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Review: Chuwi HeroBox Pro

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Review: Chuwi HeroBox Pro

At around $180, the Chuwi HeroBox Pro has the potential to be one of the best sub-$200 PCs on the market today. But at that price, will games even be worth playing on it? Let’s find out.

Chuwi HeroBox Pro (both models): https://amzn.to/3A1l3c8
Chuwi LarkBox Pro: https://amzn.to/3KhqgkH
HeroBox direct link: https://store.chuwi.com/products/chuwi-herobox-pro

Other videos mentioned in this review:
Super Console X Mini PC: https://youtu.be/Ay3XgIfHfAQ
Batocera flash drive: https://youtu.be/e0klElI4KLc
Offline scraping: https://youtu.be/RBQuFBbRsXs

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Apple, Guides, xbox

Introducing WebRcade — Play Your Retro Games via the Cloud!

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Introducing WebRcade — Play Your Retro Games via the Cloud!

WebRcade is a new browser-based platform that allows you to play your own retro games via cloud storage like DropBox. This will allow you to play your personal library on all sorts of devices — like the iPhone, iPad, Xbox and more. The games all run at full speed and it’s very easy to set up the platform. And it’s 100% open-source and free. In this video I’ll walk you through how it all works!

Find WebRcade here

BackBone One controller (use this link for $10 Apple gift card with purchase)
My 8BitDo Xbox controller video

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Review: PowKiddy Q36 Mini

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Review: PowKiddy Q36 Mini

Amazingly, the PowKiddy Q36 is one of those rare handheld devices that is just about perfect as soon as you pull it out of the box — no need for hardware mods, custom firmware, or learning a new complicated OS. Much of that has to do with the open-source FunKey firmware that it uses, which has some excellent quality of life features that make this micro handheld a wonderful grab-and-go option. So let’s run this $50 device through its paces and look at why I like it so much.

Buy one here

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Review: KinHank’s “LaunchBox Hard Drive”

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Review: KinHank’s “LaunchBox Hard Drive”

KinHank is now selling a loaded hard drive that supposedly will allow you to play emulated games directly on your Windows PC. How does this experience stack up?

Non-affiliate link: https://dada.link/VpAvae

Super Console X devices worth considering:
Super Console X King (EmuELEC): https://youtu.be/WzXyLdEP3Ec
Super Console X Mini PC (Batocera): https://youtu.be/Ay3XgIfHfAQ

or build your own:
EmuELEC Android box: https://youtu.be/pIAGCMmUBK8
Batocera Mini PC: https://youtu.be/w75xzbkuvnw

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