R46H Hand-held Console

I’ve previously reviewed the R36S and the R36H, low-end handhelds sold under a variety of brand names (BOYHOM is a popular one). Like Anbernic’s RGXX series, there are a number of variations that are all basically just external hardware differences; they’re all running the same ArcOs in the same internals. These all use the RK3128 chip, usually 1 gig of RAM, and whatever battery gets them 4-5 hours of playtime. They play up to PS1 just fine and are usually loaded with N64, NDS and PSP games that they can, at best, do a mediocre job with. And they have a full Retroarch menu so you can use cheats and fast-forward and edit all of your inputs and filters and things. And they all run $30-50 on AliExpress, depending on sales and taxes.

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Overall: For PS1 and earlier systems, this is a perfectly cromulent device. For not much more money (especially in this era of randomized tariffs), the Anbernic RG40XX-H is this but better.