I use the Arc Browser to display my entire collection organized by console, and it displays the game by box art along with info and screenshots in the background. Kind of like a low-end BigBox experience except not as flashy. It's nice to see just how expansive your library is when you show it off to a friend who knows nothing about the GPD XD, it really is fun to see their raised eyebrows from time to time.
Thanks for this vid! Just got my GPD XD+ and your tips helped customize and make it look cool right out of the box quickly and easily - much appreciate
I'm glad to see someone else also being slightly obsessive about his home screens looking nice and cohesive. Thanks for sharing these gorgeous icons. :)
Nova launcher + Viper (Icon Pack) + Gamesome Frontend that's all you need to make it looks bad ass, that's what i'm using in all my android devices specially TV. and it looks pretty clean & sick.
Video mais aguardado de sempre. Nao percebo porque levou tanto tempo a fazer esse video izzy, tou esperando essa porra desde a review completa do gpd xd
that's some NICE looking hardware. I would like to see some gameplay, especially on the N64, say Mario Kart, Pilot Wings, or Mario 64. Great video. Just perfect! All good wishes.
I’m more & more convinced to go get one! It’ll probably be the 2019 plus model at this point... do you recommend the same emulator apps these days, or have you switched it up at all for that new device?
Hey Izzy, for some reason available icons doesn't show up in TV launcher anymore. Others are having the same issue. I found your old imgur link with some of the icons you made and used them for my setup, thanks! Any chance you could update the link with the rest? I just added steam and mame and would like to use the same icons they're awesome!
Izzy Nobre , are you going to do a review of GPD XD Plus? If not, please, tell us what version you prefer (Original or Plus). For those who already have the old version, worth exchanging for the new one? Thanks for your support.
Can you make a video explaining how to install the emaulaters. Iam looking to purchase the gpd plus. I want the entire library of games for (nes, Snes, Sega, Sega genesis, gb, gba)
Hey Izzy I need to pick your brain I just got a GPD XD Plus early for my birthday and I'm looking to put cleanrom on the sucker but I don't have a PC can only have a note 9 have you ever heard of any methods a flashing firmware without the use of a home computer? Thought I would ask seeing as you're a GPD XD Pro and may have come across some information I find mine overheats very easily even just playing Call of Duty mobile and I heard it might perform better. I don't normally reach out to UA-camrs but you seemed the most knowledgeable and now I'm obsessed with a darn thing thanks man for making me fall in love with it I'm a few years behind but better late than never
Izzy, because of you I've buy a GPD XD, and I agree with you: IT'S AWESOME!!! But, instead of TVLauncher, I prefer Arc Browser, because it shows all games in one big list, sorted by system and it launches the game directly, instead of launch an emulator and then you start the game from it manualy. Did you try this frontend before?
Izzy Nobre nova launcher and stealth icons for me. Maybe a few custom icons for delta touch (cause its brutal doom!) And nvidia logo for moonlight....but I like it. Its modern looking and works with the controls.
This is exactly what I was looking for. And I gotta say your content is great. Well produced, your presentation style is really pleasant and enjoyable. The cutaway shots are clean and well lit. The editing is top notch. I rarely sub and I’m subbing.
On the GPD Xd games can you play Star Wars dark force, Star Wars dark force 2, Star Wars tie fighter, Star Wars x-wing, Star Wars rebel assault 1 & 2, all the old Star Wars games from the 1990’s?
Sorry, this comment has nothing to do with the GPD XD. I'm not sure if english is your first language, I can sense a slight accent, but I just wanted to say that you're a pretty damn good orator. You explained everything so well and with great detail. You should start a podcast or something.
Thank you so much! Nope, English isn't my first language -- I'm Brazilian, so I speak Portuguese. I learned English when I moved to Canada 15 years ago. I have two podcasts, in fact, but they are both in Portuguese :( From your not capitalizing the E in English I suspect English isn't your first language either -- if so, where are you from? I'm always fascinated to find out where my viewers are from. In my main channel I vlogged in Portuguse for ages, so I was used to my content only being seen by other Brazilians. Now that I create content in English, people from all over "find" me and that's rad.
Izzy Nobre That's pretty cool man! I wish I spoke Portuguese. That is a really good observation btw lol. I am actually from Haiti, but I moved to the states when I was really young and learned English and Creole basically at the same time so I should have no excuse for the lack of capitilization 😅.
So you just browse the games from within the emulator? I'd recommend a front end like Arc Browser to make browsing games much nicer with the box art and info about the games, the year it was released, etc.
Izzy when you put your gpdxd on the TV with HDMI to play emulators, you can play without delay? my gpd has a great delay when I put he on the television to play with a joystick
Hey Izzy, love the videos! You made me buy a GPD XD! Is it possible that you can upload the emulator icons on the cloud or something? I'd love to use them on mine! :)
Hey Izzy! Thanks for the reply! I just got my GPD XD, but I have noticed some of your icons aren't showing up in the database and/or are appearing in the wrong one. For example the GameBoy one only appears in the MyBoy section. Also is it possible if you could make an icon for the Retro8? It's an NES Emulator. :) Thanks for your time!
Hey man check out the retroid pocket 2! It's like the little brother to this guy it can run everything Dreamcast and under but it's shape is like a mix up between the game boy micro and Gameboy advance!
I know this is years old... just got a GPD XD into my hands by coincidence, and trying to revive it. I updated to the latest firmware, and then updated Android, but whenever I try to download the TV launcher from Google Play, the appstore crashes.
Maybve try find an APK of the launcher. I know when I set up my GPD XD 4-5 years ago, I went with HALauncher, which I don't think is on the PLAY store anymore. Auto updates off on this thing - a time capsule of my time getting into Retro emulation.
Thanks for this video and great icons! I don't see any if your icons for the paid version of My Old Boy or PPSSPP Gold. Is there a chance you didn't upload them?
You are better off sticking with the regular XD at the moment, especially if you are interested in Sega Saturn emulation. The graphics drivers on the XD+ make Saturn emulation worse.
I like that the XD+ has bluetooth but that's just a little added bonus. There's nothing DRASTICALLY better on the XD+, really. Processor is a bit better, and more RAM, but the XD runs everything I threw on it well enough to not warrant the upgrade.
Thanks for the video. I'd like to know your opinion of how PUBG runs on the original GPD XD. It would be great a video showing this and other games of the same style. Success!
It didn't run so well in my attempt, even at relatively low settings. I'm not sure if I can blame the GPD XD, the game is apparently not super optimized for Android.
Would you post your console images for the dashboard up for us somewhere? I'd like the same effect but not sure if I want to spend an afternoon if it's already been done.
Hey Izzy! Thanks for this video it was super helpful. Super Retro 16 is no longer available on Google play. Even the link from their website sends us to the missing link. Any idea how to get it? Thanks!
Hey Izzy massive fan going to be buying the newer model off this can you do a updated video please and all the emulators ect you recommend thanks as the newer version off this gpxd is Better.
im new to emulators... I am interested in Gamecube. Seems like all the disc based emulation lags... is that the case? What's the best for Cube and is PS2 emulation a thing?
Hi Izzy..question for you. I just bought my GPD XD Plus and I have TVLauncher, but my icons are slapped together not separated like yours under your Retro Games Tab., How do you separate them like that?
Is there anywhere to download the icons? A lot of them, such as the PSP, don't show up on TV Launcher for me. Edit: Found them from a Reddit post of yours, don't suppose you have a Saturn icon though...I'll beg if I have to.
Could you show us the Moqi i7s? Sadly its $360 on Ali-express Its an android device that can play NES, SNES, GB, GBC, GBA, PS1, PSP, Atari 2600, DC, C64, Sega 32X, Sega CD, Genesis, MasterSystem, Bandai Wonderswan / Color, MAME, FBA and can play Saturn, Gamecube, and Wii out of the box.
Its also a phone. To sum it up for you, it's expensive but it serves two purposes and is essentially the ultimate gaming phone. At this point it's better to get a switch however as now android is on switch; this means you can run virtually everything once it's stable.
I couldn't see myself getting the XD because android p won't support devices other than phones. So I think there might be some compatibility issues with other emulators and launchers in the future. Please correct me if I'm wrong (I hope I'm wrong)
I don't really see the big deal honestly. A lot of unsupported applications such as Netflix can still work if you sideload the APK and any new emulators that come out in the future probably won't run well on the fairly low power GPD XD anyway. I've personally not run into any emulator that doesn't work on my original unit.
How do you install your on roms from your PC to the GPD XD do you connect it to your PC or do you use a sd card and how do you get each emulator to read them
hi Izzy, after seeing this video I went out and bought a GPD XD, i revived it today but im having a massive issue already. When loging into my google play account it asks me to type out the letters displayed but the only issue is that there is no letters displayed, im pretty handy with tech normally but ive tried a few work around but with no success do you have any suggestions
Do you know how I can swipe out everything on the device and start all over and reboot differently ? Mine stops on each app I want to run making it impossible to really do anything with this piece of crap device what should I do about this issue ?
I wanted to do something like this with mine but instead liking directly to the games making shorcuts but not all emulators are autamatically detected to open the filetype of the game, any help?
some of your tiles dont show up doss box myoldboy shows up in the gba emulator and 2600 please make my day and add them to there i cant seem to save and move them! thank you
My favorite Emulator Guy!
Edit: Ohh crap! Thanks for the heart man! And the likes! It made my day!
Heres your rent (gives 50$)
Calm the f*ck down my man.
I agreed
I use the Arc Browser to display my entire collection organized by console, and it displays the game by box art along with info and screenshots in the background. Kind of like a low-end BigBox experience except not as flashy. It's nice to see just how expansive your library is when you show it off to a friend who knows nothing about the GPD XD, it really is fun to see their raised eyebrows from time to time.
Just got mine in the mail today. Thank you again for making me aware of this gem
Very nice. I got mine this week and your videos helped me make the jump. Was not disappointed! Always wanted a device just like this one.
You are the only one guy that I watch in Portuguese language and also English wish you the best bro
Thanks for this vid! Just got my GPD XD+ and your tips helped customize and make it look cool right out of the box quickly and easily - much appreciate
I'm glad to see someone else also being slightly obsessive about his home screens looking nice and cohesive. Thanks for sharing these gorgeous icons. :)
Nova launcher + Viper (Icon Pack) + Gamesome Frontend that's all you need to make it looks bad ass, that's what i'm using in all my android devices specially TV. and it looks pretty clean & sick.
GameSomeis pretty awesome!
Perfect for launching games without going to each emulator, all the games from one place :D
Upload it somewhere so we can see what it looks like
Pay for a launcher? LOL
try out Arcbrowser
You better get on that gpd xd plus review. If you do i promise to like that video if you like or pin me right now.
Edit: We got a deal Mr. Nobre
There are no icons at all at „available tails“. Do you know why?
Can you make your iconpack available for download please?
Thank you.
having the same issue
Video mais aguardado de sempre. Nao percebo porque levou tanto tempo a fazer esse video izzy, tou esperando essa porra desde a review completa do gpd xd
that's some NICE looking hardware. I would like to see some gameplay, especially on the N64, say Mario Kart, Pilot Wings, or Mario 64. Great video. Just perfect! All good wishes.
thanks for this decided to get my gpd xd out and installed legacy rom
so thanks for this
I've always wanted to play GTA5 whilst lying in the toilet
In?
@@TurboSphinx22 @5:54 ;)
@@frankeeeej holy crap I was at that time stamp when I saw this comment
LOL. Funny slip of the tongue. 😂
5 years on I feel it would be interesting to see your thoughts on this device in 2023.
I love your gpd xd videos. I want one so bad
Please just release the icon packs 👌🏻
imgur.com/a/yXRFk
I’m more & more convinced to go get one! It’ll probably be the 2019 plus model at this point... do you recommend the same emulator apps these days, or have you switched it up at all for that new device?
Hey Izzy, for some reason available icons doesn't show up in TV launcher anymore. Others are having the same issue. I found your old imgur link with some of the icons you made and used them for my setup, thanks! Any chance you could update the link with the rest? I just added steam and mame and would like to use the same icons they're awesome!
Izzy Nobre
, are you going to do a review of GPD XD Plus?
If not, please, tell us what version you prefer (Original or Plus).
For those who already have the old version, worth exchanging for the new one?
Thanks for your support.
Can you make a video explaining how to install the emaulaters. Iam looking to purchase the gpd plus. I want the entire library of games for (nes, Snes, Sega, Sega genesis, gb, gba)
Hey Izzy I need to pick your brain I just got a GPD XD Plus early for my birthday and I'm looking to put cleanrom on the sucker but I don't have a PC can only have a note 9 have you ever heard of any methods a flashing firmware without the use of a home computer? Thought I would ask seeing as you're a GPD XD Pro and may have come across some information I find mine overheats very easily even just playing Call of Duty mobile and I heard it might perform better. I don't normally reach out to UA-camrs but you seemed the most knowledgeable and now I'm obsessed with a darn thing thanks man for making me fall in love with it I'm a few years behind but better late than never
It is pretty cool
I recommend Hal launcher. It like the Android TV interface but has way more customization options.
you can install a 512gb sd card. sandisk brand seems to work best
Izzy, because of you I've buy a GPD XD, and I agree with you: IT'S AWESOME!!! But, instead of TVLauncher, I prefer Arc Browser, because it shows all games in one big list, sorted by system and it launches the game directly, instead of launch an emulator and then you start the game from it manualy. Did you try this frontend before?
Yep. There's a lot more setup time to make it look good and I lost patience.
Izzy Nobre nova launcher and stealth icons for me. Maybe a few custom icons for delta touch (cause its brutal doom!) And nvidia logo for moonlight....but I like it. Its modern looking and works with the controls.
Great video! Subscribed because of Wulf's video!
This is exactly what I was looking for. And I gotta say your content is great. Well produced, your presentation style is really pleasant and enjoyable. The cutaway shots are clean and well lit. The editing is top notch. I rarely sub and I’m subbing.
On the GPD Xd games can you play Star Wars dark force, Star Wars dark force 2, Star Wars tie fighter, Star Wars x-wing, Star Wars rebel assault 1 & 2, all the old Star Wars games from the 1990’s?
Sorry, this comment has nothing to do with the GPD XD. I'm not sure if english is your first language, I can sense a slight accent, but I just wanted to say that you're a pretty damn good orator. You explained everything so well and with great detail. You should start a podcast or something.
Thank you so much! Nope, English isn't my first language -- I'm Brazilian, so I speak Portuguese. I learned English when I moved to Canada 15 years ago.
I have two podcasts, in fact, but they are both in Portuguese :(
From your not capitalizing the E in English I suspect English isn't your first language either -- if so, where are you from? I'm always fascinated to find out where my viewers are from. In my main channel I vlogged in Portuguse for ages, so I was used to my content only being seen by other Brazilians. Now that I create content in English, people from all over "find" me and that's rad.
Izzy Nobre That's pretty cool man! I wish I spoke Portuguese. That is a really good observation btw lol. I am actually from Haiti, but I moved to the states when I was really young and learned English and Creole basically at the same time so I should have no excuse for the lack of capitilization 😅.
So you just browse the games from within the emulator?
I'd recommend a front end like Arc Browser to make browsing games much nicer with the box art and info about the games, the year it was released, etc.
Issy, pergunta de noob: como vc fez para instalar os emuladores no GPD? E como você criou as pastas Emulador e Retro Games no TV Launcher?
valeu
Izzy when you put your gpdxd on the TV with HDMI to play emulators, you can play without delay? my gpd has a great delay when I put he on the television to play with a joystick
Really miss playing tetris attack/panel de pon. There is an emulator for snes games, but some games do not fit a phone well.
Great video!!! Question, what is the size of the icon images you made for the custom icons? Like what pixel by pixel?
With this setup do you you have Game cover art? I am using Nostalgia atm but I like the look of this.
Hey Izzy, love the videos! You made me buy a GPD XD! Is it possible that you can upload the emulator icons on the cloud or something? I'd love to use them on mine! :)
Thank you so much Ryan! The icons are all in the TVLauncher database, you just need to install it :D
Hey Izzy! Thanks for the reply! I just got my GPD XD, but I have noticed some of your icons aren't showing up in the database and/or are appearing in the wrong one. For example the GameBoy one only appears in the MyBoy section. Also is it possible if you could make an icon for the Retro8? It's an NES Emulator. :) Thanks for your time!
Hey man check out the retroid pocket 2! It's like the little brother to this guy it can run everything Dreamcast and under but it's shape is like a mix up between the game boy micro and Gameboy advance!
Did you ever try ARC Browser? I think it's the best Launcher/Frontend, you can launch the games right out of it.
Ive been waiting for mine to come for like 2 weeks now.. then i can join you!!
I know this is years old... just got a GPD XD into my hands by coincidence, and trying to revive it. I updated to the latest firmware, and then updated Android, but whenever I try to download the TV launcher from Google Play, the appstore crashes.
Maybve try find an APK of the launcher. I know when I set up my GPD XD 4-5 years ago, I went with HALauncher, which I don't think is on the PLAY store anymore. Auto updates off on this thing - a time capsule of my time getting into Retro emulation.
I want one so bad lol, nice video
Thanks for this video and great icons!
I don't see any if your icons for the paid version of My Old Boy or PPSSPP Gold. Is there a chance you didn't upload them?
I don’t think I made icons for those specific versions :(
I just cop the gpd xd+ waiting on to deliver. Looking for a cool set up
Have a look at PCENGINE emulator and games. They call it a 16 bit platform but actually it is 8 bit. But it is an amazing underrated one!
Hey Izzy! I need some help here. I just bought the gpd xd and i wanna reset, like it was new. How can i do it? Thanks for the videos, they are great!
is there anyway you can link the download to your tiles? not looking like you can download them straight from the launcher anymore
imgur.com/a/yXRFk
Ayyyyyy, thanks for all this. Would you consider upgrading to the GPD XD+ or are you happy with the performance you're getting?
You are better off sticking with the regular XD at the moment, especially if you are interested in Sega Saturn emulation. The graphics drivers on the XD+ make Saturn emulation worse.
voteDC cheers man!
I like that the XD+ has bluetooth but that's just a little added bonus. There's nothing DRASTICALLY better on the XD+, really. Processor is a bit better, and more RAM, but the XD runs everything I threw on it well enough to not warrant the upgrade.
Izzy Nobre thanks for the reply izzy :)
Thanks for the video.
I'd like to know your opinion of how PUBG runs on the original GPD XD. It would be great a video showing this and other games of the same style.
Success!
It didn't run so well in my attempt, even at relatively low settings. I'm not sure if I can blame the GPD XD, the game is apparently not super optimized for Android.
Great video Izzy! Where could I find your moonlight icon? It won't show up when I try. I have everything else. I just need that one.
Is the computer with steam
I like turtles.
What is the NES emulator? Missing from your list
Would you post your console images for the dashboard up for us somewhere? I'd like the same effect but not sure if I want to spend an afternoon if it's already been done.
i've seen Sky Isle Studios play GameCube and PSP games on his. is that a feature that can be done on this, or is that only on the + model?
Hey Izzy! Thanks for this video it was super helpful. Super Retro 16 is no longer available on Google play. Even the link from their website sends us to the missing link. Any idea how to get it? Thanks!
I noticed that recently :( no idea how to get a copy of it now.
Hey Izzy massive fan going to be buying the newer model off this can you do a updated video please and all the emulators ect you recommend thanks as the newer version off this gpxd is Better.
im new to emulators... I am interested in Gamecube. Seems like all the disc based emulation lags... is that the case? What's the best for Cube and is PS2 emulation a thing?
Does it start up looking like that though or do you have to click into it after launching.
When we will have the GPD XD plus review?
Hi Izzy..question for you. I just bought my GPD XD Plus and I have TVLauncher, but my icons are slapped together not separated like yours under your Retro Games Tab., How do you separate them like that?
You no emulate NES?
I’ve just ordered a GPD XD Plus - are your list of emulators still the preferred now 5 months later? Thanks.
Saul Davis how’s it been? I might buy
can u please post where u get command and conquer games,
mine doesnt have music nor movie
Cant wait to play melee on this thing 👌
Howes it go
Cool setup
What do you recommend emulating on it
Oscar TW the device was built to be a portable emulator
Oh sorry that was a typo I meant WHAT do you recommend
Can you get dolphin emulator on the Gpd xl so you can play Wii and game cube games?
Is there anywhere to download the icons? A lot of them, such as the PSP, don't show up on TV Launcher for me. Edit: Found them from a Reddit post of yours, don't suppose you have a Saturn icon though...I'll beg if I have to.
Could you show us the Moqi i7s?
Sadly its $360 on Ali-express
Its an android device that can play NES, SNES, GB, GBC, GBA, PS1, PSP, Atari 2600, DC, C64, Sega 32X, Sega CD, Genesis, MasterSystem, Bandai Wonderswan / Color, MAME, FBA and can play Saturn, Gamecube, and Wii out of the box.
Its also a phone.
To sum it up for you, it's expensive but it serves two purposes and is essentially the ultimate gaming phone. At this point it's better to get a switch however as now android is on switch; this means you can run virtually everything once it's stable.
What do you use for NES?
I couldn't see myself getting the XD because android p won't support devices other than phones. So I think there might be some compatibility issues with other emulators and launchers in the future. Please correct me if I'm wrong (I hope I'm wrong)
demarc That wouldn't be a problem because this is stuck on android 5 or something along the line of that.
Ever heard of the xd+ its basicly the better version 7.1 android, 4gb and better motherboard
I don't really see the big deal honestly. A lot of unsupported applications such as Netflix can still work if you sideload the APK and any new emulators that come out in the future probably won't run well on the fairly low power GPD XD anyway. I've personally not run into any emulator that doesn't work on my original unit.
nice icons... pixel size please sir?
How do you install your on roms from your PC to the GPD XD do you connect it to your PC or do you use a sd card and how do you get each emulator to read them
hi Izzy, after seeing this video I went out and bought a GPD XD, i revived it today but im having a massive issue already.
When loging into my google play account it asks me to type out the letters displayed but the only issue is that there is no letters displayed, im pretty handy with tech normally but ive tried a few work around but with no success do you have any suggestions
When i try to look at available titles nothing shows up. Do you have to pay for this?
Will this play GameCube games?
would you reupload the iimage?
I get cramps when I play NES platformers with GPD XD dpad. Is there a grip or something for GPD that can make more comfortable?
AlenRiddickMusic Depending on its dimensions you may be able to use a 3DS XL one
The tiles dont show up on my tv launcher, i have the exact same emulators as u have, the paid ones and i have tv launcher premium?
Same. Seems like the TV launcher might no longer be supporting that?
I like this idea, but I feel there's a lot of beginner information missing on this. I can install TV Launcher, but that's about it
What emulator do you use for nes
can it use the emulators i use on my pc? fusion, dolphin, project64, jnes, mgba, desmume, and snes9x
kirby Clash3 - yes, except dolphin. Gamecube emulation is simply bad.
I want it but I want windows and at least mx150 chip in that would just be amazing
Now u got something amazing I cant wait till we get windows PC in Palm of your hand console /emulator/ ultra extremely portable PC
And suggestions for a Turbografx 16 emulator?
Hey i've been wondering what i should get, i've been debating over the Nvidia Shield Portable or the GPD XD Plus. What do u guys think?
Sucks no one answered.... what did u pick? I’m debating if I should buy the XD
You can use nVidea’s shield on the GPD using the moonlight app. It works just great.
@Izzy Nobre The "available tiles" no longer seems to work. Is there somewhere that you can upload your icons so we can download?
Try on reddit i found something here, but I can't set the icons
School Degraded - can you be a little more specific please?
Does PCem work well on the GPD XD?
Wish I had one
Do you know how I can swipe out everything on the device and start all over and reboot differently ? Mine stops on each app I want to run making it impossible to really do anything with this piece of crap device what should I do about this issue ?
How is the GPD holding up?
Please make a tutorial on getting games from start to finish on gpd xd.. cant figure out how to do it :(
Izzy peasy
I wanted to do something like this with mine but instead liking directly to the games making shorcuts but not all emulators are autamatically detected to open the filetype of the game, any help?
Honestly I prefer just to use RetroArch
Hello i know this video was made a while ago but can u send my a link of all the icons u used bc the tv laucher with ur icons are not working for me
YESS!! TF2 on the go!!
GET THE GPD XD + ! please i wanna see a review
As soon as I get my greedy pals on one!
Izzy Nobre thanks bro
I am having trouble with my N64 emulator. It has a sound latency can you help me please? :)
The best setup is with digdroid-front-end
Mine doesn’t seem to show any app tiles. Is there something I’m missing?
How did you get a red Gpd????
some of your tiles dont show up doss box myoldboy shows up in the gba emulator and 2600 please make my day and add them to there i cant seem to save and move them! thank you