I’m so appreciative that you not only tested popular PS2 games but also the lesser mentioned ones. I love driv3r and would love to play it on a portable so when I heard you mention it, I was pleasantly surprised. Even if it doesn’t play it, you gave it a mention. Thank you!

@adinwalls

8 ай бұрын

Hehe cool I am to please haha

For me, the size of this monster makes this great for gaming on the couch. I actually like the design oddly. The show stopper for me is the screen sharpening and preloaded games. Thanks young lad. Brilliant critique.

@adinwalls

9 ай бұрын

Well GammaOS definitely fixes the screen sharpening and it’s quite easy to install.

Talking to and for the everyman is why your channel stands out, so great to hear it’s part of your driving ethos. MASSIVELY helpful review...have been on the fence about this one for some time but you have answered my questions perfectly, thank you!

@adinwalls

9 ай бұрын

Ah cool. Well then you’re the person I’m picturing when I make these vids!

@Farold_Haltermeyer

9 ай бұрын

Oooh, really? Sorry about that, that must be really off-putting :)

@adinwalls

9 ай бұрын

Waha

I’m so glad you bring up that other KZreadrs are saying that android devices are easy to set up. They are anything but easy. When I got my Retroid pocket 3+ it took me about two days to set it up the way I like it and that wasn’t including the week I spent trying to get all the roms and bios that I needed for it. it was my first time doing something like that so I had to watch hours of video before I felt comfortable even starting to do anything. I think some of the bigger KZread channels forget that they have been doing this for a long time, and it comes to easy to them.

@adinwalls

9 ай бұрын

Ya it's tricky, especially for beginners

@TheGearChat

5 ай бұрын

sounds like a skill issue, tbh

@turnbasedtoddy7664

5 ай бұрын

@@TheGearChat What, you think people are born just knowing how to set up roms and emulators?

@CHURCHISAWESUM

4 ай бұрын

@@TheGearChatyou should keep yourself safe

One thing that took me a while to figure out with the stock frontend. You have to add your Game Gear and Sega CD games with your Genesis roms. They all work under the Mega Drive Emulator.

@adinwalls

9 ай бұрын

Oh right! Ya I never tested adding games here

@oliverk3913

9 ай бұрын

A lot of people play emulators on their Android phone, so it would be an easy move for them

Absolutely spot ON that a lot of people will be looking at these channels and wanting something that works "straight out of the box". I have a load of roms for my PC emulating and being able to copy those onto a handheld easily to augment what the supplier gives you is one of my tick boxes. But I'm kinda put off the idea of going through setting up everything from scratch on what ultimately is a small screen with a few buttons. Took me long enough on PC. 😆 So showing how these work without any setting up is a big plus, thanks.

My only criticism is that for a video called "ps2 test" you barely show any testing for about 90% of the video. This was more a review video than a PS2 test.

@adinwalls

9 ай бұрын

It's in the timestamps?

@glassattack

9 ай бұрын

​@@adinwallshe's still right?

@adinwalls

9 ай бұрын

@glassattack I guess so.

@BopitBrand

9 ай бұрын

We have enough PS2 tests for T618 handhelds, it’s nice that adin gives us good extensive commentary imo

@JS-lx1kr

9 ай бұрын

Because PS2 games run like trash in this device and that would have been a 30 sec video

The Wood Grain 405V is currently my most favorite portrait handheld console! I always liked the design of it. I watch television on this as well as play games. Battery life is phenomenal on the 405V and the stock frontend is not bad either. May get the Cold Gray one later, it looks nice as well. *I also have the Wood Grain 351V in my collection. I'm waiting on one more portrait based handheld to be released, the Trimui Smart Brick. Then I would have a total of 3 portrait retro handhelds and 1 GB Colour. I would have 4 portrait handhelds in my collection.

@adinwalls

9 ай бұрын

It’s a nice grey. Bit of a purple hue to it.

@jonathonearl482

9 ай бұрын

@@adinwalls I currently have a 505 in that same DMG color scheme.

@adinwalls

9 ай бұрын

@@jonathonearl482 ya the grey is the only nice looking one.

@FAAMS1

9 ай бұрын

Always been a sucker for handhelds since Game Gear and Game Boy, a sucker for wood in everything...this machine is thus a dream come true, an almost flawless design for those of us who love vertical setups. In order to be perfect it should have a universal removable battery tho...anyway I guess I will have to wait for 2027 EU legislation to come online for my next model...for now this one will do fine!

Question, after you map the buttons for any given game, does it save that mapping so that the next time you open that game, even if you play other games in-between, the button mappings will recall each time?

@adinwalls

8 ай бұрын

If you are referring to retro arch you just need to “save current configuration” before closing retro arch.

Solid review! You have a great off the cuff way of talking about these things. Keep doing this style, you're really good at it. Fyi, for the PSP scaling, you can set that to non-fullscreen in the "display layout editor" option 😘

@adinwalls

9 ай бұрын

Thanks! Yes I definitely leant into that a bit more for this vid. I actually went back to the X55 vid and took notes 😊

@Bendilin

9 ай бұрын

>when the people I follow also follow each other Good taste all around?

@adinwalls

9 ай бұрын

@@Bendilin can you feel the love?

@adinwalls

9 ай бұрын

Also, TechDweeb I am glad my review is solid... imagine if it was all soft and runny...?

Have you done a video on how to add games to this? Where to get Roms and how to add them? I'm struggling with this

@waltlock8805

5 ай бұрын

KZread TOS

Been looking for a handheld that could play PS2/GC games, and this has caught my eye. Thanks for this.

@adinwalls

9 ай бұрын

It doesn’t play all the PS2/GC games but it plays a fair amount.

Thanks for this video Adin. I have this device and I enjoyed watching. Could you show how to use the "rewind" function? I don't need to fast forward every time I mess up. 😮

@adinwalls

9 ай бұрын

In RetroArch you just need to see how it’s mapped but not all emulators have rewind.

@v31003

9 ай бұрын

@@adinwalls So cool that you were able to reply back. I just want to be able to rewind NES or Game Boy. They are brutal sometimes. Gonna have to look into it. Thank you.

Great review! I also have the RG405V....and i cant get much to work in the way of PS2. WHat emulator are you using and are you tweaking a ton of settings??? I cant seem to get SSX Tricky or GTA Vice City to play without studdering non-stop. Unplayable really. Any tips or help there??? Really appreciate it.

@adinwalls

9 ай бұрын

Hey I am using AetherSX2. EE cycle rate. Max overclock (3). And resolution at 1x - I do think I mention it in the video but you can get the latest version from the AetherSX2 discord.

My screen got a bad spot and they don't sell a replacement as far as I can see. Any suggestions?

Does your save games actually save and can you do it from inside the game instead of slot saves

@adinwalls

5 ай бұрын

Yup, depending on the emulator

There seems to be something going on at the end of the video where it goes t a black screen for a while.

@adinwalls

9 ай бұрын

Oh dear. Thanks for the tip

I see terrible things on forums about ambernic long term button durability, do you find this to be the case or have you not had these issues?

@adinwalls

9 ай бұрын

My first device the RG350M got a lot of use and apart from the buttons squeaking there was not apparent wear of the membranes.

Can I ask how you find racing games with shoulder buttons like these? Are they just binary? I like the look and size of this one

@adinwalls

9 ай бұрын

The shoulder buttons are just binary as you say. Racing games are nice on this device though. However I do think a horizontal device is ideal for racing games.

@mr-iz8cx

9 ай бұрын

​@adinwalls thanks very much for writing back. Good to know

can it connects on multiplayer battle?

I have rather big hands ( I am 6 foot 3 inches tall) i wanna get one of these devices but wanna get one that would fit my big hands well. Suggestions?

@adinwalls

7 ай бұрын

Hey man. Honestly in terms of buttons one of the original hardware devices like the PS Vita might be for you. In terms of new devices, the Powkiddy X55 isn’t as powerful but is nice for big hands. But that’s kind of it. Powkiddy’s X28 is a big device but the buttons as small.

Will the Android version of Launch box work on this?

I had to do factory reset because at first all ps2 audio was extremely choppy

Dude, I want to ask you, is the device still good and also do you regret buying it? The other issue is, can I download external emulators to download some games that are not available on the same device?

@adinwalls

9 ай бұрын

Hey this is a new device so ya it’s still good! I don’t regret it at all, it’s a solid console. You can download any Android friendly emulators.

Which card are you using 128gb or 256gb and does has kingdom hearts 2?

18:30 to get it not in Fullscreen you have to go into graphic options, tap Display editor and uncheck adapt to display. 😊

Love the color, I have the trans purple, but I have the grey on the way. Someone that is finally honest about the setting upo of the RP2, Thank You 🔥🔥 I love this design and feel 🔥🔥🥰 Thanks for an awesone share, I'm still watching🔥🔥🔥👌🏾

@adinwalls

9 ай бұрын

Hey man nice to see you again! Thanks for watching

Does it run Urban Reign Ps2 properly?

Does the device come with all those games or do you have to go and find them?

@adinwalls

2 ай бұрын

It comes with some but these are my ROMs

I really like its big 5500mAh battery, seems to be the biggest of all the retro handhelds, nice one Anbernic!

@adinwalls

7 ай бұрын

Yup 😊

18:30 Iirc there's a setting for stretching the screen other than going Fullscreen

@adinwalls

9 ай бұрын

I don’t think so

@ShinKoitiJP

9 ай бұрын

@@adinwalls try "Graphics > Display Layout & Effects > Stretch checkbox" Albeit I'm using a different device (Android phone), it does the trick switching back and forth from 16:9 to 20:9 aspect ratios. "Fullscreen" checkbox does nothing on my device as well.

Can it play - Star Ocean: Till The End of Time - smoothly?

@adinwalls

8 ай бұрын

I haven’t tested it but it’s very similar to the Role Player games I tested in the video. I am sure it will work okay. But maybe look for one of those videos where guys test loads of games.

Which card are you using 128gb or 256gb and does has kingdom hearts 2? and I already know it has kingdom hearts 1 which I saw a video.

Does the touch screen work for 3ds/ds input for games that require it?

@adinwalls

5 ай бұрын

Yes

@waltlock8805

5 ай бұрын

@@adinwalls Thank you. I've seen a few reviews showing 3DS games, but no one shows touch screen used in game.

Could you share the graphical settings you used to test the ps2 games? So many different options to toggle it is overwhelming lol. Open GL or Vulkan? 1x? 2x? I know each game will vary. Hoping to be pointed in the right direction.

@adinwalls

8 ай бұрын

Hey there. As a rule of thumb I use Vulkan. You can change 1x 2x etc per game depending on performance. I generally leave EE cycle rate to 50% and I set the max under/overclock to 3

Hey mate love the video, I have the RG405v and have been putting PlayStation games on it without any issue. I’ve tried putting God of War on it but when extracting the file onto the SD card I keep getting an error “errno=27 file too large” I’m just wondering if you’ve run into this and if there is a fix for it. I’ve seen that it may be the SD card format issue but I am unsure and don’t want to reformat the card and lose all the data. Thank you

@borgy181

8 ай бұрын

Side note the game still runs after this error but I imagine it’ll eventually crash

@adinwalls

8 ай бұрын

Hey is that PS2 god of war? I am playing that right now with no issue. What format is your rom?

@borgy181

8 ай бұрын

@@adinwalls yes PS2 sorry. It’s FAT32 it’s happened to a couple of larger games they’ve copied exactly 4.29gb and then given an error, Bully, God of War and 50 Cent Bulletproof

@adinwalls

8 ай бұрын

Hey there no I mean what’s the file extension of your ROM is it a normal .iso file. Also what emulator are you using.

@borgy181

8 ай бұрын

@@adinwalls yeah man it’s ISO and I’m using Aethersx2 haven’t changed anything the RG405v came with

Can I destroy the software if I play PS2 games that too slow and anbernic will go it maximum ? Or will it be only, like you said, slower ?

@adinwalls

8 ай бұрын

It will just be slower. Software can handle it.

I scroll down and read our beloved friend comment on this review.. i saw ur reply with full of love buddy.. keep it up man.. ❤

@adinwalls

9 ай бұрын

Hey man. Thanks. Not sure exactly who the beloved friend is because KZread has a few of those roaming around but yes I try to keep it kind

i was thinking this thing would be used best with a grip

does the god of war games come included on the device?

@adinwalls

4 ай бұрын

Not sure but you can add it

Thanks Adin for the video. By the way, which one will you recommend, RP2S or RG405V?

@adinwalls

8 ай бұрын

There are so many variables going into that: performance, form factor, screen size. You need to decide which versions of those things you want

@epipongi

8 ай бұрын

@@adinwalls put aside other factors and only one factor that is important which is “value for money”. Which one will you recommend?

@adinwalls

8 ай бұрын

@epipongi check GoGameGeek for pricing, there’s a link in my description.

I played Prince of Persia sands of time on mine also Resident Evil 4 Plays well though it runs smoother on GameCube I think you need to tweak settings a little more to get those to run

@adinwalls

9 ай бұрын

Thanks man. Yes. I just did a stock “as it arrives” test.

I really enjoyed this video. That said, it goes a bit art house in the last few minutes and I don't think it was entirely intentional?

@adinwalls

9 ай бұрын

Haha, I am fixing it! But thanks for watching!

Wow, it took me long to find your channel.

@adinwalls

8 ай бұрын

Welcome… 🤗

@ennohex

8 ай бұрын

@@adinwalls Thanks. You have an earnest way of discussing and reviewing. It is very rare in this KZread ecosystem, I like it.

@adinwalls

8 ай бұрын

@ennohex thank you I appreciate that so much!

Is this able to play def jam fight for ny? That's the bar I'm setting. Soon as I find a handheld that plays it, I'm in!

@harryvdknokke3540

8 ай бұрын

I played def jam vendettah and defjam fight for new york on ps2 emulator on steamdeck both run smooth as butter ! Maby thats the handheld for you!

5:41 - There's really only one reason I could look past this flaw of Anbernic's. If someone intends to keep the device offline, having those preinstalled is actually really convenient. This practice of theirs is reason enough to want to keep the device offline, in my opinion. But you're right-- people should be paying for those if they haven't already. Those devs make this retro hobby worthwhile. Anyhow I'm a little rusty on modern Android. About 10 years ago backing up purchased APKs wasn't too difficult for us tech heads, but having revisited Android via RP3+, the only way I can find is logging into the Play store with Aurora Store and setting it to not delete the .apk after installation. Yet another case of "do you trust the third party handling your data?"

@adinwalls

9 ай бұрын

Ah I don’t worry about all that. I just use play store and download the other apps directly from GitHub etc.

It's definitely not the most visually appealing in my opinion. However, it does look very comfortable! Great video!

@adinwalls

9 ай бұрын

Hey man, ya it's a chonker but that's it's charm

Could you test pac man world 2? Nobody has, and i really want to know.

Please make a video of the performance after installation of garlic OS

@adinwalls

7 ай бұрын

Good idea

Got my Powkiddy x55. Gonna wait for the Odin 2 to be out for awhile and tested. The T618 chipset is just not good enough for GC/PS2 imo. Too many good games run slow or dont run at all and no upscaling. Odin 2 will do that.

@adinwalls

9 ай бұрын

Oh ya Odin 2 is the king.

@jonathonearl482

9 ай бұрын

That's awesome!

man I have to visit you at some point to get me setup with a handheld as well :D

@adinwalls

9 ай бұрын

Sounds like a plan. We will waste a few hours and a beer

Still rocking my rg353v

@adinwalls

9 ай бұрын

Nothing wrong with that! I want to put Pico8 on mine

This video is pushing me one step closer to pulling the trigger on this device

@adinwalls

9 ай бұрын

Do it… do it now 😂

@IS414H

9 ай бұрын

@@adinwalls oh jeez here we go back down the rabbit hole 🤣

What TheFox did was leave the system playing Crash Bandicoot on PS1 - screen 50% no wifi ,and he left the game just run using a rubber band on the analogs and the video shows it getting 17h and 12min or so.

@adinwalls

9 ай бұрын

Aha. Thanks for that.

Can we put simcard on this?

@adinwalls

8 ай бұрын

No 😊

Good video and channel bro.

@adinwalls

6 ай бұрын

Thank you!

Haha, I absolutely love the design. I just wish it was able to run GC and PS2 well enough. Unfortunately most of their libraries aren't really enjoyable. I love my RG405V but I think its gonna be returned in favor of an odyn 2. It just doesn't compare at all power wise. I love the vertical form though...

@adinwalls

7 ай бұрын

Oh yes an Odin 2 is considerably more powerful.

There must have been loadshedding at the end of the video.

We are finally there. Just ordered for $116 at aliexpress.

@adinwalls

Ай бұрын

Congrats. Enjoy it.

Does this console have mario, yoshi gba?

@adinwalls

9 ай бұрын

You can put those games on, yes

I always knew your English was too good to be a non native speaker but always thought your accent had a German twang. Mystery solved Iol. Love your videos!

@adinwalls

29 күн бұрын

Hehe. Thanks for watching

is it really not for outside use

@adinwalls

9 ай бұрын

Hey the screen will be fine outdoors.

00:28 i dont know what you mean when you say comparing it to the retro pocket 2s then you said it again Retro pocket 2s

@adinwalls

9 ай бұрын

Not sure what you mean - I was just saying the RP2S is better looking.

I just feel like the d-pad and face buttons should be a little larger, maybe even SNES controller sized, it would help with how ugly the device looks overall even if it's ergonomic as heck.

@adinwalls

9 ай бұрын

Agreed

I feel like this is the console right before the upgrade version you actually wanted 😂

@adinwalls

9 ай бұрын

haha

Im going after the Retroid pocket 4 pro next week.😂😂😂😂😂

I actually really like the wooden lookin one!

@adinwalls

Ай бұрын

It grew on me too

i wish there were more shell options for the vertical series all 3 options look kinda ugly

@adinwalls

9 ай бұрын

it's not the colours that are the problem haha

@user-lg5xu6id5j

9 ай бұрын

@@adinwalls i know im just saying it makes it harder to pick one for me

Which handheld is better rg405v or rg405m?

@adinwalls

9 ай бұрын

The 405M is just more expensive. I would also argue that despite the plastic shell that the V is actually a bit better built. But identical in performance.

@naber-1984

9 ай бұрын

@@adinwalls thanks;)

I understand everything that you are saying. I just got my Anbernic rg405v. See through purple GameCube vibes. 512 gig SD card. Playstation 2 and GameCube emulator. Retroid pocket 3 plus is better.love your video. California.. united States of America

@adinwalls

4 ай бұрын

Hey man. Ya the Retroid is better but you’ll get a lot of joy out of the rg405v 😊

Subscribed

@adinwalls

8 ай бұрын

Yeeha! 🙏

I bought one of these retro handheld emulation devices a while back. It was a Powkiddy rk2023. Could not emulate DS games period. Which was the whole reason I got it. They advertise that it can and then they install DS emulators and it can't actually play any games. Just goes to a white screen and you can move a tiny black dot around with the right analog stick. You can't even get back to the menu from there. You have to shut the device completely down and restart. Lol. It's absolute garbage. Very rattley buttons too. It's fine for anything up to PS1. Couldn't get DS, PS2, Dreamcast and many others to work properly on it. I ended up just buying an actual DSi and have been using that since. Emulation is pretty cool but the games are always more fun and more enjoyable on the original hardware. That rk2023 has so many issues. Would take a while to list them all. Anyway, my point is I wouldn't buy another device like that. Honestly, my phone can do anything those handhelds can do and I have a nice little controller that's easy to take around. I tried one out and discovered that it's really just a waste of money.

In what way the Gamecube performance is good? It looked terrible in the video.

@adinwalls

7 ай бұрын

Okay let’s downgrade my classification to “fair”?

@Imgema

7 ай бұрын

Sure but the thing is, emulation needs to be at 100% speed to be usable. If you don't have that you get both native and emulation related slowdowns. You also get audio stuttering, normally, but i don't know how this device handles that. This is not a device that can handle PS2/GC/Wii emulation.

2:51 AMOGUS

Test Ring of Red PS2 and let me know if it works.

@adinwalls

8 ай бұрын

There are quite a lot of game tests on the T618 chipset. You should be able to search for it on KZread.

san andreas looked like it was literally freezing tho??

The 405v or Retroid flip

@adinwalls

9 ай бұрын

That’s the big question isn’t it! Haha

@TheBoneFather

9 ай бұрын

@@adinwalls yah it is really

@adinwalls

9 ай бұрын

@TheBoneFather you can check out my Flip review if you haven’t already. bit.ly/3RTsFIE In terms of aesthetic, the Flip is great. Also controls are really nice on it. The Anbernic isn’t as good looking but comfy, but you’re also dealing with a vertical device. In the end get the one that gives you joy 😊

I am writing this comment on an ambernic rg405v

@adinwalls

7 ай бұрын

The internet will implode…

@LetokethGaming

3 ай бұрын

Just ordered one

Gta san andreas getting 5 fps literally... Proceeds to label as "plays quite well"

i mean this console is good . but tbh for me to convince buy this thing is to improve the ppsspp . its so laggy bro . i have friends wants this but every version of it always the same when it comes to ppsspp so laggy

@adinwalls

5 ай бұрын

Hey man PSP isn’t laggy on the Rg405v

@14:58 omg

@Bendilin

9 ай бұрын

"he just hangs out in there inside of your device, pay him no mind"

@adinwalls

9 ай бұрын

Haha. Ya just mind the pedofile

Obviously, the best game of all times... except for.... other games :D :D

@adinwalls

3 ай бұрын

Haha yup

Thumbnail title of "Pocket PS2" is an over statement. Almost to the point of click bait unless you put a question mark at the end. ie "Pocket PS2?"

@adinwalls

5 ай бұрын

Ya man it’s almost like this KZreadr is trying to get views or something!

Anbernic has a bad habit of making beautiful consoles with bad screens, apart from consoles with OLED screens.

@adinwalls

9 ай бұрын

Well the 405 series weren’t so much bad screens as they were ruined by choices made in developing Android for them. But ya, the OLED is great on the RG505 is great but it could have looked better in my opinion.

complaining about anbernic pirating the emulators is kind of weird when these things are practically piracy machines XD ehm, I mean of course I own all the games I emulate. I just loaned them all out to a friend....

don't agreed with the "very ugly", I liked

@adinwalls

22 күн бұрын

Ya man everyone is different.

"It's a retro game about a retro game on a retro game handheld" 🤣

@adinwalls

7 ай бұрын

And the universe never imploded?!

If you want to play PS2 portable, its better to take a android flagship and a good controller 👍

Is good console. ❤

RETROCEPTION

why would someone with an android flagship buy this?

@adinwalls

8 ай бұрын

That’s kind of like asking why would a person with a Ferrari F50 also buy an SUV. They’re the same but do different things for different situations. Some people don’t want to use their phone for gaming and want the controls built into the device.

Quit lying that wooden one is horrendous

@adinwalls

5 ай бұрын

Haha, funny enough it was the one I got most interest for when I sold a bunch of devices last year.

Hope it is true... Bc ps2 have alot of better game

Why would anyone play ps2 gta san andreas on this when the android app of the game would run way better

@adinwalls

8 ай бұрын

To test it?! 🤕

@JeffreyDahmersVictim-nh1mo

8 ай бұрын

@@adinwalls well if thats your reason. Theres alot of ps2 games and i wouldnt bother with testing. Id run what i want to play only

@adinwalls

8 ай бұрын

Okay

lol 15 fps in ps2 games what a thrash

It’s a shame this thing is so ugly. Hopefully they can fit this chip into the RG353VS body at some point down the line.

The device looks very ugly, I prefer their older smaller model with the analogs. But this seems strong enough.

Please configure the emulator… the games will run better than this video

@adinwalls

8 ай бұрын

Hey there. The emulator was set to max efficiency in this video. Is there something I am missing to improve performance?

Ps2 runs like shite.

Can you play Android games with this real buttons without some third party mapping software?

@adinwalls

9 ай бұрын

Yes. But only games that have controller support, otherwise you need to use button mapping apps