A Heads Up On The New PocketGo V2
Some people are reporting issues with the d-pad on the New PocketGo V2 and on the black PlayGo. In fact I also returned my unit and I’m currently awaiting a replacement. This is why there’s been no...
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The Mini Arcade Machines Are Getting Bigger!
Mini arcade machines are not something I’ve covered on this site before, so let’s fix that. The first versions have been around for a couple of years now, and more keep on coming. They also seem to be...
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The Q400 Is A RockChip Handheld Running Linux
This thing popped up on Baidu a couple of days ago. Release date is unknown, but it certainly looks about ready for prime time given the video below. Although nothing is confirmed yet, it looks like...
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The New PocketGo Review
I am probably the last person on the internet to review this handheld. I was in two minds whether it was worth it at this stage. The main reason for the extreme lateness of this review are the...
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The Odroid-Go Advance Has A Long Journey Ahead
Hardkernel have kicked off 2020 with the surprise release of their new Linux powered handheld – the Odroid-Go Advance. This is the second handheld from HardKernel and promises to deliver magnitudes...
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The Super Retro Game Handheld Gets A D-Pad (Sort Of)
It was previously rumoured that the Super Retro Game handheld released back in November was a prototype. There were plans to release the official device complete with a real d-pad at a later date....
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How to build a ZPG Z-Pocket Game Handheld
The video below shows how to build a ZPG handheld almost in its entirety. It takes the assembler roughly 5 hours from start to end, and at around 41 mins you can see that the donor motherboard is...
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Who Remembers The Panasonic Jungle?
Some of the first posts I ever made on Obscure Handhelds were about an upcoming handheld from Panasonic. The Panasonic Jungle was designed as a clamshell device intended for playing MMOs on the go,...
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The end of an era? The Aluminium Alloy RG350m
2020 has seen the beginning of a shift towards more powerful ARM SoCs in our obscure handhelds, but does that mean the Ingenic chips of yesteryear are doomed to fade into obscurity? Well, nope. Not...
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RG350M Now Officially Released
As mentioned in the previous post, the PowKiddy and Anbernic stores on AliExpress have officially released the RG350M. For $135 you get a much improved aesthetic over the original RG350, as well as a...
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The RG99 isn’t what it looks like
The RG99 is a new portrait mode handheld that has recently appeared on AliExpress. It shares the same shell as the RG300 so you’d be forgiven for thinking it’s a rebrand or clone. But under the...
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The PiBoy DMG May Be The First RPi4 Handheld
The Raspberry Pi4 was released back in June 2019, but it hasn’t yet found its way in to any mass produced handhelds. There are two main reasons for this. The lack of a more compact Compute Module...
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The RockChip Powered Q400 Gets Some Pre-Release Upgrades
The elusive Q400 is still not available in any West facing stores, but it could be arriving soon. And according to a user in Discord, the Q400 has had some pre-release upgrades since we first saw it....
View ArticleQ400 Now Available For Pre-Order
As we thought, the Q400 is now available for pre-order! This RK3128 powered machine runs on RetroArch (we think!) and sports a high resolution 800×480 panel, as well as dual analog sticks and four...
View ArticleHDMI Output Now Working for RG350 and RG350M
It’s been around 8 months since the original RG350 was released with a non-functioning HDMI port, but Chinese devs have finally solved it. We’ve been teased with videos recently, and finally the code...
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The Argon One RPi4 Case
The highly anticipated release of RetroPie for the RPi4 was the excuse I needed to grab a RPi4 along with a nice case to house it in. After hunting around I eventually settled on the Argon One RPi4...
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Spot the Difference – The PowKiddy X2
The PowKiddy X2 is a pretty brazen attempt to cash in on the aesthetics of the original Nintendo Switch, even by Chinese standards. But hey, at least they switched the colours over! Whilst the...
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The RK2020 Is The First Odroid-Go Advance Clone
We all knew it would happen eventually. Chinese manufacturers have seen the success of the Odroid-Go Advance and decided to get a piece of the action. The RK2020 is a hardware clone of the Odroid-Go...
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HardKernel Releases The New Odroid-Go Advance
It’s been a long time since that first batch of Odroid-Go Advance’s started shipping out back in January. The devices quickly sold out and many people have been waiting months for HardKernel to...
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The ZPG Pro Rumours and Speculation
The original ZPG was a DIY handheld that used the guts of a cell phone for its mainboard. It was mostly the work of Lao Zhang, he made use of Vita controls and the motherboard of a Sony Xperia Z1...
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