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Retroid Pocket 2S now live. What's your preferred handheld for retro gaming?
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Vita for me, does everything I want.
I love following these Chinese handhelds but there is always one deal-breaker which turns me off in each device. Maybe they'll get it right one day.
I owned a GP2x back in the day, that was a fun device at the time. Playing portable SNES was unheard of but I could do it.
Same, I've been dabbling in these handhelds for about a year or so now and I always tend to go right back to the Vita, it's such a solid device.
Same here! It has wonderful buttons, a gorgeous screen, long battery life, comfy form factor (compared to other handhelds, at least), plus is powerful enough to handle anything I'd want to use it for. If/when I pick up a Steam Deck I suspect I'll use that more, but for pocket-sized handhelds the vita can't be beat imo.
I also had a GP2x. Would be nice to play with it still but unfortunately it doesn't turn on anymore. No idea what's wrong with it. Though it also had a rubbish joystick so would need to fix that too in order to make it playable.
Mine has a similar problem, it would turn on under AC power but not battery. Maybe capacitors? I'm not sure I still have it anymore.
The joystick was terrible I agree. I loved the mods people did adding the Neo Geo Pocket joystick or a d-pad but they looked too difficult for me.
GP2X? That's a name I haven't heard in a long time.
Wiat, I have a vita, how do I get retro games on it? Specifically snes games.
https://vita.hacks.guide/ has all the info you need to hack your vita. From there just install retroarch, put your roms on, and you're good to go.