Welcome to the latest edition of Retro Handhelds Weekly. This week, we saw a bunch of news in the world of hardware and software. Our writing team continues to be on an absolute tear, and there’s even a surprise or two sprinkled in! So sit back, grab a cup of coffee, and catch up on what’s happened this week in the world of Retro Handhelds.
Table of Contents
‼️Get Your Pre-Orders and New Releases!
- AliExpress 11.11 Sale: The Best Handheld Deals We’ve Found So Far
- AYN Odin 3 Portal
- Anbernic RG DDS
- 8GB/128GB: $284.99 (Save $15)
- 12GB/256GB: $349.99 (Save $15)
Hardware and Industry News
- AYN Odin 3 Portal Starts Shipping Right on Schedule: Have you been wondering how much longer you would have to wait for your Odin 3 Portal? Well, we have some good news for you, as AYN just announced that will “officially start shipping the Odin 3 Portal today.”
- But Can It Run DOOM? Turns Strange Ports Into a New Book: The question has followed DOOM onto all sorts of unlikely devices. Now Boss Fight Books is turning it into a book. But Can It Run DOOM?, by David L. Craddock, is funding on Kickstarter after a November 10 launch, looking beyond the viral clips to ask how those projects worked and why their creators bothered.
- TrimUI Brick Hammer Pro U Begins Arriving at Various Retailers: After months of delays and price increases, the TrimUI Brick Hammer Pro U has started arriving at a variety of retailers and will begin shipping in the coming days.
More Hardware & Industry News
- MSI Claw 8 EX AI+ (G3)
- AYANEO Teases a Shopping Festival and a New KONKR Pocket Advance
- A ZX Spectrum 48K Is Now Emulating 18 Nintendo Game & Watch Classics
- MagicX Pocket Dream
- Pre-order PSP 2000/3000 Full Shell Replacements from eXtremeRate
Apps and Software
- RESET Collection Is Back With Its Biggest Update in Years: It’s no secret that launchers are a dime-a-dozen nowadays, especially after seeing a massive influx of new options over the past year. However, every once in a while, one of the “ole’ reliable” launchers gets a massive upgrade, bringing us to RESET Collection.
- Recalbox 11 Adds Support For Retroid Pocket Nova, Anbernic RG35, And RG35XX Pro:Recalbox 11 will run on three more handhelds, the team has announced: the Retroid Pocket Nova, Anbernic RG35, and Anbernic RG35XX Pro. All three are available now for Patrons ahead of the stable release.
- MekkaBoy Puts a Game Boy Inside World of Warcraft: Forever: World of Warcraft has always had downtime. Flight paths, boat rides, corpse runs, waiting for a fourth. A new addon called MekkaBoy has decided that time belongs to the Game Boy Advance. Type /mb, or click the little Game Boy button on your minimap, and an emulator window opens on screen, either as a slim see-through overlay or as a virtual handheld via /mb look, in six colors.
More Software News
- Recompa
- Fan Preservationist Rescues Japan-Only Pac-Man SP
- Humble Bundle Fumbles Site Redesign With Serious Security Issues
- Nintendo DMCA notice takes down 144 Picofly Switch repositories
- Auto SR Officially Launches on ROG XBOX Ally X and X20
- Zelda Breath of the Mild on RG35XX and Miyoo Flip
- Nintendo shuts down Switch 2 jailbreak
- Steam Achievement Sets
- Apex Neural Rendering Brings a Frame-Generation Beta to Steam Deck and Proton
- slot. for Android v2.3.0
- Super Mario 64’s Virtual Boy Fan Project Claims 50fps Stereo 3D
- Nintendo Is Adding Digital Game Gifts, but Only for Family Groups
- IGF Jurors Take Their Stance on AI Nominations
- Socket v0.9.0 Adds RomM Support, Improvements for Dual-Screen Handhelds, and More
- Six Lost Sega Technical Institute Prototypes Emerge From One Programmer’s Floppy Disks
- Pokémon Epsilon Emerald Launches November 14 With a Zero-AI Promise
- 25 Original XBOX Games Available Today on PC via XBOX Backward Compatibility
- DiscWright 2.0.3
Emulation Corner
- DroidDeck 0.7.1 is Here With Even More Devices and Fixes than Before
- GameNative V1.4 is Here Bringing Gamescope and More to Your Devices
- Pokémon Fulldex Brings Every DS Pokémon Game To One Widescreen, Switch Included
- PS5 Emulator KytyPS5 Has Demon’s Souls Flirting With 60FPS, With New Builds Landing Daily
- Omarchy Pocket 0.2.0
Custom Core
Game of the Month
From the Writers
While there’s always a lot of news to cover and talk about, we also try to take a step back and give everyone something a bit different to enjoy. These are the more editorial-styled articles and reviews that you might have missed over the course of this week.
On the YouTubes
RH Partners
Looking for Deals?
The big sale is just about here, as the AliExpress 11.11 Sale kicked off on November 1 and runs until November 18. With that, we have a whole batch of new discount codes for everyone to take advantage of, and as always, you can head over to Handheld.Deals to find even more.
- RHH5 – $5 off $29+
- RHH6 – $6 off $35+
- 15RHH – $15 off $80+
- RHH21 – $21 off $119+
- RHH25 – $25 off $139+
- RHH27 – $27 off $150+
- RHH32 – $32 off $170+
- RHH38 – $38 off $200+
- RHH50 – $50 off $249+
- RHH55 – $55 off $299+
- RHH70 – $70 off $349+
- RHH75 – $75 off $399+
- RHH90 – $90 off $459+
- RHH95 – $95 off $500+
- RHH110 – $110 off $629+
- RHH120 – $120 off $650+
- RHH155 – $155 off $859+
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