#retroid pocket 2+

The Retroid Pocket 2+ Experience: Flawed, Frustrating, and Fun

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by Amr (@siegarettes)

  • Retroid Pocket 2+
  • $100 via Retroid, $150 via Amazon
  • Android based emulation of whatever systems you can load onto it, up to the Dreamcast

Emulation handhelds sell an incredible promise. Multiple generations of consoles and handhelds, all on a single device , with a unified control scheme and the added features of years of emulation development. But more often than not, these devices are a bundle of compromises with features packed in no matter if they make sense. 

The Retroid Pocket 2+ initially seems to be exactly that–an incremental upgrade for a sub 100 dollar device, reusing the same shell and awkward controls,running on an outdated version of Android. No matter how you cut it, any modern Android smartphone with a decent USB controller is going to outpace it in performance. So it better offer some other compelling reasons to pick it up. 

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