So this retro handheld review might have been my favorite so far. I have such an obsession with design language (be it gaming or all the way to architecture), and seeing something as unique and different as this rotating touch screen on a retro handheld? It won me over without a second’s hesitation
This handheld is a nicely squished cube with rounded corners, has a touch screen, obviously flips up to be a gaming handheld you can (comfortably) play PlayStation/PSP and even some few GameCube/PS2 games. Although you’d have to be crazy to buy this for GCN/PS2. They’re just a happy bonus (really, this is NOT a PS2 machine)
Playing music or streaming music is a blast, as are audiobooks. I’ve had the most fun playing GBA and PS games on here, but if you’re interested in my review, you can check it out here:
https://gardinerbryant.com/hands-on-with-the-anbernic-rg-rotate/
Or, you can just ask me what you’d like to know if you’d prefer to not! I love this damn thing. If I could wear it on a belt loop, I promise you I would be doing that like it is the olden days of phones!
Aww. It’s cute.
Yeah, Retro Game Corps has a great, in-depth video on this if anyone is interested. Good quality, good controls, good screen, good gimmick.
The dealbreaker for me is the legendarily awful combination of shitty, delayed bluetooth, a back-facing speaker, and no headphone jack. The most reasonable way to actually hear your games is by adding an awkward and easily losable dongle, which is not acceptable imo, especially because then you have no way to charge while you play.
Other than the unforgivable audio choices here, it looks like a really great and sleek little device.
If the dongle you need is USB-C, I’ve got one for my phone that let’s you charge at the same time, and it’s pretty low profile. Not ideal, but an option.
I would love to have one as a Pico-8 playing device !
A bummer that it doesn’t have a jack, the speaker is on the back and there is a sharp thing over the shoulder button. Also, deleyed bluetooth…
Very strange this doesn’t have a 3.5mm jack. That’s one of the main reasons I daily carry a handheld (psp) these days. It’s as valuable to me as a mp3 player as it is a gaming device.
“Or, you can just ask me what you’d like to know if you’d prefer to not! I love this damn thing. If I could wear it on a belt loop, I promise you I would be doing that like it is the olden days of phones!”
…just a heads-up, it is night here in Aus and I’m off to sleep. But, if there are any questions, I’ll reply in the morning! Damn timezone differences -____-
A GameBoy Advance SP is still worthy of being a daily carry. Rock solid hardware with a huge library of timeless games.
That this thing is effectively the exact same dimensions using current tech makes it the first dedicated handheld I’ve considered getting since the DS Lite.
still use mine almost daily. thing is built like a damn brick house too, rock solid. Metroid and Final Fantasy Tactics Advance are my go tos.
Very evocative of the 2010 Motorola Flipout I still have in a drawer. Looks very fun.
Is that slot on the back a speaker? Is that the only speaker?
Yes, and yes. Plus, the bluetooth has a really bad delay, and there’s no headphone jack.
Could Bluetooth issues be resolved via firmware or is it the radio itself?
I love the form factor. It looks like a perfect little device to carry in my handbag.
That perspective makes it look like a TV, lol
Ridiculous design, gimme foldable like the GBA SP (a design that actually protects the screen) or a non-foldable PSP form-factor, but that gadget shit is pathetic and does nothing a phone can’t already do. Stop being pigeons, stop giving gaming a bad name. Think, gamer, think.
Okay, that does look fun.
I don’t know a lot about modern tech but I suppose that the usb port might support headphones, at least I have a phone that does so when I tried it exactly once.
I’ll keep this thing in mind for sure.
I didn’t know I wanted PS2 emulation until I saw here that it is a thing that exists effortlessly enough these days so I might look into that more first… but I also didn’t know that I might want a something fun like this one in particular.
