Submitted 3 months ago by SimplyTadpole@lemmy.dbzer0.com to retrogaming@lemmy.world
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I spent the whole day flashing the MiyooCFW firmware onto it, customizing the menus, and testing which games ran well and which didn’t (and constantly trying and failing to get Doom to run on it); I think I’m pretty happy with the end results now.
Really great game, played it through with my brother.
Micro Mages, let’s go! This is such a cool game, it’s always great to see people online play it on anything but a PC. I for myself played it on a modded Wii on a CRT. I love how everyone plays this game differently.
Anyway, nice little emulation console you got there too, glad it worked out with the custom firmware as well. Enjoy!
It’s a beauty. Great haptic feedback on those. The little red console looks nifty too.
Yup. Cats can get pretty warm. The rumble feature is pretty nifty, but don’t grip too hard or they’ll hurt your fingers.
What system is this? Miyoo?
It’s a Powkiddy V90!
It gets rebranded a lot, was PowKiddy for a while
I’ve got a couple of these kicking around. Pretty decent little handhelds for the price.
I’ve since moved onto an X55 for my GBA games though. Better emulator and I think the game scales better on the X55 screen vs the V90. Still, the V90 is a great way to get into retro handhelds.
there’s nothing like the physicality of a handheld. I got an R36S and I actually enjoy grinding in that
Holyginz@lemmy.world 3 months ago
The fact that something like a Gameboy advance sp would be considered retro at this point when it was something I remember wanting a lot growing up still boggles my mind. Still don’t know how I should feel about that.
Odelay42@lemmy.world 3 months ago
To put it into perspective, the GBA so is 21 years old.
When the GBA so came out, the NES was 20 years old.
Sounds pretty retro to me 😎
xyzzy@lemm.ee 3 months ago
Don’t get ready for the nursing home just yet. You’re not that old if you wanted it when you were growing up.
groucho@lemmy.sdf.org 3 months ago
Yeah, I bought one in my 20s.
SimplyTadpole@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 months ago
Personally, I consider the cutoff point between Retro and Modern as being when the sixth generation (PS2, Xbox, Gamecube, Dreamcast) ended and the seventh (PS3, X360, Wii) began.
I guess I’m a bit weird in this regard, because I did grow up with sixth gen games (I never had a GBA, but I did dabble with GBA emulation at the time) and thus should probably also feel the same way you do, but I remained quite fond of them even as a lot of people moved on to newer consoles and no longer shared my interests. I guess I had an easier time labeling them as retro because it was easier to justify me still liking them as opposed to “being stuck behind the times” or “being too poor to afford the newer games/consoles” like people used to say to me.
Petter1@lemm.ee 3 months ago
Well, it seems to be considered retro gaming as soon as the console (or Game in case of PC) is discontinued. So the Xbox(the one older than the one out now, which I don’t know how they are called, because xbox names are strange), PS4, wii u and the 3ds are already retro game consoles per that definition.
Sanctus@lemmy.world 3 months ago
I think MicroMages was designed for the NES(?)
When you buy it on Itch.io you get a PC version as well.