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Bite-sized gaming!
Having always wanted a true keychain console ever since the Game Boy micro (which was just a bit too big for that use-case - I know, I tried
It's a clone of the FunKey S (which is styled after the clamshell Game Boy Advance SP, rather than the classic Game Boy like the RG Nano is, but is similarly-sized when open, though has shallower controls), but otherwise it's more-or-less the same other than the Nano having a bigger battery.
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Smol.
As I've found to be the norm with Anbernic devices, you're better off using custom firmware instead of what it comes with, so I'm using the one by DrUm78 ("FunKey-sdcard-DrUm78_RG_Nano.img"). Obviously, this is still built upon the original FunKey OS, but it's just that bit nicer and more up-to-date. Also as is typical of Anbernic, it's really well-built and the controls are really good (though some misinputs on such a tiny d-pad are inevitable at times entirely due to its size).
Though it can handle games up to the SNES and some PlayStation (apparently some games slow down and stutter a lot, and of course the device lacks L2 and R2 buttons and any analogue-sticks), where it excels is with games originally designed for handhelds - particularly 1990s handhelds that had resolutions like 160x144 and thereabouts, whose visuals and fonts are very readable on small displays, accordingly. That said, old home-consoles like the NES work well too, since fitting 256x240 into a 240x240 display by the various means the console provides isn't especially offensive.
Aside from stuff designed for handheld play in the first place, it's also quite a good fit for games, usually shooters, with caravan modes - short 2 to 5 minute experiences that are purely about reaching as high of a score as possible. Donkey Kong Country Competition Cartridge is another example of this, though Star Fox Super Weekend Competition is a no-go as it really needs controls that're slightly bigger than these to be practical (though the RG Nano ran it fairly well, albeit slightly inaccurately; I have yet to set up PicoArch, so I'll see if that makes a difference to that issue).
A Doom port is available as well, though honestly it's not a game that I think I'd enjoy playing on hardware this tiny and with inputs that aren't really well-suited to it, so I haven't tried it. Likewise, the machine also has media-player functions, but I don't think it's an optimal device for that so I haven't tried that either.
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Size-comparison with Steam Deck and Anbernic RG351MP.
Pictures don't fully do justice to how tiny and adorable the RG Nano is!
I've only had it for a couple of hours, and I've already fallen in love with it - I can see myself getting a lot of use out of it when waiting around in places where taking something larger like the Steam Deck or even the Anbernic RG351MP isn't practical. As you can see above, both of those machines are absolute giants in comparison!
It's super-cute, and well worth it if you can get one for a good price and know that you have a use for it.
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Also notice you got the nice pink one.....
Its not pink..... Its lightish red.......
Well of course there is.... Everything has a port of Doom.... Even the Kodak DC260 Digital Camera........
What is this???.... A cinema for ants???......
That is a really nice comparison shot to be honest......
Thats what I try and tell the ladies as well.... But they dont listen.......
Glad you are enjoying it..... Im sure There will be lots of pictures of it in the WPC being used in weird and unusual places.......
73%.........
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I want one.
Aside from things like the Tamagotchi I had no clue keychain gaming was a thing, much less Linux keychain gaming. I guess that's tunnel vision from being a PC gamer for most of my life. The bigger the better. "A disused 40-foot shipping container? Why that would make an excellent case for my next build. But where can I find 1800mm RGB fans?"
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... It includes a USB-C headphone adapter. And you know what? It works really well, and the hardware can drive earbuds just fine.
Hahahaha!
It's actually sold as red by UK distributor DroiX, and it looks red in person.
You can run it using literal potatoes, too!
Pretty much!
Thanks very much.
Oh lord, Spider.
Probably not - I'm not that interesting.
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Har-har.
Thanks!
For what it's worth, there's a FunKey S clone from PowKiddy (another maker of Linux-based emulation-handhelds) that resembles a Sega Game Gear, instead - it's also very cute and I've had to put my foot down and tell myself that I don't need that one too, haha!
I actually need reading-glasses for a number of things these days, but I've had no trouble viewing this device at all. I must admit, I was a bit surprised by that!
Hell yeah it is!
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Not my pictures, but these are some examples of late-1990s keychain-gaming. There was a little Bomberman keychain-game too, but I never had one of those, and in this day and age where I can play better Bomberman titles on a keychain I'm not especially inclined to track one down, either.
Haha!
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Where am I going to find a Bomberman effigy big enough to be photographed with the shipping-container PC?!
Glad to! Thanks very much for reading.
Side note: I think I've had that same sofa. Had to break it apart into little pieces when I got rid of it. Quite odd as it fit perfectly through the door when I bought it... One of those Dirk Gently mysteries?
If they ever did a Bomberman figure in the size of those Macy's Thanksgiving parade inflatables you would buy it, wouldn't you?
The only problem now is, they haven't really made any merchandise of Bomberman's sisters, so when I inevitably cave in and buy more weird handhelds, they're still not going to be in the picture.
The world may never know!
Yes, yes I would.
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