Wow. I really should get around to updating my Miyoo Mini!
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I forgot to post about his one last week
and there's this one that went live today
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Hey emulation nerds! Recommend the best devices to me. Did anyone try that six-button d-pad one?Comment
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The MiyooMini+ with OnionOS 4.3.0 gets my vote. The performance is top-notch for PlayStation, and the input latency is so low that it's only really noticeable on Super Mario World when trying to play as fast as possible. The device has a huge community around it which provides different OSs and premium after-market parts. The CRT and LCD filters are also best in class - look back over the last few pages to see photos.Originally posted by Dogg Thang View Post
I stay away from six-button pads because I don't have six thumbs. Whenever I am faced with six face buttons I always end up leveraging the shoulder buttons anyway.Comment
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That does look like a nice little system and a good price too.Originally posted by dataDave View PostComment
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OnionOS is packed with QOL features, as well. For instance if you tap the menu button it's actually configured to create a save state of your game before returning to the menu. It works like a quick-resume when you want to jump back in.Originally posted by Dogg Thang View PostComment
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Review of the new Anbernic RG28XX. Has Anbernic produced another quality product?
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I ended up ordering a Retroid 4 Pro. Or something along those lines. Largely because, as some of you know, I split with my wife last year and I finally got all my games from the house. But I’m never going to hook up the old consoles so I’m giving myself license to yarrr any games I own and play them on this handheld. If I can get it to work. Reviews seem pretty positive.Comment
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And... it arrived today, really fast. It's a lovely looking machine, a lot better than I was expecting to be honest. It's my first of these types of devices so, possibly unfairly, I didn't expect the build quality to be all that good. It's not tiny by any means, bigger than a lot of these emulation devices, but a good bit smaller than a Switch or Steam Deck. With my eyesight not being what it once was, I didn't want one of the tiny machines. I won't get to set it up later but I'm looking forward to giving it a go.Comment
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The RG351 was a really nice machine, nice that seem to have ironed out the upper limits that that handheld had.
Question is, will you eventually get tempted to try out some not owned games too?
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Honestly, I don't know. I'm pretty anti-piracy but a whole lot of games out there aren't being sold in any form so it's not like I'm eating into profits if I do. I'll see how it goes.Originally posted by Neon Ignition View PostComment
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I get that rights are an issue but it's becoming quite a scale of titles that are lost now, even amongst companies that could literally knock out bottom cost official rom releases. No way for example we'd see the likes of EA rereleasing their old stuff.Comment
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That's exactly it. I have never taken the attitude that we all have the right to access everything but, if a game has been sitting lost for decades and no publisher intends to ever put it out or (as sometimes happens) there is no clean chain of title so nobody can put it out, there can't really be a problem playing that game.Originally posted by Neon Ignition View PostComment
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It's interesting how many entire franchises have been wiped out. Just sticking with EA as an example, there are many who won't even recognise the name of once massive franchises like Road Rash, Desert Strike, Syndicate or James Pond
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So some Retroid 4 Pro impressions. The device looks pretty good. I got the grey one with the coloured buttons so it's got a little bit of a SNES feel, although admittedly the grey plastic makes it feel a little cheaper. Maybe black would have been better. But colour aside, the build quality impressed me. Maybe I just had the wrong impression in my head but I was picturing Chinese knockoffs churned out on the cheap and I didn't expect it to feel quite as solid. The screen is good - it's very bright and, in the evening, I can go down to about 50% brightness with no problem. And the sound is loud and, again, very impressive.
The wide screen does feel a bit weird on all those 4:3 games but I know this system can emulate some widescreen systems too so I might well be thankful for that wide screen. One complaint about the screen design though - the unit I have is a light grey but the screen is housed in a section of black. The problem here is that, even when games go the edges of the screen, the black border in the hardware gives the impression that they don't. Having that the same colour as the rest of the unit, while not making the screen any bigger, would be more pleasing I think.
Overall, the unit feels good in the hand. It's a great size and it's pretty light. But the d-pad isn't great. I won't be pulling off any complex SF2 combos with this. And I find something in the distance between the L triggers and the left stick isn't quite sitting right for me. My thumb isn't resting naturally where the left stick is. It's easy to get used to and I feel like the only solution would have been to make the whole unit bigger but, in terms of fitting my hands, it's far from perfect.
In terms of setup, well, I've heard this is a pretty easy one to set up and even then it was a pain in my rear end and took ages and, even now, a couple of games aren't quite working and I don't know why. But mostly, I have it set up for consoles now from the PS2 era and earlier. Dreamcast games in particular look and play brilliantly on it. I had forgotten just how great many DC games look. It's like it was a sweet spot of technical power where it forced designers to be clever and yet had enough power for games to look good. I'm not quite sure how far the system can be pushed but I tried a Gamecube game and it ran well. I haven't tried anything more ambitious than that and I didn't really need it to.
I might finally play Breath of Fire 4. I imported that back in the day and it's still in the plastic.Comment
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