You know the ones. Ambernic, Retroid, Miyoo, and the like. I swear they come out with a new handheld every 5 minutes. You can’t even research the damn things before 3 more latest and greatest come out.
Anyways. I bought a Miyoo Mini. Love it. Hands hate it. Thought "This would be way better if it were bigger. Duuuuh, I’m an idiot right? Well 5 minutes after I bought the damn thing, they release the Miyoo Mini Plus. Which is just a Miyoo Mini, but bigger. So apperently I’m not alone.
Then I started playing my DS Lite with a flash cart, and loved THAT form factor.
Then they came out with Retroid Pocket 5. And I was in love. I had my hand on the buy button. And remembered how the Miyoo Mini played out.
So I said “If I still love it in 6 months, I’ll buy it.” Literally 1 month later after I saw that, they announce the Retroid Pocket Flip 2. Which is just the Retroid Pocket 5, in a DS style case, but only 1 screen. Which is fine by me. I never cared about the dual screen gimmick.
So I said “Ok, if I still love THIS in 6 months, I’ll buy it.”
Welp. 6 months passed, and last week I got my Flip 2. Now I’m in the process of setting it all up. And hooboy do I have all the questions.
I watched Retro Game Corps guide on setting it up, and thats great, but I also want discussion, and advice, and to share what I learn over time.
But if there is a community for these things, I’m unaware. This is the closest thing to an active community that I know of.
So. Who wants to talk shop?
kibiz0r@midwest.social 1 day ago
To the extent that a retro handheld community exists on Lemmy, this is it.
I’ve bought a lot of these things. RG35XXSP, Miyoo Mini Plus, Retroid Pocket 3+, Retroid Pocket 5, DataFrog SF2000. Some random $5 bullshits off AliExpress for a toddler to destroy.
I’ve given out a few Miyoo Mini Plusses as gifts. They’re really the perfect balance of comfort and portability. They’re performant enough to do everything you’d want to do in that form factor, but cheap enough that I don’t mind keeping it in my backpack 24/7. The stock firmware is fine, and Onion is excellent.