As with all plastics, all this fake grass will continue to be a problem even when it’s removed. We can either burn it or leave it in landfill to ever so slowly decompose into billions of bits of microplastic.

It should have been banned a long time ago, but we only ever address things when it’s already too late.

Only seen them online. They’re legally very questionable, using case designs and symbols from Nintendo and Sony, and often shipping with SD cards stuffed full of ROMs, so exist in a very grey area where I don’t think you’d get many shops selling them.

Prices vary wildly also, so worth shopping around, but also using a site you can trust for refunds.

My first unit had a faulty microSD slot. My second one had a slight bright patch on the display, which is now barely noticeable after I tightened all the screws around the screen a bit more.

Sorry, I missed this question before.

If you want a decent value handheld there seems to be very little to choose between the Miyoo Mini + and Anbernic RG353XX. Both very similar and similar pricing. Both equally capable.

I thought the Miyoo Mini + possibly had the superior screen when I tried one, but Anbernic screens are still good.

People have had some quality control issues with both I believe, but they’re mainly decent.

Then mine is an RG353V. It has analogue thumbsticks, so could be better for games like Gran Turismo. Also mine runs Android and has a touchscreen (which hasn’t been all that useful to me, I’ll admit. But supposedly some emulation is superior on Android so it could be better for N64 games, or so I’ve heard.

But totally agree that either way, just in general, they’re good. Size, weight, and low cost means you can take them everywhere and don’t feel as precious about ever damaging or losing it as you would with a Switch as they’re so much cheaper.

In a rush to buy 3 travel cards last week, as the train was literally pulling into the station, my finger slipped and I accidentally bought an extra child’s ticket.

When we changed trains at the next station I went to the counter and they sorted a refund of that extra ticket for me.

I asked how it would be possible to do something like that in the future with only ticket machines and the guy said he didn’t know.

It was the ROSE “Revised Old Style Edition”. Basically the original game with revised translation and current naming conventions .

Think I initially patched the wrong version of the ROM, and then had some further issues because of that, but got there in the end!

I finally finished Final Fantasy VI yesterday (a ROM-hack of the SNES original).

Bring a long game, and having already played for 15 hours before losing my progress and starting again, it was a very full-on experience.