PerfectDark
@PerfectDark@lemmy.world
- Comment on Turning Gaming Handhelds into Digital Audio Players: An Interview with Riley 5 days ago:
No, its just the Brick, not the metal Hammer version!
So, almost the same, but your version of is has some improvements (and a nice metal body!). You’re going to love it when it arrives!
- Comment on Turning Gaming Handhelds into Digital Audio Players: An Interview with Riley 5 days ago:
Linux, not Android
- Comment on Turning Gaming Handhelds into Digital Audio Players: An Interview with Riley 6 days ago:
Then this is perfect timing!
- Comment on Turning Gaming Handhelds into Digital Audio Players: An Interview with Riley 6 days ago:
That’s all Riley right there!
- Submitted 6 days ago to games@lemmy.world | 24 comments
- Comment on TRIMUI Brick Hammer, a weirdly named but beautiful handheld 6 days ago:
No complaints from me at all
The feel and design of it is leagues ahead of others to me.
TRIMUI including three separate and different shoulder button sets in the box helps, too. Since it let’s you have some say in how it feels and plays!
- Comment on TRIMUI Brick Hammer, a weirdly named but beautiful handheld 6 days ago:
These handhelds (similar to this one anyway!) are able to emulate that physical link. Like you see in this video here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_Qx720WxJ0
Before very recently this one wasn’t able to, but I’ve found someone did manage this 14 days ago and shared their project, you can find it here:
reddit.com/…/lan_multiplayer_netplay_and_gba_link…
(Hope all this helps, and I’m glad you enjoyed my review! Thank you!)
- Comment on TRIMUI Brick Hammer, a weirdly named but beautiful handheld 1 week ago:
Great choice!
You’ve got plenty of firmware options if you’re not loving the stock one (which is honestly fine!), the community around this device is so enthusiastic and do such amazing things. In fact, tenlevels showed off his new one which is coming soon, too. Called Bloom, its the first to manage to bring retroachievements to the device!
Can’t wait to hear how you like it, once it arrives. If portability is key to choosing one, then you certainly get that with it. So sleek, so slim and nice to take along for the ride!
- Comment on TRIMUI Brick Hammer, a weirdly named but beautiful handheld 1 week ago:
Totally, 100% doable!
It is an easy one to do, just choosing the right retro handheld for you…that’s the difficult part! My aforementioned Odin 3 for example plays anything from the oldest consoles, PS2 upscaled to 4K all the way to literal PC games via GameHub Lite.
And I’d recommend you check RetroDECK (the option to emulate on Steam Deck) out one day, I love it so much, it’s by far my fav emulation and retro gaming suite on Steam Deck!
Oh and please do let me know what retro handheld you do get, in the end. Now I’m curious!
- Comment on TRIMUI Brick Hammer, a weirdly named but beautiful handheld 1 week ago:
I do, yes!
I’m offered a variety of things to review, but since this is a friend’s site, I’m not paid to review nor write, and there’s no ads on the site…I’m lucky enough to not have to review everything to survive. Or even to keep the content machine going like most YouTubers have to. I just do this for fun!
I just accept the handhelds I find interesting to me, the ones I find most unique.
But I’ve written for a few years now in various gaming spaces, so I do understand why I get asked :)
And I also feel very lucky to do so! I really love gaming handhelds, its a passion of mine :)
- Comment on TRIMUI Brick Hammer, a weirdly named but beautiful handheld 1 week ago:
Ahhhhhhh no problems!
Yes you’re right, this handheld won’t do video out. That’s both a software and hardware limitation on this one, but so many of these handhelds do that with ease. Its just a case of narrowing down which one is right for you.
The last two devices I tested for and utilized video out on for reviews were high-end handhelds (the AYN Odin 3 Max and the Anbernic RG477V), but again…a huge variety of that for you!
I do hope this helps a tiny bit :)
- Comment on TRIMUI Brick Hammer, a weirdly named but beautiful handheld 1 week ago:
Tiny Best Set Go is a ROM set specifically compiled for the Miyoo Mini family of handhelds. Its basically the best games for each system.
But…those are ROMs which work with any handheld.
Ironically the large size of it is tiny…comparatively anyway!
- Comment on TRIMUI Brick Hammer, a weirdly named but beautiful handheld 1 week ago:
If you go to archive dot org and search for romsets, or for ‘tiny best set go’, you’ll see a big collection there!
- Comment on TRIMUI Brick Hammer, a weirdly named but beautiful handheld 1 week ago:
I can’t stop picking it up!
- Comment on TRIMUI Brick Hammer, a weirdly named but beautiful handheld 1 week ago:
You’re welcome!
Have a read over it, choose one and then (if it helps) check some YouTube videos so they give you a nice overview on what they bring to your device.
:)
- Comment on TRIMUI Brick Hammer, a weirdly named but beautiful handheld 1 week ago:
If absolute Game Boy Advance is your fav, then don’t forget this one:
The RetroSnap Play looks great! Glad you’ve been enjoying it! This is one of the R36S clones, basically its ‘one’ handheld that just keeps on selling and selling, and broke out of the niche hobby scene. That’s why you’ll see it on spaces like YouTube and (apparently, I don’t use it!) a ton on TikTok.
If you want to change the firmware so you’ll be able to see the battery state, then you can check out this guide on what is available:
- Comment on TRIMUI Brick Hammer, a weirdly named but beautiful handheld 1 week ago:
That’s not an easy comparison to make between the two.
The Analogue Pocket does one thing extremely well, while the Brick Hammer covers many more systems. Not to mention the difference in cost!
But the Brick Hammer feels premium (that metal shell is perfection), gives you a multitude of community built and supported operating systems, all manner of apps.
They’re too difficult to compare. If you want Game Boy? Go Analogue. If you want a very slim, sleek retro handheld that you can play a ton of consoles on (PortMaster!) then go for this one!
- Comment on TRIMUI Brick Hammer, a weirdly named but beautiful handheld 1 week ago:
Yes!
It doesn’t need anything more. These emulators are so well optimized now in RA that they just run beautifully. Well, with a couple exceptions I noted in my review.
This is a handheld that isn’t trying to do more than it claims, so 1GB is perfect!
- Comment on TRIMUI Brick Hammer, a weirdly named but beautiful handheld 1 week ago:
That’s the nicest part of this kind of handheld. While being relegated to older games (unless you’re using something like the Odin 3 for example!), the convenience and portability are unmatched.
I love how slim and unobtrusive the Brick and Brick Hammer are, its been so easy to take on the go!
- Comment on TRIMUI Brick Hammer, a weirdly named but beautiful handheld 1 week ago:
Huh. That’s actually news to me, with that kind of detail on it!
I think the name might have to do with the idea of a “traditional face married to a cutting edge” which is actually pretty clever.
If I’d known this, I’d have put it in my review! Thanks for sharing!!!
- Comment on TRIMUI Brick Hammer, a weirdly named but beautiful handheld 1 week ago:
I think you can pick and choose the N64 games, there’s definitely some which are quite playable with the lack of the N64 claw’s odd controls. I’ve found that like you, sticking to those 3:2 systems are where its shined the most! Though right now I’m enjoying FFVII on there :)
And the build? So beautifully made!
- Comment on TRIMUI Brick Hammer, a weirdly named but beautiful handheld 1 week ago:
It does really well. The default OS which TRIMUI ships it with performs really well on the sleep front, but the community OS I’ve installed (NextUI) is known for how well they implement their ‘deep sleep’.
The overnight power draw I’ve seen has been 1% of the battery. NextUI’s use of it has by far been the best I’ve seen for a device’s sleeping. I saw someone say it lasts around 2 months in their deep sleep.
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- Comment on RetroDECK 0.10.0b Is a Ground-Up Rewrite, Not Just an Update 2 weeks ago:
Yes, it does!
- Comment on RetroDECK 0.10.0b Is a Ground-Up Rewrite, Not Just an Update 3 weeks ago:
No, this is not built for Android!
- Comment on RetroDECK 0.10.0b Is a Ground-Up Rewrite, Not Just an Update 3 weeks ago:
Oh I’m so sorry, it seems that you struggle with reading!!!
This isn’t anything to be embarrassed about, kids and adults have trouble with reading and comprehension all the time. I’d encourage you to get your parents or a guardian to look into education help. Even (at the worst) YouTube should have plenty of basic comprehension lessons available, which will make following these complex patch notes easier to understand!
Let me know when retro deck supports Switch emulators
Ryubing is the new Switch emulator.
Let me know if I can be any further help! More than happy to help you with reading. I’m also really good friends with the developers behind RetroDECK, so I can always pass on your beautifully kindly expressed comments.
- Submitted 3 weeks ago to games@lemmy.world | 19 comments
- Comment on My time with Anbernic's RG477V 5 weeks ago:
Also if you do get one, replace the sd card immediately! I didn’t have an issue, but have heard it is very common.
ABSOLUTELY replace it! They’re ticking time bombs (in a not so flash bang fashion). It will die, the question isn’t if, but when. Also the USB cable they supply? Not trustworthy for the R36S!
…that said, I’m loving that you’re so happy playing older games. The best retro handheld is the one you already own and love, after all!
- Comment on My time with Anbernic's RG477V 5 weeks ago:
- Yes, this is Google Play certified, so it has the full Google Play Store to access. But, if you’d prefer some anonymity, feel free to install Aurora!
I don’t typically bother with a throwaway account. MFC makes any risk well and truly mitigated, but I also don’t use Google, so if the worst of the worst did happen, I wouldn’t be sad. You can do either, but I and most reviewers I know don’t bother with a dummy account!
- Yes the 8GB will be well and truly fine to run PS2 games! Think of the 12 as essential for PC games (via GameHub Lite), it just gives you the headroom to make that an easier experience. You’ll be able to play and upscale PS2 perfectly fine with the 8GB version.
:)
