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Emulation is always an option. The R36s can handle dreamcast games for pretty cheap, though it's recommended to replace the cheap SD card it comes with.
How do emulators handle games that want to use the VMU as an auxiliary display? (Did that actually ever matter?)
It did rarely matter.
I think emulators can give little windows for the screens now? But no controllers I'm aware of can actually display them (including an official DC controller with a VMU...no adapter sends data back, and the emulators don't know how to send it anyhow)
Wait a sec. How the hell is that so cheap??? I thought it'd be 300 at the least..
I just bought a GBC and an everdrive GB after not having one forever and now im regretting that lol...should I sell what I got and get the r36?
The R36s is pretty underpowered and can't run Dreamcast (unless there's another R36s that doesn't have the RK3326). I recommend purchasing a more expensive one (handhelds of around 100$ nowadays can run PSP, 200$ usually gets GameCube and PS2 if you grab the right one) or directly a PC.
Well, the R36S can technically run Dreamcast. Some Dreamcast games. At like, 50% resolution scale and with some frameskip probably. I was able to get it to run Phantasy Star Online pretty decently. But other games were unplayable.
The one I bought came with some dreamcast games but only crazy taxi actually loaded and it ran like dogshit.
Edit : it always loaded up the dreamcast boot menu trying to tell me theres no CD
Exactly, OP is not going broke for getting something that is less than 100$