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yakumo

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1 minute ago, Paulando said:


The shoulder buttons are shite, but it doesn’t have sticks either, so the games you tend to play on it don’t really need them much anyway.

The games I be playing would be MAME, SNES, GB etc nothing PS really despite a hankering to MGS on the PS1.The the shoulder button and lack of stick could make it a nightmare.

 

However, anyone know if I could play Snatcher, should do Mega CD right?

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Yasawas

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What a thoroughly miserable initial experience the Retroid Pocket 3+ is. Baffling UI, no actual manual I can find and even the SNES controller doesn’t map properly by default! Is there a decent starter’s guide somewhere? Preferably not an overlong YouTube video. 

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Paulando

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6 minutes ago, Yasawas said:

What a thoroughly miserable initial experience the Retroid Pocket 3+ is. Baffling UI, no actual manual I can find and even the SNES controller doesn’t map properly by default! Is there a decent starter’s guide somewhere? Preferably not an overlong YouTube video. 


https://retrogamecorps.com/2022/01/16/retroid-pocket-2-starter-guide/

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Paulando

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Just now, Yasawas said:


Looks exactly what I was after. Thanks!


I followed this, and also installed Daijisho (which is essential imo), and it becomes a wonderful handheld with a great UI and game library. It plays everything up to Dreamcast perfectly, and handhelds up to PSP/NDS. It’s super easy to download games directly to it too, unlike the Linux handhelds.

 

Does require a fair bit of setup, but it’s worth it.

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watusi

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1 hour ago, yakumo said:

Don't you own the Aya as well?, better than that?.

Nah, just Anbernic, RP3, Miyoo mini and steamdeck.

 

I only really care about 32 bit and older, plus PSP and Dreamcast. the steamdeck is nice and powerfull but too big to be portable. The Miyoo mini is amazing for GB, the anbernic and great for most things. the RP3 is just a little powerhouse that plays psp well. I mainly use standalone apps rather than retroarch as I prefer the interface and want want to be able to browse folders.

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yakumo

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33 minutes ago, watusi said:

Nah, just Anbernic, RP3, Miyoo mini and steamdeck.

 

I only really care about 32 bit and older, plus PSP and Dreamcast. the steamdeck is nice and powerfull but too big to be portable. The Miyoo mini is amazing for GB, the anbernic and great for most things. the RP3 is just a little powerhouse that plays psp well. I mainly use standalone apps rather than retroarch as I prefer the interface and want want to be able to browse folders.

Yeah currently borrowing a miyoo from bro at the moment, and the device is fantastic. Not a huge fan of the shoulder buttons but it's amazing how smooth in operation in terms of just playing games.  The Retroid Pocket has me interested for emulation, I do want to play to the level of Gamecube but hear it can do PS2 too sort of OKish. Had a steam deck too, would have kept it if I didn't have a large bill to pay but regardless it was just too big and my steam library is pitiful and it seems a waste to be using it as just an emulation device. Maybe pick one up later down the line but probably get a Retroid once I have enough funds.

 

Surprisingly the miyoo plus was dropped earlier today as well.

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Yasawas

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10 hours ago, Paulando said:


I followed this, and also installed Daijisho (which is essential imo), and it becomes a wonderful handheld with a great UI and game library. It plays everything up to Dreamcast perfectly, and handhelds up to PSP/NDS. It’s super easy to download games directly to it too, unlike the Linux handhelds.

 

Does require a fair bit of setup, but it’s worth it.


I’m such a battery miser I skipped enabling “Google Services” at first launch and therefore forgot it even had Play Store access :lol: I don’t have an Android device these days but I was pleased to see my old games still there, be keen to try some of them out.

 

I assume I can source an older .apk of Yaba Sanshiro 2 too and manually install that since the current release won’t boot at all for some reason?

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Rorschach

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Seems you can put in an order for the KT R1 now: https://ktpocket.com/shop

 

Looks like an interesting device, although smaller than I'd want, and with no analogue triggers. Also taking a bit of a risk purchasing it until other have recieved their devices and we get a sense of how long shipping takes, what the quality control is like, etc.

 

The number of options on the order page is a bit overwhelming! Being able to pick the positioning of the left stick / dpad is a nice touch.

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Paulando

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43 minutes ago, bradigor said:

@Paulando, saw your post in the direct thread. I want to get a dedicated system for GBA stuff. Is the RG351 the best option?


If it’s just for GBA, I’d definitely say so. The screen is twice the res in both directions so it scales perfectly at 2x, and it’s just really nice all-round. Prefer it to my modded og GBA.

 

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yakumo

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Miyoo users need some help.

 

I updated my bro's Miyoo to onion os and everything is booting up fine and playing games like normal. However, there's one issue I been finding is that sometimes it gets stuck on loading game screen?. I wait and wait but majority of time its best to just power off and turn it back on when it then loads the game as normal?. Not sure if I done something wrong or is this normal regardless?.

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Yasawas

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23 hours ago, Paulando said:


I followed this, and also installed Daijisho (which is essential imo),


This casual mention has turned my experience entirely, so thanks again. I was getting happy with it earlier but the way it ties everything together, looks lovely and even lets you rename the Genesis section to something sensible is a lot more like what I’d expected. 
 

And even though I bought it to be dazzled by the power the screen is a star too. I’ve played Castle of Illusion most today and it looks spectacular on it. 

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mechamonkey

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5 hours ago, Yasawas said:


This casual mention has turned my experience entirely, so thanks again. I was getting happy with it earlier but the way it ties everything together, looks lovely and even lets you rename the Genesis section to something sensible is a lot more like what I’d expected. 
 

And even though I bought it to be dazzled by the power the screen is a star too. I’ve played Castle of Illusion most today and it looks spectacular on it. 

I'm so glad you stuck with it, the initial experience as you said is hellish for anyone not well versed in this kind of thing but the payback is absolutely incredible once it clicks.
Every single person who has ever had a go on mine cannot believe it exists and has "all those games", my nephew (36) has basically given up on his modern systems (PS5, Xbox series S) and just plays the retroid (he's obsessed with GBA at the mo).
My current thing is messing about with rom hacks and playing games I love in new odd ways (Pokemon hacks, starfox ex etc)
Gaming now is AMAZING just dont go on social media and listen to any of those young pesky kids 😜

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Paulando

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10 hours ago, Yasawas said:


This casual mention has turned my experience entirely, so thanks again. I was getting happy with it earlier but the way it ties everything together, looks lovely and even lets you rename the Genesis section to something sensible is a lot more like what I’d expected. 
 

And even though I bought it to be dazzled by the power the screen is a star too. I’ve played Castle of Illusion most today and it looks spectacular on it. 


Great work! Happy you like it too. I really didn’t like Android on a gaming handheld until Daijisho came along, it’s what I’ve been after for years.

 

Google search ‘ROMs Megathread’ and have fun downloading games direct to the device.

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Yasawas

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6 hours ago, mechamonkey said:

I'm so glad you stuck with it, the initial experience as you said is hellish for anyone not well versed in this kind of thing but the payback is absolutely incredible once it clicks.

 

Indeed. Getting there! 

 

I bought Yaba Sanshiro 2 today having realised it only wouldn't boot because it needed an update, can see myself chucking the ReDream guys a fiver too for the bonuses. I'm even contemplating replacing my beloved RetroPie setup with this via HDMI when I want the big screen since the disc-based formats emulate so much better. Woo!

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mechamonkey

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36 minutes ago, Yasawas said:

Oh wow! I need to try that. TxK is about the only thing I still miss the Vita for, I still listen to the soundtrack on the regular.

Same here! 
Love that in Tempest 4000 you can select that soundtrack too (press y on an xbox controller on the selection screen)

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