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Lenovo G02 retro handheld allegedly comes preloaded with thousands of copyrighted games, including Nintendo ROMs (www.tomshardware.com)
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[โ€“] gingerman@piefed.ca 1 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Thanks for the detailed response. The pocket 5 is closer to the price I had in mind but the 6 is tempting. The CAD exchange rate hurts a bit so I'm going to take some time later today to read a few of your reviews before I make a decision.

[โ€“] PerfectDark@lemmy.world 2 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

The Pocket 5 is Retroid's best selling handheld, the performance (and let's face it, the design and looks being so nostalgic with that GameCube one!) just found its home with users.

  • The amount of support for the drivers is crazily high. Being the Snapdragon 865 means you can play a ton of systems, some Switch gaming is even doable on it.
  • The wonderful front-ends! Which are just all-in-one launchers for all your emulators, highly customizable and making it feel like a true 'console' experience. You can set one of these up and ignore the Android side, having it boot up straight into one of these. My fav is RetroHrai! - in fact you can find my interview with the developer of RetroHrai! here
  • You can run it with ROCKNIX if you'd prefer it to be using Linux, too! Or Batocera also, for the same thing
  • They have an official accessory which adds a pivoting second screen to the top of it, turning it into a 3DS if that is your thing
  • The size is perfect too, very close to that of a Switch Lite...but to me feeling more premium than Nintendo's own!

In fact if you are familiar with the Switch Lite size, and wanted to see how it stacks against it you can use this link to see them both on Retro Catalog:

You can typically find the Pocket 5 second-hand for a great price too!