Some probably but most games back then were wasd+space USB port on the handheld can take a keyboard I think though

That’s a shame, and I get your thinking but you actually represent a lot of the potential audience and a review from your perspective would help readers understand how much is gaming value and how much is nostalgia.

I remember BBC micro, c64 and spectrum as the console wars of the day, usurping the Atari 2600, on which I remember playing asteroids, pong, missile command, and many more; I was so young that I now can’t remember if we had the 4 or 6 switch version.

I scoured the web for reviews but couldn’t find any. Not even on techdweeb’s YouTube and he is usually up for the old dos and c64 stuff.

Hope you will reconsider doing a review. The hardware, materials, build quality and ergonomics can compare with other handhelds, just judge the games on their own merits.

Elite was released on both, though I rememberthe spectrum version tape had different ships depending on which side you loaded. The C64 is probably a better option for the full game.

Most of the games I’d recommend are covered in other comments, but I’ll add a vote for Speedball 2: Brutal Deluxe on the megadrive/genesis.

Lot of happy memories of that game so there is definitely some nostalgia involved, but I’d recommended anyone to give it a shot.

I have other handhelds plenty capable of running c64, but it’s nice to have a device for a specific job. And these nail the aesthetic for my eyes.

Yes. Sorry I messed up the post. Link added now.

Sorry. Link added. Messed up my first post 🤦

I use noscript https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NoScript

It starts with a default position of blocking everything (which breaks a lot of sites) but as you use the internet you just tell it to trust the domains that you need and permablock those you don’t. After a few weeks, you find your regular sites are taken care of.

googletagmanager and fascistbook are obvious blocks on most sites. Same for trust pilot and the like.

It can get more complicated when you try to buy something as that does legitimately require scripts from other services like stripe, worldpay etc. Or from shopify and the like.

You always have the option of temporarily allowing the page to do what it wants if you just find the pagelist too overwhelming but it is worth just experimenting and reloading the page till you figure out what is necessary and what is not. Set once, and it’s done.

Another option is to have a second browser not running noscript, that deletes all data on exit, and use that for purchasing. I use Librewolf when I want to do that and minimise fingerprinting and tracking.

Bonus fact, most news sites with paywalls, run those paywalls with JavaScript. No script, no paywall. 😂

Another reason to be aggressively blocking attempts to run JavaScript from marketing (and other non critical) domains.

Clicked to say exactly that.

When microslop withdraw all services from Israel I will pay attention. Until then, its all marketing.

You can still go graphene and isolate play services in a secondary profile.

For a better future: Organisations and services that structure themselves to require third party services need to take contractual responsibility for the actions in their fulfillment supply chain, just as an online retailer takes responsibility for delivery agents. Google play services harvesting needs to be reflected in the privacy policy of every company that doesn’t provide alternative access.

Wonder what will happen if we all start making data protection complaints about enforced non contractual third party data harvesting?

This, all day long. If you need to access teams on the go (because you choose to) there is a web interface for that. Same for outlook. There are plenty 2FA options so you probably already have something that can provide 2FA without requiring you to install a microslop app to your phone. I will not accept any third party management of my device.

I’m no legal advisor. But my opinion is that it is possible for any code to be misused. If you have a legitimate use case for your own purpose that is compliant with the law, isn’t it possible that the screen capture protection code is (in that scenario) being misused?

First up, sorry for the long response. You asked some simple questions that didn’t have equally short answers (hence the log reply) and that made me test my existing assumptions. Whether we still disagree (to me at least) matters less than that process so I’ve upvoted you as some thanks for that.

>Can you explain how it can be a biodegradable and somehow outlast everything after being pumped full of chemicals?

Firstly - the claim that leather is pumped full of chemicals is a vast oversimplification. I referred to chrome tanning in my previous comment but personally would be glad to see that gone, or proper environmental regulation brought it to those countries that do not currently have it. That would drive increased costs and likely industry and buyer behaviour towards a self correction - back towards veg tanning. Vegetable tanning relies on plant based tannins, no man made chemicals. These tannins bind to the proteins in the hide, increasing the strength of the fibres and delays decay. It takes weeks to do, whilst chrome tanning (using chromium salts) takes days to deliver a product that has a worse environmental footprint but still (IMO) better than a fossil fuel product. Arguably veg tanning produces a better product that will age and patina whilst chrome tanning inhibits a lot of that so would never be my personal preference as a hobbyist.

Leather lasts longer than most textiles simply because it has a more resilient fibrous structure (skin has evolved to have these properties and the tanning process accentuates)

To offer some real scenarios: with correct care and re-soling (leather soles, not rubber) the same pair of boots can last well in excess of an adult lifetime. I see no other natural material that can repeat that feat. A leather belt, bag or briefcase can easily be a lifetime or heirloom item with minimal care, same for well made leather coat or jacket (usually the thing that wears out in the latter is a fabric lining which could be replaced with skill and care).

Leather may take a long time to eventually break down but throughout that time, the process is not releasing microplastics, it is not poisoning water sources or wildlife.

>Also, tanning and all the resources that go into the cow make leather actually much worse than the alternatives. And that’s ignoring all the natural alternatives, like pineapple leather, or cork.

The cow will be farmed whether the hide is waste or used. There are a lot of hides that go unused just because the scale of the meat industry is vastly larger than tanning and leather goods.

I haven’t ignored the alternatives, I said before I´d love to speak positively about pineapple leather, but the plain truth is that most ‘vegan leather’ is actually PU or PVC made from fossil fuels and I hope we aren’t going to disagree that use of fossil fuels is just worse. Worth noting that many countries outlawed the term ‘vegan leather’ as it is a misleading marketing term, not a material. Sadly plant-based leather alternatives all require additional support/structure for durability and wearability and that comes in the form of plastic. Which might be animal free but its not in any way ecologically sustainable. These do not have the durability of leather and will crack, peel, break, in relatively short order. If its what you want to use then that’s a choice you have, but they aren’t (again IMO) a real alternative to leather and any environmental high ground they claim is just greenwashing fossil fuels and plastics. That said, I do personally hope that they find better solutions and the situation changes in the future.

>It’s not a byproduct. As long as it makes money, it’s a product. 

Sorry but that’s just not correct. A byproduct is defined in Merriam-Webster as “something produced in a usually industrial or biological process in addition to the principal product¨. The vast majority of leather is a byproduct of the meat industry, or to a much lesser degree of animal control. I get your point, but I never argued against their being some commercial interest.You’ve argued it is a product because it has commercial value, but that’s not what a byproduct is, thats a secondary product and it would require the hide to be worth a material percentage of the value of the animal; based on the cost of tanned hides it just cannot be.

> ...arguably the worst and most wasteful industry we have, the animal ag industry.

Animal ag is a real problem; no doubt. In fact I´d argue Ag in general is a problem for the number of people we have on the planet. Not to diminish that, but I think fossil fuel and the US tech oligopoly might just be worse for the planet and society respectively.

Seems like a reasonable position to me, though some additional nuance would be nice. Unless the hide is the primary output from a farm I don’t see that the leather industry causes deforestation.

There are already (in many parts of the world) pretty stringent controls on the impact of tanning, I know at least one tannery in the UK that draws water from the local river and return cleaner water at the end of the process and that’s including the fact that tannery does produce chrome tanned hides. Veg tanning is a longer process but the chemicals are much less aggressive, so cleansing is less onerous.

Ultimately, leather is principally a byproduct of the meat industry, occasionally from animal population control schemes (one example in know is for kudu in South Africa).
Leather is a natural, and biodegradable textile (even after tanning) that outlasts the man-made alternatives. Although I’d like to speak favourably of things like pineapple.leather they simple don’t work without too much additional plastic/rubber material that undoes all the benefit and should not (IMO) be allowed to greenwash as ‘vegan leather’.

Stay away from exotic leathers, and revisit if the meat industry reduces to the point an animal.could be raised and killed for a hide without massive economic loss on the activity.

There nothing to cheer here. They are all toxic snakes.

I read that! I couldn’t find it again, didn’t realise it was you :)

Thanks!

What site/service are you buying from?

There are reasons why I would never use Gamestop but do (currently) use eBay and have done for over 20 years.
On of those reasons is Ryan Cohen and if he takes over I will delete my account without any hesitation at all.

Per Ryan Cohen’s Wikipedia page: “He supported Donald Trump during the 2024 United States presidential election, and promoted the conspiracy theory that the 2020 election was rigged. Cohen has publicly expressed criticism of Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies. In early 2025, he criticized Canada and France for “wokeness and DEI” and said they have “high taxes, Liberalism, Socialism, Progressivism” that generated a challenging business environment in those markets.”

When will these billionaires just take the fact they already have far more money than they can ever spend, and FUCK RIGHT OFF!!! Let someone else run a business with morals, ethics, and a desire for something other than the extraction of wealth that can never be spent. At this point when you have so much, to chase more can only be because it denies the rest of the plane access to that wealth which could do so much economic rebalancing as well as social and environmental good.