This looks to be the last handheld review I’ll be doing for the near future at least. I did have the TRMUI Brick Pro on the way…but they’ve delayed that release with no confirmed date yet (I suspect the RAM woes play a big-big part in that), so for now it is what I suppose is the ultimate nostalgia machine - AKA the Retroid Pocket Classic.

Remember the Nintendo Game Boy Color Pokemon special edition? Well, you’ll no doubt see where Retroid’s inspo came from. Not that they hide it with the ‘PKMN Yellow’ name for it.

^ the screens have improved over time

  • Super powerful with 6GB/128GB on the model they sent me
  • Chunky plastic that makes you feel like you’re in a Toys-r-us dream
  • Perfect-perfect-perfect for systems like GB/GBC/GBA and things like Game Gear (I played Game Gear games for the very first time on this one!)
  • The display kicks all kinds of AMOLED butt, you really can’t beat it
  • Nostalgia is a clear selling factor for this one

If you’re interested in my Retroid review, as ever you can read through it here. Or you can ask me whatever you might be interested in here if you don’t wanna read through. Clicks don’t bother me, we don’t run ads on the site so there’s no scramble to get people over.

Although this is posted last thing at night on my side of the world, so it might be morning when I wake up and respond to you if you do have any questions!

Link is here:

https://gardinerbryant.com/hands-on-with-the-retroid-pocket/

  • Calfpupa [she/her]@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    5 days ago

    I’m not sure what the default retroid settings are, but android could be tweaked to at least have a better battery life than that I’d wager. Have you dug through the settings? I have old phones that last nearly a week on android if left with the screen off, no tweaking (galaxy s7)

    • Blue_Morpho@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      5 days ago

      There’s nothing to really tweak on Android because it is Android which hides most things from your control. I did everything I could. If you play every day and charge every day it’s fine. But if you treat it like a classic handheld you will be frustrated.

      A real handheld like a Gameboy Advanced can be left in a drawer for a year and ready to go. That’s the experience that a Linux retro gives you. You don’t have to constantly think about charging. It’s instantly ready whenever you are.

      • Calfpupa [she/her]@lemmy.mlEnglish
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        5 days ago

        In Developer options you can limit background processes, deep sleep, and other power usage settings, which were the main ones I was thinking of.