Retroid Pocket Classic

[void mortar]

I was already looking at something more along the lines of RP5 as my next handheld

[rocky sedge]

These look like gameboy color colors

[inner heron]

the pikachu colorway looks awesome

[gusty socket]

Just wait until we see the backside, they'll have put analog triggers on it to ruin its pocketability

[late rock]

Probably why I'm not feeling them

[tight token]

I figured but it was still a bit of a wild comparison

[brittle tiger]

Not without Analog Sticks/Sliders.

[gusty socket]

I was just trolling, this looks great

[gentle acorn]

i wonder the RAM on that thing

[brittle tiger]

At least now there’s a good reason to only have Digital Triggers (because why have analog triggers with no sticks).

[gentle acorn]

🤔

[inner heron]

https://tenor.com/view/433-gif-25918566

[pseudo dove]

Thoughts on the dot matrix imprinted on the screen? Purely for advertising or more

[ebon forum]

Raaaah ayaneo pocket DMG

[gentle acorn]

💔

[late rock]

Now give it a glass front and stick some grips on the back

[magic blaze]

I already replied on there post to either drop Flip 2 preorders or deal with tons of comments about cows

[silent glade]

I’d rather it be overpowered and have a better potential for future upgrades

[inner heron]

true add curved glass

[tight token]

I mean reasonable priced pocket DMG would definitely generate a purchase from me

[inner heron]

that really improves handhelds

[tight token]

It's either this or I give in and finally buy an AP

[late rock]

Gotta cover the sides too

[brittle tiger]

We’re not doing that when even AYANEO tripped on their face like a loser while attempting to dunk.

[pseudo dove]

Hope it’s slightly bigger than the brick, bricks almost perfect for me but slightly too small

[late rock]

I believe it should have a bigger screen than the brick

[brittle tiger]

At least the Super SP still has a chance.

[pseudo dove]

Yep it looks bigger

[late rock]

If it's using the ayaneo pocket dmg screen

[ebon forum]

Oh no the pocket DMG is silly at best

[ebon forum]

Mhmm

[pseudo dove]

Was hoping for one stick but want this!

[gentle acorn]

This thing has no stick?

🥀

[inner heron]

retroid feed the community for 1 week less gooo

[late rock]

I am a little disappointed in the lack of sticks, but I might still pick it up depending on the price

[brittle tiger]

Agreed, depending on what chipset (and therefore supported os’s) this has, this may have singlehandedly killed like a solid chunk of my collection.

[gentle acorn]

lets hope its not a unisoc

[tight token]

I mean square screen handhelds are only gonna play certain things. Seems like they made a very premium roughly square device and the misses are second stick and price high

[wintry pecan]

even if its "just" the rp2s chip, its gonna be fire

[gentle acorn]

😺

[tight token]

Sure but Android only will generate an instant miss for me

[pseudo dove]

Oh yeah the only thing that would kill it for me now is no Linux

[rose dove]

Is this what was in the back of the flip 2 teaser?

[wintry pecan]

yes

[gentle acorn]

taco

[rotund iron]

not a huge fan of rocknix due to it managing all the retroarch settings on the front end

[gentle acorn]

🌮

[tight token]

Having to pray for Retroid to fix things has gone super well for RP Mini

[simple robin]

Why would you do this

[brittle tiger]

Honestly? Even with a T610, I’d still be up for getting it (especially since it would make it pretty damn cheap).

I’d just prefer a Linux-Compatible chipset for the sake of it replacing practically all my Verticals (except the Brick, they get to live).

[inner heron]

gaming

[brisk hound]

The screen looks like it’s 1:1 aspect, yeah?

[gentle acorn]

Yes....

True...

[late rock]

8:7 I think

[tight token]

Or 8:7

[simple robin]

Start and select like that

[inner heron]

its the rp mini screen

[coral forum]

I hate how it's not centered

[void mortar]

This just needs a chip good enough for PS1 and below and Linux support and it'll be amazing for a lot of people.
Would not play anything N64 or higher on something like this without sticks

[novel crane]

Hm.... DMG and blue looks cool

[brittle tiger]

Nah, not tall enough, it’s the AYANEO DMG screen.

[gentle acorn]

They look like pills bro

[brittle tiger]

Nope, that Aspect Ratio ain’t 4:3.

[inner heron]

https://tenor.com/view/nerdherdwelcome-nerdherdnekko-nerdherd-drmario-gif-25103779

[tight token]

Did you just describe a rg35xx DMG? lol

[void mortar]

Let's be real, I probably described a bunch of handhelds there 🗿

But never bad to have more options for people!

[inner heron]

you described every powkiddy handheld

[late rock]

$100 here's hoping

[novel crane]

Tbh, im actually kinda interested in these if they have a good chip and specs

[surreal gyro]

Man. All these fun colors and they skimped on the flip color options. Lame.

[devout sand]

i just want an oled screen

[brittle tiger]

It described a Miyoo Mini. In general it’s a long list of items, and none of them have an OLED screen that close to 10:9 or 8:7.

[late rock]

Why would they need a powerful chip though 🤔

[brisk hound]

Tbh I’m most curious to know if that blue dpad on the yellow one will fit in the rp5 😂

[simple robin]

The real question is what color are they going to change

[junior fox]

Bummer

[rose dove]

They're going to release cow and red colorways soon

[void mortar]

OLED on this at a more affordable price than the Ayaneo Pocket DMG would be a gamechanger

[rose dove]

That'd be pretty sweet, I'm guessing no back triggers since there are no sticks

[wintry pecan]

its the same dpad on all their devices

[modest mantle]

I feel yah. The fact that everything is off-center is disturbing

[late rock]

I just wish the black color wasn't transparent

[junior fox]

Is it Android?

[modest mantle]

Undoubtedly

[late rock]

I mean probably

[marsh plover]

nothing being centered bothers tf out of me as well. Especially since the mono speaker is not centered

[modest mantle]

Maybe a soc that'll take Linux?

[halcyon palm]

I feel like someone tried too hard to be unique and just forgot about actual usage.

[modest mantle]

Pretty common to have the speaker on the bottom right corner to homage dmg

[long wyvern]

I scanned the pixels it looks to be a 1.15:1 or 8:7 device

[simple robin]

The stack start and select. Like why

[modest mantle]

Yeah. Stacking them is gross

They don't even look that far apart

[lucid bone]

Same 8:7 oled as Ayaneo DMG

[halcyon palm]

Like, even putting them left/right on the bottom left section would've been better.

[long wyvern]

ah i was right

865 and oled lol

wait 16GB RAM?!

wtf is this

G3X Gen 2?

[marsh plover]

👍 comparing screen sizes, not specs

[late rock]

Those are the ayaneo specs

[long wyvern]

oh

but yeah its ayaneo screen size.

[marsh plover]

just a fan popping in the screen of the ayaneo

[lucid bone]

No I cut the ayaneo dmg screen to show it is the same size

[void mortar]

Was about to say.
But this being 8:7 is 👀
Again, not what I personally for my next handheld, but this could be a winner, especially if it's around the price tier that the RP2S was

[twin shale]

I've been hating on designs lately

But God dam bro

This is heinous

[sage silo]

Depending on the trigger situation and OS situation it's looking like exactly what I am looking for. Now just make it run pico 8 either natively or by giving good enough access via winlator

[brisk hound]

Confirmed to NOT be the mini screen on the retroid discord

[late rock]

Yeah I feel kind of bad for being so negative but I really do not like these

[marsh plover]

it's bad

[void mortar]

No strong feelings about its design, but colors wise, only a big fan of the purple and dmg ones.

[modest mantle]

I just don't understand it

Lol

[late rock]

https://tenor.com/view/cry-gif-23674110

Why couldn't they use the trimui plastic

[gaunt cargo]

Do we end the cows or do we increase pressure until Flip 2

[modest mantle]

Like I dunno. Maybe there's something cool about it

[nocturne gazelle]

Cows for flip2

[modest mantle]

Wrong channel

[brisk hound]

More cows

[void mortar]

The answer is always cows 🐮

[modest mantle]

Or you saying invaid?

[twin shale]

This genuinely looks like some pow kiddy shit

Some ewaste the type shit lol

[nocturne gazelle]

We need another animal to price goad

[late rock]

Goats next?

[gaunt cargo]

https://tenor.com/view/my-apologies-dwight-manfredi-sylvester-stallone-tulsa-king-my-fault-gif-27234969

[primal bloom]

Dude, right.

It's so insanely bad.

[modest mantle]

I'm hoping there's something cool hiding here

[primal bloom]

That start and select placement. Dude.

[gaunt cargo]

You technically win this bet tho, +25 internet points

[wintry pecan]

[gaunt cargo]

And someone had Tuesday..

[wintry pecan]

its technically wednesday in china

[late rock]

Customize your own maybe?

[gaunt cargo]

I chose the wrong day to put down my phone for 2 hours 😂

[modest mantle]

Im highly highly doubting this but...

[modest mantle]

I mean I love me some yellow

[sage silo]

Same gbc I had as a kid

[modest mantle]

Id 100% get yellow. I mean at least they made it look like a toy to match the colors

[tight token]

Stop rubbing salt in, I'm still mad a decade later lol. They went to nothing external instead of everything upgradeable

[modest mantle]

I know right

I mean this doesn't look modular at all. That said, it'd be cool if you could configure it

[primal bloom]

Hate to break it to you, but Ara never had a chance.

[modest mantle]

Well yeah. It's pro consumer

[inland frost]

IT HAS NO STICKS

[primal bloom]

Alternatively imagine dropping your phone and that shit smashes open like a lego set.

[modest mantle]

Hey. Build it like a Nokia and half the fun is putting it back together

[late rock]

Look I get that some of these designs have nostalgic appeal, but they couldn't have made at least one modernish looking one?

[primal bloom]

I do miss the days where you could drop a phone and the battery would fly out. And you could just plop it back in.

That was great.

[modest mantle]

I just don't get going from RP5 and flip 2 to this. It just doesn't really fit the rest of their stuff

Like add some curves. Take screen to the edge, or something

[echo torrent]

Not even one joystick...

[tight token]

Everyone uses phone cases now, easy enough fix. Also random infomercial tier flailing is bad for any phone

[modest mantle]

I mean if it has an 865 and OLED I'll solder on some sticks. Right to the front of the case

[void mortar]

I'm not expecting 865 personally with it not having sticks

[modest mantle]

But it's like they'd be bumping the price up to run stuff you can't play

Id hope not

[late rock]

Only four face buttons too, all is lost

[primal bloom]

The reality is that people who like to tinker are in the minority. It would've flopped either way, sadly.

[modest mantle]

Like I said. I'm hoping something cool is hiding

Watch it have analog triggers

[junior fox]

We don’t know what chip it has yet, yeah?

[primal bloom]

Fritos.

[void mortar]

Correct

[late rock]

Nothing on specs so far

[junior fox]

If it’s Fritos I’ll buy

[modest mantle]

But I hope it's lower and therefore cheap

[junior fox]

The chili cheese joints, that is

[modest mantle]

Something to offset the OLED cost

[lucid bone]

H700, Anberic sold all their leftover stocks to Retroid

[junior fox]

If it’s oled, I’ll still consider

If not, I’m outta here DAD

[late rock]

Wouldn't be too bad tbh

[modest mantle]

It has to be

Otherwise it really is just pow kiddy ewaste

[tight token]

Tinker, run 10 years on a phone that's fully supported with easy upgrades, either way. Welded shut phones are not consumer friendly

[brittle tiger]

OLED’s the only option that fits the screen.

[primal bloom]

Oh, of course it isn't consumer friendly. It seriously sucks.

[tight token]

It's what we "want" though, tim cook says so

Meh, maybe framework phone will happen eventually

[junior fox]

No sticks

I can’t even handle

[lethal falcon]

I was so hype for ara back in the day, never forget what they took from us

[brisk hound]

Anyone taking bets on RGB buttons on the back?

[primal bloom]

As much as I hate to admit this, premium marketing is almost indistinguishable from abstract art.

[floral current]

Pls no oled

[primal bloom]

How much shit can you take away while preserving the platonic ideal of a phone.

[floral current]

Retroid I'm begging u

[junior fox]

Why?

[floral current]

Cuz

[simple wyvern]

Why are the buttons not centered? This is an ocd nightmare

[floral current]

I don't like OLED

[modest mantle]

Tempted to get an HMD Skyline just cause of this

[junior fox]

That’s the one thing that would set this apart from 12 other devices available now

[brittle tiger]

Don’t ruin this for me. I want the AYANEO DMG screen on something that isn’t $400.

[primal bloom]

OLED rules.

[modest mantle]

Dude. Don't take the one thing this might have going for it away

[twin shale]

Can't wait for the screen to be 729p and distort everything, half /s

[primal bloom]

SCALING ISSUES!!!

SHADERGATE!!!

[floral current]

Plz retroid

[primal bloom]

WOOHOO!!!!

[floral current]

I'm begging you

Don't fuck this up with OLED

[modest mantle]

Lol

[floral current]

Make an actual budget device

[primal bloom]

Sorry. That's the most enthusiastic I've ever been in my life.

[modest mantle]

Trolling is a bold move

[junior fox]

Loooool

[floral current]

Good thing I'm not trolling

[junior fox]

This mf been in the Fritos tonight

[echo torrent]

at this point I don't even think this thing is going to run android

[brittle tiger]

Nah, it was late confirmed to be a “feature” built into the Mini screen’s driver chip itself.

A feature Retroid couldn’t even convince the manufacturer to disable for their devices.

[modest mantle]

We don't know how thick it is. Could be CRT

[twin shale]

Glorious

[floral current]

That'd be another win if it didn't

[brittle tiger]

So it’s just inherently gonna be in all future Mini’s as well.

[primal bloom]

I have no idea what this bull is saying.

[junior fox]

Could be rear projection tbf

[modest mantle]

It's better you don't

[floral current]

Could be e ink

[twin shale]

Hoping it's front light tbh

[floral current]

Anything just not OLED

[primal bloom]

OLED sweep. Get dunked on.

[echo torrent]

I think it's probably gonna be OLED, sorry to say... but who knows, if it is in fact a linux handheld, they could be aiming for a budget price

[floral current]

I hope so

[brittle tiger]

OLED for the win. OLED the only option that actually makes sense for these screen dimensions.

[primal bloom]

Pic won't load.

[brittle tiger]

Since there’s no IPS LG Wing.

[brittle tiger]

Not a pic, it’s a gif.

[primal bloom]

Well. It won't load, lol.

[brittle tiger]

Seriously? It’s working in mine.

[modest mantle]

Think discord is having some lag

[modest mantle]

Last gif nearly killed my app

It's a million Retroid fans crying out in fear

[floral current]

Moldy ass gif

[brisk hound]

Saw this floating around if the aspect comparison helps

[brittle tiger]

Peak. But Gameboy will probably look even better on this.

[floral current]

JFC what's wrong with your gifs

[modest mantle]

Er... It's not me. It's er... Discord

[rose dove]

They work for me

[junior fox]

Could still be a clamshell fam

[halcyon palm]

I prefer perfect squares, but I know a lot of people are actually fond of the stretched 4:3 look since they grew up with it.

[analog thunder]

Here's how clamshell can still win

[modest mantle]

We've upped flip sales 52%

[brittle tiger]

…Wow, I never even recognized that 8:7 has perfect squares. Man, people kept arguing about the circles and never even noticed the Squares.

[modest mantle]

I can handle ovals

But rectangles is where I draw the line

[little verge]

My 353vs just broke, really tempting if it does have a good 8:7

[modest mantle]

If only it'd cost $60

[little verge]

Retroid never goes super cheap

But I'll definitely wait a bit after launch

[junior fox]

I think I’m just going to alchemist some shit into a Pocket DMG and get it over with

[modest mantle]

Like buy one? Or use magic?

[echo torrent]

using the forbidden art of alchemy you can sell other devices for cash and then use that cash to buy expensive ayaneo handhelds

[rough depot]

I hate to be that guy but the pocket DMG screen is actually 31:27

1240x1080

[brittle tiger]

Ajax, you monster! You never sell your old handhelds for a new expensive one!

You just buy another cheaper handheld and keep all of them on the shelf like the rest of us.

[echo torrent]

but say to yourself that you could sell them but never do

[brittle tiger]

For anyone wondering, yes this is an /s.

[wild beacon]

well this is... interesting

that chin looks too short to anyone else or just me?

[echo torrent]

it's all wrong

[brittle tiger]

I’m personally loving it. It’s an AYANEO DMG screen on a device that’s guaranteed to not be $400.

[echo torrent]

except the price probably

[brittle tiger]

And even better, it’s almost guaranteed to be pocketable.

[wild beacon]

I guess this is going for OLED vertical on the cheap? Otherwise idk

[rough depot]

I’m also going to guess it’s a d900, seeing as how they’re trying to get through their d1100 supply on the flip 2

[echo torrent]

this will probably be the ultimate way to play non-joystick consoles and keep both kidneys. D900 would make sense

[wild beacon]

I was expecting it to be an Ayaneo DMG killer but this doesn't look like it

[meager jasper]

$150 OLED Vertical d1100 or $99 OLED D900

[brittle tiger]

And so it’ll be cheap! The good news keeps on going.

[rough depot]

If it’s 99 I’ll definitely get one

[meager jasper]

This is a guess

[junior fox]

Ah, unfortunately, magic is not a skill I have at my disposal

[brittle tiger]

Oh no, I’m considering it to be guaranteed as cheap if it’s D900 considering what it has and what the RP4 Base currently goes for.

[rough depot]

It wouldn’t need anything more, and we know they have the d900

[meager jasper]

I am only guessing I have no affiliation with retroid

[junior fox]

I mean sell stuff and get a DMG using the proceeds

[echo torrent]

can you even still buy the nice DMG?

[distant widget]

Even a low end unisoc like the t606 in those budget phones/tablet would be sufficient for this.
Or maybe those allwinner chips if aiming for Linux.

[brittle tiger]

Evil.

[rough depot]

Retroid is probably going to mean Android

[cobalt cypress]

Super cool looking, but I really wish these retro handheld manufacturers would take ergonomics into account more on their vertical handhelds and give the user more of a chin to hold onto at the bottom. The screen to body ratio is a little screwy.

[brittle tiger]

You hoard like everyone else.

[meager jasper]

This is better than a DMG... A DMG does not need a G3x Gen2 or 16gigs of ram or a TB of storage

[sinful imp]

Very cool.

But why is GC colorway yellow.

[brittle tiger]

Yup, and even ignoring the context of the DMG, this already looks pretty great.

[brittle tiger]

It’s the Pokémon GBC.

[sinful imp]

Not a GameCube?

[brittle tiger]

Nope, at best you could argue N64 given the button colors match that, but all in all it’s almost definitely the Pokémon GBC.

[sinful imp]

Anyone know a trick to skip to first post in threads? Or can someone pin

[frank sail]

agreed

[brittle tiger]

Despite being the OP, I apparently cannot pin comments, so I’m guessing it’s mods-only.

[reef magnet]

give me the size in measurements of trimui bricks

[echo torrent]

hey what's this? (in red)

secret button?

[wintry pecan]

....

....

....

ill let you correct that before i respond

[echo torrent]

[sinful imp]

Would love bigger buttons, like this.

[wintry pecan]

hint, look at the other size of the lineup

[wintry pecan]

they are the same size as rp2s

[rough depot]

That’s… just the buttons

[wintry pecan]

aw you ruined it

[rough depot]

It’s hiding behind the other console

[wintry pecan]

[rough depot]

Sorry lol it was too painful

[echo torrent]

but shouldn't the buttons be further to the right?

[wintry pecan]

they are

the render is a bit shit

[echo torrent]

that's why I circled the green too

yeah, could be

[wintry pecan]

looks like they photoshopped that specific one too far left

[echo torrent]

OR

there's a 6 button variant

[wintry pecan]

could be

[modest mantle]

yeah, ones just more exposed then the other

[wintry pecan]

could also be a saturn colorway

[modest mantle]

you can see the distance difference

[wintry pecan]

which would explain the difference frfom the right one

[eager rain]

https://tenor.com/view/toddlers-and-tiaras-big-grin-excited-girl-giddy-smile-gif-9689369815152198607

[modest mantle]

maybe it's the analog trigger sticking out?

[halcyon palm]

Overlayed for reference

[wintry pecan]

yall are gonna get popes hopes up lol

[halcyon palm]

Probably just lazy rendering/photoshopping.

[rose dove]

We can still make up the features we want, in spite of any evidence

6 button for sure

[eager rain]

I mean 6 button with no stick would just be for megadrive

[reef magnet]

believe in the pogo pin layout swap. make it reality

[echo torrent]

also RIDDLE ME THIS... why are there two identical colorways on each end of the teaser image, but only the start/select buttons are different?

[rough depot]

https://tenor.com/view/copium-meme-pepe-frog-gif-26117735

[echo torrent]

eh who am I kidding I'm just trying to extract more hopium out of this reveal

[sinful imp]

I makes sense there but this has more real estate.

[eager rain]

that button visible on the far left is definitely closer to the back button than the others

[echo torrent]

could be like garanthor said, just saturn colorway or w/e

[eager rain]

and it's a saturn colourway with that pink start button

saturn colourway + button closer to home/back = 6 buttons????

[echo torrent]

maybe

[wintry pecan]

im just gonna assume shit photoshop till we see otherwise

[echo torrent]

yeah same lol

[sinful imp]

Has anyone counted how many squares on the screen yet 😂

[wintry pecan]

at least 12

[modest mantle]

i mean it could def come in multiple configurations

[twin shale]

I got a new analysis

[sinful imp]

Stereo speakers in that grill or just one 🤔

[gusty socket]

Good thing I’m an ass man 🍑

[eager rain]

the discrepancy is large

[brisk hound]

I would love a soft pink one

[steady mortar]

I can't lie all colors they ate this one

[twin comet]

@eager rain is this the one you get?

[eager rain]

if the saturn one is actually 6 button I'll be tempted

otherwise I'm torn between teal and kiwi

[reef magnet]

what if

[eager rain]

teal appeals to adult me but kiwi appeals to child me, I had a kiwi gbc

[reef magnet]

big ass a button

[twin comet]

im curious about the price

and thats....about it

[echo torrent]

retroid pocket classic and retroid pocket classic PRO?

[sinful imp]

Peculiar there is no black.

[twin comet]

its been weird enjoying the 35xxsp and odin 2 combo i roll still... am interested in this depending on how it physically fits in a pocket though

[proud dirge]

No black makesme sad...

[twin comet]

mmm yea after looking at them the teal/kiwi/purple would be my choice lol

[craggy nova]

The kiwi looks so good

[dry canyon]

I want 3 of them already

[meager jasper]

Far left, transparent yellow green (because it was the color of my gbc and far right....maybe even that teal and while I'm at it I might as well get the pink one

[meager jasper]

Like the Flip2 Plus that is going to come 3 months after the RP Classic

[lunar pecan]

Late to the party but I actually really like this

What is 8:7 good for though? Not familiar with it

[brittle tiger]

Finally, someone else besides me and Garathnor that’s a fan.

[lunar pecan]

Lmao ye
Been waiting for the perfect vertical that would play my SNES up to ps1

might be this one with the d-pad and oled

and high resolution maybe? 👀

[sage silo]

If it plays Pico-8 and doesn't have a stupid rear design it will be perfect.

Don't mess this up Retroid

[halcyon palm]

8:7 is "perfect" SNES scaling for square pixels.

"Perfect" because most people experienced SNES as stretched 4:3

[meager jasper]

Alright so sadly there is a part of me that hopes there is an overkill 865 version so we can get ROCKNIX on it

[halcyon palm]

Makes for a good PICO-8 device too since it's near square.

[lunar pecan]

Oh HELL yes
My Trials of Mana sessions on my r36s get a bit glitchy with shaders so this is damn perfect

would 8:7 still work with gba though

[halcyon palm]

Not sure what your options are for PICO-8 if it's Android based though.

[river grove]

oh hell yeah i like the pink

[floral current]

Man

The vita Dpad also kills it for me

I need that mooshy squishy membranes on a DMG like device

[brittle tiger]

Oh, well you’re definitely not gonna like knowing that most people who mod Gameboys usually add tactile buttons due to preferring that.

[floral current]

I really don't care what people mod their Gameboys with lol

[lunar pecan]

me like the vita dpad hehe
God I miss it
So glad it's here

[brittle tiger]

And I’m talking Gameboy snobs.

[brittle tiger]

It’s always great when Retroid uses it. More company’s should.

[floral current]

I guess retroid really has fallen from their good graces

This is like the 4th handheld they've missed on

[sage silo]

I love the Retroid dpads. Really good for most of the games I like.

[floral current]

Probably gonna scratch them off my list from now on

[late rock]

4th?! Alright that's crazy

[floral current]

Yeah

Okay maybe 3rd

Last Retroid I enjoyed was the 2S, and 4/pro looked nice but never got around to getting one

[brittle tiger]

Yup, and it’s mostly likely OLED as well. This thing is really looking to be my favorite vertical with the tactile vita d-pad and OLED 8:7 (or 10:9, I know the actual aspect ratio is between these two).

[brittle tiger]

Well yeah, if you consider them not getting rid of the best addition they made to their devices a bad thing. Only Retroid’s outright guaranteed to be using the best D-Pad.

[floral current]

Opinions go brrrrrrr

But it's well established you don't handle differing opinions well

[sage silo]

I've been looking for a really simple relatively small pocketable device with a square screen for Pico-8. Specifically something slim without much frills and no analog stick.

[brittle tiger]

Everyone gets a unique opinion, they’re designed to be rng.

[sage silo]

Trim UI brick would be it if it were square

[brittle tiger]

Nah, I just don’t like when people shit on stuff as if it’s objectively bad. There’s a difference between sharing an opinion and being a jerk.

[floral current]

Sorry I offended you

Don't gotta be jerk about it

[brittle tiger]

Hell, even I’ve done it at some points, and I still cringe when I look back at some old comments.

[brittle tiger]

Well, except for the “point of failure” convo, the only thing I regret about that was that I didn’t start by actually explaining how that stuff works (since in hindsight that should’ve been my starting point).

[floral current]

[late rock]

I want to see some more angles, hopefully that black looks better than it does in this picture

[brittle tiger]

And also the initial aggressive start to it, since I probably could’ve said you were using that wrong in a less rude manner.

[floral current]

Hopefully it's flat

Protruding triggers need to die

[late rock]

It would be especially confusing on a device like this

[floral current]

Flat triggers would've been bomb on the flip 2

But alas

I can see why they didn't

Gotta be full featured

[late rock]

I think it makes sense to not have inline for that, since some of those games need analog

[summer marsh]

this has to be OLED...or what is the point? especially given the rest of their lineup now

[floral current]

Maybe an actual budget handheld

First since the 2S

[wintry pecan]

i hope the "shoulders" are like the back buttons on 8bitdo controllers

[floral current]

Depending on the chip it could still be budget

[summer marsh]

maybe, seems like they've left that segment for the rubes (ie anbernic )

[late rock]

It's probably oled, they've kind of established that as a standard with their last two handhelds and the flip

[floral current]

Unfortunately

[ashen vault]

that doesn't have funky power delivery and a bad sleep mode?

[floral current]

Maybe

[late rock]

Trimui?

Though ig the power delivery isn't great on those

[summer marsh]

that's what I'm thinking. also possibly hopium on my end, I would love a reasonably priced oled vertical - even if those off center buttons weird me out 😛

[ashen vault]

isn't it at least better than the h700 devices?

[rough depot]

With the layout, highest I would play on this is like PS1 maybe, I'd mostly buy this for the screen

[brittle tiger]

Nah, they could always go back to the T618 and make it like $85-$100 even with OLED.

[floral current]

Yeah

[rough depot]

What do you guys like to play on a 4 button vertical? If it had the power would you try other systems?

[floral current]

H700 is still good tho

[summer marsh]

seems like it almost has to be oled to differentiate, there's so many verticals

[brittle tiger]

Which means they’ll be making it even better than most budget options around that price point.

[late rock]

I've never owned an anbernic so it's hard to compare, but as far as I can tell my smart pro only charges with usb A not usb c

[floral current]

32 bit and below

Maybe ps1

[summer marsh]

lots of great dreamcast games that play well with just a dpad, but mostly ps1 and under

[ashen vault]

I would try melonds ;))

[summer marsh]

I'd love a higher spec option like the flip that could run beetle saturn though 🙂

[rough depot]

I could see this, with the screen being sorta square...

[ashen vault]

hopefully 2025 will be the year where c to c becomes the standart

[brittle tiger]

Trimui Brick charges with C-to-C, and even charges pretty quickly due to using a 3000mAh battery.

[rough depot]

But won't somoene think of the billions of 3 inch A to C cables?

[brittle tiger]

At least relatively, compared to the 5000mAh in the Pro.

[late rock]

Yeah it seems they improved that part then

Fortunately the sleep function is great on both devices

[ashen vault]

the r36s clone cultists can keep using them

[late rock]

I'll never understand the r36s hype

[rough depot]

If it's like Dreamcast and Under I really hope this is less than $100 dollars, but I won't bet on it... I would be willing to pay for quality but probably not $120 to play games I could play on my miyoo

[late rock]

Spend a little extra and you can get a much better device

[summer marsh]

yeah that's pretty fair. though depending on the specs I'm pretty flexible on price, I love the idea of the ayaneo dmg outside of the price. so hoping it's somewhat powerful tbh

being able to run more accurate emulators on a great oled with high quality shaders is underappreciated in this community imo

[brittle tiger]

It’s a nice option for people who want to get a gift…right up until you think about whether they’ll remember to only use the right charger for it (aka, don’t buy or use a bad charging brick).

[rough depot]

The only system with a higher end emulator I could see using with this control scheme is maybe nicer DS, I don't have Dreamcast nostalgia myself really... Maybe there are some other games that would play well

[merry mango]

is retroid pocket the new anbernic?

[late rock]

Yeah it seems like it got so popular just because of how much marketing it has

[summer marsh]

aside from it lacking 6 face buttons saturn would be amazing

[brittle tiger]

That shit will pop the batteries in stuff than can only do A-to-C.

[rough depot]

6 must be a dirty number, there are so few 6 button handhelds

[late rock]

I think magicx is trying to take that position

[wintry pecan]

should be a nice big boy, overlaid here with the DMG

[rough depot]

but so many great systems

[summer marsh]

well a 6 button pad doesn't work that well for a lot of say snes and ps1 games. so it makes sense they are mostly 4 buttons. even if I am a sega fanboi

[rough depot]

I honestly wish that more had like programmable back buttons or something. I know that's not super popular, as original layout is king, but having the option would be nice

that requires more design time though, so I get it

[echo torrent]

ok so I made a 6 button version mockup using the tiny shadow on the left-most device on the teaser image as a guide. I'm personally not a fan of 6 button devices but this does look better imo

@eager rain would such a device please?

[eager rain]

could be good as long as it's pocketable and the shoulder buttons are usable

[echo torrent]

yeah true we still know 0 about their shoulder/triggers. easy to get those completely wrong

[wintry pecan]

do um like, pokemon of course
but also like a nicktoons one

[brittle tiger]

Could you do a Chrono Trigger or Final Fantasy one?

[pseudo dove]

Praying for a Linux capable chip now 🤞🙏

[wintry pecan]

oh, a modern retro game, either shovel knight, cuphead, or goodboy galaxy

would be a good skin

[rotund iron]

Personally the more buttons the better

I want to be able to map hotkeys lol

[pseudo dove]

But kinda worried it won’t be Linux capable

This with minui 🥰

[bright plinth]

So if we reckon this is the LG wing screen, could someone more talented do an overlay against the brick? Surely that's the main competition

[lament cloud]

https://www.reddit.com/r/SBCGaming/comments/1j3rkk5/retroid_pocket_classic_just_revealed_on_retroids/

Have they said size?

[brisk hound]

No, nothing that than these photos

They drip the info out, probably won’t know more until another week… or maybe Friday

[lament cloud]

Rip

[hexed sigil]

I think I'll stick with my modded 40XXv. As someone said, not enough "chin" to hold onto. These designers don't understand ergonomics unless it's to throw ass-cheeks onto something.

[bright plinth]

I'm going with it's Linux based.
A single "function" button.
Android would have two, home and back.
(in addition to start and select)

[lament cloud]

If they're analogue pocket sized, could be amazing

Or bigger

[eager rain]

you would think that but they're going with one of those gross combo home/back buttons on the flip 2

[lucid bone]

Size comparison with Ayaneo DMG, basically same width but shorter

[hexed sigil]

The shorter part is what I take issue with. Could've added more battery down there.

[brittle tiger]

So how pocketable would you say it is?

[lunar pecan]

depends on the shoulder buttons

looks pretty cozy tho
lack of sticks helps tons

[lament cloud]

Size comparison from Retroid?

[lucid bone]

Depends on the thickness

[brittle tiger]

Then as long as it’s pocketable and that size scale is accurate, I don’t see any issue with it being too short, given the size of the screen itself.

[lucid bone]

No I made the comparison, assuming both are the same screen of course

[brittle tiger]

Of course, I was fine with the Miyoo Mini and even now with the Brick, so I could just be an outlier that’s fine with whatever grip case someone comes up with.

[lunar pecan]

i just had one fear reinforced...it being 3.5" or less

unless they go for the same 3.7" screen used in the Mini

[brittle tiger]

Nah, not unless Retroid somehow found a screen with that exact “sort of 8:7” aspect ratio in a smaller size.

[brittle tiger]

Oh it’s flat out not 4:3.

[lunar pecan]

Hot

[brittle tiger]

Like, that screen is outright taller than 4:3, the aspect ratio of what’s shown wouldn’t work.

[bright plinth]

There's definitely four buttons though?
Start, select, back and home?

I'd assume power is on the side

[lunar pecan]

Could this be the perfect vertical upgrade from my r36s... 😳

[brittle tiger]

Yup, it’s power.

[eager rain]

if only

yeah they put the power button on the front next to home/back combo, start, and select

[bright plinth]

We're always one thing away from perfection

[bright plinth]

Like what the actual.
That's wild to me.

You can see power on the classic is on the side, near the volume. Like the RP5 and mini

[brittle tiger]

Still don’t know why they didn’t just put it on the side like before.

…God damnit, too many people complained about “pressing that when grabbing it”, despite it being too far to the left for anyone to naturally and believably press it on accident, didn’t they?

[eager rain]

I assume it's part of their quest to make it as thin as possible

[brittle tiger]

Again, the original button was really small and even recessed just a tiny bit, alongside being on the far left of the front.

[lunar pecan]

People are also complaining about the mole, which is valid

I personally find it adds a bit to its character? Like yeah this retro device has a mole ASDFGHJKL

[eager rain]

yeah but you still have to deal with mounting the internal switch at a 90 degree angle to the PCB

[hexed sigil]

I feel like the power button is going to be more likely to get accidentally pressed on the face than on the side.

[eager rain]

100%

[brittle tiger]

Personally I like the design. It’s the same things I thought were pretty neat about the DMG even when ignoring the screen.

[brittle tiger]

No kidding, hence why I was already annoyed about people complaining about the original button and thinking “you guys better not be making that Monkey’s Paw curl a finger…”

[brittle tiger]

I should’ve said it out loud, maybe then Retroid would have known to not listen to those guys.

[eager rain]

yeah I like the look of the classic a lot

[lunar pecan]

The biggest fear right now is if it lacks linux compatibility (i really don't want android on smol boys)

[brittle tiger]

Another one in the club of thinking it unironically looks cool.

[lunar pecan]

ya know the yellow one at the front is growing on me 😳

i usually don't go for colors as they stand out but...the yellow is really damn beautiful

[sullen dagger]

My rg35xxsp will occasionally turn on in my pocket so to me the button on the inside is a win.

[bright plinth]

Sign me up

[brittle tiger]

Right up until you accidentally press it because you’re focused on the screen and trying to press start.

It’ll only put it to sleep, but there’s still a couple instances where an emulators won’t immediately stop in sleep mode.

[sullen dagger]

That's valid

[brittle tiger]

Hey, anyone else notice that the transparent option shows the speaker might either be more towards the center, or legit as wide as what is suggested?

[late rock]

It seems like there's some holes still under the start and select buttons, just more obvious on the black version

[brittle tiger]

Oh I was already talking about the black speaker holes that go all the way through.

Even ignoring the decorative ones, that still suggests a pretty wide speaker.

[lucid bone]

It might be a mono speaker or two speaker drivers next to each other, but I'm not really confident that Retroid will balance the sound properly

[late rock]

Wait what's the difference then, looks like they're in the same position

[brittle tiger]

Exactly, people were thinking it would be a smaller speaker than that.

[lucid bone]

The holes are just for looks, the actual driver underneath might be a different size

[left tusk]

This rift occurred 3 months into my return to retro gaming ( I was dumping carts and running them on a AMD Athlon in Windows ME, back when. I've respected Joey from the first video I watched and I joined the RH server to interact with him. I was very soured by the rift. I too hope there's a path to peace, but it stank the way it went down. I've stuck around and stayed out of the drama. I do feel at times, Joey is the only guy willing to say what needs to be said. However, I value the RH community and don't wish it harm either. Just my 2 cents.

[cold shell]

Wish it looked like this but oh well

[late rock]

Still not sure what's up with the x and y axis lines

[wintry pecan]

design

[late rock]

Why

[wintry pecan]

why not

[late rock]

Because it looks off

There's just a random blank corner in the bottom left, which there would be anyway, but with the lines it highlights it

[gaunt cargo]

Thanks and im sure there are more who feel like you do as well. We're at our best when we can all work collaboratively.

[wintry pecan]

its probly feng shui or something

[late rock]

Must be why they added pac man to the flip 2

[brittle tiger]

You will be forced to look at the blank space until you can finally ignore it.

They are trying to cure hyperfixation on designs so they can go back to using small screens on devices without people complaining about bezels.

[ripe urchin]

Not the prettiest device I've seen, but if it brings the DMG OLED screen at a budget cost, then I think it may be a hit

[brittle tiger]

https://tenor.com/view/charlie-day-gif-18564553

[ripe urchin]

let's see what the specs are like

[late rock]

NOOOOOO

https://tenor.com/view/star-wars-darth-vader-noooooooo-nooo-no-gif-19285910

[karmic beacon]

i wonder what the specs will be though

it clearly wouldn't be a snapdragon but what is it

blobcatholdingitsheadinitshands

[brittle tiger]

As long as it can play PSX upscaled I’m happy with the T820 or even T618.

Plus, with a chipset Gamma is used to, we can potentially get GammaOS on it, which would also hopefully fix any potential issues with only having a D-Pad.

[long wyvern]

I was just gonna say! I hope it’s a chip gammaOS already runs on

Then it’s a matter of display drivers and stuff

[brittle tiger]

Hell, regardless of what’s already out, he’s still also already working on the T820, the G99, and even the D900 (which would have the added benefit of being a chipset Retroid definitely wants to clear out).

[long wyvern]

My bet is it’s an sd 865

[late rock]

That'd be so overkill

[worldly spoke]

that start and select placement is kinda diobolical

reminds me of the weird choice they made with the rp flip 2's stick placement

[brittle tiger]

But it would include Linux Support.

[late rock]

True, though it would raise the price considerably

[cold shell]

D1100 to keep cost down would be my prediction.

[brittle tiger]

I think it’s neat, admittedly in an ugly cute of way.

[wintry pecan]

https://tenor.com/view/st-gif-6234136159353916072

[brittle tiger]

But Ugly Cute is still technically cute, and therefore the best kind of cute.

[cold shell]

But on a serious note, I hope this is OLED.

[cold shell]

https://tenor.com/view/blacrswan-gif-26990465

[wintry pecan]

wrong kind, they just ugly

[brittle tiger]

See? You get it.

[brittle tiger]

How dare you say that about the puppy!

[late rock]

Pugs are cute but they probably shouldn't exist

[brittle tiger]

Of course they shouldn’t exist, but we shouldn’t exactly euthanize all of the currently alive ones either.

[late rock]

Oh yeah i wasn't suggesting that

[cold shell]

Modern pugs, no. Original pugs yes.

How they original looked is regal AF IMO

[late rock]

Selective breeding and its consequences have been a disaster for dogs

[brittle tiger]

I still don’t understand what the fuck people were smoking when they did what they did to these adorable little guys.

[wintry pecan]

they wanted a small dog with powerful jaws to kill rats

[cold shell]

If I had a Time Machine I’d beat the shit out of people who intentional bred pugs to be the way they are now. Poor little babies don’t deserve all the suffering

[wintry pecan]

most of the small dog breeds were for vermin control

[late rock]

Yeah their own anatomy is fighting against them it's terrible

[dreamy current]

what color are you guys liking the best, idk if i like any of them lol

[lunar pecan]

D1100 is still overkill tho

[brittle tiger]

DMG.

[lunar pecan]

yellow, surprisingly

[bright plinth]

Teeeeeeeal

[wintry pecan]

🤔

[ashen vault]

Looks better but it still could be taller

[lunar pecan]

naaaur 😩
Keep pocketable and affordable dammit
(this better be at a good price or so god help me)

[ashen vault]

Don’t know why the made it so short

A RG40XXV or Pocket DMG kind of body would be nice

[wintry pecan]

its not short, here it is overlaid with a real DMG

[ashen vault]

Not short but top heavy

The short was referring to the bottom half

[dreamy current]

are we thinking over or under $100 for it

[lunar pecan]

8:7 screen supposedly makes it taller no?

[shell otter]

The colors are cool, looks like it's based on GBC. the only thing missing is white motherboard in atomic purple one, now it looks much darker than GBP/GBC Purple

[ashen vault]

Pocket dmg was pretty much 8:7 as well

[wintry pecan]

over for sure, but only like 120

[lunar pecan]

Depends on the chipset tbh
I feel like it's gonna be just over 100$ since Retroid has established itself as a company

what garathnor said

[obsidian roost]

rip 6 buttons of RP1

[ashen vault]

Probably above, maybe it’ll have have metal rp2s pricing

[lunar pecan]

playing retro games using the vita dpad is going to be f i r e

[bright plinth]

They'd ruin this with a single trigger on the back 🔥

[solemn sentinel]

That's a big colour selection...

[cold shell]

It is. But I assume they’ve got some surplus of it from the RP4 as they’re using it for the new Flip. So it would probably be more cost effective for them to use what they have.

[cold shell]

Purple. To hide the awkwardly placed mole and “start/select” button

[opal harbor]

Could be interesting....if it's priced well

[foggy kestrel]

Meh. Was hoping for another PS2 capable vertical, and without sticks, this won't be it. Guess I'll be getting an Anbernic 406V after all. Nice colours, but not enough for me.

[rain badge]

Damn, time for Anbernic to make a more comfortable version of this

I mean, the chin looks too short, the start/select are placed awkwardly and that Vita dpad makes no sense here

That F button also looks weird off-center, but maybe that actually makes it easier to reach

And the thing is, usually Retroid makes faster stuff while Anbernic makes more comfortable stuff, and performance doesn't matter too much for this one

[delicate ermine]

Pocket DMG is way more appealing, tho I like the GBC-like color variants

[river remnant]

Hopefully it’s reasonably priced. I’d like to get a good device in that form factor but if it’s like 200 usd no thanks

[bright stratus]

Should be $99 or less right?

[solemn sentinel]

NO I WANT THE VITA D-PAD

I absolutely want a D-pad only device with the Vita D-pad

Fuck nostalgia if I can get something functionally better

[bright stratus]

The 34xx proves your point

[rain badge]

You just made someone at Retroid very happy

[river remnant]

If it’s not then it’s gonna be and do badly. It ain’t beating the competition. And no one needs another ayaneo pocket DMG

[halcyon gyro]

I do hope they come out with some new colors, I understand what they're trying to replicate but they dont really hit my nostalgia that much even though I owned the pikachu/pichu gbc back then, hoping for a sleek black version to hide eventual 4:3 black borders

[lunar pecan]

Right? I didn't grow up on these devices and I'd really prefer to have something that feels good to experience retro games on them

[hard willow]

Maybe original GB or game boy pocket size?

[delicate ermine]

I would have been hyped if it was an Ayaneo Pocket DMG for $199, but without stick/trackpad this is kinda not working as intended

[shell otter]

yeah agree, I would prefer it with stick

[turbid haven]

it is a bit odd

[shell otter]

unless its much weaker than Rp5/mini/flip2

[delicate ermine]

given how it looks, they kinda will have to dump their remaining stock of t610/t618 into these

[shell otter]

Hopefully, otherwise its a waste of pretty good hardware

[delicate ermine]

and even then it would be much worse of a proposal than the rp2s was

[shell otter]

Maybe its a133p xD

[delicate ermine]

like this has to be $69 tops to work and it's dead in the EU anyway

[shell otter]

everyone is doing these now

[delicate ermine]

I honestly doubt they will source new SoCs

I don't even think it would be unlikely to get 3 versions, with the t610, t618 and d900 tbh

[shell otter]

They started to update their official AE store for EU, so now its not too bad to order there

[turbid haven]

hows it dead in Eu?

[shell otter]

I saw they finally have Rp5 for us Europeans

[delicate ermine]

most stuff is so expensive, it wouldn't even ship to me via AE

[delicate ermine]

+shipping and vat even at $69 this would be $100+

[turbid haven]

ah yeah 😄 same here for UK

[delicate ermine]

honestly, this will probably do worse than the RP Mini

even if they just dump their t610 stock into these, without a stick you can very well just grab an a133p device for less

and yeah yeah nice OLED panel and all sure, but that is rarely the priority

[bright plinth]

Yea this. Unless it's priced very well imo.

[delicate ermine]

this would make way more sense, if it was closer to the Pocket DMG and came with D900/SD865 options

ideally with analogue triggers, but welp

[stone ice]

wow they really fumbled the design on this

the ps vita and tiny buttons look stupid

with the ayaneo dmg screen it should be an awesome device though

[delicate ermine]

Ayaneo DMG screen + A133P SoC

honestly, I can't make sense of this thing

[stone ice]

is it confirmed a133p?

[bright stratus]

Dont think it confirmed but without stick it doesnt make much sense to go above that performance

[stone ice]

it does if you have a super high res oled screen

[tame rain]

Does that look like 1:1?

[stone ice]

crt shaders can look insane but you need power

[shell otter]

Would be cool to have optional grip with sticks like on the old GKD Mini Plus handheld

[bright stratus]

Makes sense. Havent thought about that

[bright stratus]

Chin transplant....oooh or a little powerbank to make up for the silly ratio on it

[stone ice]

if they made is not so ugly with a d1100 for around 150 bucks, it would be great for people that like crt shaders

but honestly just by having a ps vita dpad on a gameboy i don't want this near me

[night crag]

I like the design and yeah snes and psx with a good shader on a good screen would be great

symmetry = aesthetics is silly imo, and if these choices make for a more comfortable use then im for it

[void mortar]

https://youtu.be/tI0pi-TlmaA?si=Ny0VP8a66cq5gDy2

[void mortar]

6 buttons variant is real 🙂

[stone ice]

the hell

this thing has an identity crisis

[simple grove]

This explains the wonky center button now

[solemn sentinel]

Yeahh

[stone ice]

i wish they'd show the back

curious to see if it's flat or flared

or ribbed for your pleasure

[silent glade]

This is the one I’d overpay for. So sick of trying to play N64 games with C buttons mapped to an analog stick.

[lucid bone]

But it's not Sega style dpad 🤦‍♂️

[night crag]

theres a magicx handheld coming out soonish that addresses that

[delicate ermine]

yeah this makes no sense at any point, like they should have just made it N64 layout

[obsidian roost]

RP1S reborn

[silent glade]

What model? Any pics up?

[solemn sentinel]

Let me get some

[night crag]

touch one, the channel should have pic

[mossy crow]

Should've given it a central stick (& a left speaker while they're at it)

[stone ice]

man this thing really jumpscares me every time i see it

[solemn sentinel]

I have renders on-hand

[silent glade]

Oh the dual Dpad device? Yeah, I guess it’s not an analog stick

[stone ice]

i really feel like this device should have blank buttons

[solemn sentinel]

I agree

[obsidian roost]

And they shhoupdnhave kept the dual colours

[solemn sentinel]

I also agree with this

Colours haven't been finalized, so I'm really hoping they do do that

[queen glade]

how much is this gonna be

[void mortar]

Something like this for the 6-button variant would be really nice

[solemn sentinel]

No idea

It's super up in the air what kind of SoC this will have

[void mortar]

Around what the RP2S was would be my guess if it gets a really good screen

Maybe a bit more than that potentially?
We still don’t know the chip on this or much of anything besides what it looks like really

[solemn sentinel]

And only the front of it

[stone ice]

i'm thinking d900 and 120 bucks

that would make sense

[solemn sentinel]

I should think that they have plenty of D900 chips lying around

I don't think the base RP4 sold that well compared to the Pro?

[stone ice]

yeah i was thinking that

the other day i was playing with crt shaders on my alldocube's 1200p screen and i kinda got the bug for oled stuff with high res for retro systems, so this actually fits that super well

[delicate ermine]

I demand the following changes to the RP Classic

A slider below the d-pad and extra A/B buttons for N64

[ebon forum]

Ayaneo pocket DMG mentioned!

Bad

[urban tiger]

6 BUTTON???

[stone ice]

i demand this for nds

[solemn sentinel]

I would like a slider lol

Then it'd be a true RP1S

[urban tiger]

The 6 button variant explains the weird start and select placement

[delicate ermine]

yep, but the 4button variant has to be 10bucks cheaper or I riot

no in all honesty, give us 2 extra buttons and a god damn slider on this

the space is there

and it's highly likely that they will dump the D900 into this, given how the RP4 base not sold as expected at all

[mossy crow]

should've given the 6-button one a circular dpad at least, they went that far already

[delicate ermine]

you expect them to design a whole new d-pad people will complain about?

[stone ice]

i'm fine with no sticks or sliders, they always ruin verticals for me except for the blessed 405v

[delicate ermine]

stick would be iffy yeah, but a single slider to make use of the freaking SoCs power.... come on

[stone ice]

i want the rp flip 1 dpad on this at least

ps vita one looks so stupid

[void mortar]

D900 on this with no sliders would feel weird to me given how D900 can play a surprising amount of GCN and PS2 x3

[urban tiger]

I love the color and look of the 6 button Saturn variant but honestly don’t see much point when it uses a screen clearly focused on NES/SNES/GBC

[stone ice]

power for good shaders for the sick screen

[void mortar]

Yet I also agree it’s most likely they’ll use D900 on this

That too

I’m not sure I myself would use shaders, but Ik how important those are to a good amount of people

I do really like what someone suggested earlier about making a grip case with sticks for this like the GKD had

[mossy crow]

cool in theory, crap in practice

[void mortar]

Why is that?

[stone ice]

probably even worse with android

[river remnant]

Unless it’s less than 100$ this is just crap

And I rather stick with the brick

[stone ice]

i kinda hate it but it's not crap, it's just weird

screen is great and if they do put a d900 in, it's a good deal

[mossy crow]

ergonomics would be terrible, and the gkd one in particular was just awful, scratched the device the first time you use it, the usb-c was likely to break, and yah ergo mainly

[ebon forum]

What a super SPectacular screen arrangement

Anti pocketable though

[mossy crow]

it'd be worse on this since there's even more of a chin

[void mortar]

Ok, the ergonomics point makes sense to me. Thanks for the explanation.
Was curious what the downsides of that would be

[stone ice]

just take the blackpill and admit that sticks always suck on verticals unless it's on basically a controller shaped thing like the 405v

[mossy crow]

timestamped https://youtu.be/V2YGzNhKxUI?si=dPvj20i_KeMJYRW-&t=968

[void mortar]

The sticks on my R36S are ok enough for the once in a while time I play N64 or PS1 on it, but I’m not gonna act like they’re great. They’re not lol

[void mortar]

Oh yeah, that’s terrible

[mossy crow]

yah when he shows how you have to hold it if you want to use the shoulders 😬

i want it to be good but yah

[void mortar]

What I had in mind was some improved version of this with more of a grip to it and less stiff.
Ig something more along the lines of the Anbernic RG405/6V but even then, Idk how good that would actually be as a grip accessory or if it’s even doable with the shape of the RPClassic

[simple grove]

We haven’t seen the back yet. Imagine what crazy things could be happening there 😅😂

[stone ice]

hoping for a brick style flat back

[simple grove]

All stick back

😂

[stone ice]

lmao

[void mortar]

Pffft

[mossy crow]

glass touchpad

[simple grove]

At this size its a given that its not analog shoulders, im happy to be pleasantly surprised

Also wouldnt make sense without the stick

[river remnant]

The brick with oled screen and no heat issues. That’s the dream

[stone ice]

i think we haven't seen anything vertical with analog triggers yet, right?

[river remnant]

Is this the first vertical retroid makes?

[void mortar]

Second vertical

Their very first device was vertical

[simple grove]

All i can think when i see it is Soulja boy

[delicate ermine]

honestly they would have to throw these out for $59-69 to make it interesting tbh

[void mortar]

Depends on screen and chip.
No way this would be $59-69 if it’s OLED

[mossy crow]

around $100 is what i'd like, but i'm expecting $120

if not more

[novel crane]

For me, 100-120 is reasonable enough

Expecting 130-150

[pseudo dove]

I’d take an a133p in this

[novel crane]

Tbh, if this is priced right, i might just skip the brick and get this as i wanted a solid vertical

[mossy crow]

yah, low power SoC + oled would be great, keep costs down but still have a killer display

[novel crane]

Especially with oled

[novel crane]

Also great battery life

[pseudo dove]

I really like the brick buuuut it’s slightly too small and want a 1:1 vertical

[void mortar]

How many OLED Verticals are there anyways? Don’t think very many.
The only one if memory serves me right is the Ayaneo DMG, right?

[pseudo dove]

That’s it

[mossy crow]

i want someone to use the bb q10 display the gbc modding scene has been using in something, it's a 3.1" 1:1 oled

[novel crane]

Yep, only the DMG

If this is oled, this will be the second one

not including any GBC OLED mods

[void mortar]

OLED vertical at a way cheaper price

Make it happen

[mossy crow]

the SoC in the DMG never made any sense

with a single stick

pointless

[novel crane]

The DMG's SoC and price was way too much

[queen glade]

everything about ayaneo is very over the top and unnecessary

they're a boutique brand

primarily for youtubers

[delicate ermine]

Retroid should give this a slider, additional N64 A/B buttons and make D900/SD865 variants, then I would be happy

[mossy crow]

yah i'll never buy from them again after the pocket air

[delicate ermine]

I kinda like my Ayaneo Slide

[mossy crow]

pocket air was dogshit

[delicate ermine]

the sticks suck tho

[simple grove]

I like my evo. But after the hell i had to go through to fix the thermals

[queen glade]

their products appeal to the niche of "too good for a retroid, but the steam deck is too much"

it's stuck in the middle

[mossy crow]

and their customer service is so bad it's literally a meme

[queen glade]

and you often pay a ridiculous premium for mediocrity

[novel crane]

Ngl, I kinda don't want a stick or slider on this thing. Just fix the start and select button placment or to what TrimUI did and give us programmable buttons

[delicate ermine]

my demands are clear, now we need to bully Retroid

[novel crane]

It was DoA for me when I heard no headphone jack

[mossy crow]

circular dpad (for the classic 6), g99, massive battery & i'm good lol

[novel crane]

[simple grove]

https://tenor.com/view/courage-apple-phil-headphone-jack-gif-12886447

As Apple would put it

😅

[novel crane]

stupidity

[delicate ermine]

they sure as hell won't source a new SoC

[mossy crow]

nah

[cloud jewel]

please just don't let it be a 3.5" screen

[mossy crow]

but i'd like something lower power

[delicate ermine]

either there will be t610/t618 and a D900 variant or D900 and SD865

[cloud jewel]

looking 1:1 from the screenshots

[simple grove]

Wonder if they will use up those D900’s

[novel crane]

No 8:7 from what it seems

[mossy crow]

it's not, and it's 31:27

[cloud jewel]

hype levels... rising!

[mossy crow]

same as the pocket dmg screen

[delicate ermine]

I would be baffled if there isn't a D900 version or to be frank, maybe that's the only one in the first place

they didn't sell nearly enough of the RP4 base to not use this SoC

[simple grove]

Yeah i can see it. Wonder how many non pro RP4’s sold

[stone ice]

around 3

[simple grove]

D900 is still a great chip. My odin lite could still do a fair bit

[delicate ermine]

nah, we talked at least 5 people into the RP4 base by now, who were looking to grab the RP3+

[novel crane]

Tbh

I want to get either the DMGs

Or the Blue

maybe the red one

[simple grove]

Hopefully no scaling issues or whatever on this one

[mossy crow]

screen's a known quantity so it'll be fine

[novel crane]

The d900 was never bad chip, but when the RP4Pro existed it kinda just made sense for those who wanted GCN and PS2

[silent glade]

Yeah this is it 💯

[simple grove]

Only thing is i don’t know is A13 available on D900

[novel crane]

Tbh, I can see them going for a sd840/845

For something lower powered

[brittle tiger]

He made everyone happy. The Vita D-Pad is better than a membrane D-Pad.

[pseudo dove]

Android bad

[novel crane]

Hmm

[delicate ermine]

if they announce it with A11, we will just have to bully them like with the RP5

[novel crane]

That was the mini

Not the 5

Mini came with A10

[delicate ermine]

nah it was the 5 as well

it got initially announced with A10

we gave them shit for that

[novel crane]

Oh yeah

[delicate ermine]

they made an A13 build

[cloud jewel]

this!

I hated having the sticks on the rp2s. if the rp2s had no sticks and had a 4" screen, it would've been my endgame

[simple grove]

Looks like there are phones/tablets out there with d900 and A13. So support could happen i guess

But would mean they would have to make a build from scratch like the RP5 and Mini

But im prepping myself for this to have A10

[novel crane]

Tbh, outside of certain emulators

What would A13 do for a device like this?

[void vault]

Certain emulators

[simple grove]

File structure is different between A10 and 13 i believe

[brittle tiger]

We could get a more locked down firmware with more annoying storage limitations for the sake of having a higher number?

[delicate ermine]

well, if they want to sell this, they better get to it

[void mortar]

Does A13 perform better with shaders than A10?

[distant widget]

There is a possibility of better/newer drivers being bundled with newer Android version, similar to the t310 last time when RP3 launch with A11.

[void vault]

But even for "Easy" consoles to emulate, if you have a more powerful device it opens the way to have better shaders or improve the latency.

[brittle tiger]

No, it arguably performs worse unless it’s specifically built off something like LineageOS where you can make it use less resources.

[warm nebula]

It feels like they wanted to make their homage to a gbc, whereas with a competent soc, users would appreciate an update to the rp1 more

[novel crane]

Tbh, if this is a 865 (wouldn't put it pass Retroid), im probably just gonna install rocknix asap

[simple grove]

Unless they get a good deal on 865 i dont see it

But happy to be wrong

[novel crane]

Cause a device like this seems like a PS1/Saturn and below device

[warm nebula]

them doing a d1100 flip 2 indicates they have chips left over and at this point, surely they have way more unused d900's sitting in their warehouse as if you were opting for an rp4/rp4p you were buying it for device power in that price tier so wtf would you not get the rp4p

[stone ice]

this is my main interest in this device, it will be awesome for crt shaders

[novel crane]

1000%

[stone ice]

and if it is 865 and gets linux i'm even more interested

[novel crane]

This might become my SNES/GBC/GBA machine

[stone ice]

but not for over 140 bucks or so

[simple grove]

99 hopefully

[stone ice]

(with 865)

[simple grove]

🤞

[stone ice]

with d900 i expect 100-120

[brittle tiger]

They can make 2 versions, 1 with D900 for legit cheap (relative to their usual options), one with SD865 for more expensive but with Linux Support.

[novel crane]

D900: 100-120, 130 max

865: 140-160, 180 max

[warm nebula]

865 with those controls seems pointless even if it offers linux

[brittle tiger]

And before anyone says anything, let’s be honest here, most people wouldn’t buy a handheld like this for $190-$210 just for Linux.

[void mortar]

I was saying earlier how strange it is to have PS2/GCN power on this with no good controls for it (I get that it'll be great for shaders) but I just remembered we'll very likely be able to dock and/or at least connect it to a tv/monitor and use external controllers

[brittle tiger]

So I don’t think it would be a repeat of the RP4 but instead the opposite.

[void mortar]

I can imagine being able to connect this to a TV to play some Gamecube and PS2 being very nice

[brittle tiger]

You could also potentially connect an extra set of Analog sticks (a la the GKD Mini) to make it possible to use them with it. They’d have to design them with that use case specifically in mind, but it would be nice to have in an official grip versus the usual TPU option.

[halcyon gyro]

I have no idea what to think on this one

[void mortar]

Yeah.
The GKD Mini sticks grip was not good from what I saw earlier

An improved version for this would be nice

[brittle tiger]

I like it, but I’m mostly thinking of it as a cheap $100-maybe $120 handheld using a D900, if not guaranteed to be cheaper using a chipset like the T618.

[simple grove]

Im just sad no black option 😞

[halcyon gyro]

I get it that it will be a fancy oled screen most likely and it'll be the selling point " first vertical with an oled that doesnt cost 400+ bucks"

[stone ice]

yeah

i hate turning into a screen snob but when i started using crt shaders on high res screens i was amazed

[brittle tiger]

It’s specifically the first handheld with the AYANEO DMG screen that isn’t $400.

[halcyon gyro]

I guess I just need to know more before I make any decision hehe

[delicate ermine]

$79 - t610
$89 - t618
$129 - d900
$149 - d1100
$169 - sd865

every SoC has to go

[halcyon gyro]

so far disappointed with the color options still but I am sure I can grown to like at least one of them, the random 6 button variant is a bit of a weird choice

[warm nebula]

almost zero chance of t610/t618, they simply won't have stock of those they need to get rid of

[halcyon gyro]

they should have just made all into 6 button variants and imitate n64 layout or something but yeah then the no stick makes it a bit odd xD

[delicate ermine]

yeah it's unlikely tbh

but I think we will definitely see a d900 one, maybe also d1100 and sd865

[warm nebula]

if they had t610, they probably wouldn't have dropped the rp2s

[stone ice]

$239 - odin 2 vortal

[stone ice]

weird, i think these are the best color options any vertical has got

[halcyon gyro]

ayn joins the vertical trenches

[stone ice]

gbc colorways go hard

[halcyon gyro]

I was never a big fan of the og gbc colourways

[delicate ermine]

if this has no booty, it's trash tho

[stone ice]

i'd get either teal or lime green

[stone ice]

with that front i expect a brick style back

[halcyon gyro]

I'd probably be for teal, translucent purp or dmg/saturn one tbh

[rain badge]

I mean, it is a membrane dpad

[brittle tiger]

You know what I mean, wise guy.

[rain badge]

I honestly don't, this is a membrane

[stone ice]

it is also mid as hell

[brittle tiger]

Tactile buttons, specifically soft and quiet ones.

[stone ice]

overrate-dpad

[warm nebula]

Not offering a black model seems a little odd, but perhaps they are using the anbernic logic that you have to have at least one or two of black/white/dmg, but not necessarily all of them

[brittle tiger]

As opposed to the shitty contact-based membrane d-pads we constantly see with handhelds that companies “conveniently” fix afterwards?

[stone ice]

yes

it just has a too unique feel, i don't like it

[rain badge]

I mean, soft and quiet has little to do with the shape though

Unless I'm missing something

[delicate ermine]

I mean the GBC colors are neat, but yeah a black one is missing

[brittle tiger]

Wait, do you dislike the tactile buttons or the actual vita D-Pad shape?

[novel crane]

6 button for Saturn and Genesis

[rain badge]

Just the shape

[brittle tiger]

Ok, at least that makes sense.

[warm nebula]

has the 6 button one been confirmed now or is that discord hopium?

[novel crane]

No it's confirmed

[rough depot]

Where?

[brittle tiger]

I don’t trust anyone who says the “Vita D-Pad is overrated” when literally only 2 companies even use it in the first place.

If people want it, they get it from one of those 2.

[rain badge]

I think they've confirmed it's not gonna have them https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tI0pi-TlmaA

[rough depot]

Very last one is 6

What

[novel crane]

Yep

[brittle tiger]

Because we sure as shit can’t trust Anbernic or Miyoo to not somehow ruin tactile D-Pads.

[rough depot]

Why would they show it so briefly and then leave it out of the thumbnail 😅

[rain badge]

OH SHIT I HAVEN'T NOTICED

[rough depot]

Silly marketing

[rain badge]

I really thought that was a photoshop

[novel crane]

NOPE

[rain badge]

And it looks like proper Saturn buttons too

[stone ice]

why not? i've had both retroid and odin 1 and 2 and i don't like it

[rain badge]

Damn, now I'm sad that version doesn't have a disc dpad

[stone ice]

i wish the odin 2 just came with an anbernic dpad if i could have it

[brittle tiger]

Because you’ve already got way more options in companies that do use them. And I’d rather not get rid of my favorite d-pad just because people suddenly decided to show up and say they don’t like it.