Well, I’m sure most know by now that I’ve been reviewing handhelds for a good while. Anbernic sent over the 12GB/256GB ‘RG 477V’ handheld they released (this stands for ‘Retro Gaming’ - 4.7" Vertical and the other 7 denotes their higher tier set inside), which runs Android 14, for me to review. And…well, I did so.

It’s a much bigger handheld, and a vertical (the kind I have the least experience using), which was newish to me.

This is capable of upscaling PS2 games around 5x, playing full PC games via GameHub Lite (but…not all games, they’ll have to be lil fellows), and even some Switch games. Its a very powerful handheld. I went into it not expecting to love it, but…yeah I got won over.

In the end (since I finished my review), it’s just been playing original Game Boy games. The solid, thunky d-pad makes playing all the ollllllld games just so satisfying.

As ever, you can find the link to my full review here, if you’re curious about it. In this one I also asked Gamma to share his experiences in making GammaOS for this (he is a developer who creates a curated Android OS based on LineageOS for these handhelds), which was fun.

Or, as I always do, just…ask me something here about it, if you’re curious but don’t want to read a long review!

  • tuckerm@feddit.onlineEnglish
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    9 hours ago

    I have a couple of questions, one about this device and one for anyone just in general:

    1. For Android games, does this have the actual Google play store? Or do you need to use the Aurora store? And if so, do you use a throwaway account because Google might decide that they aren’t OK with that someday?
    2. This is available with 8 GB or 12 GB of memory. I’ve never played PS2 games on one of these handhelds before – would 8 GB be fine for that?
    • PerfectDark@lemmy.worldOPMEnglish
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      9 hours ago
      1. Yes, this is Google Play certified, so it has the full Google Play Store to access. But, if you’d prefer some anonymity, feel free to install Aurora!

      I don’t typically bother with a throwaway account. MFC makes any risk well and truly mitigated, but I also don’t use Google, so if the worst of the worst did happen, I wouldn’t be sad. You can do either, but I and most reviewers I know don’t bother with a dummy account!

      1. Yes the 8GB will be well and truly fine to run PS2 games! Think of the 12 as essential for PC games (via GameHub Lite), it just gives you the headroom to make that an easier experience. You’ll be able to play and upscale PS2 perfectly fine with the 8GB version.

      :)