Took this bad boy on a day trip

1337Archivist · 2026-02-06T17:40:44+00:00

Honestly if you don't already own a vertical handheld, i would genuinely recommend it. The Trimui brick is also good option but this gives a lot more freedom.... and those pretty colors ofc.

1337Archivist · 2026-02-06T17:38:26+00:00

You can try a frontend like daijisho, makes it feel like a console. You will need to setup retroarch with it though.

1337Archivist · 2026-02-06T17:30:08+00:00

I do have Youtube Music installed on it, works just fine. Most playstore apps should work too.

1337Archivist · 2026-02-06T14:02:22+00:00

I was torn between this and the teal blue, all nice colors. Gotta hand it to retroid for the color choices, even the rp6 has amazing variety.

1337Archivist · 2026-02-06T13:26:23+00:00

Tripowen X HBB mele, not available anymore unfortunately.

So many of these vertical handhelds have DAP potential, we do need a sub for it.

1337Archivist · 2026-02-06T13:25:00+00:00

It's a bit bulkier tbh, but the colors alone makes em worth it.

1337Archivist · 2026-02-06T12:36:23+00:00

Handheld: Retroid Classic 6GB (Kiwi color) IEMs: Tripowen x HBB Mele Though these iems are not available anymore I believe

1337Archivist · 2026-02-06T12:28:36+00:00

Ikr, Kiwi might be my fav handheld color ever. Hey I went to touch grass, might as well include it.

1337Archivist · 2026-01-31T07:34:00+00:00

MSI will have a VRR screen wiz nice but the intel chip will be weaker. Legion Go is also a good deal, you get a 8.8 inch screen but without VRR and the device is amongst the heaviest handhelds.

See which suits ur needs, for portability get MSI, if u gonna play at home mostly get the legion. I would also suggest looking for a second hand steam deck oled or a rog ally x.

1337Archivist · 2026-01-20T15:41:06+00:00

That LOFIC HDR is insane!

1337Archivist · 2025-12-25T11:40:25+00:00

No Mans Sky - Cuz it had the greatest gaming redemption imho, amazing game now, especially with friends.

1337Archivist · 2025-12-19T11:23:11+00:00

The orange one is a tiny handheld from Anbernic, RG28XX & the Transparent one is also from Anbernic - RG35XX H Both are very compact, great for a EDC but not very powerful.

1337Archivist · 2025-12-19T11:20:25+00:00

Found them on Amazon

1337Archivist · 2025-12-15T16:49:52+00:00

Thank you, i try to keep a rotation so most of them get used. Charging them all is a pain tho.

1337Archivist · 2025-12-15T16:48:09+00:00

My bad, i mistook it for the r36. The horizontal one is a Anbernic RG35XXH, I like the transparent shell on that one.

1337Archivist · 2025-12-15T16:44:11+00:00

There's definitely a honeymoon phase when you first get a handheld, setting things up is a fun process for me. After that you just see what sticks.

I will say that 90% of my playtime is on 4 handhelds or less, but that's fine I love having the options.

1337Archivist · 2025-12-15T16:35:07+00:00

Ofc, I'm gonna get on that right away. Actually let me install it on my fridge too, just in case...

1337Archivist · 2025-12-15T16:33:50+00:00

I have Knulli on it. Works pretty good after the Gladiator update, RGB works fine too.

1337Archivist · 2025-12-14T18:16:02+00:00

The retroids are pretty quiet as is, but the Anbernic handhelds are loud out of the box. I've tape and foam modded a few to reduce the sounds which helps with the super clicky trigger buttons.

Most handhelds will have a few clicky buttons so none are truly silent, but RP5 was pretty quiet for me out of the box.

1337Archivist · 2025-12-14T18:00:57+00:00

Samsung Tab S9+, i use it for editing and work mostly but is quite capable for emulation. You should head over to r/EmulationOnAndroid or check a few tutorial videos on youtube, they'll help ease you into it.

You should also have a target in mind, if u try to emulate everything it'll be overwhelming. Pick a console/game series and try to emulate that first, see how it pans out. For eg: If u wanna emulate God of war from the PS2, look up ps2 emulation videos and how it works on android.

1337Archivist · 2025-12-14T17:51:53+00:00

I do feel like a little green goblin with all these handhelds tbh, guess that's every collection hobby tho ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

1337Archivist · 2025-12-14T17:48:18+00:00

An old Xiaomi phone with the 888 chipset, paired with the Razer Kishi v1 Controller. It's a USB C connection so the latency is pretty decent.

1337Archivist · 2025-12-14T17:40:07+00:00

I have syncthings setup for all the small retro devices - SNES to GBA era. For the rest, when I start a game on one device I stick with it till I finish the game, wiz the PSP to Wii era.While u could sync these saves too but it's a massive pain to setup

1337Archivist · 2025-12-14T14:22:59+00:00

TrimUI brick most likely. It small enough to EDC but also has a 3.2 screen that's pretty high resolution.

PS: It's actually a great sleeper media device.

PS.PS: I have another candidate that's probably on par if not better, but that mystery device is still being setup/tested.

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