Best Retro Handheld
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Anbernic RG35XXSP, RG40XXV, RG35XXH, RG35XXPlus
The differences are
SP = flip closed
35 = 3.5" screen
40 = 4" screen
H = Horizontal
V = Vertical
Plus = the update to the original (The original was the RG35XX
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Caporegime
I am resisting the sale on Aliexpress at the moment, especially for the SP for £40....Figure I could put towards the RP5 for the OLED screen if I am going to get another one rather than another Anbernic device.
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I dug out my PS Vita a while back, have the original OLED model and jailbroke it. It's relatively competent at 16 bit emulation, does a good chunk of N64, some Dreamcast, near perfect PSX / PSP emulation and obviously the entire Vita library which is excellent for a 13 year old machine. I really like the build quality and screen on this device; and find it quite pocketable - it's missing LT, RT, L3 and R3 which can hold it back a bit. CEX have boxed ones for £150-165, but you'll need to add a memory card (if the OLED one) - but they are only a few quid and you don't really need more than 1GB; also a sd2vita adapter which are like a tenner and a 256GB MicroSD for about £30. The original one uses a proprietary charging/data cable - but the refreshed one uses MicroUSB.
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Got the Anbernic RG Cube in black yesterday for my birthday. I've barely scratched the surface with it yet but seems like a really good bit of kit. Trying to get to know it first so watching Russ on retro game corps. When you press the button that takes you into Anbernic launcher it finds none of my games so trying to sort that. Works ok through retro arch though. Compared to steam deck it feels like a toy. I've also got a Odin Pro 2 but my girlfriend has wrapped for Christmas, will the battery be ok? I was amazed the Cube was fine considering it was bought months ago and left as a bday present. 
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The Miyoo Mini Plus, it is cheap, small and light but decent build quality and has a fantastic custom operating system called Onion OS available. Easy to setup.
I've tried a ton of devices but returned them all and end up going back to the Miyoo.
Got the Anbernic RG Cube in black yesterday for my birthday. I've barely scratched the surface with it yet but seems like a really good bit of kit. Trying to get to know it first so watching Russ on retro game corps. When you press the button that takes you into Anbernic launcher it finds none of my games so trying to sort that. Works ok through retro arch though. Compared to steam deck it feels like a toy. I've also got a Odin Pro 2 but my girlfriend has wrapped for Christmas, will the battery be ok? I was amazed the Cube was fine considering it was bought months ago and left as a bday present.
My advise would be to never use that button! The Anbernic launcher is terrible. Just use Daijisho as your frontend and customise it as you like
Example
It does look great for £26.99 (Aliexpress black friday price) RG35XX original is also fantastic with GarlicOS for basic games up to Playstation 1.
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Thanks @Guest2 thats actually much better now.
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One thing I don't understand is when someone says here it is running at 2x or 3x resolution scale. I've done a quick Google search and sort of get the gist of it, more to do with aspect ratio? On my RG cube most games don't use all of the screen vertically, Amiga for instance so look tiny. Yet on the Steam deck they are perfect. I'll keep messing.
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The RG35XXSP is hella tempting at 40 sheets but I keep seeing reference to Miyoo Flip which may be the better option but unsure how real that product actually is. The GBA flip design really appeals to me but would rather have an OLED option. Decision decisions.
When they talk about resolution scale it is upscaling the graphics. So 3x on PS1 is equivalent of a 720p output.
Why your games are not fitting the screen is because they will be keeping their original aspect ratio. You can turn this off but it may distort the image.