No sir.
I have experience with psp but I sold that too.
My best purchase in recent times is Nintendo Switch.
The games are so easy to pick and play that I don't think I would want any handheld consoles for some years from now.
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I have experience with psp but I sold that too.
My best purchase in recent times is Nintendo Switch.
The games are so easy to pick and play that I don't think I would want any handheld consoles for some years from now.
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Bought a steamdeck but was just too heavy and big so sold it, but switch is in all honesty a good choice
Something I have noticed recently.
Is while playing retro games on emulator on switch oled.
I get amazing battery life.
I have been playing bomberman 1, bomberman 93 .
And even after playing for 30-40 mins .
I see only 3%-4% or so of battery life depleted.
While playing switch first party or latest games it is generally 2-3 hrs of maximum gameplay. Depending on games.
So it can be quite interesting facts for people looking for retro games handheld with bigger batter life .
Is while playing retro games on emulator on switch oled.
I get amazing battery life.
I have been playing bomberman 1, bomberman 93 .
And even after playing for 30-40 mins .
I see only 3%-4% or so of battery life depleted.
While playing switch first party or latest games it is generally 2-3 hrs of maximum gameplay. Depending on games.
So it can be quite interesting facts for people looking for retro games handheld with bigger batter life .
Most 90s emulators are very low on requirements, especially if you are not looking for absolute cycle accuracy. Pretty sure you will get much better battery life on a phone with a modern SoC and bigger battery than a Switch for these cases.
You are right.
I just wanted to point out to something interesting in regards to playing retro games.
To contradict myself a bit, I have a BSP D8-Pro that I used to use with my tablet before I sold it. I use it occasionally with my phone, but it doesn't seem practical to carry it for short distances while I also don't want to ruin the battery of my primary phone.
Realised that I needed something more pocketable and from the 2D era to while away time when basically waiting around at different places. To that end, I placed an order for the Miyoo Mini Plus because of all the rave reviews for Onion OS and how good the D-pad and face buttons are in comparison to same priced Ambernic devices.
I can still reject delivery at door is what I have been told, so still weighing whether I should go for the Ambernic 35XX Plus or 40XXV instead for increasing the scope to N64, Dreamcast and PSP, though the opinion is pretty clear that those consoles are not particularly usable at full speed, work really poorly with a D-Pad and that the Analog stick in the 40XXV is really poor.
Check for a Retroid Pocket 5 instead, you should be able to play all your games there, however you actually want a smaller handheld, look into a cheap PSVITA too, I have one and pretty good, after modding it, it emulates PSP, PS1, Gameboy Advance, Dreamcast etc.
Did check the Retroid Pocket 5 initially but don't want to spend that much on a device I would be using occasionally for emulation. Probably would get an android phone itself with an 8 series Snapdragon instead. But then state of Android emulation is quite worse than Linux considering most original developers develop for Windows or Linux and then you have other developers porting over to Android.
The native support for PSP and PS1 is good for the Vita but then it still costs more than double of what these Chinese device support at around the same level of performance.
I actually prefer emulating 3D games on my OLED laptop, simply because of the screen and possibility of upscaling, so prefer simpler stuff on a handheld.
Decided to keep the Miyoo Mini Plus. I must say that I am pretty impressed with the quality of the controls. Also, Onion OS is remarkably optimised in terms of how it responds, launches, switches games on such low end hardware.
Also, loaded the Done Set 3 on it with few games swapped. Quite easy to search and launch specific games. Mainly like the fact that it easily slips into the pocket (shorts or formals) and runs everything up to PS1 smoothly. Anything larger or with an analog stick will not fit the pocket, so quite happy with the differentiation it offers.
Also, loaded the Done Set 3 on it with few games swapped. Quite easy to search and launch specific games. Mainly like the fact that it easily slips into the pocket (shorts or formals) and runs everything up to PS1 smoothly. Anything larger or with an analog stick will not fit the pocket, so quite happy with the differentiation it offers.
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Anyone have a switch oled?
@solo_wing I read that you had one
Can you share your experience on the same?
Is it worth it at this point to get an unmodded one for around INR 20,000 and mod it later or look for a switch 2 only or switch lite?
@solo_wing I read that you had one
Can you share your experience on the same?
Is it worth it at this point to get an unmodded one for around INR 20,000 and mod it later or look for a switch 2 only or switch lite?
At this stage, might as well wait for the Switch 2 and put that 20k towards the new one. The early variants of any new hardware usually have more of a loophole that allows easy modding.
You're right on that, atleast for the lite it kinda makes sense because its very much the best handheld and you can get it for deals as low as 9000 for a good less used or almost new unit, or get a modded up the wazoo with an oled screen, hall effect joysticks etc for 20K. The oled isnt that great of a handheld form, from what I saw.
Hadn't seen this post last time but since I have an acquaintance in Japan, I was thinking of getting a Vita and fell into the rabbit hole. Most of the OLED models I came across suffer from screen yellowing, nearly dead batteries, and you need an original card to mod the "phat" model that sometimes don't work. All of them can be replaced, but then you are talking about spending 30-40% of the purchase cost.
Really, the Vita is only for Vita games as the emulators are not good enough, but even then the library isn't that good considering it was a commercial failure. You can unlock PSP compatibility after modding, but that too has some issues, and you can run it on higher resolution using emulation on other devices. Transfer from PS3 to Vita was officially disabled by Sony. PS1 compatibility is the other main point, which doesn't matter as even $30 handhelds can emulate it at a higher resolution.
Sorry, I was travelling and I just saw this post now.
Switch is the best handheld I have ever owned.
Both the switch lite i had and oled are great.
It is totally worth it.
As for unmodded. ...I don't think that is a good idea unless you really can afford all the expensive games.
You will miss out on a lot . If you know what I meant to say.
For me Switch is become the most fav. Console. I can't keep it down .
When I need a break . I can easily pick up from where I left and play small season and again go back to work. Incase I have some work..just put it on sleep mode.
It is like coffee or tea for me now.
Games are absolutely beautiful.
Mario Vs Donkey was so much simple and fun .
Mario odyssey ..It is breathing beautiful and amazing fun.
Legend of Zelda TOTK ..is another great games.
I can keep going ...I will highly recommend Switch.
OLED definitely looks beautiful but I don't play on switch much prefer playing on monitor often.
Go for it but see if you can find modded one in good condition. That is my opinion.