- Buy a Miyoo Mini+ - Buy a new Micro SD card - Spend hours downloading ROMs, BIOS and custom firmware - Spend more hours formatting your SD card and setting up your Miyoo Mini+ just the way you want it - Play Pokémon Yellow - Realise you could've done all this on your phone in the time it takes to download an app
The death of the 3DS and PS Vita was the saddest thing for those who just wanted button gaming on the go. Mobile is clearly terrible for tactile feedback gaming and drains your battery for important communication and work purposes. Modern solutions like the Steam deck and PC equivalents are never going to be fully suitable for portability designed around home PC gaming. Even the Switch is bulky and expensive to risk using on the go with tiny physical cartridges. Love seeing these devices that harken back to the gloriously portable yet affordable days of the GameBoy.
But the point of the SuperPocket or Evercade is not to compete with those cheap emulation devices. It's about bringing back physical game collecting to new audiences with licensed retro games running on emulators specifically optimized to the hardware
@@sonang7721 What exactly makes them cheaper than this? At least from this video, it look like it's of lower build quality than something like the Miyoo Mini, and both my RG351P and my Retroid Pocket Flip are clearly better built and can play every retro game I've ever owned (including DOS games). Most of those "cheap" handhelds have community developed operating systems with every setting needed to get games from every era running great, community creaated how-to guides for every little tweak and websites and Discord servers for the devoted emulation community to share ideas and experiences. How is it better for collectors to get ripped off by a sub par device that gives them a handful of crappy games instead of their entire collection and a community to share it in?
@@nordyxthe cartridges are just glorified SD cards with a dozen-or-so roms on them. Might as well get a handheld with built in memory, or an sd card, that holds all your roms.
@@n8ivegogo1Considering Android has a 70% marketshare worldwide most people do. Apple's niche of ripping people off with insane prices isn't something most people fall for.
Can rom's be side-loaded onto it? or is it limited to the 12 or so games that it ships with + the expansion carts? If this can't be loaded with additional games, how is it more compelling than the many Anbernic offerings that are out there? Sure, it's a neat form factor and cool licensed color scheme, but is that it?
This will be available from toy stores and has cartridges. It's aimed at a much more casual market that either doesn't want to or doesn't know how to download roms.
Main benefit: All games for it are officially licensed. Anbernic is likely breaking the law by preloading retro games on their devices since they don't say that they're licensed.
4:35 So why does he sound 45 years old, yet he didn't even play 90s coin ops? What? How old is he then. Shouldn't someone who actually PLAYED these games be reviewing this? Hardly a retro "Expert" is he.
Way too expensive(in comparision what else you can get for same price) and way too small for what it is. Its only kids who could comfortable play on it - but it isnt made for them, as they woulndt appreciate retro games in most cases. So its a product that isnt going to satisfy anyone irl.
Well, there are a lot of retro gaming devices like miyoo mini that you can even insert games up to psx with expandable sd card with less price than that
@@bdarknessgui No, you don’t bc games like Tapeworm, Flea, Donut Dodo, Alwa’s Awakening, etc. are DRM protected and have versions only for for official game platforms (Steam, Nintendo, Evercade, etc.) unlike the DRM free and pirate versions of old games that abound around the web and we play through emulators. . . unless you’re the hacker type who wants to break these independent developers.
Well the rumoured conversation behind closed doors is that Sony and Microsoft might be moving to ARM instead of x86. If true you're going to have basically every game being able to run on everything.
@@Rishu-br6tw it won't be current-gen, we would be talking like 4-5 years from now. Currently in the world most devices use ARM based CPU's, the biggest Advantage is the high performance versus low power consumption.
@@Rishu-br6twIt's more a future thing. For instance gamepass becomes even more impressive if let's say you can play the same game across Xbox, PC, Android, and iOS. If the Xbox runs on arm architecture you can port it to mobile platforms much easier than today. The chips are already pretty powerful GPU wise. Concessions would be made but they will run.
Works Full Void (2:24) with stretch vertical image or has it a zoom in function? Want buy the game and the Super Pocket, but dont want the black borders. So maybe evercade exp is a better choice.
This is definitely an advert, even if they didn't come out and say it. A video advertorial. This thing doesn't even have 6 buttons and doesn't run MAME...
Meanwhile, here in Asia, we have much more variety of handhelds to choose from that can even play PS3 games, with touch screens and can be connected to any monitor!
Meanwhile in asia, we pirate 🏴☠️ every single damn thing. The games in cartridges here are legally licensed, so there’s a difference. Sony wouldn’t allow a ps3 title running on emulator outside of their hardware.
Yes he sounds exactly like Thunderfoot, but that's not him. It's some guy who didn't even play coin ops in the 1990s, let alone 80s. Being a Retro "Expert"
Nah, if you want a "classic Library" there's infinitely better choices for $60 and way better choices if you go slightly higher in price. This is just like those $20 plug and play Pac-Man controllers they used to sell at Walmart.
AND it plays Evercade carts?
Sold
Come for the pre-loaded stuff, stay for the RUclips videos within the first week telling you how to sideload every game ever.
@@codeonion Or Anbernic RG35XX
Evercade has been pretty successful in preventing people from cracking it. If you want a Miyoo Mini you can buy a Miyoo Mini.
@@KeenRetroGames because it's average at best, no one cares to crack evercade when you have Anbernic and others
@@miloszivkovic6256shut up
Eh generally people buy these products for the physical cartridge thing.
For emulation there's way cheaper and better options
It’s interesting how comfort doesn’t appear to be a concern at all when designing most handheld devices.
The name says it all brotha
Wouldve costed more
They already have a larger horizontal one.
But yeah it does look like the reviewer is struggling with the vertical orientation.
Imagine a slider like in games
left portability - right comfort
can't get both🙂
Someone probably will make a 3D printed grip
Imagine if Nintendo did a Mini Gameboy, like the Mini NES and SNES they did a few years ago….
Why would it need to be mini? It's already small
@@davidandrew7314 mini compared to the original Game Boy. In terms of size, maybe Gameboy Pocket size.
a Miyoo mini is pretty much that
Never heard of Gameboy Micro?
I’ll keep this in my glovebox and play it on my work break or at the DMV.
get a rd35xx or miyoo mini plus , way better
Just buy a RG35XX or Miyoo Mini 😂
fax
Amen to that
- Buy a Miyoo Mini+
- Buy a new Micro SD card
- Spend hours downloading ROMs, BIOS and custom firmware
- Spend more hours formatting your SD card and setting up your Miyoo Mini+ just the way you want it
- Play Pokémon Yellow
- Realise you could've done all this on your phone in the time it takes to download an app
@@danc3933some people prefer physical button.
Full Voids first official physical release is on a cartridge! 😱 im back in the 90s again... nostalgia heaven
Is that the same “full void” that’s on the Steam store?
@@HairyBottom if you are talking about the sci fi point and click adventure game then yes.
Why is Puzzle Bobble there? It's not mentioned in the official games list for Taito version.
The death of the 3DS and PS Vita was the saddest thing for those who just wanted button gaming on the go. Mobile is clearly terrible for tactile feedback gaming and drains your battery for important communication and work purposes. Modern solutions like the Steam deck and PC equivalents are never going to be fully suitable for portability designed around home PC gaming. Even the Switch is bulky and expensive to risk using on the go with tiny physical cartridges. Love seeing these devices that harken back to the gloriously portable yet affordable days of the GameBoy.
Look forward to playing Indie Heroes 3 on these.
Taito is 17 games not 18 right? On the official site see nothing about Puzzle Bobble
Just get a Anbernic. Same price but Like 20 systems and thousands of games
Get a Miyoo Mini Plus, then. Better material, better dpad and has wifi.
@@JS2123-m9xso does the RG353PS, and unlike the Miyoo Minis Plus, it can emulate Dreamcast, PSP. Or get a 405 and emulate up to PS2 and GameCube.
@@JS2123-m9xAnbernic 353v is better than the Miyoo mini.
Just get a Steam Deck
@@kilik5713That's a completely different price range and not portable at all.
Just got a miyoo mini + 2 days ago. I’ll stick with that.
Yeah, I’ll enjoy my rg35xx with 256gb of retro games on it. This is cool but it’s not close.
@@Dxydrm not at all compared to anbernic or miyoo…for the same price.
My question is how were they allowed to use the evercade cartridges.
Hyper Mega Tech belongs to Blaze, the makers of Evercade. It’s the same company.
Guess IGN can't talk about Anbernic and Miyoo and PowKiddy, etc...etc....
Because they rely on illegal stuff
Sounds like a well thought out product. Tats cool.
This is not even the only choice. There are a bunch of mobile retro gaming handhelds in the market. Anbernic and Powkiddy to name a few.
...did you come to spoil the party?
This is not aimed at thise users
@@8BitPastayes they did. They always do.
This is so much behind the Chinese handhelds from Retroid or Anbernic
But the point of the SuperPocket or Evercade is not to compete with those cheap emulation devices. It's about bringing back physical game collecting to new audiences with licensed retro games running on emulators specifically optimized to the hardware
@@sonang7721 What exactly makes them cheaper than this? At least from this video, it look like it's of lower build quality than something like the Miyoo Mini, and both my RG351P and my Retroid Pocket Flip are clearly better built and can play every retro game I've ever owned (including DOS games). Most of those "cheap" handhelds have community developed operating systems with every setting needed to get games from every era running great, community creaated how-to guides for every little tweak and websites and Discord servers for the devoted emulation community to share ideas and experiences. How is it better for collectors to get ripped off by a sub par device that gives them a handful of crappy games instead of their entire collection and a community to share it in?
Throwing some handheld names (better)
TrimUI Smart, Miyoo Mini Plus, Anbernic RG35XX..
miyoo mini plus on top
But can it run CRYSIS?
IGN: Not available on mobile
Literally every Android phone: ???????
😂same here android hold my roms ready
But who actually WANTS a Android 💀💀
@n8ivegogo1 80% of the smartphone market?
Sucker for powkiddy v90 clamshell design. And price point! OMG. But this looks cool too.
So it's basically like a miyoo mini but a lot worse
Old handhelds work too. Just finish one game at a time
What about the iphone 15 max pro for $1800?🤔
Great review. Do you know if arcade cheat codes work for games like Bubble Bobble (ie to use the cheat code Power up)?
“Smaller and lighter than a classic gameboy” dude I’m not sure if you ever had a classic gameboy but they were neither small nor light…
Wheres the discrepancy?
Puzzle bubble?
Yeaaaaaah I’m just gonna stick to my Retroid Flip
1:20 "smaller and lighter then a classic gameboy"
Wasn't everything smaller and lighter than that?
Cant wait for the mod community to make it sideloadable
this thing could become a great emulation machine to jailbreak more games on it
Meh, something like the Miyoo Mini+ or Anbernic rg35xx look like a much better buy. The only advantage are the cartridges.
@@nordyxthe cartridges are just glorified SD cards with a dozen-or-so roms on them. Might as well get a handheld with built in memory, or an sd card, that holds all your roms.
2:24 can anyone tell me, what game is this? looks interesting to me
Full void
Miyoo mini entered the room, laughed and left
Literally play all of these (and far more) on my Android phone, with a Backbone controller. Can emulate everything up to Switch on Android.
More importantly, can you play vita games?
That’s cool & all… but who wants a Android 💀💀
@@n8ivegogo1andriods have the best phones on the market right now lol.
@@psplayer1344Vita emulation is not great in general
@@n8ivegogo1Considering Android has a 70% marketshare worldwide most people do. Apple's niche of ripping people off with insane prices isn't something most people fall for.
Look at the light bleed on his Taito model 😬
Can rom's be side-loaded onto it? or is it limited to the 12 or so games that it ships with + the expansion carts? If this can't be loaded with additional games, how is it more compelling than the many Anbernic offerings that are out there? Sure, it's a neat form factor and cool licensed color scheme, but is that it?
it's for people who collect such things and people who don't bother with video games.
You buy Evercade cartridges and plug them in the cartridge slot.
The appeal is the physical cartridges and that they are licensed
This will be available from toy stores and has cartridges. It's aimed at a much more casual market that either doesn't want to or doesn't know how to download roms.
Main benefit: All games for it are officially licensed. Anbernic is likely breaking the law by preloading retro games on their devices since they don't say that they're licensed.
Great device,i'll pick miyoo mini and rg35xx
So how long until your hands cramp 10 seconds, no way that's comfortable
No turbo fire for 1942?
if they have mvc2, I'll buy it
get an anbernic or retroid. these devices are ages behind 😂
4:35 So why does he sound 45 years old, yet he didn't even play 90s coin ops? What? How old is he then. Shouldn't someone who actually PLAYED these games be reviewing this? Hardly a retro "Expert" is he.
Way too expensive(in comparision what else you can get for same price) and way too small for what it is. Its only kids who could comfortable play on it - but it isnt made for them, as they woulndt appreciate retro games in most cases. So its a product that isnt going to satisfy anyone irl.
Look for the r35s instead
Well, there are a lot of retro gaming devices like miyoo mini that you can even insert games up to psx with expandable sd card with less price than that
Yes, but you don’t have access to new indie retro games with those, plus having curated collections makes you play, not just collect.
If they can't be jail broken or games added via USB they're a waste of money. Just buy a gaming handheld
@@WxkR of course you have access its literally android or linux. This is just a bad product for the technology we have nowdays.
@@bdarknessgui No, you don’t bc games like Tapeworm, Flea, Donut Dodo, Alwa’s Awakening, etc. are DRM protected and have versions only for for official game platforms (Steam, Nintendo, Evercade, etc.) unlike the DRM free and pirate versions of old games that abound around the web and we play through emulators. . . unless you’re the hacker type who wants to break these independent developers.
Just compare with a miyoo mini
Anbernic rg35xx could play any games from gba to ps1, 55 usd only 😅
And you can even get them cheaper during flash sales and with coupons.
Id be interested only if someone was making new games for this platform.
There is. You can play the evercade cartridges on it. And there a developers which develope new Games for evercade.
Well the rumoured conversation behind closed doors is that Sony and Microsoft might be moving to ARM instead of x86. If true you're going to have basically every game being able to run on everything.
Can you please explain this in layman terms?
How will moving to ARM will make current gen run on mobile phones?
@@Rishu-br6tw it won't be current-gen, we would be talking like 4-5 years from now. Currently in the world most devices use ARM based CPU's, the biggest Advantage is the high performance versus low power consumption.
@@Rishu-br6twIt's more a future thing. For instance gamepass becomes even more impressive if let's say you can play the same game across Xbox, PC, Android, and iOS. If the Xbox runs on arm architecture you can port it to mobile platforms much easier than today. The chips are already pretty powerful GPU wise. Concessions would be made but they will run.
Being limited to a few games from only 2 publishers does not scratch any itch
It plays evercade games too
Works Full Void (2:24) with stretch vertical image or has it a zoom in function? Want buy the game and the Super Pocket, but dont want the black borders. So maybe evercade exp is a better choice.
😮
Is the rechargeable battery replaceable once it doesn't charge?(like a mobile)...
Anyone ever heard of Miyoo Mini Plus?
me with my miyoo mini plus laughing at this video lmao
💯
They should have make it bigger for people who have bigger hands like me...
please do share us your experience when you have played that 2 hours long
Perfect stocking stuffer gift 🎁 🎄
Why not put a Ferrari in there while you're at it lol...
“Who didn’t grow up playing coin ops of the 80’s and 90’s.”
How old is the person reviewing this?
Hard to justify this when Anbernic and others provide a better value
Why get this when you can get the miyoo with better screen, controls and thousands of games
The screen looks pretty low res.
This is definitely an advert, even if they didn't come out and say it.
A video advertorial. This thing doesn't even have 6 buttons and doesn't run MAME...
Meanwhile, here in Asia, we have much more variety of handhelds to choose from that can even play PS3 games, with touch screens and can be connected to any monitor!
Meanwhile in asia, we pirate 🏴☠️ every single damn thing. The games in cartridges here are legally licensed, so there’s a difference. Sony wouldn’t allow a ps3 title running on emulator outside of their hardware.
As a fellow south east asian, any recommendations?
don't lie no handheld can emulate PS3 unless it has steam deck level performance costing 400$ +
We can import them to the west and many are on Amazon, up to PS2 level. Also the handheld PC systems can be imported from China.
Ah yes, the very distinct location of Asia.
Seems like a waste of money, take my money.
Go for the Miyoo Mini Plus or Anbernic RG35X. Better game selection and more comfortable shoulder buttons🤟
Ehhhh. Miyoo mini plus or v2 is only 70 usd. That's hard to beat.
This is legal though.
Screen too small!!!!
needs a Nintendosega cartridge!
Okey,i think we're on to something here
The buttons
Hows the ergonomics? Holding a switch without a grip case isnt easy so hows this being tiny
A pleasure to hold and the buttons are fantastic
What is thunderfoot doing here?
Yes he sounds exactly like Thunderfoot, but that's not him. It's some guy who didn't even play coin ops in the 1990s, let alone 80s. Being a Retro "Expert"
Wow looks like that knockoff handled sega genesis with the terrible auto compressed
Go for a beautiful R36S
Im looking for something similar that can be play emulated OR acrual gameboy pokemon cartridges for my son.
Any advice people could offer? Thanks.
Analogue Pocket the best at the moment
Anbernic via Ali express. Done.
Ever heard of Miyoo mini or anbernic RG35xx. HALF THE PRICE! DOUBLE THE POWER!
I'll stick with the Miyoo Mini Plus
Lool so gameboy not gonna say something about this?? Must have a hand in it. My first handheld was gameboy pocket (pokemon red) loved that thing🛎️🛎️🛎️
Seems pointless. Taito just needs to put Puzzle Bobble 1 & 2 officially on phones
Anbernic is the king of retro handheld, this unit looks rubbish compare to anbernic models.
Lmk when Pokémon Yellow comes out in it 😅
Interesting potential with JB
but why???? we can get all the roms on our smartphone for free....u must have a console, anbernic has better hardware and features...
Apple (Jobs) once said that they are not interested in the gaming industry, yet here we are
Ever sd compatible?
Ambernic
So you can’t play against other players?
My Miyoo mini + is on the way
way too small...hard hard to see.
Nah, if you want a "classic Library" there's infinitely better choices for $60 and way better choices if you go slightly higher in price. This is just like those $20 plug and play Pac-Man controllers they used to sell at Walmart.
It's sad that no-one asks for budget handheld for PS3
Instead retro games😢
You can find a ps3 for $60. That's pretty budget. Otherwise a handheld that plays ps3 would be at least $500
Steam deck
These need to be jail broken
Or create a Rom Cart
This display is bleeding...
My miyo mini plus is superior to this so with that as a complete fact, the question about the existence of this product is….why???
Just buy an Anbernic RG35XX, you can play all consoles up until the PS1, its comfy, it has a beautiful screen and its only 50 bucks.
Don't Look Up!
What was the game at 2:24?
full void
This feels like the kinda stuff u enjoy for a week then collects dust in your drawer. Pass
Yeh, which would make sense if it were a 15 dollar Walmart toy... Not this expensive scam
One word: ANBERNIC
two words: GO HOME
Two words: BUY BOTH