I know it's a little early, but I hope this video helps when your RP5 arrives in a couple weeks! If you have any other questions about set up, leave them below, and I'll do my best to help.
Awesome, this will be a very nice handheld for your first. It doesn't come set up with games like some of the cheaper ones do, but the screen and performance are worth the extra work!
@@bassderekyeah I’ve been researching all the things for setting it up to run all the games and emulators I’m looking to play. Very excited to have all my stuff to-go in a handheld.
@@NerdOffDutydid you get it all set up yet? How helpful was the guide? Anything you feel the need to add? Not often does a comment like this pop up lol
Loving your videos, thank you and well done! A video specifically on the Retroid pocket 5 optimal game settings, generally and for graphics would be great please. For example, PS2 Getaway flickers and won't play. Tips appreciated thanks.
Great video Derek, the camera autofocus was off a little with hand movements. Not sure if a fixed focus would be an improvement. . The guide would be excellent though if I decide to get a RP5
Hey I wish I could help you but unfortunately this falls into legal grey area so I can't advise you where to find them. I just recommend googling and finding posts where people talk about it.
Out of curiosity have you tried the 3.5mm headphone port on the RP5? No reviews I've been able to find mention it and I'm really hoping it doesn't have any crackling or audio issues. This is going to be replacing my RG353M which the headphone port is unusable sadly. Loving the channel BTW, Definitely earned a new sub.
Thank you for such a thorough setup video. I’ve ordered my retro pocket 5 16 bit and can’t wait for its arrival! I will be sure to follow your setup to get the most out of my experience. I have previously used a retro pi and got my artwork/metadata through Stephen Selph scraper. What is the best way to do this on a retro pocket 5?? Thanks again for the video 😊
If you use ES-DE it can do the scraping itself. I used Skraper and moved files around to match the way ES-DE expects it (in downloaded_media directory).
This video ws awesome!! Thank you and please keep posting. If possible could you please share the links to apk software's you had ready for the retroid pocket 5.
Should I buy a handheld PC or an Android handheld? Is the RP5 the best in this price range, bro? I'm only playing games like Genshin Impact, zzz, WW, Honkai Star Rail... (I have a laptop for other tasks)
So hey what's the reason for wanting to install Linux on it? Also does it still dual boot (Android/Linux)? Am a complete beginner to android gaming, just have some small experience with the older Linux based handhelds and VERY minor android emulation (like NES and SNES), and recently got both the Odin 2 AND RP4P (got them for cheap thus both it was), so this is new to me. Some emulators run better? Portmaster? Frontends? Any specific reason besides these possible ones? Edit: also what's that shell? I like the hexagons; reminds me of Dodonpachi.
It can dual boot linux on an SD card, yes. Linux typically provides a more pre-setup frontend and emulator environment so it feels more 'console-like,' there's also some emulators like xemu for xbox on linux that aren't on android (though xbox performance is pretty poor), and portmaster as you mentioned. I think for many it's 'easier' and less fragmented than android.
This is good but also my first handheld you go into the video assuming people have a basic knowledge of what an emulator/rom even is let alone bios and what type of basic settings are good or front ends or what. Maybe the intent is for them to do research I realize one video can’t cover all knowledge
Thanks for the feedback, this is my first setup guide and I'm sure there are some gaps. I guess I assumed this video would be for those who have at least used or had some experience with emulation before.
Wait, so you put say es de on the sd card transfering config files to a new device easily. Does that mean when you install es de apk on the new device, mostly everything is set up already? So if you didn't install it on a new device and wanted to transfer your config file, cant you just transfer the data?
When you first set up ES-DE you choose a location for the data directory. If you put that directory on the SD card and later move that SD card to another Android device (or copy the directory to a new sd card), your settings will carry over.
@@bassderek Any recommendations on where to get all the apks at once? Like Ninite but for Emulation Apps maybe (apart from ES-DE, since we have to pay for it)
Depends on what systems you want to play. The PS2 library can get big so I would say at least 512gb. But sometimes it’s also nice to not have too many choices, heh. 1TB is of course great, but usually 512 is cheaper per gigabyte.
Hey brother can u try the newest version of warzone mobile 4.0, it literally has list of 4000 devices unsupported devices, please make. Video on it or atheist share your review
This was a review unit so I can't comment on delivery times. My RP Mini took about 11 days via 4PX shipping, but there was also a Chinese holiday that may have delayed it.
Seems kinda weird to make a setup guide, but skip the Vita emulator because it needs "extra steps". That kinda seems like the exact sort of thing a setup guide should cover. Do you have a seperate video that details setting up the Vita emulator?
Fair. Unfortunately I ran out of time as I was borrowing this unit and had to send it on. I will look into making a Vita guide and demonstration when my retail unit arrives in a couple weeks!
I just want to say, you folks who all reviewed this unit, y'all are doing a bad job. I bought one of these based on all the glowing reviews. 1. Retroid removed the pre-order stuff from the site, but it was still pre-order and took almosr 2.5 months to get it. 2. This things small as hell and awfully uncomfortable. It's very hard to hold for more than 30 minutes. 3. Yeah it's powerful, but it's also very limited. I've loaded at least a dozen emulators and my entire library of roms. About 1 out of every 5 games won't run very well. And playing with the internal settings only minutely helps. All in all i give this thing a 6 of 10 and I'm pretty let down. I much prefer the Anbernic rg556. Sightly less powerful, but over all better feeling unit in the hand. The retroid just isn't what all of y'all keep saying.
Sorry to hear you had such a bad experience. After having it some time I can say I agree that the comfort can be challenging. As far as how many games run well I haven't had that experience. Also some games just don't run well on any device because of emulator issues which has nothing to do with the device. Unfortunately emulation isn't a perfect thing so there is no perfect guarantee all games will run, especially on systems like ps2 and switch.
@@25anomaly don't get me wrong. I do love that it performs well where it performs well. But it's just one of those things where I've watched dozens of videos and was truly torn between the retroid 5 and the anbernic rg556. My cousin got the 556. After having held both and seeing the very slight downgrade in cpu, I still would've prolly bought that if I'd really known. The problem is everyone holding it has smaller hands than me I think.
@@bassderek so most of the games I'm having issues with are the games everyone's having issues with. My main concern was 3 roms, nfsu2, champions of norrath, and the .hack games. So far those play just fine. I ran into issues with more of the newer games that came out closer to the end of the PS2 run. Like atv4 and juiced 2. By the end it seems lots of game makers had figured out how to take everything they could from the PS2. I'm not mad, lol, and thank you sir for responding! I'm just disappointed cause I think we all got mystified by actual PS2 in the pocket.
@vr6prodigy Out of curiousity I just checked out juiced 2 and seemed to get it playing pretty decently. Make sure your device is in high performance mode and select Vulkan as the "GPU Renderer" in the Graphics Settings Tab. Also try going to the system settings tab and setting "EE Cycle Rate" to 300% and "EE Cycle Skip" to mild underlock.
I know it's a little early, but I hope this video helps when your RP5 arrives in a couple weeks! If you have any other questions about set up, leave them below, and I'll do my best to help.
Definitely appreciate a set up video so I can process it before I get mine. This will be my first retro handheld so I’m excited.
Awesome, this will be a very nice handheld for your first. It doesn't come set up with games like some of the cheaper ones do, but the screen and performance are worth the extra work!
@@bassderekyeah I’ve been researching all the things for setting it up to run all the games and emulators I’m looking to play. Very excited to have all my stuff to-go in a handheld.
@@NerdOffDutydid you get it all set up yet? How helpful was the guide? Anything you feel the need to add? Not often does a comment like this pop up lol
@@Tacospacemanactually got it yesterday and got it all set up. This guide was great!
@ fantastic. I’ll keep it in mind
Cant wait!! Paid and ordered mine and it just shipped
Itll sit in customs awhile though.. :-(
Im taking a day off work when its set to arrive haha
I can't wait until mine arrives, thanks for the video. I'm new to the whole Retroid ecosystem.
Welcome aboard!
Got mine today after ordering on Nov the 2nd! Thank you so much for this walk through, i wont be asking for roms cos i already have a shit load lol
Congrats, hope you enjoy it!
Loving your videos, thank you and well done!
A video specifically on the Retroid pocket 5 optimal game settings, generally and for graphics would be great please. For example, PS2 Getaway flickers and won't play. Tips appreciated thanks.
Thanks BassDerek! Loving the videos! 🍻🤘🏼🔥
Thanks for your continued support!
Great video Derek, the camera autofocus was off a little with hand movements. Not sure if a fixed focus would be an improvement. .
The guide would be excellent though if I decide to get a RP5
Thanks, I did change to using manual focus on the RP4 Pro vs RP5 video (it was actually filmed after this one).
@bassderek Good to hear 👍 just watched that video too. All good content, GL with the channel.
Might get one for Christmas
Nice!
Awesome 🙂
You’re awesome! 😎
Haven't owned a handheld since the first psp, I'm really interested in grabbing one of these ones they're out next week.
I don’t think you’ll be disappointed as long as you know how to find games and get them on the device!
@ I’m sure I’ll figure my way around that part, plus there’s a lot of good android games too so that’s good as well
@@Connor-Reece retro game corps has a whole video guide on setting it up
@@X91X-km7hp oh okay cool. Thank you I will check it out when mine arrives.
Hey dude. Great video. Is there a place I can grab all the BIOS files I might beed? Like, a bundle type thing? Many thanks.
Thanks, unfortunately I can’t share that, but Google search and archive.org are your friends!
Omg this retro pocket 5 supposed to come pre set up I thought . I’m new to this.
Sorry, does not include any games out of the box. Definitely requires some setup.
No idea where to get reliable Roms for this thing. Tried a few. Crash or blank screen. Some work, some don’t.
Hey I wish I could help you but unfortunately this falls into legal grey area so I can't advise you where to find them. I just recommend googling and finding posts where people talk about it.
Out of curiosity have you tried the 3.5mm headphone port on the RP5? No reviews I've been able to find mention it and I'm really hoping it doesn't have any crackling or audio issues. This is going to be replacing my RG353M which the headphone port is unusable sadly. Loving the channel BTW, Definitely earned a new sub.
I didn’t think to try but should have. I’ll have my retail unit soon (just shipped today) and will try to remember to check.
Thank you for such a thorough setup video. I’ve ordered my retro pocket 5 16 bit and can’t wait for its arrival! I will be sure to follow your setup to get the most out of my experience. I have previously used a retro pi and got my artwork/metadata through Stephen Selph scraper. What is the best way to do this on a retro pocket 5?? Thanks again for the video 😊
If you use ES-DE it can do the scraping itself. I used Skraper and moved files around to match the way ES-DE expects it (in downloaded_media directory).
@ thank you so much for the tips! I will do that 😊
This video ws awesome!! Thank you and please keep posting.
If possible could you please share the links to apk software's you had ready for the retroid pocket 5.
Great Idea, I have added links in the description!
What is the best SD card to buy for one of these?
SanDisk Extreme or Samsung EVO series cards are both a safe bet.
@bassderek Thank You
Should I buy a handheld PC or an Android handheld? Is the RP5 the best in this price range, bro? I'm only playing games like Genshin Impact, zzz, WW, Honkai Star Rail... (I have a laptop for other tasks)
Can I buy a sd card from you already configured with ES-DE
Ah sorry, no.
So hey what's the reason for wanting to install Linux on it? Also does it still dual boot (Android/Linux)? Am a complete beginner to android gaming, just have some small experience with the older Linux based handhelds and VERY minor android emulation (like NES and SNES), and recently got both the Odin 2 AND RP4P (got them for cheap thus both it was), so this is new to me. Some emulators run better? Portmaster? Frontends? Any specific reason besides these possible ones?
Edit: also what's that shell? I like the hexagons; reminds me of Dodonpachi.
It can dual boot linux on an SD card, yes. Linux typically provides a more pre-setup frontend and emulator environment so it feels more 'console-like,' there's also some emulators like xemu for xbox on linux that aren't on android (though xbox performance is pretty poor), and portmaster as you mentioned. I think for many it's 'easier' and less fragmented than android.
Hi is there any option in the frontend to enable bezels for each console thanks
That option would be in the emulators rather than the frontend. If it’s a game you play via retroarch you can add bezels there.
@ first and foremost thanks for replying so basically I need the bezels in the Retroarch folder
Can u tell us what bios files we need to run all emulators in this video?
Take a look at Retro Game Corps excellent written guide, as it covers all the details: retrogamecorps.com/2022/03/13/android-emulation-starter-guide/
This is good but also my first handheld you go into the video assuming people have a basic knowledge of what an emulator/rom even is let alone bios and what type of basic settings are good or front ends or what. Maybe the intent is for them to do research I realize one video can’t cover all knowledge
Thanks for the feedback, this is my first setup guide and I'm sure there are some gaps. I guess I assumed this video would be for those who have at least used or had some experience with emulation before.
Wait, so you put say es de on the sd card transfering config files to a new device easily. Does that mean when you install es de apk on the new device, mostly everything is set up already? So if you didn't install it on a new device and wanted to transfer your config file, cant you just transfer the data?
When you first set up ES-DE you choose a location for the data directory. If you put that directory on the SD card and later move that SD card to another Android device (or copy the directory to a new sd card), your settings will carry over.
@bassderek so no different from just copy and pasteing?
@@bassderek Any recommendations on where to get all the apks at once? Like Ninite but for Emulation Apps maybe (apart from ES-DE, since we have to pay for it)
@@MorphBlueI think what your are Looking for is Obtanium!
Wait, it doesn't come with games pre installed? Why??
Copyright legalities, likely.
Are you all resetting to factory settings for the next guy before passing it over after all that busy work? 😅
Unfortunately yes…
@@bassderek daaaaamn D:
What size SD card do you suggest getting for the RP5?
The bigger the better, I would suggest 1TB or more
Depends on what systems you want to play. The PS2 library can get big so I would say at least 512gb. But sometimes it’s also nice to not have too many choices, heh. 1TB is of course great, but usually 512 is cheaper per gigabyte.
Hey brother can u try the newest version of warzone mobile 4.0, it literally has list of 4000 devices unsupported devices, please make. Video on it or atheist share your review
It doesn't work (at least on the review unit, maybe it will change later) - I checked it on another review I did on the Retro Handhelds channel.
Does it play OG Xbox roms?
No. Android does not have the Xbox emulator. As of now only PC, Mac, and Linux can use Xemu.
Yes. The RP5 can dual-boot Android and Linux, so you can emulate Xbox games, but performance makes most ROMs barely playable.
Thanks guys. Considering whether to get this or splurge a little more on a steam deck
If you want Xbox then go steam deck. Especially since some of those Xbox games have pc ports.
how long did the delivery take ?
This was a review unit so I can't comment on delivery times. My RP Mini took about 11 days via 4PX shipping, but there was also a Chinese holiday that may have delayed it.
im having trouble "building" nethersx2
Should be able to run the batch file that downloads and patches the app.
can this handle high settings genshin impact tho?
I haven’t tested but probably not high and 60fps. Maybe medium.
Seems kinda weird to make a setup guide, but skip the Vita emulator because it needs "extra steps". That kinda seems like the exact sort of thing a setup guide should cover.
Do you have a seperate video that details setting up the Vita emulator?
Fair. Unfortunately I ran out of time as I was borrowing this unit and had to send it on. I will look into making a Vita guide and demonstration when my retail unit arrives in a couple weeks!
is this device capable of bypassing battery while docked like odin 2?
Yes
Not sure on that one. The review unit also still has some charging issues that won’t be present in retail units.
It is also in Hebrew
How much?
$220
Ayn Odin did it years ago
Not with OLED!
I just want to say, you folks who all reviewed this unit, y'all are doing a bad job. I bought one of these based on all the glowing reviews.
1. Retroid removed the pre-order stuff from the site, but it was still pre-order and took almosr 2.5 months to get it.
2. This things small as hell and awfully uncomfortable. It's very hard to hold for more than 30 minutes.
3. Yeah it's powerful, but it's also very limited. I've loaded at least a dozen emulators and my entire library of roms. About 1 out of every 5 games won't run very well. And playing with the internal settings only minutely helps.
All in all i give this thing a 6 of 10 and I'm pretty let down. I much prefer the Anbernic rg556. Sightly less powerful, but over all better feeling unit in the hand. The retroid just isn't what all of y'all keep saying.
damn, everyone keeps giving glowing reviews so I ordered one
Sorry to hear you had such a bad experience. After having it some time I can say I agree that the comfort can be challenging.
As far as how many games run well I haven't had that experience. Also some games just don't run well on any device because of emulator issues which has nothing to do with the device. Unfortunately emulation isn't a perfect thing so there is no perfect guarantee all games will run, especially on systems like ps2 and switch.
@@25anomaly don't get me wrong. I do love that it performs well where it performs well. But it's just one of those things where I've watched dozens of videos and was truly torn between the retroid 5 and the anbernic rg556. My cousin got the 556. After having held both and seeing the very slight downgrade in cpu, I still would've prolly bought that if I'd really known. The problem is everyone holding it has smaller hands than me I think.
@@bassderek so most of the games I'm having issues with are the games everyone's having issues with. My main concern was 3 roms, nfsu2, champions of norrath, and the .hack games. So far those play just fine. I ran into issues with more of the newer games that came out closer to the end of the PS2 run. Like atv4 and juiced 2. By the end it seems lots of game makers had figured out how to take everything they could from the PS2.
I'm not mad, lol, and thank you sir for responding! I'm just disappointed cause I think we all got mystified by actual PS2 in the pocket.
@vr6prodigy Out of curiousity I just checked out juiced 2 and seemed to get it playing pretty decently. Make sure your device is in high performance mode and select Vulkan as the "GPU Renderer" in the Graphics Settings Tab. Also try going to the system settings tab and setting "EE Cycle Rate" to 300% and "EE Cycle Skip" to mild underlock.
scrubbed !! -- I mean subscrubbed!
Thank You!
what a weird channel
What a weird world we live in.
Were you expecting more bass?
Got my yesterday, its time to replace my Vita
Vita emulation is still sketchy so I wouldn't toss it just yet...