X12 Plus / 7 inch Retro Monster Handheld ! 

If this was released fifteen years ago it would have been the bomb. Nobody would have minded the emulation errors because "that's the trade off when we play TV games on this tiny thing!"

For real! I only had a game boy. No advance. No ds. I finally got a ds many many years later as an adult

For real! I only had a game boy. No advance. No ds. I finally got a ds many many years later as an adult

Kids today don't know the struggle 😂

Are games preloaded

I tried add roms says all incompatible where do you download to

@@bradsnow1337 I did the same i had my personal game GBA. Be sure to had *.gba files not the *.zip files (unzip the files).

Does it run ps1 games pretty well?

Sometimes you just have to be the kind of person to enjoy these devices for their own nifty bits and minimal strengths. I ordered a freaking Ouya console after seeing Rerez's review of it, even knowing its specs and all, and already having lots of Chinese handhelds and all (including a lot of the X and MP series). I'm just a sucker for this stuff.

*Laughs On Original Psp 3000*

Me too!!! 😆

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Just like your Mom

bro I would be very very worried if u didn't 😆 🤣

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good. I don't know how to tell you, but I got the big 35 bucks, dude

Back in the '90 this would be mind blowing 😳 Only now specially in 2022 it's totally destroyed by the compition. If they upgraded the software and everything runs good that would bring it to the nextr level of budget handhelds.

I think this the way they roll.. 😅 Many X-Series handheld same problems over and over again

Wicked Gamer & Collector Yes, that is really sad. These things could be sooo good if they fixed it

@@zockeromi1970 I have a 5 inch version of this. And yes they could be awesome. I even was able to move some roms on it with no issues.

@@WickedGamerCollector how many games comes on this when you bought it I’m seeing one on eBay that has 10,000 games built to it and my question is are the games in alphabetical order?

how u optimized the software

Te la vas a comprar?

@@ricardoa3440 si lol compre lo recomendo muchos juegos y buena bateria 👍

Amen 🙏 to that bro

He always said that for cheap device and the sounds is bad of course it's a cheap lol

Wicked isn't Asian

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Browse is a misleading title. Despite the fact that some of these devices even put an Internet Explorer icon over that label, they never have WiFi capability. Browse always means browsing the files on the device and SD card. Personally I can't see much use for it, unless you want to delete game save files and whatnot since they're invisible in the game menus. I use it on my Coolbaby RS-11 (despite the completely different name format, it's a system very much like this one) when playing videos so that exiting a video takes me back out to the video list, instead of throwing me all the way back to the main menu like the video menu does.

Thats something every X series console has, but yeah, he should have mentioned it

@@michellefernandez3155 mine does not. Its x12 red and blue and I can't set the buttons. So many are messed up. All gba had no L or R buttons

@@devinkaiser4656 it's the last option in the "pause" menu. "Re-set entry" at least in mine

@@michellefernandez3155 mine only has "return , save , load, exit"

That's your device's way of saying it's updating its file content, usually meaning you've added something to it recently or it generated additional software files based on your previous actions such as gameplay generating sgm files and all. There's no way to disable this function. Just be glad this isn't one of the really old devices; my first ever X6 got stuck permanently on the Generating Playlists screen and never recovered, but my newer ones never had that error. So at least the firmware has been somewhat updated.

PS 7000 better

Main problem i'm having here customs are slow as a turtle... and all my new products are waiting there for weeks now.

Powkiddy? I thought it was Poo💩 Kitty 🐈.

İt is so small. Not joyful

Pure the casing .. software is the same.

yes position

@@entiar1 Thanks, i figured that might be the case but after seeing heaps of vids reviews on the chap chinese players, these use a dual core such as the X12 plus and to play these retro and PSP and better you need at least a 4 core and i decided on the PS7000 best of the cheapies and same as the pow kiddy with performance . it has quad core and only then you go to hundreds with name brand 8 cores and very smooth no frame drop on all games. The PS7000 has only a non IPS screen but it controls , and all else seem to be very good and battery too and the pow kiddy less so, but rieally good IPS screen. You get what you pay for generally and these you tube vids , you can see all the diff ones and good and bad points and the purist really want good D's and buttons and even hdmi output ; ease of use , so lots to learn , but i not sure of durability as inside the chinese ones are a bit slapdash on electronics and soldering compared to quality brands.

@@xx3868 i used PS 7000 too. Yes İTS the best in china retro handhelds. i dont count anbernic . İts too expensive. But ps7000 İTS bit bulky. 7 inch.

@@entiar1 yes theres PS5000 but i went with the biggest just so movies would be big enough too, sort of "tablet" with endless games. I actually been looking around for "cybersled" from 1993 and i dontt think its on any of these chinese lists of retro games, so if you know about that or where to get it download as i dont know anything about those" rom" sites to download more games? thanks.

A bit higher priced, but try checking out the Android based handhelds. Some are around a hundred bucks but have decent enough specs. I have a JXD Singularity which admittedly is way overpriced, but there are similar looking devices with much cheaper pricing. If you're looking for the most obvious and definite improvements, the Android based ones are the way to go. There are other OS's of these devices, some Linux based like the X2 and the PS7000, but these usually aren't quite as good as the Android based ones.

If flipping the switch back and forth on top isn't letting your device stay on, it's possible it could have disconnected from the circuit board and frozen I the off position permanently. If this is the case, try opening up your device and pulling out the power switch. Even after disabling that thing completely, you'll still be capable of shutting down the device by holding the power button for a few seconds.

No.... Get a Retro Game 350 model or other Opendingux handheld.

@@WickedGamerCollector I am actually going to get one of those also. Just thinking as a cheap back up. I'm going to get 2 handhelds, RG350 and something cheaper, and 2 consoles, a pandoras box of some kind, and maybe a retropie,

@sideshowsworld8819 Not to rain ☔️ on your parade but arcade app killed my Samsung and tablet battery 🪫 so that’s why I want separate console carry from my cellphone life

theres something about having d-pads, buttons and thumbsticks for gaming that makes this more comfortable than using my brand new iphone

I've tested a few handhelds and game systems I like the rk2020 but to add games suck but best to run dream cast emulator and psp also the ps1 the rk2020 has a hight speed game play

Skip these... and safe up for a Anbernic Handheld with EmuElec or OpenDingux.

Still need to go further with testing of the X series. In general they are all having the same choppy software keep that in mind. Anbernic makes better products 😅

Hello. What one you try?? Please one comment about your selection... I think I ll buy x40.... Thanks

Yes surely

No it doesn't. It can't even run n64 games

The only affordable device with a large screen that can run PSP/PSX/N64/Dreamcast is is the O Droid Go Super. And I think the new software can support DS as well. It's 90 on Amer-I-something site after taxes and shipping 110 compared to Hardkernal which is 80 plus 40 shipping pee taxes and ebay/amazon starting at 150. The next device that can probably got further up to PS3 and Gamecube iirc is GPD, but it is $250 or more. They have devices that can emulate PS3, etc but they're like 900 or more.

The ps vita can emulate all those when jailbroken

@@Goblin_Hands the PS vita can fo that though and more!

NOPE its not !!! and I bet that you are one of the Scammers selling this crap over the internet>>> Don't you dare buy this crap shi handheld X12 plus, ITS A FREACKING SCAM !!!! IT ONLY RUNS GBA n NES GAMES , THE SNES GAMES AND GENESIS ALL RUN AT SLOW SPEED FRAMES , JUST PLEASE DON'T BUY THIS GARBAGE X12 plus

There are no built in turbo buttons, nor can you map turbo. Saving is possible as save states only (six per ROM). Saving a game normally will not keep the data; every time you re-enter the game with the Restart function, everything gets reset.

The x16 was my first retro handheld! Hope you kept it.. they are becoming a bit rare these days.

Front end including most emulators are the same, did see some minor different performance with the X12 Plus and the X16. At the and not the performance you see with games like with the RG350 for example. These X-Series still suffer from poor emulation in my opinion.

@@WickedGamerCollector thanks for the quick response, it seems like the software is what really plagues these x handhelds and holds them back. Is there any setting adjustments that can be made to each emulator?.. the ldk game for me is sufficient right now for my needs, but these x series handhelds have always appealed to me as something I could learn from or at least a shell for a pie lol.

@@tylerstarkey9141 And no way to upgrade to OpenDingux and fix all there mistakes 🤨

@@WickedGamerCollector check out xda forums findings on the x16 firmware and modification it's a very interesting read and I would love to hear what you think about it. Just food for thought, definitely an interesting little system, very flawed but interesting nonetheless..

yes

They're all very close to the same. Considerations should be mostly about the outer shell of the devices, since that's what changes the most between them all. It should be a good size for their hands (maybe small since they're kids, unless they enjoy big screens a lot, after all the big screen devices aren't any more expensive and are barely heavy at all). Another consideration should be button concavity. Their fingers will get sore quickly pressing buttons that bulge up out of the device. You'd want either flat buttons (like on the Coolbaby RS-11) or more preferably indented buttons that their fingers can sink comfortably into (like the big soft ones on the X6).

Yes I’m wondering how to also does the same have u figured it out

@@melissazamora9999 not yet , I have only tried with a small cheap tv for the kids but when I play with the settings the console screen goes all black🤷

These devices usually all come with a single screen protector placed on.

finally someone with the same opinion. got mine free from temu... which device would you suggest looking to play upto PS1 so i can play original GTA. is a used psp better then all these china devices?

yes

Get you a Retroid Pocket 3 with 3gb ram. It can play up to gamecube games.

There were quite a few NES games that did not work, and I did not understand the conditions under which CPS and MAME would work, so my dissatisfaction with this console grew, and I ended up purchasing a PS7000😠

Same here.... 😅