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‼️Get Your Pre-Orders and New Releases!
- Anbernic RG DDS
- 8GB/128GB: $284.99 (Save $15)
- 12GB/256GB: $349.99 (Save $15)
- Miyoo Mini Plus V2: $59.49 w/ code RH15 at GoGameGeek
- ASUS ROG Xbox Ally X20: $1,299 at Best Buy
- AISLPC Pocket AIS: $152.99 w/ code RETROHANDHELDS
🎮 The guts behind the glory
- AYN Odin 3 Portal Officially Announced, and It Looks Almost Identical to the Odin 2 Portal: Leave it to AYN to give us a surprise announcement while the community is still buzzing about dual-screen handhelds. No, we don’t have an AYN Thor 2 on the way or anything, but instead, the AYN Odin 3 Portal has been officially introduced.
- Anbernic Begins Removing Bundled microSD Cards From Its Storefront: It would appear that Anbernic is trying to avoid any legal troubles, following the company being named by the ESA as a “superfake.” At some point after the original story regarding the ESA’s request to the USTR, Anbernic began removing handheld “variants” that include a microSD card.
- Anbernic RG DDS Price and Release Details Leaked Ahead of Pre-orders: Pre-orders for the RG DDS have officially opened, with retail prices starting at $299.99 for the 8GB/128GB version or $364.99 for 12GB/256GB. For a limited time, you can save $15 on either model, and Anbernic expects to begin shipping in December.
More Hardware and Industry News
- XBOX Drops Their Nano Controller and It’s Full-Featured
- Analogue Announces Super Nt+ and Mega Sg+ With Pre-orders Opening October 19
- Miyoo Mini Plus V2 With Its RK3562 Processor Now Available From GoGameGeek
- Anbernic RG DDS First Look Shows Off 3DS, Xbox, and Even PS3 Gameplay
- Bootleg Cards, Big Trouble: ESA Takes Notice of Anbernic
- AISLPC Pocket AIS
- Taki Udon is Working on an FPGBA SP
- krikzz is Working on a "PS1 plug and play ODE"
🕹️ Your gateway to pixel-perfect worlds
- DroidDeck 0.4.0 Comes With a Whole Lot New Under the Hood: The latest release adds GOG, Epic Games, and Amazon Games, multi-controller support, features a "major launcher UI redesign," and much, much more.
- Dual-Booting SteamOS and Android Just Got a Lot Less Annoying: SteamOS ARM Port v1.4 is now available to download, bringing with it the ability to restart your handheld into the Android partition from SteamOS.
- Afterplay Brings Cloud-Synced Retro Gaming to Android and iOS: Although there are plenty of emulators already available to download, Afterplay is the latest app to land on the Google Play Store and Apple App Store.
More Software News
- decomp.dev is Officially Being Sunset Due to AI "slop" and "bad actors"
- Still Hanging Onto your Playdate? Make Sure You Update It Before October 15
- ArmadaOS Drops Their Latest Release With Aurora Store Support and Additional Dual-Screen Support
- SpruceOS v4.5.4 Drops with Some New Handheld Support Incoming
- LaunchBox for Android v1.2.3 Drops With Dual-Screen and RetroAchievements Support
- DroidDeck to gain ES-DE Support in the “next release”
- Epic Releases "Vibe-Coded" Launcher
- OpenABL v1.0
- eOr 3.1
- slot. for Android
Emulation Corner, Custom Core, Ports, and More
Emulation Corner
Custom Core
Ports/Decomps/Recomps
👾 Game of the Month: Spooktober
Game(s) of the Week
RPG of the Quarter (10/1 - 12/31)
✍ Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Write
- GMKtec M7 Ultra: Well Built, Well Performing
- Level Up Your Audio: Hands-On with the Hidizs AP30 Music Boy
- AYANEO Pocket Micro 2 Review: The Ultimate Micro Handheld?
📺 On the YouTubes
RH Partners
💸 Achievement Unlocked: Big Savings
- Lenovo Legion Go 2 Controller
- Left: $58.72 (Save $21.27)
- Right: $58.72 (Save $21.27)
- wisecoco 7-inch Portable Monitor: $113.99 (Save $43)
- Silicon Power Superior Gaming microSD Card (1TB): $166.47 (Save $43.50)
- Samsung P9 microSD Express Card (256GB): $59.99 (Save $20)
- Kaico Edition SummerCart64: $78.84 (Save 10%)
- UPERFECT 18.5-inch 120Hz Portable Monitor: $119.99 (Save $50)
- Miyoo Mini Flip: $67.14 (Save $11.85)
- abxylute M4: $42.49 (Save 15%)
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