New Photos of Orange Pi Handheld Suggests Movement

Orange Pi Photo Leak

A new Orange Pi handheld prototype leak confirms that the company has started moving forward on their hopes to capitalize on the handheld hype. I have had a particularly harsh opinion about the upcoming handheld line from Orange Pi. And there are several reasons for this… The first being that they had some potentially deceptive […]

Retroid Pocket 2S Specs, Pricing & Release Date Revealed

Retroid Pocket 2S

GoRetroid has really been keeping all of us at the edge of our seat over the past few days with the release of information about the Retroid Pocket 2S. Really, it wasn’t a slow release, it just felt slow because we got a tidbit about the highly anticipated handheld one day at a time. First […]

The Retroid Pocket 2S Officially Revealed In Exciting New Video

Retroid Pocket 2S

Just one day after the handheld community put the pieces together based on a cryptic image shared by GoRetroid about a new handheld, we now have the official reveal of the Retroid Pocket 2S. And it is looking just about as glorious as we had all expected. So let’s not waste any time with intros; […]

Pre-sale for Powkiddy RK2023 Pure Black Model Open Now

Powkiddy RK2023 Pure Black

Powkiddy just launched the pre-sale for a pure black version of the Powkiddy RK2023. Something a lot of us had been asking for. I had reviewed the Powkiddy RK2023 just over a month ago, and I was quite surprised at how amazing it actually was. Some of the design choices were not my favorite, such […]

SZDiiER D-007 Is A New RK3326 Vertical Handheld With Some Drama

The SZDiiER Game Console D-007 aims to be the next best RK3326 vertical emulator in 2023. But there are some possible juicy dramas happening here behind the scenes. We were first alerted to the existence of this generic budget handheld when it popped up on Aliexpress a couple days ago. It was mentioned in the […]

Anbernic Surprises Us All With The New RG353PS

Anbernic RG353PS

Anbernic just surprised us all with a ghost drop of their latest horizontal format emulation device, the Anbernic RG353PS. Those familiar with Anbernic’s lineup would recognize the form factor from one of last year’s entries, the RG353P. Anbernic’s take on the SNES controller or the PocketGO S30 wasn’t all that bad. It’s mostly comfortable and […]

Pimax Portal Review – A Handheld With VR?

Pimax Portal

The Pimax Portal is a new Android based gaming handheld console that has a lot of really unique features that make it stand out from other Android devices available on the market today. I wrote the early impressions article here on Retro Dodo and I said that it was a device we just had to […]

The Powkiddy x55 Came Out Of Nowhere

Powkiddy x55

Yesterday we learned about a brand new handheld emulator – the Powkiddy x55. And it’s one we didn’t even realize was in development. Actually, to be fair… we knew zero. But luckily, we’ve got friends in high places. Or more specifically, we’ve got friends who work directly with Powkiddy. So we got a bit of […]

Pocket Air Retro Edition Shown In AYANEO’s Surprise Livestream

AYANEO Pocket Air Retro Edition

AYANEO surprised us all with a livestream of new product demonstrations, which included some much needed news about the upcoming Slide and Pocket Air devices. In a similar livestream this past January, AYANEO announced their new Android device, the Pocket Air. But they did not have one in hand at that time. What they did […]

Retroid Pocket 3+ Metallic Edition Just Announced By GoRetroid

retroid pocket 3+ metallic

This is not a drill people, our dreams have come true – GoRetroid is officially making a metallic Retroid Pocket 3+. If you know anything about Retro Dodo or me specifically, then you know that we are entirely obsessed with metal shell handhelds. Specifically, we are well known for asking for them from our favorite […]