The Retro Handhelds scene is full of devices that didn’t quite ascend to the level of “Fan Favorite”, and failing to achieve this regularly means that a device slips out of the community’s consciousness. Frequently handhelds that weren’t that bad, but which were badly...
Just under a year ago, my RH colleague Ban wrote a handheld showdown article comparing the 3 devices that were, at the time, the pinnacle of micro handhelds: the Miyoo Mini, the Miyoo A30, and the Anbernic RG28XX. But that was then. Between the start of December 2024...
As I’ve written several times within the pages of RH, I like to separate handhelds into three categories: Pocket, Backpack & Sofa, depending on their use case. Sofa handhelds are handhelds that are rarely expected to leave the house and so can prioritize screen...
Truly enough, as day follows night, the calendar turning over into a new month indicated that a new GotX period is starting. For February, the Retro Handhelds community selected the theme of “Female Protagonist February”, a theme that has been suggested multiple times...
I’ve been curious about the XU Mini M for a while now, to the point where I made it my first purchase in 2025. I’ve always appreciated micro handhelds. While we’re not there yet, I find the idea of a device small enough for everyday carrying, with inbuilt Bluetooth...
