PSVITA (OLED version) is ergonomic, the screen is amazing, and the D-pad is clicky (good thing IMO), however this is software emulation. However, buying a GBA and an IPS screen can be expensive. Taking an OG GBA an modding it with an IPS screen could give you the best ergonomic feel, along with a hardware accurate experience, but that D-pad is absolutely horrendous, IMO. All of them have mushy D-pads except the GBA SP models but even those have cons (no aux port for headphones without accessory, not ergonomic). On the more expensive end, you have the GBA models in general which seem to have gone up in price, especially the GB Micro. The cheapest and most hardware accurate experience you can get would be through the DS Lite, if you don't mind the mushy D-pad. I'm super excited for the Analog Pocket if it ever decides to exist purely because it'll be a system where the experience of playing an actual GBA or GBC game won't be heavily compromised. Actually easy to install, and not expensive either cheaper actually than trying to find a GBA SP101. Amazingly gorgeous, stupidly high quality displays, and NO compromises on the experience of actually playing a GBA game. The *best* way is a GBA or GBA SP with one of the new IPS screens installed. GBA flash card is also easy, EZ Flash Omega and you're set. Not ideal but at least better than the garbage emulation handhelds, because a 540p screen allows for actual usable scaling.ĭS Lite is probably the second pick you'll have to deal with it being a much larger device, and A+B being in not great places for actual GBA games, but of course comes with the bonus of playing DS games. Those piece of shit odroids or emulation handhelds are fucking garbage for a wide variety of reasons, not the least of which are screens that are primarily targeted at displaying 240p console graphics this means no matter what you're either gonna be looking at a tiny window or a shitty blurry screen. OP I'm gonna tell you right now, everything that isn't literally 'Use an actual GBA of some form' is compromised.

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