PowKiddy Q90 Reborn!
Mar. 4th, 2023 04:39 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
chuckroI thought the Powkiddy Q90 was running the same OpenDingux as the Anbernic RG350, because it had a similar front-end and basically the same emulator suite. I was wrong! It’s actually running Bittboy firmware, essentially the same OS as the Miyoo Mini. And there is a new version of it I could download and, with the help of a few SD card utilities, flash onto a new microSD card I could swap in and use.
(This was prompted by my transferring a new rom and save file for Lufia: The Ruins of Lore and having it be glitchy in the GPsp emulator. Which sent me down the rabbit hole in a fit of pique.)
On one hand, this new frontend swaps out the icon-based view for a page-based view, which I like less. On the other hand, it adds a bunch of new emulators and replaces a bunch of the existing ones with new versions. The SNES emulation (especially with the new port of PocketSNES) is smoother; and the scaling for GBA games is definitely improved. There’s also a bunch of new ported and packed-in games, and when I copied my rom collection from the old card over to the new one I took the opportunity to update it a little.
I already liked the Q90 as a “toss in my pocket when I ride the subway or go to the dentist” handheld, and this gives it more variety and a bit better performance. Fantastic for a device that’s still for sale on AliExpress for $30, right?
(This was prompted by my transferring a new rom and save file for Lufia: The Ruins of Lore and having it be glitchy in the GPsp emulator. Which sent me down the rabbit hole in a fit of pique.)
On one hand, this new frontend swaps out the icon-based view for a page-based view, which I like less. On the other hand, it adds a bunch of new emulators and replaces a bunch of the existing ones with new versions. The SNES emulation (especially with the new port of PocketSNES) is smoother; and the scaling for GBA games is definitely improved. There’s also a bunch of new ported and packed-in games, and when I copied my rom collection from the old card over to the new one I took the opportunity to update it a little.
I already liked the Q90 as a “toss in my pocket when I ride the subway or go to the dentist” handheld, and this gives it more variety and a bit better performance. Fantastic for a device that’s still for sale on AliExpress for $30, right?
