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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[-] LaGG_3@hexbear.net 7 points 5 months ago

If you have the patience to mess with emulators on the computer, this is maybe a step or two towards the slightly fussy to configure side.

These things are pretty popular, so you should be able to find a bunch of guides specific to the model(s) you are interested in. When I got one ages ago, I like this person's site: https://retrogamecorps.com/

People joke about spending more time configuring and organizing game libraries than actually playing games, which is true to an extent, but once you get things set up it becomes pretty easy to pick up and play.

[-] tombruzzo@hexbear.net 7 points 5 months ago

Russ from Retro Game Corps has been an absolute gem for this community. I totally second looking up his stuff. He probably has a very detailed setup guide for whatever handheld you get

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