Hi all, just thinking ahead for a Christmas present and could do with some advice.
After something that will play primarily Gameboy games, but would also be nice to play PS1 games.
Budget will likely be around £100 so are there any decent suggestions, and are these sort of handhelds largely ready to go, or is much tinkering required?
Most are ready to go out of the box, you may just need to add some of your own legal roms to the SD card.
Some of the really cheap devices come with poor quality SD cards so it is recommended to use a branded replacement. But even Anbernic devices around fifty quid come with a decent Kioxia card these days (they used to be part of Toshiba).
There are a few devices I'd recommend, the Miyoo Mini Plus is a great handheld, but it may be a bit small ergonomically but it's also very pocketable. This will work out of the box but you can easily flash an SD card to run Onion OS which is a superb OS and much better than the included one.There are a ton of videos on this device and how to flash.
Anbernic have a variety to choose from. You have flips, horizontals, verticals and a few screen sizes so you can really go with whatever best fits your needs and what you feel is most comfortable.
I like the RG40XX V, it's a slightly larger screen (4") and has a lovely look to it. Personally I use MUOS rather than the stock operating system, has some great functionality and I find it nicer to use. It lacks a right analog stick though so depending what you play this could be an issue.
The Brick has a lot of good reviews and people swear by it. Has a higher resolution screen but still compact, not used it myself.
All of the above will play up to and including PS1 no problem.
You could also consider something like the Funny Playing FPGBC if you're really interested in GB over anything else. It's hardware emulation rather than software emulation. You can buy it prebuilt but usually comes as a kit you put together yourself which really appeals to me, plus you can choose your own shell and button colour combos.
It is designed to run original GB and GBC carts which might not be what you're looking for, but multi carts exist. Obv PSX won't be an option with this one.
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