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Review on ๐Ÿ“ฑ QoolPart Handy Business Women's Portable Device in Black by Joe Gosa

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Not at this price.: Plug & Play Video Game

The PDA looked cheap when I first picked it up. It's made of such light plastic and the buttons and power button feel flimsy. I didn't like the instructions at all. It's fine for 4-sided games where you only have to move up, down, left and right, but I found it too difficult to move diagonally. I would call it a deal breaker no matter how much they charge for it except for one thing. It lets you use an external controller, either as a replacement for the device's built-in controls, or as a second controller for two-player gaming. There is a switch on the back of the controller that allows you to switch between using it as player 1 or player 2. It wasn't great, but it was serviceable and had a better navigation bar than the built-in one. It also had shoulder buttons that could be used to play games that required five or six buttons. Looks different than shown in the ad. (see image). This is a great feature. The screen is acceptable. The colors don't look bad, and those older games couldn't have used a really high-resolution screen that much. There were only about 180 games on the device and I had never heard of them. Most games are on a 32GB card. I've actually heard of many of them, including some of the classics. The emulators cover systems from the 8-bit and 16-bit eras. Everything I've tried worked fine, but you don't have many options, basically just the ability to save the game state. You seem stuck with the keybindings that come with games. I tried adding a few games to a few emulators and they worked fine. The handheld has a mini HDMI output. The kit includes all the cables you might need except for the HDMI cable. Unfortunately, I couldn't get the HDMI to work, although the cable works great with my tablet and the TVs I've tested it with. It doesn't really matter to me as I have other opportunities to play these games on the big screen. I hope this is just a defect in my device. There's also an output for connecting to old standard definition TVs via RCA connectors (cables included) but I don't even know anyone with such a TV so couldn't try it. nice features and games run well, i can't wholeheartedly praise it due to these flaws and unimpressive build quality. Not for the full 79.99 it's sold for. If you can find it on sale for around $50 or less, that would be more reasonable for this type of thing.

Pros
  • New
Cons
  • Damaged