I actually finished my first game on my Anbernic 405M: Suikoden! Was a great fit for that device and it was a great playing experience. The 4:3 screen goes a long way for me.
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I bought a R36S from aliexpress, it costed 38 usd with shipping. Technically it can emulate everything up to Dreamcast but in practice it emulates psx and n64 Ok, not great but good enough, everything below that plays perfectly. It even allows for Portmaster, so its even possible to play pc games that have a linux version, just for fun I installed Stardew Valley and Cave Story and plays quite well
Even though Im not a fan of the dpad for its price range Its unbeatable.
Iāve been using my Retroid Pocket 3+ a fair bit recently for PS1 games and Iām in love with it. Cannot recommend this machine highly enough. Great way to dig into longer games thanks to save states and channel hop between shorter games.
Word to anyone getting a retro handheld for PS1; the tutorials will tell you to use DuckStation which is a great emulator but the android version doesnāt have shader support. I use PCSX ReARMed through RetroArch and it is much more fully featured.
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Since having a Retroid Pocket 3 and getting it all set up with DaijishÅ, laying in bed (often after an edible) and channel surfing has become an absolutely blissful routine for me. Just wanted to say out loud how magical it is that last night, I could just lie there with good-ass headphones and play Ninja Five-O and Panzer Dragoon Zwei back-to-back for the very first time. In my hands, on a beautiful screen, with lovely LCD and CRT filters. That wouldāve seemed absolutely wild years ago. I love this handheld emulation renaissance a whole lot.
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my interest in getting one of these mid-powered horizontal devices is growing more and more by the way. I just wanna play PSP game in a somewhat similar controller setup without having to go through PSP screen/battery/whatever lottery (and that awful stick). Vita could be an optionā¦ But considering how expensive itās getting Iād be paying much about the same as I would for a RP3+ or 4. plus I donāt really care about Vita games? I just wanna play PSP in bed!!!
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FYI, I have the Ambernic RG35xx Plus-H (which totally sounds like a Street Fighter game). It runs PSP gamesā¦ but only OK. They donāt run a full frame rate - or at least Lumines 1&2 drop frames. Full disclosure, I havenāt tried others - I was mostly using PSP as a stress test and it works OK, but not amazing.
Additionally, the sticks seem to have a firmware/hardware-level filter and the analog sticks effectively āsnapā to the 45Ā°s. This may make it very hard to play PSP games (or other PSX games) that rely on a solid analog stick.
Kicks butt for PS1 though!
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My 3 hour ish (both ways) 4 day a week bus commute is seriously making me consider a Retroid Pocket 4 Pro. Itās a little pricey but it looks so nice and it can do up to gamecube and ps2ā¦
Right iām using my 3ds for snes and psp for ps1 on my Suikoden/Breath of Fire marathon but eventually i will have to play on the ps2 and also playing them on the go sounds too tempting. $200 bucks kinda tempting.
itās also looks kinda cute tbh
The probably upcoming MiSTer handheld makes doubt a little but having ps2, gamecube and dreamcast kinda makes up for it being ānot as accurateā emulation on the older systems
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For people looking to use these devices for PSP, be warned that it isnāt a perfect experience. PPSSPP suffers from pretty bad input lag on Android out of the box and takes some fiddling and reading Reddit threads to improve. Even then it isnāt perfect.
I did read that dev was going to make it a priority but I havenāt looked at it since then (late last year).
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thatās crazy!!!
I canāt really speak to PSP, but from what Iāve heard on the internet the Retroid Pocket 4 will run it to the best of emulationās ability (with the caveats Chopemon mentioned, whichāll be more noticeable to some than others ā Iām not super input lag sensitive myself, and would mostly be playing RPG-adjacent stuff on PSP). That thingās even running PS2 games
I use the RP3+ for fantastic emulation up through Dreamcast/Naomi/Atomiswave (I havenāt wanted to fiddle with PSP or 3/DS, as I have hacked hardware for those that Iād prefer, so that leaves me more space for CD-based games on the Retroid ā PlayStation, Saturn and Dreamcast are real nice). The only stuff it doesnāt run well up to then is 3DO and Jaguar, but thatās more the state of emulation than the device. Honestly, my one regret is that I didnāt wait for the Pocket 4 Pro (these things move so fast) ā Iād upgrade in a heartbeat if there was an easy way to make a full system transfer (Iāve spent hours upon hours tweaking DaijishÅ and Retroach to my obsessive preferences) just for those nicer Hall effect sticks and extra perks
Not upset with my rp4 pro - this one has felt the most solid (I had the three as well and it got fucked up on a drop, maybe I shouldnāt have bought something else from them?).
PS2 and Gamecube run pretty well on this thing - it was already running decent on the three, but I havenāt encountered anything that jarring that I would want to play portable (IE - I was most recently playing FF12 & Katamari).
I think the thing about these higher powered retro handhelds to me that was surprising, is I typically would rather just play something older anyway, not sure I personally needed this much power, I like playing Monkey Ball on it, but honestly if I want to play a handheld Iāll usually play Metal Slug on my analogue.
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Iām gonna delete this post about that dumb GBC clone. Canāt stand it 
Hey guys Iāve been thinking about getting either the Miyoo Mini Plus, the RG35XX or the Anbernic 353m.
The main thing I care about about on those consoles is playing PSX games (and using a speed up function) and also the fact that the buttons feel nice. I think of all the consoles Iāve had I liked the buttons on PS Vita, DSi and GBA SP the most as a point of comparison.
Anyone tried some of those and can recommend one?
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I have the miyoo plus and it is a little bit squishy in terms of buttons conductive rubber style. Miyoo devices didnāt used to use a retroarch core for PSX so it didnāt have fast forward but I believe it does now, i mostly only use it playing Dragon Quest snes games and Tokimeki memorial though so double check.
I like my Miyoo Plus a lot, save that it just will sometimes randomly not work with a game? all of these are gonna have their individual quirks, and it was nothing that was a dealbreaker for me, but London Seirei Tanteidan would not work on it, which is weird as itās just a 2d RPG.
Iāve played several games to completion on this thing and had no real hiccups and generally the form factor makes me end up using it more than say something like my Retroid, where the letterboxing bothers me more.
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I have a Miyoo Mini Plus and can confirm you can fast forward with the PS1 cores - I am using Onion OS on mine and works great with Retro arch.
However as @freakscene said, the buttons really arenāt amazing for playing PS1 games on it. I really enjoy playing anything pre that era on it, SNES and MD work amazingly with the controller but I did try PS1 games on it, and just didnāt enjoy it at all. Iād recommend the Miyoo Mini for most games but I couldnāt say PS1 would be your best bet for it - for me itās not just the feel but also the layout as the controller feels very small compared to an original one.
If I was going for one for PS1 Iād go with a one of the horizontal layouts like the RG35XX H.
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I have an OG Mini and the current gen RG35XX-H.
The Onion OS experience is much better on the Miyoo, but I have noticed that the ergonomics are not as good. Iām a tall person with long hands and the Miyoo is great but itās uncomfortable.
I have more or less switched to using the RG35XX-H. Iāve got the Batocera OS build on it and itās more than adequate, but itās not as fast an experience as the Onion/Garlic experience is. Boots slower takes longer, and thereās a few more settings to turn on (auto save state when returning to the main menu is the big one) but itās more than fine.
Runs PS1 games great with decent battery life but I havenāt tried overclocking or fast-forwarding. I am pretty sure it supports both.
Ultimately, they are all compromise devises at some level, so you just need to know what you want to compromise on. Have fun!
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Rpgs have been mostly fine (particularly in terms of running well) but I do not play PS1 action games on this thing, the most intense Iāve done is MGS1 up to Psycho Mantis, and Parasite Eve. Mega man legends feels quite bad on it.
That said, Iāve beaten hard games on it, Cave Story true final boss for instance.
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Oh yes, technically it runs very well for what it is - Iāve tried a variety of games on it and not had many problems with performance. For me itās all down to ergonomics and not feeling comfortable. I tried Vagrant Story and while it was playable it felt very rough to move around and enjoy it.
Silent Hill was pretty good though, but again Iād rather play with a full sized controller but probably because itās what Iām used to with PS1 games. And big hands!
Actually I just remembered that I have a PSVita lying around somewhere that I could as well for emulating PSX games lol. I should give that another shot before I buy more electronics heh
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I donāt know if anyone has dabbled in this just yet but thereās a new game porting system for the Linux based systems like powkiddy, Anbernic, and TrimUI called portmaster Portmaster games site.
I have an RP3+ so Iām stuck in Android land but holy heck was I blown away by the support and game selection this group has made available. Iāve seriously thought about getting an Anbernic just to play these games. It looks like there are games requested and an active community working on ports so I hope it continues to grow over the next few months.
Hereās a video going over how it works on the handhelds Portmaster Guide
Iām curious how these games run on the systems and if itās like an emulator where you can run a game but need some horsepower to run it well.
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