Now moving onto slightly bigger consoles I tested Nintendo 64. Again, this is a fairly easy console to emulate nowadays. I then tested Playstation 1, and like the Mega Drive it worked incredibly well, featuring nice quality shoulder buttons and the helpful use of a joystick. This is another console I found myself going to alot. My first ever home console was the SEGA Mega Drive and again this works flawlessly, and because of the 4:3 display the game sits perfectly inside of the screen with bright saturated colours and nostalgic music coming from the speakers below. This is actually the console I go to most on the device, funnily enough. Obviously a $150 handheld will be able to emulate this but I just wanted to mention how good the best Gameboy Advance games looks on here, especially with the horizontal form factor and the metal shell, as if it’s a modded Gameboy Advance on steroids. RG353M Performanceįirst up is one of my favourite consoles, the Gameboy Advance. However, this can play some Android games so take that into consideration when choosing your operating system. The RG353M can run Android and or Linux, the Android OS is a little cumbersome to use with the tiny 3.5” touch screen, especially when typing, so I found myself using the linux OS because it’s just so easy to use and comes pre-setup straight out of the box. So on paper it’s very similar to some of ANBERNIC’s recent releases such as the RG353P and RG353V just in a much more premium, comfortable form factor. Heck, we even tried driving over it with a car, and unfortunately that was its limit… so… don’t drive over it? RG353M Specifications The metal shell gives it that premium form factor, and like our other metal handheld reviews, this thing can take an absolute beating, day to day scratches and drops won’t be an issue for the RG353M, heck we even tried running over it with a car and it survived This is the perfect sized portable retro handheld in a horizontal form factor. This small size reduction makes it far more portable, and the removal of the bezels make it that little bit more immersive. Yes, it’s slightly more compact and those with very large hands might feel a bit cramped while playing, but I had no problems at all. This new size, new weight and added exterior tech pumps make this feel like a far more polished handheld, and I didn’t think my favourite handheld could get even better, but ANBERNIC have really nailed it here. This headphone jack jack should have been positioned at the bottom in my opinion but hey, it’s not the end of the world. They’re well position, incredibly responsive and curve around the corners allowing for a good amount of touch points.īetween them you’ll find a new function button which is welcome, this jumps you straight into the emulator settings to quickly access save states and more, you then have your DC in, HDMI out, on the go storage port and a headphone jack. The shoulder buttons are nice, and as much as i prefer stacked shoulder buttons it would remove the pocket friendly nature of the device. On top of the device you will find newly designed shoulder buttons, and this is because the device is considerably thinner than the previous model, so notable in fact that it feels like a whole new handheld and the reduction in size means reduction in weight, coming in at just 232g which is fairly light for a metal device. I know many of you like these on the face of the device but I do not, and the outdated white text doesn’t help the minimal metal aesthetic in my opinion. The start and select are in the same position. These are recessed into the shell allowing you to transport the handheld in your pocket with it getting snagged. It’s something I didn’t know it needed until I actually felt them. It’s a much welcome change, and they do genuinely feel a lot better. Another major upgrade is the new analogue sticks, they have now added hall joysticks meaning they use magnets to read the input allowing for more precise feedback and less physical parts which prolongs the life span.
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