As another year brings us Amazon’s Black Friday in July, the RH deal gnomes have been hard at work scouring the depths for the best Prime Day deals on handhelds, accessories, and various doodads that we, the tinkering folk, enjoy. So come show your appreciation for our deal-digging friends and see if there’s something that you can’t live without on this celebration of consumerism.
Prime Day Deals on Handhelds/Consoles
We should preface this by saying that many of these devices are available for less through international marketplace vendors like AliExpress, but we understand that there are people out there who don’t necessarily feel like dealing with some of the headaches that can go along with navigating some less than reputable sellers (lightbulbs anyone?). Prime Day gives us some good prices with short shipping times and a hassle-free return policy.
- Anbernic RG28XX – $47.99
- Powkiddy RGB30 – $79.19
- Lenovo Legion Go – $598.99
- ASUS ROG Ally (Z1) – $399.99
- MSI Claw – $599
- Pimax Portal – $329.00
- Anbernic RG405M – $151.99
- Razer Edge – $249.99
- RG353VS – $86.39
- Miyoo Mini Plus – $69.99
- Anbernic RG35XX SP – $71.99
- Anbernic RG Nano – $47.99
- Anbernic RG405V – $147.99
- Powkiddy RGB10 Max3 – $71.99
- R40S PRO – $63.99
- Anbernic RG351V – $61.19
- Anbernic RG35XX H – $71.19
- MagicX XU10 – $55.99
- Powkiddy X55 – $127.99
- Miyoo A30 – $55.99
Kinhank
If you follow our YouTube channel at all, then you may be familiar with this company from Zu’s hilarious hard drive reviews. As far as I’m concerned if Amazon so chooses to sell these devices on the largest retail platform on earth, then it’s sure ok for you and I to be enjoying them. Any moral quandaries aside, these are some genuinely well-made and curated collections that have come a long way since their earlier devices, and the drives are all plug-and-play for PC.
- Kinhank Super Console X5 PRO – $271.99
- Kinhank 500G Portable External Game Drive – $37.49
- Kinhank Super Console X3 Pro – $89.99
- Kinhank Super Console X Cube – $55.99
- Kinhank 12TB External Drive – $231.99
Prime Day Deals on Storage
One need that absolutely goes hand-in-hand with the Retro Handhelds hobby is storage. The SD cards that come packed in and preloaded from manufacturers are not of a quality that you’d ever want to depend on, and bootleg cards are infecting vulnerable retail outlets. Avoid any headaches and look into deals with trusted manufacturers.
- SanDisk 1.5TB microSD Card – $83.59
- Silicon Power 1TB Superior microSD Card – $61.59
- Patriot LX 128GB microSD (5-pack) – $29.99
- Silicon Power 2TB NVMe (M.2 2230) – $124.09
- SanDisk 1TB Legend of Zelda microSD Card – $94.99
- Samsung PRO Plus 512GB microSD Card – $39.99
- PNY 64GB Premier-X microSD Card 5-pack – $24.99
- Crucial P3 Plus 4TB NVMe SSD – $209.99
- Lexar PLAY 1TB microSD Card – $67.88
Prime Day Deals on Controllers
I’ve been writing a series on budget controllers lately, and we haven’t quite made it far along enough to get to the good stuff, but needless to say there are a few choices available today that I would have no problem recommending. Amazon’s own Luna controllers make a great Bluetooth option that works great outside the intended ecosystem, and 8bitdo and Gamesir have consistently exceeded my expectations in the price category to become my favorite controllers in a collection of many.
- NYXI Hyperion Pro Wireless Controller – $52.79
- 8BitDo Ultimate Controller – $39.99
- Amazon Luna Controller – $39.99
- GameSir T4 Pro Controller – $27.99
If you’re not ready to take the plunge with a retro handheld, maybe you can check out some great phone/tablet controller options to transform powerful hardware you might already own into an emulation powerhouse. In his March review, our writer Andrew wrote that the X2S was a “practically perfect” phone controller option, and after having purchased one myself after his review, I’m inclined to agree.
- GameSir X2s Type-C Gaming Controller – $35.99
- GameSir G8 Galileo – $62.99
- CRKD Nitro Deck – $39.99
- NexiGo Hall Effect Gripcon – $54.99
- Backbone One (2nd Gen) – $69.99
- Razer Kishi V2 Pro – $79.99
- Razer Kishi V2 – $59.99
- 8BitDo N30 Wireless Mouse – $23.99
- CRKD NEO S – $39.99
- 8BitDo Retro Arcade Fight Stick – $71.99
- Rii SNES Retro USB Controller (2-pack) – $7.99
- NYXI Warrior Bluetooth Controller – $55.19
- GuliKit KK3 Pro – $47.99
Prime Day Deals on Accessories
All those little PC bits and bobs that go along with all the things that we enjoy here at RH. Might you need a card reader for that new 1.5TB SD card you picked up to transfer Roms? Or maybe a retro-inspired Commodore 64 Bluetooth keyboard to tell us how much you enjoy the channel and website in our Discord Server?
- 8BitDo Retro Mechanical Keyboard – C64 Edition – $87.99
- UGREEN USB 3.0 Splitter
- UGREEN Revodok Hub
- Divoom Ditoo Retro Pixel Art Bluetooth Speaker – $79.90
- GeeekPi Nes4Pi Raspberry Pi 4 Case – $16.79
- Amazon Fire TV Stick Xbox Game Pass Bundle – $78.90
- 8-Port Desktop Charging Station – $29.99
- RLSOCO Hard Case for ASUS ROG Ally X / ROG Ally – $15.19
This page may contain affiliate links, by purchasing something through a link, Retro Handhelds may earn a small commission on the sale at no additional cost to you.
* We will continue to update this article throughout Prime Day as new deals continue to come in, so make sure to keep checking back right here at RH!