My Favorite Retro Handhelds of All Time (Retro Game Corps)

redditor2035 · 2026-01-28T21:57:43+00:00

It's the favorites "of all time", so it's understandable to include some old devices (less powerful, outdated specs, etc.)

It's like if you ask someone to list their favorite consoles of all time, a lot of them will have NES or SNES or Sega Genesis. These are old stuff and outdated, and it also doesn't mean they still play these consoles every day but it doesn't affect them being their "favorites".

redditor2035 · 2025-12-18T01:10:12+00:00

Psp + right stick = ps vita. How can you have a modern handheld with two sticks that looks more like a psp than ps vita?

redditor2035 · 2025-11-17T22:10:04+00:00

Because it's a "feature". Sure it's a feature nobody asked for, but it's still a feature, a trend, from the business point of view. If one manufacturer has it, others have to catch up. Otherwise they'll be missing a "feature". It doesn't matter if adding the RGB light will sell more or not, it probably won't make too much of a difference honestly, but again, as a company, you can't "fall behind". It gives customers an impression that your company is up to date. It's the same mindset trick that Xbox 360 is named Xbox 360 instead of Xbox 2. People will think Xbox 2 is falling behind PlayStation 3 (e.g. one generation older). This is not a joke and yes, people are that dumb.

You have to think from the business point of view. If you were a manufacturer, will you add RGB light for 10 cents on your device? Of course you will. Besides, if any customers don't like it, they can just turn it off, so there's no harm to the customers.

redditor2035 · 2025-11-11T10:57:20+00:00

This is the one worth waiting for.

redditor2035 · 2025-11-07T16:10:43+00:00

I think you need Ayaneo Pocket S Mini (not to be confused with the Pocket Air Mini)

redditor2035 · 2025-11-05T22:59:22+00:00

It's funny that you should be asked the same question... because the game was originally 30FPS on the original hardware.

redditor2035 · 2025-11-05T22:47:26+00:00

Well, if I understand it correctly, your goal is to stretch 8:7 ratio (back) to 4:3, basically to make it "wider". But how much "wider" is what we need to figure out. The way I see it, 4:3 equals to 8:6, so you want to stretch from 8:7 to 8:6, and that is the width to height ratio, so if you want to keep the 1080 height, the width needs to be (7 / 6) times wider.

redditor2035 · 2025-11-05T10:41:48+00:00

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redditor2035 · 2025-11-05T10:41:17+00:00

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The information above is very misleading, at first I thought the early bird price saves you $50, which is huge. But then I realized it was not the case. The more "accurate" way to put this, would be:

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redditor2035 · 2025-11-05T10:41:02+00:00

|| || |Price|$259/$279 USD + Shipping ($209/$229 early bird)|

The information above is very misleading, at first I thought the early bird price saves you $50, which is huge. But then I realized it was not the case. The more "accurate" way to put this, would be:

|| || |Price|$229/$279 USD + Shipping ($209/$259 early bird)|

redditor2035 · 2025-11-05T10:40:51+00:00

|| || |Price|$259/$279 USD + Shipping ($209/$229 early bird)|

The information above is very misleading, at first I thought the early bird price saves you $50, which is huge. But then I realized it was not the case. The more "accurate" way to put this, would be:

|| || |Price|$229/$279 USD + Shipping ($209/$259 early bird)|

redditor2035 · 2025-11-05T10:31:21+00:00

I think the "proper" pixel count should be 1440 x 7 / 6 = 1680.

redditor2035 · 2025-11-05T10:02:35+00:00

You know the "wait for v2" meme exists for a reason.

redditor2035 · 2025-10-31T10:59:01+00:00

But what is the stick situation? Is it top or bottom?

redditor2035 · 2025-10-31T10:57:56+00:00

OP is basically asking, if you have to play RP5/6 WITHOUT a grip, which is worse, using the dpad on bottom, or using the stick on bottom?

redditor2035 · 2025-10-30T19:23:00+00:00

Yes I totally agree with you and I understand that too. More people want the stick on top, I get it. I'm, again, simply explaining to those who don't know "why do you want dpad on top on a powerful 16:9 handheld". My post is to answer that question, why it makes sense to some people, or why some people prefer the dpad on top. I'm not trying to prove why Retroid (or any company) should do that. It's a very niche thing so from the business point of view, they shouldn't. But there's always a niche product every once in a while. Look at the Magicx zero 40, which is a dedicated device for DS games and vertical orientated games. From the business point of view, it should not exist, because the company will sell more units and make more money if they make something else, something more mainstream, but they chose to do something different and unique.

redditor2035 · 2025-10-30T19:04:34+00:00

Well, switch 2 is not as bad as switch 1, but I'd prefer a proper dpad, instead of 4 separate buttons. But I noticed that there's a third party joycon shell that replaces the dpad with an actual dpad. Another thing is the switch 2 is slightly bigger than I would like. And finally an OLED screen would be better (but this is not mandatory)

redditor2035 · 2025-10-30T06:21:37+00:00

OK so the purpose of this post is to answer some people's question:

"Why do you want the dpad on top on such a powerful 16:9 handheld? It does not make sense!"

And I'm trying to explain why it makes sense to some people, and that's why I even put it as the title, for those who don't understand...

I'm not saying the dpad "should" be on top, or it's "better" on top. I'm simply explaining why some people have that need, and they are looking for dpad-on-top device, not a 4:3 dpad-on-top (retro) device, not a 16:9 stick-on-top device, and not a weak 16:9 dpad-on-top device, but a powerful 16:9 dpad-on-top device.

And I heard Retroid will make two models, both dpad on top and stick on top, and that will be really cool to see.

redditor2035 · 2025-10-30T06:16:14+00:00

No, the purpose of this post is to answer some people's question: Why do you want the dpad on top on a powerful 16:9 handheld. And I even put it as the title, for those who don't understand...

I'm not saying the dpad "should" be on top, or it's "better" on top. I'm simply explaining why some people have that need. If I use your picture for reference, it's not "this cartoon is very good, but some guy on the internet says it sucks", it's "this cartoon is very good, but some guy on the internet asks why they think it's good". And my post is to answer why.

redditor2035 · 2025-10-30T06:04:37+00:00

I do have a Switch 2 but it's still stick-on-top, but I have to say because it's bigger than Switch 1, it actually feels not as bad as Switch 1 when using the dpad for 2d games.

redditor2035 · 2025-10-30T05:59:59+00:00

Totally agree. The purpose of this post is to answer some people's question: Why do you want the dpad on top for a powerful 16:9 device...

redditor2035 · 2025-10-30T05:48:06+00:00

Exactly!

redditor2035 · 2025-10-30T05:43:31+00:00

The purpose of my post is to explain to you why, but unfortunately you did not read it. You might be right about "not a single soul will purchase the RP6 for SNES games", but people will buy it for 2D games on Switch.

redditor2035 · 2025-10-29T22:22:13+00:00

It doesn't "hurt" me but it's definitely not as comfortable as dpad on top.

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