THIS is How I Set Up Android Handhelds! [RP2s Setup Guide]
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- čas přidán 3. 07. 2024
- Today we're taking a look at how I set up my android emulation handhelds (featuring the famous Retroid Pocket 2s!). This is the simple approach I take to setting up my emulators (Retroarch, and standalone), how I setup my frontend (Dig), and how I make sure everything works together. Just a quick and dirty guide today, hope you find it helpful!
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Intro: Captive Portal - Intro For A Nonexisting Video Game
Outro: RoccoW - Chipho instrumental
- CHAPTERS -
00:00 How to be cool
00:36 Android Emulation Setup Guide
01:04 RP2s unboxing
01:38 Setup wizard
04:05 The most important part
04:19 Check for updates
04:36 SD card setup
06:03 Copying your games onto your device
08:00 Setup Retroarch
08:34 Downloading cores
09:43 Settings & hotkeys
12:08 Frontend setup (Dig)
13:35 Changing the theme
15:00 1st time emulator launch
16:43 Emulator specific settings
17:41 Arcade emulator setup
18:31 Applying shaders
20:50 Gamecube setup
22:43 PS2 setup
24:04 Dreamcast
24:20 That's it!
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I watched this video, then I went to the corner store to buy milk. The cashier said I looked cooler than usual and I definitely told them why! Thanks TechDweeb!! 😂
This is just the start my friend. Soon you'll be winning awards for your coolness. I have 57.
Just when I needed this for my odin 2 you are a lifesaver techdweeb... Btw my girlfriend said I seemed super attractive and cool yesterday... Had to of been the video 🤔
Perfect timing ! I just received my RP2's today.
Thank you very much for this guide
Nice! Enjoy!
Thank-you! So straight foward and easy to follow! Finally tried DIG.
Yaaaay! Been waiting weeks for this!
What a great guide, I prefer the Retroid Launcher but I may just have to try dig! I really like the theme you showed in the video.
You released this at the perfect time for me. Thank you!
just bought a RP2S, this video was very helpful thank you
Much like listening to Dark Side of the Moon whilst watching The Wizard of Oz, the audio from this setup tutorial syncs perfectly with the assembly process for the Skruvby bookcase by Ikea.
That's no accident...
I am planning to get an Android based handheld, so your guide will really come in handy. Thank you very much for posting this tutorial - This is so helpful! ✌🏾
Setting up these android devices remind me of 2009 when I used to jailbreak iPhones it was so fun and doing this takes me back. I love android emulation and these little gadgets
Setting up Android handhelds is BRUTAL. But with a Retroid Pocket 3+, Logitech G Cloud & Retroid Pocket 2S, I’ve had plenty of practice 😎✨🕹️
this mans channel has to blow up, i always learn and get a laugh
i would love to watch you commentate over gameplay, ur style is very enjoyable!
Ahhhh sweet! Thanks for this video TechDweeb 😁 I bought 2 RP2S's a couple of weeks ago - thanks to your recommendation! I was just wondering about how to set them up hehe. For now still waiting for them to arrive though (very slow shipping from Retroid I must say). Maybe we're all just spoiled by Amazon nowadays lol
Thanx to your video, i have set up my retroid flip and everything is perfect! Thanx ❤
Nice! Glad this helped you out
Awesome video, I'm gonna have to pick one up soon.
superb guide and video
I followed this video just now and a girl approached me. She thinks I'm cool OmG! She asked me if I can set her retroid pocket 3 plus and I said yes.
It all went smooth from there. We dated and then get married. We're raising 3 childrens now and the oldest is going to college now. Thank you, Techdweeb!
I assume your first born is named after me?
@@TechDweeb Actually it's Hermione lol
Perfect timing! Waiting for my 2S in the mail (any day now 🙃).
Nice! Enjoy!
At the spaceball reference I knew I HAD to subscribe
Nerds of a feather
Tech dweeb coming in clutch as always, I've been enjoying my Miyoo Mini+ but I have been considering purchasing something slightly larger and stronger for a while, aiming for GameCube level emulation. This'll undoubtedly be useful once I pick one out.
The RP2S is great for budget handheld GameCube. there's very few games that' aren't amazing(and they work fine on ps2)
@@MarioMadness1 I'll look into grabbing one, thank you for the heads-up.
@@RunescapeMeister-san there's always something better at a higher price. but right now there's black friday sales and discounted . so this prob one the cheapest handhelds with power
I didn't get dig because I thought they stop updating it. Nice to know it still works that was my go to front-end for Android.
They have stopped updating it, but it still works. A little bit janky sometimes but it gets the job done. Still my personal fav.
Great guide! Definitely will follow this once I have everything necessary to do it. You made everything clear to understand. The only intimidating thing for me is finding the ROMs because I'll be starting from complete scratch. I don't have a previous backlog of games. So finding a safe place to get them will be intimidating for me, and finding complete libraries for each console. And I completely understand why you can't direct people to ROMs, for legal liability. It'd be nice if you had a discord server setup so people can work together in private to get correct safe information out on it. Maybe it's simpler than I'm thinking and I'm psyching myself out. Idk. Lol. Besides that, all I need is that cozy nostalgic background photo you had! Thanks for the thorough guide!
Definitely DONT Google "Tiny best set roms go" and look at a link on internet archive that pops up. I wouldn't do that.
It would be nuts if it were a nice set of curated rom packs for these systems that also have additional links for expanded collections based on 64gb, 128 gb, 512gb cards etc. Definitely DONT download the Tiny Best Set Go collection that is around 6gb( that might have tons of great games for systems like the gba, snes, genesis etc)first to see if you like it.
Don't you do it.
Ask the r/roms subreddit for safe websites to use. Or just search game roms, and look at website, and look up if it's a reliable place to use
It's probably simpler than you're thinking. Search for "1g1r" sets, those are the best rom sets and are easy to find on Google ;)
Ty!
You’re on your own, there’s no _archive_ that’s ORGanized for what you’re looking for. These retro handheld tutorials assume you already know so they have _no intro_ that explains cartridge-based systems. And for CDs, even if you tried to dump your own, it sometimes doesn’t work right and you have to _redump_ them.
Thanks man, I’ve had my rp2s for a couple weeks now but haven’t loaded anything except for n64 and GameCube onto it because I couldn’t figure it out. 😅
Truly appreciate this! I hope you do more of these for different devices but this is the one I’m going to buy because I just wanna play up to ps1 really and mostly mame.
U the best technips
pausing part way through to leave a comment because i like your channel al ot
I appreciate you taking the time to pause and say so!
You know Dweeb....I always overlooked Dig as it seems kinda primative compared to Dijisho, but I never really like that front end as it tried to do too much. After watching this video and setting Dig up on my RP3+, I'm really starting to like this front end for it's simplicity. Great video Dweeb keep up the good work. (PS. All these handhelds are exactly the same for the most part LOL)
I would love to see a thorough hand held showdown in only a way that techdweeb can do..
I want to know OVERALL from the low to medium tier to high tear of all handhelds and why you'd ock each one.
As for variables to why, screen, controls + buttons, usability and comfort, ergonomics, wind resistance, weight on planet Mars.. you get the idea.
Lastly, thanks for making such an entertaining show and you won't lose me as a fan..
Solid suggestion!
Im waiting for your review of the Retroid Pocket Flip!
Wow, you are really moving out that face reveal :p By that time you will be more machine than man so I guess it wouldn't really matter.
Thanks for the set-up guide! I might try using something similar when I get my Odin2.
Sure, set-up videos are not the most amusing, but I actually enjoy seeing how others are setting up their devices and what tools they have expertise with. It gives me a more rounded toolset as well as a another tool/setting to try when I inevitably mess up something on my next project.
Haha yup.
This method would work perfect on the Odin 2 as well ;)
Thank you a million times! Maybe now I can finally finish setting up my old nvidia shield emulation. Love your editing style❤. Is there any way I can request a tutorial on your edits?
Hope it helps you out! A 'how I make videos' series in the works. Just need to clear my plate with a few of these product reviews and then I'll get onto that content. Sit tight!
Cool video as always. It was interesting learning about dig, but I think I will stick with daijisho
Daijisho is a close 2nd for me.
another video that is exactly what i need. bought a retroid pocket 3+ last year and just havent gotten into it yet, the first few times i tried using it i just didnt know what to do with it. managed to get some "cores" downloaded, but it just all seems way too clunky. every time i load anything i get messages poping up like "controller not something something, resorting to alternate settings", and things like the start/select button dont work, then i was trying to get mame games go work, started trying to configure settings and accidentally changed an input i didnt mean to but then i could find anything to reset the settings to default, so i just deleted the core entirely and downloaded another one...
In the end it just got left to gather dust until the other day i put some android games on it, crypt of the necro dancer, world of goo, the room games, monument valley,.... so i've been enjoying using it for necrodancer, but the whole roms side of it just feels way too messy. even the retroid launcher is awkward the way it loads up and then you have to the little roms/emulators button at the bottom. rather than booting into a nice interface where everything is nicely presented.
anyway, will get around to watching this when i get the time.
It makes things pretty easy and clear.. for the most part.
Yeah those retroarch notifications are pretty useless. You can disable those through the retroarch settings (under notifications). If your controller doesn't work you can set that up yourself through the settings too, go to 'input' and then 'port 1 controls' and then 'set all controls'. You'll go through the setup process, and it should work after that (make sure you 'save core override" when you're done changing anything!).
Happy to help if you get stuck, feel free to stop by my discord server and ask any questions you have :)
Dolphin for handheld is MMJR but modified too have the internal resolution scale and such (it also goes lower then 1.0x)
I didn't get the same performance when I compared them before. I also prefer the in-game options of MMJR compared to D4H. But to each their own.
For my rg353v I use console launcher, it doesn't have frontend support yet, but it looks good once you set up everything
My Odin 2 Max came in on Monday of this week. I was able to get everything setup except PS Vita which I will do next. Really surprised how well Switch emulation performs using Yuzu with NCE.
Thanks for the great tutorial! BTW your black buttons for RG405V perfected the aesthetic of the device! Where can I get those buttons? Thanks.
I painted them! I'm going to do a video on that thing, I'll show it off soon :)
I despise Android as a gaming device but your wonderful video makes things a little more tolerable. I prefer Linux though. EmuDeck and Batocera are fantastic as they usually have the aspect ratios and all that set up for you automagically.
Scraping for box art seems to take FOREVER with Android. I use the Screen Scraper program on my PC and simply have it scan my SD card that's inserted and it saves the media right there on it. Using the PC is a heck of a lot quicker than scanning for box art using the device itself. I can get about 1,000 games scanned for box art and preview videos done in about 15 minutes.
I'm with ya. I definitely prefer linux when given the option. Android is tolerable but Emulation Station on Linux is far ahead.
Yay, this device has been sitting on my desk because I'm unfamiliar with android. I set up a gamecube game, it worked ok but it wasn't why I bought the device.
Hope this guide helps you out!
Thanks for the tutorial! Just ordered my RP2s yesterday! What are your favorite systems for this screen size?
Nice! My favourite stuff to play on this is the higher end retro systems like PS1, Saturn, Dreamcast, and N64. I don't care about gamecube or PS2 for the most part, those games play better on a TV IMO, but the early 3d stuff is simpler looking and plays great on smaller screens like this, and the RP2s can handle all those without issue.
@@TechDweeb Awesome that's great to hear! Appreciate the response, love the channel!
Solid video thanks :)
How about android games (ff perfect, chronotrigger...) Is it fine on this device ? You can't use dig as an android launcher I guess. I just need to instal it and launche it from the desktop ?
I just received my Odin 2 max. I usually don’t use front ends. But I’m gonna attempt to be cool as you by setting up dig. I just hope dig can give me Japanese cover arts since all my games are Japanese.
Yes I can speak read and write fluently in Japanese. That’s gotta be at least 1 cool point 😂
Dig works great on the Odin 2! If you don't get the right box art, you can manually change any box you want by holding your finger on the box art and selecting "box cover" and you can find whatever cover you want on the browser that pops up (I often do that if I want a box that it didn't choose).
Speaking Japanese and having Japanese box art is worth way more than 1 cool point. 3 at the very least.
Interesting 🤔😊
How about you give us a tutorial on file management, no-intro vs. intro, and what compression you use?
Great suggestion
Dig? Yuck! 🤢 daijisho for the win!
Great video, Dweeb. Not that I needed it. I’ve been setting up Android devices for emulation for quite a while now, but I like to watch in case there’s anything new I could learn.
Also, I’m waiting for my RP2S to come in the mail and I’ve been obsessively watching videos about it. Can’t wait to get it in my hands!
I did get one this week too, an Ayn Odin 2 Pro…great timing his dweebiness
Lucky!
I just hated setting up good emulators so wouldn't have to use retroarch for achievements !! been having a blast playing yuzu and some modern games with moonlight
I can't get things to work right, and I followed your instructions
lol same here with override and shader idk if it works without override or not for me sometimes work sometimes not
I prefer Diajisho, tried Digg and i have more trouble with it for some reason also i dont like the layout of it too much, but hey different strokes for different folks as the old saying goes......
So can dig launch games in different emulators besides RetroArch? Because Each of the systems I have, has its own emulator and it would be a problem if I couldn't launch a specific system from dig.. and also dig doesn't scan my roms so easily like that, it won't scan no where near all the roms and it will duplicate roms.. and I have all roms organized in a ROMS folder and each system organized within.. is there a way to get it to properly scan?
I found a G cloud used on ebay for only 170 was in like mint condition
Hello Tech, thanks for the guide on the video, it was helpful on how to get things running. I had a question tho. I have a S22 Ultra and I want to have a front end that I can jump into when I want to play games, but not have the sorta tablet orientation home screen. I still want to use my phone like regular. Do you have anyway I can go go about this? Thanks for the video!
Have you heard of Dig?
@@TechDweeb Your video featured Dig but it's my first time having heard of it lol. I'm sorta new to emulation.
@TechDweeb will the box art scraper on dig work with rom names like, Zelda (usa) (en,fr,etc).gba or should I clean up the names?
Hard to say. It's an impressive scraper but sometimes it doesn't get it right. It's VERY easy to swap the box art yourself though, just hold your finger on the box art and select 'box art' and then select google images and you'll be taken to google and you can just choose whichever box art you want. Hold your finger on an image, select 'download image', wait for it to download, and then use the A button to go back to dig. It only takes a few seconds and it's painless.
I like this video but I'm most likely gonna stick with Retroid Launcher. I just like how it replicates a switch style home screen.
There is a switch theme for Dig. I like the features of dig like being able to browse the games list by screenshots and carousel game box view. But hey, that's the best part of handhelds like this, we can customize the experience the way we like!
@@TechDweeb really? I had no idea it had a switch theme. I feel like I would probably screw up how to set it up though cause I tried Daijisho and couldn't get it to work. 😅
can you do 2 players on these handhelds? maybe a usb hub ?? bluetooth controller with the uniit connected to a tv? can you do a vid on that... is there a limit to how many players?
How do you unassign a hotkey?
What default core do you use for ps1. All of my games are workinh except the ps1 games.
PCSX Rearmed
SPACEBALLS !!!!!!❤
How do i fully resest it
is it easy enough to using MacBook?
You know the hands get a lot of love, I'm thinking it's time for a feet reveal
What makes you think I have feet?
What's the difference between 32 bit and 64 bit retroarch? Why offer two different versions?
Also, how will I know if I need Bios? Will it ask me for one?
I also can't seem to as of yet figure out how to manage Windows, unzip files, or locate my SD card and nothing but NES works for some reason. DIG keeps telling me I need to download selected core for SNES even though it shows as downloaded and I have 32 bit selected. This is pretty confusing!
I wish I had this video a month ago. I ended up selling my rp2s out of frustration.
Sorry it's taken me so long to get it out! I had hoped it'd be a way sooner, but you know how it goes...
I thought I knew what I was doing,. I bought RGB30 and I bricked it trying to update Jelos... So I think I need a new hobby LOL@@TechDweeb
do I need to add BIOS files?
Trying to get the pokemon games onto my sd card and I can’t get them anywhere
I like Dig, but when I use it, my hotkeys don't work. It seems to fall back on some other type of Retroarch Configuration settings. I thought it was something I did wrong on my End but the other 2 frontends I use Daijisho and Reset Collection work with my Retroarch Hotkeys but not dig, I tried to save the config on dig and lost big so right now I can't pull the trig on this frontend rig
That'll be an issue with the retroarch folder you selected in Dig. Make sure you are selecting the retroarch folder in the root level of your device storage.
I like helpful TechDweeb as much as flashy, fun TechDweeb. Good video!
Would this help with my 505? Just got Gamma OS for a friend
Yup! This is how I set up ALL my android devices!
For some reason, the 64 bit version of retroarch never recognizes my sd card for bios files. You have to have them on the device and then it will work. Thought it might be helpful if someone else runs into that.
I know what you mean. That's the Scoped Storage issue (apparently it'll be fixed in a future update). Dig seems to be able to bypass that issue by loading the games directly into retroarch.
I wish 8bitdo would make a xbox 360 controller bluetooth board that would be cool
Can you make it so it boots in dig?
Question what emulator do you use for Saturn?
Yaba Sanshiro
Note: Dig doesn't work on all Android handhelds. My case in point: Pimax Portal (Dig crashes to desktop after launching).
I was using dig before but I change to arc browser because android 11 limitations and took so long for them to support it
I didn't know about arc browser. I'll check it out!
I'm attempting to use that frontend now, there's a lot of work you have to put into it, (you have to scrape yourself and setup metadata" but people say it's worth it in the end.@@TechDweeb
I would love to see how to lock it all down.. so kid mode extreme.
Much harder to do in android than linux. Probably the best bet is go with Lemuroid instead of Dig/Retroarch.
VERY new to this scene and been having issues as one would expect, but for some reason I get duplicates of games. This most recent time, following your instruction, I had less but still have a lot of dupes even though there are no duplicate ROMs in the folder. Any idea what I might be doing wrong or what might be happening that I can fix?
Also, they aren’t multi-disc games that this is happening to so I know it’s not RE2 disc 1 and 2. It’s like Crash Bandicoot and it’s theee twice.
Do the games have Bin and Cue files? If so you'll need to combine them into single PBP files using a program like PSXPackager. I keep meaning to do a tutorial on that...
@@TechDweeb Yea, they are a single file (chd if I remember right), but the duplication happens in all systems but it’s not every game within it. I just checked SNES and games like Chuck Rock and Chrono Trigger were duplicated. It feels very random. Also, there’s many dupes in PS in dig, but then when I play it duckstation opens (but not the game) and all the games are not duped. I used a previous “set-up” video that used the Retroid and RetroArch and RA had dupes as well as a hidden file version that obviously did nothing. So I had a list of 600+ games that did nothing, then duplicates as well. Needless to say it’s a bit of a pain to traverse a list that big.
This video has left me with the best version and I can deal with dupes a LOT easier than an enormous list of hidden files before I get to the actual playable games on my list, so thanks so much for that and any further advice.
Why does the Y button bring up some little side menu in game, and not work right?
Check your key mapping
So, if I turn off the device completely and turn it on again, will it load the Dig frontend directly, or will I have to load it manually from within the Android OS?
You can set it to auto launch dig
@@that86fiero Cool, that's what I want. Thanks!
I’ve been thinking about buying one of these for a while now as I have a rg35xx and I want an upgrade. I don’t want to mess around with it much and I just want to play it straight out of the box however I would quite like to add dig. Does it come with any game roms or do you have to download them? Please help tech dweeb!
This one doesn't come with games. Gotta download everything yourself and set it up yourself on this one.
@@TechDweeb do you recommend any other consoles. I was thinking about getting the trimui pro
Interesting but Daijishõ all the way :P
Hey 😁 Dweeb
Would this be pretty much the same process on the Odin 2?
Yup!
@@TechDweeb lovely. Thank you.
im just getting a black screen and retroarch crashes. anyone good with this that can help?
Dang I was gonna ask u where to find roms!! 😅😭.. can u tell me where to find “rims” 😉.. use secret talk 🤫
guggle.com
Rgb30 ?
thanks for helping me be cool techdweeb
Welcome to the cool club 😎
I think what most people want to know is how to get games onto it. It's such a crappy situation because I think the majority of people would be happy to pay market price, like 5 bucks or something, for a 15+ year old game given the chance. But we don't have free markets. We have market manipulation.
But how are you so cool?!
Video is really useful but man, this thing is a pain. I've downloaded every possible core, set the retroarch 64, still have to pick a bunch of different cores to find one that works. Then, the save state, FF, ETC functions that I set up, still don't work. I'm going to have to spend a day messing with this. I completely wish I would have bought something that already had the emulators already installed so I could just load games and go. This is not fun.
Aw sorry to hear you're having troubles. If it's any help, you CAN get it working 100% perfectly, and once you do it's amazing. You won't have to deal with the problems endlessly. Plus tinkering is how you learn!
Don’t you think it’s weird that this time you got a “cable“ in the box with your handheld?
Yeah. Usually I get a cord...
Well I am definitely cooler now 💅😌
I take full credit.
Alittle to fast for this old guy noob to retro gaming hotkeyinf too fast and now after watching this and following step by step I missed sow
Thing cause the control do t work anymore got to start over. Don’t k ow how this is hard to setup what a beast
Why the 64 bit retroarch?
The best cores are there, better performance in the highest end stuff like shaders, and that's where we get advanced cores like the widescreen SNES & Genesis cores. Also fewer cores in the 64-bit version, so less decision fatigue.
is anyone else having trouble getting Genesis games to play using this setup?
Does this method work for RG353V?
Yup! On the android side obviously, but yeah, it works on basically any android device.
@@TechDweebyou replied. Now I feel COOL!! Anyway, just got one based on your favourite go-to device. It also fit my preference since I'm playing mostly retro games & lite android gaming. Thanks dweeb.
Failed to “install theme” when selecting the CFG file from the downloaded zip. Rubbish
I just wanted to be a bit cooler but got frostbite on my toes.
Lucky not my button thumbs!
Dont even play on Android.
Oops. You got TOO cool!
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