Throughout the Black Friday / Cyber Monday sales, I've been on the hunt for the best retro gaming deals – mainly for handhelds and arcade units with big discounts to recommend.
It's something of a passion of mine, as I already own more than 20 handhelds myself and am regularly adding more to my collection. However, little did I realise that I'd find a relatively new one for around £16. And with 1,000s of games pre-installed, too.
There are few retailers that cater for the retro gaming community as much as Aliexpress, and it's here that I found the R36 Ultra – usually priced at £40.83 with a 64GB microSD card packed with games, it's now listed at £19.19. However, thanks to the site's Cyber Monday sale, you can get an additional £3 off by using the code GBBF18 at checkout.
The R36 range of handhelds are ideal as an entry point to retro gaming. They come with a fairly low powered processor, but are still capable of playing some PlayStation One games.
That means they'll handle the likes of SNES, Mega Drive / Genesis, Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance, and 1,000s of arcade ROMs with no trouble whatsoever.
Indeed, I included my own R36T in my top three crazy handhelds list recently, which runs on the same chip as the R36 Ultra, but with a design that makes it look more like a CRT TV.
The big difference with the R36 Ultra is the display – it features a 1:1 square aspect ratio, with a 720 x 720 resolution. This makes the handheld a great fit for the likes of Game Boy and Game Boy Color, as you won't see much in the way of black bars around the screen.
4:3 content will work well on it too, although you might want to look elsewhere if you want to play 16:9 games, such as PSP. They will have major black bars top and bottom.
Also make sure you check out my other big retro gaming deals pieces while Cyber Monday is still on. When it's over, it's over.
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