My journey into the world of emulators has begun once again with the new Retroid Pocket 3+. The new emulation device scene that has popped up over the past couple years has really been interesting. Basically someone in China realized they had a bunch of smartphone spare parts and figure it out something to do with them. I've been dabbling in it off and on for over a decade now, so I thought it was time to see what all the fuss is about.
The first observation I have is that at this point in time, the updated systems are coming out fast and furious. Back in August I thought about picking one up. The Retroid Pocket 3 was just about to be released, and the Retroid Pocket 2+ had a nice little discount on it.
Just a few weeks later though, they announced the 3+ was going to come out, and it was a far superior device with a lot more power and a hard drive about four times bigger. This apparently pissed a whole bunch of people off who had just bought the standard 3. There's even one big reviewer of these systems out there who while giving the 3+ a nice review adamantly said no one should buy it because of how quickly the turnaround was.
That seems to be the norm right now though. These handheld emulators are going to see minimum to updates a year for the immediate future. It won't last too long I don't think, but it looks like the developers are finding ways to easily refine the setups and they're getting access to better and better cards.
Anyway, I'll be setting this up for another day or so, but I'm going to try and give some regular updates just in case anyone might be interested in picking one of these up for their kids or younger family members.
The first observation I have is that at this point in time, the updated systems are coming out fast and furious. Back in August I thought about picking one up. The Retroid Pocket 3 was just about to be released, and the Retroid Pocket 2+ had a nice little discount on it.
Just a few weeks later though, they announced the 3+ was going to come out, and it was a far superior device with a lot more power and a hard drive about four times bigger. This apparently pissed a whole bunch of people off who had just bought the standard 3. There's even one big reviewer of these systems out there who while giving the 3+ a nice review adamantly said no one should buy it because of how quickly the turnaround was.
That seems to be the norm right now though. These handheld emulators are going to see minimum to updates a year for the immediate future. It won't last too long I don't think, but it looks like the developers are finding ways to easily refine the setups and they're getting access to better and better cards.
Anyway, I'll be setting this up for another day or so, but I'm going to try and give some regular updates just in case anyone might be interested in picking one of these up for their kids or younger family members.
Recently Spotted:
*crickets*
I asked them if they could give me the files that I would need to install on a SD card of my own, since I figured it would just be easier to do that than have them send me one or send back the original exchange it for a new one. Ultimately they just refunded me all my money and politely told me they weren't going to do anything else for me, they also let me keep it. So after doing a little homework on what kind of operating system it needed, I downloaded everything, reinstalled it, and about an hour later it was good to go. So basically I got the whole system for free.
I will say it again, this is a very comfortable handheld. It's actually portable size, and easy to take anywhere. If I get another one of these retro systems, this is probably the direction I'm going to go.