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  • Gaffe@pawb.socialtoRetro Handhelds@sh.itjust.works•Which retro handhelds have you tried, and what are your thoughts on them?
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    9 months ago

    Anbernic RG353VS - I’m using a third party OS and it’s my go-to handheld when the steam deck is inappropriate. Fits my hands and plays my favorite games. I love it for GBA and SNES.

    PowKiddy RGB30 - second choice. I like the bigger screen and it’s a 720x720 screen that works great with game boy. I use a third party OS and play a lot of Pico -8 stuff on it too.

    PowKiddy RK2023 - Adequate, not Great. Boots slow. Doesn’t feel good in the hands.

    PowKiddy v90 - practically e-waste. Processor too anemic to run SNES. GBA emu was fine. Plastic so cheap I fear the stupid thing would shatter with a short drop.

  • Gaffe@pawb.socialtoGaming@beehaw.org•anyone here have experience with portmaster games? help needed
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    1 year ago

    Is the game data actually in the portmaster directory when you browse the SD card on a PC? I know many pm games require copyrighted data to run (half life for example)

    A lot of these stock OSes are crudely translated from Chinese perhaps “ready to play” isn’t literal.

    I’ve gotten several portmaster games working on ArkOS on my Anbernic devices, check their wiki it’s probably similar to the setup required on the anbernic stock OS

  • Gaffe@pawb.socialtoEmulation@lemmy.ml•cheats on handhelds? (in retroarch)
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    1 year ago

    My understanding is that most cheats for retro consoles are a memory location plus a value to write in that location.

    I believe that’s how the “game genie” worked on nes, snes, and OG game boy. Have you tried entering some game genie/game shark codes in the RA cheats for your core?

    It’s been a while since I used cheats on RA other than save states and rewind but I know I’ve gotten them working before (years ago) on snes

  • Gaffe@pawb.socialtoEmulation@lemmy.ml•Pico8 emulation issues (fake-08)
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    1 year ago

    Fake-08 development trails PICO-8 so it’s possible your Fake-08 version is out of date, the cart is made with a newer PICO-8 version, or the cart is just plain incompatible with Fake-08 (many carts do not work with Fake-08).

    I have a couple handhelds like yours and the official raspberry pi PICO-8 build works great on them - I suggest you get a PICO-8 license and check your distribution’s documentation to learn where to place the raspberry pi PICO-8 binary in the filesystem.

  • Gaffe@pawb.socialtoMemes@lemmy.ml•"gaming is dead"
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    2 years ago

    IMHO yes. It is among my favorite games of all time.

    The plot is of course nonsense (all far cry plots are garbage), but the core gameplay loop is tight, the shooting feels good and there’s a diverse arsenal, you get a large selection of colorful sidekicks and animal companions, the most annoying mechanics of earlier titles in the franchise were fixed or removed in 5, and the entire campaign can be played coop after you escape from tutorial Island.

    It doesn’t take itself too seriously but it’s also a internally consistent rural Montana simulator. Stealth mechanics feel great (subjective ofc) but more aggressive strategies work well too. The base game has plenty of content and goes on sale frequently.

    It was everything I loved about FC3 but more of it and bigger and polished to a radiant shine, with a kitschy rural US setting.