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Bazzite Turns Everything Into a Steam Deck
I already own a Steam Deck. Two, actually, as I have my original Steam Deck LCD and grabbed the Steam Deck OLED in the beginning of the year. But, that's only part of my handheld collection, as I also own the Lenovo Legion Go and ROG Ally. While regular updates are...
Retro Handhelds Deals of the Week
It is Friday and you may have just gotten that paycheck. Maybe you want to spend some of that money on a new handheld or accessory for your device. We at RH are here to help track down some deals that will help you out! Anbernic's Anniversary Sale Until April 27th,...
The Best Arcade Frontends You Should Try
Let's say you've got yourself a respectable little handheld collection. You've got devices for playing in bed, docked, couch, pantless, you name it. And yet, something lingers. I could emulate MORE you say. So you naturally do what anyone in this hobby usually decides...
Miyoo Mini Plus Button Replacement Guide
The Miyoo Mini and RG35XX have always had great community support for not just custom firmware, but also customizable buttons and skins. When purchasing the Miyoo Mini Plus, I ordered some pastel buttons from Sakura Retro Modding and a front skin to customize my new...
LiquidDivide’s First Retro Handheld
Stay a while and listen, and I shall share with you the beginnings of my journey as a retro handheld enthusiast. My interest in this unique hobby started a few years ago when I began a new job. This job was a good 4-hour car ride away from my home, and I had to leave...
PS5 Remote Play On Steam Deck Doesn’t Actually Suck
PlayStation Portal Who?? Prepared by Joe Sony Bro Copium What's good Xbox Series Xbox Elite S bros, like you (probably) I was confused, stupified, disappointed, and slightly damp when Sony formally announced the suspiciously fake-looking PlayStation Portal. I've seen...
Steam Spring Sale – 5 Games to Try
It's that time of year again when we swear this time we're only going to buy things we will actually play - Steam Sale time! The Steam Spring sale has kicked off, and anyone who has ever kept an eye on the deals trackers knows that it can be difficult not to get...
Should You Even Collect Handhelds?
How many handhelds do you have? 2? 4? 8? Do you think you have a problem and want to cut back? What if, and hear me out, you had 56 handhelds? That’s right, 56 of them. That’s just a full-on collection, right? Today I’m trying to answer the question, is it even worth...
My First Retro Handheld: Nintendo Game Boy
Gaming has been a part of my life since I could remember, starting in a cozy corner of Houston, Texas. Our family's entertainment centerpiece was the iconic NES, a marvel I could only explore when the living room was mine alone. But then came 1989, and all of a sudden...
10 Great Playdate Games to Check Out
The Playdate has officially started shipping to order and has even added more countries to its shipping list. If you are like me, that was the final push you needed to order one for yourself. I wanted to put together a list of great games that I have found so far that...
Raven Rambles: First Handheld Journey
So we're taking the walk down gaming memory lane again. I, of course, outlined a bit of this in my Mother's Day article from last year, so some of this early part will be familiar to some. This is apparently going to be my birthday article, since the day this is going...
Unhinged: The Deal With 35XX Plus/H CFW
"I'm tired of Flashing the 35XX Plus with Garlic OS Grandpa" "Well That's too damn bad!" Prepared by Joe Yield to the Underdogs! Howdy, y'all, this is Moss with Retro Game Crops and I have an a-maiz-ing (or corny) article fresh from the fields of content farming....
Android Handhelds Suck – Here’s Why
Android has taken over the retro handheld scene - and for good reason. It's the most widely used operating system on the planet, and every single ARM chip released in the past decade supports it, a privilege Linux does not share. But while most of us love dearly our...
I Turned My Steam Deck Into a Nintendo DS
A few weeks ago, I was browsing Reddit and came across one of the more exciting posts that I've seen in a while. Someone managed to turn their Steam Deck into a hacked-together, yet modern, 3DS. The idea of doing someone similar never really left my brain, resulting...
Red Viper: A Virtual Boy Emulator for the Nintendo 3DS
Nintendo has always been a company that has tried weird gimmicks with their gaming consoles. The Virtual Boy came out in 1995 with an emphasis on 3D gaming! It was bulky, the games were red, and you had to have your head held just right to see the effects. The Virtual...
GameBoy Color-ish: The Color Clone Catalog
1998. Google was founded, Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time was released, and I still wasn’t a thought to be born. Regardless of these successes, and soon-to-be disappointments, the handheld scene was about to see its next popular child: the Game Boy Color. Positive...
Skull & Co. Jumpgate Dock Review
When Nintendo debuted the Switch in 2017, there was still a lot of hesitation after their misfire with the WiiU. Given the Switch's 100+ million console sales and ubiquity around the world, it's difficult to remember that people were once unsure about whether this...
Can a Nintendo Fan Become a Sega Fan?
I grew up a Nintendo kid. NES, SNES, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance, N64, and GameCube. I never owned a Sega console nor did I know anyone who owned one besides my sister who had a GameGear. I guess I just grew up in a little Nintendo bubble. The rivalry between...
5 Licensed Retro Games That Are Good
Growing up in the '90s/early 2000s, most of my early games were licensed games. Remember when grandma didn't know what you wanted for your birthday, but she knew you liked Nickelodeon? You usually got a licensed game and sometimes they were surprisingly great! Some of...
Game of the X: March 2024
Even though it was a leap year, February went extremely quickly! A new month for GotM is now upon us. The theme this month was Multiple Ending March. The games nominated had to have multiple endings available during your playthrough. The competition was very close and...
My First Retro Handheld: Ban’s Journey
Just like everyone else who’s likely reading this, gaming has been a big part of my life since I was young. Unlike most of you reading this. I wasn’t old enough to really start with an SNES, Genesis, or Atari 2600. The first home console my family had was a...
Retro Arena: An Anbernic RG Arc Custom Firmware
The Anbernic RG Arc is such a strange, yet cool device. Resembling a Sega Saturn controller, it is a little disappointing that some of the performance for Saturn isn’t the best. The hopes of a Custom Firmware arriving to fix that besides GammaOS have been slow and...
The Nintendo DSi: An Appreciation Post
I am a child of the early 2010s, and as pretty much anybody alive at that time would know, everybody owned a DS. Your kids begged you for one, your classmates would sneak in a couple of minutes of Pokemon during class, and your teachers picked them off those...
Retro Gaming’s Hidden Headache: The Frustration of Organizing ROMs
So you just unboxed and set up a brand-new handheld. Probably something like the RG35XX+ or maybe you're waiting for the Anbernic RG556 to show up. Once you've finished arranging everything to your liking, you're ready to transfer ROMs to a microSD card. It seems like...
Practicality of Pocketable Portables
Retro Handhelds are great. One of the biggest selling points is how portable they are. I am always intrigued by that as a person who never takes them anywhere. I just play on the couch while watching tv. Sure, I have taken my Steam Deck to a hotel once or twice and...
Nintendo Handhelds As Subway Subs Pt. 2
by joe Salutations fellow New Nintendo 3DS XL Majora’s Mask Limited Edition Console enjoyers! Thank you to the 1 person who asked for part 2 of this... Thing, for without it Stubbs wouldn’t have thrown me another 100mbs of internet. Instead of using it to ask for...
Celeste 64: A Challenging New Perspective
Celeste is a great game. It was even a joke for a while that anytime someone asked for a hidden gem, it was always Celeste being suggested. Jokes aside, it is because it is one of the best indie games ever released. If you haven’t played it before, I highly suggest...
The Hot Dog Experience: Hyperkin Pixel Art LE Controller
The licensing partnership between pixel art and childhood convenience foods might be a bit of a stretch, but hey, who’s to argue what works.
(Un)Hinged: The Annoyingly Interesting and Dense World of “New” 3DS Screens
Therapy Time. By Joe Preface “So when did this all start?” February 15th, 2015. The North American release date of the Nintendo New 3DS. In The Beginning The New 3DS for me was Nintendo's most welcome and unnecessary upgrade to one of the greatest Handhelds of all...
An In-Depth Android Handheld Setup Guide
Greetings friends and fellow enthusiasts! This is Mikhailov from Team Retrogue, where we like retro games and the devices that bring them to us. In this article, we're diving into the world of Android Handhelds. There are so many great handhelds that run Android as a...