DragonBox Pyra

OpenPandora GmbH

DragonBox Pyra

$737High-End

Handheld · Clamshell · Debian Linux

Good for

NES, SNES, Game Boy, GBA

Support listed to

DS

OS

Debian Linux

Released

Jan 2021

The DragonBox Pyra is a high-end clamshell retro handheld from OpenPandora GmbH with a 5.0-inch 1280×720 ADS LCD screen, WiFi and Bluetooth, and runs Debian Linux. It is best suited for NES, SNES, Game Boy, GBA, with support listed up to DS. It typically sells for around $737.

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Emulation

Supports 11 of 18 tested systems — 6 at excellent, 2 running well.

Excellent

GBA, NES, PS1, SNES, Genesis, Game Boy

Good

DS, N64

Playable

PSP, Saturn, Dreamcast

Specifications

Display

Screen

5.0 inch

Aspect ratio

16:9

Resolution

1280 x 720

Pixel density

293.72 PPI

Panel

ADS LCD

Refresh rate

60 Hz

Performance

Chipset

Texas Instruments OMAP 5432

CPU

Cortex-A15 / Cortex-M4

CPU clock

1.5 GHz

CPU cores

4

CPU threads

4

GPU

PowerVR SGX544MP2

GPU clock

532 MHz (PowerVR SGX544MP2)

RAM

2 GB / 4 GB DDR3

Storage

Internal 32 GB eMMC, Internal MicroSD, 2x External SDXC

Architecture

ARM

Build

Battery

6000 mAh

Weight

384 grams

Dimensions

139 mm x 87 mm x 32 mm

Material

Plastic

Charge port

Micro USB

Controls

Shoulder buttons

Stacked

D-pad

Top

Thumbsticks

None

Extra buttons

Power, Full QWERTY layout keyboard

Features

WiFiBluetoothHDMI OutSD CardAudio JackStereo SpeakerL1/R1L2/R2 TriggersTouch ScreenGyroscopeVolume ButtonsRumble

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