Great move by Retroid. The rp2+ was already hard to beat in my opinion as long as you don't need pocket ability or to play gc/ps2. Fixing the main negative in the controls and maintaining the $100 price point. Hard to find a better recommendation than this for those looking to get into the hobby.
Even when I love Onion OS I feel having Android brings a more dynamic setup, you can just slap on a sweet front end and you are pretty much good to go.
What I have seen is that it seems that some brands are making the Android initial process setting a bit less of a pain in the ass... I custom ROM frequently so I don't need more of that in my life lol.
Yes I'm always skeptical with the Android choice. I get that they can sell the idea that you can run Android games (but on such a small screen ?) but I'd rather have an OS solely dedicated to retro-emulation. To be fair, the firmwares shipped by these Chinese brands before they went with Android were often quite awful and custom firmware were needed to fix the issues but still...
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Carterbuzz@lemm.ee · 8 pts · 3y
Great move by Retroid. The rp2+ was already hard to beat in my opinion as long as you don't need pocket ability or to play gc/ps2. Fixing the main negative in the controls and maintaining the $100 price point. Hard to find a better recommendation than this for those looking to get into the hobby.
lazyhazy@lemmy.sdf.org · 3 pts · 3y
I love my Retroid Pocket 3+, but sometimes wish it was smaller with a 4:3 screen. Looks like I'm getting the 2S!
BRINGit34@lemmygrad.ml · 3 pts · 3y
I just wish they weren't running android. I find it so clunky compared to something like onion os or emulation station
kratoz29@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 2y
Even when I love Onion OS I feel having Android brings a more dynamic setup, you can just slap on a sweet front end and you are pretty much good to go.
What I have seen is that it seems that some brands are making the Android initial process setting a bit less of a pain in the ass... I custom ROM frequently so I don't need more of that in my life lol.
OptiZonion@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y
Yes I'm always skeptical with the Android choice. I get that they can sell the idea that you can run Android games (but on such a small screen ?) but I'd rather have an OS solely dedicated to retro-emulation. To be fair, the firmwares shipped by these Chinese brands before they went with Android were often quite awful and custom firmware were needed to fix the issues but still...
Eggyhead@kbin.social · 1 pts · 3y
I made a magazine for retroid on kbin a while ago. There are some guides and resources posted there if anyone is interested.
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