There's a small one on lemmy.ml

https://lemmy.ml/c/sbcgaming

I’m really into these machines, particularly Anbernic and Retroid. I’m already in the linked group and on the Retro Handhelds Discord. Hoping to see content here!

Pi 3B+ and RG351V here reporting in. They’re decent, although I think a Steam Deck with dock and desktop PC ran like a HTPC to your TV are probably a better setup if you’re willing to put more time into it.

I have to admit every time I see one I really get the urge to buy one. But personally I prefer buying older systems and putting emulators on them. The PSP is a classic for instance.

I have an Anbernic RG351MP. It's nice. I use it on the subway when commuting. That's already 2 years old. If you were buying new, I'd get one of the current models.

There already is SBC [email protected].

I use RG280V for games up to PS1 and my Phone with telescopic controller for harder to run games.

I had a pi2 years ago that broke. I got out of that when emulation handhelds got big. The pi is way to expensive now but I have considered getting one of the cheaper knock offs.

I do a lot of emulation and gaming currently on three portable devices:

• Powkiddy X55 - 8, 16, and 32 bit, plus various ports like Doom, Duke Nukem, Fallout, TMNT: Shredder's Revenge, others.
• 2DS XL - NDS and 3DS. Some GBA and 8/16 bit, but the Powkiddy took over a lot of that.
• Samsung Tab S7 FE tablet - Dreamcast, PS2, Gamecube, and native Android games and ports.

I'm surprised how much mileage I get out of these devices, and how little I turn on my gaming PC these days.

I managed to beat Cyberpunk on my rpi 4 (Thanks to GeforceNOW), so eeeeeehhhh they are doable.

I have an OrangePi Zero 2 setup as a console under my TV. The zero 3 just came out and it $15. Does all 16 bit consoles, can run Linux or android (android works better for emulator)

Anyways I’ll join if you make a !SBCgaming or something like that.