Handheld rabbit hole help

[kuato_lives]

I’ve been looking at reviews of the Miyoo Mini Plus and RG35XX, and both look cool. I’d like to play some (keyboard-free) Amiga games but I don’t think either handheld is particularly geared for this system (I’ve seen it’s possible to overclock the RG35XX to possibly improve gameplay).

So I looked at other handhelds and fell down the rabbit hole and am now all a bit lost! Anyone have any recommendations? Should I just take the hit and go for the Pocket or does the Miyoo/RG handheld(s) work sufficiently well?

Thanks for any advice!

 

[cools]

Get a Pocket, even more so for your use case. It does a superb job with Amiga and the curated stuff is generally all set up just to work.

 

[kuato_lives]

Get a Pocket, even more so for your use case. It does a superb job with Amiga and the curated stuff is generally all set up just to work.

Thanks for getting straight to the point! Fare thee well, bank account.

 

[kingtreelo]

ive got a pocket and recently sold my mini plus, not because it wasnt good, just because it was sat in the box doing nothing after my initial "oh look, a cool handheld thing"

if you want to play PS1, you need something like the miyoo mini plus, if you are only after the likes of 16bit and below, then pocket is the perfect device for you

i cant recommend them enough, absolutely quality devices with amazing screens


Miyoo Mini can do this though

 

[kingtreelo]

to add, the miyoo mini basically runs retroarch, which can handle a lot of emulators, the pocket is reliant on people releasing cores, there are a lot of console cores available, but no 8bit computers sadly....yet

 

[kuato_lives]

to add, the miyoo mini basically runs retroarch, which can handle a lot of emulators, the pocket is reliant on people releasing cores, there are a lot of console cores I know a lot of games won’t be playable due to the need for a keyboard/mouse

I know a lot of games won’t be playable due to the need for keyboard/mouse, but it’s mostly Amiga games I’d like to play. Some review videos showing Amiga games running on the Mini Plus but not necessarily at the right speed.

The Pocket looks excellent, especially with the openFPGA and I was really impressed with my Super Nt so will probably go for the Pocket.

Thanks for the input!

 

[kingtreelo]

i can have a fiddle with the pocket to see what amiga core is like if you want before you splash the cash?

this looks promising

 

[kuato_lives]

i can have a fiddle with the pocket to see what amiga core is like if you want before you splash the cash?

this looks promising

That would be great thank you!

 

[cools]

It's fantastic. Bang the Amiga Vision setup (as shown above) on the SD card, everything is pretty much done out of the box.

The only downside for me is that 90% of my favourite Amiga games are mouse driven, and that's no fun on the dpad.

 

[kuato_lives]

Was looking at the Dock too, hoping you can pair a wireless keyboard/mouse for use on a TV…doesn’t help with portability but would be nice to have the option. The Pocket itself looks lovely.

 

[Vorbis]

It is. Unfortunately you're stuck with ebay or a very very very long wait which wouldn't be so bad but Analogue want paying for everything upfront.

 

[kuato_lives]

It is. Unfortunately you're stuck with ebay or a very very very long wait which wouldn't be so bad but Analogue want paying for everything upfront.

Yes it’s a shame I can’t pre-order and pay when it ships. Won’t use eBay, and hope the flippers lose money.

 

[Vorbis]

I went the ebay route as I figured the time spent playing it would offset the 2 years I'd have to wait for it to arrive.

 

[kuato_lives]

I went the ebay route as I figured the time spent playing it would offset the 2 years I'd have to wait for it to arrive.

Fair dos mate. It’s when people are asking £325 for the dock alone that I think it’s excessive 🤨

 

[Vorbis]

Bloody hell. Yes that is excessive.

 

[kingtreelo]

i waited about 18 months for my pocket to arrive, Analogue are a terrible company in terms or charges and delivery times, but the products are absolutely spot on