@@NickPiper Don't apologize for that. People who read comments before watching the video often need to practice more discipline in their lives, lol. I've seen it many a time.
Crazy to see Taipan in a video in 2024. That was one of the first video games I ever worked on. We accidentally aligned the maps incorrectly so sailing around the world is unintentionally confusing...
Crazy to see someone that worked in a 1982 around. Respect for your hard work when things was simple but also really hard and you need to rely more in your creativity and guts than some random AI software that "solve" everything with a couple clicks!
That game borders on legendary, like MULE or Seven Cities of Gold or Oregon Trail. You know, all those computer games that were just educational enough for teachers to let you play them in school.
Thank you for your work, I love the game and play it often! I showed it off in a GBA Hidden Gems vid a while back. And also, screw you for the maps thing, I want my money back.
This might be his best video yet. The humor is 10/10. Unlike all the other videos rambling about non-sequiters and using strange props. This hits it right on the bullseye for me 😆 The device talks back, sounds robotic and sounds witty. I really hope you see this TechDweeb. Try to keep this quality of humor up in your future vids. It had clever writing, and was the most unique kind of humor so far 👍 As always, greay review.
I just got my rg40xx h in the mail the other day and am super hyped and happy. I know it might be similar to many other devices out there, but this is the one that I have and didn't mind having many options when I chose. I like the big 4:3 screen, the stacked shoulder buttons and rounded edges and the loads of custom software that's already out there for it. I understand that reviewing many similar devices might become a drag, but for me as a consumer it allows me to pick exactly what I want :)
It's a personal opinion, but i believe the 40XXH just wasn't the perfect 4:3 $70 handheld cause it hasn't bumps to handle, but still a great (despite small, but not so much) handheld that should attend many of anyone needs in a matter of portable sessions of our old all time favourites. I'm sure you'll enjoy it!
I never saw the face until watching this video, and now I can't unsee it! Somehow this device went from looking like a kinda cool Aliens powerloader sorta thing, to this mildly hideous Frankenstein's monster handheld XD
If it has a face, IT MUST TALK. And it must periodically cop an attitude, while also being sweet most of the time. These are the rules of the TechDweeb cinematic universe.
iv been exploring the world of handhelds recently and came across this channel . planning to get my first retro handheld soon love your content man, keep it up ^^
Appreciate the extra effort you put into this one. Between the A+ writing and making your pow-kiddy talk, I kind of feel bad for the other reviewers. If the dweebs ever leave their mom's basement and form an army, I'm pretty sure they would make you their king.
All of his devices know what his face looks like, but they would never tell because the dark cube in the basement forbids it. It needs a faceless minion.
I love this thing so much! i got the blue one to make a "cyberpunk BMO" I just need to get custom buttons made. I have so many handhelds and I had to get this because its so stylish!!
That little window is enough to almost make me pull the trigger, but I don't think I'd use it more than my og RG35XX right now so I guess I'll wait for another round of processor upgrades before I kick the ole Ambernic to the curb
Man, I love the design of this! I was going to pick one up UNTILL I saw the TrimUI brick in videos and I fell in love with it. Can’t wait to see your thoughts on that one.
I am fascinated, but if I were to get another Powkiddy in the near future, it would likely be a V10 for its novelty. But I am just too satisfied with my RG28XX to spend more money on something for the novelty of trying it out.
Great video. If you started in RockNIX and are now having power off issues there is a couple ways to fix it. Easiest of which is just unplugging the battery and draw the power by holding the power button. It will loose the memory from that RockNIX setting and work fine going forward
I dig the style of it and picked one up. This system is needs an led mod to light the window at the bottom. To fix the shutdown problem, remove six screws on the back of the unit and carefully separate the two halves. Unplug the battery for 15 seconds. Then reconnect and screw it back together. Then you should be able to shutdown normally through the menu. Worked for me. Mine also had no sound but there is a Fix sound option in the menu somewhere that fixed that.
This is cute. But they probably should have skipped the PCB window to accommodate a 3.5" screen in Tate/vertical orientation, with the sticks on top, for NDS and vertical arcade. After all, this has been the year of super niche devices based on screen aspect.
I think it looks pretty cool but I think I'm still going to go with Miyu Mini+ and also probably one of those Data Frog SF2000 setups. I Love SNES and it's crazy that I can now play Every SNES and Genesis game with just a snazzy looking SNES controller in my hand. 😄👍
I've already got a system with that processor in it, so I'm good. I need something with the beef to run PS2 and GameCube games, and the RK3566 just doesn't have it.
If you use Rocknix, there are some settings you can toggle to get better battery life (and doesn't impact the performance on the older stuff). "Default Scaling Governor: Powersave" and "GPU Performance Profile: Battery Focus" in the system settings.
Mister Dweeb, I bought the green version, will be here tuesday, love your video on it, so far I have not seen any videos on setting this one up, just basically everyone talking about it as it exists, I would hope someone would show how to optimize this thing, and make it obvious what its gonna do well, thanks for the video, and keep making me laugh.
I have no idea why but I'm always really put off of handhelds that look like they have a face 😂. Tbh I'm put off most things with a face, appart from humans, well a select few anyway. Cats are ok too
Will the face haunt us in our in our restless dweeb dreams? Btw here is a free advice from the audiophile world: When the headphone out is bad, get a usb dongle DAC. Then you will bypass the internal DAC and headphone amplifier. Even the 10 dollar Apple USB C to 3,5 mm dongle would be great here, Pow Kiddy probably get their savings in the headphone out department.
Just got my own Powkiddy RGB20 Pro but need to create an OS for it so I can install my own games on it. It's gonna awesome to play GBC games on it and play my childhood favorites likes The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening.
As I was watching the video, I thought, "Did he just say, 'intents and porpoises'?" 🙂 Then I thought, "Well, at least he didn't say, 'intensive purposes,"' which seems to be a fairly common actual mis-hearing of the phrase rather than a joke (although 'intensive porpoises' does sound somewhat comical).
I like the design accents, but if they're going with such an unusual case, they should have extended that creativity into added functionality, like a bigger battery or something unique like trackpad.
Hmm thanks to its taller body, the RGB20 Pro looks like it's more comfortable to hold than other devices (more room for your fingers behind it). I think maybe using the sticks might be more comfortable too. Some of these devices are pretty short making it an awkward hand position to use the sticks (for ex. It feels awkward to use the sticks on the Retroid Pocket 2S)
It's just me or this cyberpunk pal kitty device bottom half looks like if it got designed to be a flip handheld with sticks that end up being a bar handheld with a not movable screen? Abyway... i think it's charming and all, but would be better if it had came with some embedded auto rewindable reel holding some feet of 1,25" wire with something like an coaxial plug in its end to hook on things like retro-futuristic machines and human brains, so it would also work as a portable terminal to jump into the matrix and learn kung-fu in the free time.
SO... guess you solved the mystery, pal! The feline punching devices should use more simple P2 jacks for stereo sound only (two lines in golden end of the male plug) instead of the more recent "P3" ones (still P2, but with 3 lines in the same golden end of male plugs, so we call it "P3"), that were made for left and right audio out as a separate line for audio in!
Did you by any chance boot Rocknix before testing ArkOS' shutdown? That thing where it isn't possible to shut down a device is a common problem with the RGB30 when you alternate between the two OSes.
What boot system do you use? For when selecting Sega, games etc. doesn't seem stock but you have it on everything. I wanna put that on my M Mini and 406v
That's the stock ES theme that comes with Rocknix, and also other batocera based frontends like Knulli. It's called Art Book Next. You can put it on your 406V with ES:DE (you'll need to download the theme from the built-in theme downloader). Your MM won't be able to use that though.
Do you keep up on all these videos by yourself? It is VERY impressive you keep at it with the level of fun and humor you add to each video. Do you just hide in your room giggling at your own dumb jokes and making videos? haha
Now I can't unsee the face.
100%
The only headphones working fine is the ones with out microphone… creazy i got one green and I like the design and the screen… great review
For a short second seeing the comment before starting the video I thought... What a face reveal for a pow kiddiy device. Then I saw what you meant 😂
@@timseyer6769 hahaha. I didn't even think about that. Sorry if it got anyone else excited.
@@NickPiper Don't apologize for that. People who read comments before watching the video often need to practice more discipline in their lives, lol. I've seen it many a time.
Crazy to see Taipan in a video in 2024. That was one of the first video games I ever worked on. We accidentally aligned the maps incorrectly so sailing around the world is unintentionally confusing...
Ooopsie 😂
Crazy to see someone that worked in a 1982 around. Respect for your hard work when things was simple but also really hard and you need to rely more in your creativity and guts than some random AI software that "solve" everything with a couple clicks!
That game borders on legendary, like MULE or Seven Cities of Gold or Oregon Trail. You know, all those computer games that were just educational enough for teachers to let you play them in school.
@@Aaron-ge7ho I'm not quite that old, haha - I worked specifically on the GBA version at Jaleco back in 2002.
Thank you for your work, I love the game and play it often! I showed it off in a GBA Hidden Gems vid a while back. And also, screw you for the maps thing, I want my money back.
Great review this is the best channel for retro handhelds on UA-cam
This might be his best video yet.
The humor is 10/10. Unlike all the other videos rambling about non-sequiters and using strange props. This hits it right on the bullseye for me 😆 The device talks back, sounds robotic and sounds witty.
I really hope you see this TechDweeb. Try to keep this quality of humor up in your future vids. It had clever writing, and was the most unique kind of humor so far 👍
As always, greay review.
I really appreciate hearing that!
I never get tired of seeing the Pow Kiddy Kitty
❤🤜😸
The face will forever haunt my dreams
I just got my rg40xx h in the mail the other day and am super hyped and happy. I know it might be similar to many other devices out there, but this is the one that I have and didn't mind having many options when I chose. I like the big 4:3 screen, the stacked shoulder buttons and rounded edges and the loads of custom software that's already out there for it. I understand that reviewing many similar devices might become a drag, but for me as a consumer it allows me to pick exactly what I want :)
Excellent choice!
It's a personal opinion, but i believe the 40XXH just wasn't the perfect 4:3 $70 handheld cause it hasn't bumps to handle, but still a great (despite small, but not so much) handheld that should attend many of anyone needs in a matter of portable sessions of our old all time favourites. I'm sure you'll enjoy it!
Great to have some tech dweeb to start my work day.
Yay! I was literally JUST weighing the pros and cons between this one and the RGB20s :D love your videos :3
I never saw the face until watching this video, and now I can't unsee it! Somehow this device went from looking like a kinda cool Aliens powerloader sorta thing, to this mildly hideous Frankenstein's monster handheld XD
The Powkiddy RGB20 Pro reminds me of Ratchet and Clank Robot or Bumblebee 🤘🏽
It looks like the future... as envisaged in the 1960's!
Another masterpiece combination of comedy and very helpful review. Thank you very much for the video.
If it has a face, IT MUST TALK. And it must periodically cop an attitude, while also being sweet most of the time. These are the rules of the TechDweeb cinematic universe.
I'm so predictable
@@TechDweeb Predictably unpredictable. Which is the best kind of predictable. Good in surprising ways.
iv been exploring the world of handhelds recently and came across this channel .
planning to get my first retro handheld soon
love your content man, keep it up ^^
Appreciate the extra effort you put into this one. Between the A+ writing and making your pow-kiddy talk, I kind of feel bad for the other reviewers. If the dweebs ever leave their mom's basement and form an army, I'm pretty sure they would make you their king.
I would humbly wear that crown. As long as it was made from old root beer boxes
All of his devices know what his face looks like, but they would never tell because the dark cube in the basement forbids it. It needs a faceless minion.
I love your humor in these videos.❤
Love your review style and the stories you come up with for all the doodats.
Dweebs lets call it a Shizzlespadizle ❤
But it isn't an Amber's lip H700 device officially baptized as "RG32XX V CP".
Seeing Altered Space for GB actually looked great to me in this form factor. But I'm a huge DMG fan.
Altered Space looks great in any form factor to be fair
@TechDweeb YOU look good in any form factor... No wait?
Tech Dweeb = Best Retro Games Channel ❤❤
6:59 That stick is a thing of beauty!
I recently found out about your channel and been looking forward to see a review of this device from you, your content is top notch, thanks!!!
I never get tired of the Pow Kitty.
I love this thing so much! i got the blue one to make a "cyberpunk BMO" I just need to get custom buttons made. I have so many handhelds and I had to get this because its so stylish!!
Bob Wulff also liked it and complimented its looks. The RGB20 Pro is going places with such a handsome face. 😏
Lol at 12:47 the retro game corps with your cartoon face on it … lol
It's something cool to have in the collection. It has a cool style.
I was waiting for your review about this!!
"My uncle was a forklift" took me out 😂😂😂
I can't unsee the frog face on this.
Ever since PowKiddy came out with the RGB30 they can do no wrong in my eyes lol
Volunteer ambassador from the stick community here, You have a nice stick.
love the talking animation!
The face commentary is hilarious 🤣
Best Retro reviews! 😊
That little window is enough to almost make me pull the trigger, but I don't think I'd use it more than my og RG35XX right now so I guess I'll wait for another round of processor upgrades before I kick the ole Ambernic to the curb
Reminds me of the old Cybiko. I would seriously have considered it if it had a 4 inch or the oled 3.7 of thr retroid pocket mini
Man, I love the design of this! I was going to pick one up UNTILL I saw the TrimUI brick in videos and I fell in love with it. Can’t wait to see your thoughts on that one.
I have one in-hand, review coming soon!
For a disposable (Powkiddy) device, that little bugger has an attitude.
Thanks for calling out the flawed 3.5mm jack! I have an RG552 and I wish I knew how bad the headphone jack performed before i bought it.
This little monster is definitely inspired on the Dweeb's videos
Hopefully they make some bigger screen variants of this design 👍
New faceizzle just dropped.
We got TechDweeb being cooked by a retro handheld before GTA 6
I am fascinated, but if I were to get another Powkiddy in the near future, it would likely be a V10 for its novelty. But I am just too satisfied with my RG28XX to spend more money on something for the novelty of trying it out.
7:30 hear that boys? Windows XP Bliss is the perfect wallpaper for this baby
Great video. If you started in RockNIX and are now having power off issues there is a couple ways to fix it. Easiest of which is just unplugging the battery and draw the power by holding the power button. It will loose the memory from that RockNIX setting and work fine going forward
I decided to take a shot every time I heard "this thing", one trip to hospital later I regret that decision.
😂😂😂
🥴🥴🥴
That has to be the best channel name in YT.
My uncle is a forklift 😂😂😂😂 had me in splits
I dig the style of it and picked one up. This system is needs an led mod to light the window at the bottom. To fix the shutdown problem, remove six screws on the back of the unit and carefully separate the two halves. Unplug the battery for 15 seconds. Then reconnect and screw it back together. Then you should be able to shutdown normally through the menu. Worked for me. Mine also had no sound but there is a Fix sound option in the menu somewhere that fixed that.
Just return it if its broken
Good tip about the shutdown
I'd join a Patreon that is just videos of all your devices playing the Chrono Trigger intro on loop lol - another banger thanks for the review TechyD!
This is cute. But they probably should have skipped the PCB window to accommodate a 3.5" screen in Tate/vertical orientation, with the sticks on top, for NDS and vertical arcade. After all, this has been the year of super niche devices based on screen aspect.
Great review but I think I would rather have the RGB20SX over this.
"You don't look like other humans."
"You're saying I'm unique?"
Another POW-KITTY!!! will the miracles never cease?
They will cease only at the heat death of the universe.
Way to dare POWKIDDY to animate the "mouth" with their next device XD
I have one and it's great for playing and laying down because it's so long you can rest it on your chest and still play it
I think it looks pretty cool but I think I'm still going to go with Miyu Mini+ and also probably one of those Data Frog SF2000 setups.
I Love SNES and it's crazy that I can now play Every SNES and Genesis game with just a snazzy looking SNES controller in my hand.
😄👍
I've already got a system with that processor in it, so I'm good. I need something with the beef to run PS2 and GameCube games, and the RK3566 just doesn't have it.
Pow Kiddy time with the Tech King I like when Wicked Gamer and Collector/Package From China says POW KIDDY when he reviews them
This is one of those hand helds I might just impulse purchase.
Congrats to your stick for the award! 😅
Does rocknix have the ability to save and load save states upon in-game shutdown and boot up?
Its my favorite feature to use on ARKos to save battery.
Nope :.(
My uncle is a forklift....maaan i love your Humor
'Dweebette' has a nice ring to it IMHO, just sayin'
The Miyoo Flip is said to also have this processor 😮
Got it, and it’s great. The battery life could be better though.
If you use Rocknix, there are some settings you can toggle to get better battery life (and doesn't impact the performance on the older stuff). "Default Scaling Governor: Powersave" and "GPU Performance Profile: Battery Focus" in the system settings.
Mister Dweeb, I bought the green version, will be here tuesday, love your video on it, so far I have not seen any videos on setting this one up, just basically everyone talking about it as it exists, I would hope someone would show how to optimize this thing, and make it obvious what its gonna do well, thanks for the video, and keep making me laugh.
detailed, funny and relaxing video! more power!
This is a great looking device ❤ my next purchase will be Anbernic RG 406V
I have no idea why but I'm always really put off of handhelds that look like they have a face 😂. Tbh I'm put off most things with a face, appart from humans, well a select few anyway. Cats are ok too
"My stick is better than bacon!" BLR is fun
Looks cool, thats enough
Usually the handhelds have their faces on the screen but this one can see you even if you're playing. Creepy.
Also...
The cat is PUNCHING AGAIN!
Will the face haunt us in our in our restless dweeb dreams? Btw here is a free advice from the audiophile world: When the headphone out is bad, get a usb dongle DAC. Then you will bypass the internal DAC and headphone amplifier. Even the 10 dollar Apple USB C to 3,5 mm dongle would be great here, Pow Kiddy probably get their savings in the headphone out department.
🐬 Watch out for the “intensive porpoises” in Ecco Tides of Time.
😂😂😂
🐬🐬🐬
Just got my own Powkiddy RGB20 Pro but need to create an OS for it so I can install my own games on it. It's gonna awesome to play GBC games on it and play my childhood favorites likes The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening.
Chopping off the bottom part would make it meaningfully smaller.
Hey Tech, I'm curious, do you keep all the word papers that you get with your handhelds?
I use them to make paper mache forts
😂 I truly believe his uncle was a forklift!
😂😂😂
this thing has the aspect ratio of the Brick Game 9999 in 1 devices from back in the day. similar screen size as well :D
As I was watching the video, I thought, "Did he just say, 'intents and porpoises'?" 🙂 Then I thought, "Well, at least he didn't say, 'intensive purposes,"' which seems to be a fairly common actual mis-hearing of the phrase rather than a joke (although 'intensive porpoises' does sound somewhat comical).
I like the design accents, but if they're going with such an unusual case, they should have extended that creativity into added functionality, like a bigger battery or something unique like trackpad.
Hmm thanks to its taller body, the RGB20 Pro looks like it's more comfortable to hold than other devices (more room for your fingers behind it). I think maybe using the sticks might be more comfortable too. Some of these devices are pretty short making it an awkward hand position to use the sticks (for ex. It feels awkward to use the sticks on the Retroid Pocket 2S)
It's just me or this cyberpunk pal kitty device bottom half looks like if it got designed to be a flip handheld with sticks that end up being a bar handheld with a not movable screen?
Abyway... i think it's charming and all, but would be better if it had came with some embedded auto rewindable reel holding some feet of 1,25" wire with something like an coaxial plug in its end to hook on things like retro-futuristic machines and human brains, so it would also work as a portable terminal to jump into the matrix and learn kung-fu in the free time.
😊 we always get entertainment with you and you make us laugh 😂 even when the game does not 🚭
Could you do this vs Anbernic rg406v?
Dude! TTRPG dice. Respect.
Ah, I see you are a man of culture as well.
The only headphones working fine is the ones with out microphone… creazy i got one green and I like the design and the screen… great review
SO... guess you solved the mystery, pal!
The feline punching devices should use more simple P2 jacks for stereo sound only (two lines in golden end of the male plug) instead of the more recent "P3" ones (still P2, but with 3 lines in the same golden end of male plugs, so we call it "P3"), that were made for left and right audio out as a separate line for audio in!
Did you by any chance boot Rocknix before testing ArkOS' shutdown? That thing where it isn't possible to shut down a device is a common problem with the RGB30 when you alternate between the two OSes.
Yes, that and the bluetooth issue are why I wanted to try Rocknix in the first place, so it's definitely something that was happening out of the box.
Love Wall-E But it not for me. Hey TechDweeb. Considerring how many handhelds you have, how many micro USB do you have? 🤔
I'm more Micro USB than man
1:20 it would be nice if you could charge it up exactly 6% more.
Yes 🤣 i miss pockets ❤
Love your videos
What boot system do you use? For when selecting Sega, games etc. doesn't seem stock but you have it on everything.
I wanna put that on my M Mini and 406v
That's the stock ES theme that comes with Rocknix, and also other batocera based frontends like Knulli. It's called Art Book Next. You can put it on your 406V with ES:DE (you'll need to download the theme from the built-in theme downloader). Your MM won't be able to use that though.
what bathroom 😹
intensive porpoises 🤣
i died a few times on this one 🙌🏽
Do you keep up on all these videos by yourself? It is VERY impressive you keep at it with the level of fun and humor you add to each video. Do you just hide in your room giggling at your own dumb jokes and making videos? haha
😂🤣😂