I have a dozen or more of these tiny handhelds, and in my experience the super cheap ones are the WORST to play. I'd rather pay a $300 GPD XD Plus than all $600 worth of crappy handhelds combined. You get what you pay for.
Could be the same, but the sellers on Amazon have 0 reviews and item is saying the sellers pretend to ship and post date the delivery. So almost certainly a scam. If you want a Powkiddy then order direct from them.
Pull out your last cell phone and play one of the millions of free play store games on it. You need to hack this one and the games will be extremely pixelated and choppy compared to what your phone can play.
Skip to 7:00 and watch the game play.
What are you on about? They're pixel games (literally old games)
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I have a dozen or more of these tiny handhelds, and in my experience the super cheap ones are the WORST to play. I'd rather pay a $300 GPD XD Plus than all $600 worth of crappy handhelds combined. You get what you pay for.
This couldn't be farther from reality. A lot of modern retro handhelds are fantastic devices. Just about everything from Anbernic and Miyoo is on the same level of quality and anything Nintendo has put out in decades, and the community for both is huge.
What are you on about? They're pixel games (literally old games)
This couldn't be farther from reality. A lot of modern retro handhelds are fantastic devices. Just about everything from Anbernic and Miyoo is on the same level of quality and anything Nintendo has put out in decades, and the community for both is huge.
They don't stream as fluid as the original GB. Very choppy. Cheap ram.
They don't stream as fluid as the original GB. Very choppy. Cheap ram.
That's patently false. I'm not saying there aren't cheap retro handhelds that run things poorly, but basically anything based on emulation station or retroarch will be within 2% of the original hardware, once set up properly (and in some cases, they'll run better than the original hardware). But I'm sure you've tried everything out there right? Lol.
And I'm saying this as a collector... I still have nearly every handheld released outside of Asia, same for consoles... Nothing quite like having the ability to boot any game you want on something that fits in your pocket.
I'm not trying to call you out specifically or anything either... but pushing that kind of info isn't a good look. That would be like saying that pc emulation can't come close to the console experience. Again it's a ymmv scenario, but you get what you put into it. Set up properly there is maybe a 1% distinction between the emulation and the og hardware.
...and that's exactly what the (good) retro handhelds are offering... a linux or rpi pc emulating via retroarch. It's literally no different.
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https://www.amazon.com/HKYRD-Powk...0223&psc
Skip to 7:00 and watch the game play.
https://youtu.be/HcOASJP-v2k
This couldn't be farther from reality. A lot of modern retro handhelds are fantastic devices. Just about everything from Anbernic and Miyoo is on the same level of quality and anything Nintendo has put out in decades, and the community for both is huge.
They don't stream as fluid as the original GB. Very choppy. Cheap ram.
https://www.amazon.com/HKYRD-Powk...0223&psc=1 [amazon.com]
And I'm saying this as a collector... I still have nearly every handheld released outside of Asia, same for consoles... Nothing quite like having the ability to boot any game you want on something that fits in your pocket.
I'm not trying to call you out specifically or anything either... but pushing that kind of info isn't a good look. That would be like saying that pc emulation can't come close to the console experience. Again it's a ymmv scenario, but you get what you put into it. Set up properly there is maybe a 1% distinction between the emulation and the og hardware.
...and that's exactly what the (good) retro handhelds are offering... a linux or rpi pc emulating via retroarch. It's literally no different.
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