I just play Steam Deck and write about gaming + Linux a lot
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2·4 天前So beautiful!
The new Anbernic RG Vita Pro! They sent me one to review, and I’ve been having such a wonderful time with it :)
It really is wonderful, and I’ve chatted to the developer of PPSSPP a few times. I tried to organize a interview with him a few months ago :)
But as much as I love PPSSPP (and I do, I test it on the retro handhelds I review each time!), there’s a lot that can be said for playing these games on the original hardware. I cover some of that in my article there!
I can hear that whole section from just reading your comment. Absolute magic!
I suppose I shouldn’t be shocked that I find this kind of shit in your profile:
I have no respect for someone who will use that word as a put-down. It is disgusting and you should be better than that.
No thanks.
I think it is the better of the two. I dislike how EmuDeck organizes itself (it doesn’t). Last time I had it installed, it had 32GB in so many different incomprehensible folders in my Steam Deck. I had three emulators running, with a handful of games. It was also a complete nightmare to uninstall when the time came. But in the end, it just comes down to preference.
RetroDECK can all run from a SD card. ROMs, BIOS, HD texture packs, mods, everything runs perfectly and in a nice little self-contained space. I love it!
You can always test it out, if you have a spare SD card they’ll run side-by-side. And you can read my interviews, chats and articles with the RetroDECK team too, if you’d like to see what they’re all about :)
Have an uovote for mentioning my fav Steam Deck software! I love RetroDECK and can’t stop recommending it!
Good decision!
They’re amazing and so well regarded in the retro handheld scene.
I have a Retroid Pocket 6 being delivered in the next few days to review, so I’m looking forward to that!
You can get drop-in (kinda) IPS displays for the 1000 these days, if you want to give it new life!
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You can!
There’s a couple ancient guides out there (from around 2008), but technically? Doable!
then decided a retro handheld was the way to go
They 100% are, and they’re so amazing these days! I have the Anbernic RG Vita Pro, the Retroid Pocket 6 and the TRIMUI Brick Pro sent to me to review next up! But there really is some satisfaction on playing games on their native hardware, even if all of these three can upscale those PSP games a trillion percent to look perfect
Oh come on. Is it really that annoying for you that I said ‘everyone’? Do you really think I meant everyone alive has bought one?
Jesus this is just so petty.
The only one to really avoid is the PSP-Street (the ‘budget’ console, it only came with one speaker), so the ones to go for are pretty much the 2000 or 3000, from what I know they used the same speakers, 3.5mm jack, etc. And for the best possible sound (obv), using headphones really works wonders on these
If you get to seriously looking, I recommend the OSTENT 1400 mAh battery for the PSP. You get extra capacity in the same size, and they are dependable
I really didn’t think that:
a) my article was click-bait (we’re a reaaaaaaaaaaaaaally small site, there’s no need to even try click-bait!), and
b) I needed to explain that I didn’t mean ‘everyone’
Glad you can see that, this seems weirdly attack-y.
Funny. I haven’t really picked my Steam Deck up in a couple months now, but having bought a few PSPs they’re all I’m picking up to play these days.
Thank you!!!
I’m just a written content gaming journalist, so I’m far removed from what is typical in the retro handheld scene! There’s few of us now, and I’m proud that we don’t have ads or click-bait nonsense compared to 99% of other sites.
You can check it out in a few days’ time (Anbernic has sent me another unit because mine had a unique malfunction occur):
https://gardinerbryant.com/author/dash/
But I’ll also share the link/some thoughts and a post here in this community on Lemmy!
If you’re on Mastodon though, you can follow along with me there:
https://mastodon.social/@flwwhtrbt
And…thanks for wanting to! That’s made me super happy!
As far as a comparison to Sony’s PS Vita, it won’t ever be able to play that full library. No handheld (or even the most powerful PC on the planet) is able to do that as far as the emulator goes right now. The emulator itself is far too immature, but things do improve over time! I’ve tried a bunch of games, but they vary with how well they run. MGS: Collection for example - MGS2 played perfectly and looked great, but then MGS3 aside from loading until I landed from the parachute sequence, refused to ever even boot to the menu after that! Again, its the emulator, not the hardware.
PSP on this is fantastic though. I’ve played SO many games upscaled nicely. It can even manage some light Switch games (very light), so it is a great all-rounder.
So many comments hate on it for the name without being able to play all of the Vita games. Conveniently forgetting none can. So many are hating on the price for the specs (I think they’re forgetting the RAM crisis!).