then decided a retro handheld was the way to go

They 100% are, and they’re so amazing these days! I have the Anbernic RG Vita Pro, the Retroid Pocket 6 and the TRIMUI Brick Pro sent to me to review next up! But there really is some satisfaction on playing games on their native hardware, even if all of these three can upscale those PSP games a trillion percent to look perfect