RETROID Pocket 2

Cheap Retro handheld for Android. Can play many diffrent Systems and it's easy to use.

First off I would say this device lives up to expectations as long as your expectations are not too high! N64 will mostly run well, even flawlessly, of course this goes for anything older SNES / GB(C/A) Sega etc. There will however be some games that you may have issues with, often these can be fixed if you know how to tweak the settings (plenty of info available online).
I had an issue with formatting the SD as internal as it seemed to corrupt the card when I tried to read it on my PC. Neither Windows or Linux could read the card when it was formatted internally, I had to use it as 'external storage' but after that I was able to just drag and drop my games on the card.
The overall build is very nice, my only complaints would be the brightness range isn't amazing (although the device is plenty bright enough), so it wouldn't be ideally suited to playing in the dark or very sunny days outside but that's fine with me. The other thing is the buttons can feel just a little spongy.. These are rubber dome contacts, you wouldn't expect much else on a device at this price, overall the quality is good, it's simple to use at it's Android OS and has WiFi, Bluetooth and micro HDMI out. The colours of the screen are nice and stereo audio is punchy and good quality. Comfortable to hold, I like the way they've laid out the analogue sticks (which don't click in so you have no 'R3 / L3').
Overall I'm very happy with it, I would say that it's ideal if you want to relive the n64 era or prior but don't expect Gamecube to run. Some Gamecube games will run at near to full speed but many of the popular games will only run at maybe 50% speed on low resolution. If you want that kind of performance maybe check out the AYN Odin which is reasonably priced and may actually be a 5* choice compared to this.

If you don't like setting up systems and down loading games first don't buy it. If you do it great

Great little device to relive the glory days of gaming. The ability to dual boot and use Android OS or Retroid's bespoke system is a good feature, with the latter including an easy means to add new roms directly to the device without the need for a PC etc. Around two to three thousand games are pre installed, with the emphasis being on original arcade games. Everything ran nicely up to PS1, with N64 mainly being fine. Dreamcast emulation wasn't so good with stock settings, but reviews I have seen contradict this, so likely would just need a little tinkering to get satisfactory performance. Comes in a nice range of colours and the service from DroiX was excellent, with next day delivery working well. Can be linked to an external display for easier two player action (hdmi cable included) if you're one of those fancy people with friends. Overall, a great little machine and it's really convenient to be able to buy from a reliable UK source, rather than entering an East - Asian lottery. Recommended machine and supplier.

Love this handheld! It fits in your hands nicely, the triggers and buttons feel great and are very responsive, and the choice of colours is great especially if you grew up with the old classics like snes etc. The only thing that I'm not keen on is that you still have problems running some games I.e. Goldeneye 64, wave race 64 etc. It wouldn't be such a problem if the console didn't come with these games as pre installed, but it does! So with that being said you kind of expect it to run them. This would have had a 5 star review if it wasnt for that reason, but by no means should you let this put you off buying one, because it is GREAT!!!

RETROID Pocket 2 Gaming Handheld

Excellent device, there is so many old classics you can play!

I’ve had plenty of experience of tinkering with emulation on the Raspberry Pi and RG 351V but Ive never worked on Android so thought I’d give it a go. The comfort and layout of the system is amazing but it does take some patience with the OS and the Retro app is good but there’s a few roms that can be iffy with performance. If you have the patience and not itching to have everything configured perfectly in a day or two, go for this. If you just want a plug and play device with a cleaner OS, go for the Anbernic RG 351V.

The retroid Pocket 2 is an awesome handheld. My only reason for not giving 5 stars is that it doesn't seem to have a tempered glass screen!

In terms of the actual handheld is say it’s 4.5, only really let down by the slightly weird right stick (the gate feels off or something), kinda wish it was another like the left stick but it is barely used anyway. As for set up I kept getting a load of errors and never actually got it to work as intended, instead I just boot into RetroArch and do everything in there because I couldn’t get the launcher with the nice thumbnails to work properly, and when I did it had 2 warnings to dismiss every time etc. Now that I’ve found a way to use it though and the controls are correct if feels very good to play with, and the battery life seems insane currently. I had 3.5 hours on the train playing earlier this week with Bluetooth headphones and it was still only down to 86%. Overall, very happy with the console, looking forward to playing some other emulated consoles once I work out how to get them rolling.