Retroid Pocket 2 Plus Retro Game Handheld Console, Retroid Pocket 2+ Android Retro Game Console Multiple Emulators Console Handheld 3.5 Inch Display 4000mAh Battery Classic Games Retro Gaming (Retro)

I bought this specifically because of its ability to emulate Saturn games, which it seems to do pretty well with the games I played. It's ability to run Gamecube, PS2 and Dreamcast games is impressive. The downside is the amount of setup, configuration and bugginess you will encounter. While many of the emulators are already installed, controls are not preconfigured and can be difficult to setup. There are many online resources for getting up and running which is good, however, there are also odd things like certain buttons will not work until you make system level changes. I've had frustration with the general brittleness of the system in regards to the game library. A couple of times I've received vague exceptions pointing to its inability to find the game library. Its apparent others have encountered these issues as well because you can find help on this issue online, however it involves some resetting of configurations and largely starting over with setup. Its frustrating, so my recommendation would be if you don't mind lots of tinkering and have a tolerance for some bugginess, this is a powerful handheld, but if you just want to be able to pick up the device and play games I'd go with something like the RG351MP.

Overall experience: The Retroid Pocket 2+ is not plug and play. If you're buying this for a kid, you're going to have to do some setup. The Android interface, however, makes connecting everything (and finding apps) super easy. The emulator software finds and plays games without issue. Design: I went with the "Retro" design. It looks just like my OG gameboy. Absolutely love it! Tech: The speakers will get you by, but I would recommend headphones for best audio. The screen is low-resolution compared to a typical smartphone, but the systems is certainly designed for lower resolution gaming. This does make some of the Android UI elements cramped, however. The screen brightness doesn't have much range. It goes from bright to pretty bright. At no point did I struggle to see or feel blinded. Just not much range. Cons: Having issues with every microSD card that I've used so far. Not sure what's going on. Other thoughts: So far I don't mind the slider-style right stick. It reminds my of the 3DS.

This was my first handheld emulator, and I am just having a blast. So far it is doing everything that it promises to do and more. If you're newer to emulation like me, there are great youtube videos to get you up and running (a little daunting at first, but now I feel like a true hobbyist), and it just feels very nostalgic to play. I love the clickyness of the buttons. I accidentally ordered the wrong color from Retroid the first time around, and rather than return it, we decided to keep it so my wife could have one too. It's great! Buy it!

Despite the Retroid Pocket 3 already being out, I still prefer the form factor of the 2, it most reminds me most the classic Gameboy line. I'm sure if you're already here you've done enough to research to know what this is about so let me justsay the lack of a clickable L3/R3 really isn't a dealbreaker, you can just add floating versions of those buttons on the touchscreen. Happy gaming.

If the sd slot didn’t fail, this would have been an amazing product