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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$