Affordable and compact: The U8 is a new gaming handheld that comes with two analog sticks and should definitely fit into your pocket. According to the manufacturer, it can also play and emulate a large number of retro games.
I plan on trying out the PS2 emulator on my phone since I have a Backbone. Maybe when I get my next phone upgrade, my old phone will be a dedicated emulator.
Based on the system hardware it’s not worth it IMO. Too many limitations with that 1GB of RAM. People with less money who just want to play games and rom hacks would still have a blast though.
That’s plenty for retro emulation, probably even overkill for the systems you can emulate on that RK3326 chip. I’ve been rocking a Miyoo Mini Plus which I picked up for about the same price two years ago, and that has 128MB RAM.
You get what you pay for, these obviously aren’t meant to be high-end cutting-edge devices, but for the price they’re a pretty good deal for all the classics you can play.
As is often the case with such affordable retro handhelds, there’s no internal storage, but two card slots are available. One of these microSD cards should contain the operating system, while the other can be used to store games.
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Curious! Might pick one up, see what I can make for it :D
EDIT: On review, I already have a PS Vita that does all of these fairly effortlessly and in a smaller frame with more games.
Really looking forward to the day we can do PS2/GameCube in a PS Vita form factor
The retroid pocket 5 is kinda that. The Ayn Odin 2 Mini even more so.
I plan on trying out the PS2 emulator on my phone since I have a Backbone. Maybe when I get my next phone upgrade, my old phone will be a dedicated emulator.
Based on the system hardware it’s not worth it IMO. Too many limitations with that 1GB of RAM. People with less money who just want to play games and rom hacks would still have a blast though.
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That’s plenty for retro emulation, probably even overkill for the systems you can emulate on that RK3326 chip. I’ve been rocking a Miyoo Mini Plus which I picked up for about the same price two years ago, and that has 128MB RAM.
You get what you pay for, these obviously aren’t meant to be high-end cutting-edge devices, but for the price they’re a pretty good deal for all the classics you can play.
We have come the full circle. https://exotech.bm/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/imb-pc-5150.jpg
Oh I’m sure tarrifs will bring the price up to $400 and your left testicle.
Considering no ships having been going stateside from China, will Americans receive it at all?
I don’t live in the US. The price in local currency was close enough to $50.