Arcade games are what got me into emulation in the late 90s. I would occasionally search the web for ways to play pacman, until eventually I found a few arcade emulators. Then I found a group on irc and followed every new release of mame for several years. They had a release every week and you could count on at least one big hit added, usually a few. I was barely interested in other emulators until pretty much every arcade game I heard of was in game.

Now I have too many handheld. My current favorite is the Powkiddy RGB30, and I am waiting for the Miyoo Flip to come out.

[–] Varyag@lemm.ee 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Ohh I'd love to ask you: which emulation handheld you think provides the best arcade emulation experience for vertical shmups?

[–] EightPieceBox@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

Vertical arcade games are one of the reasons I like the Powkiddy RGB30 so much. It makes good use of the extra screen height. It's also better for Gameboy, Gameboy Color, and Pico8 than anything.

I have never used a handheld that worked well for me sideways for vertical games. There usually isn't any comfortable way to hold it. The extra height of the RGB30 makes it more comfortable in general even though it's just a flat slab of plastic. If someone made a more ergonomic version of that layout in the same pricerange, I'd probably buy it.