This Emulates [Almost] Everything! - Retroid Pocket 4 Pro Deep Dive 

DEEP dive. *corrections PES 2013

This console is not perfect, but the possibility of being able to play the most beautiful 3DS, PS2, Gamecube and Wii games at any time and on a real portable console and at a cost of 200 dollars is fantastic for me.

Man the effort you put into these videos are unmatched. I love the way you explain things like you did with how they fixed the screen and the possible implications.

Dude I loved watching all the short game demos. So many of them where cool throw backs to fun games i played a long time ago.

Thank you for the in-depth coverage. I was definitely curious about how the older Odins might compare with the RP+.

You got a thumbs up! Thank you for showcasing the performances. Looks pretty promising.

Well done fella. Amazing work! Thank you so much for taking the time to do this.

So glad that you actually benchmark it on demanding parts of the game instead of just the intro. It is really appreciated thank you!

Thanks for including video chapters ❤

Big big thanks for your excellent videos, I am new to this and your videos are my Northern Star

The golden age of gaming....right in our hands. What a time....

appreciate the thorough video, am really fascinated by this device and have one ordered. am really surprised to see the 5fps frame dips on random games such as 3ds (lugi's mansion 25:38) despite the device handling harder games on more modern gen consoles without the dips.

Feel called out with the screen thing 😅 Touche, you explained your process and reasoning very well, I apologize if what I said offended you in any way. Great video, great explanations. Still highly looking forward to receiving my pre-order

That ps2 game list you tested.. I can't express how thankful I am. That's very comprehensive.

this is the best review I've seem about Retroid 4 Pro, so far. You showed a lot of game examples, it seems very understandable how good is this guy

Thanks man! Definitely make be feel better about my Odin Lite purchase! Still a little bummed I didnt wait for something with a Snapdragon processor, but for the price, still a great device.

Tks for the review brother! Much appreciate. Greetings from Brazil.

Great video! I love the long form testing, the more information the better! I have a question, what is the performance overlay app used after 9:20?

well, i have been asking for a proper comparison with the d900 model, and you are the only one who has delievered! this is why Taki is always the review I wait for. i love retrogamecore and ETAPrime, but Taki has NEVER let me down! thanks!

Even though I already have a Steam Deck like many others to play PS2 and GC titles, I'm considering this portable (after giving my RP3 to my little sister) due to how small it is, making it much easier to carry around when compared to the SD. Thanks for the review Taki!

I had to come back and say that this is the best deep dive video I've seen for testing games on the Retroid Pocket 4 Pro. You actually test multiple games in the same series (God of War, Metal Gear Solid, Metroid Prime, Jak and Daxter, and more) rather than others who just show one game or so per franchise.

Thank you, Taki Hot Dog!!! I appreciate you!

Great review alot of questions I had were answered. Was thinking of buying it but after watching your review I have no doubt in buying it now thanks alot. I just have one final question for the PS2 side of things does twisted metal black run smoothly?

zone of the enders 2!!! thank you soo much for covering this!

This is the review I was looking for, especially since I already have an RP3+ and was unsure if the RP4Pro would be a pointless purchase. It's good to see that it won't be. The RP4Pro screen also looks incredible. Cannot wait to get my hands on that one. Also, just to add, the Odin Lite is actually more than $200 on the manufacturer's page. Just another reason to buy the RP4Pro.

Think you confused Ratchet 2 & 3 lol; Thanks for testing these ones out. I was looking to replay the Jak* and R&C series

Excellent video as always!

Been waiting years for this!

Taki you’re awesome! Keep up the great work!!

Thank you Taki for this deep dive on the Pocket 4 Pro. If it were any deeper people would confuse it with the Mariana Trench. It's obvious that a ton of work went into making this video. Unfortunately for me, I watched and commented under the First Look video a few days after it was published. I assume most of this video was already recorded by then because not a single one of my amazing game recommendations made the cut. Maybe I just have terrible taste in games? Ha. Anyways, the one I cared about most was/is "WRC: Rally Evolved" for the PS2. It was Sony and Evolution Studios' rally game swansong and by all accounts they went out on top. My current Snapdragon 845 powered LG phone, the best gaming anything I own at the moment, can't run it well at all. If the Pocket 4 Pro could run it full speed at 1X resolution that would help sell this system to me. Does anyone know how well it'll run here? A semi off topic question: My understanding is that all versions of the Pocket 3 and 4 series use third party iPhone 8/SE2/SE3 screens. Would a factory first party Apple screen be a plug-in-play upgrade for the Pockets 3 and 4? I'm asking because it's not that hard to find older mainline iPhones and newer SEs for sale dirt cheap that have good screens, but are otherwise inoperative. Or is this one of those things where even if it works it quite literally won't make a difference?

Seeing Colin McRae rally 2 was really a blast from the past. I played the hell out of that game when I was a kid

Great Video! I just wat a handheld that can play Luigi's Mansion well, looks like this is the unit for me. Thanks again Taki!!

Very nice video. I assume in a couple of years, we will get a device that can play almost all PS2 games. I have several on my wishlist, a long with N64 games and GameCube games.

Amazing review! Could not be more hyped right now Want to say a little thing about the twilight princess footage It is common that the game runs very bad in hyrule field, where you made the test, even on pc. There is a famous cheatcode to make it run normal, so i think we can expect that game running all normal with thar litle fix. Great video :)

Appears to be £270 in the UK. I love the formfactor etc. Seems like a real solid system. But it's VERY hard to justify that sort of price, with things like the steam deck at £350.

Thanks for the deep dive video! Although they weren’t the main focus of the video, does this also play SNES, NES, and DS games perfectly?

Thanks for this awesome Video! What kind of monitoring App do you use?

I love my RP4 Pro. I'm actually really glad i didn't grab the RP3+ last year like I was going to. This thing is such a great device and it feels really well built for a so called 'budget device'.

It would be interesting to see break down different smart phones with this kind of analysis

The greenscreen issue is so well explained and thought-out. Very fair as well to Retroid. In my opinion your are the most trusted reviewer for this type of devices

Would love to see a video on audio sync and screen tearing fixes even on non "performance" games like Resident Evil Code Veronica on Dreamcast, or Legacy of Kain on PS1 and Dreamcast. Especially the FMV intros.

really good video, super super helpful.

I pre-ordered one of these a while ago, I cannot wait!

Hey Taki! Great video can’t wait to get my hands on my RP4 pro. Just a quick question with twilight princess on the GameCube you think with the right settings I’ll be able to play the entire game at a solid 30 fps with minimal skips and dips? Seeing you play it at hyrule with the cheat code and getting 19 fps really is a let down. I’m wondering because I’ve seen another video and they were getting 30 fps. You think there’s hope for that?

Hey sir taki, not related in your vid but im super impressed now with Citra mmj, even my phone (a mediatek helio g96) is able to run mh gen and mh3u flawlessly. But a year a go it was impossible.... Kudos to the citra developers. Also the ppsspp emulator which is already great but the devs never stop improving it. That makes my low end android phones that i dont use anymore comes back to life as an emulation machine

I got excited seeing the Pokemon Sword/Shield gameplay being so smooth, sucks that the rest of the open world is lagging so much. I made sure to write down some of your emulator suggestions. Thanks alot

In super mario sunshine you need to set the aspect to auto, disable wide screen hacks and enable wide screen in the cheats to not get distortion on the sides

the purple retroid you showed had a really nice screen, at least from the video. I'd love to see that screen on the RP4.

amazing work, taki is the watts usage you mention on the power consumption section something to be worried about? or it's high, but normal? I'm a complete power related stuff ignorant

Damn. What a beast. Thanks mate! Cheers!

Really impressive. I'm waiting to have an handled console with 4 to 6 ARM CPU with Windows (Emulation ?) > Mobox style if needed. It will be a blast. That's the future for sure.

Nice detective work with the green screen issue!

I've currently got the Retroid Pocket 3 Plus but that's fine I can always buy an Odin or something in the future. I'm fine with what I've got now.

Great vid! What was the other app other than CPU float that you were using? Thanks!

This was perfect! is there a max storage that this device can take? i would like to purchase one and have a 1tb storage card for all my games.

Thank for playing metroid prime 3 ❤ and many others games never seen

As long I can play Burnout 3 Takedown, need For Speed Hot Pursuit 2, Gran Turismo 4 and Ace Combat Zero, im sold

Nice. If I hadn't already bought a used 3+ last month for 100usd, I'd consider this. However, my main issue with the Retroid is the screen size so if I was going to get another handheld it'd most likely be the Odin 2. I probably won't because [1] I have a steam deck and [2] a Galaxy fold 5, for which I just got a Gamesir G8.

Compare to the RP4. I find that the D900 plays most GC and PS2 great and has way better battery life than the D1100. This is kind of like the Qualcomm 888 that was more powerful than the 870, but the battery life is awful.

It's almost 50 to 60 bucks expensive where I live but it looks so tempting. Ps2 on a handheld is a dream. I'll pick it up maybe sometime later this year to see if price goes down a bit.

I noticed a lot of graphical issues popping up in your GameCube section and was wondering if this is due to Android or if it was just your Dolphin settings? Would love to see another follow up video of your impressions after a month.

I kinda wish the screen was larger in the shell and used more of those bezels. And if the clear shell was clearer and maybe had a white PCB. But that said, with the screen color being fixed and the triggers being fixed now, I'm gonna pick one up. I have basically not touched my rg405m in months, went back to my 35xx because the 405m just wasn't good enough for what I wanted. I just wish the colors were a tad better. The clear was my pick but your vids made me decide I didn't want the frosted look.

Excellent video

This is awesome. Playing PS2 games in this tiny form factor is so cool.

Taki, thank you so much for the insightful review, you're the reason I backed the original odin crowdfunding campaign, I have a stupid question. I recently bought a retroid pocket 3+. I play a lot of games but I do see that it lacks Sega Saturn performance and has hiccups on GameCube is it worth me upgrading to the retroid pocket 4 pro or should I just hold on to my current hardware and wait for the next gen.

I think for the size and price, this is a remarkable achievement. But it makes me wonder what a future Retroid Pocket 5 Pro would be like. I think we're almost there for emulation and battery life.

Joey had Jak 3 running well by enabling the setting 'Threaded Presentation'.

Everyone was saying saturn emulation was bad on this device. And that was holding me off from buying. Thanks.

Thanks Taki. Great dive in to the games. I'm still on the fence between this and the odin 2. I didn't really want to spend $299 on an odin. Plus the base model is hard to get. So this may just be the one to get. I've got a miyoo mini plus at present. The only issue is the screen size... Did you find it impacted much on the gameplay?

My Retroid Pocket Flip has been doing really well as my go to system now, but honestly, after experiencing some issues with my 3DS, I've actually been looking into potential replacements, and the Flip can at least play the games, somewhat. I mainly tried some Kirby titles, and they usually have slow down and stuttering. I feel like every time I look for some new device, it's just so I can retain the games I had growing up, First it was for GBA, the PSP, now 3DS.

Hey Taki, appreciate your work, would you consider giving space to exclusive games or games that aren't playable in some other handhelds without emulation? I mean you can play FFXII and on a Switch and Metal Gear Solid 2 and 3 on the Vita, so I feel that's coverage that would be more useful to other PS2 games.

This is pretty impressive. Any suggestions of if I wanted to emulate Wii U games on a handheld? Theres a couple games I’d like to be able to play again

1 hour of taki testing games to fall asleep to

Great work! Any idea whether it can play the famous 'Virtual Striker" in DreamCast?

Instant I saw that slowdown during Pokemon went...ahhh yes....3ds Pokemon slowdown during pokemon coming out....love it.

honestly the fix for the green screen issue is nice to see. while it technically still exists with the start up logo, I don't think its a big deal now.

Taki great video thanks. How do we enable that real time watt usage UI? Is it an app? Before you open up Aida 64. I am trying to get a similar ui to steam deck to see real time total device consumption and calculate estimated battery time left to optimize my per emulator settinfs

Great video, thank you! Maybe I skipped/missed it.....are the emulators pre-loaded or do you have to load them yourself? Thanks!

How does docking work? Can we use usb for controllers/other stuff while charging and using video out all at once?

Would love to see a handheld with this chipset but bigger screen, battery and ergonomics. I guess that's the new Odin, but that's almost $400 after shipping and everything.

Quick question Taki - hoping to hear back from you for some help on this one - can we use the same exact instructions for setup on the Retroid Pocket 4 Pro as you provided for the Retroid Pocket 2 + ? That was a REALLY great guide and it worked PERFECT for me on the 2 +. I just ordered thie 4 Pro and I am really hoping that I can use that same guide to get it going. Are you able to confirm if that guide is still valid for this device?

Was all the games tested at high performance+ max brightness? What would be the ps1 consumption at standard with fan off?

Excellent game testing!

Great analysis!

great video! what game was at 17:11? looked great!

Thanks for the video, very informative. I'm not an expert, but coming from pc gaming I have to ask, are those temps normal with some ps2 games? 100 degrees look scary. I mean, is it ok to play for like two hours with those kind of temps without damaging the cpu or battery?

Damn the review I was looking for, I've got a RG35XX and I love it for the old school classics, but as a huge GC player *Tales of Symphonia, Custom Robo, HM, etc etc** I think this is the handled I will dump the 200$ into. Appreciate the review dude this thing looks like its up my alley!

This was the video I needed.

Jet Set Radio is a real test for any Dreamcast emulator.

I'm pretty sure this is going to be my main pocket device.

fun fact even the steamdeck chugs a bit on metroid prime 2 its just one of those games

Oh wow, Metroid Prime 3. Dangit. Sold. Unless... I wait for a flip 2 with the same internals.

May I ask what settings you had for AestherSX2 particularly for Jak II? Apologies if I missed it somewhere in the video

If it hasn't already been pointed out to you the cpu boost seems to be a power profile issue. During your Power Consumption Deep Dive section, on the Standard setting the 3 lower cores were boosting to 2.6 and the usual 2.6 core was lower about 2.1. I did ctrl+f to see if anyone else put 2600 or 2.6 in the comments and didn't find any.

As a guy with a limited budget, this will probably be my endgame retro handheld.

Twilight Princess needs the hyrule field speed hack enabled to run properly. Should run fine on this machine

Can you try how does the RP4 works with an external display ? can it show the native resolution of the monitor (let's say 1080p) while the screen of the device is off ?

Hi taki, nice video but i recomend you use NetherSX2 instead AetherSX2, because Nether is being updated by the community and adding part of the fixes that arrive in PCSX2

Hi nice detailed video, thanks for all the info. can someone tell me though, what is the game on the bottom screen from 1:29 - 2:17 ? cheers

By far the ebst pocket sized handheld to date. I don't think anything will come close to this for the next year. For 200$ and being able to play such games at this price point and the portable size is unheard of. Will be top 5 for 2024.