GamePi43 Accessories Kit for Raspberry Pi 4B/3B+/3B/2B/B+ Portable Retro Video Handheld Game Console with 4.3inch IPS Display 800×480 Pixel 60 fps Smooth Gaming Experience Speaker Earphone Jack

Good, but expensive for what it is.
I’ve been playing around with this kit for about a week now and I love it, but I wouldn’t recommend this for someone who is looking to get into handheld emulation. I happened to have a pi 3B+ that someone gifted me a few years back along with a $50 gift card and wanted to see what I could do with it. So with that, the set only cost me $30, but if you were to buy the pi and the batteries as well as this kit, it would probably be somewhere around $125 to complete the package. For that price, you could buy a pre-assembled handheld emulator with a build quality on par with a Nintendo Switch, so it’s difficult to recommend this unless you fall into the very niche category that I did (or if you’ve got a kid you want to get involved in raspberry pies).It was a good beginner’s project, if not a bit too easy. It’s a pretty simple plug-and-play assembly that takes maybe 20 minutes. A bit too simple if you want to get involved in a project, but it would serve well as a first project for a child.As for quality, I was pleasantly surprised. Everything was well put together and it comes with a few replacement parts such as spare buttons. It also came with hdmi adapters for both a rpi 3 and 4 and a screwdriver, which is nice of them to include. Speaking of buttons, they’re quite firm. I’m starting to get used to them now (after maybe 5 hours of use), but hitting diagonals is difficult.As for software, there was nothing included in the box to give directions for assembly for software or the physical assembly, but everything is online and the instructions are nice and clear. Just look up GamePi43 and you should be able to find them pretty easily. There’s an image directing you for the physical assembly and a mostly clear set of instructions on how to get the right software installed. They serve their purpose, but they don’t go into great detail on how or why you’re doing what you’re doing. I tried to throw in my sd card from a previous project and it didn’t recognize the controller of the Pi43. It took me a while to figure it out, but there’s a specific version of Retropie 4.4 (if I remember correctly) used for this build that has the drivers pre-installed. There are also instructions for installing the drivers yourself if you want to use a newer version if retropie, but they’re not for the faint of heart. I wouldn’t suggest trying it if you’re not confident in playing around in inner-workings of retropie. That being said, their version of retropie does come with something like 2,000 games for Neogeo, NES, and SNES (as well as literally 1 PSX game).One large problem with this kit isn’t the kit’s fault, but it’s still a problem. One of the most important qualities of a handheld console is being able to whip it out for 5 minutes while you’re waiting at the bus stop, play for a few minutes, put the system to sleep and go about your day. This can’t do that. When I turn on the console, it takes 2, maybe 3 minutes to get to the interface to select a game. And there’s no sleep function. So this isn’t great for gaming on the go so much as it’s a good little screen to play with while you’re on the couch watching tv. If I had a rp4, I’m sure my load times would be better, but this would still be a problem.to;dr – It’s great, but it’s just not worth the price unless you have the extra money/pi lying around and have a specific use case. You can get and amazing pre-made handheld with outstanding build quality for as cheap as $50 nowadays.5/5 for Ease of Assembly and Quality of Material, but 1/5 for Value because you can do better considering it doesn’t even come with the pi for that price.

neat
cant get it to recognize its own controller, but will recognize the one the i bought separately…..so, ya

Great handheld with a fun build.
I love this handheld. It is a bit pricey but if you already have a raspberry pi it makes a fun project for the weekend.

Satisfied
Follow the instructions on the waveshare website & you will have this ready in no time.

Worked perfectly with Recalbox image. Too bad the unit doesn’t have a joystick.