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Is the RG351V a good choice to share with a preschooler? I'm thinking about getting a retro handheld for long car rides and situations where I just need to distract my daughter for a bit, and I would much rather she played old gameboy games than lovely cell phone shovelware with ads and in app purchases. Being able to turn on Dr Mario or Tetris or Super Mario Land 2 or whatever and just let her enjoy some goodass games from my childhood feels great and it looks like most of the retro handheld options can also support SNES games for when she's old enough to keep up with the reading requirements of RPGs. It seems like some of the offerings are high-maintenance and involve a lot of tinkering to set up, but the RG351V reviews seem pretty chill. Does this make sense to y'all?
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Corla Plankun posted:Is the RG351V a good choice to share with a preschooler? Yeah it would be. You could get the 280v though which might be better for smaller hands. It’s also a bit cheaper. Or the Miyoo mini that’s $52.
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Dec 21, 2021 23:58
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Corla Plankun posted:Is the RG351V a good choice to share with a preschooler? Get a Powkiddy V90 for your preschooler.
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Dec 22, 2021 00:15
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A Pack of Kobolds posted:Get a Powkiddy V90 for your preschooler. The cheap plastic hinge on the v90 seems like it wouldn't last a day with a little kid. The 280V looks cool though! Better battery life and maybe a more kid friendly form.
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Dec 22, 2021 00:33
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Corla Plankun posted:The cheap plastic hinge on the v90 seems like it wouldn't last a day with a little kid. lol it isn't that fragile, and it costs <$40. I'd argue that the clamshell design is actually one of the most rugged options out there. V90 also has the benefit of using replaceable Nokia batteries so you can have extras ready to go while spent ones charge. Honest question: are you buying this for your kid to use or for you?
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Dec 22, 2021 00:52
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The RG280V rules and would be great for a kid
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Dec 22, 2021 01:36
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Ugh you’re gonna make me get one. They look so cool and my nostalgia ends at PS1.
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Dec 22, 2021 02:06
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Rolo posted:Ugh you’re gonna make me get one. They look so cool and my nostalgia ends at PS1. I’d get the Miyoo Mini honestly.
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Dec 22, 2021 02:13
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https://youtu.be/Kx5W1BNGVU4 Ok I’ve got ask because Russ isn’t the first person I’ve heard say it but why do people call it RetroArc and not RetroArch? It’s Arch not Ark!
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Dec 22, 2021 02:28
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They’re stealing the pronunciation of Archive, which may not be entirely incorrect? 
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Dec 22, 2021 02:38
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Ok but it’s also like an arch because it’s a bunch of different emulators in one package like an arch! We need the GiF guy to tell us it’s actually Jiff. Anyway watching his review of the mini I wonder if he got a busted screen on his review unit because Taki said the screen was great.
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Dec 22, 2021 02:51
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I pronounce it like Archangel
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Dec 22, 2021 02:53
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Jim Silly-Balls posted:They’re stealing the pronunciation of Archive, which may not be entirely incorrect? Or "architecture"? But apparently ArchLinux is named for "arch" as in "arch-enemy", so yep, "arch" not "ark".
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Dec 22, 2021 02:53
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MarcusSA posted:Anyway watching his review of the mini I wonder if he got a busted screen on his review unit because Taki said the screen was great. Or the other way around
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Dec 22, 2021 03:01
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Lead out in cuffs posted:Or "architecture"? Which comes from the Greek ἄρχω meaning “to lead” which is pronounced arko. Topic Locked
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Dec 22, 2021 03:03
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Rinkles posted:Or the other way around Yeah taki prob got a better unit. That wouldn’t surprise me. Pablo Nergigante posted:Which comes from the Greek ἄρχω meaning “to lead” which is pronounced arko. Topic Locked 
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Dec 22, 2021 03:06
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MarcusSA posted:Fwiw mine should be here this week and I didn’t pay for the faster shipping and they had just rolled them out. It took about two weeks so with the faster shipping you’ll probably have it in a week I have to imagine. Did your order ship from China or the US? When I ordered, the option for shipment from the US was disabled, so I assume their only stock is in China currently. But if yours shipped from the US then the times might differ significantly.
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Annath posted:Did your order ship from China or the US? When I ordered, the option for shipment from the US was disabled, so I assume their only stock is in China currently. But if yours shipped from the US then the times might differ significantly. It’s from China. Shipped on the 7th made it to LAX on the 19th.
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Dec 22, 2021 03:17
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Corla Plankun posted:Is the RG351V a good choice to share with a preschooler? Whatever you get, be prepared to watch her swipe on the screen for a few seconds and then announce that it is broken
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Dec 22, 2021 03:45
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Yeah mine came in from China too. Still not here, but got to the US on the 19th. Tracking says it’ll be here Thursday, but it’s kinda close already.
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Dec 22, 2021 03:46
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MarcusSA posted:I’d get the Miyoo Mini honestly. I dont know that I would because Russ complains about the SNES and GBA performance of the Miyoo
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Dec 22, 2021 04:33
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Jim Silly-Balls posted:I dont know that I would because Russ complains about the SNES and GBA performance of the Miyoo Well I said that before I watched his video and now I’m kinda regretting my order lol
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Dec 22, 2021 04:36
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RP2+ PCB cleared customs at LAX on the 19th, hype it'll finally get to USPS 
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Dec 22, 2021 04:49
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This is a very difficult hobby because every time I think I decide on what I want to get next, something else comes out! I really need to just not buy anything for like a year, there are still so many upcoming releases. On another note, does anyone have any idea if the retroid pocket funtastic colors will be restocked? They’re so cute!
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Dec 22, 2021 05:25
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remigious posted:This is a very difficult hobby because every time I think I decide on what I want to get next, something else comes out! I really need to just not buy anything for like a year, there are still so many upcoming releases. I mean at least you didn't buy a 351 and then just days later the same device went on sale.
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Dec 22, 2021 10:36
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evilmiera posted:I mean at least you didn't buy a 351 and then just days later the same device went on sale. The only winning move is not to play.
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Dec 22, 2021 11:03
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Why my 280v not play neo Geo? I looked up Adam image GitHub and it says that the files have to be zipped, and they are! Hmm I am too stupid to operate child's toy
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Dec 22, 2021 12:01
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Child’s toy that requires hours of janitoring It’s part of it I guess I just yesterday moved my 280v over to Adam, so here’s hoping it works
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Dec 22, 2021 14:01
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Mugsbaloney posted:Why my 280v not play neo Geo? I looked up Adam image GitHub and it says that the files have to be zipped, and they are! Hmm I am too stupid to operate child's toy Got the bios files?
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Dec 22, 2021 14:21
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Thinking of grabbing a 351 for Dreamcast emulation after stumbling upon this: https://www.reddit.com/r/RG351/comm...utm_name=iossmf Anyone here have any success with PSO specifically - and Dreamcast in general - on the 351? Or should I instead be looking at the 552 to handle something like that.
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Dec 22, 2021 14:47
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zenintrude posted:Anyone here have any success with PSO specifically - and Dreamcast in general - on the 351? Or should I instead be looking at the 552 to handle something like that. I played it a while back on my 351p - it definitely worked back then. But it was more a case of playing it for 10 minutes to trigger the nostalgia (PSO was the first game I played online), then moving onto something else. So I can’t really comment in any depth on the community server side of things. I’ve since wiped my 351p to switch from arkOS to 351elec, so lost the community server setup. Maybe I’ll jump through the hoops again..
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Dec 22, 2021 15:55
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My 552 shipped this morning! Now we see how long it takes to get to the East Coast from China...
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Dec 22, 2021 16:26
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bowmore posted:Got the bios files? I found some lying around but I'm not sure if they are correct or how to check
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Dec 22, 2021 16:29
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Is there anyway to bind a button to fast forward or frame skip on the PSX emulators running on these handhelds? I've been trying to play through some RPGs that I missed out on and the battle animations are getting to me.
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Dec 22, 2021 21:27
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In RetroArch it's under Settings -> Input -> Hotkeys
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My RG552 showed up today. Only got to play with it for a little bit, but initial impressions are good.
I’ll toss up pics of the 351M, Switch Lite, and this next to each other later tonight. It’s a really nice device, I don’t think I’ll be returning it like I had planned.
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drat you! Mine is still stuck somewhere here in LA  Looking forward to the pictures later though! I’m super jealous.
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Dec 22, 2021 23:22
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I'm really waiting for the 'proper' software on the 552. Not being able to reduce the fans in Android and not being able to set hotkeys properly in Linux (I spent half an hour working it out - every time you try and redefine the shortcuts, half of them are forcibly reset by a script that I can't access as it's part of the operating system) is a real pain. That said I'm still playing it though, the screen is just so excellent. I don't know how deliberate it was on Anbernic's part but the extra 72 or so vertical pixels over a 1080 display pushes so many cores into the next integer multiplier that pretty much everything can be played with perfect integer scaling and tiny, tiny borders. The whole experience is so much snappier than the 351 series too, especially when loading games and fast forwarding cores.
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MarcusSA posted:drat you! Mine is still stuck somewhere here in LA Weren’t you the first one in the thread to order one lol? That sucks.
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Rolo posted:Weren’t you the first one in the thread to order one lol? That sucks. Yeah lol terrible luck!
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