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Need emulation device suggestions

I wanna get a low end emulator for my younger sis. All I nwwd is up to GBA, enough for some pokemon and Mario games, maybe Kirby too.

I'm fine with pre loaded ROMs and those shitty "(insert number) in one" type devices

Budget is as cheap as possible.

What can I get?

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  • !sbcgaming@retrolemmy.com and !sbcgaming@lemmy.ml are communities that would be great for this kind of thing.

    YouTuber RetroGamesCorp is pretty popular in the community and he's got a video with his favorite devices of 2023 that has a section for budget handhelds. He recommends the R36S. It will get you up to PSX smoothly.

    In may of last year people were talking about a device called the DataFrog SF2000 which was incredibly cheap at $25. It has screen tearing and slow down for GBA games. I haven't heard anything about it in a while so I don't know if a custom firmware was ever released to fix some of these issues.

    One other thing you might want to look into is picking up something like a DS Lite and flashcart because at that point you can play all NES, GBA, and DS games.

    I would 100% steer clear of any of those 100 in 1 devices. Most of the time they are limited to NES games. Once you are tired of the few games they can play it's basically E-waste. At least with these other devices you can add games.

    • Oh. I thought the datafrog could run GBA :c

      I'm not looking for anything good cos I have a retroid pocket 4 pro on the way. Just was considering somsthting for my lil sis

      • I remember I used to have one of those 400 in own famiclones it kidna sucked. But my sis liked it lol.

        Hmm, maybe I should get a powkiddy thing

        • I think it depends on how long you think she'd actually use it. If it's for a couple months you could go for something like the Powkiddy V90 (the device people call a GBA SP clone) but if she's not shutting it off properly it can corrupt the SD card. You could still get the Datafrog and it might be good enough especially for Pokemon.

          Anything is better than those 100 in 1 devices.

          • Yea, she's probably corrupt it in minutes, that or fond a way to break it.

            Also of I got a v90 I'd wind up keeping it.

            Datafrog or just an app on her phone seems like the best idea

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