Emuelec Allwinner H6

While it may not be the "easiest" path compared to a Raspberry Pi or an official Amlogic box, the Allwinner H6

Proprietary bootloaders on some H6 TV boxes prevent direct SD card booting. You may need to short pins or use a multi-boot tool.

The Allwinner H6 is a quad-core ARM Cortex-A53 processor designed for 4K HDR set-top boxes, featuring a Mali-T720 GPU. Although it has sufficient power for retro emulation, the focuses its development resources on Amlogic SoCs (like the S905 and S922X series) due to their superior driver support and community adoption.

Here’s a deep, technical, and practical guide to devices (e.g., Orange Pi 3, Orange Pi Zero 2, Tanix TX6, Beelink GS1, etc.).

Before you rush to buy one, you need to know the limitations: