Ampown MagicX Zero 40

This is an Android-based handheld with a unique feature: A tall vertical screen. It’s clearly intended as a compact DS-emulator device, as it runs DraStic really well and the screen is the correct size to display both screens (with a bar in-between to represent the hinge space that most games accounted for) and it’s a touchscreen. It also works great for vertical arcade games originally intended for a tall screen.

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Overall: This ran me $93 after shipping and tariff costs; I specifically wanted to try it out because of the gimmick. Kinda like the Powkiddy V10, this has one specific use-case that it’s good at (compact DS emulation) and pretty much everything else…meh. So it’s only worth the money if you’re excited for that specific use-case.