Picking up a retroid for emulation (hexbear.net)

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Anyone used one of these before? I've heard really good things. Mostly looking to emulate PS1, dreamcast, n64, and PS2 and from what I've read the retroid 4 does a solid job with all of them.

My main question is: how easy is it to get up and going with emulation on a dedicated handheld? I've done some really light emulation in the past, but only on pc and that was years ago.

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[-] AFineWayToDie@hexbear.net 6 points 6 months ago

I have a Retroid Pocket 2. It was a great purchase (about 100 USD or so). But it took a bit of effort to get it running, and I'm sure I still haven't used it to its fullest potential.

I'd still highly recommend it, but if you're hoping for a Game Boy style "play it right out of the box" experience, you might be let down. I had to do a bit of research.

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