by Jim Gray | Sep 19, 2025 | Features, Guide
GameNative is an actively developed compatibility layer that allows you to play Steam games you own directly on your Android devices. As a fork of the original Pluvia project, it furthers the effort to run PC games natively on Android, working to bring a small but...
by andrew | Sep 13, 2025 | Features, Guide
It had about five years since the PowKiddy V90 was released when its successor, the PowKiddy V90S, finally arrived. In that time, the V90 became a fan favorite, despite all of its flaws, as it was one of the first and only available clamshell retro handhelds. Now that...
by Jim Gray | Sep 2, 2025 | Features, Guide
We’ve seen a bunch of frontends, but a new service called RetroAssembly is offering a new way to access classic titles by offering a “retro game cabinet” directly in your web browser. The platform allows users to upload their legally obtained ROM...
by andrew | Aug 26, 2025 | Guide
Can you believe it’s been over a year since muOS burst onto the scene? Since then, the usefulness of this custom firmware has continued to grow to the point that if you have an Anbernic handheld, it’s probably the first recommendation. Whether you’re...
by Joe White | Aug 14, 2025 | Features, Guide
“Wii will go on to the end. Wii will never surrender,” – Winston Churchill after losing his fourth boxing match in Wii Sports The seventh generation of gaming consoles was weird. Here we saw the release of the Xbox 360, which ceremoniously offed itself with the...
by Jim Gray | Aug 8, 2025 | Guide
It’s no secret that we here at Retro Handhelds love PortMaster. The list of supported games is ever-growing and ranges from modern masterpieces like Celeste to undisputed classics like the recently added Mario Kart 64. Most recently, though, PortMaster added one of...
