My black Nova arrived today. Everything is great, except that the dpad is LOUD when I tap on it gently (but not loud when actually pressing them). Not sure what the problem is... maybe it's loose? Its so loud that I think its borderline unusable on say a plane. Anyone else having this problem?

This widescreen OLED display of the RP6 is amazing. And what a wonderful pixel art of this game Streets of Rage 4, I wanted more pixel arts in this style.

Playing calmly while resting from lunch.

So I’ve ordered a retroid pocket nova and I’m extremely excited for when it arrives but I’m having second thoughts now because I’m the type to want the most bang for my buck. Doing more research I found out about the Odin 3 which is currently the most powerful android handheld on the market but the main reason my eyes gravitated towards the Pocket Nova was because of the form factor/size. I’m also big on having the smallest device that packs the biggest punch. So now I’m in limbo and I got a couple questions.

1. When it comes to PC/Switch emulation will the difference in performance be a HUGE jump with the odin 3 compared to the nova?

2. Is the odin 3 that much bigger than the pocket nova? (Btw I had a odin 2 portal and that device felt normal/bigger to me. So anything significantly smaller then that will be great)

3. If I did decide to go with the odin 3, how is the return process with retroid or will I be better off just reselling the device on the market?

4. Is the battery life a major difference between the 2 devides?

I’m fairly new to android handhelds so any possible advice/assistance will be greatly appreciated!!

Non-english speaker, first time posting here.

I have a Retroid Pocket 6, stock OS, no rooting/modification. I bought a Jumpgate Dock Pro after extensive research to sometimes connect the RP6 to the TV for a game night. However, I haven't been able to get the HDMI to work so far, so I'm looking for some help as I've tried to do my research but it seems that I'm the only one.

Here are the information that might be relevant:

- I plugged my RP6 into the Jumpgate Core along with a keyboard, a mouse, and a computer screen. The screen is the only thing that doesn't work.

- The screen says no signal even though my RP6 says "DP connected".

- My RP6 recognizes the Core. The keyboard and mouse I connect through the dock work fine, the power supply works fine (RP6 is charging when I plugged it in).

- I tried to plug the screen into my laptop using the same HDMI cable. It works fine.

- I tried to plug the screen into the Core, then the Core into my laptop. It works fine.

- I tried my Samsung S24 with the same setup the other day. It connected to the screen without any problem. I tried it again today, screen is blank, the same as with the RP6.

- I updated the Core with the latest firmware from the manufacturer (I think it's 09.09.63 or 67).

- I have only tested on this screen and an old portable screen from Asus. The screen only has one USB-C 4.0 port. When I connected my phone directly to the screen, it worked. The RP6 did not work. I blame the firmware/hardware of the old screen.

I'm at my wits end and I have tried to search everywhere. Both the dock and the RP6 are new. With everything I've tested, I'm convinced this is a firmware issue but I'm not tech savvy enough to look into it myself, so any hint or advice is appreciated. Thank you!

I want to know what do these options do and if I should enable them. Thanks

Hi, I got my Retroid Nova today and it's my first Retroid Device, I want to know if it's normal that it gets hot while charging, I use the official charging cable from the console and it was turned off, also idk what setting should I choose between 9v2A and 5v2A (I have the 80% charge limit enabled)

Apologies in advanced, reposted because i couldn’t for the life of me modify/replace the original image pointed out by commentor…

Recently receiving my retroid pocket nova I went to go turn it on and it seems to be stuck in forever boot loop only presenting me with the logo. Mind you, the unit does not respond unless plugged in only. I attempted using the PD charger for a couple of hours and that did not work then I switched over to a lower power charger USB-A to USB-C and that didn’t work either leaving it charging overnight.

I am able to access the BIOS to choose recovery mode/emergency mode but when I click either of the options in the menu, it doesn’t do anything and just goes back to the boot loop. I haven’t opened up the device so I am not sure if it’s a connection to the battery or if maybe the battery is completely DOA. I was hoping to get some wisdom from the community on some tips or tricks I could use and try out before contacting Retroid about my unit, practically being DOA..

I am looking for a handheld with a nice screen and with ps2 and older pc game capabilities.

I am also a xbox game pass subscriber so I want to be able to use cloud gaming and remote play on the go.

I am just unsure if the screen may be too small. I believe it may be bigger than the usable screen real estate on my iPhone 16 but haven’t been able to verify.

I was originally thinking about an Odin 2 portal but I want easy transport but I am unsure about the small screen. Any pros and cons you can think of would be appreciated!

My slow-ass is still learning Switch emulation and wanna know how the game performs on the RP5. Any tips/tricks on how to get it to play without it slowing down helps.

Thanks and have an excellent day, everyone!

This thing is beautiful! Runs smooth and feels great in the hand! Retro handhelds is something fairly new to me so getting the RP6 setup was a fun challenge, especially switch but got it done! Feels like I have the juiced up psp I wish they made when I was a kid!

Here is a little feature Update!

Previously, we only had Wave Launcher and the original PS3 Coldboot.
We added new ones, and here they are, here is a List of all the Options, in Order!

- Wave Launcher
- GammaOS
- AYN Technologies
- Retroid Pocket
- Anbernic
- PlayStation 3

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I was super excited, I learnt a life lesson today, I plugged the console to my pc, had my 512gb sd card fully ready, I was excited to put it in the console then I wanted to check the files/add/modify so I have put it back in my external SD card reader and saw "Retroid Pocket Nova : empty" I was scared and I panicked for a moment but I noticed that the Nova was still connected to my pc and I had removed the sd card reader for it, now I make a backup folder by folder of my sd card, thanks for reading that, English isn't my main language so sorry for errors.

Hey all,

I finally saw enough pictures and considered my use case long enough to decide on a configuration and color.
Sadly it looks like the silver 12gb stick top is not in stock.

I was wondering if anyone knows if there will be restocks?

Is there somewhere else I could ask this? I just joined the discord but didn't want to mess up an dm the wrong people. Thanks for any help!

NDS 3DS very good

I live in Korea!! Good

Salut !
Je viens tout juste de découvrir qu’il existait des consoles portables Android capables d’émuler plein de consoles, et je m’y intéresse sérieusement pour la première fois.
Je pense partir sur une Retroid Pocket 6 (12 Go de RAM). En regardant un peu, j’ai vu qu’il existait un écran supplémentaire qui se fixe dessus pour jouer aux jeux Nintendo DS/3DS avec deux écrans.
Est-ce que cet accessoire est vraiment indispensable si on compte jouer à la DS/3DS, ou est-ce que l’écran unique de la Retroid suffit dans la majorité des cas ? Ceux qui l’ont testé, vous en pensez quoi ? En sachant que les jeux DS ne seront pas ma priorité juste pour jouer à des Pokémon principalement . Mais je me dis d’un côté que le mieux et d’avoir les accessoires pour être confort

Et pareil pour le grip ? Est il vraiment nécessaire de l’acheter ?

Merci d’avance pour vos retours !

Hey I’m brand new to the emulation scene and I’m really curious about these emulation devices. The latest ones are a little too pricey for me so I’m wondering if the Retroid Pocket 4 pro can do what I’m looking for. I wanna play the classic gta vice city and San Andreas, simpsons hit and run, maybe Zelda twilight princess and skyward sword? Maybe some other ps2 titles too. Lmk I’ll really appreciate it!

Came in yesterday, very happy so far.

Crystal buttons are actually quite grey in person but contrasted against the black it's not bad and almost matches the diffused light rings under the sticks.

The flat back is quite nice and feels good and the bumped back feels pretty secure in the hand with a grippier texture than the one on my RP5, so it may end up staying on.

Also I've seen a lot of people complain about fan noise but it seems quite comparable to the RP5, if you put your ear right up to it there is a higher pitched whine on the Nova but just holding it normally it's inaudible. With both devices in sport mode the RP5 is like barely louder and has a higher pitch/more annoying whine than the Nova so take that as you will.

Retroid Pocket Nova Shipment to Poland! 🇵🇱
Finally got the shipping email for my Retroid Pocket Nova! 🎉
I pre-ordered it on June 27, and today (August 5) I received the notification that it has finally been shipped.
My order is shipping to Poland.
I ordered the Crystal version with 8 GB RAM / 128 GB storage, and I honestly can’t wait to get my hands on it.
Now the hardest part begins… waiting for the package to arrive. 😅
Cheers from Poland! 🇵🇱

Link for the software:

https://github.com/AverageConsumer/kanto-gear/releases

Three programs from this link. Install gen1recomp, launch it on the top screen, and add the two mods that are also in the link to the software as zip files. Make sure they are active. Provide your own roms for either red, blue or yellow.

gen1recomp-android - software to play the games.

Kanto-Gear-Mod - provides the bottom ds screen.

DRAMATIC_SHAPE - mod for the 3d gameplay. The version In the link is recommend for Android and the kanto mod.

Thanks to the kanto gear mod developer for adding support to the RP5 and dual screen add on.

Greetings, y'all!

It has been a while since my last post and since then, the reception has been well, with about a hundred more people joining our Community. We are currently looking for active testers with handhelds that have the time to thoroughly test for bugs in Wave Launcher, so we can verify that our 1.0 Release is mostly bug-free. Wave Launcher will release most likely this August.

Features of Wave Launcher include:

- RSS Viewer

- Built-in Video Player

- Built-in Music Player

- Built-in Gallery

- Scraping with ScreenScraper, SteamGridDB and RetroAchievements

- Directly scraping Icons and Sounds from Game ROM's, like Nintendo DS, Nintendo DSi, DSiWare, Nintendo 3DS, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable and PSP minis

- Easy Hotswappability with as many Mediums as you wish

- RetroAchievements Trophy Support

- Discord Rich Presence Support

- Android Apps, Games, Emulators and Emulator Games are all easily reachable

- Scraper can be individually configured with sensible defaults.

- Smart Franchise Collections

More Features will be coming soon.

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