So this retro handheld review might have been my favorite so far. I have such an obsession with design language (be it gaming or all the way to architecture), and seeing something as unique and different as this rotating touch screen on a retro handheld? It won me over without a second’s hesitation

This handheld is a nicely squished cube with rounded corners, has a touch screen, obviously flips up to be a gaming handheld you can (comfortably) play PlayStation/PSP and even some few GameCube/PS2 games. Although you’d have to be crazy to buy this for GCN/PS2. They’re just a happy bonus (really, this is NOT a PS2 machine)

Playing music or streaming music is a blast, as are audiobooks. I’ve had the most fun playing GBA and PS games on here, but if you’re interested in my review, you can check it out here:

https://gardinerbryant.com/hands-on-with-the-anbernic-rg-rotate/

Or, you can just ask me what you’d like to know if you’d prefer to not! I love this damn thing. If I could wear it on a belt loop, I promise you I would be doing that like it is the olden days of phones!

  • Really@piefed.worldEnglish
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    1 month ago

    Okay, that does look fun.
    I don’t know a lot about modern tech but I suppose that the usb port might support headphones, at least I have a phone that does so when I tried it exactly once.
    I’ll keep this thing in mind for sure.
    I didn’t know I wanted PS2 emulation until I saw here that it is a thing that exists effortlessly enough these days so I might look into that more first… but I also didn’t know that I might want a something fun like this one in particular.

    • PerfectDark@lemmy.worldOPMEnglish
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      1 month ago

      As for PS2 emulation, there are SO many devices which run it. These days the systems which are pushing the envelope on the retro handhelds are things like:

      • PC gaming (Steam, GOG, Epic and so on) which is 100% super doable and impressive on Android.
      • PS3 which is just really starting out, not fantastic but the games which do play, do so great.
      • Switch! Super, super, super impressive on handhelds. Eden is the one emulator doing the hard work these days in my eyes. There’s also Ryubing (made by one of the original Ryujinx devs), but Eden is my pick.
      • Wii U (a rather immature emulator, just getting started on Android).

      It is a deep, deep world out there, with varying costs. But if you’re looking for PS2 games, upscaled and on the go in a tiny handheld? There is so many to choose from now!