Best Handhelds that AREN’T the Steam Deck
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 พ.ค. 2024
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Chapter Titles
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0:00 What to get instead of the Steam Deck
0:45 The Playdate
2:00 Playdate Included Games
3:05 When can you get it?
3:53 Aya Neo Next
4:47 How does it compare to Steam Deck?
5:49 The Analog Pocket
6:56 Analog Pocket Price
8:12 Ambernic RG552
8:50 Specs/Review
9:30 It can run Linux???
10:30 Rip in Peace…
11:00 Final Thoughts
11:54 What do you think? - วิทยาศาสตร์และเทคโนโลยี
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just buy a game boy color
Buy me one then 😎, I’ll mail you a 5€ bill out of Europe.
what a troll
yes
Hey Austin, this is guys
Remember the Hyperkin "Ultra" Game Boy from CES 2018....
The Ayn Odin is worth the extra money over the Anbernic rg552. The Retroid Pocket 2+ is probably the best $100 handheld that I've tried. The Anbernic 503 seems promising but I'm waiting for custom firmware before I rank it in my collection.
I've heard good things about both but the Odin sounds like an absolute beast and for the money you're getting a way better product.
I agree the Ayn Odin is worth the extra money, I also believe that you can get the Odin Lite which is 197 $ and can be better than the steam deck if you already have a gaming pc because then you can just stream your games to the Odin Lite
I love my Aya Odin. The size and weight feels perfect in my hands. I use it every day while my Nintendo Switch mostly sits on my shelf gathering dust.
@@bmlsayshi yeah. I have to force myself to alternate between them.
Or get a cheap phone and phone controller
I reluctantly bought a Steam Deck at about $100 over msrp. Still better than Ebay prices ($900-$1300)
How
How dude I’m about to pull the trigger on an eBay one. Only if I can finance it though but still
@Drick because its $900-1300 on ebay, and he's going through ebay
I've gone back to using my GBA SP and Nintendo DSi for portable gaming. Thought about getting a 3DS because I never got one and never played Pokemon Gen 6 or 7 or the Gen 3 remakes, but the cost any of the used Nintendo handhelds are basically still selling at MSRP.
If I'm travelling, I prefer having a laptop because I prefer having the full Windows desktop experience, and I rarely game where I don't have access to an outlet.
Instead of paying 250$ on ambernik, I would rather buy a nice controller, good wired/wireless earphones and just run retroarch on my phone.
Facts
Or literally any cheap prepaid phone at this point pretty much. I mean depending on what exactly you're trying to emulate.
Yeah, Ambernic have lost their way in this department. They make great $100 machines for all your snes and mega drive emulation, but these machines that they charge more than double for hardly do more than their cheaper machines.
For the Ambernic, try reseating the battery cable if you haven't yet. I have the 351 and I have had to do that a few times
I love the Analogue Pocket design but the price tag and the expected shipping date is just way to far out BUTT I really want to see something come out of the Hyperkin "Ultra" Game boy that we saw back in 2018 which was the talk of CES...
Tell me about it I was there when the pre-orders went up and I still somehow got pushed I believe to the end of this year at best. I'm still looking forward to it but it really bummed me out.
all these handhelds and you still aint wanna hold mine 🥺👉👈
😂
I personally just use my mini pc (fits in my palm) with a 13" Touchscreen and attach my 3060ti with an eGPU like the "EXP GDC" or "ADT-Link". I suggest this setup for anyone who already has a laptop or mini Pc and a dedicated Graphics Card, all you need to buy is the eGPU. Make sure your laptop is compatible before buying anything. I heard that Chromebooks are working with this method now but research ur model.
The Ayn Odin is far better than the RG552 at basically the same price. It will take a little while to get one right now, though.
I think it's cool seeing Austin in just chill podcast homie mode
Gaming by streetlight while in the car is a thing I totally forgot about. Oh how far we have come
I'm always amazed just how prevalent that memory is for people.
I definitely remember doing that and it was prevalent all the way through to the SP because the original GBA wasn't backlit either.
First thing I got for my GB was a worm light. Worm lights were 100% necessary.
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Those got me through some hard times. They were certainly not the best but they were 100% the best option you could find at the time and they worked off the power of the GBA itself which was awesome. It was actually the most brilliant thing I think they could have come up with cheap, simple, effective.
And now screens are so brights they’re almost blinding in the dark lol
Or the RGB thumb sticks on the RIG ally that I need to keep off so I can actually see the game lol
I really like Austin's hoodie!!! Where did he get it?
@Austin Evans I NEED that hoodie!!! Where can I find it??
It wasnt only me. I still enjoy my gameboy. Especially my sp. Good upgrade
hi austin i am from your channel. you should do a broke vs pro xbox gaming setup.
I have been using the Anbernic 350 for my retro gaming needs!
For Matt F - check out Ayn Odin it does it all better than the Anbernic
That is what I've heard yes.
Same price too. (Roughly)
I don't mind waiting like 5ish months for my steam deck but I do mind paying almost double.
You forgot to add the Funkey S keychain, i love this thing sm
I don't understand why the GPD Win 3 keeps getting the short end of the stick. I'm not having any issues with mine. I did have some stick and shoulder button issues, but that was me not being careful and letting it fall on a hardwood floor. Runs up to PS3/Switch/360 well. Yes, it's $1,000, but that's only because GPD being a smaller company, they can't take the hit like Valve can, keeping in mind Valve also has a storefront. The price isn't that much different from most decent laptops.
Theres reasons not to recommend the Win 3 anymore and rather wait for a Steamdeck or Aya Neo Slide if you need a keyboard.
GPDs service is bad and theyre slow with responses, the keyboard is bad and too sensitive, it feels cramped in your hands without the grip, the fan is noisy even when its doing simple tasks, Intel iGPU drivers are wonky and slow with updates, battery life is meh, but thats mostly due to the intel chip not being as efficient as AMD.
I have one but I would never ever get one again nor recommend one.
@@NexXxus86 Valid points, but me being content with it and having my own use cases for it, I have no reasons to look for a replacement right now. I always say to only buy the Win 3 if you're willing to work on your own repairs and be ready to troubleshoot if need be. At its best, I have no complaints, but it's definitely better suited for the techy who isn't afraid to get his or her hands dirty. Speaking of, good thermal paste can really quiet the thing down a bit if it gets noisy. I generally carry a portable battery with me anyway. Yes, GPU drivers are definitely wonky, but they're definitely making improvements and games are running better for me than when I first got it.
That said, though, I would recommend the average non techy go for the Steam Deck 100%, but I wouldn't recommend to go even for devices like the Aya Neo since those go into more enthusiast levels of cost. The average person would probably opt to just carry a Switch with them to compliment a Steam Deck anyway. More and more PS3 and Xbox 360 games are also finding their way to the Switch as time goes on, so there's that too.
Sorry for the long comment, but I just wanted to balance it out as best I could. 😅
1:38 90's road trip memory reactivated
It's crazy because that was prevalent all the way through to the SP basically. The original GBA was notoriously not backlit either.
And no one outside of Japan got that special version of the original game boy Pocket.
Yo where does Austin get that hoodie from? 👀
i REALLY wish you guys would have waited to do this vid until the Aya Neo 2 :/ It's gonna be around the same price but will have an AMD APU with Zen 4 and rDNA 2 (i might be wrong and it could be zen 3)
Freaking awesome to play RPGs on the steam deck. Been replaying AC black flag, currently playing odessey
Try to get the miyoo mini at $ 60. Is more than enough to get started in both handhelds and retro gaming
AUSTIN..... where did you get that hoodie
Analogue has full emulation now. It's perfection.
I am enjoying the heck out of my RG351MP from Ambernic. It is the last generation of the Ambernics so it only plays up to PS1. But since I got it mainly to play retro games and not the latest games for the current generation, I am just fine with that.
What annoys me is there's no level of consistency with how the games run. Some PS1 games run great while others run like crap. I mean I guess that's just how things are with these devices but it's still super annoying.
@@JohnDoe-wq5eu hey, have you tried using custom firmware. It can squeeze out a little bit of extra performance
@@JohnDoe-wq5eu I don’t have that issue with mine. All my PS1 games run fine (unless there is a bios issue), only had minor issues with Jumping Flash 2 having flickering and Doom’s lighting is a little off, but not game braking. And one of the menu screens on stage Racer flickers, but rest of the game is fine.
What I find odd that Doom runs great (the lighting issues are minor), just the opacity in the light layer is odd, while Doom on SNES on the same machine runs even worse than on real hardware. Also picodrive barely runs 32X games. It shouldn’t be an issue.
The device isn’t perfect, but it plays enough games to keep me occupied
See I don't get that level of device. You can buy a ps vita for about the same price, it does all the retro systems just as well, along with perfect ps1 psp and vita games.
It takes a bit more work to set up, but ultimately it's a much better choice in a similar price range. If you want a retro device go for something like the odin. Powerful enough to play those psp and ps1 games, but also do n64 gamecube and ps2. It let's you play a bunch of stuff a ps vita won't, but the two together can play basically anything before the ps3
The Steam deck is by far the superior experience and peerless in this space. As hard it is for me to admit after waiting so long for it and not being initially a fan.... it's incredible...
I had an RG552 for a while. Replaced the Linux OS on it. But that 2.5ghz wifi, along with the placement of the analog sticks and shoulder buttons, and the poor battery...and the lack of bluetooth. Yeah...there's a lot of room for improvement. Not worth the $250 I paid for mine.
where did austin get the hoodie, if anyone knows can they send a link pls or point me to the right direction
Retroid pocket 2 plus?
Gotta update this for the RG505 and Retroid Pocket 3+.
Also Steamdecks are easy to get now.
Biggest issue is the Wifi and Valve playing dumb about offline mode.
But since I mostly use it for non steam stuff anyways that's only mildly annoying.
You forgot to link the video at 8:22, not in the description nor pinned on the comment section
Should review cheap cell phones as emulator devices and for gaming.
There's a TH-cam channel that does that. Pretty much at this point a $50 or less prepaid phone can do everything these Chinese emulation machines can with the exception of have physical controls though you can kinda solve that too.
Etaprime might cover that?
@@JohnDoe-wq5eu which channel dude? Do they cover settings for specific emulators, and or games?
@@rohitsonar103 ETA Prime and Taki Udon both do a lot of hardware testing.
take a look at the powkiddy v90 for a real nice budget emulator
October update. Steam deck is now available to buy. Same with the dock. Shipping might take longer since many orders will come up but you can buy now
Love u guys
The playdate looks cool. The whole ' They sold through all of their 1st day supply.' killed my interest. I figured by then I'll have my Steam Deck.
A good device to hold you over until you get a steam deck, could be the FunKey S. It is in stock. The FunKey S is about 70 USD.
😂😂😂😂😂 dad said I can’t see anything!! 🤣🤣to funny absolutely love my steam deck
aya neo also is stick drift proof do to electromagnetic joysticks
in the beginning Austin looks like a PNG put with a bad chroma
Did it at least turn back on?
If I order an Analogue Pocket or Steam Deck right now, which one would ship first?
Ooh now that's a good question.
I would say you'd be lucky to get either of them this year and more likely sometime early next year at the soonest.
Well, the price of the windows thing made me laugh. Which is about as much entertainment as I am getting out of that.
I have a Vita and a Switch and will get a Steam Deck eventually. And a Nintendo DS lite
I didn’t understand a word, just love the voices
I was hoping this was one of those videos where they have to defend random tech like netbooks from 2008 against the Steam Deck.
Also F in the chat for Matt's Ambernic
Best handheld is a DS Lite with copies of Advance Wars, Mario Kart Super Circuit and Golden Sun. Or a GBA with a backlit screen mod. Thanks for coming to my TED talk.
The analogue pocket can now play roms from an sd card thanks to the open FPGA gb-gbc and gba core
Weird that you guys didn't mention the odin
Hot take the aya neo is the updated version of those epic 7" laptops that used to get imported from japan.
I think I missed that trend.
But yeah it wouldn't surprise me especially at that price.
I love how I can tell approximately when this was filmed based on the color of Kinsey’s nails
I think the Neo should run Windows in tablet mode from the get go.
Why would you recommend the Anbernic when you’ve got an Ayn Odin in the studio?
That is the correct question.
Austin Evans I am disappoint.
I just got my Steam Deck email two days ago and it already says its arriving tomorrow.
Or buy an extra switch lite and homebrew it or a vita or a 2dsxl or a psp. And that's the problem with these people making these handhelds is that you can buy current licensed handhelds or older ones for all for less money homebrew it and have everything these handhelds have. Aside from the mini laptop one. But retro handheld gamers don't care about the windows thing so it's not even on the mind of someone looking for these things. So your best off buying one of the 4 or 5 I mentioned and homebrewing it then you'll know you have good buttons and a d pad too.
Nothing beats the good ol sonic mcdonald's happy meal lcd games
If the rg552 was as powerful as the odin pro I'd actually prefer it. It looks smaller than the odin.
I just was thinking in this, it sucks I can not buy a steam deck because there is no to buy…
NO SHOT, Its THE PLAY DATE!
Date while you play 😉
This list is not great. Obviously there are some unique devices, but the main retro handhelds for emulation and Android gaming are Miyoo Mini, RG351v, retroid Pocket 2+, and AYN Odin Pro/Lite. That range covers $60-350 depending on what you want to play and what form factor you prefer.
There's always waiting for a Steam Deck with a Switch Lite to tie you over...
I'm waiting for a SteamDeck Pro cause 1st gen stuff usually have caveats
Damn, I was interested in the play date till I heard that price.
Don’t go anbernic either get ayn Odin or retroid pocket 2+
l do hear amazing things about the Odin.
Whaaaaaaaaaaattttttt, No Odin Pro? I just died here.
If you can find anything from GPD used at a decent price, it's worth it.
How about a comparison between a Wish emulator, and a jail broken PSP
Bruh I really can’t wait to get that vavle email. I’m might just buy an ayanneo or onexplayer
windows isn't too bad on the steam deck now with dual boot. Definitely have to know what you're doing but you get the best of both worlds with windows and steam OS. Oh yeah its 1000 dollars cheaper than aya neo products.
Who is buying that for $1,500?! (I'm including tax shipping etc)
I feel like they threw that one in just for giggles. I mean they even say it's weaker than the deck for gaming which is the only reason anyone would buy that thing anyway.
playdate made in malaysia
but can not i can get one in malaysia
Two things, firstly that's why I don't want to buy one of those Ambernics because exactly what happened there. And secondly this constantly reminds me what I really want is just a stronger better switch because that would be absolute perfection.
I really don't want to buy something that I know either can't be fixed or sent back or in some way dealt with besides like these Chinese emulation handhelds basically forced to either do open part surgery on them to try to get them working or simply give up and chuck them in a pile.
You don’t pay more than $100 for these emulating machines. I have the Ambernic and it works fine. But it’s just the small RG280M. Plays pretty much anything up to PS1. And that’s all you need for a little handheld that size.
For anything else a smartphone with a controller peripheral is the better value.
I have the RG351P. Minor annoyances that I encounter:
- flashing custom firmware because stock firmware isn’t optimized (pretty easy to do tbh)
- no built-in wifi
- weird shoulder buttons placement
- no fast charging
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Yep. I do think anything over a $100 too much for something that can just poop out and die. I definitely think in general a cheap smartphone is the better choice. I mean it's all about choice. More choices the better but some are easier than others.
@@haziqshams
Fast charging would be nice but I never expect it. But yeah the firmware and especially the Wi-Fi (or lack thereof I should say) is a bit ridiculous. I feel like these things should be set up for ease of ease and the games that it comes with should all work flawlessly. (within reason obviously) So often these things are just pumped out with little consideration and effort.
So Steam Deck
i would be willing to bet that the steam deck is not sold at a loss but not much of a profit atall as long as pays for its self the store purchases cover the profit part im pretty sure
Seems as if Austin needs to change his channel name to, AustinSmellTips
Why are you saying gigahert Matt? The hertz is named after the German physicist Heinrich Hertz (1857-1894) ref: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hertz#History
Austin Evans makes me want to smell every product I buy that I see off this channel just to smell what he smells
What do all the items in this video have in common? Either they are hard to get (but easier than a Steam Deck) and or they cost too much.
And all I'm constantly reminded is all I really want is a switch with the power of a steam deck. Best of both worlds.
Even if we got a Switch that ran Android 11, 12, or 13, I'd be happy, as long as the price isn't too high.
My steam deck is so fucking close I can smell the ups truck, comon Monday
God still waiting for my steam deck it's killing me
Steam deck is definitely worth it. Between the cost and all you get, steam is the best of the whole bunch
Imagine paying for Windows ...
No ayn odin?
Right?!
Austin Evans I am disappoint.
And we know they have one too come on.
This channel has escalated to my top 3 favorites, beating Linus, Austin Evans, tech quickie, gameranx, and many others that I sub too. YT Premium Member (hate ads and like playing videos with audio only).
Thanks for the consistently entertaining content!
I swear none of my friends are excited or care about handheld gaming. We are happy with our Xboxes and PlayStations
Wtf is Austin’s face at 9:32?
clockwork gameshell
Steam deck might be no way to ship to Hong Kong in any future...
10:07 someone burped or something IDK but i know the sound
The ROG Ally is the aya neo for the everyman
That's created the fact that you had the still waiting and I got mine I think it's been a month now or two you know what I don't even remember because most of the time I just play after get home from work so yeah I'm enjoying it I had 264 GB the upgraded it to a512 is not the SSD version it's who is SSD but it's not a SSD as in it's the reason why it's speed is not the SSD read and write speed it's the other version so basically you can get the biki the MP or the B&M key and that's what I have a both so the read and write speeds are locked too I think you was fingers 505000 not sure but it's great I'm having a blast well I got my have actually got something dis powerful before I thought my my real me 85 you was powerful but this is it a whole never ballpark
Those emulators are a bit quirky
If you're talking about the Ambernic
I think you mean they tend to break for no reason. Which is by far my biggest fear with stuff like that.
Steam Deck really is untouchable in this space. It is honestly kind of scary how all these other devices have just been made pointless by it. It is crazy. I got 2 Steam Decks coming and I'd rather save all this money, wait and buy both.
The Neo next. That is the only thing on this list that replace a steam deck. The rest are just not the best choices in emulation. an overpriced GameBoy and an underwhelming RG552. The Odin pro is miles ahead of the RG552.
I have had my steam deck for 2 months now
ILL TRADE YOU MY 256 STEAM DECK FOR THAT PLAYDATE LETS DO IT ASAP!!!! 😁
4:47 perfect for school