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I really got into these retro handhelds recently and I love them, but I would like to suggest some more options as Odroid has stock issues a lot of the time (do

I really got into these retro handhelds recently and I love them, but I would like to suggest some more options as Odroid has stock issues a lot of the time (do go for them if they're in stock, though, the shipping times are much better than other retro handhelds.) For cheap, I'd suggest the Pocket Go, [1] but for my favourite I love the RG350P, [2] which is a little more expensive but has a community with a lot of homebrew behind it and it can run pretty much anything from PS1 downwards. There is also the RK2020 [3] with a little more oomph than the RG350P, the RK2020 is a pretty brazen Odroid-Go Advance clone, so if Odroid has the Go Advance in stock, get that instead, but they rarely do. If you find these just a touch too expensive, they can be found on Banggood for small to hefty discounts. I got my RG350 (not RG350P, the RG350P is a minor improvement over the RG350 but at around the same price) for $60 on Banggood. Also, expect 1-2 month shipping on these consoles, but in my opinion it's so worth it. [1] https://retromimi.com/collections/handhelds/products/pocketgo-retro-gaming-system https://retromimi.com/collections/handhelds/products/pocketg... [2] https://retromimi.com/collections/handhelds/products/rg350p https://retromimi.com/collections/handhelds/products/rg350p [3] https://retromimi.com/collections/handhelds/products/rk2020 https://retromimi.com/collections/handhelds/products/rk2020

ehsankia 6y ago
Do you assemble these yourself? I don't really care that much about the console, more about the fun and reward of building it yourself. I see it more as a fun project.
- m45t3r 6y ago
  In the case of Odroid Go and Odroid Go Advance, yes. The others no, they're more like an actual product.
- roywiggins 6y ago
  You do assemble the Odroid Go & Go Advance, but it's a matter of dropping the buttons into place, plugging the screen & battery into the single PCB, dropping that into the shell, and screwing it together. It's not very involved, but enjoyable.
aquova 6y ago
I've been somewhat thinking of getting one of these handheld Game Boy-esque systems, so it's nice to see some options and opinions, thank you. Does the RG350P provide any other software besides emulation (Pico-8 support for example), or is that about it?
- roywiggins 6y ago
  There are basically three broad sets of handhelds: OpenDingux devices, ARM Linux devices, and Android ones. The RG350P is an OpenDingux device. There's a lot of OpenDingux devices- they have MIPS CPUs, so they don't run the same variety of software as the ARM-based ones. There's still a bunch of homebrew for OpenDingux, but it's not exactly organized, compared to Android and Linux devices. It involves hunting down poorly-documented executables, etc. Here's one list of software available: https://github.com/retrogamehandheld/OpenDingux https://github.com/retrogamehandheld/OpenDingux There are two Pico-8 emulators that run on those things, tac08 and retro8. They both work on many games, but it's a bit hit-and-miss. https://0xcafed00d.itch.io/tac08-rg350 https://0xcafed00d.itch.io/tac08-rg350 / https://github.com/Jakz/retro8 https://github.com/Jakz/retro8 However, it is apparently possible to get the official Raspberry Pi version of pico-8 running on the Odroid Go Advance, which is an ARM CPU running Linux, just like the RPi. https://forum.odroid.com/viewtopic.php?f=193&t=37256&start=800#p295789 https://forum.odroid.com/viewtopic.php?f=193&t=37256&start=8... Additionally to that, I dug up a version of TIC-80 ( https://tic80.com/ https://tic80.com/ ), an open-source PICO-like environment, compiled for the OpenDingux which will run on the RG350: https://github.com/retrogamehandheld/OpenDingux/raw/master/Emulators/TIC-80_2020-03-21.opk https://github.com/retrogamehandheld/OpenDingux/raw/master/E...

ehsankia 6y ago

Do you assemble these yourself? I don't really care that much about the console, more about the fun and reward of building it yourself. I see it more as a fun project.

m45t3r 6y ago
In the case of Odroid Go and Odroid Go Advance, yes. The others no, they're more like an actual product.
roywiggins 6y ago
You do assemble the Odroid Go & Go Advance, but it's a matter of dropping the buttons into place, plugging the screen & battery into the single PCB, dropping that into the shell, and screwing it together. It's not very involved, but enjoyable.

aquova 6y ago

I've been somewhat thinking of getting one of these handheld Game Boy-esque systems, so it's nice to see some options and opinions, thank you. Does the RG350P provide any other software besides emulation (Pico-8 support for example), or is that about it?

roywiggins 6y ago
There are basically three broad sets of handhelds: OpenDingux devices, ARM Linux devices, and Android ones. The RG350P is an OpenDingux device. There's a lot of OpenDingux devices- they have MIPS CPUs, so they don't run the same variety of software as the ARM-based ones. There's still a bunch of homebrew for OpenDingux, but it's not exactly organized, compared to Android and Linux devices. It involves hunting down poorly-documented executables, etc. Here's one list of software available: https://github.com/retrogamehandheld/OpenDingux https://github.com/retrogamehandheld/OpenDingux There are two Pico-8 emulators that run on those things, tac08 and retro8. They both work on many games, but it's a bit hit-and-miss. https://0xcafed00d.itch.io/tac08-rg350 https://0xcafed00d.itch.io/tac08-rg350 / https://github.com/Jakz/retro8 https://github.com/Jakz/retro8 However, it is apparently possible to get the official Raspberry Pi version of pico-8 running on the Odroid Go Advance, which is an ARM CPU running Linux, just like the RPi. https://forum.odroid.com/viewtopic.php?f=193&t=37256&start=800#p295789 https://forum.odroid.com/viewtopic.php?f=193&t=37256&start=8... Additionally to that, I dug up a version of TIC-80 ( https://tic80.com/ https://tic80.com/ ), an open-source PICO-like environment, compiled for the OpenDingux which will run on the RG350: https://github.com/retrogamehandheld/OpenDingux/raw/master/Emulators/TIC-80_2020-03-21.opk https://github.com/retrogamehandheld/OpenDingux/raw/master/E...