FinalBurn Alpha/Neo and MAME are all I’m aware of

https://emulation.gametechwiki.com/index.php/Arcade_emulators

I feel like the RG35XX might be better suited for GBA. I’d say even the RG350 but it’s only about $10 less than the RG351 these days.

I think it depends on how long you think she’d actually use it. If it’s for a couple months you could go for something like the Powkiddy V90 (the device people call a GBA SP clone) but if she’s not shutting it off properly it can corrupt the SD card. You could still get the Datafrog and it might be good enough especially for Pokemon.

Anything is better than those 100 in 1 devices.

I feel like the Miyoo Mini is a bit overhyped at this point. The original had a nice size and feel to it, solid custom firmware with GarlicOS, and lots of fan made physical add-ons like stickers and 3D printed cases to personalize your device but you can’t really buy it anymore and while there is the Plus variant that added WiFi that sounds a bit overkill for what OP wants.

!sbcgaming@retrolemmy.com and !sbcgaming@lemmy.ml are communities that would be great for this kind of thing.

YouTuber RetroGamesCorp is pretty popular in the community and he’s got a video with his favorite devices of 2023 that has a section for budget handhelds. He recommends the R36S. It will get you up to PSX smoothly.

In may of last year people were talking about a device called the DataFrog SF2000 which was incredibly cheap at $25. It has screen tearing and slow down for GBA games. I haven’t heard anything about it in a while so I don’t know if a custom firmware was ever released to fix some of these issues.

One other thing you might want to look into is picking up something like a DS Lite and flashcart because at that point you can play all NES, GBA, and DS games.

I would 100% steer clear of any of those 100 in 1 devices. Most of the time they are limited to NES games. Once you are tired of the few games they can play it’s basically E-waste. At least with these other devices you can add games.

Description:

NanoBoyAdvance is a cycle-accurate Game Boy Advance emulator. It aims to be as accurate as possible, while also offering enhancements such as improved audio quality.

Looks pretty neat.

What would you say separates this from Emulation Station? I think it has the option to automatically fetch art and info as well

I feel like that makes it as much of a Christmas game as it makes Die Hard a Christmas movie

It’s definitely gotten larger since the introduction of the Pinephone and Pencil (soldering iron). The PineNote (eink tablet) and LoRa add on for the PinePhone are some things I’m excited to see more support for.

Here’s some Lemmy communities if you want to check them out.

!pine64@lemmy.ml

!pinephone@lemmy.ml

!pinetime@lemmy.ml

I’d also recommend checking out their Wiki. Specifically the software sections.

I’m not sure if they are much more powerful but Pine64 might have some products you may want to check out.

I use the RockPro64 pretty regularly.

Does it just work through Google accounts? Not OP but it sounds neat

The matching familiar layout can sure save time versus learning whatever the landscape version of the default calculator app on your phone has to offer.