Ayaneo Pocket Micro

[muted rampart]

but if this is pocketable then the portability pro will probably outweigh the battery life con for most. as long as it isn't dying in like, 20mins or something crazy.

for those who want stupid long battery life and don't care much for form factor this console won't be for them

not bad

for ayaneo

🤭

[somber cape]

when does the early bird price end though

[muted rampart]

when the igg ends

[somber cape]

oh good

Also 6gb is more than enough for g99, strange that theres a 8gb model but thats just ayaneo

[muted rampart]

i really only want the 8 RAM for the 256 ROM

128 is good enough for emulation with the micro sd slot

but i also play a fair bit of android games so i will want more internal storage

bc games are getting bigger as more pc games get ported

warframe/terraria being big ones for me

[devout stump]

I get that I just don't see playing crazy big games on a 3:2

[muted rampart]

combat master isn't that crazy or high stakes

[gray shore]

The biggest I could think of playing on here is Titan Quest

[muted rampart]

oh that would be good too

does that have an android native port?

xcom 2 would also be good on this

[gray shore]

yeah and all the expansions are there too

[muted rampart]

i might finally beat the game for once lol

i need the EU to get back on their gambling laws in games so they can curb the interest big game devs have in just shovelling gacha/gambling games on to mobile.

then at least two other big nations to follow suit. D:<

[gray shore]

China banned it from games so that might help reduce it

A rare China W

[muted rampart]

tru 🤭

[muted rampart]

update: i didn't find anything about china banning it, i found that the philippines appear to have recently banned a lot of chinese gambling companies from doing business in the country and that china offered praise for that decision.(which seems strange but wtvr) the only thing i could actually find when looking this up seemed to be that china is looking at making better gambling laws to address it.)

just don't want to give them credit when i can't find evidence that they've actually done anything. c:

also this

i like this form factor

bc those phones are very uncomfortable to use as phones, but if they had a controller built into that same frame i think that would be much more comfy

like, the Nothing Phone is about the same exact size as the iPhone Pro and i find it way too large as as phone

the saving grace as a phone is how thin it is

[somber cape]

strange how the pocket micro is as wide as the newest iphone, yet alot thinner in length that something like the rp2s

(its not the newest iphone whoops)

[tall gazelle]

Before anyone says anything about the size. Remember that this thing is the smallest handheld that AYANEO has made.

So to them, it might as well be Micro in comparison to the Kun.

[somber cape]

its width is a bit wide but the height is very low, so pretty small

[tall gazelle]

Yes, I’m just pointing out the possible logic they’re using.

[muted rampart]

they also said in the promotional material that the gba micro which inspired it is a cramped system to play, which is not wrong.

so to make it larger than that but call it micro still makes sense

gonna be smaller than a RP4 which imo is the closest competition in terms of size

ignore my messy ass desk

but it's slightly smaller than the iphone pro / nothing phone frames

so to have something smaller than an RP4 with similar performance and metal body (so likely more durable than an RP4). not bad imo.

i'd argue micro isn't that far off for what it is

at least with regards to what most ppl here consider to be "too small"

[tall gazelle]

Except for the battery life. That even I can admit is less than I’d like. I’m planning on opening mine first chance I get, just to see if a bigger battery would be possible to fit, since I’m legitimately wondering if a bigger battery could fit in there, or if the way they designed its internals really wouldn’t work with anything bigger.

[muted rampart]

2600 is the same as the iphone se battery iirc

which is a smol phone

actually with a case it's ever so slightly smaller than the nothing phone. but also seems smaller than the micro so a bigger battery might be possible.

tbf tho the iphone batteries are so slim compared to what is available to most manufacturers

se is only 2k 🫨

[tall gazelle]

Yeah, that’s what I was thinking of.

[lean vapor]

https://youtu.be/yI1lWusN1Bc?si=b8z2ELekcV4dOZeo

[gray pewter]

My order finally got confirmed 😮‍💨

Russ will be getting a review unit too. Keeping my eye out for that one

[cyan stone]

Can't watch it now. Any battery life testing in the video?

[elder trench]

he said 2-3 hours with ps2 emulation

[muted rampart]

tbh. more than i expected

[gray pewter]

That’s pretty good

[mortal silo]

i was not expecting the teeth rip on the plastic wrap lol

gba 50% brightness and power saving is 6.5 hours

android/streets of rage on balanced mode is 4 hours

kind of amusing but the reviewer mirrors a lot of sentiment here about price/performance ratio and mentions you need to value the premium features for it to be worth it

also kind of random, but i didn't realize there was a fingerprint sensor on this device lol

[gray pewter]

Did they test the standby battery life?

[mortal silo]

not in this video, he mentions not wanting to re-review ayaneo android features from other vids so it may be from there

so it looks like power saving TDP is 1.5w ~6 hours, balanced is 2-3w or ~4 hours, and performance is 4w ~3 hours

something annoying though is apparently it only charges at about 14w

[lean vapor]

Still looks like quite a substantial unit. Thick and long. But not very tall. 🤦‍♂️ just realised what i said

Not as micro as i was expecting

Be interested to see it next to a retroid pocket

[versed obsidian]

big black c||onsole||

[true cipher]

Why is that annoying?

That's more than most devices

[mortal silo]

it's better than a lot of linux and low end android devices but i was hoping they wouldn't skimp on something this basic for the price

not expecting full 100w pd, but it would be nice to hit 25+

[true cipher]

More is always better, but I don't think 14w is skimping, especially when it's better than most if not all devices of a similar battery capacity.

[sour fox]

love this pic

[mortal silo]

this thing is many times the price of all devices with a similar battery capacity, you would hope that means it would charge faster then the slowest implementation of fast charge available

[gray pewter]

Yeah there’s not a lot of reasons it should have a 2600mah battery to begin with. Comparing it to the other 2600-3300mah devices isn’t right imo

It should’ve had a 3300+ battery imo

[hot turtle]

Confirmed pocketable lmao

[muted rampart]

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it is smaller than a RP

easily

it will def be pocketable as much as an iphone pro is

maybe a bit less bc it's got the sticks

[lean vapor]

Cheers. Missed that. Yeah looks a tad smaller. 🧐 touch decisions. Evo is calling me

[muted rampart]

might be just as thicc tho that remains to be seen

i will say for me. i like this form factor better than an RP4

as someone who takes my devices around a lot

[lean vapor]

https://tenor.com/view/worriedface-gif-22186488

[muted rampart]

if you want portability, go for this, if you want performance, get the retroid. it's not really a tough decision from where i'm sitting.

i place good design and portability slightly above raw performance. but ik a lot of ppl here are the opposite.

[mortal silo]

i would say most people don't really even focus on raw performance, rather performance per value.

[sour fox]

#1183786409157472417

[gray pewter]

That’s a big stick

[lean vapor]

Its not even about performance 😅 im still waiting for a device like this size of 35xx H. But that may be a while off still

[gray pewter]

351p?

[lean vapor]

405m was pretty cool. Hopefully they will do a 406

[gray pewter]

I want a 351p with no sticks and minUI

And not 3326

[sour fox]

buy a 35xx H and remove the sticks.

[gray pewter]

I want 3:2

[sour fox]

You can do the same with a 351p just no minUI

[muted rampart]

that's fair. and i think you are correct.

[gray pewter]

Yea I’ve considered it. Think I may cancel this micro order lol

[sour fox]

Why? sticks too big?

[gray pewter]

Sticks too big, not a fan of the battery still, device overall is becoming less outstanding to me. I’m gonna wait for RGC or eta to talk about it first

[sour fox]

I would keep the order until then. If you're on the fence. Battery will be fine with android deep sleep. I think.

[muted rampart]

what if russ says it's the best thing since sliced bread (he won't)

[gray pewter]

I have a feeling Russ will say just get the SP lmaooo

I’m mostly curious about the comfort and controls. I’ll hold onto it until then

In the Chinese review the abxy sounded a little clicky, no idea how much of that is from the mic

[sour fox]

I don't watch Russ stuff anymore. I think it's been two years. His style just isn't for me.

[mortal silo]

orly, who do you tend to prefer for reviews?

[gray pewter]

I’m really looking forward to Zu’s opinions but I think it’ll be too late to refund by then 😂

So I know Russ and ETA will get review units, which is why I mentioned them. Maybe phawx?

[mortal silo]

i think almost all the major reviewers are a bit too subjective for me, but russ at least subjectively seems to like similar features so he tends to be my go to reviewer

[true cipher]

It's not really so much price as it is physics.

As for the difference in price to those devices it's metal with a much better screen and a much better SOC (and better charging too).

[muted rampart]

tech dweeb or @shadow magnet for me

[sour fox]

I am also his tenth sub. When Russ started.

[mortal silo]

i mean, you can literally go and browse phones with the g99 and sub 4k batteries, almost all the mid range phones will have 25-45w charging

[sour fox]

TD character is too annoying for me. I like the dad vibes of Zu. Nothing too serious.

I think Taki is still the best for reviews. He made the modle everyone else copy and pasted with their own style/

[gray pewter]

Zu is straight to the point with some jokes and up to date info

[muted rampart]

as long as it charges faster than it discharges while playing and doesn't overheat im gucci.

[true cipher]

Unsure why the distinction on the SOC in particular when the key aspects are battery size and actually physical size.

The only similar phone I know is the Jelly Star with 2000mh and 10w charging. Hell my Z Fold 4 tops out at 25w.

But listen it's fine, you aren't satisfied with 14w and you personally consider it skimping. And that's okay.

[gray pewter]

I mean it’s just a roundabout way of saying they skimped on the battery in general lol

[mortal silo]

SOC's like snapdragon can use proprietary charging standards like QC. and this thing is the same size as a lot of smartphones, physical size of the handheld is not a limitation

[true cipher]

I don't agree they did though. They probably got the biggest battery they could fit in it. Now could they have eschewed active cooling and saved some space for more battery? Possibly yeah.

[gray pewter]

Right- I guess because my mindset was that this is primarily for gba for me- the fans would not have played a part in my decision making lol

[true cipher]

Yeah I feel like the fan probably wasn't necessary.

[gray pewter]

I’m still looking forward to what other people have to say about it.. my initial hype has just kind of died down 😆

Since Magicx got their hands on the same 3:2 iPhone screen, I suppose another company could repurpose it for a more true gba micro experience lol

[true cipher]

I'm fine with 6 hours of GBA though

And 2-3 PS2 if I'm really pushing it

[muted rampart]

or 2-6 android?

that's fine w me

[tall gazelle]

True, but don’t worry about your device’s sticks, since it’s not the size that matters.

[muted rampart]

size matters

🤭

[mortal silo]

now i want full sized arcade sticks on this lol

[muted rampart]

i got small hands and even i don't want tiny sticks on this thing.

like the gamesir sticks would probably fit but i don't enjoy using those

at least not without the included extra grippers that make the top a bit wider

didn't they show the micro has removable sticks during the livestream?

you can just, pull em off and replace em from what it looked like

[mortal silo]

0.0 i didn't actually watch the livestream. that's actually sweet

[muted rampart]

yeah arthur just grabbed one and pulled it off

my mandarin isn't good enough to know what he was saying tho

so idk if that's a retail feature or not

[mortal silo]

that's actually huge. means i can probaly 3d print flush stick sliders

[muted rampart]

i don't even like the slider on my n3dsxl

🤭

[mortal silo]

they're not ideal, but i think they're a pretty good compromise to slim down the profile of this thing while maintaining stick functionality

[versed obsidian]

either way my pocket knife will get it done

[lean vapor]

Just cancelled mine, think i will just rather go all in on the evo (Upgrade for my GCloud). Understand 2 different types of devices. But this doesn’t seem as micro as i was expecting. Hopefully we will get a new 405m at some point. Realise 405m isnt that much smaller. I think thats more what i am after.

But still excited for people who have been wanting this 👍 look forward to seeing content on it

[muted rampart]

funny how many times you gotta qualify the decision not to get one in anticipation of ppl who would argue each of those things you mentioned. 🤭

totally fair and reasonable though.

if you like 405m better then probably better to wait for a 505m(that doesn't exist right?)

anbernic naming schemes could use improvement

[versed obsidian]

there were rumors of rg406 with 960x720 screen. all gone now 😭

[still ermine]

I think I'm with you on this one. I'm not enough of a GBA fanatic to devote a device at this price point to it. Like, I think it's really cool and nice hardware - just doesn't fill a role in what I need.

[gray pewter]

I’m a gba fanatic and there’s too many misses on this for me to be super obsessed with it

[mortal silo]

are there any android devices that are smaller than this one? i know the rp2s and 353m are about the same width but taller. anything significantly smaller?

[gray pewter]

No

[muted rampart]

phones

pretty sure the zenfone is smaller than

idk if a backbone would make it too big tho. 👀

[gentle leaf]

I really want to like this thing because it looks nice and premium, especially for that nice 3:2 display. But the sticks being tall and not recessed, the sharp corners and small battery already kind of irk me. Also wish this was a brighter screen, 400 nits is just okay for out in the sun play.

[mortal silo]

this is technically true....

[muted rampart]

yeah i wasn't being sarcastic or anything. that was genuinely all i could think of.

[mortal silo]

haha no worries. i set myself up for that even if it was sarcasm.

was just trying to think small android devices since I have a very specific use case i'm looking for, and it was kind of interesting the micro might be the best fit for it

[muted rampart]

😇 💛

and yeah i want smol, goes in a little bag, i play mostly gba/psp/mobile games with a bit of pc/gamecube. so this device kinda seems like a good fit for my EDC

[tall gazelle]

Wait, were people planning on keeping the sticks?

[mortal silo]

i was most likely going to keep them. arcade games, tate mode, non-platforming games

[tall gazelle]

I thought people were gonna do warcrimes (removing sticks from a horizontal handheld) to them, like with the RGB30?

[mortal silo]

oh my, that's kind of hidious

[tall gazelle]

They were mainly made for the 20SX (with one being made for the A30, which is at least a tiny bit more understandable), but apparently some people’s hatred for switch sticks led them down very dark paths.

[fresh vigil]

What other handheld have 3:2 screen?

[tall gazelle]

The Touch One from MagicX is gonna have the screen be in Vertical layout explicitly for vertical arcade games/shmups/DS.

[mortal silo]

yea i get that. but if you're gonna go through the effort to 3d print something. at least finish the surface so it blends with the rest of the shell. can see the texture even in the low res pic lol

the magicx rep was talking about they might use landscape orientation an option as well. design renders supposedly tomorrow. so there's a chance it may be another good 3:2 gba machine in the 60-80 range

[fresh vigil]

Oh dang! Is it gonna be vertical? Was it that hard to make it horizontal?

[tall gazelle]

No you misunderstood. The screen is gonna be in vertical layout (portrait mode would probably be a better description).

[fresh vigil]

Oh c:

silly me c:

[tall gazelle]

The handheld itself is essentially Horizontal, although they might be debating adding a D-Pad underneath the face buttons so that people can essentially use it as a vertical handheld with a 3:2 screen, by basically just rotating the device.

[fresh vigil]

Are you talking about the magic x product slate in the rumor mill?

[tall gazelle]

Yeah, Sean’s actually posted an early model the designers were messing with.

[lean vapor]

Yeah when i think about it, i have many cheaper devices that do good gba. I think buying the micro was more a impulse buy than anything else for me. So when i stopped and thought about it. It really doesn’t meet my specific needs. So i will save money and put towards evo. As i have been wanting an upgraded g cloud for like forever.

But i understand this will be perfect device for most people. So still happy for them 🤗

[gray pewter]

How I feel!

[odd raft]

the way I see it, the micro just doesn't do enough to be super enticing

GBA integer scaling is cool, but not super critical at a 3.5" screen

it's not compact enough to be considered mini

it's not powerful enough to replace the rp4p, which is roughly in the ball park in size category

[fresh vigil]

I will pass on this and wait for reviews, i may buy it as my auto-Christmas present if the reviews convince me

I dream about an updated RG351m and this is close to that, but for this price i want PERFECT d-pad and buttons

The battery concerns me too

[muted rampart]

rp4 is still bigger in a significant enough way that fits in less pockets.

i think y'all are right about this as a gba machine tho. i think this makes more sense as a hybrid device.

something that does android and gba w/ a bit of nds/psp/gamecube

[devout stump]

I want one mainly for gba because it looks really nice, but I don't mind playing dead cells on it either 😁

[muted rampart]

also at this size i wouldn't want it to be more powerful than an RP4 bc the battery would actually be way too small for a CPU like that

[devout stump]

I would rather they have used something with a little less power like the t618 so they could come down on the cost some because I'm not really using a device like this for any GC

[mortal silo]

it's just so nice looking, can't wait to get it in hand. i'm a sucker for design and feel of products

[devout stump]

Red color is beautiful

[muted rampart]

im glad they didn't so there is less tweaking out of the box for things like gamecube/psp and it will provide a nice smooth OS experience. but if they did go lower in power that's even more battery life.

i think the choice of CPU was probably looking at how much power can we fit in while keeping a decent enough battery performance

also probs the smoothest 4x gba res performance too

which would look nice on the screen that scales well for gba

[devout stump]

True I won't have any issues with it as a gba which I intend to treat it like

[muted rampart]

basically a lot of good reasons to use this CPU instead of something more or less powerful. if gba is your most played system.

[mortal silo]

g99 is actually more power efficient than t618 based off the benchmarks i'm looking at

[devout stump]

I wish they could have made it have like another hour or two of battery though but overall good

We'll see when the testers get their hands on it I guess

[muted rampart]

yeah gba is one of my most played(pokémon), followed by psp(monsterhunter3/yakuza), and tied for android(terraria/combat master/old school runescape), and pc is probs lower on the list, with terraria again, and hitman, or the sims. i wish there was a decent sims port on mobile. best i got was a sims 3 on iOS that still somehow works on iOS 17.

and for those reasons, im in.

[mortal silo]

it really feels like they were targeting a specific hour value for just gba and everything else was a bonus. first thing that's happening when i get this is pulling it apart to see physically how big this battery is

[muted rampart]

i wonder if you could stretch it by only going 2x and lower brightness on the screen

[muted rampart]

i love a good teardown. c:

[devout stump]

Also are the sticks removable like the retroid and odin 2 I think they're a bit excessive

[muted rampart]

arthur pulled one off on a livestream

idk tho

[cerulean stag]

6:35mins in he mentions 2.5-3 hour battery life on PS2 at 2x scale with stable 30-40 FPS. That's more impressive than I expected

Getting more tempted to pick this up to have a pocketable Soul Calibur device 👀 . Sounds questionable though, anyone convinced it's a bad idea?

[mortal silo]

if budget isn't an issue, this is probably going to be a completely acceptable device for almost any system this handheld can run. i'd probably just wait until reviews come out to see if there's any glaring issues. don't think the early bird prices are that compelling or is gonna go away any time soon

[muted rampart]

sounds great to me

[wary mirage]

How do you feel about the start and select buttons on the micro?

[muted rampart]

i don't like any of aya start/select placement. but they aren't the only weirdos who put them in the wrong spots. so i will live with it. it's more the form factor that im concerned with.

[wary mirage]

Oh I see i only ask because that & the recessed shoulder buttons were deal breakers for me

[cerulean stag]

their indiegogo comment said they're working on getting early versions of the device to reviewers

[stoic sparrow]

Who preordered one anyways?

[tall gazelle]

I got the 6GB Black one, mainly just because “fuck it, why not? I can just sell it if I end up not liking it.”

[stoic sparrow]

Good man

[tall gazelle]

I was mostly just interested in getting a G99 handheld to mess around with, and I wasn’t particularly interested in the Unicorn since I already have the Cube.

And the Micro was the only G99 handheld I thought was actually interesting besides the Unicorn, since I refuse to go back to the other one.

[stoic sparrow]

It’s funny, I think everyone just stopped talking about the unicorn lol

[mortal silo]

i have one ordered. so glad this came out, was looking for the smallest android device out there so it was fortuitous that this came out right in time

[waxen grove]

Fred has limited edition coming0

[true cipher]

I'm in for the retro as well

[sleek oracle]

Red baby

❤️

[fresh vigil]

I’m still wishy washy about this one, i think i will wait for reviews, i did not liked at all the $30 shipping fee

[devout stump]

I thought I was just gonna buy this one early but I'm gonna wait and see for this one too

[fresh vigil]

High five buddy

[vital sinew]

btw everyone, ayaneo pocket micro has apparently been out for over half a year and in a nicer looking case if im honest https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8grHO59QjE

[tall gazelle]

You know, I feel like this joke would at least have made sense if you used a picture of the AYANEO Flip DS with the top screen edited out (like an actual Gameboy Macro mod).

[vital sinew]

you cant tell me ayaneo micro doesnt look closer to this handheld then GBM

[muted rampart]

yes i can. that thing looks closer to a powkiddy. the aya micro looks like a gbm w some sticks on it.

[vital sinew]

gba micro doesnt look like a rectangle brick, aya-neo does and is same shape as the powerbank handheld, so much copium form ayaneo fanboys, almost as bad as apple ones

[muted rampart]

im not a fangirl lol. and you saying that just shows how biased you are against aya

and i said powkiddy but i meant datafrog

i get the two mixed up bc they both run quite cheep

and if you really think that powerbank looks better than the aya micro idk how to speak to you. 🤭

[vital sinew]

i didnt give ayaneo 300ish eur for this brick so im clearly the objective one here

[muted rampart]

neither did i. and i don't see a brick. 🤭 that power bank on the other hand.

i suppose every modern smart phone just looks like a brick to you as well?

and anything transparent just looks better by default?

[vital sinew]

there are no modern phones that are perfect rectangles with sharp lines and corners like that ayaneo and powerbank that are exactly the same shape

[muted rampart]

it's def not a perfect rectangle and it def doesn't share anything besides basic geometric lexicological nomenclature. :D

again the aya is much closer to the gameboy than that powerbank

the power bank just looks like a power bank with one of those cheap credit card size handhelds glued to the back of it

[vital sinew]

you need an ophthalmologist, like yesterday

[muted rampart]

and the ergonomic design seems to reflect that as well

[vital sinew]

this is fun, i didnt want to work today anyway

[muted rampart]

nah it's not fun. it's funny. lol

sometimes i question my eye for visual design acuity, and then i run across takes like yours. 🤭

so ty for helping my impostor syndrome

i'm gonna go back to my weird dreams now night night

[vital sinew]

but seriously, so many adults dont realise they need glasses, you really should look in to it cos im really worried if you cant even recognise basic shapes

[muted rampart]

https://tenor.com/view/bed-back-flip-bed-sleep-tired-good-night-gif-10743160

[tall gazelle]

I can by literally just pointing out the different button layout and the fact it’s got an analog joystick with no D-Pad.

There’s obviously also all the stuff Strawberry_Cassette said, but the different button layout and lack of D-Pad (just an analog stick) are the ones that make me question if your distain for AYANEO is actively making your eyesight worse.

[odd raft]

it 100% looks like a power bank with buttons

[small robin]

I can't wait to hold this sexy power bank w/ buttons. Although, it doesn't appear to work as a power bank. I've been working on recognizing basic shapes so hopefully this and the pocket evo will help me with that!

[mortal silo]

is it weird i kind of want that powerbank as well. it even has wireless charging

[stoic sparrow]

Yo what’s up Richard

Guess you are what cha eat

[muted rampart]

see just saying 'a power bank with buttons' is much more reasonable. there are some good looking power banks out there. i'd even accept that this looks like an iphone with buttons and slightly less rounded edges. (im guessing iphone 14/15 was probably one of the devices on the design inspiration board for the micro).

but the aforementioned powerbank that just looks like it got a slapdash cheapo handheld taped to the back, yeah i don't see it.

[mortal silo]

just have to apply toddler level pattern recognition. they're both rectangles so it must mean they're the same

[muted rampart]

TRU. 🤭

[vital sinew]

lol, i knew ill get you lot so butthurt when i post that, but yeah, please now all explain to me how you are not butthurt to prove how not-butthurt you are...

[muted rampart]

lol i already said im not a fangirl and i haven't even ordered one yet. im just a bit design-pilled so i see a stark & objective difference between something that is intentionally designed and something that clearly is not.

but go on and tell me how you're not just a lonely, bored troll with poor eyesight again. :p

other ppl here show you don't even have to be designer pilled to see the difference between what you showed and what the micro/gameboy micro actually is. 🤭

[vital sinew]

hey, my eyesight is resoved just fine with dioptrics

[vital sinew]

GBM has curves as looks nothing like ANPM

[muted rampart]

and i have better than 20/20 in both eyes. c:

[muted rampart]

it just straight doesn't?

at least not to the frame

if you mean the lil cutout towards the screen to make it the screen look larger and give the faceplate more room to show

i guess i see what you are trying to say but they are both very similar shape. like, basically just legally distinct enough.

like the odin 2 mini vs vita.

that is how i see this vs the gameboy micro

it is changed just enough to be legally distinct and also sized up to be more comfortable for average ppl hands

but it has clearly kept the spirit of of the gbm. you don't have to be a designer to see that.

[vital sinew]

anbernic rg300x looks very inspired by micro, this thing doesnt, literally no difference between ANPM and this

[muted rampart]

lol you might need glasses

or a class on graphic design

[modest kiln]

Regardless of what anyone says
The Ayaneo Pocket Micro looks goofy as fuck especially with the tall sticks.

If it works ergonomically for you, more power too ya. I know it's not for me, but as a niche in a niche product it'll make some people happy.

[muted rampart]

the retro colourway def makes it look like you can swap that faceplate out but i know you can't

[vital sinew]

btw, GBM has curved back and front for better ergonomy, and two small curved surfaces under and over the screen for looks, heere is a 3d model, please tell me how its not curved like ayaneo? https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/game-boy-micro-cartridge-a9410c979dfb4191a08b709eafc45838

[muted rampart]

i think being smaller than a switch lite makes it quite a contender. we shall see if that actually pans out tho. im just excited for this form factor meets what it can do. and not at an unreasonable price even for the msrp.

[muted rampart]

i literally owned a gbm as soon as they came out

lol

ik what they look like

and feel like

as an adult, not as comfy as it used to be.

[vital sinew]

i guess you are getting old then

[muted rampart]

so a size up to the aya micro might be welcome.

[vital sinew]

sure, but we are not debating size

[muted rampart]

don't be too jealous now. 🤭

[mortal silo]

think it has some retro appeal. i don't know if i would call it goofy since that implies design choices that are ludicrious and non-sensical. i do agree about the sticks though, those are definitely a bit odd

[stoic sparrow]

Yeah I ain’t on this train, the micro design fucking cooks

[mortal silo]

yea, i'm just glad it's different from the stereotypical candy bar design that anbernic and all the various clones copy

[vital sinew]

there is a reason we dont design controlers the same as NES ones

[muted rampart]

i think he meant the height of the sticks

like maybe sliders would have made more sense for this form factor. i could see that argument.

[muted rampart]

um literally my current fav controller is the sn30 pro. which is just a snes controller with sticks and stacked shoulder buttons. lol

[vital sinew]

NES!

[muted rampart]

yeah sure, but NES is similar in size but with less buttons.

obviously diff shape

[mortal silo]

i have this saved from a while ago and i would 100% use it lol

[vital sinew]

NES controllers suck balls because like this thing thay have sharp corners going in to your palms, and no curves anywhere, brick design doesnt work well for something that gois in your hands

[muted rampart]

ah well this is where our miscommunication lies. i don't think the aya micro corners look sharp enough to be uncomfortable.

i loved my og 3DS and that was pretty close to these kinds of corners.

the dsi too

[vital sinew]

what, 3ds has like a 1+cm curve on the end that goes in your palms

[muted rampart]

also if you are using the sticks on this thing i doubt it will be resting all the way into your palms

[vital sinew]

dsi less so, but still bigger curves then this thing, and i certainly wouldnt call dsi comfortable

[muted rampart]

i would c:

but it sounds to me like this thing is not for you for whatever reason you think. and that's okay.

it's like ban said, it is a niche device

[true cipher]

I don't understand what their point is

If they're just salty they can't afford it or if they don't like the way it looks, they shouldn't buy it and move on

[vital sinew]

reason being im a human with human hands

[muted rampart]

allegedly so am i. and it looks great to me. 🤭

[muted rampart]

oh they wanted to stir the pot a bit. and i was a bit eepy earlier so i engaged for a few messages. c:

#1238123357510172803 message

here you go silvard

idk why but my vocabulary seems sharpest at 3AM when i awaken from some anxiety-type dream.

[true cipher]

Yeah, that happens

[muted rampart]

maybe it's bc im reading before bed again

[true cipher]

I feel so smart and eloquent when I wake up

[muted rampart]

omg same.

[vital sinew]

you sound like pokimane now, and as far as products like this or her cookies ill rather be a "broke boy" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ue-M0lj93Lg

[stoic sparrow]

His point stands that if you don’t like it you can literally move on

[vital sinew]

i have a compulsion to re-educate people, trying to save humanity here, am basically a hero

[stoic sparrow]

Man I wish I could say what I want to say without getting banned lmao

[muted rampart]

unrelated but my DMs are open and im quite the curious cookie.

🤭

[carmine cove]

I find my dsi fairly comfortable way more than the switch for example. What's comfortable to someone is subjective imo.

[vital sinew]

then my job is done here

[muted rampart]

wrong gif

https://tenor.com/view/my-job-here-is-done-bye-done-gif-14879937

[stoic sparrow]

Nah lol it’s not serious enough

[muted rampart]

https://tenor.com/view/sailor-moon-but-you-didnt-do-anything-gif-15435282

🤭

[muted rampart]

that is very true. like for my lil hands the steam deck is extremely uncomfortable.

but the switch lite/several DS's on the other hand

DS?

what is the plural of DS lol

[true cipher]

I feel like I don't really have an issue holding anything.

[carmine cove]

Oh yes very much, I hear people singing praise about the steam deck and say you say you should buy a steam deck over (insert thing) but that thing is huuuge.

[true cipher]

The SD is a big boy for sure.

[vital sinew]

its super comfy, switch kills me and gives me cramps in half an hour tops

[true cipher]

The DS Lite was nice

[vital sinew]

that being said, my favorite gamepad of all time is the duke so....

[muted rampart]

omg tru. i want to get another one.

[true cipher]

I still have mine, probably still has charge

[muted rampart]

im trying to make a list of electronics big enough to justify a trip to japan to bargain hunt some stuff like that.

[true cipher]

Hahaha

I wish I could get a CRT tv

[muted rampart]

i can't even reach all the buttons on the duke lol

[carmine cove]

I think I'm often more gravitated to smaller handhelds.

[muted rampart]

just like steam deck

the revision xbox controller was much needed for me

[true cipher]

I saw one in an abandoned house that I went to check out to buy but I'm worried I'd get accused of stealing if I took it.

[muted rampart]

omg same!

[carmine cove]

I have very long thing hands and fingers so no problem over there but my arms are noodles haha

[true cipher]

I have a tiny one at least

[stoic sparrow]

Switch with hori split pad pros is actually the comfiest handheld I own

[true cipher]

CRT TV

[carmine cove]

I just use my crt tv I had as a kid

[muted rampart]

oh i do actually really like mine. i got it for daemon ex machina but i kept it for dbz xenoverse 2.

i still suck at dbz but its much more comfy while i do it. lol

[muted rampart]

i used to have noodle arms i can relate.

[carmine cove]

Ye idk I'm generally a vertical Andy haha. Unless horizontals are like not very horizontal at all, like the gbm or even the original gba.

[muted rampart]

gotta get you some dumbells and pullup bar. c:

it's fun. AND being secretly strong creates very funny opportunities.

like the time i was helping my mum move an L desk with three other ppl and she didn't know i'd become a weight lifting girly, so i just went in and scooped the entire desk off of them as they were walking and loaded it into the truck. 🤭

[vital sinew]

for anyone who cant be arsed to work out because its boring, stuff like beat saber or simmilar with weighted gloves/cuffs is a pretty good workout, thou one needs to mindfull not to overexert and get a strain injury

[muted rampart]

tru! also if you raise your physical activity level make sure you eat more nutritious things to match.

i gotta eat so much protein now just to maintain. 🙃

[vital sinew]

and 5-10g creatine per day, its an easy cheat that just works

[muted rampart]

id say talk to your dr on that one first. lol.

[vital sinew]

for creatine? there is really no adverse side effects, your body produces it naturally and its been clinically proven to enhance muscle gain, not like anabolics, but again, no negative side effects

[carmine cove]

I'm fine being a blob

[muted rampart]

valid. as long as you feel good.

[stoic sparrow]

When I do cardio indoors, it’s with a handheld and on like an elliptical. Makes time fly

[carmine cove]

I remember playing switch games while on the treadmill

[muted rampart]

love how versatile the switch is

it's why i was so intrigued by the legion go but that thing is def too near the steam deck size to be a viable option for me.

[vale crescent]

Near to? It's bigger

[muted rampart]

i was just trying to be more neutral with my language. but yeah steam deck is already too big for me so legion go was def a no go.

[vale crescent]

Fair

[vale crescent]

Ring fit is also pretty good. The ring adds a lot of resistance in ways that are actually a bit different to regular gym stuff.

[muted rampart]

ngl, id consider myself a gym rat, but resistance bands still to this day frighten me

im so scared of one snapping on me, in one way or another.

[vale crescent]

It's sort of the opposite of a resistance band

Like a literal ring that you compress.

[muted rampart]

compress is good. c:

altho at this point i worry if i would just snap that too. 🤭 breaking stuff by squishing is less scary tho

i think it's the unpredictability of the band

[still ermine]

https://discord.com/channels/741895796315914271/1067161264402464880

[vale crescent]

You won't snap it, it's pretty tough

This dudes a power lifter, and he was fine

https://m.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DFXzMahB0YyM&ved=2ahUKEwjcrpy8ifCHAxVum_0HHcglCTsQwqsBegQIDxAG&usg=AOvVaw22n_CdQqJspGzvMeAbi7X2

[muted rampart]

fair

[vale crescent]

[mortal silo]

i would never use resistance bands. i work in healthcare, i've seen what can happen if those things snap. if i don't have access to weights, body weight exercises work well enough

[vital sinew]

i use the 80 and 150kg bands when traveling and i dont think any human would be able to break them

[mortal silo]

it's not about overstressing new bands to the point of breaking. it's more that rubber eventually breaks down from various environmental factors. if you're lucky you notice. if you're not, it snaps and shoots at you with enough force to cause serious injury.

[vital sinew]

good thing about it is when it degrades it stops being elastic and becomes plastic, so wont snap destructively

[mortal silo]

well you keep thinking that. if it snaps and takes out an eye, at least we're not losing anything of importance

[vale crescent]

You would have to be really trying hard to snap one of the fabric band things and take an eye out

[vital sinew]

i have a decent amount of background in mechanical engineering, alot of my school subjects were about materials, stresses and such, and after a long career in various industries I now work in a huge public sector aerospace organisation, so i do have some qualifications to make a decent judgement call here

[mortal silo]

those are probably better, i think there's also a brand that has an internal cord as a safety feature incase of breakage

[slate night]

Alright peeps let's stay on topic.

Fun stuff, but we have a channel for it.

[mortal silo]

do you work for boeing? that would explain a lot

[slate night]

Yeah I know, now go play your handhelds lol.

[mortal silo]

does it count if i'm on discord on a handheld 😄

[slate night]

For sure, give them love! Just use our channels we have for you all, we try hard to keep it all there for you all to enjoy!

[vital sinew]

if I did you should be very afraid, boeing assassinates people. not public sector institution tho, try harder next time

[tall gazelle]

I’ve literally got 3 GBM’s and even if I will say they’re definitely much comfier than most micro handhelds I’ve used, they’re still nowhere near as comfy as any of my larger handhelds.

[gray pewter]

sell one of em 😉

[carmine cove]

Gbm is comfy enough for me

[vital sinew]

people bought GBM for the backlit screen

[gray pewter]

(to me)

[carmine cove]

I bought one in like 2019 tho

[muted rampart]

i have also seen them snap and not break into very uncomfortable places.

[carmine cove]

Micro handhelds are neat and i dont really consider pocket micro close to a micro heck its hardly mini

[muted rampart]

i really wish they had caught on more but i kind of understand why they didn't

[tall gazelle]

You mean they bought the AGS-101 for the backlit screen.

[muted rampart]

first time i played super mario 4 was on my gba micro and it was 💯

so i think if/when i order an aya micro i need to load that game first

[tall gazelle]

Nah, they’re basically all “for parts or repair” handhelds. Spent way too long fixing them to not get attached.

[muted rampart]

as tribute to the classic

[carmine cove]

The micro just came out too late in the gba lifecycle

[tall gazelle]

Literally came out the same time as the phat DS, for only slightly cheaper, and the DS could also play the only games the Micro could play while also playing DS.

They released the Micro at the literal worst possible time.

[vital sinew]

wasnt it like a year after ds

OK, 6 months after in Europe at least

[tall gazelle]

And also, great job moving the goalposts right after going on and on about “how comfy the GBM is with its curves”, only to immediately pretend people got it for the backlit screen as if there wasn’t a literal backlit version of the GBA SP before the DS was even announced.

[vital sinew]

that basically didnt release in Europe

[tall gazelle]

And like you said, the Micro wasn’t even the only option for backlit gba in Europe considering the DS was literally right there.

[vital sinew]

first of all, dont put words in my mouth, never called micro comfy, it was more comfortable then it would have been if it was designed like ANPM tho, and even in regions where 101 released it was in 2005, same year DS released

[vital sinew]

way more expensive if i remember correctly, i was 18 back then, and DS wasnt really all that pocketable

[mortal silo]

think it was purely a nostalgia move for nintendo at that time as well. would consider the GBA to have the most legendary handheld games library of all time

[tall gazelle]

True, except that also means there were 3 different options for backlit gba all at once, one of which could play GB/GBC as well, while the other would also play DS instead.

[carmine cove]

I was like 12 when the ds came out and i only had a minimal amount of allowance to spend, like no way i pick the micro over the brand New ds

[tall gazelle]

Not even, like Grimy corrected me on, the AGS-101 released around the same time, which means there was literally already an option for a legitimate GBA (as in something that can also play GB/GBC) with a backlit screen. The Micro can best be described as a luxury item, to the point that it was intentionally designed with swappable faceplates in mind for customizing it.

[vital sinew]

it released in USA

[mortal silo]

that's what i meant as a nostalgia move. it got released so people could buy it even if there were better options for gba

[carmine cove]

I always considered the ds line one of the more pocketable devices, like sure its on the bigger side but i never felt worried about scratch ing the screen because of the clamshell

[true cipher]

Man, all this and you still spend your time arguing against a device you're not interested in, that's wild

[carmine cove]

I thought the micro was like the budget 50 bucks version. 🤔

[tall gazelle]

That’s pretty much my thing. I unironically wouldn’t care if they just said “I don’t like it” and left it at that.

[vital sinew]

public sector, plenty of spare time

[mortal silo]

eastern europe aerospace, lot of spare time refurbishing old american jets probably lol

[vital sinew]

oh, so i moved jobs from boeing to eastern europe now have i

[mortal silo]

yes

[vital sinew]

it started higher, but i think price dropped very fast

[tall gazelle]

Europe got the one AGS-101 variant people actually wanted.

[mortal silo]

oh please tell me that 's real

[carmine cove]

Haha everyone i know has that version somehow

[vital sinew]

to say it was a limited release would be overstating

[tall gazelle]

Oh it absolutely is. Best part was that it was only released as an AGS-001 (frontlight) everywhere else, only Europe got the 101 variant (backlight).

[vital sinew]

and there is around 3 of them in the wild

[carmine cove]

Honestly i lowkey think the micro aged the best designwise from any handheld made in the 00s

[true cipher]

I never had micro but I always wanted one. It was never a practical pick though.

[mortal silo]

the psp was 2004 wasn't it?

[carmine cove]

Hmn

The psp is pretty banging too.

[vital sinew]

i prefer nintendo, but psp was definetly sleekest looking

[true cipher]

PSP I went full in, got every revision and some special editions.

[carmine cove]

I always broke the cd drive tho

[mortal silo]

i know hte dingoo a320 was definitely 2000s though since that was literally my first exposure to chinese handhelds

[carmine cove]

Or the battery bloated

Our local toy store sold like a fake playstation 1 in 9999 games thing.

I loved that thing back then tbh

[tall gazelle]

3 is still better than 0.

Of course, I’m not one to complain since I don’t even need it, I’ve got one of the best AGS-101’s of all (the trick is that this wasn’t a 101, it was just a donor shell for a 101 that had a bad shell).

[carmine cove]

Made me appriciate 8 bit games as a kid

[vital sinew]

btw the limited amount of 101 europe got was after both ds and micro

[muted rampart]

i don't play kingdom hearts but that is a beautiful device

[carmine cove]

You know i latley got a 101 for free from someone.

[tall gazelle]

Thank you, the game itself also was made around the same time as Tactics Advance, so Square had the same idea to put brightness options for Chains like they did with Advance (they weren’t as detailed as FFTA, but they still were effectively the same thing).

[carmine cove]

I dont play much on my advancedhelds tho even though i own 3 of them

[mortal silo]

lol most of the library i can't play without save states anymore

i tried playing the megaman zero series on original hardware a few years ago and almost spiked it to the ground

[tall gazelle]

In that all of them were really contrast modes for different screens.
Bright mode for AGB, Normal mode for AGS-001, and Dark mode for AGS-101 as well as TV.

[tall gazelle]

So they’re among the only few games that don’t need a shader or color correction for these handhelds, that built-in setting will work just fine.

[devout stump]

I hate the sticks but like everything else

[stoic sparrow]

Oh sick, didn’t know it existed

[small robin]

I refunded my contribution to cover the fourty 60lb bags of quickcrete concrete I bought this past weekend while expanding my back patio. My back hurts and I hope I don't regret pulling out of this campaign!

[odd raft]

but will your back patio do perfect integer scaling

bet you didn't think of that

[vital sinew]

so youll have to do your patio with one brick less, whats the big deal.

[small robin]

Neither my patio nor Ayeneo's lineup contain bricks

[still ermine]

This is arguable, some might call the micro a brick

[small robin]

I disagree, but have a brick!

[tall gazelle]

Nope, even if we humored the idea of calling every squarish device a block, the Micro would still not be a brick. It would be at best a tile or shingle.

[tall gazelle]

Now this thing? This thing is a brick.

[carmine cove]

A lovely brick

[tropic meadow]

I’ve’nt watched this yet, but…

https://youtu.be/hEjGgki0LHc?si=7LZFM2-b52rC0aZw

[carmine cove]

Ooh

[muted rampart]

ETA always so sensational.

it's a g99 i wouldn't call that cutting edge

[mortal silo]

i wonder if it's because the camera is so zoomed in on the screen, but gc/wii/ps2 looked so nice in that video

[muted rampart]

small screen plus im pretty sure the g99 can do 2x for a lot of gc/ps2

[muted rampart]

stop using logic so much it's not nice to the trolls.

https://tenor.com/view/house-are-you-dumb-dense-gif-12448939

[carmine cove]

I'd admit it looks pretty cool. Smaller than I assumed . Still a bit too big for my taste tho haha. But like really I'm happy we a dedicated device out there that's actually somewhat in line with like 00s handhelds that does up to gen 6 emulation , instead of the common trend where handhelds only seem to get bigger.

[native forge]

isn't it a meme that eta calls everything a powerhouse❔

[muted rampart]

he really does

[carmine cove]

The new emulation powerhouse king

[muted rampart]

just like some ppl(not you) call every rectangle a brick 🤭

[native forge]

are you talking about the ayaneo pocket brick

[muted rampart]

i wonder if they see pizza everytime they see a triangle

that must be a tough life to lead

omg wait no pizza would be every circle

[native forge]

ignoring Sicilian

[muted rampart]

that's not pizza that's a brick

🤭

imagine biting into a bluray just to find out it's not a delicious cheese pizza

https://tenor.com/view/pizza-home-alone-gif-18213518

every time they see a frisbee. 🤭

[mortal silo]

the sexiest powerhouse brick ever

[muted rampart]

now i want an artisan pizza

i made the mistake of trying some when i went to eugene and it has lived in my head rent free ever since

[stoic sparrow]

Jesus fuck this device looks amazing

[odd raft]

fomo kicking in

damn it I don't need this one 😬

[carmine cove]

Yes it looks nice, we really need atleast semi capable handhelds at a decent size.

[devout stump]

I really wish they went the anbernic route and added those rubber grips I don't want the back getting scraped up

[oblique tendon]

You can't trust what ETA says.... Pretty well documented that he always gives favourable reviews... That's why he always gets the new stuff early because it's a fixed game... 👍

Listen to Russ or anyone else to be honest

I mean he endorsed launchbox on Android and what a shit show that is

I personally don't trust a word he says but it's cool to see it in the flesh

[oblique tendon]

He is just being overly positive to ensure devices in the future.... Instead of pointing out the true that the g99 is pretty budget chipset

[muted rampart]

i like tech dweeb and crystal

[carmine cove]

I just like to watch him to look at new tech not so much for the "reviews"

[still ermine]

It was just a joke about the device being squarish - no trolling here (have you seen my username? lol).

[true cipher]

He does showcases, not reviews

[still ermine]

To be fair, his videos rarely ever have the word 'review' in their title

[muted rampart]

oh i wasn't referring to you lol

[still ermine]

your reply to them was their reply to me... so just following the chain

[muted rampart]

i tried to do a similar joke once in a photo server by calling myself a sony shill, it didn't work bc all the sony bros are too far gone 🤭

[oblique tendon]

Exactly... No credibility anymore.

[tropic meadow]

Oughta just call them mitochondrial

[tropic meadow]

https://youtu.be/KzOJaHHlIcQ?si=If2EH6Y_R_9t0FLf

Admittedly, I think brick is a fair dig because those corners could be so much more rounded

Think of the ergos!

[tropic meadow]

Of course. He only says something is a stinker if it’s abundantly obvious.

I also wish it had sliders instead of sticks for extra pocketability

[true cipher]

Same

[carmine cove]

I don't think I'm bothered by the corners never had an issue with them apart from like my phone but that's because it's huge and I hold it with one hand.

To be honest I'm not even buying the micro but I think it's a cool device.

[muted rampart]

thought of this earlier but i couldn't remember who it was by

[tropic meadow]

I didn’t either but just searched for “brick house” on YouTube

[sour fox]

This sums up my thoughts on why to buy this. https://youtube.com/shorts/fsZ9aSojyaQ?si=PQcbRFQqdd8FxvOY

[waxen grove]

https://youtu.be/j-52uewtAJ4

[mint hull]

I'd argue techdweeb is trying to imitate ETA when it comes to near universal favorable praise. I don't agree he is particularly critical most of the time and he even admitted in a mini pc review that the company really liked he praise of their previous product so they started sending him a bunch more stuff and TechDweeb referred to it as them "working together"...

[steep surge]

It's irrational but it irritates me when he opens the box a nd the device is on

[muted rampart]

thing is, tech dweeb only gets stuff he is already interested in. rather than ETA who seems to have no preference and will just review any device.

so ofc tech dweeb is gonna have a predisposition to like the stuff he receives already.

bc he says no to stuff that he isn't interested or excited for.

[vital sinew]

i have a trip booked to Napoli in couple of months just so i dont make that mistake again

[muted rampart]

ohhh you are about to get the real deal.

make sure to take lots of pictures! c:

italy is beautiful for photos

[vital sinew]

pizza fritta for every breakfast and a different pizzeria every lunch

[muted rampart]

one of my fav street togs is there

[west oasis]

Waiting for @still ermine first look

[still ermine]

No early review units here so might be a while….

[west oasis]

Just got to get more big time

[gray helm]

https://x.com/retro_dodo/status/1824438932978753812?s=46

Retro Dodo (@retro_dodo) on X

The @AYANEO__ Pocket Micro has landed on our desks. A full review will drop next week!

Dang this thing is stunning. 👀

Twitter · Aug 16, 2024, 1:31 PM

Retro dodo review coming soon 😍

[tall gazelle]

Oh boy…

[carmine cove]

Haha ive played a lot on the funkey s and didnt get handcramps on that either.

[tall gazelle]

Yeah we’re really not heeding the warnings, huh? Maybe we’re a lost cause then?

Might be for the best if you stop wasting the effort and let us learn for ourselves.

[gray shore]

also people have different hand shapes and sizes

[tall gazelle]

Shush with that. No logic allowed, especially not logic that points out how things like comfort are subjective.

[gray shore]

no

I will be the wrench in their plans

even if I look like a hammer

[muted rampart]

i get hand cramps from the steam deck bc i have to contort my hands in such extravagant ways just to reach all the controls

i think i will be fine

seems you have already written off this device so why are you still here btw? lol

[carmine cove]

I dont even really k now what handcramps are tbh i think i never had them

[tall gazelle]

Wow, I actually am kind of impressed/disgusted. Congrats, that’s skipped past your usual annoying into honestly being just a bit offensive.

And you’re deciding to go into saying stuff like that, just to continue complaining about a handheld you don’t even have or plan to get?

https://tenor.com/view/bold-strategy-dodgeball-cotton-strategy-tactics-gif-4957668

[tall gazelle]

I don’t even believe in Christianity as much, but I’m not gonna be that one asshole either.

Even then, I was mostly disgusted by the comparison about how “you constantly pestering people about how much you dislike this handheld” makes you twice the man as someone that got literally crucified. Like, you can swap it with anyone in real life that went through actual suffering, and I’ll just be even more disgusted.

[foggy jetty]

I'm asking you as an agnostic to please stop embarrassing yourself and the rest of us nonbelievers with your cringe.

[crimson drum]

Rule #1 @vital sinew

Treat everyone with respect. Absolutely no harassment, witch hunting, sexism, racism, or malicious trolling will be tolerated. It goes without saying that there should be no political discussion, this is a handheld gaming server.

[tall gazelle]

As someone who grew up already a disillusioned Christian, and is currently somewhere between deistic and agnostic, thank you for being the one to call it out.

[muted rampart]

hey dyno. go eat an egg! nerd.

[muted rampart]

i woke up in a mood

https://tenor.com/view/bazooka-rpg-reload-ready-to-blow-things-up-preparing-gif-15259961

[crimson drum]

Rule #1 @muted rampart

Treat everyone with respect. Absolutely no harassment, witch hunting, sexism, racism, or malicious trolling will be tolerated. It goes without saying that there should be no political discussion, this is a handheld gaming server.

[gray helm]

Oh man I missed it

[tall gazelle]

It was Grimy doing their usual “hating on the Micro and making sure everyone knows it”, but as you can tell they decided to take it just a bit too far.

[mortal silo]

no 😦 i missed the comedy

[atomic sedge]

I apparently am still in a mutual server with them, and they appear to have changed their profile picture to an artistic image of Jesus holding a cross in one hand and choking out Satan with the other 😆 Smh some people never learned self-restraint, and it shows.

[opal cape]

@grimyhr's avatar

[gray pewter]

good riddance lol

[tall gazelle]

Is it Rocknix? That’s the only server I’m in that also has them.

[carmine cove]

Should have had Jesus hold the micro

[tall gazelle]

That would be the opposite since it would basically be treating the Micro as a holy symbol.

[mortal silo]

iono, it's kind of old testament to beat somebody down with a brick

[tall gazelle]

Having the Micro in Satan’s hand would probably make more sense in their mind.

[atomic sedge]

No, it’s a server for a Pokémon romhack (Sword and Shield demake); I was actually surprised to see that, but they seem to be WAY more quiet over there.

[mortal silo]

should go mention you look forward to playing it on a micro lol

[tall gazelle]

True, I remember the demake being a GBA game, so it really would unironically work perfect on the AYANEO Pocket Micro.

[atomic sedge]

Just type in “general”: “Anyone excited to play this on the Ayaneo Pocket Micro (TM)?!”

[tall gazelle]

Also I didn’t know they legit have a discord for that demake, I thought it was a low key foreign romhack that had an in-progress translation.

[atomic sedge]

It’s got a full translation now and actually a 2.0 version/translation just released too – haven’t patched my rom yet, but I will soon.

[tall gazelle]

Sick, is there a place to get the patch besides discord?

If not, then I’m fine if you’re willing/able to dm an invite.

[atomic sedge]

Not that I know of, but I haven’t exactly been looking; I think even Pokecommunity links to the Discord. I don’t mind sending an invite, just a sec 🙂

[muted rampart]

the scientific term is 'chronically online'

[opal cape]

@analogue_cassette

User Info

ID: 1137446810458280066
Name: @analogue_cassette

Joined Discord

<t:1691258852:F> (<t:1691258852:R>)

Joined server

<t:1702421390:F> (<t:1702421390:R>)

Roles

<@&857498484323254274>, <@&1132038012876886116>, <@&837780213328117770>, <@&753479975067320380>, <@&752231017192095794>, <@&754431271714684978>, <@&857468418567307284>, <@&1125878718297014392>, <@&747231370731847771>, <@&759099924675035196>

[muted rampart]

https://tenor.com/view/bait-thats-bait-tom-hardy-mad-max-gif-5055384

🤭

idk why that was so funny to me

[stoic sparrow]

Dam wtf did I miss lmao

[mortal silo]

I missed it to 😦 but I'm assuming another classic case of giant thumb guy

[tall gazelle]

You missed Grimy’s “last stand” as they would probably call it.

I’d personally call it “choosing a literal speed bump as a worthy hill to die on”.

[tall gazelle]

It’s that, but they decided they weren’t breaking Rule 1 hard enough by just harassing people about “how bad the Micro is”, so they decided to really up the ante by adding “real world things” to their usual comments.

[gray shore]

Oh it was grimy being a reddit warrior again

I presume they got banned?

[somber wave]

he was euphoric all right

[gray shore]

That fella was so ready to call anything a scam

[tall gazelle]

Unironically, I was surprised it took this long for them to get a public warning on breaking Rule 1 since I’m pretty sure they were harassing people near constantly for a bunch of different stuff.

[gray shore]

Yeah they were really obnoxious about certain things

[tall gazelle]

Unless they were getting private warnings, and the public one was in conjunction to them actually getting banned. Which would make sense if that’s how they handle that stuff.

[gray shore]

It probably was

watch them make an alt account to come back in and repeat the cycle

[tall gazelle]

With @muted rampart’s warning being just a joke of course.

[gray shore]

Theirs was a good counter for grimy acting like all hands are the same

[tall gazelle]

Well, at least that one would be easy to pick up on, so then they’d just get immediately banned (after double checking) for trying to circumvent their previous ban using an Alt (which breaks actual Discord ToS).

[gray shore]

Is it an enforced rule on discords end?

And what the hell could they do?

[tall gazelle]

Sometimes. I think it basically involves just reporting it to Discord as a suspected alt to a banned account, and then Discord just does some checks on their end to check if it’s from the same person.

Since I’m feel like I remember IP bans being considered a separate thing from Account Bans.

There are other methods to circumventing that as well, but by that point I’d be legitimately shocked at their dedication to being an asshole.

[muted rampart]

oh my rivalry with dyno is very real

c:<

[gray shore]

The bot?

[tall gazelle]

Strawberry confirmed to be anti-bot. She will likely be among the first targets in the machine uprising.

[muted rampart]

i'll be ready

https://tenor.com/view/deal-with-it-put-sunglasses-on-glasses-on-cool-smooth-gif-14903194

[crimson drum]

Rule #1 @muted rampart

Treat everyone with respect. Absolutely no harassment, witch hunting, sexism, racism, or malicious trolling will be tolerated. It goes without saying that there should be no political discussion, this is a handheld gaming server.

[gray shore]

I'm getting the mental image of that comic wheres it's one character holding a child leash, and in this case it's strawberry on that leash being a gremlin

This

RNS and Strawberry

[sleek oracle]

https://tenor.com/view/bunny-wth-confused-huh-what-gif-17289999

What just happened?

[gray shore]

Good question

[somber cape]

witch hunting???

[gray shore]

It was for a bit then it got goofy?

[muted rampart]

it was me, im the witch. don't tell dyno. that silly bot still can't figure it out yet. 🤭

[native cove]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3ENkypXQek&pp=ygUaY2F0cyBhdGUgaGVyIGZhY2UgbWFsY29sbSA%3D

[bold tangle]

for the stuff it can pull off soo far it's alright in price, it's definitely not reasonable for its power but the build quality is way higher than the usual. it's what i assume soo far

[muted rampart]

show is so good

[muted rampart]

it's more than reasonable for power in it's size

[bold tangle]

that is sort of a quirk for me, it can run 6th gen smoothly, but in a rather small screen

[muted rampart]

if you want price to performance then size isn't something you should be prioritizing

you can pick 2

• power
• size
• budget

you cannot have all three

unless you can just afford every system. which some ppl do lol

then they only have to worry about two of those

[bold tangle]

mmmmmm out of topic but: where would the 405v be? power budget?

[muted rampart]

with its poor anbernic design?

[bold tangle]

v, sorry

[muted rampart]

probably power budget yeah

i guess?

idk if its better or worse than a g99

haven't really bothered comparing

bc the design is so much worse than this

[bold tangle]

yeah lol, thanks for answering

[muted rampart]

oh the g99 is way better lol

[bold tangle]

idk what's a g99

[muted rampart]

the 405m is not in comparison to this

[bold tangle]

ill search

[muted rampart]

it is the processor in the ayaneo micro

[bold tangle]

ohh, oh yeah no way the 405s can compete

[muted rampart]

they aren't in competition. the anbernic is cheaper for less power.

simple c:

[bold tangle]

i feel this pocket compares to....a retroid pocket pro?

[muted rampart]

not really no

smaller than that

and not as focused on giving power for more systems compatibility

this is more focused on being portable and playing gba in the best package possible. and having android as a possibility is just a bonus

but also a good way to make a smooth OS experience

[bold tangle]

soo much power for gba, sheesh, still, it's not like my opinion matters lol. all i could hope is that they make something more budgeted in the future.

[mortal silo]

don't think ayaneo knows what budget means

[bold tangle]

exactly

and that's their strength too

[muted rampart]

it's the right amount of power for 4x gba pixel perfect scaling and smooth performance with fast forward and rewind and decent battery life

[bold tangle]

premium handheld for a relatively good price

[muted rampart]

again, best possible gba experience is their goal it would seem.

[muted rampart]

arthur said they are in talks of a possible budget device

someone here said that

but who knows if they will

[bold tangle]

let's hope

[muted rampart]

i really don't mind the price as is. especially when they put stuff on such steep discounts later

like you can get an air plus new 32g/2t/6800 for only 689 usd

[mortal silo]

yea, i think the price is a lot more palatable when you consider it as a hobbyist price for a product that's supposed to last you forever

[muted rampart]

which is a great price for any PC with these specs

let alone one that goes in your bag easily

[mortal silo]

i'm still annoyed at every other handheld manufacturer for settling on depressing prices as much as possible for whatever reason, and setting expectations with consumers for cheap products

[muted rampart]

what is depressing prices? /genuinequestion

[mortal silo]

this hobby feels like all the major manufacturers are in a race to the bottom when it comes to pricing

prices are depressed artificially i think to meet competitor prices or perceived price breakpoints

[muted rampart]

ohhh yeah, tru

[bold tangle]

yeah

[stoic sparrow]

Most people buy at that low end. That will just always be true

[mortal silo]

i'm just thinking of something like the rg28xx that doesn't have wifi, because the minimal price for the chip and board design was apparently too much to match the a30 pricepoint or something

[mortal silo]

oh for sure, i think there's room for market segmentation when it comes to pricing though. like having budget, midrange, luxury selections would be amazing

[muted rampart]

wifi/bt should be standard at this point imo

[stoic sparrow]

I think there’s enough competition at the low end that it doesn’t really matter. Though you are right, no one really tries to do what aya does so there’s not really competition at the luxury end

[mortal silo]

instead it's all just budget products and now consumers look at ayaneo and think the price is completely insane

[muted rampart]

omg

this fresh battery im training has lasted nearly 12 hours now in my SP-AGS001

the edge lit screen on this thing really takes like no power at all to run

i need to decide what shell and screen im gonna put in this thing now that i found it. c:

[stoic sparrow]

Do you like dsi grids?

[muted rampart]

i dont like the ITA c:

it's between the V5 and V2 for me

i think

or just a 101 if that's a thing

V2 has less power draw and should be around 7hrs+ battery life

[stoic sparrow]

Ah tuff, it’s probably my favorite. Though if you don’t like ita I wouldn’t recommend a 101, a 101 can have serious ghosting

[muted rampart]

but the V5 gets much brighter which could be nice for out and about

[carmine cove]

I like my high end luxery handhelds

[muted rampart]

ohhh ghosting i cannot handle

so 101 is out

so either V2 or V5 now c:

i think i will go for battery life over brightness probably

i cannot believe the battery is still going on this thing it has been on all night

[carmine cove]

Meanwhile my gba has like 4 hours

[muted rampart]

what battery/screen setup you got?

[carmine cove]

Like a funny playing v2 and two 2400 rechargeable batteries

[stoic sparrow]

After modding, with a good battery, an sp iirc would be in that 4-6 range

And that’s if you got a good replacement, one like a makho style

Although a gba lasting only 4 doesn’t sound right either but it’s been a minute since I’ve played

[carmine cove]

I have no idea how long it last honestly

I almost never let it run dry.

And the battery starts being red after like 30 minutes of play.

But it still runs for hours and turna green sometimes

[stoic sparrow]

You likely have a dirty power switch

[odd raft]

how come ETA got one of these but no one else did?

[shell elbow]

He has 1.21 million subscribers

[odd raft]

ah, correction, retro dodo got one as well lol

[shell elbow]

Tbf they all probably have one, but ETA was allowed to post a video before anyone else.

[shell elbow]

https://youtu.be/8bBgJKwCd-I?si=9XZprF9G88-vJJsO

[carmine cove]

Ooh

[gray helm]

Bro sneaked his own book into the thumbnail and thought we wouldn’t notice

[muted rampart]

i like how dodo says overpowered while ive seen so many ppl saying "at this price i expected more power"

https://tenor.com/view/arrested-development-dead-dove-i-dont-know-what-i-expected-gif-13420229

[carmine cove]

Ooof that fan noise.

Well I bet you never have to put it on max

[tall gazelle]

Simple, if there’s one thing I’ll give him, it’s that he does recognize cnc-machining can be expensive as shit.

[muted rampart]

im gonna give it the works see if it runs up the fan speed to max on its own

run warframe/terraria on it i bet the fan goes med-high

[carmine cove]

😭

I hate fans.

[muted rampart]

i love fans. when they don't become obsessed

😇

but seriously i will take a fan that actually works over passive cooling that has a hard limit to what it can do.

decent pair of cans will alleviate the fan noise on anything.

nothing you can do about a passive overheat but wait for it to cool off.

[carmine cove]

My phone never really becomes that hot when emulating Wii games for what it's worth.

[still ermine]

Didn't watch this (and probably won't), but... since when is G99 overpowered lol? I thought people wanted more?

I guess if you're coming from the angle "I wish it had less power so it was cheaper"?

[still ermine]

Well hopefully "actually works" is true. The Pocket S fan does a lot of diddly squat for the most part.

[muted rampart]

yeah true

[carmine cove]

I think he makes the point that he doesn't like GameCube games on such a small screen in the video.

[muted rampart]

i think he is saying overpowered for gba

but he isn't considering how much power it takes to run android and do upscaled gba while all the features like ff and rewind work without stuttering

i think most ppl aren't

[carmine cove]

We need more power is say

[still ermine]

G99 probably puts off less heat than g3x gen 1 though...

Unfortunately Retro Handhelds isn't big enough for Aya to really acknowledge us for review units yet so my review will not be until after people are already receiving theirs.

[waxen grove]

If something negative is reported and start spreading I guarantee they'll think you're big enough

[muted rampart]

i prefer quality reviews that take their time vs rushed reporting tho

personal preference but im patient enough to wait for a thing to be tried and tested before i jump in

although it seems like this design would be hard to mess up for it's intended purpose.

and i am grateful to the ppl who already ordered to show aya we are interested in a device like this

[waxen grove]

I know of something that could be reported that would probably grab their attention pretty quickly there's a threat on Reddit about some completely terrible solution to a DHL losing a DS flip they're wanting to offer a hundred bucks is compensation and not send another unit or refund anymore and $100 when they paid over 1200 to have this thing

[still ermine]

[carmine cove]

I'm happy we already got retrododo atleast. Instead of just eta

[still ermine]

Just saw that

[muted rampart]

tbh i probably watch more 'one year later' reviews than actual reviews on launch of a product

[waxen grove]

We should all collectively report on it because man they got to do better they seriously have to do better if they're going to keep growing that is just not realistic

[muted rampart]

i think i am currently in the minority tho

[still ermine]

Probably

[muted rampart]

in more ways than one

[still ermine]

everyone WANTS IT NOW

[muted rampart]

tru lol

they all got that FOMO

[waxen grove]

Let's start a term called dfr delayed fomo response syndrome when you get fomo for a device that's been out for 2 years and yet it's still hard to acquire

[muted rampart]

at least in terms of software and transparency in business practice i agree

[still ermine]

I'm not saying it's not true. I do always wonder what both sides of the story are. In this case though it seems pretty cut and dry. Package was lost, shipper is responsible. They didn't insure it for enough = their fault.

[muted rampart]

oh you meant the dhl thing

[waxen grove]

Actually since they do so much business with DHL they could pull the account and DHL really should just eat the loss here since they're the ones that messed up

But that shouldn't be put on the consumer the business should fight with DHL not the consumer

[muted rampart]

and oof yeah i bet some dhl guy is enjoying their new aya flip rn 🤭

good luck holding dhl accountable

[waxen grove]

Strawberry that's exactly what I think happened and it's a shame but I hope Karma will bite that person right back in their ass

[muted rampart]

same. it annoys me that the company covers their ass in this situation instead of holding their employees responsible or paying out the value of the lost item

[waxen grove]

And Derek it doesn't seem like they really do review units anyways it's more like they send out a unfinished beta package device instead of sending out like final product like Anbernic does ahead of the release. Honestly I wish they would stop using Indiegogo and they would start sending out finished product for review about 2 to 3 weeks before they actually ship

Like it was good that Russ got to complain about the d-pad because my d-pad seems completely perfect on my pocket S. But that's not really a review unit in my opinion

[still ermine]

I think it's not uncommon for some companies to send an engineering unit - but usually they send a follow up unit that is very similar to retail to the reveiwers.

But yes, 100% agree that these more established companies should stop using IGG.

I would prefer they release the product when it's ready and have orders actually ship within a reasonable timeframe.

The whole batch shipping and waiting months while they sit on your money from IGG is lame. One would hope Ayaneo is big enough to not have to crowdfund every device now.

[oblique tendon]

Have to say I'm really impressed with retrododo review...honest and was upfront with issues...I respect that and it's a big big change from other 'reviews' they have done

I could tell that he had done his research properly and not just winged it

[mortal silo]

that review confirms a lot of things for me....too bad i already refunded for the dmg lol

[carmine cove]

Ps2 not running well and the fan being obnoxious loud is kinda stinker for me

[primal cloud]

I was expecting since the screen is small, to run ps2 and GC almost flawless

So yeah I think this is a skip for me 😦
Mostly for the price

I know a lot of people say that “it’s too small to play ps2 and GC anyways”

Well if that’s the case why so much power then? Just grab a miyoo A30 for a quarter of a price

I wanna play ps2 and GC on a 3 in screen. That’s what I want.

[waxen grove]

My guess is another g99 will appear and this was done to secure more favorable terms

[muted rampart]

why lol it is made based on the gba micro

[muted rampart]

a30 isn't metal and only has one stick. and no android

i wanna play android games and gba games

and full metal is great for edc

the price is right

it is so much power

so you can play upscaled gba and utilize ff/rewind/etc with no lag

try and do that on an a30 without hitting the performance limits of that thing

i regularly find the limits with even middling demand gba rom hacks.

on consoles with more power than the a30

and something with a better cpu than the a30 cannot play even terraria above 30p with the lowest graphics preset.

[primal cloud]

Retroid pocket metal version

[muted rampart]

beeg

also worse cpu than this

[primal cloud]

Yeah but still you can’t play ps2 or GameCube

[muted rampart]

yes you can

[primal cloud]

For that price there’s consoles that can do that no problem

[muted rampart]

lol

what G99 are you referring to

this cpu will definitey do most gamecube with no tweaks

[primal cloud]

Yeah like 50% of the library . According to recent YouTube reviews

[primal cloud]

Is the same chip as the kr-t1 right… that doesn’t play ps2 or GameCube properly. It barely plays some and with a lot of lag

[muted rampart]

https://youtu.be/1owhTScPqeI

[muted rampart]

yes it does lol

there are like 7/8 out of that 100 that are unplayable iirc

[primal cloud]

Yeah…. Most of these games play good the first 15 mins. But for example the windwaker as soon as you go out in the sea it starts to stutter

[primal cloud]

Yeah because they only tested for the first 15 mins.

[muted rampart]

https://youtu.be/Q40KF7wFFDA

there were much more on ps2 that didn't work or were slow

with no tweaks

point is, this system isn't designed for that, but it can do it some

[primal cloud]

Same… they only tested games for 10/15 mins…

[muted rampart]

if you want ps2/gamecube this system isn't for you

period

the price is fine

this wasn't made to be a good price to performance

[primal cloud]

Yeah that’s my point… for that price you’re better off with something with more power instead

[muted rampart]

it was meant to be a good tribute to the gameboy micro, which is why the metal body, and screen size/resolution

[muted rampart]

no

[carmine cove]

Maybe if you have bad eyes . 3 inch is plenty for games I feel.

[primal cloud]

Not if the shipping is forced upon us for like adding 30 Dlls more. And nope the price on this thing should’ve been 150.

[muted rampart]

this is entirely missing the point of this console lol

[muted rampart]

the price is fine as is lol

just sounds like you wanted it to be cheaper

and more powerful

so basically this system isn't for you

no one expected the price to seriously be under 200 for metal on this thing

but the early bird did hit under 200

which was an interesting surprise

[carmine cove]

I think it has its niche. :)

[muted rampart]

mhm

[primal cloud]

Yes. Because that chip is not worth the price for what you’re getting. The 405m has Android and most likely will perform the same as this.

[carmine cove]

Gba probably looks gorgeous on this thing.

[muted rampart]

the 405m will be much worse performance

[carmine cove]

Like the ultimate gameboy advance in some ways.

And playing GameCube on a smaller handhelds is fun too .

[primal cloud]

Too small to appreciate lol

[muted rampart]

this is just objectively incorrect lol. it's made for gameboy advance

[muted rampart]

they literally made it bigger than the original micro for enjoyers of the micro who are now adults with older eyes

and you JUST SAID you wanted to play gamecube on a 3.5" screen lol

[carmine cove]

Y'all old man.

[muted rampart]

make up your mind

is it too small or too expensive?

[carmine cove]

My eyes still got a good 20 years apart from the floaters in my eyss

[muted rampart]

remember the famous pick 2/3

• budget
• size
• performance

you cannot have all three

[primal cloud]

Too small to appreciate the gba quality. It probably looks as good as any anbernic device…. Having 4x at that size doesn’t make a difference. But Android games and ps2/GC would benefit

[muted rampart]

no booli pls

[muted rampart]

literally makes no sense lol

and yes it does make a difference

the analogue pocket has 10x the gbc resolution and it is the best looking small screen i have

[primal cloud]

Both.
Only reason for this besides the “premium” feeling is that you can play more Android games and that’s all… everything else any miyoo or anbernic can do for a quarter of the price

[carmine cove]

Lmao I was just about to mention the analogue pocket

[primal cloud]

Plus… to be honest. “Premium feeling” doesn’t really mean anything… if you drop either of them they will both break.

[muted rampart]

again objectively untrue. lol.

[carmine cove]

Probally premium stuff breaks faster in my experience haha

[primal cloud]

Yeah analogue pocket is even worst than this one lol.

[muted rampart]

seems like you are just mad the price is too much for you

[primal cloud]

True

[muted rampart]

yeah you are just a hater bc you cannot afford lol

my condolences

[carmine cove]

I love my analogue 😭

[primal cloud]

Not really. But is the same with the analogue pocket. Overpriced for no reason at all besides “collecting”

[muted rampart]

the analogue pocket is so good for the price

[carmine cove]

Apart from that metal one honestly

[primal cloud]

Not at all
The Playdate is expensive , but in my opinion far more worth than this handheld.

[gray helm]

Gotta separate the product and the company

[muted rampart]

not at all. it plays my physical carts, has save state support for carts, AND it had a beautiful screen

[gray helm]

Analog is bad

The product is really cool

[carmine cove]

Whys that

[muted rampart]

bc it has bigger performance numbers

[primal cloud]

It’s something different, games and an experience that no other handheld in the market can give you

[muted rampart]

probably

[carmine cove]

I mean I love the playdate it looks super cool

[muted rampart]

omg the playdate lol

[carmine cove]

But I always feel hard for me to drop like 200+ on if

[muted rampart]

i forgot about that lil weirdo

[primal cloud]

The screen is very nice but definitely not worth the “2 year waitlist” and there’s are cheaper options on the market with a good enough screen that can play gba and gb games.

[muted rampart]

playdate is not more worth it than the analogue pocket

sry not sry

[primal cloud]

It is expensive as well, can’t deny that

[muted rampart]

it is so much money for an even more niche product

lol

so idk how you are mad that the aya micro being a console made for the best possible gba micro experience with seamless modern emulator features and a solid build quality, is not worth the money

[muted rampart]

not carts with save states and screenshots, etc

and not on a screen that looks as good as the pocket

[primal cloud]

I’m not mad at all. I’m just saying that is expensive for what it is

[carmine cove]

I honestly thought the playdate would be like 60 bucks and got a heart attack when I saw the real price.

[muted rampart]

if you didn't like the og gba micro just say that lol

[carmine cove]

Still want one tho one day

[muted rampart]

then this console is not for you

[muted rampart]

it's not tho

lol

it just seems that way bc you are used to anbernic cheap crap

[primal cloud]

I think this is the thing …. You see “premium” screen as something is worth

[muted rampart]

the whole thing feels premium

[primal cloud]

For me a bitboy v2 looks as good as a miyoo mini

[carmine cove]

I mean I admit the pocket micro isn't for me either, but I see it's appeal

[muted rampart]

great ergos, great screen, the buttons are great, dpad could be better, the weight is good

[primal cloud]

From all these retro handhelds, the only ones that really look “premium” to me would be the OLED like the rg556 or the Odin 2 mini

[muted rampart]

THEN THIS ONE ISN'T FOR YOU

lol (all caps doesn't mean i am upset btw the convo just seems so silly at this point. 🤭 )

and the rg556 is so far from premium

just has a nice screen

[primal cloud]

Besides those 2. Any screen looks really good enough for what it is . So for me this micro would’ve be worth if the screen was like an OLED or a snapdragon v1

[muted rampart]

i think you may need glasses. /genuine

[primal cloud]

The screen is premium, the handheld is not

[muted rampart]

like, if you can't see a difference just bc it is smaller than those bigger consoles, then you may actually need a new glasses prescription

not even trying to be mean

but i can very clearly see a difference

or maybe just try out some readers or "gamer" glasses that have a bit of magnification

see if it makes a difference for you

nothing wrong w wearing some cute glasses to game with

[carmine cove]

To be fair I suck at seeing fps difference :(

So I bet there are people who don't see the difference between details too

[muted rampart]

i know there aren't, that is why i say it

at least with fps you can still kinda feel it, and it is something you notice more when you spend a long time at high framerates in games

but with detail there are ppl i know who actually cannot see the difference on certain screens if they are too small

as someone who has always loved tiny consoles and have owned a lot of them i figured out some ppl don't notice very early on.

nothing wrong with that

but to claim it is suddenly not worth the price to make the screen better quality just bc you cannot see a difference therefore it doesn't make a difference for anyone, is kind of silly.

but again, nothing wrong with realizing you could benefit from some cute optics. the only thing wrong with that whole process is that ppl shouldn't have to pay for glasses.

no one should have to pay to see D:<

[carmine cove]

Glasses are pretty stylish

[muted rampart]

they are! i have a cute lil pair of gunnars i use sometimes when i wanna cut a lil blue light during the day or really sweat during some competitive game im playing

i also used them to help with the gba sp ags 001 in a very sunny room

bc that screen is very bad in tricky lighting

to be clear, the screen is fine, but edge lit sucks when it is bright out

i need to get a funnyplaying or something to put in my sp

[mortal silo]

i think premium is subjective for the end user. there's too much variation in personal preference to really say something is truly premium or not without simplifying the word.

ayaneo can call whatever they want premium or not, and charge whatever they want. it'll just be up to the market to decide whether they're successful or not

that said, i think the micro is pretty solidly in the premium category for me. the CNC aluminum body is so over the top amazing for this market. and throwing in additional features like full front glass and edge to edge display. ayaneo is definitely cooking