That’s one nice shot with the sunset through the windows man. Gotta appreciate the care punt into your compositions

when i saw sm64 in the intro i could hear Bob say "maeyrio" in my head

Thanks so much for puttin the music used in the description, appreciated 👍🏼

I love the increase in quality in each vid keep up the great work dude!

Superb review, that crispy B roll. 👌

Finally!!! I was waiting for Bob to get this for so long !! This makes me so happy !!!!

*Me playing my emulators on my phone* "Ah yes I should buy a handheld"

Bahb your videos are the only things getting me through online high school right now. Thanks for being cool

Wow I love your lighting and production!

Thank you Bob, I am picking one of these up as my first portable retro handheld.

I’ve been WAITING for this video thanks dood. Love the emulation handheld vids

very cool that you cover these

Nothing better than logging in to KZfaq after work and seeing a new bob video ❤️

loving all the content and podcasts lately!

I just got mine last week and love it. I've had a lot of these emulator handhelds so far and its form factor and promise for Android 8 is awesome. Something to note is that it plays DS games on the Drastic emulator pretty well too. I've mapped the R trigger to switch screens, in case anyone was curious. I've only tested HeartGold on it so far, and its running pretty great.

These videos are well detailed and the music is relaxing. I play games while listening to this. 👍🏾

Gotta Appreciate how much love the DMG color scheme still gets to this day

I've been meaning to get one of these, but just can't decide on which one to get. This video definitely helps, so thanks. 🙂

Looking forward to getting one for myself. Thanks for yet another great review 😁

Duuuude ive been waiting for this one since you hinted it and its finally here you da best bruh 👏👏

Great device and nice reveiw as always. I got mine in PAL Snes colors. It really needs some time to setup it properly but its a pretty decent emulation device especially for that price range

Wow! That new intro is very cool!

Thanks Bob I got the Pocket Go on your recommendation and loved it but wanting an upgrade. Just ordered the this and really excited.

Amazing how this background song sounds so close to a Pokémon song without it actually being so.

I need one of these

Thank you for the straight forward and honest review of this system, info I wish I would have known earlier!

You really put an incredible amount of effort into the review. What a legend

I've got one of these and I love it, but you have to love tinkering as much as you love playing. Installing 3rd-party emulators and the Pegasus frontend make it a dream, but it takes a lot of work.

got a notification that mine will be in the mail tomorrow or the next day. pretty excited for it.

These miniature multi emulators have become my constant quarantine obsession. Even moreso than the switch, because you can emulate so many games on these

Man, I'm probably gonna skip thi... "Am2r comes preinstalled" Well fuck

I ordered the same one a few weeks ago, looking forward to it.

I'm actually interested in getting one of this, thanks for the review. if I can get it for cheap I will definitely buy one

I have one. Played Chrono Trigger for the first time, and finished it! This is a great device to motivate and encourage people to try out older games

Damn it Bob I'm never gonna get my school work done if you keep posting : )

I’d buy it to play those old Pokémon games.

I ordered mine with a carrying case on September 5th, and chose the black color with colored buttons. Haven’t received my shipping notice but reached out to them and claim it will ship next week. I’m super excited, but a bummer it took over 2 months to ship, and will likely take another 2-3 weeks for delivery. So you gotta have patience.

Have you done a review of the PiBoy DMG? If not, you should. I've been thinking about getting one, but I just haven't pulled the trigger because whenever I think about getting one, I remember that I mostly want this for traveling, and who knows when the next time I'll be traveling will be. And also, I'm pretty sure my phone can run anything a Raspberry Pi can and more. So do I really need this? Or should I just buy a dock and a 8bitdo controller?

Love the modulated pokemon theme music :P

I watch these cause I am waiting until I see a retro emulator handheld I wanna get. Thank you very much for these videos!

Been waiting forever for you to talk about the Retroid Pocket 2.

I’m definitely picking 1 up this is a very good video

Great vid you and wood are my fav KZfaqrs

Appreciate the honest review

I like the the retroid pocket 2 but I have a rg350m and it’s perfect already to run my old retro games. Like your videos man.

Mine should be here any day now. Can't wait!

Nice honest review. I feel most other reviews I see for these things are promoted videos that make it sound like you could plug in your dead grandma's soul into it and speak to them again. But like always all the downsides make it not worth the purchase when I already have a flashcarts and hacked 3ds and PSPs. The n64 and dreamcast emulations are never good enougn for me. Ah well still seems pretty cool for people don't have all their old sony and nintendo portables hacked already.

Me n my gma out here watching you wulff

I've been waiting for months for mine to show up. finally shipped the other day

I have had this thing for a while now. I 100% agree with everything you stated in this video. My only real gripe are the way the dpad feels and when you run games on the Retriod OS (you have to install it from the toolbox app first. It has a much better U.I) the games have input lag and are miss named (but again a better U.I). It is overall not seamless, but the price point is what makes it a winner (especially with both HDMI out and bluetooth). At this point; it makes me wish Nintendo would just go of their way to secure a deal to put all retro console and arcade from 2000 and below; on the eshop (including movie, cartoon and comic based games like TMNT, X-Men, ect). After playing with these handhelds from China; it makes me want these games officially on the Switch as it would be way more convenient and I wouldn't have to research and buy these kind of things (provided that Nintendo also stops being lazy and give us all screen and filter options, while maintaining performance). Seriously; the way they went after rom sites; one would think they had some sort of plan to secure all the best retro games. It would certainly beat the resurgence of retro console devices and be less clutter to a home; if everything was just on the Switch.

I'm a fan, it's my first portable emulator device. Honestly, haven't loaded any ROM's. I play the Retoroid app, has a bunch of games on it. Thanks!

Awesome thank you for finally making this!!!! Woooo!

Great. I've been wondering your opinion on this one after hearing what you said about the rg350

I bought one. It took a month to arrive. After a few days, I turned it on and the screen was broken. I saw pictures on reddit of other users who had screen that broke in the exact same way. I emailed the company and they are sending me a new screen. Other than this issue, it is a great device.

I just ordered the Retroid Pocket 2 on amazon I'm excited to get my unit.

Hi There! You may want to check out their built in second OS - its a labled "Retroid" with the R as a logo in a grey box. Oddly, they have super optimized dreamcast there so I am seeing performance for Marvel Vs Capcom 2 that I can not seem to pull off on the basic Android experience, I believe their "Retroid" os is a tooled "Pandora's Box" which you see on some ebay custom built arcade controllers. The provided games were mostly hot garbage, but you can in settings via MENU button, clear out those games- which will not affect your retroarch ROMs folder. the retroid OS games folder is found under your card/games/download, then hit menu - "manage external games" and need to do a one time match game to emu, then it will good to go after reboots, etc. If intrested, conduct a test with some Dreamcast there to see the performance boost I am mentioning. You have restricted customization in that second OS, but its highly optimized to do one thing - run games vs the underlying weight of the typical Android phone OS needs. Also - "Airdroid" can be your best friend - an app you can get from google play store to manage this device remotely from your PC (file shares/even desktop remote navigation!) Nice review dude, sharing with everyone I can

Was actually kinda cool to see that you had most of the same complaints that I had about this thing. I REALLY hope someone finds a replacement for the top portion of the right stick, one that can be just dropped right in, because the top part of the stick rubs against the shell and makes the movement not good at all. I noticed though that if you remove the top of the stick, the analog stick itself DOES in fact move fluidly. It's the top piece that's the problem. I actually emailed the creators of the unit about this issue and they basically told me oh well, too bad. Their customer service is pretty lacking I must say. I also didn't find the unit very comfortable to hold, specially when trying to use the L2/R2 buttons. They feel awkward to me. I would actually prefer it if they weren't extended/stuck out from the back shell like they are, cus this seems to make them even less comfortable to use imo. I kind of doubt that this thing went through much testing while they were designing it. They likely just designed it in CAD or whatever software they use and that was probably that.

This is good coverage, but the one thing I wanted to see was how hooking up several controllers worked out. Testing games like secret of mana for instance. And it has wifi for multiplayer but does that apply to the emulated games too? Could you play the original gameboy version of Quarth against someone else for instance? Finally, I'm not sure where I saw this but I think another review talked about DS emulation on this device as well. Worth a look.

Great review!

Regarding the glitch @ 06:05: After changing the resolution you have to save the config and restart retroarch in order for the graphics glitch to disappear.

My setup currently is my dream setup. Retroarch on Android and windows in sync with syncthing. My android phone for the tv and portable. And my windows pc connected to a crt computer monitor. These types of setups aren't discussed much or if they are it's in other forums so I thought I should add that for the weekend project type of folks.

I’m so buying this for the old Pokémon games I’m so excited :)

I only need one of these, so I did some research and ordered this. They finally shipped it Tuesday so I look forward to getting it for Christmas. Of course the anbernic released their RG351P and I got a bit of buyer's remorse due to its pick up and play functionality. But not much. PSP and DC emulation, WiFi and HDMI our all mean something to me. Of course I say I only need one, but I've already gone ahead and pre-ordered the Funkey. It looks stupid tiny, but travelable af.

The Retroid Pocket 2 is definitely the most tempting retro handheld I've seen. I'd love to have a dedicated device, but until there's a handheld that can emulate all the same sysytems my phone can (e.g. Gamecube), I'm probably going to stick with my phone/bluetooth controller combo.

Just got my justed shipped confirmation. It was taking forever!! 🤕 Hopefully next week I'll get to enjoy it.

Just when I think my wallet is safe, another retro emu handheld tempts me 😂. I’ve always wanted one but it’s so hard to decide which is right for what I’m looking for

We're getting there, swap the thumb stick placement and once we get some that can run GameCube (well), that might be my trigger

I personally don't want to play retro games that badly, but I always enjoy content!😁

Excellent review 👏👌

The second I saw that thumbnail I couldn’t resist

damn, I was hoping for some good SteamLink on this. ugh, thanks for the heads up.

I just got mine a week ago and i love it. i got the tranparent red color.

Wow, you made it through the whole video without crapping on the PSP. Thanks. I think we are close to having a Chinese clone that will replace the PSP as the best handheld emulation machine. But we aren’t there yet.

Sweet intro

I really like the idea of these retro pocket systems, but it seems like there are always such huge drawbacks because they need to be cheap. IMO if you want great performance, game compatibility, and ease of use, you're better off with an Android phone.

I’d get one but can’t really handle that wait to have it shipped as I’m not sure where I’ll be in 2 months. But down the road I’m def going to pick one up

I'm getting one for Christmas as I don't have any real way to play any retro games (or many games at all) when I leave home. I have a beefy PC but I've never really like playing older games on it, and the idea of having these old games on the go has always appealed to me. The main reason I decided on this over the 350 (or even the 351 that I recently heard about) is mostly due to various points made in the video. The size is pretty good for what I want, and I personally prefer the joystick layout on the pocket 2 as I mostly grew up playing on Xbox controllers so I'm used to that style a lot more. When I found out it runs most N64 games pretty good I was pretty much sold on it. I didn't know it could run Dreamcast games (even if not too great), but if it's a software issue than I'm sure that may be improved in the future. I decided to get the indigo one as the first Game Boy I owned was a purple GBA, so it feels a bit nostalgic. Even though I do own a DS and can play GBA games just fine as it is, I feel like I'd use this kind of device more as I have access to a wider library of games that I can't play well when out of town.

Hey, clicked this as my first video on the subject. I really want a portable emulation device (have none yet) but I need something a bit bigger. My hands are big and I'd never be able to use that D-pad with any sort of comfort for more than 10 minutes. If this is the best that the marked has to offer, then I think I'll hold out for another year or two

This helped me decide my purchase. I only want an emulator for everything besides the more advanced 3D titles

After having mine for a couple weeks, I've come to this conclusion: it's a fantastic device, BUT you have to wrestle it into submission and adjust a lot of settings to get the most out of it. Hell, I even flashed their Android 8 beta on it, that OS version runs a looot smoother than 6 and handles some emulators a whole lot better too. I'm only now at a point where I can finally enjoy the Retroid Pocket 2 to its fullest extent - after having it for almost two weeks and hunting down solutions and hacks online. Whether or not that's worth it is a different discussion entirely and a very personal matter of taste to boost. I happen to like tinkering, so that aspect didn't bother me too much, I just wish it wasn't as necessary as I feel it is

Definitely have had my eyes on it and probably will grab , but I want that Piboy DMG

Looks like I know what I’m getting for Christmas

Despite owning an Anbernic RG351P (which I plan on updating tomorrow), I also ordered one of these Retroid Pocket 2 units, thinking it did well with N64 an similar games. I may send it back if it can’t play the few PSX, PSP, and N64 games I’d like to play.

The N64 emulator that I use is the M64Plus FZ emulator, one of the best emulators I have used for an Android device and for an Acer Chromebook model and it works perfectly well with a bluethoot controller, you just need to change the sensitivity of the controls to work correctly and you just assign buttons and that's it and most games work fine, there are some minor glitches like missing textures in oot, but some games are really slow like super smash brothers for me, but if that happens you can change the emulation, so that it works perfectly. 10/10

My First android emulation device and I gotta say im not disappointed! Plays everything I throw at it pretty well with some minor hiccups here and there!

Hey Bob! Don't know if you'll see this but there is a relatively simple way of turning android's UI suitable for this type of machine, they are called frontends. They are launchers like Nova Launcher if you have used it before but since you said you were an Iphone guy before... Anyway my favorite channel for these types of things is ETA Prime he has tutorials for many android frontends I recommend you check them out. After setting them up the experience becomes 10 times better, and if you don't like one you can always choose another. Hope this helps!

Oooh, unlisted, I feel special. But seriously, thanks for this review, I'm always interested in these little devices.

Hey Bob, the retroidos is pretty cool, would be great for a noob who doesn't wanna tinker with settings etc. Go to tools in the app drawer > install retroid pocket app

I keep watching these videos and waiting for Bahb to say "THIS IS THE ONE, THEY MADE THE PERFECT ONE". That would convince me that it might be a better solution than my phone and n30 pro 2.

the lighting when you start talking, the contrast between the teal and the sunset in the back, cest magnifique - wish it lasted the whole video

I'm buying one of these tomorrow and holy fuck I can't wait to get my hands on it.

Gotta say, thats a good Kool-aid i drank with you hahahaha never regret buying the pocket go 1 and 2 after watchin your videos

The Kool-Aid was delicious by the way, thanks Bob!!

Rg351P runs Emulec out of the box so front end looks great and adding roms are just drag and drop easy peasey!

For someone who emulates all kinds off stuff on my Android phone (Razer phone 2) the android os is a plus to me :) with the right tweaks using mupen64 fz emulator I can run most 3d N64 games at good frames. All though my phone is more powerful but I think this is still worth the buy. Heck for 80 even if it doesn't work well I'll just play gb and gba games. Good review thanks!

I'm happy with my RG350P. At the rate these consoles are released, I'm holding out until there is one that actually plays N64, Dreamcast and PSP at close to perfect levels. There's also the RG351P that just came out but it's another RK3326 clone and won't perform as well when it comes to N64, Dreamcast and PSP. Can't wait to see what we get in the next few months lol

If you guys plan to order one, patience is key- I’ve been waiting two months for mine to come in the mail 😓

You didn’t even try the Retroid dual boot. It’s epic

10/10 cinematography and lighting

I hope you review the Pocket 2+. It has a touch screen and a custom android UI, but with the option to use the old one.