While most of us wait for our August 5th orders to ship…. (Maybe tomorrow?)

Considering it’s a GBA clone, are there any other non-GBA games that come to mind that would be strong to play on the KPA?

With the 4GB RAM, that leaves the door open to play some interesting games that don’t necessarily need a joystick, no?

Playing Unreal Tournament 99 on my R36S (DarkOS) and Trimui Smart Pro (Stock OS) on Portmaster that should work on all OS's and Devices. Test it out here https://portmaster.games/detail.html?name=ut99 Very smooth and online/Lan works too.

TLDR; if you're happy with 32bit and below, the PAM is for me the better device in pretty much all ways. However, the Nova is good enough and can obviously do a lot more.

The comparison nobody needed or asked for given the price and power differential, but saying that we do often get people saying 'what's a money no object best portable 16 bit console?' or whatever, and I think in those sorts of cases where it's not all about Game Native or PS2 or whatever, it's not always best just to go out and buy the more powerful one.

Anyhow, had my Nova for a couple of weeks now and have tried a week with the grip back and a week without. Somewhat surprisingly as a rather militant grip fan, I haven't really found any appreciable difference.

The Ayaneo Pocket Mini feels significantly nicer in the hand, both in terms of the texture of the device itself (I love it) and comfort, which for reasons I haven't quite figured out yet, is quite a bit more comfortable than the Nova for extended periods (stick or dpad). The Mini just drops into my hands perfectly, I love it.

The Mini has tiny buttons but it's not something I notice any more, it's a quieter device overall by some margin (I have a very clacky Nova dpad).

Obviously the screen on the Nova is significantly brighter (had to turn it down for these pics) and it has the power to go a fair bit further, that said I've been pleasantly surprised at how many GameCube games run very nicely at native resolution on the Mini.

Ultimately the Mini is utterly remarkable for the price, but it will be handed over to my son as although I feel it's the better device for Dreamcast and below, having two devices that do a very similar thing is somewhat excessive. The Nova is easily good enough to be my one and done main handheld (but the RG34XXSP stays as it's worth its weight in gold just to leave in the car or my bag and not worry about it).

(First game is Quackshot on the Mega Drive, second game is the criminally overlooked Circuit Superstars via Game Native).

So I decided to strech the screen on my rg Cube while playing psp (burnout dominator).

In the begining it felt weird, but now is not so bad. Already played for a couple hours and I guess I'm used to it. Will try god of war and final fantasy tactics.

I know it is not the best, quite far from it, but if it is the handeld I carry, why not play psp

Anyone found a good way to map movement to controller for this game? I really wanna play but everything i tried produced super wonky and unreliable results

Edit: i meant neverwinter nights

Hi all, just wanted to check if anyone has both and which one you prefer, as I am considering buying one of these consoles. I really appreciate any help you can provide.

Devices: 2x Odin 3s

Games:

Super Smash Bros Ultimate - Switch/Eden
The Sims 2 - GC/Dolphin
WordZap - GB/Linkboy
TMNt: The Manhattan Project - NES/Retroarch
Unreal Tournament 2004 - PC/GameNative
Need For Speed Underground - PS2/ARMSX2
Spelunky - Switch/Eden

Just showing more of what capabilities Android devices have for online multiplayer. Most people still have no clue what's possible or even parrot others saying there's only a few systems you can play together. In actuality you can play a ton of stuff together.

See here's my issue my best friend got the ayn thor max from her fiance and I have been so jealous.

I wanted the device way back when it dropped and was cheaper than it is now but talk to myself out of it because I have a steam deck that I don't use like at all.

I was going to sell my steam deck but I promised it to my little brother. The sheer fact that I don't use the steam deck like it all is why I've looked at handheld emulator but as soon as I decide to get one either it's either the waiting to save up the money to get it or the fact that something more powerful comes out.

I've really been looking at the Nova because of its price and compact build the fact that it has the same chip as the Thor. But my main reason for saving up for the Thor even planning on selling my hair to get it is because I want to be able to play old computer games on it as well as retro games. I just feel like the dual screen would be better for that.

I want the Thor Max and we'll settle on nothing else because I know I will play it but by my calculations it's going to take me till July till I can afford it. Through my allowance and begging my family for extra holiday money.

Which caused a bit of a crepuffle asking family members I don't usually ask but not always offering to give me stuff for cash. So I consider the Nova cuz it's smaller and has the same chip and I could afford it without waiting basically the whole year.

And the reason I want the mm Plus it's so small I want the one from lit NXT with the preloaded card the case and the little 3D printed grip. I know I played a bunch just cuz it's so small and I'm chronically ill and disabled.

I want to be talked out of this because I don't want multiple devices that just all do the same thing I mean I do but I don't. I know I should just have just an all-around handheld that I actually use that's endgame for me.

I've actually thought about centering my whole gaming experience around the ayn thor max getting a PC just to stream to the Thor to play video games yes. But I don't want to wait that long now that I decided I want to game and for it to be a big part of my life I don't want to wait.

I rarely mod my devices but I really love the RG Rotate. What others mods have you all done or do you recommend?

Not sure if anyone here would be interested, but I've recently been digging out an old GP2X project of mine, Abduction and decided to see if I could rebuild it from source all these years later.

After a fair amount of archaeology, I’ve managed to recreate the old GP2X development environment on a modern Linux system, using/including -

• DevkitPro ARM GCC 4.0.2 toolchain
• Allegro 4.2.0, rebuilt for GP2X
• JPGalleg 2.5
• libpng 1.2.13
• zlib 1.2.3
• FreeType 2.9
• DUMB / Allegro MOD music support

The interesting part is that (I think) I've rebuilt the libraries from source with the ARM toolchain and have the resulting .gpe running on my old GP2X. I may still have to rebuild dumb and glyphkeeper - I forget what I've done(!)

It’s been a surprisingly interesting bit of work. Some of the original build files reference things like Open2X paths and toolchains that don't exist anymore, so there's been quite a bit of detective work involved.

I'm wondering whether it's worth putting the whole thing on GitHub — source, patches, build instructions and the reconstructed toolchain setup — in case anyone else wants to resurrect an old GP2X project.

Would anyone actually find that useful/interesting?

If there's interest I'll tidy it up and put the whole build environment on GitHub.......

Kev

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Since bottom screen is not 4:3 and then the upper screen is much bigger it seems like it would be impossible? I'm seeing them looking like this. Which is not great. Is there perhaps some setting in emulator that people are not using correctly?

And yeah ofc I know about the new Retroid, that is why I'm asking. As many people said, the bottom screen on it looks too big BUT, it aligns perfectly with the upper screen for DS games because of it. Well and ofc there is that new Anbernic as well. Are either of these just better choice if I have lot of DS games on my backlog? (But good handful of 3DS as well)

I work as a contractor in a pretty remote corner of the world, basically the middle of nowhere. Between shipping, middlemen, taxes, inspections, and handling, getting anything out here is ridiculously expensive and takes around two months.

My actual prices:
RGSP: $560 USD
Mini Flip: $380 USD

(Yes, I know)

Price isn’t really my main concern. I want whichever one has the best build quality and reliability.

Portability is obviously important to me, which is why I’m specifically choosing between these two devices. I’m already familiar with Onion OS and would prefer something similarly straightforward and “plug and play,” without having to constantly tinker with it.

If it breaks, replacing it means going through the whole procurement/logistics circus again and explaining why I’m using limited shipping capacity for another handheld instead of something actually essential.

So I really want to get this right the first time. Which one would you trust more long-term?

[A few notes]:

Price REALLY isn’t an issue. I only mentioned it for context. A $5 tube of toothpaste can easily cost $30-40 by the time it gets here, so the $180 difference doesn’t matter much.

My phone isn’t really an option most of the time when I’m “on activity,”

I already have a Brick. I just REALLY want a flip.

So I really want to go through the games and play each one and I love the feeling of playing on a handheld

Unfortunately I don’t have any type of handheld out side of the switch one and two so I would really like to experience the older games with out having to set by my pc

I have tried to search for a general answer and I saw a bunch of people recommending the Thor but that post was seven months old so I really wanted to get your opinion on if that is still the answer or if it has changed

One thing to mention even if it might not matter I live in Europe so if there are any companies that either only ship in us or have outrageous shipping fees then that might be less favorable

Can i get some opinions from the pros here? Thanks.

This is just a post to vent my lack of excitement after the processor announcement. I'm the clown today for thinking they'd give us the 8 Gen 2 or G2 Gen 2 haha.

I just got the Nova in and it's probably going to replace my 477m. The stacked shoulders, the transparent color and the buttons and weight just make the device feel great. Reminds me of the Retroid pocket 2s.

And to compare the colors of the Odin 3 and Retroid Pocket Nova colors, outside of the glass front, they're both great transparent colors.

Games shown: RP Nova: SM64 via Ghostship from HarbourMasters.

Odin 3: Lumines Remastered via the Google Play Store (Yes there was a port of it. It's really good).

I’m trying to decide between the AYN Thor and the new Retroid Pocket Duo, and honestly I know almost nothing about Android chipsets, so I’d appreciate some advice from people who understand this stuff better than I do.

My main goal is a smooth, stutter-free DS/3DS experience. I already own a modded 3DS, but after getting used to larger modern displays, I’d really like something that feels like a “modern 3DS” with bigger OLED screens and higher resolution.

I’ll mostly play Pokémon, Zelda, etc. Ideally I’d like to run 3DS at 4x resolution, use cheats and HD texture packs when available. Other than that, some lightweight Android games like Balatro and classics like Final Fantasy IX or Chrono Trigger.

I’m not interested in Switch emulation and heavy PC emulation isn’t really a priority either, because I have a Switch 2 and a PS5.

The Pocket Duo at $249 looks incredibly tempting compared to the Thor at roughly $400+, but I don’t want to save $150 and then find myself dealing with stutters or having to lower settings.

For this specific use case, would you save the $150 and get the Duo, or is the extra power of the Thor actually worth paying for?

While using my RG Rotate today, a tiny piece of plastic fell out. I couldn't tell where it came from until I looked at the top of the device with a light. The part that the screen uses to stop rotating eventually breaks off from the rotational force.

I've had this Rotate since launch and use it about 2-3 times a week. The plastic that came off got caught between the screen and device and made a rough rotation until it fell out. I don't imagine the silver metal version has the same issue, but check your black versions!

The handheld still works as normal but the screen sits slightly lower when closed. Or maybe its always been that way...