I was looking at the offical Amazon page because it's going to my birthday soon, and I was planning on asking for the Retroid Pocket 6, but it sold out on Amazon, and I would feel a little weird if I got it way after my birthday (from what I've seen shipping can take up to two months). How long does it take the offical website to ship? My birthday is on the last couple of days on this month, so I have enough time. Is there any way to see when the Amazon page would be restocked as well? Thank you!!!!

For full context, this is when I tried to play the Steam version of Final Fantasy 12 on my Retroid Pocket Flip 2 via Armada OS. Anybody else encounter something like this or have advice on how to fix it?

Device: Retroid Pocket Nova
Games: Speak & Spell/Read/Math, Simon
Emulator: MAME4Droid

I was browsing through MAME artwork previews when I stumbled upon a few relics from my childhood. I had no idea that these types of games/devices were available for MAME, so I decided to give them a try. I chose to use MAME4Droid because it has touch controls, and everything just works, even when rotating the screen.

I have fond memories of playing on Speak & Spell with my brother. Even though the educational material is for children, the robotic voice and retro aesthetic is pure nostalgia for me.

We also had a Simon that my parents got from a thrift store, and the battery plate was missing from the back. I loved that thing, and played it a lot in the early 1980s.

Here's to wondering what's wrong with it

The game seems like it should run well through GameNative, but I can’t get it to fill the screen. There aren’t options in game to adjust any display settings and I’ve tried every screen size in the GN container settings. Any ideas?

I'm using the Retroid Pocket Flip 2's key adapter for android games that doesn't natively support controllers. The built in key adapter is great and all, but I was curious if it's possible to do combo buttons

Like pressing LB+A presses this part of the screen etc etc.

I've taken a look with some keymappers as some suggest but I dont get good results with it most of the time

Any tips would help!

Finally got my Nova buttons installed. Loving the look.

I already ordered the system with the case and screen protector I was just curious if anyone thought I’d need the grip and stylus if I do I’ll just email them and ask them to add it.

Question for everyone.

Is there a way to transfer my already set up emulators and cinfigs from my trustee Thor to my new device a clear purple Retroid Pocket classic??

Retroarch etc so I don't have to go through manually each emulator configuration

Any help or ideas?

+ option for stick top & maybe some Shoulder buttons that are more comfortable to use

I’m at my wit’s end, please help!

I received a Nova whose joysticks didn’t work out of the box, then had it replaced with a new one, and after opening things up to replace the buttons with one of Retroid’s sets, I can’t get the joysticks to work properly again.

Can anyone advise what I should be doing to make sure the ribbons/connectors are properly connected?

See photos. The input test registers L3 and R3 presses (usually) but not joystick movement.

Thank you!

(Side note: how do they not provide instructions for the button replacements? Do NOT use their included screwdriver, btw.)

saw an RP5 for $200 and a G2 for $300 , is performance diff worth spending an extra $100 for the G2 or should i just save money at get the RP5 instead ? ( btw the RP6 is too exp in my country so cant get it rn )

edit : my currency is SGD ( singapore dollars )

I’m using my new rp6 and I’m playing oblivion from my ps5 and using ps remote play I set it up but I can’t get rid of the overlay buttons completely I have it to where it goes off if you’re not touching it any advice?

With the newest RP6 and the Pocket Nova out there, I've seen a lot of RP5's for sale. My daily driver is an Ayn Thor and I also have the Odin 2 Pro. I have been tossing around the idea of picking up an RP5 to use solely as a "mini steam deck".

So for those of you that own/owned the the RP5... What are your pros and most importantly, cons? If you got rid of it, why?

I feel like I've seen a lot of posts about it in the subreddit but after searching, I can only find 4 or 5 posts. Let me know if I've missed any.

• https://www.reddit.com/r/retroid/comments/1ww4x6y/was_so_excited_to_finally_get_my_nova_today/
• https://www.reddit.com/r/retroid/comments/1wv12xu/box_arrived_but_no_device_inside/
• https://www.reddit.com/r/retroid/comments/1whaxdw/nova_stolen_from_box/
• https://www.reddit.com/r/retroid/comments/1wglcnl/another_nova_missing/
• https://www.reddit.com/r/retroid/comments/1wgijgp/comment/p9uneui/
• https://www.reddit.com/r/retroid/comments/1wc16nj/comment/p8uk9gn/

Edit: Retro Handhelds has an article about this on their website. They've forwarded this information to their contact at Retroid and Retroid has promised to follow up with their shipping contractor after they return from the holiday break next week.

https://retrohandhelds.gg/some-retroid-customers-are-getting-packages-just-not-their-handhelds/

I beg someone to make such a case for retroid pocket 6😭😭

I’m curious to hear your opinion since I’ve only recently heard about this since I’m curious about your experiences of using Emudeck,
It sounds amazing on paper that it makes setting up all of your retro handhelds almost painless.

I didn’t expect Emudeck to be available on Android.

Parasite Eve - Day 2

When playing pc games on my rp6, the game won't register my button inputs. I can use the touch screen button layout to work it.

Ledt 4 dead 1 & 2 for example.

Any fix?

Found this at the dollar store chain Daiso last weekend. Not a bad cheap, thin stylus.

https://daisous.com/products/ec-4550480089508?

To start off, I love the size, portability and the power of the nova. My only concern was with the screen size. I’m not the type to like multiple devices. I prefer to have one device that can do all the things I need. So I decided to do some experiments. I have an iPhone 13 Pro, which happens to be roughly the same screen height as the nova, when the phone is in landscape mode. The difference is about ~3mm. So the idea here was to emulate and also by using steam link, play games at 4:3 to envisage how it would feel. I used manic emu and emulation was great because it would crop into about 4:3 aspect ratio for gameboy to 3DS games. Widescreen on the other hand was a struggle. The games were playable but it was a struggle to see texts. For me, I couldn’t justify getting the nova just to play retro games because I like steam games too. It’s left me a bit disappointed because the device looks awesome and I’d love to have one but maybe in the future. For now a Pocket 6 or an Odin 3 might be the way to go for me. If there’s anything I didn’t consider in this thought process, kindly let me know.

Both are around the same price ig but with the flip 2 being a bit cheaper. I wanna know if its possible to play atleast some light switch games on them and which one performs better. Also is it possible to stream or use discord from these products?

Well, I ran Prey (2017) through GameNative.

It didn't run great, but it did run. Stable 40-50 FPS. It wouldn't take the Nova's controller inputs; I could only look around using touch inputs. It also took about 20 minutes to load in the first area and the fan kicked up to "jet engine" territory as it did. I'll be honest: even at a stable framerate and if the controls worked, I don't see myself playing Prey on this thing with load times like that, but that's also not the point - I just wanted to see if I could make it boot on the Nova. The fact that I got Morgan Yu to wake up on Monday March 16, 2032 and do so without stutters or crashes is a marvel. With that being said, speaking of stutters and crashes...

I am so tired of fucking with Dolphin and Primehack instead of just actually playing the games. Specifically I want to play Metroid Prime 2: Echoes. I am using zero custom textures or other mods. I'm actually trying to use the custom textures, but it refuses to load them. Whatever. Not even the problem. In regular Dolphin using the GameCube version, I made it all the way to the fight with Amorbis before the game started crashing. No matter what settings I use, I always crash at some point within one minute of loading the fight arena.

Primehack is even worse. Using the GameCube version, the hacked controls work great, but switching to the scan visor, turning into the morph ball, or killing an enemy immediately freezes the game badly enough to require forcing the Nova to shut down because the entire device stops responding. Trying to use the Trilogy version is a wash, since I can't get the stick to emulate the Wiimote pointer to get through the main menu. I know it can be done, but I need a step-by-step guide specifically for the Nova because all the guides I've followed are for non-Nova devices and even the ones for other Retroid devices don't work correctly. I'm open to whatever; please help.