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Theotus posted:Any word on the Miyoo Mini+ yet? Rumor says first half of March, 20 000 units.
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Old game fact: every single megaman song up to and including X is an absolute banger. The only reason I don’t include the other X games is because I don’t remember them.
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Rolo posted:Old game fact: every single megaman song up to and including X is an absolute banger. The only reason I don’t include the other X games is because I don’t remember them. You are right. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPXVodHPUpI
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Harrow posted:It sounds like the RP3+ is a good buy then? I was eyeing one up but I wasn't quite sure about pulling the trigger yet. The RP3+ comes set up and ready to go from the get go. There’s a semi-official youtube tutorial with some crucial tips about customization.
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I have a RP2, RG351V, RG353V and RP3+ and the 3+ has been my favorite by a lot.
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I only have the 2+ but the front end menu they add on top of Android is really good, apart from a few idiosyncrasies in the way it sorts its game lists. More than anything else it’s a super fast front end which makes the whole system feel really quick, especially compared to the classic Linux EmulationStation type front ends.
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uiruki posted:I only have the 2+ but the front end menu they add on top of Android is really good, apart from a few idiosyncrasies in the way it sorts its game lists. More than anything else it’s a super fast front end which makes the whole system feel really quick, especially compared to the classic Linux EmulationStation type front ends. Mind that this layer is gone in Rp3+ and it doesn’t come pre-loaded with any games, other than some open-source android stuff.
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I think what they mean by "loaded and ready to go" is that it comes with their custom android setup wizard that makes the folders for your roms and bioses and installs and configures all the emulators for you, none of the retroid pockets have come with roms themselves since they ditched the pandoras box os.
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F.D. Signifier posted:I think what they mean by "loaded and ready to go" is that it comes with their custom android setup wizard that makes the folders for your roms and bioses and installs and configures all the emulators for you, none of the retroid pockets have come with roms themselves since they ditched the pandoras box os. My Retroid 2 came with a second layer you could boot into with hundreds of roms pre-loaded and a whole built-in search engine for downloading other roms.
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Feb 12, 2023 18:30
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Does the 353M come with something like Retroarch preinstalled? Is there something better for that than Retroarch that people recommend using? I think I'm going to pull the trigger on one of these but I haven't messed with emulation since I set up Retroarch on a Pi like 5 years ago so I dunno what's changed since then. Also for stuff like backing out of games, opening other games, saving/loading savestates, etc. is that just something you tap the screen to bring up the android soft keys for or are there like button combinations to do those things? Edit:  
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Mokotow posted:Mind that this layer is gone in Rp3+ That's a shame - it was really fast to get into and out of emulated games with it. I found it quite uncomfortable to play games on it but it was so easy to just get in and out I played a bunch anyway.
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Feb 12, 2023 18:39
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The RP3+ is the first one I've bought where I didn't immediately try to swap the firmware for something else. It works pretty well.
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Feb 12, 2023 19:02
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I don’t care for the default launcher but besides that it works fantastically
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RP3+, Daijisho and Russ’s setup guide. Bing bada boom.
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Rolo posted:RP3+, Daijisho and Russ’s setup guide. I use RESET Collection but besides that, this
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Reminder that you can get am2r for android and it owns
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endocriminologist posted:Reminder that you can get am2r for android and it owns Yeah, it plays great on RP3+!!!
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AM2R has been in the ports list for every cfw on every rockchip device including RK3326's since forever also, and yeah it is indeed great.
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Mokotow posted:My Retroid 2 came with a second layer you could boot into with hundreds of roms pre-loaded and a whole built-in search engine for downloading other roms.  
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explosivo posted:Does the 353M come with something like Retroarch preinstalled? Is there something better for that than Retroarch that people recommend using? I think I'm going to pull the trigger on one of these but I haven't messed with emulation since I set up Retroarch on a Pi like 5 years ago so I dunno what's changed since then. Also for stuff like backing out of games, opening other games, saving/loading savestates, etc. is that just something you tap the screen to bring up the android soft keys for or are there like button combinations to do those things? As I understand it the 351/353 devices come with an android/linux dualboot setup, with Retroarch on the linux side and an android 11 setup with touchscreen support on the other side. You could maybe find some way to sidestep Retroarch but generally speaking it's preconfigured really well on the custom firmwares and when dealing with the occasional standalone emulators for certain systems I often find myself missing its convenience (aside from its menu layout being as horrendous and dumbfounding as ever). Button-combo navigation is usually pretty crucial on the linux side and it's kind of amazing how much can be accomplished by treating the power button as a modifier, but I have no idea how much of that carries over to the android side. MonkeyforaHead fucked around with this message at 08:19 on Feb 13, 2023 |
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Feb 13, 2023 03:18
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Thanks! That's a lot of good info. Put my order in today, can't wait to get this thing 
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I have the power of a PlayStation in a matchbox here, I can play original arcade versions of things like Space Harrier and OutRun instead of settling for the compromises of whatever console port, yet I can't help myself going through "best of" lists for systems I'm less familiar with and finding that there is, for instance, a Game Gear port of Road Rash that is insanely impressive and end up spending more time with that version instead. I loving hated the Game Gear, had one with Sonic 2 for about a week before returning the whole kit (never did make it past the antlion), but this is an absolutely wild level of terrain simulation for an 8-bit handheld. I just never had a device I'd want to try playing Game Gear on before. Or Spectrum. Or the uhhh [consults notes] Sharp X1. But when I don't have to spend hours hunting for what plays these things or how to configure them, why not!
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Feb 13, 2023 10:03
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Russ reviews the Pimax Portal, a device that on his unit is completely unusable at 60hz. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usoh5l5FEY8
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What's with the Playstation buttons on the top of the thing?
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Saoshyant posted:What's with the Playstation buttons on the top of the thing? Probably just "having more face buttons", which is an idea that I don't hate for any console that's intended to be an emulation machine and can cover more of the system functionality without overlapping emulated-game functionality e: pure magnet-based joyconns seems like terrible idea 0.2 seconds out of the gate e2: "however, all 4 top buttons currently register as the same key code" welp that's useful Ursine Catastrophe fucked around with this message at 13:58 on Feb 13, 2023 |
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Saoshyant posted:What's with the Playstation buttons on the top of the thing? I assume they're meant for use in VR primarily, where most games are made expecting a 2-button per hand controller. Having them side by side alongside all the other buttons feels like they're bad for that though, you need those immediately recognisable by feel because you're not going to be able to see them. Also the headset seems badly designed and there's a lot of "they say they're going to fix this in the final retail version" over the course of the review which tracks with what I've heard about Pimax devices in general, release it broken and fix it over time. njsykora fucked around with this message at 13:58 on Feb 13, 2023 |
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njsykora posted:Russ reviews the Pimax Portal, a device that on his unit is completely unusable at 60hz. The screen doesn’t look very good
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It slightly annoyed me when he made the distinction between LCD and QLED as if a QLED isn’t a VA LCD. That backlight scanning looked bizarre on his camera at 60hz though - I’ve never seen that before. I assume it’s something do do with an array LED backlight which should help contrast while combined with PWM backlighting. The machine killing itself when asked to do VR seemed a bad sign since it’s from a company that is supposed to specialise in VR headsets.
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So I heard, from an acquaintance who is into these things that there's this thing called an "Anbernic RG35xx" but that I shouldn't bother because an "RG35xx Plus" is on the way that will probably have a heatsink, wifi, and a bigger battery. All I realistically am gonna do with it is play emulated Final Fantasy Tactics (PS) and Mega Man Zero (GBA) games, MAYBE finally play Boktai (GBA). will it do this?
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I have heard nothing about a 35XX Plus so I’m gonna say your friend is full of poo poo or thinking of the Miyoo Mini Plus. Either would do GBA and PS1 stuff without any trouble.
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SwissArmyDruid posted:So I heard, from an acquaintance who is into these things that there's this thing called an "Anbernic RG35xx" but that I shouldn't bother because an "RG35xx Plus" is on the way that will probably have a heatsink, wifi, and a bigger battery. Boktai obviously will not have a solar sensor so you would need to patch it. njsykora posted:I have heard nothing about a 35XX Plus so I’m gonna say your friend is full of poo poo or thinking of the Miyoo Mini Plus. Either would do GBA and PS1 stuff without any trouble. Anbernic loves to make lots of different models but they don't name things the "Plus" model, they have an entirely different nomenclature. Assepoester fucked around with this message at 21:36 on Feb 13, 2023 |
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On that note, I happened to just fish out probably the best Boktai patches a couple days ago. Their quality can be a little all over the place, but these ones are working nicely.
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Cool. If I wanted to take another step up and emulate PS2/Wii games, what's the thing to get that won't break the bank? I just remembered some Vanillaware games I never finished. MonkeyforaHead posted:On that note, I happened to just fish out probably the best Boktai patches a couple days ago. Their quality can be a little all over the place, but these ones are working nicely. Baller, gonna get a copy. SwissArmyDruid fucked around with this message at 21:52 on Feb 13, 2023 |
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It's safe to assume Anbernic will bring out 2 more models this year.
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SwissArmyDruid posted:Cool. If I wanted to take another step up and emulate PS2 games, what's the thing to get that won't break the bank? $150-200 Retroid Pocket 3+/Anbernic RG505 $200-250 Ayn Odin Lite $250-350 big hole in the market that Pimax will not fill $350-450 Ayn Loki/Steam Deck/Razer Edge lol Might as well make a list of what games you are actually trying to play and then see if you can find performance spreadsheets/gameplay videos of them and figure out how much you want to pay for said performance
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Honestly for ps2 and up you can't beat a modern android phone with a grip style gamepad attached. You probably already have something in your pocket that will run aethersx2 better than anything cheaper than a steam deck
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I ordered my 353M directly from Anbernic instead of the few Amazon listings I saw with Prime to save a couple bucks and I'm severely regretting it now as I could have had this thing tomorrow but instead it's still processing in China 
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It's more authentic this way.
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That's true. Half of the fun is the horrible anticipation.
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How fast are Odin Lites shipping? I’m just shy of three weeks since I ordered a RP3+ and getting a little impatient.
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Zoom Zoom, motherfuckers