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Review: Retroid Pocket 2+ – A Vast Improvement Over Its Forerunner

Even more power in your pocket.

You may well look at images of the shiny new Retroid Pocket 2+ and think you’ve seen it somewhere else before – that’s because this is an iteration on the original Retroid Pocket 2, which we covered last year. As before, it’s an Android-powered device with a focus on gaming and emulation, but the team at GoRetroid has been hard at work fixing some of the issues we had with the original – as well as boosting its internal specifications.

However, as we alluded to in that opening paragraph, you’d be forgiven for assuming this is the same system as the standard Retroid Pocket 2 at first glance. The body remains identical, as does the 3.5-inch 640 x 480-pixel display – however, the latter now has a touch interface, which solves one of the biggest complaints we had with the original Pocket 2. The handheld is available in a range of colours, and the Nintendo influence is clear – three of those options are based on the SNES, Game Boy and GameCube, the latter being the one we’re reviewing here.

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