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F.D. Signifier posted:PS2 Emulation is uneven enough that the steps up are: The $250-$350 is the Odin pro. The steam deck is still the champ at the $399 price though. The champ by order of magnitude.
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Pr0kjayhawk posted:How fast are Odin Lites shipping? I’m just shy of three weeks since I ordered a RP3+ and getting a little impatient. Retroid had a huge Covid related shutdown in the factory but they announced today I think that shipping is ramping back up.
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Have another look at third party very tiny micro handhelds https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6doWcA6q6Y https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-UiY1R83iU MarcusSA posted:The $250-$350 is the Odin pro
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Feb 14, 2023 08:56
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Miyoo Mini + news WHEN.
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Theotus posted:Miyoo Mini + news WHEN. The size was what made it special. That reminds me, RIP the longest running Third Party Retro Console blog, https://obscurehandhelds.com/  For fun go back to the very beginning when it's about the Dingoo and JXD and weird clone consoles from DealExtreme: https://obscurehandhelds.com/blog/page/32/
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F.D. Signifier posted:That reminds me, RIP the longest running Third Party Retro Console blog, https://obscurehandhelds.com/ Ah man, rip to a real one
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I have a Thumby and it's a neat gimic/toy Of the games I've played Outhumb (outrun clone) is the most graphically impressive one Micro2048 is the most playable Thumgeon and Tinyrogue are the most intersting Worth buying if you've a bit of spare disposible income but it won't be replacing any of your other handhelds
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F.D. Signifier posted:I was under the impression that the Odin non-lite was not substantially different than the Lite in terms of PS2 performance? Yeah from what I understand the Odin Pro is mostly useful if you also want your emulator handheld to play Android games by which I mean Genshin.
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No (it does on iOS and has done for a long time, this remains extremely funny to me) but all the Android handhelds have some kind of control mapping function to bodge it in so you can play Genshin on an Odin with the actual controls. You can also install Windows on an Odin Pro which seems like a bad idea but it’s apparently more capable than you’d expect.
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Yep, Russ did it around when it came out. It's a Github version of Windows ARM specifically made for the Odin. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cppIppR7WnI
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Windows on ARM should have a lot more application in theory but in practice there is almost no Windows on arm hardware. schools continue to use chromebooks or ipads. (there is also possibility of TSMC can't make enough enough 4nm 5nm arm chips so Windows just keep relying on less efficient Intel 10nm poo poo)
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F.D. Signifier posted:Once the Miyoo Mini is no longer mini it's just another 3.5" vertical handheld like the RG35XX isn't it? You can check out size comparisons with regard to other vertical handhelds. May not be anything revolutionary but the size is perfect for me.
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njsykora posted:No (it does on iOS and has done for a long time, this remains extremely funny to me) but all the Android handhelds have some kind of control mapping function to bodge it in so you can play Genshin on an Odin with the actual controls. You can also install Windows on an Odin Pro which seems like a bad idea but it’s apparently more capable than you’d expect. I still don’t know why in 2023 genshin doesn’t have controller support for android. It’s actually kinda ridiculous tbh
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Theotus posted:You can check out size comparisons with regard to other vertical handhelds. May not be anything revolutionary but the size is perfect for me.  This is what I meant by "the size is what made it special" regarding the original Miyoo Mini
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OnionOS is really good and an often overlooked part of what makes the MiyooMini so good imo. From what I've read the Onion devs have had their hands on the new device for awhile so you'll be getting a good OS right out the gate.
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For me the benefit of the Mini+ over the other two in that picture is that it will have WiFi, and therefore will be my dedicated Retroachievement machine. Sure I could use the steam deck but it’s a little harder to drag into the toilet or bathtub
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Booted up the RP2 for the first time in a while just to give it another shot. I opened Castlevania 4 and I also opened it in zsnes with a USB Buffalo controller which feels perfect to me for emulation. I jumped at the same time on both and RP2 was always slightly behind. Fingers crossed the 3+ fixes this in a way I can enjoy those kinds of games. If not, there are plenty of slower games I can play that that wouldn't matter but that was a disappointment first getting the 2. I kinda like the retro boxy early Nintendo aesthetic of the 2 over the Switch Lite style 3 design but the controller layout and touch screen are big improvements. Another dumb gripe is no matter how many times I try, it will never change the wallpaper. It will say "wallpaper set" when I select another then it just still is dolphins.
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uhh why are you still using zsnes? please tell me you mean snes9x or something
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Another layer of nostalgia for my nostalgia. It works for me and the UI is pleasing.
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First look at the Miyoo Mini + https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DmTg2ZZdq4 Those triggers look comfy and it's a bit smaller than the 35XX.
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Fors Yard posted:Another layer of nostalgia for my nostalgia. It works for me and the UI is pleasing. I..guess I understand, but zsnes has documented security vulnerabilities and shouldn't be used and is also hideous inaccurate compared to even well performing modern emulators
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When I finally graduated from znes I was blown away by how many games used transparency effects. It turns out chrono trigger doesn't have ANY blind maze areas!
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flavor.flv posted:When I finally graduated from znes I was blown away by how many games used transparency effects. It turns out chrono trigger doesn't have ANY blind maze areas! smh if you didn’t experience playing these games while constantly flipping layers on and off
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I... think the other goon's post was about feeling input lag in the RP2 in comparison to the PC working with an ancient copy of ZSNES. The same situation would have been noticed from using a better SNES emulator on PC either way. I'm curious on how Android stuff still seems to have issues with added input lag years later; I imagined that would have been sorted by now.
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explosivo posted: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 Gonna invent a time machine so I can go back in time and kick my own rear end for not ordering this from amazon so I'd have it in time for me to be stuck in bed recovering from Covid for the last week 
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Saoshyant posted:I'm curious on how Android stuff still seems to have issues with added input lag years later; I imagined that would have been sorted by now. A bigger issue with Android is audio lag - you can reduce the buffer size to reduce it, but Linux handhelds don't have this problem to nearly the same degree.
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flavor.flv posted:When I finally graduated from znes I was blown away by how many games used transparency effects. It turns out chrono trigger doesn't have ANY blind maze areas! God, I still remember that from like 2003 or whatever. I didn't beat Chrono trigger for so many years.
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Tiny Timbs posted:smh if you didn’t experience playing these games while constantly flipping layers on and off this was the coolest part sometimes you'd find sprites and stuff that were never seen normally. like the sleeping party members in Chrono Trigger are full body sprites, but you only see their heads.
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The first time I played the FF5 fan translation I wondered why the ship graveyard was completely impossible to navigate
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I could be misremembering, but didn't zsnes ultimately support transparency? I vaguely remember having to do something with Vesa drivers and Scitech Display Doctor? This had to have been in like, the late 90s, pre-XP when Windows 9x still ran over DOS. Aah, memories!
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Why do all of those pre-loaded pi consoles suck so much? I'm the least tech savvy person on earth and I just want to play retro stuff without the hassle of dicking around with ROMs.
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sponges posted:Why do all of those pre-loaded pi consoles suck so much? I'm the least tech savvy person on earth and I just want to play retro stuff without the hassle of dicking around with ROMs. Here you go plus this one
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Not a retro console questoin per se, but what controller has the best d-pad? Just buy a dualshock 4 or are there any third party ones?
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icantfindaname posted:Not a retro console questoin per se, but what controller has the best d-pad? Just buy a dualshock 4 or are there any third party ones? I like the 8bitdo Pro 2 a lot.
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