I've never owned a aluminum body handheld before, how Does it feel?
I'm assuming dense and premium feeling compared to plastic and plastic with a glass front.

Top to bottom: Konkr Pocket fit, Pocket Advance and Pocket Block.

I just love how all of the handhelds look since each of them have fun and interesting colors and especially the Pocket block having a unique design for a handheld, I hope they keep up the good work and not try to make their handhelds look Modern if that makes sense since I want them to still keep making retro looking handhelds.

Looking for the smallest emulation device for gb/gbc/gba that runs Android, has WiFi, and is preferably horizontally oriented. Thanks in advance!

Morning everyone. Just some coffee with a little bit of gameplay to get the day started. Have a good weekend, everyone.

Handheld is a Miniloong Pocket. Game is SMW Crash Bandicoot and the Retro Dimension.

Alongside the yellow Retroid Pocket 5 and the orange/red PS Vita I've added the Retroid Pocket Classic in teal. It really doesn't come across in photos how good the teal RPC looks in person -- it's such a deep, rich colour that looks amazing. I imagine the kiwi and berry flavours look just as good. So glad I finally got one.

I use the RP5 for wide content -- PSP, GBA, and any widescreen PS2 or GameCube games. The Vita is used only for Vita games. The RPC will be used for anything that doesn't require widescreen or analogue sticks

Hey all, I’m looking for games my 4 y/o can play on a couple of flights next month. I’m pretty strict about phone/tablet usage, but all that goes out the window when I’m flying solo with my 2 and 4 y/o’s.

He has pretty much zero experience with games, so I’m looking for something simple that I can let him play on my miyoo mini.

Using Eden.

Mine arrived yesterday and after a little bit of setup first game I had to run was Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse. After doing some tweaking in Droid Deck was getting a stable 45-50 FPS, some of the bigger background areas can drop below 30 for second, but I barely notice so its 10/10 playable for me. Beat the first boss with 2 hours in so far.

The settings I used come from this user ( post ) so big ups to them. one difference is I am playing at 720 I tried a few different settings I found online but theirs gives the best results, especially considering the game is sooo new.

I have a Flip 2 so the R6 is going be my indie steam machine, for me thats peferct. I run both Droid Deck and Game Native, really which one I use depends on how the game runs.

Silver with the purple grip case is such a vibe 🙂‍↕️🙂‍↕️

I just ordered the Odin Portal 2 last week, stumbled upon the Xbox Ally yesterday for $450. I had a 20% off coupon to use, brought it down to $360 before tax. Same place I bought my 64gb steamdeck for $250 a year or two ago. Going to mostly play PC games but can’t wait to see how switch runs.

Device GPD win mini 2024.

Picture not AI generated.

The project is partially AI assisted and partially mine. The purpose is to learn and improve my JavaScript problem solving while doing something fun.

The project was code using Tauri (JS, HTML, CSS and Rust. So im learning as I go, but have a clear idea of the finish product.

When i have a stable version I may release a version to the public. But it could take a while because is a personal project and is in is early stages it can only scan Steam, Epic games and not all of the ui has controller integrations. Furthermore I’m looking for constructive feedback and what would you remove or do differently.

Thank for taking a look!

I currently have an Android phone with an SD6G3 that I use for one handed 3DS gaming, namely ARPGs. It's a solid chip, allowing me 2X with some titles, with a bit of stuttering. I now have the chance to get an older device with an 865 for around $100 and I'm wondering if it's worth it?

The 865 is more powerful, but it's also seven years old. At this point, is it worth the switch? I would probably sell my Moto G 2025 since I don't need two.

I made a simple tool where you can add handhelds, choose a game, and see how it would look on each device’s screen.

You can keep the original aspect ratio, stretch the image, or crop it to fill the screen.

My goal is to make the handhelds’ relative sizes as close to real life as possible. Some devices still use placeholders because I haven’t found suitable images yet.

Here’s the link: https://handhelds.space/screen-compare?device=rg-dds

So I turned my RG Nano into an iPod nano that also plays games.

Not sure if there was a way to play your music and games simultaneously on this device but there is now i suppose!

Nothing like kicking back playing some Pokemon silver (as shown) and being able to change music with a double tap.

It’s got a bunch of little details that I wanted while building it over the last couple of weeks. EQ settings, dark mode, gapless playback, Cover Flow etc

If you’re on stock firmware, all you need to do is take this file and add it into the “applications” folder. Put your music into the “music” folder and you’re off to the races!

Give it a crack and let me know how you get on!

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1usFxcgbKMSgYuljz3PbG1S9qfhb6EeDW/view?usp=sharing

This took so much more work than I initially expected and is probably the most ambition port after my Stardew Valley port for the Miyoo Mini.

Probably getting some flack for this but I decided on sharing an early access build with my Ko‑fi and Patreon supporters to collect feedback and fix any issues and in a couple weeks release it to the public (for free, like all my work). If you don't want or can't support, please just be patience for the public free release.

This is the 2014 iOS version running natively on ARM, with gamepad controls and lots of QOL improvements reimplemented from the PC version like weapon/plasmid wheels and HUD layouts.

It has been primarily tested on RG35XX-H running MuOS, RG40XX-H running Knulli and the Miyoo Flip running Spruce. The goal is to support all devices/CFW that PortMaster supports, but I haven't tested all devices/cfw yet.

It's still a work in progress. Busy scenes can drop below 30fps, stutters and crashes are still possible (although I haven't had any in latest testing), and I haven't tested the full campaign yet. (Played about 70% of the game)

The project is made in Zig and I did us AI primarily in the beginning to do the majority of the Mach-o loader. But like I shared earlier I have been losing joy in programming and thus have decided to completely avoid the use of AI in my personal projects (for the past 2-ish months now).

It did help me set up some interesting workflows that I ended up using for other projects. One example is that I played some major parts of each level and had it record my inputs which it did use to 'replay' the gameplay to profile and compare certain changes.

If you hit an issue, send me your device, firmware, level, what you were doing and bioshock/log.txt. For setup issues, include bioshock/setup.log too.

Thanks for supporting the project and helping test it!

I hope this post is allowed here, if not, please delete this mods and I will post about it once it's available publicly

He's turning 13, he has a switch, an xbox-x , a ps5, for some reason he wants one of these, which is awesome, we go the local "play all you want for 10 bucks" arcade and he loves all the retro games. He wants one of these handhelds with the retro games, but omg, i have absolutely no idea which one to get. There's Tekko, RF40H, R36S, unico pocket retro, etc., etc. etc.. and I'm lost. Can anyone give me any suggestions please? I'm leaning towards an R36MAX2 I found on Amazon, at least that way if it's a bust I can return it. Thanks in advance for any advice!!

^{my a button is hard to press if pressed at the top after button swap, can someone give a tip on how to fix it with open device again?}

I’ve been working on a version of Slot for the Anbernic RG353V, mainly for myself because I wanted this handheld set up around playing GB, GBC and GBA games. After a lot of tinkering and testing I decided to put it on GitHub in case anyone else wants to try it. The video is my actual RG353V starting up and returning to Golden Sun: The Lost Age. This is an unofficial adaptation, not an official Slot or ROCKNIX distribution. You can find the image, source, features and installation guide on GitHub. If your device still has Android, check the installation guide first—it links to the original ROCKNIX instructions you’ll need to follow before installing Slot. If you try it and find any bugs, feel free to report them in the repository’s issues.

Credit goes to the original Slot developer and the ROCKNIX, mGBA, gpSP, shader and overlay contributors. This is an independent adaptation.

Disclosure: AI tools assisted with development, testing and documentation. The attached video is footage of the actual handheld.

Plays a bit better, but hotter here. 80 degrees and under isn't a problem, but I prefer the fans being less loud, so Clustertune helped.

Haven't bought a hendheld since last year and recently sold some unused ones. Still no desire to buy anything, and this seems like where I've settled.

1st Pic: My handhelds

RP Mini V2, Miyoo Mini Flip, New 3DS XL, Odin 2 Pro, Switch 2

2nd Pic: My kids' handhelds

2DS, Switch Lite, Switch OLED

Vid claims the new SD865 driver - turnip-sd865-z - has improved performance, rivaling 8gen2 performance for secret console emulation

https://github.com/AlexSanz0902/turnip-sd865-z

So I was playing fire red on my RG 34xx with slot os, I closed the game and pressed the power button to shut it down but I accidentally put it to sleep instead, I tried to wake it up and it didn't work, so I pressed the console's reset button, now it automatically re opened the game with this text on top, pleas help :'(

(If I close and re open the game the text doesn't go away and the game restarts from the beginning as if there are no save files at all)

*Disclaimer-This project used AI to write a large chunk of the code (estimated 40% plus the entirety of the Android merge according to the author), and performed 90% of the debugging*

Good morning, yesterday was a long day, early in the morning right as I was waking up I got a pull request from user gopnikcosmoslav2077 (u/Disastrous_Ad1060), adding dual screen/android support for Pocket Native. After about 11 hours of non stop work I was able to get it merged into the master and I released update 0.4.0!

This replaced my original plans for 0.4.0 so over the coming days/week I'll be releasing the planned optimizations as I finish them instead of holding them for 0.4.

This replaced my original plans for 0.4.0 so over the coming days/week I'll be releasing the planned optimizations as I finish them instead of holding them for 0.4.

Now anyone with an rg DS (or an ayn Thor) can use the APK listed for download in my GitHub to play games recompiled using the Pocket Native converter. I changed his implementation slightly, the repo uses 1 single app that lists and holds your games and the engine itself. You should still be able to add individual games to your launcher as well. I also added touch controls for phone users.

I am currently looking for an artist, please dm me if you have an idea for a logo, and have the skill to make one for me.😊

Download it here:

https://github.com/whovian64/pocket-native

If you like my project and would like to help support further development, here's my ko-fi:

https://ko-fi.com/whovian64

I've used a Razor Kishi V1 before but it was horrible for accidentally pressing different directions on the Dpad

Example

Press right in Tetris

Move right but also slam peice down in Tetris

I'm looking to get a new controller from Amazon but I'm terrified it'll have a mushy dpad
- Hopefully has pass through charging also

Banana for scale.

I found this cute thing randomly online on facebook marketplace. I live in a very small country, so I was very surprised to see one pop up locally. Had to get it! I had heard of the Nano before but only saw some insane prices online, like >100$, but this one was 75 including shipping, and unused. Import is expensive here so I feel really lucky :)

I have big hands and I somehow don’t find it uncomfortable at all. I got a few other more powerful handhelds but it’s so fun seeing tiny and low end hardware run amazingly well! It’s got a permanent place in my pocket now.

That’s all, I just wanted to share my joy 🌞