r/retroid • u/Chao1inreddit RP6 • 1d ago

SHOWCASE Is this the Steam Deck everyone is talking about?

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u/abhorrent-hotdog1986 1d ago

That’s actually a Retroid pocket 6 🤓

/s

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u/Due_Salad_6916 1d ago

Yup. Love mine. Steam link is amazing

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u/bowserusc 21h ago

FYI, that's ArmadaOS, not steam link. I can't tell if you're joking or aren't aware.

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u/Due_Salad_6916 21h ago

Completely unaware! Learn me! Love that machine and it'll do switch games for me. But this is new...

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u/battier RP5 1d ago

I love what these devices can do, but still nothing beats the flexibility of an x86 handheld

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u/mougrim RP4 SERIES 8h ago

I love my SteamDeck, but let me be frank, it's my couch gaming device, not handheld.

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u/battier RP5 8h ago

Yup I sort of view it like a small laptop with grips. Although I've taken it on long trips sometimes. 

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u/ChicagoBulls101692 12h ago

Very true and I love my XAX to bits. But being able to play a lot, but not all, of the games I'd play on my XAX on my RP6, while being able to just throw the RP6 in my pocket was the game changer for me.

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u/battier RP5 12h ago

I agree these devices are really cool and being able to run Steam at all is such a big leap forward. But I also get irritated at all these posts claiming they replace the functionality of the Steam Deck, when they simply don't. 

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u/jonstarks 19h ago

are there any at this size?

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u/CaptainFalco311 18h ago

Or price, at this point?

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u/Independent-Walk6258 1d ago

So sick! Did you follow a guide? I want to try this out on an rp5.

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u/h0pk1do 1d ago

IT'S WORTH IT

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u/Rude_Influence 23h ago

I haven't looked into Amada at all. What advantages does it give? Last time I ran Linux on on arm was with the Pandora. Steam didn't exist back then, and I found certain emulators to be a little lacking. For example I couldn't make the d-pad and stick at the same time to control d-pad movement in GBC. It was one or the other.

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u/Aqua-Yeti 1d ago

Armada is great on the rp5

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u/mougrim RP4 SERIES 13h ago

What was your experience with it? I have a Thor Lite with same SoC and kinda tempted.

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u/Nagafushi 1d ago edited 1d ago

Definitely try it, I use ArmadaOS in my RP5 and is amazing, use it almost everyday, I configured it for dual boot through microSD but it’s been 3 weeks without using Android because playing pc games in Armada is awesome, specially in RP5, 6 or Odin devices.

Also, the official guide is complete, it’s not required to investigate in more places and another thing is that the development is being updated almost daily (for the people who wants to receive all the modifications as soon as are implemented) you can decide if want all the updates as soon as possible or wait for the official release that has all the small patches, the official updates are almost one each 2 weeks. The default configuration is that you receive the official updates but you could change it as I did to receive all the patches as a beta tester and there you could get solved some problems without waiting for the official release (there could be glitches in the beta versions).

In their Discord is a “Game compatibility” channel where everybody report how the games work in their devices and reporting glitches or fixes.

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u/Senior-Neck-1766 18h ago

I know this is for retroid. But for these handhelds playing stream Odin3/ snapdragon elite is the way forwards.

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u/tahola 23h ago

Its a good flex I have the same pictures, have fun download your favorite Steam games just to realize than most of them will never open.

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u/ClawGrave666 23h ago

I mean, I’ve seen countless videos of people playing Steam games on them.. especially older games and a lot of the ones I’m tryna play to. Obviously it’s not gonna run the newest AAA titles, If that’s what you wanted, then you bought the wrong product. You must be doing something wrong on setup and install.

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u/tahola 22h ago

I know very well what I bought and I am very happy of my RP6 but that doesn't mean I’m going to lie about how games perform on Steam; I don’t consider Starbound, RimWorld, Project Zomboid or Civilization to be AAA games, yet none of them run.

ps: I am aware that you can still run them properly with others methods but for a proper Steam Deck experience, I am sorry we are not there yet.

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u/BallScratcher102 1d ago

Armada or DroidDeck?

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u/WhoDaFluer 22h ago

I've been using Pocknix, I've gotten over 100 of my games to run, and a couple dozen to be playable. I mourn for Lego Star wars the complete saga however

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u/dorian17052011 19h ago

I think i have the clamshell version?

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u/PuddingGeneral4250 16h ago

Nice, is that 8gb? Which games are going well for you?

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u/Eggyhead 9h ago

I’ve got my Steam Deck Pocket. Use it nearly every time I leave the house. I’ve got Pocknix installed.