You can just tell that ANBERNIC has invested money and time into this handheld, and that’s exactly what you want when you spend $80 on a Chinese handheld. This is the alpha male of the retro handheld world. It has not one but two (Nintendo Switch) analogue sticks and a large 3.5″ display that’s bright, saturated and made of glass. The handheld feels great in the hand and comes in a wide number of different variants. These minor updates from the original RG350 makes this handheld feel incredibly polished. The RG350 was released in October 2019 and received most of its attention for the ability to play PS1 ROMs near perfectly all while having superb build quality.īut now, 9 months later they released this new handheld, with a few minor updates. Coming in at $80 it’s one of the more affordable consoles on our list and it’s certainly worth every single dime. The RG350P is in our best retro handheld for a wide number of reasons. Heck, we would even recommend it to kids because it’s that easy to play on. So, it’s the ultimate handheld to recommend to newcomers into the scene who have no experience with handheld emulators. The firmware doesn’t need updating, the UI is stunning, and all of the buttons are mapped already for each emulator. The RG351P comes with thousands of games pre-loaded straight out of the box. By work we mean, changing the settings to find the best quality gameplay, having to update firmware, and even installing your own ROMs. Some handhelds on this list require lots of work. The main reason the RG351P is ranked so high in our list is due to the pick-up and play factor. The shell is strong, the analogue sticks used are identical to that of the Nintendo Switch, and the bright 3.5″ IPS display is gorgeous. We say average because we start to see a dip in performance when we play large N64 games like GoldenEye etc.ĪNBERNIC are known for their build quality. The RG351P was released in October 2020 and can power everything up to your average N64 game. It’s the newer version of the RG350P, which you will see is 3rd in our list.

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