for handheld use. some more my taste than others.

I ask again. What Handhelds do you prefer?

I am selfish and just want to talk about tech.

Let me know.

Knave

bigster:
Hopefully we are only a few weeks away from a fpga handheld


https://www.analogue.co/pocket/

Assuming all of kevtris cores work on this, it will be the ultimate retrto handheld

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knave:
That looks interesting, but I've never been a huge fan of the OG Gameboy form factor.

The original Advance was more my style. Although by the time I picked one up I liked the Backlight on the SP enough to forgive any form factor shortcomings.

I am interested in getting a switch or switch light at some point but so far none of the games have called to me.

With the Odroid Go Advance I have almost every console game available through PSP which is a huge library. I am finding that some classic console games lend themselves to the small screen better than others.
It's a lot like building a Cab...the project part is part of the fun. I'm still going through each console and trying out games.

The PS Vita on the other hand has most of the games designed to run as a portable system, so I'm enjoying that a bit more. I put a 128GB microSD card in it and have had fun trying out Vita games. Again. I think I am picky as to what types of games I enjoy these days.

Personally I think a 3.5 inch screen is too small. I would have liked a 5-7 inch screen. But that would significantly increase the cost.
Perhaps a PC would be a better platform?

Dell has a prototype "UFO" Alienware handheld gaming PC that they have shown off a bit earlier this year and a company called GPD makes some interesting tiny gaming laptops. But I don't think I would drop $800-$1000 on a portable game system.

I kinda wish someone would make a raspberry Pi 4 hat that is a switch clone with a 7 ish inch screen and some controls.

Titchgamer:
I dont really do much gaming on the go but when I do I have 2 go to’s.

One is a Soft mod’d PSP with a few chosen emus and games as well as a few select PSP games.

The other is a Soft mod’d NDS which imo has some of the best games to play on the go.

rahul bs:
I wish I could go back in time and not lose my Gameboy Color, was one of the first handheld consoles I owned and played pokemon crystal , like 5 times xD Gameboy Color it is for me :3

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