I’ve had literally 30 different models of retro handhelds over the last four years, Anbernic, Retroid, Powkiddy, etc, and then I got my Steam Deck. Despite the size, I find myself playing on it more than any of the others that I still have, and I’ve started selling a few as a result. There’s just no compromises, I can run whatever games or shaders or enhancements or whatever I can think of, even Switch emulation works amazingly well. Even if I want a fancy Emulation Station interface like the cheaper Linux based handhelds, I can use Retrobat for that(I’m a Windows user).

And then I can turn around and spend two hours faffing about in a modern game like Teardown… even if emulation is your main jam, don’t underestimate the allure of PC gaming in your hands.

I mostly bought anything I had from Android since I haven’t touched my Retroid Pocket 3+ since I got my Steam Deck. Figured I can sell that thing and recoup the cost of replacing its games.

Bro I grew up playing single-digit-fps 3D games and loved it.

I was walking uphill 15 miles the entire time too!

It depends, if I know I’m not gonna use it for a bit I’ll close everything to the desktop (I use Windows), but if I’m in the middle of a game and plan to come right back to it, I’ll leave it running.

Omg do it fresh, never ever just move a boot drive to another machine unless it’s nearly identical hardware, otherwise Windows is gonna throw an absolute fit, and even after you fix everything, it’ll always feel “dirty”, trust me.

Sure, just pop out the SD with them, pop in the new one, reinstall them, and then they should show up no matter which SD card is inserted.