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So I have never played a Final Fantasy game. Ever.

I grew up in the 80s (I was the perfect age when the NES arrived (11 years old) and we played that, and then the SNES before moving to the PS1. However, in all of my years of gaming, I never played a Final Fantasy game (or rpg, for that matter). I bought FF VII for the ps1 simply for the box cover art, but never got into it. When i started, I had no idea what I was doing and quickly gave up (and probably went back to FIFA, GTA, Tomb Raider or Crash Bandicoot).

However, now that I have discovered emulation and my MM+ I want to dip my toe into the Final Fantasy series.

So where do I start? From the beginning and go chronologically? I know there is some confusion in numbering (from Japanese vs other versions? 3 is 6, or something?)

Or should I jump in elsewhere? Again, this is coming from someone who has NO idea about "HP" points (is that 'health' or 'hit' points?) and no idea about the 'combat' in these types of games...but I want to try! I have been doing some research into rgps, and know there are tactical, turn based, action rpgs, and I have no idea what any of them are, but figure its time to try.

Thoughts/Suggestions?

Ok, so I totally missed the GBA. By the time it launched (2001), I was finished college, starting a career, family, etc, and hadn't played video games in a couple of years when it came out (I had a PS1, but that was the last system I played). I knew of the GB (that came out when I was in high school, but totally missed the GBC and GBA).

Fast forward to a couple of months ago, when I found out about retro handhelds and emulation, and got myself a MM+ (which I LOVE) and began researching other systems that I never heard of (I mainly bought it to emulate NES, SNES, Genesis, etc), and then I find out about the GBA and its amazing library (by watching some best of YouTube videos). That system was awesome and it looks unreal on the MM+ !!!!

That being said, wondering if there are any must play GBA games that you recommend I try?! I am open to anything: platformers, shmups, sports, rpgs, beat em ups, puzzle...whatever you think would be worth checking out. Thanks!

Ok, so I never played a Zelda game. I grew up on the NES, and tried the original Zelda at a friends house, and gave up after a few mins and went back to platformers (Mario) and other games.

Now that I am new to the retro handheld world and have my new MM+, I want to play a/some Zelda games to see what I missed. Suggestions as to where I should start? At the beginning? Or somewhere else? I have been emulating the systems I had experience with (nes, snes, gb, gbc, gba, n64, gamecube) and I've never played the DS, 3DS or Switch, so I would like to avoid those...

Suggestions for where I should jump in to get into these games?

One of my favorite games growing up was Commando. I think it was what got me hooked on video games and I just thought it was amazing when I saw it in the arcade, and even though I wasn't good at it (I was only a young kid), I LOVED it.

Now that I found emulation, wondering what other retro video games are out there like Commando that I should also check out and add to my library?

(I guess it would be considered a top-down run-and-gun?)

After a long break from video games, I am back playing them once I found out about handheld devices and emulation! I am LOVING being back and researching games to play.

One genre I never played (or even knew about), was 'dungeon crawlers' (only started to hear about them while watching YouTube videos of retro games to check out.

That being said, are there some 'basic' (I mean, pure beginner-friendly) dungeon crawlers that I could check out? To see if I like the genre?

AND, is a 'rogue-like' a dungeon crawler? I didn't know that was a thing and have no idea about those.

Granted, growing up in the early 80s, my best friend's older brother had an IBM PC and used to play the original Wizardry game (we never played it...but we watched him play it a few times). So maybe I had witnessed a dungeon crawler, if it is one?

Wondering if this is a genre I have missed, and should check out a few games to see if I enjoy them...

Back into gaming after a 25+ year break! I was never into Beat em Ups but want to give some a try, however, I am not interested into anything too complex and memorizing combos, etc, at my age (mid 50s).

Any suggestions for fun, simple retro Beat 'em ups for an intro into this genre?

I am thinking of getting back into Double Dragon and stuff like this? I was too old for any TMNT games back in the day, but would love to play some of those now (I have heard there are a few that are decent?) or any stuff like that.

Looking for retro systems (8-bit up to psx) (and including arcade suggestions. Thanks!

I LOVE Star Wars and Star Wars video games! I want to play ALL of the avilable Star Wars themed (or inspired games) on Pico-8. After doing some research, these are the ones I have found:

1. Star Wars Remake (by VectorWorlds)

2. X Wing vs. Tie Fighter Attack on the Death Star (XVST-0) (by freds72)

3. X Wing Pioc Squadron (by xavier)

4. Star Wars Apple Cart II (by Yesyoor)

Am I missing any? Any other suggestions? Thanks!

Hey All.

Apologies in advance for the question (again, I am new to all of this and have only owned my MM+ for 15 days now...and LOVING it more each day), wondering if anyone has emulated Vectrex on the MM (or handhelds in general??)

I LOVED the Vectrex game system back in the day (I don't want to date myself) but I never owned one but know a couple of folks that did, and LOVE "vector" style games. I have read (in passing) with my research in retro gaming that I think Vectrex can be emulated, so wondering if anyone has had success on it with the MM or MM+ (or if its better suited to a different device/screen, etc). Just curious.

Any if anyone has any other 'vector' style games (that weren't on the Vectrex) I am open to any games in this style. Thanks!

I am still brand new to all of this (my rg35xx h was my first handheld that I received about a month ago) and I only moved from stock OS to Knulli Scarab last week! (very pleased I got it set up and going, and only getting used to its settings now)

I've watched enough videos on pico 8 to know that I want to set it up natively (vs emulation) and i paid for the $15 Pico 8 and have the downloads, but wondering if anyone has had success with Knulli Scarab setting it up?

Or even previous versions of Knulli (not sure what they were, as my first/only version is Scarab).

Thanks in advance!

As someone only back to video games after almost 30 years (and having my MM+ for just over a week!!), I am slowing adding some roms and figuring out what retro games I want to get into.

I never owned a GameBoy and was almost finished college when the first Pokemon game came out, and have never played a minute of ANY Pokemon games (or collected a card), and neither did any of my friends. I heard about the Pokemon GO craze about 10 years ago, but now that I am getting back into video games (and retro games) I feel like i am missing out. I mean, I honestly have never played games like these (including rpg's) or any games with HPs (are those Hit Points...or Health Points) so not used to that style of game (or I think its called 'combat')?

I figure its about time I try one out? Of course, I keep hearing about Pokemon Unbound (which I know now is a rom hack, which I didn't even know what those were a week ago!)

Thoughts? Too late for an older gamer to sink my teeth into the world of Pokemon and open myself up to another genre that I might love?!

Thoughts? Ideas? Suggestions? Tips?

I am still brand new to all of this (got my MM+ 8 days ago, and am loving it!), installed OnionOS a couple of days ago, and finding it great and still getting used to it and the settings.

I have always enjoyed Pico-8 games (on my browser) and know you can play it on retro handhelds and now I want to use it on my MM+. I watched several videos on setting it up (as I heard a couple of folks say its much better to play natively vs emulation), so i went ahead and paid my $15 to have it am am ready to go. However, all of the Pico-8 videos are older (at least 2 years old) and one from russ at retro game corps (which is great), is 4 years old. in some of the videos, you have to change a script in json files and another one you have to download tar.gz files to get it working.

So I am wondering with the latest versions of OnionOS and now a bunch of years later, is all of this still accurate? can anyone recommend an updated video (or guide) to get this running natively on my MM+ so I can enjoy all that Pico-8 has to offer on my beautiful MM+ (and not just my browser).

Side Note: for those that run it natively, I am guessing this is where 'splore' is used, and if so (I only heard of splore this week), do you need to buy carts or can you just play them for free in splore? I do want to support some of the Dev of the games that I really enjoy.

Thanks in advance!

Just installed Knulli Scarab on my rg35xxH last night! Going good thus far - still trying to figure out all of the details - and can't get wifi to work, but all good so far. Proud that I have it working!

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So less than 2 months ago, I hadn't played a video game in almost 30 years, never heard of roms/bios, etc, and wanted to play some retro games, and here I am now, with two retro handhelds, a handful of roms and ready to go!

I've never flashed anything on a sd card, or anything like that, and after spending a lot of time on this sub, i decided to go with knulli...(then based on so many other posts), was going to go with muOS and then decided to go with Knulli Scarab. I followed one of Russ' (retrogamecorps_ older YT guides and seem to be in business! I have a handful of roms loaded up (I went with the 2 sd card system) and played games ALL last night!! I still need to figure out all of the settings in Knulli (like I don't even know how to get to the Main Menu after finishing a game!), or what a hot key is!, but that will come soon.

I was hoping to get wifi working (it seemed so easy when folks do it on the YT tutorials), but it didn't work for me.

I still might try out muOS eventually, but am super happy with it thus far!

Any tips/tricks...pass them on!

Any good suggestions for horse racing games on retro consoles to check out?

With the Kentucky Derby over and the Triple Crown happening, I am more interested in horse racing.

I used to play "Horse Racing" on our Intellivision in the early 80s and we loved it. I have done some research and have seen some gdecent ones for the Famicon but they are in Japanese and with no translation, the reviews were to skip.

So any suggestions for decent retro horse racing games (in English or with translations), that I could check out?

Sorry folks - new to all of this - with my first handheld (rg35xxh) only purchased a little while ago (still using stock os and planning on upgrading soon (this weekend), but since I am just starting and have a handful of roms to date (about 10) and ZERO bios...wondering how 'safe' is it to plug the stock sd card that came with the unit into my computer and grab the bios files (I plan on leaving the roms and collect my own eventually).

I have watched many a YouTube video by folks who do it, and yet I have seen several folks on various retro handheld subs say you should never put one of those cards in your personal computer.

We only have the one computer and I don't want to put it at risk but plugging it in and grabbing some files to use. Should I not bother and try and source these myself or just do it?

Again...new to all of this so please go easy on me.

I am new to Shmups and looking for some Pico 8 recommendations to play on my retro handheld. I have Kalikan and a couple by Buster Ermy (XIRA) which are awesome, and looking for some more recommendations to add to my collection...

Has anyone has any success with Garlic OS ?

I am new to all of this (never heard of a ROM until a little while ago) and still running the Anbernic Stock but I want to move on, but I ran into issues when I tried to upgrade the stock OS.

So I am figuring that the Tiny Best Set Go might be my best option as I only have a handful of ROMs (I got my device once Myrient shut down), so it 'might' be a good option to get moving fast with a non-stock OS and some ROMs to get me started? Unless there is something about Garlis OS that I should avoid?

Based on reading this sub, I wanted to install Knulli, but since Tiny Best Set has a Garlic OS option, I might go with that...

Thoughts?

Hey all.

BRAND new to retro gaming (only discovered this hobby about a month ago) and ordered my New Miyoo Mini Plus over the weekend. SO excited to get into this.

Is there anything I should be doing while waiting for it to arrive? Get an OS and SD card set up. Work on getting some of my own ROMs? Any thoughts/feedback/tips/suggestions?

And I think I am going to go with OnionOS after reading this thread. I think the MM+ only has 1 sd card slot (so I won't need to use an sd card for the os and another for roms?) If so, recommendations on sd card size? I have a 32, 64 and 128.

However, I also watched a great YT video from Russ at RetroGameCorps where he used the "five game system" and only installed 5 games on a Miyoo Mini Flip with MinUI, which looked really good and clean and easy. Wondering if this would be easier of me since I am starting out and only have a handful of ROMs anyway.... ?