Not much info here but I wonder if these were some sort of fake NES/SNES/Mega Drive minis or just handheld emulation devices in general
I was wondering if shipping SD cards full of ROMs would ever come to bite the manufacturers in the ass and I guess it might have. Will this be a one-off thing or a sign of a wider EU crackdown? I think there was a warning earlier issued by some agency this month about how the solder in one of the Anbernic devices exceeded EU’s maximum lead levels
Edit: There’s a video of the Italian cops’ raid on the warehouse where the devices were being held, looks like a large variety of different devices
I didn’t even realize how advanced portmaster had gotten. I just want to play Fallout NV on one of these cheap handhelds. It’s felt like they have been 1 generation away for years now.
You are right though. The crackdown is coming. They are pushing up against the IPs that still make companies lots of money. Definitely smart of them to pull the firmware. Pretty cool to see a company listen to the community.
I don’t think you can play Fallout NV on a cheap handheld just yet- if you go look at the Android emulation subreddit you’ll notice most posts are people playing various PC games through Winlator on current high end phones.
The most demanding PC game Anbernic showed was GTA III
I didn’t know about Winlator. Thanks! I just watched someone on the rg556 playing NV on it. It’s almost there. Maybe another 10% increase in hardware performance and it would be playable. Apparently mods work too.
Can’t imagine the battery life will be great, but apparently the Steam Deck can get away with like 3 hours so what do I know
Meanwhile I’m still thinking it’s incredible that I can play PS1/N64/Dreamcast games on my phone
Oh I definitely enjoy those games as well. And it’s cool to see them look even better with all the emulator tweaks. I think I’ve clocked more hours in DS games than I feel comfortable mentioning lol.