I received mine a few months ago and havenāt been able to put it down since! Gorgeous device, abhorrent support and communication, lol.
If youāre a fellow Pocket Enjoyer, please, share what youāve been playing recently.
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I only have analogue pockets on my pants. I didnāt even know they made digital pockets.
I was thinking about getting one but then I saw Retroidās line of products. They run Android instead of using FPGAs so you can play regular Android games (including modern re-releases as well as Steamās Remote Play) but they dual-boot a stripped-down version of Android for running emulators with better performance.
Was hella fun playing MediEvil on the flight from the US to India and that was with the Retroid Pocket 2, they have a much larger model out now.
Iām part of the club! Although tbf I havenāt touched it much since getting it about a year ago (I just havenāt played that much retro stuff these days or most of it has been with my Super Nt).
One great addition I got recently was a 3D printed grip case, it made long play sessions sooo much more comfortable (obligatory ānot affiliatedā and Iām not the one making these, but I really like the quality which is why Iām linking it here).
As far as what Iāve been playing on it recentlyā¦ really just pick up and play, SoR 2 or Turtles in Time, but I completed Metroid Fusion (first time) a few months ago on the Pocket (thatās what made me get a grip case, it really wasnāt too great wrt shoulder buttons comfort).
I keep being tempted to pick one up but Iām not a huge fan of old handheld games. Even growing up I was always like āI wish these were more like the PC or console versions.ā My first system was a GBC so maybe a bit before my time. Happily playing PC games on a steam deck these days though. My childhood dream is real now! lol
But itās not just handheld games. My analogue pocket has the entire SNES, NES, Mega Drive and Pc Engine libraries, plus Amiga. Loads of MiSTer cores have been ported.
Playing SNES on the pocket is amazing. And itās better on the pocket than any other device Iāve ever used.
Those were all before my time, so I donāt really have any āfavoritesā I would want to play.
Before your time? Wait what
Fuck me, Iām getting old.
What is an āAnalogue pocketā for those of us ā¦ Out of the loop?
Itās an expensive high end GameBoy clone, basically. It uses some specialized hardware (FPGA) to run original GB cartridges and can also run other retro consoles pretty well. Itās a bit nicer than most other handheld emulator devices that are on the market right now, although itās limited in some other ways.
A Game Boy clone console that can play original Game Boy (Color/Advance) cartridges with a terrific screen and support for many more systemsā ROMs via OpenFPGA.
Ordered mine earlier this year and am eagerly awaiting it. It says itās supposed to come this year but I have my doubts lol
Just curious what the selling point was for those of you that have one? Most of my gaming is retro stuff on my rp2+ or rg35xx and I just donāt see the appeal the pocket has over the Retroid/Anbernic alternatives. Is the quality and ability to play actual carts that big of a selling point for the higher price and waiting?
To my knowledge, itās that the analogue devices are running the game in real hardware and not emulation, even if you run the files off a flash cart.
Thatās not worth it for many people, but if thereās some game that you can feel isnāt quite right on emulators, thereās a good chance the analogue can be the closest to the original experience. Itās definitely niche and priced accordingly.
Analogue consoles still are emulating the old game consoles, but they do so in a different way than a normal software emulator. This emulates the individual circuits of the device on a special chip called a FPGA. This has the advantage of supporting much lower input latency (say with real controllers) and video latency (down to the cycle for CRTs). This means your lightgun will work on a FPGA NES with connected CRT, along with making the system āfeelā better (due to the lower latency).
Yes itās fantastic. Iāve been playing some old school RPGs like chrono trigger, ff6, earthbound, and mother 3.
If you havenāt already you can run fpga cores for basically any console up to the snes/gba, then you can just load roms onto it. Check out this guide: https://retrogamecorps.com/2022/08/07/analogue-pocket-jailbreak-guide/
Yes indeed. I havenāt played it much lately, but I havenāt played much at all lately.
I love mine but really want the image filters in OpenFPGA cores so I can ditch lugging around carts.
What are your favorite games to play on it? :)
I still have and play games regularly on my original Game Boy but I got to try the Analogue Pocket at a friendās house, it was really nice!
Right now, I am really enjoying Mario & Luigi on GBA. This one somehow missed me, perhaps because I was expecting something closer to Paper Mario at the time.