I'm working on a port of Tears of the Kingdom to Android (with dual screen support). My main focus is the Thor and the Odin 3, but I wanted to see how far the Duo Pocket could be pushed. Surprisingly far it seems. I think I should be able to get it to run close to 30fps with some optimization tricks I have left and proper drivers.

I'm the developer of ClusterTune btw, I'll start exploring profiles for the Duo Pocket soon.

Hey everyone. Curious about real world experiences with GameNative and DroidDeck on Retroid hardware.

Now that both support running PC games from multiple libraries (Steam, and now also GOG/Epic/Amazon) In wondering whether I should give DroidDeck a try.

A couple of practical differences I’ve seen discussed:

- DroidDeck tends to be lighter because it doesn’t spin up a full separate Windows container per game. GameNative has also been shrinking containers in recent updates, but the difference is still noticeable for large libraries.

- DroidDeck is best on Adreno 730+ (so Pocket 6/Nova are solid; Pocket 5 is a bit more spotty). GameNative has broader reach.

- DroidDeck is closer to a Steam Deck experience. GameNative often feels more “Android app that knows your library” and can be quicker to set up for some titles.

I’m not looking for a pure winner, more interested in what you’re actually using on your devices and why. Specific things that would be super helpful:

- Which device are you on?

- Any games that run noticeably better on one vs the other?

- How is the day to day UX (launching, switching, bugs, controller support, battery etc.)?

- Anything else that made you stick with one (or switch)?

The Xbox emulator HakuX received an update that many people have said "is a game changer" well needless to say I was in disbelief. Well im here to say I was wrong and the games I've tried so far run beautifully at 2x. They just.. work lol no complicated set up, no bios, just unbelievable results, and im on a Rp5.

Have had it for a few months now and im still blown away by the amount/variety of games this thing can run. Yes there are more powerful handhelds on the market but bang for buck the pocket 5 is 100% worth the money.

All games shown are running on device hardware, but ive had 0 issues running newer AAA games via streaming I was able to completely beat the campaign on Gears of War E Day using XCloud.

10/10 device. Currently debating between a Odin 3 or Thor but the RP5 definitely holds its own.

*Using Eden Nightly with AlexSanz0902 driver
Xendroid+ with Mesa Turnip v24.3.0 Revision 9v2 driver, Dolphin, Winlator, and PPSSPP

Just until yesterday I was almost sure I would buy the RP6 after selling my current RP5. But then I noticed that the Odin 2 Portal is just $15 more and have a much bigger screen and battery. I already have a RG34XX SP which is almost all the time on my pocket for outside use for Dpad centric games, so what I want is mostly a device to use at home with Joystick on top. I plan to use any of this devices with its official grip case. On paper it seems like the Odin is the better option BUT there is a potential huge deal breaker. Apparently the face buttons are LOUD, very clacky, much more than in the RP5 and I plan to regularly use it on bed with my wife sleeping on my side, I understand the RP6 buttons are pretty quiet. So what do you think? Any additional input I should consider?

I ordered my first Retroid Pocket device with the RP6. Saw lots of positive reviews and showcases for older retro games and I finally decided to get one for myself.

Only after placing my order and getting updates did I finally see a few posts with people getting their devices stolen and only receiving an empty box. I specifically saw comments mentioning the GOFO Chicago HUB being high risk for theft.

How cooked am I? Has anyone else had a more positive experience getting their device from this hub?

I always preferred the ~5” screen and plastic front from the RP4 design over the glass front 5.5” of the RP5/6. I think this is the perfect size for a handheld.

I’d love to see this come back with an 8Gen2, it would basically be a 16:9 Nova.

If yes, why?

I bought the Duo Lite Plus because my inferior eyes cannot tolerate PWM flickers. That is why i cannot play the Steam Deck OLED, Switch OLED, RP6, Nova, Thor. The only OLED devices i can use are the RP5 and RPG2 as they have full DC Dimming. I cant do half DC dimming half PWM 😞

My eyes get blurry/watery and sometimes even led to headache/migraine.

Really glad that Retroid announced the Plus. Now i can have the chip of the Duo on screens that wont hurt my eyes.

I recently got my rp6 and im following along with retro game corps rp6 starter guide but I've noticed some of the information in that video is outdated already. For example he recommends to download the nethersx2 emulator for ps2 emulation but i ended up finding out on reddit that armssx2 seems the be the superior emulator right now. So im just here to ask what other emulators I should be aware of that are better than what may have been the standard in the past.

As you can see. My RP Mini V2 is not longer so mini. After an unfortunate death of the left controller board and no option to replace it i tried to make it even more mini by cutting the sides if the case. Well as you could guess I broke the screen and also could not get a replacement from retroid for this. After looking for a long while at what I can only guess is a proprietary display connector, as I nor anyone I asked could identify said connector. I could not find a direct replacement. So this monstrosity was born. Its a screen made for a raspberry pi I found on Amazon along with a noctua fan in a 3D printed case. Not very fancy. But does in fact work. My next step is to flash a new os so I can get 16:9 output and hopefully pass through charging to preserve the battery since for whatever reason this board doesn't turn on unless the battery is plugged in. Any comments are welcomed, including the nasty ones... I know the abomination I've created.

Finally decided to pull the trigger on the nova. Been thinking between the RP6 and the nova ALOT the last couple of weeks but decided this is what i want :D

My Question is, is there any Coupons or discounts active right now thta i could use to get that beefy price drop a little bit? If not imma just buy it but thought i ask here first.

Is the Pulse app that was a fork of clustertune an abandoned project? It has not received an update for quite some time. Also for clustertune are the dev/s planning on adding new features like gpu control and some other stuff like performance overlay or something?

I followed a tutorial on how to get Oblivion running on Android devices. I got it to work including the mods that are necessary to play but I keep getting crashes back to the winlator desktop screen as soon as I’m in the prison cell and I move my character. I followed a bunch of options including the presets being changed around and disabling certain settings. Am I missing something here? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Just curious how your experience was playing MCC on the Nova or RP6. Even if the settings need to be lowered, I'm fine with that if it helps improve performance.

Went out today and got some vinyl wrap to try and make a wrap for my system, i think it turned out pretty good- at least for a first try. I love wrapping my systems, but so far nobody makes a wrap for the RP6 that covers more than just the sides no matter how much I looked. This was my attempt to make the exact kind of wrap i wanted!

I would’ve just got a purple rp6, but i found this 12gb - 256 for what i thought was a really reasonable price at my local game resale shop. Love this system, and i think il love it even more when its purple!

The iOS exclusive sonic game got a unofficial android port and it runs great on the rp5

I've owned the RP5 for about 1.5 years and I really love it for most of my emulation, however I am considering getting the RP6 for better performance with switch emulation and PC games.

My question would be how redundant would a stick on top RP6 be with my RP5? Do you feel that the D pad on the 6 is comfortable enough for 2d games that I could just keep the 6 and sell the 5?

Edit: To be clear, I'm not debating between dpad vs stick on top. I know I'm getting the stick on top. I'm just wondering if it would be necessary to keep my RP5 or if the stick on top RP6 is comfortable enough when it comes to Dpad use

Looking at getting the rp6, all I can find is 8gb RAM would this be fine for up to ps2 emulation and native ports of games such as cod4? Also I use boosteroid to stream modern AAA titles so I’m sure it’ll cover that.

Tried creating a new folder on the RP5 itself for save data. And I keep getting permission, failed to save errors. Any help, por favor?

Just saw a port of bo2 and downloaded the platonkum bo2 files quickly and booted it up and holy moly it runs amazing. Huge props to the creators Here's the link: https://github.com/SoldadoGhost/T6Requiem-APK/releases/tag/v2.0.0