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[Ceadeus]

I’ve always liked these weird chinese handhelds. Usually I’m an Anbernic boy but I also had a RP2 and it was sick. I was watching some reviews of this last night and it looks amazing for $200ish. OLED, nice form factor, and strong enough for ps2 and Wii U emulating. Might pick one up. Anyone else like this junk?

I'm definitely interested and it looks slick too! The nice look was lacking from previous generations.

Have you seen the more expensive handheld, the ayaneo pocket S. It the best looking yet and the one of the strongest if I'm not mistaken.

 

[Lionel Richie]

Anybody get one?

I got a Mini because I wanted the 4:3 screen. Zero complaints, terrific device so I imagine the RP5 is even better (if you don't mind the aspect ratio).

 

[hououinkyouma00]

I've been thinking about getting one of these as I'm trying to get myself to accept emulation more, and I have a chance to possibly move overseas next fall and there's no way I'm gonna be able to take my PS2 and everything with me.

If anybody has one and can help me out with a couple things though.

1. How's the docked situation? I like the idea of being able to go back and forth between handheld and docked.
2. How's the streaming situation. I currently have a Portal I use for a lot of remote play and I would probably replace that with this if it's better.

 

[Mattyp]

I've been thinking about getting one of these as I'm trying to get myself to accept emulation more, and I have a chance to possibly move overseas next fall and there's no way I'm gonna be able to take my PS2 and everything with me.

If anybody has one and can help me out with a couple things though.

1. How's the docked situation? I like the idea of being able to go back and forth between handheld and docked.
2. How's the streaming situation. I currently have a Portal I use for a lot of remote play and I would probably replace that with this if it's better.

I don’t use my retroid4 for either of those things, however I’m physical until death. I have a Sony CRT, hundreds of physical PS2 games etc…

The upscaling these things do be it 4X,8X etc it’s insane how much the picture clears up. I understand why some people do purely emulation over the original as it does make a lot of titles look fairly modern. And shrunk down on the size of a handheld honestly like GTA remastered collection quality wise. It makes some of those titles that just a bit to much to play on the eyes now on the CRT playable again.

That alone, is probably worth the cost. I forget what front end I ended up using but I use custom emulators for every system. Not retroarch found that the worst…

 

[Rocky_Balboa]

I think there's a beta port of Rocknix...and yes, you can run some older PC games through Winlator.

Linux is mentioned in the Retro Game Corps review.

Ok! I think I will save money and wait what Microsoft is doing with their handheld. Retrogames are definitely fun, but I would like to play some newer Xbox/PC games too. Also I have my jailbroken PS Vita, so many retrogames work on that pretty well.

 

[Ozriel]

Ok! I think I will save money and wait what Microsoft is doing with their handheld. Retrogames are definitely fun, but I would like to play some newer Xbox/PC games too. Also I have my jailbroken PS Vita, so many retrogames work on that pretty well.

I doubt there’s any MS handheld coming out anytime soon.

Best option would be to wait for CES 2025 next month to see how the upcoming Z2 Extreme handhelds look

 

[pdk27]

Mine shipped yesterday. Guess I'll have it in a week or two. Already have a Steam Deck, Switch, Analogue Pocket, Miyoo mini+ and I bought my kid a 35xxsp for Christmas. So I really don't need it but I just love these handhelds.

 

[jshackles]

Already have a Steam Deck, Switch, Analogue Pocket, Miyoo mini+

Are you me? This is my exact same setup.

 

[Codiox]

Using it since one week. waiting for my Playstation buttons now to fully transform it into a PSP2.

 

[apple_of_enlightenment]

I have the RP4Pro and almost every games run fine, weird. I even finished PS2 or GC games with 3x the resolution and 60 fps with no issue.

3D games can mask lag, depending on genre. It's NES games I find the worst on the Retroid Pocket. They're just a few frames laggy. Perhaps as much as 100ms.

It's not the same experience as original hardware. And I know latency can be subjective but the Analogue Pocket is a world of difference, as controls feel as tight as original hardware. It's night and day in comparison to the Retroid4.

I did try a few GC games on Retroid and it was pretty good. Frame rate was good as you say and didn't notice lag (but I suspect it's there). (Didn't try Smash which is one game where latency is critical.)

 

[ChoosableOne]

 

[protonion]

I have a Miyo Mini plus at the moment.
I liked how easy it was to setup with the onion os and the tiny best set.

How is the setup for this one? I would like to move beyond PS1.

 

[Imru’ al-Qays]

Mine arrived a few days ago, sold my Steam Deck which I never used. The hardware is spectacular, form factor is perfect. Finally something enjoyable to hold to play PS2 games on.

 

[BlackTron]

I'm still waiting for a retro handheld that handles GBA Pokemon trading/battling as an integrated feature a kid could use.

 

[Setzer]

Does anyone here have this and a TrimUI Smart Pro? Wanting to know how they compare in size...

 

[KloetenQuetsche]

I'm still waiting for a retro handheld that handles GBA Pokemon trading/battling as an integrated feature a kid could use.

Isn't the Analogue Pocket capable of this?

 

[pdk27]

Mine arrived yesterday. Spent today setting everything up according to Retro Game Corps setup guide. Played a couple games here and there as I was testing to make sure everything works. Really nice piece of hardware.

 

[jshackles]

Does anyone here have this and a TrimUI Smart Pro? Wanting to know how they compare in size...

I have both. The TrimUI Smart Pro is slightly smaller (a few mm, maybe?) but they're both just about the same size physically. The RP5 bulges out a bit farther in the back though, as part of it's design.

 

[Setzer]

I have both. The TrimUI Smart Pro is slightly smaller (a few mm, maybe?) but they're both just about the same size physically. The RP5 bulges out a bit farther in the back though, as part of it's design.

Thanks for this. I love the TrimUI SP but wanted something similar in size but more powerful and still pocketable. I imagine I could probably still fit the RP5 in my pockets but it might be a bit uncomfortable.

 

[Spukc]

Isn't the Analogue Pocket capable of this?

Yes

how is the latency and how well does it display 240p material?

 

[KloetenQuetsche]

Yes

how is the latency and how well does it display 240p material?

Go to the Analogue pocket reddit. There were all the guys telling you that.

 

[pdk27]

Been putting a bunch of time on this device since I got it. Has quickly become my favorite device. Most everything I've thrown at it plays great. I can't believe I've even been playing some less demanding Switch games on it. Metroid Dread runs perfectly for example.

 

[keefged4]

I caved and ordered one. The small form factor switch lite sized oled handheld is just too tempting even though I can literally play everything I want on the deck already. Comes next week, can't wait.