Hands on with the AYN Odin 3 Portal; All You Need, and Then Some

I've been writing about so-called retro handhelds for a long time now, but I'm beginning to wonder whether the term has lost almost all meaning. It made perfect sense when we were primarily talking about little Linux-powered devices designed to play Game Boy, SNES and PlayStation games. These days, however, we're looking at Android handhelds capable of tackling Nintendo Switch games, increasingly demanding PC titles, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 emulation, even Switch 2 games these last few weeks. We've moved so far beyond what most people would reasonably consider retro gaming that I suspect we're going to need a new name for these things sooner or later. And nothing illustrates that better than the AYN Odin 3 Portal.What's remarkable about the Odin 3 Portal isn't necessarily the approach AYN has taken, because we've seen it before. The original Odin 2 Portal followed much the same formula, taking the already powerful Odin 2 and giving it a larger display, design and some welcome…

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