Hello, I wan’t to get my first handheld for playing retro games.

I’m mostly looking for a handheld that can handle 3rd generation consoles (nes/sega ms), 4th generation consoles ( pc engine/sega genesis/snes ) and handheld’s like gb/gbc/gba.

In general no need for 3d consoles like ps/n64/sega saturn ( would be a nice bonus if it could, but I’m mostly only interested in 2d consoles for now ).

Something with looks of a gameboy advanced would be nice in my opinion.

Would like it to be able to be modded with diff rom’s/customizable software and ability to be able add my own rom sets.

Price isn’t an issue and am looking for the most premium possible experience with 2d consoles (I would most likelly mostly be playing gba games ).

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If not a Steam Deck then I’d say a large phone or small tablet with one of those controllers that the device clips into.

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Phone’s and tablet’s here are very overpricced, to the point that it’s cheaper for me to get a generic handheld shipped 7 countries away than buying a phone locally/shipped.

Example: my current samsung galaxy a54 I bought last year costed me 525 euro here, while in the rest of the world it was around 300 usd on amazon for example ( I don’t order from amazon because amazon isn’t available in my country so shipping with it is very expensive ).

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So price IS an issue! Then probably a Steam Deck.

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Price isn’t an issue as in the price of the device, more in the sense of I don’t wanna pay double for less of a performance ( steamdeck is an overkill for what I need, I don’t plan on emulating any 3d consoles )

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