I was thinking to buy a Retroid Picket 5, but i found out that Retroid doesn’t sell battery replacement, and apparently there are not third party batteries on the market. What retro handheld should I get that has reparability as a feature?

(already own a SteamDeck) Edit to add: want to emulate N64, arcade and run some game ports. Also woukd like to run Rocknix with it probably.

  • sbeak@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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    2 days ago

    You could probably get an older Android phone and do some cool stuff with a telescopic controller. For those, Snapdragon chips usually have the best drivers for emulation. There are many Android phones, particularly older ones, with plentiful replacement parts and solid custom ROM support. If you live in the EU, the Fairphone is super repairable, but I’m not sure how the chip performs for emulation. I think the GameSir X5 Lite is a good option for a phone controller, it is cheap with a USB-C bit at the end, and the green colourway looks really nice. Unless you want to do portrait orientation with a tablet, wireless options are worse since it’s an additional non-replaceable battery to charge that will die in a few years.

    You could also get old consoles, and in many places you can purchase them pre-modded too.