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[–] 3 points 5 days ago

it'd be cool to get a Foss launcher like this for android, especially with LineageOS adding support for some of the AYN devices

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    [–] 2 points 5 days ago (6 children)

    I don’t know much about this market but I’d love an Advance SP form factor without the jank.

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  • [–] 5 points 5 days ago (3 children)

    The Ambernic devices are probably the best ones. They have the RGSP which has the same aspect ratio of the original GBA, if you're looking for that. The RG35XXSP, which has a 4:3 aspect ratio, which makes it better for most other retro consoles. You can add overlays to fill up a 4:3 screen to make it work well with GBA.

    They both can play GBA, N/SNES, PS1 and genesis games without issues. I've gotten some PSP use out of it too, as long as it's RPG-like games, nothing too intensive.

    I personally like the Miyoo Mini Flip better because a custom OS for it, OnionOS, is so well made for how minimal it is, but I don't entirely recommend it because of how small it is and it basically caps out at PS1 games. It's also that I love the Miyoo Mini Plus device, and I can move the SD card between the two devices for when I'm on the go.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 days ago (2 children)

    Good info! Anything that can run PS2?

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  • [–] 4 points 5 days ago

    I don't think there's a device which has the Advance SP form factor, has thumb-sticks, and can play PS2 games. If you're not married to the form factor (but if you'd still like a clam-shell), the the Retroid Pocket Flip 2 which is supposed to be able to play PS2 games.

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  • [–] 3 points 5 days ago

    Not from SP specific devices. If you're looking for clamshell devices, there's been a surge of those lately. Bwith hardware getting expensive, they're pretty pricey now, or about to be discontinued.

    AYN Thor is the flagship right now. Retroid Flip 2 is also very soilid, but it's discontinued now. Rtroid might still have the final stock onsale on their website. There are two variations of it, get the stronger chip, I think it's almost the same price.

    Retroid just released the pocket duo which could play PS2 well (idk if the duo lite can too or not), and Ambernic is supposed to also release another clamshell handheld soon. I don't think their current clamshells can run PS2.

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  • [–] 1 point 21 hours ago

    Ugh I can't wait. I have a duo coming today and I've been running cocoon on my 4 pro hut I'm excited to see what its like on a dual screen device. I much prefer cocoon over iisu too, I was having issues with scraping in iisu that cocoon doesn't have.

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    [–] 6 points 5 days ago (1 child)

    Good read! The gifs are a nice addition. I (somewhat recently) bought myself an Anbernic RG DS and I installed Rocknix on it. It works, but it’s a bit of a messy experience. I might try Cocoon.

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