Published on: 2025-04-27 18:00:31
The future of the cheap retro gaming handheld is looking grim, and it couldn’t come at a worse time for gamers looking for a cheap and well executed fix. The upcoming Switch 2 is set to sell for $450, $150 more than the starting price of 2017’s original Switch. The PS5 is going up in price in some regions. Games themselves will cost $70, $80, or even $100. All these price hikes should only help propel the legion of great-feeling, excessively cheap handhelds to even greater stardom. Unfortunately
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-04-28 04:00:31
The future of the cheap retro gaming handheld is looking grim, and it couldn’t come at a worse time for gamers looking for a cheap and well executed fix. The upcoming Switch 2 is set to sell for $450, $150 more than the starting price of 2017’s original Switch. The PS5 is going up in price in some regions. Games themselves will cost $70, $80, or even $100. All these price hikes should only help propel the legion of great-feeling, excessively cheap handhelds to even greater stardom. Unfortunately
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-04-30 05:00:51
Hadlee Simons / Android Authority This year, I had the pleasure of meeting my Android Authority colleagues for the first time at MWC. After a long day at the convention center, Hadlee and I did what any self-respecting nerds do: we hit up some local retro game stores. Granted, with two kids and a mortgage, I was just window shopping. But while Hadlee was off spending his adult money on the best games of yesteryear at World Viceous, I decided to chat with the owner about his thoughts on emulati
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-05-16 02:58:32
Nick Fernandez / Android Authority TL;DR A new executive order removes the de minimis exemption from imports under $800. This will increase the cost of gaming handhelds by at least 30% starting on May 2, 2025. A minimum fee of $25 will apply to cheaper handhelds, increasing to $50 on June 1, 2025. The proliferation of cheap gaming handhelds from the likes of TrimUI and Anbernic may be coming to a close, as a new executive order is set to eliminate the de minimis tax exemption on products und
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-14 02:10:11
TL;DR The ONEXSUGAR 1 is a new gaming handheld with two screens and a unique folding design. The controllers and detachable second screen flip from horizontal to vertical format. One of the first handhelds to feature the Snapdragon G3 Gen 3, it will go up for pre-order in May. Gamers have been spoiled for choice when it comes to retro gaming handhelds, but designs haven’t evolved much beyond the vertical and horizontal form factors of yesteryear. For the most part, devices either look like a
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-07 21:58:24
AYANEO TL;DR The AYANEO Flip has been discontinued before all orders were shipped. The project was successfully funded last year, but order fulfillment has been delayed several times. Backers who didn’t receive their devices can request a refund or another AYANEO product within 30 days. Update, March 1, 2025 (01:58 PM ET): Rumors of the AYANEO Flip’s demise may have been greatly exaggerated. Or, at the very least, fundamentally misconstrued. AYANEO’s got a new update on its Indiegogo page w
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-12 19:38:24
AYANEO TL;DR The AYANEO Flip has been discontinued before all orders were shipped. The project was successfully funded last year, but order fulfillment has been delayed several times. Backers who didn’t receive their devices can request a refund or another AYANEO product within 30 days. Crowdfunding is one of the main ways new retro gaming handhelds are produced, with huge discounts for those willing to take the risk. Those risks don’t always pay off, though, with the latest high-profile can
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-15 08:38:51
AYN TL;DR AYN has partially opened the bootloader for its Odin2 devices to Linux distributions. Batocera and ROCKNIX are already working on optimizations for the popular line of handhelds. Linux support unlocks better emulators, native ports of PC games, and a more console-like experience. When it comes to retro gaming handhelds, you generally have to pick between cheaper Linux handhelds and Android handhelds with scattershot support for emulators. Switching between the two is difficult or i
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