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Advice on which retrogaming handheld I should buy? (midwest.social)
submitted 2 days ago by Brutticus@midwest.social to c/retrogaming@lemmy.world
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Hello,

Around Christmas time I played through Pokemon Lazarus, and I really enjoyed it. I used a controller, but I realized I missed the tactile feel of a gameboy, especially with these 2d pixel art games. Pokemon, castlevania, Megaman, Dragon warrior. I did some research into what kinds of devices were available, and found a plethora. I was looking into Retroid, because I am interested in accessing my old .NDS files from when I Was hacking gen4 pokemon games, but those were on the pricier end. Someone recommended Anbernac, and Amazon has some really low end units that seemed appealing just because of the price.

Can someone help me run through whats available at what price point with which features? Ideally a link to an article to peruse.

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[–] JaymesRS@piefed.world 4 points 2 days ago

I have an Anbernic RG556 and we just got our kids (9 & 11) Retroid Pockets.

If I’d did it again, I’d have gotten myself a Retroid instead, but it was a close call, I just like the Retroid software choices a tiny bit more, though the Anbernic is very comfortable to play.

As an aside, when we gave our kids the pockets, I put 5 games on it and put a big “price*” on getting new games. Right now they are working through some classic Game Boy carts.

*-Think chores, et al. I’m trying to recreate the experience of having limited games unless you saved up to buy a new one. I also make them do one smaller task if they want to call the “helpline” since there was a cost to call the Nintendo Power helpline that I had to cover if I wanted to call.