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You don't buy these to actually play, you buy them so somebody will see it on your desk and say "is that a wood grain game boy?" And then you load up tony hawk on it and they will be impressed for several seconds
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I’d say a good use of them is finally getting through a series you’ve wanted to finally experience. Like, I never played through the Metroid series and I just beat Zero Mission on my 351v and am now moving onto Samus Returns on the 3ds, then back to the 351v for Super/Fusion and finally Switch for Dread. Also wanted to go through the Quintet trilogy on SNES (Soul Blazer, Illusion of Gaia, Terranigma).
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Oct 25, 2021 04:00
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Disappointing Pie posted:You guys get the game choice paralysis with these devices just like with your Steam collection? I’ll play a game for a couple minutes and just bounce around before just giving up playing anything. Emulator Syndrome has been a thing since like, Dreamcast discs full of barely working SNES ROMs or Xbox modding. Retroachivements has actually fixed it for me a little bit, I'm weirdly much more likely to just try something with cheevos even though nobody will ever look at my profile?
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I like to make a playlist called "Queue" for stuff I haven't started yet but want to, another called "Playing", and then favorite one or two things in "Playing" to be my current default. Also have another playlist called "Pickup" for stuff like Tetris, Picross, or certain arcade games. 351Elec's updated emulationstation playlist management makes doing this easy, but I don't like that OS because of the way it messes with Retroarch settings, so I fumble through ArkOS's instead.
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So watching through Retro Game Corps video he did a couple months ago about the Adam image for the RG350 & RG280 has convinced me that for the moment at least I'll probably be best off just using that on my regular RG350(even if opening that thing is an enormous pain in the rear end) rather than buying a newer handheld* as between that and the DS Flash Cart I have in my 2DS that covers most of the systems I'd be wanting to play in a portable fashion anyways(and if I did want to do PSP or Dreamcast or other higher end consoles I could probably make do using my Samsung Galaxy Tab A7 and a Bluetooth controller) *well besides maybe doing a Steam Deck next year if I have a steady job by then, but that's a whole different tier of product than most of the things discussed in this thread anyways
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I've not toyed with it too much, but on my 280V (that I might end up giving to a mate seeing as I have the 351M), the Adam image is pretty darn solid.
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Disappointing Pie posted:You guys get the game choice paralysis with these devices just like with your Steam collection? I’ll play a game for a couple minutes and just bounce around before just giving up playing anything. Yes. Then I just fire up super Mario world for the 8 billionth time
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SubG posted:If GBA is your highest priority then the Anbernic RG351P/M is pretty much perfect because of the screen. You'll end up having to non-integer scale (or leave tiny and unscaled) SNES and other poo poo that's natively 4:3 though. The RG351MP/V are pretty much perfect for those, but then you're forced to settle on the non-4:3 stuff. Thanks for your advice! The RG351P looks like it's ideal, but I've found some stuff saying that the screen is better on the RG350P. Is that true? What reasons are there to pick the RG351P over it? Does anyone have any examples of what non-integer scaling (or the biggest integer scaling you can get without going over the sides of the screen) looks like on either one of those?
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Tiny Myers posted:Thanks for your advice! The RG351P looks like it's ideal, but I've found some stuff saying that the screen is better on the RG350P. Is that true? What reasons are there to pick the RG351P over it? Does anyone have any examples of what non-integer scaling (or the biggest integer scaling you can get without going over the sides of the screen) looks like on either one of those? The RG350 series has the older JZ4770 CPU and 4:3 screens. The P is 320x240, the M is 640:480. The RG351 series has the RK3326 CPU. The V and MP have 4:3 screens, both 640:480. The M and P have a 3:2 screen, 480x320. Back before the 351V and MP, if you mostly wanted to play content that was natively 4:3 and you didn't care about e.g. PS1 or anything where you care about the newer CPU, then you might want to go with the RG350P or M because it was 4:3. When the 351V came out, it offered a 4:3 screen, but had a different layout than every other handheld I've just mentioned, so then you were deciding based on CPU, screen, and layout. Then the MP came out and it's got the same screen as the V, in the old style layout. So at this point if you want a 4:3 screen I can't see much argument for the old 350M versus the 351MP unless the price difference decides it for you. On the other hand if you're mostly interested in GBA stuff, the GBA is natively 240x160, so the 351P/M's 480x320 is perfect. As for what scaling and filtering looks like...there are, like, a lot of options. I think just running SNES9x 2005+ with bilinear filtering looks fine on a RG351P...but I still shelled out for a RG351MP when it came out, and use the 351P more or less exclusively for GBA stuff.
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I think it's also worth pointing out that the 350M, 351V and 351MP all look just fine for GBA. It's not pixel-perfect scaling, but they're all powerful enough to be able to pre-scale the image and then filter that, which results in nice chunky pixels that are still properly interpolated and don't shimmer. And while you don't get as big a GBA picture with them as you do with the 351P or M, you still get a bigger picture than an actual GBA would give you. Basically, I think the 640x480 displays handle GBA content better than the 480x320 displays handle standard 4:3 content.
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Oct 26, 2021 13:49
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I have a 351v and can confirm: GBA also works great with the scaling options and the 4:3 480p screen is better for almost every other console/arcade
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el3m posted:I have a 351v and can confirm: GBA also works great with the scaling options and the 4:3 480p screen is better for almost every other console/arcade The only issue was some hand cramping over long periods of time from the vertical layout of the device.
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Oct 26, 2021 16:23
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Retroid’s website is teasing the 2+ PCB upgrade for the 29th, $65 USD https://www.goretroid.com
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I haven’t used my RP2 since I got my 351V. Has anyone found a decent front end or is it still just “throw retroarch and a few other apps on it”?
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I tried to get Pegasus (with gameOS) on it, but it was so incredibly slow and clunky that I ultimately gave up on the RP2. Not sure if I want to even both with the RP2+ at all since, realistically, it wouldn't make it any more valuable to me even if I did get Pegasus to load. Having a 351M is more than enough for my needs.
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Has anybody been hands on with the RP2+ yet to see what it does better than the original?
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Rolo posted:I haven’t used my RP2 since I got my 351V. Has anyone found a decent front end or is it still just “throw retroarch and a few other apps on it”? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ImKGB_rWKw There's also Pegasus as mentioned and Reset Collection (paid) but the RP2 is too slow to run them well, especially with libraries in the hundreds or thousands. Lemuroid doesn't even run most emulators. Maybe these will work better with the 2+ PCB upgrade but for now don't worry about them.
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Taki Udon is like, the official hype man or whatever for the company. He has a hands-on here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAiWAClOW9M He has a build guide up on his second channel too.
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Since finding Russ at Retro Game Corps I haven't paid much attention to anyone else in this field but Taki's boner for the Retroid Pocket 2 really rubbed me the wrong way, it's obviously a device in some ways but he yeah must be getting paid under the table or something as much of a hype man as he is for that company at times.
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It was 100% noticeable before Russ. The RP2 was HYPED by everyone when it was just… fine. I’m probably gonna get the + to scratch my fiddle-itch but not actually play anything on it 
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Disappointing Pie posted:Since finding Russ at Retro Game Corps I haven't paid much attention to anyone else in this field but Taki's boner for the Retroid Pocket 2 really rubbed me the wrong way, it's obviously a device in some ways but he yeah must be getting paid under the table or something as much of a hype man as he is for that company at times. Assepoester fucked around with this message at 23:10 on Oct 26, 2021 |
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Disappointing Pie posted:Since finding Russ at Retro Game Corps I haven't paid much attention to anyone else in this field but Taki's boner for the Retroid Pocket 2 really rubbed me the wrong way, it's obviously a device in some ways but he yeah must be getting paid under the table or something as much of a hype man as he is for that company at times. Russ loving kicks rear end.
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ETA Prime is also pretty good for this sort of thing, even if due to how 2021 and 2020 have been his output has leaned heavily on Tablets, Android Sticks, and Laptops & Micro-PC's in recent times
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drrockso20 posted:ETA Prime is also pretty good for this sort of thing, even if due to how 2021 and 2020 have been his output has leaned heavily on Tablets, Android Sticks, and Laptops & Micro-PC's in recent times I like him. My favorite of his videos is buying random cheap refub PC on ebay/aliexpress and trying to figure out what level of emulation it can play. He is obsessed with the cost to emulation ratio.
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I've said it before, wicked gamer is the only one I trust because he buys the cheap ali poo poo which is all I can afford
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Disappointing Pie posted:You guys get the game choice paralysis with these devices just like with your Steam collection? I’ll play a game for a couple minutes and just bounce around before just giving up playing anything. I found that I have to make a "to-beat" list and I stick to that or I wind up restarting the same poo poo over and over on different evenings and never make any progress.
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flavor.flv posted:I've said it before, wicked gamer is the only one I trust because he buys the cheap ali poo poo which is all I can afford That just reminded me that I bought a Pandora’s box 6 and lent it to my coworker almost 2 years ago. Dude still has it.
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sethsez posted:Basically, I think the 640x480 displays handle GBA content better than the 480x320 displays handle standard 4:3 content.
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Man I JUST got a 351m but was on the fence of getting the v because I wanted the big 480p screen, wonder if I got a mp if I could get $100 for my barely used m and just eat the $50 or so to upgrade
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Oct 27, 2021 02:45
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Get used to eating money in this hobby.
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Stefan Prodan posted:Man I JUST got a 351m but was on the fence of getting the v because I wanted the big 480p screen, wonder if I got a mp if I could get $100 for my barely used m and just eat the $50 or so to upgrade I’m not in the market, but $100 for a 351M would be an insta-buy if I didn’t have one already.
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Oct 27, 2021 04:11
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Rolo posted:Get used to eating money in this hobby.  
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Oct 27, 2021 04:13
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Rolo posted:Get used to eating money in this hobby. Haha well whatever I get I probably won't upgrade for awhile unless something can reliably do like PS2, but I just figure if I'm gonna get one to have for awhile I really did actually want the better screen to begin with I guess I'll post it up on SA mart and link it here if I decide to do it
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I’m lucky I have nephews. Here wanna see what uncle Rolo used to play ok so here’s a YouTube video on how to get the core working…
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Hmm I think a 351p or similar would make a really bitchin Christmas gift for my nephew, but he’s 10 and sucks at following instructions, just the type of kid that insists that he already knows everything. Maybe in a few more years?
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remigious posted:Hmm I think a 351p or similar would make a really bitchin Christmas gift for my nephew, but he’s 10 and sucks at following instructions, just the type of kid that insists that he already knows everything. Maybe in a few more years? It’s pretty easy to set up. I think they may even come set up already if you don’t care for the custom firmwares and whatnot. You could, in theory, just set up the SD card for him and give it to him with the card already in there.
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Oct 27, 2021 05:30
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If I have 351ELEC already set up on my M will it work seamlessly if it gets inserted into an MP or is the setup different for each?
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LODGE NORTH posted:It’s pretty easy to set up. I think they may even come set up already if you don’t care for the custom firmwares and whatnot. You could, in theory, just set up the SD card for him and give it to him with the card already in there. Oh you’re totally right, I think I would just need to show him how to exit games and shut it off properly.  In other news I successfully got my 3ds xl set up the way I want with homebrew and I’m feeling very accomplished and happy to give that device a lot more use.
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