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Retroid Pocket 2S now live. What's your preferred handheld for retro gaming? (www.goretroid.com)
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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (4 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

GP2X? That's a name I haven't heard in a long time.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wiat, I have a vita, how do I get retro games on it? Specifically snes games.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

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.