Finally, someone willing to speak up about the CONFUSING nature of RetroArch! I consider myself fairly tech proficient but 5 minutes of tinkering around in there and I no longer want to play whatever game I'm trying to get to run. Nice review, thanks Jake!
Retroarch is confusing, but honestly I'd not have anything else because of it's power. I just wish it was more optimized on these consoles. the nswitch port of retroarch is amazing!
I do use RA on the Odin, but only for early consoles... for everything that needs tinkering I wouldn't even know where to start in RetroArch or if it's possible at all. 🤷 So I use standalone emulators from psp on and upwards.
I remember trying to get the Sega Saturn core to run with no success on my RP3 plus. I ended up just downloading a stand alone emulator. Retroarch look fancy ngl. But I can't play higher games because of the lack of cores.
I've had the black version for more than a month now and honestly I haven't had many problems playing games except on the psp emulator where I need to adjust frameskip based on each game if it's a harder game to run. If you change the core of n64 to mupen 64 plus stand alone all games are up-res and run flawlessly, been getting through ocarina of time and konkers bad fur day with 4× resolution. And with dreamcast, I use the fly cast-sa standalone and also no issue and no need to frameskip. I had the issue with retroarch but I just reflashed the OS card and I was back to normal. I think it had to do with a setting I messed with in the retroarch menu
The ultra mini devices make my hands hurt if used for an extended period of time too. The screens are also small for sports games (i.e. NHL '94). Thanks for the recommendation on this bigger device -- especially at the price point!
Just a question: if I want to get the latest version of JELOS, can I flash it to the first microSD then insert it into the unit with the second microSD (that contains games) also inserted? Will JELOS delete the games in the second microSD upon initialization? Or should I remove the second microSD while the new version of JELOS initializes? Thanks in advance.
Got it today. Tested 2 Saturns game. Both lost sound then froze after 15 minutes. Almost same w PSP. Kinda PO'd. Do NOT by this for Saturn. I own a Miyoo Mini and Retroid 2. This doesn't beat those (minus screen size). None of the good consoles run.
Thanks for the review I guess I won't be buying now one of them because everyone I seen they have a lot of problems playing the games I do not want to spend that much money to get one that don't play the games so I will just save my money and just pay my old video games I have I'm a old systems
Finally, someone willing to speak up about the CONFUSING nature of RetroArch! I consider myself fairly tech proficient but 5 minutes of tinkering around in there and I no longer want to play whatever game I'm trying to get to run. Nice review, thanks Jake!
I thought I was the only one who didn't like RetroArch.
You will learn it. Keep at it
The weird graphics issue you talked about is caused by using the wrong video settings. you can find it in RetroArch settings
Retroarch is confusing, but honestly I'd not have anything else because of it's power.
I just wish it was more optimized on these consoles.
the nswitch port of retroarch is amazing!
I do use RA on the Odin, but only for early consoles... for everything that needs tinkering I wouldn't even know where to start in RetroArch or if it's possible at all. 🤷
So I use standalone emulators from psp on and upwards.
I remember trying to get the Sega Saturn core to run with no success on my RP3 plus.
I ended up just downloading a stand alone emulator. Retroarch look fancy ngl. But I can't play higher games because of the lack of cores.
I've had the black version for more than a month now and honestly I haven't had many problems playing games except on the psp emulator where I need to adjust frameskip based on each game if it's a harder game to run. If you change the core of n64 to mupen 64 plus stand alone all games are up-res and run flawlessly, been getting through ocarina of time and konkers bad fur day with 4× resolution. And with dreamcast, I use the fly cast-sa standalone and also no issue and no need to frameskip. I had the issue with retroarch but I just reflashed the OS card and I was back to normal. I think it had to do with a setting I messed with in the retroarch menu
Powkiddy x55 is a 7.5/10! My little brother (11) Said it was wonderful!
The ultra mini devices make my hands hurt if used for an extended period of time too. The screens are also small for sports games (i.e. NHL '94). Thanks for the recommendation on this bigger device -- especially at the price point!
Did you get the WiFi to connect?
Did you port sonic adventure or did it come with it
Performance wise, do you still pick PwKiddy X55 over MM plus or RG35XX?
Thanks for yoyr review! it it very helpful
"just like in politics, changing governor didn't seem to help my situation" was so funny it caught me off guard lol
Just a question: if I want to get the latest version of JELOS, can I flash it to the first microSD then insert it into the unit with the second microSD (that contains games) also inserted? Will JELOS delete the games in the second microSD upon initialization? Or should I remove the second microSD while the new version of JELOS initializes? Thanks in advance.
It didn’t delete the games for me when I did that
@@JakeSimmons ok. Thanks, dude.
Just a nitpick, Game Boy Advance is a 32 bit console
Lol the governor joke 😂
Got it today. Tested 2 Saturns game. Both lost sound then froze after 15 minutes. Almost same w PSP. Kinda PO'd. Do NOT by this for Saturn. I own a Miyoo Mini and Retroid 2. This doesn't beat those (minus screen size). None of the good consoles run.
Thanks for the review I guess I won't be buying now one of them because everyone I seen they have a lot of problems playing the games I do not want to spend that much money to get one that don't play the games so I will just save my money and just pay my old video games I have I'm a old systems
excellent
For that price might aswell just get a OLED Vita. Modding it is easier than ever. Native Vita/PSP and ports of PS2 games.
Hear me out… Miyoo mini plus with Onion OS
I fell like not having analog stick on it is a deal breaker, I would rather wait probably next year for the next miyoo mini with Analog lol