List of Consoles Compared
- R36S (OEM / brandless)
- R36H (OEM / brandless)
- R36 Ultra (OEM / brandless)
- Trimui Brick
- Trimui Smart Pro
- Ayaneo Pocket Air Mini
R36 Series
- Play smoothly: GBA, PS1, SNES
- Decent performance: PSP, NDS, N64, Dreamcast
- NOPE: PS2, 3DS, Wii
Verdict: Best value
- Well known in the community
- Cheap af
- Support WiFi, but no built in WiFi (ie you need to buy USB WiFi adapter)
- Better button feels than R36 Ultra
Verdict: You’re paying extra just for horizontal layout
- Exact same as R36S, but horizontal
- Clickable joystick
- Way more expensive
Verdict: Better screen + built in WiFi
- Larger screen, higher resolution
- Built in WiFi
- Slightly smaller battery
- Stiffer buttons
- Can be slightly buggy
Trimui Brick & Trimui Smart Pro
- Better performance: PS1 / GBA / SNES / PSP / N64
- NOPE: PS2, 3DS, Wii
Verdict: Go get R36S / R36 Ultra or Trimui Smart Pro
- Even higher resolution
- NO joystick (bad for PSP / N64)
- Excellent build quality
- Build in WiFi
- Stable and quick OS
- Glass screen
- RGB
- Better charging controller
Verdict: You pay more for modern build, premium quality, better CPU
- Same CPU as Trimui Brick
- Has joysticks, better for 3D game
- Bulkier / taller with joysticks
- Wide-screen, suitable for PSP
- Can play most PSP games, including Monster Hunter series
- 4000 mAh battery compared to 3000 mAh of Trimui Brick
- USB Type-C charging
- Even better performance if manually install CrossMix-OS
Ayaneo Pocket Air Mini
- Best performance: PS1 / GBA / SNES / PSP / N64
- Play many: PS2
- Few: 3DS / Wii
Verdict: Best in the list, or you can buy a bluetooth controller for your existing phone
- Premium Android powerhouse
- Require Android setup process (ie sign in to Google etc)
- Excellent CPU
- Larger, brighter, higher resolution screen
- Hall effect RGB joystick
- Active cooling
- 18W fast charge
- Larger battery
- Only console listed capable of touching PS2 games
