Imagine if one day we can get the Sims and its expansions on one of these things.

Love your commentary on "these shoulder buttons are too clicky" vs "omg i have the power to play these games in my pocket". Great video overall!

You definitely cover vital information of how to install software such as ports and that's important to me and everyone who is watching this. Just wish more were informative as you. I'm subbed!

thanks so much for putting this video together. I loved playing DOS games back in the day and now can play them again.

Hey Dude! Here is a "dad from germany". I really apreciate this video. I 100% agree to what you've said: that this stuff blows the mind. Same goes for me. I'm playing currently on my Odin Pro. I LOVE to play these old DOS games, which made my childhood back then (I'm 43 now), as well. If anyone would have told my younger me, that I'm going to play all these fine games on a mobile device, I wouldnt believe him. Thats absolutely amazing - as you said. I'm grateful for all these fine tech today which makes it possible. I finished a complete playtrough of Dune 2 (Westwood) and Monkey Island 2 (LucasArts) a few weeks ago. I'm currently playing Heroes of Might and Magic 1 on the Odin and getting desperate on the final level of the first campaign. These are fine days we live in!

@TechDweeb

Жыл бұрын

Oh man Dune 2 was such a good game! I should have shown that one in this vid. And I'm so with ya. It's a fantastic time we're living in. In many ways It's even better than the future I could have imagined. Yeah, we don't have flying cars or anything, but every old PC game I could ever want in my pocket!? That's even better than flying cars!

@MegaChatzi

4 ай бұрын

As a 42 year old, I concur. Can't wait to play my old Apogee games!

thanks for making this guide! Been wanting to run some SCUMM games but after the headache of trying to get it to work on PSP, I was hesitant to try. Glad to see that it's so easy!

Used to love playing Duke Nukem in multiplayer mode over a dialup modem with my mate, it was an awesome time, whether you play COOP or not…

@TechDweeb

Жыл бұрын

Haha yeah. It always starts as COOP...

@gimubatulo

Жыл бұрын

@@TechDweeb DAMN!

@vladimirkolosov8836

Жыл бұрын

this is the last game I played with my dad. via IPX (does anyone remember this protocol, lol?)

@carsonplays6834

10 ай бұрын

First dialup multiplayer I played was Modem Wars on the Commodore 64 around 1989. I'm old.

@magyaradam

8 ай бұрын

Hi does this come with m s dos games built in?

I love going back and looking at some of your previous content, because it just brings back such good memories. One thing for sure that I believe is the case for many of us gaming geeks and dweebs is that we spent A LOT of cash on those retro games. I remember playing Terminal Velocity and deciding that playing it with a mouse just wasn't enough. I ended up buying one of those Microsoft 360 flight controllers that made games like Terminal Velocity and Descent so much fun, well worth it. My friends who weren't into tech or gaming thought I was nuts, but I didn't care, I was having a great time. Another game that I loved playing that was a DOS game was called Crusader No Remorse. It had a very interesting point of view, and was really fun to play. I am going to have to see if I can still locate it to play again.

lol, the minute I saw your Scumm guide, I thought of Humongous Games and made a personal note to add them when I can. So I'm glad to see someone else appreciate them. They were *not* educational, but we loved them as kids.

@TechDweeb

7 ай бұрын

Definitely! Putt putt is legendary in my past!

Im still practically a baby or not being born yet when it comes to DOS games but I have played my share with Fallout and Fallout 2, being a fan of their franchise I think I'll finally get into playing Doom and Duke Nukem when I got my miyoo mini plus! Thanks for making this

Brilliant video!! And very detailed!! I used to play sometimes on my parents Windows 95 computer. I vaguely remember DOS. I do remember I was banned from the machine that ran DOS as I once typed random keys and caused havoc. I wish my parents had more patience and taught me stuff. Ironically, knowing about DOS can help you get to navigate a non GUI interface. Linux Terminal would have been an easy transition coming from DOS.

@TechDweeb

Жыл бұрын

Haha I definitely did my share of breaking things by mashing the keyboard for fun :P

I love old PC games. I grew up with a Commodore 64, then got an Amiga 500 many years later. Eventually I got a PC, and we didn't have internet. We had what they called BBS. I would get on there and ask if anyone wanted to play multiplayer Doom, Quake, or Duke Nukem 3D. I'd call them or they'd call me, and I'd be up to like 4 or 5 in the morning battling it out with others. So much fun, especially with mods for those games. I'll never forget the experience I had when I played Descent for the first time too. It felt like I was on a rollercoaster the way you had the freedom to twist and turn and go wherever you wanted. I guess my top 10 PC games would be: Doom, Doom 2, Quake, Duke Nukem 3D, Rise of the Triad, Command and Conquer: Red Alert, Wolfenstein 3D, Descent, Diablo, and Half-Life. What would yours be?

@TechDweeb

Жыл бұрын

I was subscribed to a BBS too! It was a Toronto based BBS called Magic BBS. I mainly used it to look at pictures of The Simpsons to print at my buddy's place because he had a laser printer. I just needed lots of printouts of Simpsons characters for some reason? I like your list. Very many overlaps with mine ;)

@ernst624

6 ай бұрын

Yep 😂 our "teen phone line" was for the 128baud modem to run a BBS with file share.... C64/Amiga User group meetings in the conference room at RGJ in Reno, NV 😂😂😂

This is a very helpful video, any chance you can do a more up to date video for the latest version of onion as the ports file layout has changed massively, tia.

Great, now I'm even more impatient to receive mine. Managed to get one from the restock on Wednesday finally. :)

I used to love playing the commander keen series on dos wen I was a teenager

@TechDweeb

Жыл бұрын

Same!

Microsoft Decathlon was the first DOS game I played on my Dad’s computer. I also enjoyed King’s Quest and Digger. I really enjoy your Channel. Just purchased the Miyoo Mini Plus with onion as well as the Anbernic RG405V that you recommend. Looking forward to playing some games of my childhood (DOS, Intellivision, NES, Gameboy, SEGA Genesis, PlayStation 1, SEGA DreamCast). Subscribed to your channel. Having fun going through your past videos. -Matt

That story of what you went through to play Doom gave me anxiety. I remember my Dad spending forever on our home computer to get Mech Warrior 2 to play. It was also worth it in my opinion.

Now this was pretty cool, started loading up some of the scummvm games like space quest and full throttle to remember my youth.

It does kind of blow my mind that I can play Quake on this tiny handheld... and it looks and plays great! Younger me from the 90's would have lost his mind!

@TechDweeb

Жыл бұрын

Same!

This video made me want to experiment with my favorite DOS strategy/RPG games from the 90s. I don't think I can play the action games or timing sensitive games (RTS games) but turn-based games or wargames or RPGs are perfect possibilities. Here are some games I wonder if I could get running: *Castles 2 Siege and Conquest *Heroes of Might and Magic 1 and 2 (I see this works in the video) *Jagged Alliance *Master of Magic *Master of Orion 1+2 *Civilization *Colonization *Panzer General 1 *Scorched Earth (fun multiplayer hot seat gaming) *Fantasy General *Worms *Centurion Defender of Rome *X-COM *L'Empereur, Liberty or Death, Romance of the 3 Kingdoms, etc (KOEI made some complicated strategy games I never understood as a kid but liked to experiment with them) *Buzz Aldrin's Race Into Space *Fallout 1 Would the Miyoo Mini be powerful enough? The screen seems to have good enough resolution but small text may be an issue I guess.

@TechDweeb

Жыл бұрын

HOMM, no problem Turn based strategy games, no problem. Anything with very fine mouse controls or fast paced accurate clicking will probably give you problems. I'm not familiar with all the games on your list (although many are near and dear to my heart), but the Mini is powerful enough to play a lot. And the screen is VERY crisp. If your eyesight is good enough, you'll be fine. I was playing HOMM and could read all the small stuff no prob.

I was looking for a way to run classic DOS games on the SBCGaming subreddit and look who I found! Great to stumble upon your content again. I wish there was a similar tutorial for the RG35XX! By the way, I followed everything, but I still don't know how to start the ScummVM games!

@TechDweeb

Жыл бұрын

I have a RG35XX on the way! Yeah those freaking scumm games are such a pain to get running. LMK if there's something I didn't explain or whatever, happy to help you out. If you follow the steps you SHOULD see them in the games list (make sure you refresh the games list just like you have to do whenever you add new roms).

@travisk914

Жыл бұрын

@@TechDweeb looking forward to the video on how to place them on RG353 etc... I cannot get the scumm roms working on mine even despite this excellent video...maybe has to do with my using a mac for set up...

@travisk914

Жыл бұрын

actually looking forward to any of your videos related to the RG's...!

I can't wait. Mine is coming in later today.

@TechDweeb

Жыл бұрын

Lucky!

Can’t wait to play commander keen on my Miyoo. It arrives next week!

@TechDweeb

Жыл бұрын

Niiiice!

Day of tentacle and Sam/max were pretty good point and click games for their time. The animation looks great

@Xyklonikus

Жыл бұрын

"For their time"? Can you mention a more recent point n click adventure, better than any of those? :)

@tomclarkeUK

Жыл бұрын

Thimbleweed Park is pretty good 😉

@Xyklonikus

Жыл бұрын

@@tomclarkeUK Ohhh that does look good. It's also made by Ron Gilbert

Thank you. Will install more dos games on my devices. I remember playing kings quest, space quest, qubert.... Some marble game, test drive... The dos game I played most however, is by far "blockout 3d" a great tetris like game Greetings from Switzerland

@TechDweeb which homm2, diablo and warcraft installs did you use? I have tried both gog and abandonware downloads but they do not seem to work on my rg280v (which kinda uses the same RetroArch and DosBox). Or am I mistaken and there are some pitfalls for that device? Did you manage to get them running there just like on your miyoo mini? Maybe another video with a more detailed guide for dos+rg280v? Thanks in advance. P.S. This guide is awesome.

Great video one of my loved ones was Dune II, Death Rally and speed racer i just recently tried speed Racer and it works just great

@TechDweeb

Жыл бұрын

Oh Dune 2 was amazing!

Hello there! Duke Nukem 3D was a magical subversive game when I was a kid and I loved it

Heyyy Tech Dweeb! Great guide and video as always man. I can't wait to get my brand new Miyoo Mini running my childhood DOS favorites - Tyrian, Jazz Jackrabbit, Doom, Descent and Wacky Wheels. I was surprised to see anyone else knew about Terminal Velocity! DOS games are truly fantastic, and my daughter even loves Putt Putt. I haven't been able to get Elder Scrolls Arena working (something about a MSCDEX driver) from GOG version, but other GOG games worked perfect. Any tips? I also played Duke Nukem 3D but don't tell my Mom

@TechDweeb

Жыл бұрын

I just tried it and it worked (using a version I found online). The performance was very slow once you got into the 3D portion of the game, but it did work perfectly up until then, and there might be some settings you can tweak in the performance section to get it running better.

@salitz91

Жыл бұрын

@@TechDweeb Thanks! I'll try a different version then and see if it works, and fiddle with settings for performance. Never actually played Arena or Daggerfall, so figured why not?

Hey TD! Just curious if you still keep any old hardware for DOS/Windows games? I don't go crazy myself, just a socket 7, slot 1, and socket 478 system that I pull out from time to time. And thanks for the how to on the Mini!

@TechDweeb

Жыл бұрын

Nope. I don't have any of my old PC stuff. Which really bums me out, I wish I kept everything. I definitely want to get my hands on an old machine to tinker with.

This was super helpful thank you, as simple as I'd hoped it be, quick question I am confused as I have a folder that says BIOS (in between APP and EMU) but i've read to put BIOS files in the system part of retroarch, so there's two bios folders? Do i need to copy the files from retroarch to the other one?

Banana and the handmade cat made my day😂😂

Boy do you wish you had this mini back in the day when we got our original monochrome Gameboy? We really would have been playing with portable power!

This video helped a lot. Thanks. But how do you add multi disk Amiga games to the Miyoo Mini?

Might need to update the tutorial for ScummVM witht he current Onion OS on the Miyoo Mini Plus. I added Beneath a Steel Sky and nothing else, followed all instructions, fired it up and it asks to "import games" then gives me 4 options. I choose and option and it for some odd reason loads up over 30 titles that are not on my SD card. Ignoring that I try to fire up Beneath a Steel Sky and get "Error: Could not opensky.dnr!" Kinda lost as to what to do.

Can we do the same with the RG35XX?? Have you tried Shadow Warriors and Death Rally?

Looks like the age old dream of HeXen and Blood being played on the go is finally coming true.

Hey there not sure if this has been asked im getting one for Christmas i love retro games does it have Heretic on it? ocean explorers and Donkey Kong 64, Neverwood, Monkey Island, Commander Keen and Treehouse ? Thanks just wondering most of these are old DOS PC games!!! Thanks so much!!

Now this looks awesome! Do you know if this will work on the Anberic RG35XX? I know Garlic OS is based on Onion OS. I don't have my unit in yet to try.

@TechDweeb

Жыл бұрын

To some extent. I haven't had the same luck with DOS on GarlicOS, I had a few issues, but I haven't tried it since the latest updates so they might be fixed. In theory it should work basically the same though.

I didnt grow up playing dosbox games but my school did use dosbox for running programs till 2008

Fond memories of playing the Monkey Island Games, Links, and Facetris (or was it Faces?). Still trying to figure out how to get the controls working on Facetris on the Mini.

I just got a Miyoo Mini and I absolutely have to try these too. Have already added Pico-8, trying to add DS. The only thing is my Ports does not list all of that shown here, so I dunno yet what's up with that.

28.8 you where living large! I loved my 14.4!

Can we connect mouse for port games ?if yes how ? ..many thanks

Great video

I probably played a ton of dos games, most of which came from a demo disc with my PC. But the first dos game I purchased was dark forces for my win95 pc. I saw star wars and was sold. Not neccesarily an unknown game but still cool. Duke, and eapecially quake became staples. Quake in partitcular because of Mplayer. I found Mplayer to be better than just using the QW server browser because it had more social features. My expectations with the miyoo was to enjoy my snes collection, its tiny and comfortable for my hands. I do wish it had saturn emulation, I'd love to play sakura wars on it, but I cant complain, I knew what I was getting and glad I did. 😊

Me an 8 or 9 year old living in puerto rico always loved playing the first 20 or so minutes of duke nukem 64 on repeat. I would always get stuck at the movie theater section and not know what to do because I didn’t understand english. The miyuu mini plus has given me the oportunity to play ps1 games like metal gear solid, FFVII, and now some dos games in duke nukem and doom

@TechDweeb

Жыл бұрын

That's awesome! Going back and conquering the games that defeated us as kids is a great feeling 😎

I've been trying to optimize streets of rage remake. I get it to run but don't know how to set up the buttons or change the file so it shows up in ports or English.

Also can u still do cheat codes in the DOS games or will they be different? I also wondering if they have any old harry potter and simpsons games?

Heroes of Might and Magic II on a handheld. A thing of beauty. 💖

Thampnk you a lot for this life hack with that so switching to onion

Like, when it opens a ziped game...it will save the progression ? like, i want tp play simcity 2000....and save my city....it will save inside the zip ?? or i need to unzip the game ?

I added Fallout a while ago, but I haven’t finished optimizing the controls 😅

Im really new to the whole retro scene, ive had my eye on the Miyoo Mini Plus a while and eventually pulled the plug the other day. Im assuming that considering this and the Mini are essentially one of the same, would all this still apply? Would love to play Quake and (I believe this was a DOS game) Outlaw, which was like the first western/cowboy game i ever played, man the nostalgia would hit so hard if i could. Im already excited to play Alex Kidd and Action Fighter on the Mastersystem. Great video TechDweeb!

@TechDweeb

11 ай бұрын

Yep. And you know us has changed a little bit but the fundamentals are the same. Good luck!

@karlsmith8113

11 ай бұрын

@@TechDweeb Excellent! Thank you

@j.p.9522

11 ай бұрын

Miyoo Mini Plus is more ergonomic, get it!! Pull that plug!

I love nonsense! I demand more of it!

@TechDweeb

Жыл бұрын

Yes sir!

How about the dos games that need to be installed? like tyran 2000 & epic pinball?

i cant wait to try and play warcraft orcs vs humans and warcraft 2 on this thing, my fav games of all time. Did i miss where you found that? my miyoo is shipping to my house right now :D

How do I bind the "enter" key on a keyboard for a Bluetooth controller on Android??

Or a port for fallout and fallout 2, will you please a guide to do this on android or just the retroid pocket

When I play Heroes of Might And Magic 2 on Miyoo Mini, I get stuttering when moving the map (also when my hero moves, because the map is moving along). Did you fid a way fix this?

@TechDweeb I upgraded to Onion V4.1 and now my Ports folder does not show any games although they are on the sd, any idea?

Ok... what setting in dos retroarch you have in controls? In Heroes 2

Can we get an update of this process for the motor mini plus please!

When I created the text document and tried to change it to .scummvm, the file extension didn't change the document and it still showed as a text document. Any idea why that might be?

I managed to run Broken Sword on this. this thing is great

Neat how did the dark forces games run?

just wondering if this is possible to run heroes 3 - that would be great.

wow, i finally got homm 1 and homm2 to run. thnx techdweeb! but can you also teach me how to map the mouse control to the dpad? i tried a few times. but i still cant move the cursor..

@SocialMedia-en6ff

Жыл бұрын

i finally have movement , figured it out. But performance is not great. you have any nerdy tips to make homm2 flawless?

I really want to play captain claw on my miyoo plus . Do you think that is possible?

PUTT PUTT GOES SO HARD. great video dude.

How do i install scummvm on the console in first place? Running garlic os

Can you please suggest ScummVM games. I have the Anbernic RG 351P. I only know 1 game which is Broken Sword.

whenever i try playing the port version of wolfenstein 3d for a few different retro handhelds, using firmware like amberelec, onion, it always crashes when i shoot. would you happen to know how to fix this?

@TechDweeb

Жыл бұрын

That's strange. I've tried it on several handhelds and it always works fine. I'm thinking it's likely the version you're using. Try some different versions of the wolf3d files. I can't remember exactly which ones I have, sorry.

Are these things sold out everywhere? Can't find one store that has it in stock. Oh well, I guess I'll just stick to my rg280v for now

@TechDweeb

Жыл бұрын

Yeah they're sold out for now. Although I believe the 280v has dosbox and scummvm as well, no need to wait!

Hey Dude. Thx for super video!! Keep up the good work :) By any chance do you have your SD card for miyoo mini uploded somewhere were I can download it please :))?

@TechDweeb

Жыл бұрын

Interesting. I'll consider making my install nice and tidy and uploading it. It'll be over 100gb though... that'll take freaking DAYS to upload on my slow rural internet :.(

@MNarex

Жыл бұрын

@@TechDweeb Man I'm allso huge DOS games fanboy, been growing up in the 90s with Wolfenstein, Duke, Doom, Blood, Shadow Warrior, X-COM, Doom, Quke, Fallout, Syndicate, C&C... and seeing that you can play this games on this small device blow my mind :) If you could upload it it would be super awesome, would really appreciate it. ;) Also i really like your DIY ARCADE machine looking forward to build it someday in the future.

Hi, Thanks for the video. I love DOS games ❤️ Latest version of Onion OS has been installed yet but there's no "tweaks" in the apps menu. I feel dumb. Please help me 🙏

@TechDweeb

Жыл бұрын

You will need to go into the package manager, and enable tweaks from the apps section by pressing right on the d-pad and going down to tweaks and toggling it to on then press start to save the setting.

@milkyway6080

Жыл бұрын

@@TechDweebI can't find it in the package manager

I want some does games on my retroid pocket 🤤, even some Lucas arts games sound good. Under the handheld settings you have a virtual mouse which is freaking awesome.

Can you also do dos games on Anbernic systems like 351?

I remember when my mom worked two jobs and still couldn't afford a computer to play these, so we'd go head to the Virgin Mega Store in San Francisco and I'd play on the demo computers there, or secretly install them at our local library. For these reasons, I'm amazed and excited to as fuck to play all these! I'm currently downloading some roms for Sega CD, but I'm working my way through each system. My favorite thing so far was playing Nemo: Adventures In Slumberland and Dreammaster, which I haven't played since 1990. Now all of this stuff fits in my pocket along with this crazy smart phone. Long live our geek nostalgia for these wonderful gems! Thanks for the videos and tutorials. As someone who was a serious nerd as a kid, but am now a 40 year old 6'6 brick shithouse, I'd publicly flog anybody who tried to steal your lunch money. Cheers! ❤

@TechDweeb

Жыл бұрын

Niiice. Have fun with your trip down memory lane! Little Nemo Dreammaster was one of my favourites :)

@chenzenzo

Жыл бұрын

@@TechDweeb thanks man. You're tutorials and along with Retrobreeze'a have been invaluable. Last night I played Final Fantasy IV for the first time, and Ecco The Dolphin for the first time in 30 years. The last time I played Ecco, I was sitting on the couch, eating pizza from Gumbys in Berkeley California. It was 1989 and life was good.

@chenzenzo

Жыл бұрын

@@TechDweeb I'm gonna dive deep into quite a few titles. The ability to do it is utterly incredible to me.

How bout diablo 2 lod or fallout 1&2? Can I play those

Hey. Can you play nfs on this device (nfs from 90s)?

Is there any way to get the virtual keyboard working on SCUMMVM games? Eye of the Beholder seems to be working smoothly except you can't get past character creation without creating player names.

@jayweb107

2 ай бұрын

Did u figure this out yet? Im also trying to get this working… where is the virtual keyboard??

Does the Duke32 version on this device handle Ion Fury?

Another interesting video would be what pc ports hold up best for mobile gaming (or games from any platform for that matter). As much as I love quake and decent, they're not not really suited to the controller and form factor. Where as something like HOMAM is perfect for quick pick up and play sessions on the go.

You missed King’s Quest, Police Quest, Stunts, Sopwith, to name a few others!

How do X-Wing or Tie Fighter run?

Thanks! Duke Nukem, HOMM II, and WarCraft II in my pocket?! Yes, multi-player over dial-up (I just rememberd the AOL bill that next month). You're right -- nobody even mentions these in these retro reviews. Now I just have to decide small in my pocket like this one, medium Odyn 2 or large Steam Deck! At least we have choices!

How do u get the virtual keyboard working in scummv?

How change file extension ? On scummvm? Only txt file

What’s the game being played at 1:54? Thank you!

Does QUAKE and DOOM play at the maximum screen resolution? 640 x 480px?

How did you add the Quake?

How unlock mouse on miyoo mini plus?

Is there a possibility that more modern but light games like undertale can be added?

Im going to get a box of cpt crunch cerial after watching this now :)

@TechDweeb

Жыл бұрын

I'll reach out to them for an affiliate link

how can I run pac man adventures in time and donald duck quack attack pls? those pc games are not demanding at all

Oh the memories of playing SimCity on our HP 286. Wish I would have never gave that PC away to a Thrift Store after wiping it for my parents.

@TechDweeb

Жыл бұрын

Same man. All that old PC tech I could have kept and still had today. :.(

I hope you can help me out, i have a dos game that i want to play on miyoo mini. After it boots up it says failed to verify cd !. On pc dosbox i mount the image to mount D C -tcdrom. Then is just works. But how do i make it work on dosbox pure in miyoo mini ? Any help plsss. Basically i wnt to know how to play cd dos games on miyoo mini ?

@TechDweeb

Жыл бұрын

You can also type commands in dosbox on the Mini. I'd start there, try the same command you use on your PC in dosbox. You'll have to type it with the little onscreen keyboard but I don't see why it wouldn't work. What's the game, out of curiosity?

@romanriquelme3139

Жыл бұрын

@@TechDweeb Yes , thanks but what do i type in on miyoo mini ? If i type same thing as on pc it says it cant find it. And how to save that command so i dont have to type it again. Game is Shane warne cricket for dos.

great video! now if only i can get MechWarrior 2 to run.. the controls on that game are a lil bit more complicated ive heard but there really arent video on getting to work perfectly..

Can you play Ultima V on the mini?