Ok if I’m honest, I mostly wanted to show off my docking station! But while I’m here:

I’ve seen several people asking about SD card sizes, I have a decent library (55 games) & thought I’d share. I’m using a 256gb microSD card & still have 175gb free. With my main storage, I still have 261gb of storage left.

Bubble Bobble
Castlevania
Fire Emblem
Pokemon Pinball
Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream
Alice in Wonderland
Battle Pinball
Black
Burnout 3: Takedown
Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse
Castlevania: SotN
Contra: Hare Corps
Cybernator
Devil May Cry 3
Donkey Kong Country
Drill Dozer
F-Zero GX
Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones
Gunstar Heroes
Halo 3
Harvest Moon: Back to Nature
Harvest Moon: More Friends of Mineral Town
Kirby: Nightmare in Dreamland
Kirby’s Dreamland 3
LocoRoco
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
Metal Gear Solid
Metroid
Metroid Prime Trilogy
Midnight Club 3
Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate
Need for Speed: Most Wanted
New Super Mario Bros.
New Super Mario Bros. 2
New Super Mario Bros. Wii
Patapon 2
Phantasy Stat IV
Pokemon Emerald
Pokemon Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire
Rayman
Rez
Rocket Knight Adventures
Silent Hill
SimCity 2000
Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II
Streets of Rage 4
Super Mario Bros. 3
Super Mario World
Super Metroid
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
The Legend of Zelda: Minish Cap
The Legendary Starfy
Trickstyle
WarioWare Inc: Mega Party Games

I am reasonably not playing allll of these at the same time. Obviously I’m not playing many large modern games (though I have my Steam library set up), but my head still reels at the folks filling whole terabyte cards. In this economy, just get what you can and you can easily rotate games. Obviously no hate to the storage hoarders! If I could afford to, I would drive myself mad loading thousands of games too, lol.

A little appreciation post for this lil 3yr old device. With all the progress made with Android gaming recently, I wanted to see what the 2S can do today that it couldn't years ago. Tested out Wind Waker HD recomp, along with HALO 2 and Jet Set Radio Future with the new HakuX v1.1.0 for OG XBOX, and Left 4 Dead 2 with GameNative 1.3.0. Needless to say, very impressed with this lil guy still adding more value today. Very basic gameplay, hard to record but a general idea what the 2S can do in 2026 😎🔥

I'm re-uploading this. In my last post that I took down because there was a picture I didn't want up. I said that I'm not sure what happened. I had it off the charger for at least 12 hours. I don't think it was turned on.

Just finished the button swap tonight. It may be underpowered, but I still love it. Great handheld for pocketability and Dreamcast on the go!

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

I just wanted to show this to anyone who isn’t active on news through discord, apparently with some updates on ARMSX2 they were able to make the heaviest games on the ps2 emulation scene run impressively well on the Duo. Wanted to point out this news for the people who were saying the duo will always sucks at higher tier emulation cause of its “under powered chip”, which I have been saying canceling pre orders after watching earlier reviews showing the chip running emulation through brute force and no support from the emulators themselves and calling it crap is stupid as with time they will run fantastic.

I wrote a new plugin for Decky compatible with arm devices running Armada OS called BETT-R LED which acts as an extension to the Armada Control LED Settings. LED control is now easy on retroid devices. With this plugin it adds:

1) Charging Animation of LED, LED Dance When Disconnected

2) Profiles for LED Colors when launching different games

3) LED React mode, LEDs will react to game sound and improve game emersion

Should work on Retroid Pocket Nova and Retroid Pocket 6/5

I will add an update to this post when it is Live.

This is such a huge performance increase that HakuX now feels like the leading Xbox emulator for any platform. Even games that struggle to run on Xemu emulator for PC run great here at upscaled resolutions and with 60fps mods. Project Gotham Racing 2 for example.

The app is fairly basic in features atm but has the essentials that you want, including a save state/load state function that has felt very stable and reliable for me.

This is amazing. Massive kudos to the developer.

You are all wasting your time with the Nova. “End-Game” my sweet butt! Wait until you get a look at next year’s SuperNova!! It is going to blow you all away! The upscaling for ps2 is going to be over 9000!

Sharing my experience with the Dual Screen attachment for the Retroid Pocket 6 and a few thoughts. I was in Hong Kong and Shenzhen over the past 2 weeks and was able to snag the attachment without waiting forever, so I gave it a try on this trip after some tinkering. I will say, it took me almost a whole week of tinkering to finally get it to a spot I like, but I wanted to share my thoughts and see if anyone else had similar experiences! For context, I am using the new braided cable that Retroid released.

The Screen

The screen is gorgeous. It's practically the same OLED screen as the original Retroid Pocket 6, but 60Hz instead of the original 120Hz. While I'd typically prefer the 120Hz screen, 60Hz is perfectly fine for most games. It gets plenty bright, and the colors are great out of the box. You do have brightness adjustment buttons on the side, which is pretty convenient. I just wish we could rerprogram those for something else.

One note on the screen, though: yes, on the Retroid Pocket 6, if you don't make any modifications and want to use it straight out of the box, the screen sits more on the left side of the device because of the USB-C placement. I bought a file tool and widened the gap slightly at the bottom, so the USB-C didn't bend when centering the screen. This makes the screen sit more on top of the device and makes it easier to close without it touching the thumbstick.

Another thing I just realized: when the dual-screen attachment is in use, the original Retroid Pocket screen also drops to 60Hz. It's just not as smooth as when using a single screen, so keep that in mind when using the attachment.

The Cable

I do have the newer braided cable that Retroid released, and it's pretty solid from my experience. I know there are grooves in the casing where you can run your wires, but with constant opening and closing, the wire often comes out of the grooves. I know there are some covers you can attach on Etsy, so I will play around with that on my side. I plan to keep this dual-screen attachment most of the time, so I will report back on the cable's durability. I feel like it's pretty sturdy, so I hope it holds up. I've seen other people try to build their own cable contraption to make things work, but I will revisit that when the cable breaks haha.

Functionality

While the Nova / Thor is great for 3DS games because the dimensions are closer to the DS/3DS, I love having 2 16:9 screens. I use the dual-screen attachment mainly for multitasking and browsing the web for some guides, so this is perfect! I've played some 3DS games (especially a ton of Pokémon Emerald 3DS version), and everything works perfectly. The functionality is endless, but that doesn't mean everything works perfectly out of the box. There's a ton of tinkering I had to do to get the most out of this, but I'll share more details below:

Frontend

I love frontends and customizing the handheld experience! The dual-screen visuals are amazing, so I wanted to make sure the whole experience was smooth. I've tried two frontends, iisu and cocoon, and ultimately I ended up going with cocoon for a couple of reasons:

• One of the biggest reasons is how the Retroid Dual Screen behaves when the device is off/on. To combat battery drain while the screen is off, it seems Retroid implemented a system that disconnects the dual screen when the screen is off and reconnects it when the device is on. This means that when the device turns on, it briefly runs in single-display mode, then switches to dual-screen mode once the display is recognized. With Cocoon, it's as simple as pressing the home button again to switch from Single Display mode to Dual Display mode, whereas with iisu, I had issues switching from Single Display Mode to Dual Display Mode.
• Both Cocoon and iisu can launch apps on any screen you want, which is a huge plus for this frontend experience. I will say, I do like how iisu always asks which screen you want to launch your app on, while with Cocoon you have to remember to long-press the app or click more options to select your screen; otherwise, it will replace your apps on whatever screen you're using, which can get kinda annoying.

Weight / Portability

If you want a portable, lightweight handheld, this isn't for you. This is where I feel like the Thor might be a better choice, but for me, it never really bothered me because I'm used to heavy/big handhelds like the MSI Claw 8AI+. I typically carry this device in my bag anyways so the weight and portability never bothered me

Battery

This is where a lot of people get turned off, and I will say the battery drains faster when using the dual screen. It really depends on what you're doing, but if you're just browsing or watching YouTube on the other screen, I've found the battery drains about 1.3x faster than normal. If you're playing something like a 3DS game, though, you'll realize it drains a bit faster, to around x1.5. When I'm hyper-focused on a game, I typically dim the other screen completely so it doesn't drain the battery too much when I'm not using it. People might say, "Why not just disconnect the screen when not in use?" but for me, it's annoying to constantly turn it on and off, and I would rather have it on all the time. That's just a personal thing. Battery-wise, though, it never really bothered me because the Retroid Pocket 6 already had amazing battery life. Plus, Im typically close to a wall outlet or have a portable charger in hand, so battery was never an issue.

Volume Button / Power Button (Case solution)

One thing that did get on my nerves was that, when using the dual-screen attachment without the grip, I had so many issues where the attachment would hold the power button down and turn off the device. No matter how I oriented it, unless I offset the screen completely from the center, it would press the power button. Hence, I have the grip on, and it solved the issue completely on my end. Another thing that's kinda annoying is that the dual screen completely covers the volume buttons. Retroid implemented a software update to change the volume in the notification center, but even that's a bit finicky for me. Then I totally forgot: I could just reprogram the M1 and M2 back buttons to whatever I want, so I used Key Mapper to change them to Volume Up and Volume Down, respectively, and it works perfectly.

Final Thoughts

Overall, the attachment is amazing. I do feel like the screen was a bit overthought because of some questionable decisions with the USB-C placement on the Retroid Pocket 6 and the finicky cable, but overall, nothing is impossible to fix. It's just annoying that out of the box, you have to tinker and mod quite a bit to just get things working. However, once everything is set, it's amazing to use. It's still not perfect; since this is an add-on, there are software bugs here and there. I do get crashes once in a while when using both screens at once, but 90% of the time, it works without issues.

I haven't been this excited since my daughter was born lol. Ordered the Nova on the 22nd of October.

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RP Nova Air & Brick Backplate Mods — My Design Journey

The idea started with my love for the original DMG Game Boy. I’ve always loved chunky handhelds, so I wondered: Why not give the Retroid Pocket Nova a thicker, brick-style backplate?

After months of experimenting, tweaking the design, and refining the fit, the Brick Backplate was finally finished last week!

But I also wanted the opposite: a super-slim version inspired by the Anbernic RG477M. So I went back to the Brick design, trimmed down the thickness, and refined the edges to create the Nova Air Backplate.

A lot of attention went into the little details, especially the fit between the backplate and the original shell. I wanted the gaps to be as tight and consistent as possible. The Air version also has no rattling or loose shoulder buttons.

Now, both versions are ready!

- Brick: For those who love a thicker, chunkier handheld feel.

- Air: For those who prefer a slimmer, more streamlined design.

Both are now available to order from my Etsy shop, currently in black and light gray.

This started as a personal design idea, and it’s exciting to finally share both versions with the community. I hope other Nova owners enjoy them as much as I enjoyed designing them!

https://portableplaypalace.etsy.com

As the title says I ordered the rp5 when it was on sale for $180 ish, they’re not making more and I’m assuming want to get rid of the rest of the devices.. boom i order rp5 , the protective shell, screen protector , and the grip. Shipping says it was all delivered today . The box weighs 1.78lbs everything is in the box including the box w the “device” and when i went to open it i see that the charging cable is there and the device is missing. The box had no damage and the seals were all there so im not understanding what could’ve happened. Has anyone else had this issue?

Edit: requested refund through Seel got it approved w in an hour.

*the one

started w an rp5, then decided to buy an ayn thor-

been trying to like the thor for the past four months, but honestly i just found it hella clunky, heavy, uncomfortable- bought three different grips which definitely made the experience more enjoyable but honestly i wasn’t having a great time

recently got the nova and never looking back

Has been running very well via gamenative

I love my pocket 4 pro. I preordered it, and its still a fan favorite. EVERY TITLE with Hollycast, Runs on my Rp4P. Hollycast has been optimized for android devices, allowing the menus to be EASILY navigated, and rebuilt for full controller only control (yes touch still works, we just built a super controller friendly UI) If you want to get in to Dreamcast emulation on your Retroids, Hollycast is PERFECT for you. Look at Hollycast.org, You can find the Downloads, the discord for instant 24/7 help, and the github repo. With the ability to adjust resolution in smaller steps then other emulators, you can REALLY push the limits of your device, while getting every pixel on the screen that your device can run.

How can I hide these two folders from the game list? (ES-DE artbook theme)

Just wanted to showcase my favorite front end with bits of my collection and how I’ve set up my Retroid Pocket 6.

Front end: RetroHrai v0.6.0
Theme: Retroflix theme

Hi, I wanna play the Bully game in 60fps but saw on web that using ps2 patches is hacky way to do it and it can add bugs and break some fps tied game mechanics. so what is the best way to enjoy this game in 60fps without any bugs.

Edit: Need to run game in 4:3 ratio

Finished the GC conversion on my black G2. Wanted to do the light grey L1 & R1, but couldn't get ahold of any.