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Cyber Monday – RH Black Friday Part 3
Well, here we are my handheld family. The turkey leftovers are now sandwiches to take to work, the long weekend is past, and Black Friday is behind us. Or is it? Do you remember when Black Friday and Cyber Monday were two separate things? Like one was where you went...
Black Friday with RH – The Real Deal
Alrighty folks, dress rehearsal is over, time for the big day! Black Friday has arrived. If you missed Part 1 featuring pre-Black Friday sales check that out here where you can likely expect many of these items to remain on sale for proper Black Friday. With that...
Handful of Gratitude: Retro Handheld Love
A reminder to be thankful for the wonderful handhelds we have access to and to never forget your gaming roots. We are fortunate to have so many retro handhelds!
Pre-Black Friday with RH
Hello there my Retro Family, welcome on in to our home, we've got turkeys and mash, apple and pumpkin pies, and a whole table of Powkiddy V90s, help yourselves. That's right, it's late November, the time for family togetherness, unreasonable gluttony, and rampant...
Ocarina of Time Android Port: An Unhinged Tutorial
A team called the Ship of Harkinian has been hard at work de-compiling the code for Ocarina of Time, so you ungrateful peasants can play it natively on Android.
The RGB30: Who Is It For?
Quick insight into the RGB30 and what its niche is. Which systems thrive on it? Who is it for? Can it play Doom? Dive in an find out!
11/11 Before 11/11 – A Sales Round-Up
Halloween has come and gone. The cool fall air replaced with cold and bitter breezes. Black and Orange quickly being replaced with Red and Green. And what goes best with Winter and Red/Green color schemes? That’s right! Great and plentiful sales! Leading up to the...
What Plays It Best? – Donkey Kong Country
Which handheld device is best suited to play the classic SNES game Donkey Kong Country? Stop in and find out!
Batocera on Steam Deck: Setup Guide
This article has been written and provided to us by RH community member Dan W. Why Not Batocera?: Building better Steam Deck Emulation Earning my Game Of The Month This article is meant to be part guide and part a celebration of 3 of my favorite parts of the retro...
Top 5 Retro Handhelds Under $50 – Late ’23
Fifty dollars. You could buy a lot with that. An 8BitDo SN30 Pro 2, a copy of Pikmin 1+2, or maybe even 25 Beefy Melt Buritos from Taco Bell. But maybe you’d rather play your Fire Emblem romhacks in a portable manner and save a buck while you’re at it, too. If that’s...
Party Time on Aliexpress
So you know how sometimes you did something cool, and then your younger weirdo cousin from China wanted to copy you and do the same thing? No? Just me then... wonder what that little weirdo is up to. Anyway, it would seem as though Amazon had themselves a fun little...
Amazon Prime Day Deals 2023 Day 2
Well folks, it's Day 2 of the Amazon Prime Day sale, your last chance to get on this. They're pretty wild with these shipping times. I already got the stuff I ordered yesterday! The Amazon truck showed up at my door at 5am like he was doing a drug deal, but instead of...
Amazon Prime Day Deals 2023
Well hello ladies and gentlemen, and people named Kyle, and a warm Spooky Season welcome to all of you from us here at Retro Handhelds. Do you believe it is any coincedence, being that Spooky Season is the beginning of the Holiday season, that Amazon has chosen this...
Odin 2 vs. Steam Deck: An Unhinged, Unwarranted, and Unfounded Comparison
I may or may not have had arguments online about it. I may or may not let it live rent free in my head, tearing me apart until I posted cringe online about it. I maaaaaay or maaaay not be too strapped to buy handhelds right now because my financial guy lied to me and...
Vertical Volley: Does the Miyoo Mini+ Stand Tall?
It may be hard to believe this, so sit down when I tell you: you’re getting old. Don’t worry, so am I (unfortunately), but we’re all getting old and time is moving way too quickly. That’s right, we’re closing in on the end of 2023 which means it’s time for...
Zu’s Top 5 NCAA Football Games!
If you’re a basic B like me, when we roll into September, you start thinking about pumpkin spice, spooky decorations, and college football. We’ve been teased with revival talk since the day that the NCAA Football series was discontinued, but until EA Sports can figure...
What Plays It Best? – Pokemon Crystal
Hello again friends, and welcome to the inaugural entry into a new written series presented by Retro Handhelds and written by me, RocketMan. I will be your host, leading you on a journey; a quest if you will, to find the device best suited to play a particular game in...
Deal Alert: A look at Anbernic’s 828 Sale
1 week, 7 days, 168 hours, 10,080 minutes, 604,800 seconds. 604,799… 604,798- I think you get the point. One Week! That’s how long Anbernic is running their 828 sale. All the way through August 27th, and once it’s done, you get to pay full price for everything again!...
Team Retrogue’s ROG Ally Setup Guide
Ahoy hoy! This is Mikhailov from Team Retrogue! If you just purchased an Asus ROG Ally, or are interested in purchasing a ROG Ally, you have come to the right place. This written guide will help you get through the initial setup process so you can jump right into your...
RG353PS Custom Firmware Options
Well this certainly looks familiar, although the last time we saw this design was the first time we had this particular lineup of devices from Anbernic. Much like the 351 series that preceded it, the 353 series has now featured numerous iterations at varying...
Special RH Mother’s Day
Hey there my fellow retro handheld enjoyers, today I'm going to be doing something a little bit different for Mother's Day. Instead of doing a review, or a first look at some upcoming piece of tech, I'm going to be telling you a story about a special person. Who, you...
Retroid Pocket 2+ PCB Upgrade Guide
The future of retro handhelds is here... and there's some assembly required! Well, technically not required, but you'll pardon the clichéd intro. When Moorechip announced they were releasing a new version of their popular Retroid Pocket 2 handheld, the portable...
Happy Choro-Q Day
Choro-Qs are a line of Japanese chibi-style (cutesy hyper deformed) pull back toy cars that have been going strong since 1978. You may remember them as Penny Racers, having a small coin slot in the back: place a coin in and your car does a wheelie! Many Choro-Q video...
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Thanks for stopping by! As always, our Discord is our main presence online, but we're looking to expand further with some device reviews, how-to guides, and other pieces of useful content for the Retro Handhelds community. Stay tuned! Homepage header image graciously...