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  • AYN Odin 2 Pro (replaced the Powkiddy RGB10 Max 3)

    From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to All on Wednesday, February 26, 2025 09:58:09
    Several months ago, I bought a Powkiddy RGB10 Max 3 handheld emulation console. That's a nice handheld, though one thing that bugged me a bit was that the d-pad was a little too sensitive. Although I was able to get used to it after playing a bit, I decided to buy something different. I ended up buying an AYN Odin 2 Pro - Though it's quite a bit more expensive, I heard good reviews about it (as being one of the most powerful emulation handhelds on the market currently). I bought a used one on eBay to save a bit of money, and the one I got is in pretty good (like new) condition.

    The AYN Odin 2 Pro is a beast of a handheld. It can emulate up to Playstation 2, so this is probably the most powerful emulation handheld I've had. Software-wise, it uses Android 13, and it didn't come with anything pre-installed, so it's up to you to install emulators & ROMs on it. The one I bought has 256GB of storage, so it has plenty of room for now. I've found some guides online for recommended apps & such, and I've found a fairly cool Android launcher oriented toward emulation, and it has a tab where you can scroll through various console systems and list the games available on the device for that console, with thumbnails.

    Interestingly, there are a couple of Playstation (PS1/PSX) games that I've played on other devices which are having problems running on this device, even though I'm using the best recommended Playstation emulator app (Duckstation). I'll have to keep working through those issues, but for now I've found Playstation 2 versions of those games that run fairly well on this device.

    Sometimes I like playing sports video games (mainly baseball and soccer), and there's a pretty good baseball game for Playstation 2 (MVP Baseball 2005) which I put on this device, and it runs fairly well.

    And naturally, games for NES, SNES, Sega Genesis, TurboGrafX-16, etc. play well on this device. For those consoles, I installed RetroArch with various cores for the different consoles.

    Since the AYN Odin 2 Pro is an Android device, it can run basically any Android app, though I don't plan to check my email or anything on this device. Also I don't think it can be updated beyond Android 13, but that's probably not a big issue, as it's mainly a gaming device.

    Nightfox

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  • From Codefenix@VERT/CONCHAOS to Nightfox on Wednesday, February 26, 2025 14:51:32
    Re: AYN Odin 2 Pro (replaced the Powkiddy RGB10 Max 3)
    By: Nightfox to All on Wed Feb 26 2025 09:58 am

    The AYN Odin 2 Pro is a beast of a handheld. It can emulate up to Playstation 2, so this is probably the most powerful emulation handheld I've had. Software-wise, it uses Android 13, and it didn't come with anything pre-installed, so it's up to you to install emulators & ROMs on it. The one I bought has 256GB of storage, so it has plenty of room for now. I've found some guides online for recommended apps & such, and I've found a fairly cool Android launcher oriented toward emulation, and it has a tab where you can scroll through various console systems and list the games available on the device for that console, with thumbnails.

    Just looked it up. Looks nice.

    Interestingly, there are a couple of Playstation (PS1/PSX) games that I've played on other devices which are having problems running on this device,

    Which games, just out of curiosity?

    And naturally, games for NES, SNES, Sega Genesis, TurboGrafX-16, etc. play well on this device.

    Naturally :)

    The missus got me an Analogue Pocket for Christmas, and I've been having a blast with 8 & 16 bit stuff on it. I'll definitely keep the Odin 2 in mind for PS2 stuff though. Thanks for the review!

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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to Codefenix on Wednesday, February 26, 2025 14:23:09
    Re: AYN Odin 2 Pro (replaced the Powkiddy RGB10 Max 3)
    By: Codefenix to Nightfox on Wed Feb 26 2025 02:51 pm

    Interestingly, there are a couple of Playstation (PS1/PSX) games that
    I've played on other devices which are having problems running on this
    device,

    Which games, just out of curiosity?

    One of them is Wipeout XL. I don't remember offhand which others weren't working for me - but there aren't a whole lot of Playstation games I regularly like to play.

    The missus got me an Analogue Pocket for Christmas, and I've been having a blast with 8 & 16 bit stuff on it. I'll definitely keep the Odin 2 in mind for PS2 stuff though. Thanks for the review!

    I was seriously considering buying an Analogue Pocket. I like the FPGA idea, though I doubt I'd really notice the difference vs. software emulation. Also, it looks like the Analogue Pocket (currently) doesn't support Playstation; at least not reliably.

    Nightfox

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