PowKiddy RGB30 is it worth buying this $85 retro gaming handheld?
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- Опубліковано 10 лип 2024
- Is it worth buying the #powkiddy #rgb30 ? I will try to answer this simple question in this video.
00:00 Intro, ESP Ra. De. (Arcade)
00:35 1941 (Arcade)
00:48 Mercs (Arcade)
01:05 Varth (Arcade)
01:23 DoDonPachi (Arcade)
01:46 ESP Ra. De. (Arcade)
02:10 The Amazing Spiderman (Game Boy)
02:24 Warioland Super Mario Land 3 (Game Boy)
02:38 Game and Watch Gallery 2 (Game Boy Color)
02:53 Metal Gear Solid (Game Boy Color)
03:20 Bust a Move Pocket (Neo Geo Pocket Color)
03:32 Metal Slug 1st Mission (Neo Geo Pocket Color)
03:48 PICO-8 showcase
04:55 Vertical handheld games, Gauntlet The Third Encounter (Atari Lynx)
05:15 Klax (Atari Lynx)
05:30 Gunpey EX (Wonderswan Color)
06:23 Super Mario Bros. (NES)
06:53 Super Castlevania IV (Super Nintendo)
07:28 Splatterhouse (PC Engine)
08:12 Ikaruga (Dreamcast)
09:00 New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo DS)
09:56 Street Fighter Alpha 3 (Arcade)
10:13 Sega Rally Championship (Sega Saturn)
10:30 God of War Chains of Olympus (PSP)
10:47 Issues and criticism
13:45 Closing thoughts - Ігри
A few points after I recorded this video:
1. The sound was directly captured from the device and in a way this video simulates how the handheld would sound if you were using headphones.
2. ArkOS has been released! It can be found here:
github.com/christianhaitian/arkos/wiki#download-links
3. Nintendo DS emulators do have some options to map the right stick to a pointer so while it is not ideal, it does make more games playable.
Thanks for watching.
Which other OS can one put in this device if you know? I'm a newbie, so trying to research a little bit more first... Thanks
@@michaels-h5539 The device works best with JELOS or ArkOS:
github.com/JustEnoughLinuxOS/distribution
github.com/christianhaitian/arkos
Yoooo, from other reviews, I heard that the battery had some kind of issue, if you remove the cable and reseat it properly the battery won't drain as fast
The thing about this is there is no downside, if you want to play PlayStation games and stuff with 4:3 Content you get the same exact screen size as you would if you got a 3.5 inch screen handheld. Then you also get the bonus of playing all the games that need a longer screen such as NES, super Nintendo, DS and vertical shooters. I think all 3.5 inch screens should be replaced with this one.
I'll defiantly be picking this one up. I love my steam deck but I want to play my ROMS on a smaller device and the 1:1 screen makes this unique enough to truly stand out from the rest.
This video illustrates all the great gamea that make use of this screen! I have ordered, thanks. And i subbed too! Keep up the great work!
Subscriber 981, LETTTTSSS GOOO! Loving the RGB30 content, let's get you to 1000!
984 crew reporting for duty.
this handheld seems amazing for vertical shmups!
I have it. Yes perfect but some slowdown on the most recent Cave Shmups (Saidaioujou, Mushihimessame, esp galuda 2.. all the CV1000 driver)
@@blazouf7945 what a perfect shmupheld that can play everything from dodonpachi to crimson glover and pc shmups like project starship X for a budget ???? sxomeone know?
Musha should run well
Was determined to get the anbernic rg35xx but was intrigued by the screen ratio and quality of the Powkiddy. Can't wait to play it.
Subscribing purely because you showed me ESP Ra De playing on this! I "sadly" put my money towards the RG405V, but I'd honestly love this device down the line for the 1:1 GB/GBC games and all those arcade shmups!
Ordered one a few days ago and I just can't wait to play shmups and discover Pico-8 on it. Literally my 4th night binge watching retro handheld vids and probably watched dozens of RGB30 vid 😅🤣. Awesome review 🙏
It’s the ultimate Pico-8 machine!
The screen protectors are now readily available from Amazon UK
I NEED this Handheld!!! 😳
This was very informative. I have ordered the console and can’t wait to get it. I would have liked to see more PSP games and how they run. God of war isn’t really representative for most games. I have an RG35XX and it runs many PSP games really well.
Thanks for your comment.
I think there are better (widescreen) options to play PSP games on. You can consider the Powkiddy x55 or Retroid Pocket 3.
No GBA love? :) Great video, my RGB30 is in the mail, the screen looks really awesome :)
wow! how can a device be so weird and so awesome at the same time!!!! was not expecting powkiddy to be this out there..... would expect anbernic to be the daring ones......
yeah i see the positives but the main question is will this mitigate other regular games.... the screen and the shootemups have sold me on this device...... but only if it was that slightly bit stronger as well....
im more or less sold, if this was more ergonomic and had stacked shoulders then would be awesome.... i wonder if powkiddy will come out with a better follow up!!!???
i do like the black as well!!
Take mine is in transit, please do you have a list of games run well? I mean on difficult system like dreamcast or ps1
apparently Jelos has issues with battery charge memory and sometimes reseating (unplug/replug) the battery fixes that. But that obviously requires a teardown.
The battery indicator seems to be inaccurate and it's a known bug. I heard it might be fixable with software later. I did some extra testing and research:
Left Soul Calibur (Dreamcast) on in Practice Mode
Brightness set to 100%
Volume set to 0%
Wifi on
Stayed at 3% for almost 45 minutes 😂
Got 2 hours 50 minutes in this worst case scenario.
I've read about other tests too: @screamliner got 4 hours 17 minutes on Dreamcast with brightness at 30% their power light stayed green. @krystman got 5 hours 37 minutes on PICO-8 with medium brightness, as high as 8 hours 12 min in PICO-8 with minimum brightness and wifi off.
Great info thanks. Do you know if you can play with an external controller, and charge at the same time as plugging it into HDMI? I assume this has a mini HDMI port?
You can see the mini HDMI port at 10:53
I haven't tried it but I think doing all those 3 at the same time should be okay. The difficult part will be researching to find a compatible controller as I'm not sure how good the external bluetooth/wired controller support is on JELOS and ArkOS.
@@forthenextmost likely a X-box controller of some sort , , , PC devs seem to ALWAYS include pre mappings for those , 🤔🤔🤔
Hey great vid! Just wondering if you bought it with a screen protector? Can't seem to find the screen protector for it
There isn’t one available in this weird size!
I like the idea of a handheld that has a niche and does it well, rather than try to be a bit of everything. That said, I think the RGB30 would be even more compelling with a faster SOC like the T618 and more memory.
T618 powered Linux devices are a “next generation” of retro handheld emulators (if there is such a thing as “next gen retro”)
The screen makes people think this is a specialized GB/NGP/Pico-8 machine but in reality, the 1:1 720 screen and HDMI-out makes it VERY versatile. Extremely so.
Could you possibly review the Retroid pocket 2 Ss
Mainly interested in vertical shumps, thinking about it, is the height of the console not the same as other 4:3 or 16:9 consoles? ie, I won't get any larger screen with this model than with any other one in the market for those vertical shooters, will I?
The screen bigger in height than something like a Retroid Pocket. If you’re a fan of vertical shooters you definitely should get this, it really is a great handheld for those games.
@@forthenext Thanks man, loved your video. I had the doubt above as the screens looked pretty similar but... your review was so good that I couldn't help it and bought it yesterday before waiting for the reply :)
This video review was brilliant, your selection of games, top-notch!!
Some Of The DREAMCAST Games Are In Mame And Arcade
Bro can you please please please make a quick video like a short of what GBA Pokémon fire red looks like on all the handheld retro consoles, I’ve been watching all videos but not one displays GBA Pokémon??
I love howvthe vertical shmup screen size in that, its very small in the RG35xxh
Yes, if you like the Shmup genre then PowKiddy has some good handhelds.
@@forthenext 👍🏼
I would buy this over the Retroid 2S... but the D-Pad on this is terrible... going from left to right for example, you will often inadvertently hit the down or up button as well. So, im going to buy a 2S next week I think. Ive been waiting for about a year for a good-enough one of these to come out.
I have also been waiting, watching reviews for a year. Bought an RGB30 in the recent 11.11 sale. Seems like a good enough device to start with and it doesn’t run Android.
My RGB30 does not show Sega Saturn option, why?
He Must Have Added Those Games .
I Added All Mario Games To My RGB30 .
Looks great for DS but i can't help but want a touch version
Just buy a good phone and a controller. Trust me that's seems the best choice for now.
@@iamsheel hey my brain agrees with you 100% as my current portable gaming involves a gamesir x2 with my phone and some broken DS I keep around for fun. But my heart says that looks hella fun and could be a great travel device. Most of the touch heavy games I like I could probably just keep playing on the phone and use this for the rest.
@@ruxcooking I’ve seen listing refer to the screen as a touchscreen but the Linux distro doesn’t support touch. Maybe in the future.
It has all.gbc and gba mario games preinstalled?
I don’t know, my unit did not come with any games at all.
Im having problems that mine wont run N64 games at all...they stutter and are unplayable. I really wanted to use this to play all the N64 wrestling games....
Bro.. how to turn off the green light indicator? Do you know??
A sticker
In settings…not sure where but saw it another video. Sticker would work too…but not necessary.
@@Tralornik thanks for the answer bro
Uuuhhh that Screen! 😩👌
Does the rgb30 runs better than the rgb20 or are they the same Pls tell me
They are not the same and the RGB30 will run games better than the old 20.
@@forthenext ok thx
How many games r installed
There are a few options depending on the size of the micro SD card you buy.
@@forthenext128gb card will come with how many?
its £60 and all the review does is complain about it - this device is insane for what its designed for! and it can do a lot of stuff quite well at the fringes of what its designed for. People forget that the original gameboy released for the equivalent of £300
if you want that top end experience spend the equivalent and get a switch if you want to play a million retro games get the RGB30!
I just got mine today and having a whole lot of issues specially with sound. has anyone experienced this? in game sounds not working. then i have to get into retroarch settings, turn off and on and it work but at 100% sound. the volume control buttons don't seem to work at all. so frustrating, new rgb30 out of the box and not playing as expected.
is it faulty?
@GeordiLaForgery fortunately not. It's the factory shipped customisations that caused a lot of issues once I updated to latest version of JELOS. So the fix was to factory reset it. Everything worked fine after that. However the battery life on this is really bad! I don't get more than 1.5 to Max 2 hours playtime.
@@samiulkabir glad you fixed it, shame about the battery, is that because you're mostly emulating harder systems like dreamcast, saturn etc?
@GeordiLaForgery well I'm playing a mix of different games. Mostly arcade vertical shooters and some of the action games from neogeo and capcom. Not much 3d games.
@@samiulkabir I heard that some people with bad battery had success by unplugging the battery for a few minutes to reset it.
Another thing I heard is that this unit doesn't have a good standby mode, so it's best to do a full shut down when not using it otherwise in standby it keeps draining.
Does it run Sega CD? Thanks!
Yes, it does!
I Cant Get My PS5 Controller To Pair To My RGB30
And Playstation 1?
Thanks
PS1 is available on this handheld. It's as good as the other devices in it's class such as the RG353 series and Retroid Pocket 2+.
What legend of zelda games does it have
My console did not come with any games, but it is able to play any GBA, GBC, SNES or NES Zelda game.
SDOJ?
I am hearing Espgaluda 1 runs okay but nothing much after this.
@@forthenext that’s fair. Any CV1000 shmups can be playable on this handheld?
@@djgokou I have it. Yes perfect but some slowdown on the most recent Cave Shmups (Saidaioujou, Mushihimessame, esp galuda 2.. all the CV1000 driver)
@@blazouf7945 nice! Any install guides as this would be my first handheld! Thanks both of you!
Try java game pls.
1 hour of battery life? retrogamecorps reported 10 hours of battery life. Is he lying?
I did some more testing and there are some other users as well - around 3 to 5 hours. Definitely not 10.
It's a powkiddy. You have to open it and unplug the battery, then plug it back in for the battery indicator to function properly
Ah yes, The Amazing Spider-Man DOES look great. Then you start playing it
Had to feature this because I got the game as a Christmas present in the 90s.
@@forthenext Spider-Man and X-Men Arcade’s Revenge for SNES is my birthday spotlight, but at least the music bangs
No touchscreen? But this would be ideal for ds. What a joke lol.
WHOOSH