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let's discuss: non major systems (beehaw.org)
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Taking inspiration from the let's discuss threads here. So. We all know PlayStation, Xbox. All that but what about systems from lesser brands? What do you like, dislike, what interests you?

For me, I've always found micro consoles interesting. Even if they suck in practice. Alps plug and play systems are cool. Was too young for both of those tho

I had thus Lexibook handheld. Imaging a GBA. Just shit. That's what it kinda was, generic games and stuffDied after a few years. I also had the leapster explorer and a leapster2 I got second hand, they were OK as a kid, but the hames are shit in kindsight. The explorer now has life as a crap emulator.

Currently I emulate on handhelds but not sure what that would fall under.

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[–] chloyster@beehaw.org 5 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I have a bit of an obsession with handheld systems. I've always been on the lookout for cool handhelds. Probably started with some leapfrog devices I had when I was a kid.

Some of the more interesting ones include a piboy. A raspberry pi 4 stuffed into a gameboy dmg like shell to emulate games. More recently I've been very into my analogue Pocket. I play a ton of stuff on that as it can accurately recreate a ton of older systems. I'm also quite interested in getting a playdate at some point, but have yet to justify it.

I also have some modded GBC and GBA systems. With USB c charging and nicer screens

[–] GammaGames@beehaw.org 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I haven’t thought about my leapfrog in years! Was a fun little thing.

The Piboy looks great! I’ll have to put it on a list of gift ideas for my partner

[–] chloyster@beehaw.org 3 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Fair warning. If you are looking at the piboy by experimental pi, their website has been mostly down for months now. They seem to have abandoned the project :(

[–] GammaGames@beehaw.org 2 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Dang, maybe I’ll go for the Analogue Pocket instead. Thanks for the tip!

[–] sleepybisexual@beehaw.org 2 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

That's an FPGA thing. Youneed carts for it. If you into ROMs I can recommend most new ambernic stuff

[–] GammaGames@beehaw.org 1 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

Now those are fancy! I really like the joystick support.

Related, do you have any recs for an SP-style emulation handheld? I love the clamshell for tossing in my backpack
Edit: 👀 https://anbernic.com/products/rg35xxsp

[–] sleepybisexual@beehaw.org 2 points 1 day ago

Nice :3

I do software emulation too. I used to want a GBA as a kid, little me would have loved emulation :3