Yeah, it's kind of amazing that I can run the Star Fox EX hack on it with next to no slow down. Great for the money, but my only problem is that the "B" button isn't reliable as it should be when you need it to be
I have a few! I currently use an RG35XX SP, and a regular RG35XX. These are great for on the go. Otherwise I hate having limitations so I usually use my RoG Ally. These handhelds have so many communities backing them and building custom OS’s for them. It’s about first finding how powerful you need yours to be (what it’s capable of running). After that you need to decide on a form factor and what works best for you. I’ve set up many handhelds for people, the possibilities are endless rn.
Dude, just invest in a new retro handheld. It's way more fun than playing on a phone, imo. They are not that costly. You've decent one for $70 -100,-
Can absolutely concur with that. You can get them in a lot of different form factors these days, like Ambernic copying the GBA, GBA SP, etc. There's also stuff like the TrimUI Smart Pro S for more of a PSP form factor that can play PSP and DC. So many ~$100 options that I'd take over using a phone these days even if it has a slight extra kick of being able to do some PS2.Dude, just invest in a new retro handheld. It's way more fun than playing on a phone, imo. They are not that costly. You've decent one for $70 -100,-
Dude, just invest in a new retro handheld. It's way more fun than playing on a phone, imo. They are not that costly. You've decent one for $70 -100,-
I'm kinda new to all this retro handhelds stuff.
For the price of those, depending on where you look, a Retroid Pocket 5 might also be a decent option since you'll get that really nice OLED screen. Battery life might not be as high, but I don't really know by comparison. I know mine tends to last a decent while.
It looks interesting, and the price is acceptable. I've searched about battery life andd for example with "PS1 emulation" i get about 8-11 hours. Which is SUPER NICE (in my case).
Yes, I see that Vardalis give good tips. The ''TrimUI Smart Pro S' is the best one for that price that can handle all PSP games. And the Retroid Pocket 5 is the best one for that price that can play all PS2 games, if I remember it correctly.... And this thread turned out to be very helpful
I will say that the steam deck is not worth the new prices.A sad day: Valve raises prices for its handhelds.
Well, the RP5 is a pretty powerful device, so the only question that remains is about the software (currently, relatively few people are involved in developing PS2 emulators for Android). These days, the vast majority of emulated ps2 games start up just fine, but not all of them will run in “plug-and-play” mode. Quite often, some additional tweaking is required. Just a recent example (not about the PS2, but about the situation in general): about week ago, while playing Twilight Princess (Win11 desktop, RetroArch, Dolphin Core), my frame rate suddenly started dropping in open areas. Even though I had been running around there with a normal frame rate before that. As it turned out, I needed to turn off the “Sync to exact content frame rate” option. Why it worked without any issues before I have no idea.
I like everything about this console except for the let's say battery :) The battery is good. It’s just that the conditions aren’t right. It just seems that, due to certain circumstances caused by our neighbors, we’ll start having nationwide power outages again this winter. And maybe even sooner. And more powerful handhelds, capable of emulating higher-end systems, will be able to distract me for longer (by emulating lower-end systems). In theory.
Yes i will, thanks!
The hardest part about this is that the selection is simply enormous, and new models seem to come out almost every day. But you also seem to find like-minded people who share this hobby almost every day :)
Ok i actually didn't know about this until reading your post, the new prices are insane, 40% increase. This will likely mean shitty news for the Steam Machine pricing if that's suppose to be 6x more powerful. yikes.
You're probably better off scouting a website like this with so many different requirements: https://retrocatalog.com/retro-handhelds
Well, the RP5 is a pretty powerful device, so the only question that remains is about the software (currently, relatively few people are involved in developing PS2 emulators for Android). These days, the vast majority of emulated ps2 games start up just fine, but not all of them will run in “plug-and-play” mode. Quite often, some additional tweaking is required. Just a recent example (not about the PS2, but about the situation in general): about week ago, while playing Twilight Princess (Win11 desktop, RetroArch, Dolphin Core), my frame rate suddenly started dropping in open areas. Even though I had been running around there with a normal frame rate before that. As it turned out, I needed to turn off the “Sync to exact content frame rate” option. Why it worked without any issues before I have no idea.
I like everything about this console except for the let's say battery :) The battery is good. It’s just that the conditions aren’t right. It just seems that, due to certain circumstances caused by our neighbors, we’ll start having nationwide power outages again this winter. And maybe even sooner. And more powerful handhelds, capable of emulating higher-end systems, will be able to distract me for longer (by emulating lower-end systems). In theory.
So it turns out that the RP5 looks like a pretty interesting option for my needs. More power usually means more battery life (5000mAh).
Yes i will, thanks!
It's important, sure, but it's not the only thing I'd like :). I looked into the PSP, but the problem is that they're all heavily used, and you don't know what kind of condition they're in. You never know what might break and when. If I'd had one from the start, that would be a different story.
Or a power bank. I have one, from the good old days when I used to photograph MTB competitions and share photos using my smartphone. There are no power outlets in the woods :) But that’s a slightly different way, I agree.
These are good devices, thanks, but for various reasons, they aren't the best fit for me. When you're spending your own money, you want to get the best option, right? :) Battery capacity alone isn’t everything; the hardware that the battery powers is also important (as are the available software options that result from it). Since none of this is sold at the local store, where you can try it out for yourself or easily return or exchange it, I (and all of us, actually) have to make our choices by scouring specialized forums. I look primarily for negative feedback to draw some conclusions from it :) After all, all these devices have their own advantages; they’re generally the same and everyone is happy with them. But we'll just have to learn to live with their flaws or quirks. Or buy another device :)
Heh, it’s always been like that. I still remember the days when you had to go through all the plugins for ePSXe and manually write .bat files to run games in the M.A.M.E. emulator. :)
I have an Anbernic RG40XXH and it's a solid option. But there is an important caveat: the hardware from the device has been upgraded since the first models hit shelves, and in more recent ones there are important software issues. In my case, to turn it on I have to plug it in to a power socket and the battery drains fast when turned off (four/five days for the battery to be completely drained from 100%).
I've been struggling with this one for a while. I have a perfectly good DSi XL with perfect screens a new digitizer, yet here I am alternately looking up the RG DS and the 2nd screen add-on for my RP5. I don't NEED this but dangit do I WANT it.
I don't have a functioning DS any more (although I could probably get a new battery for my DSi but no idea if it'd still work properly) and haven't been looking into second screens for the RP5, so I guess I'm kind of the target audience if I want to play the DS catalog in an optimal way.
Yeah, I get what you are saying. Utility is very important for these handhelds; It's what drove me into getting the RP5 (from my RG ARC S). And if I got an RG DS it would absolutely be used for DS games, but more than likely I would be using it to look at manuals and walkthroughs whilst playing games. Same with getting the 2nd RP5 screen. I'd play some DQ7 and Yo-kai for sure, but mostly I'd be screwing around with other things, in the same manner as I would with the RG DS.
