PiBoy XRS. Raspberry Pi 4 Handheld Retro Gaming.

PiBoy XRS. Raspberry Pi 4 Handheld Retro Gaming.
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[@thomaschipman]

yikes that price. given the wide variety of handheld options at $150 and below i can't think of a single reason to get this. even if it shipped with the pi included, it STILL wouldn't make sense at that price. perhaps a few years ago it might've been worth the cost, but with the anbernic 35xx sitting at around $60 and the retroid pocket 3+ at $150 this seems like a really difficult sell.

[@noonetoday3210]

Seems like more targeted toward raspberry pi people in general. Likely upgradable to pi5.

[@stonededge]

Yeah, this is a Pi based handheld. Completely different market for completely different folk.

[@Beyondesp]

The rg35xx is not a fair comparable. The rp 3+ is the better comparable that can do everything this piboy does and doesn't need to buy a sbc to do it. At around the 150 price plus shipping.

[@GraphicalRanger]

Really like the idea of this and looks quite versatile. Price is steep, though, especially as others have said, lots of options now at that price point. Its near half way to a Steam Deck...

[@eliotcole]

oooh WORLD RALLY (few people know the glory of that game)

[@unkownomega]

This is neat but man what a tough sell especially now with all that is available for retro gaming for that price.

[@slappymcphee]

it is indeed a great time to be alive in the retro gaming scene!

[@noonetoday3210]

Thinking upgrades with future pi5. One upgrade it then makes more sense.

[@eliotcole]

@@noonetoday3210 I'd love that, but I've been shaving my megadrive case to pieces to fit a radxa zero (plus crap) in it ... and I know that putting a 4 in would be painful too as I initially tried. Sorry, not trying to be a negative nelly, just saying that they have not got a great track record for keeping layouts just right. ;-)

[@bobtheduck]

I'm happy to see symmetrical thumbsticks (that's my preferred design) but other than that, I'd still rather see this with a more Switch-like design, especially the screen size. I'm spoiled by the size of the Switch screen, so going back to, say, PSP or Vita size would be a pain. "But they're more portable" I hear some people saying. I have big pockets! I can fit a switch in my jeans pockets pretty easily, and don't understand why so many clothing designers are anti-pocket. But I digress. It sucks that the switch doesn't have video playing capabilities. To have all the stuff my Pi3 currently has (retropi+Kodi) but with Pi4 and a switch-like form factor + size would be perfect.

[@Kw1161]

The unit looks very good, however , I only have 1 8gig Raspberry 4 model and it's in my RasPad in which I use to control my SDR's and TV dongle in my bedroom using my 20" HP monitor as the 2nd screen. I was going get a Raspberry tablet kit whose name escapes me that used a CM4 module, but CM4 modules are expensive and lacking nowadays. So PINE is coming out with the new PINE-TAB 2 in about a month in the $200 range with a RK3356 chip and 10.5" screen which is price I saw on Amazon for the CM4 module. Great Video, Have a nice week.

[@dreamcat4]

very nice looking and well put together product. thanks for your video... i just wanted to take this opportunity to ask about different topic: which was my hunt for the best posible lcd screen for rpi4 and cm4. so in that search i really wanted to find one which used the mipi dsi bus (instead of hdmi) because normally those mipi dsi lcds well that interface is designed specifically for smartphones and tablets. so it aught to use less power and translate into longer battery life. which i think is important for devices like a handheld console, or for a tablet style (with touch), or a cyberdeck text based terminal with a keyboard. unfortunately mipi dsi is just an electrical specification. wheras the communications protocol layer riding ontop of that is often custom proprietary and specific to those hardware vendor or commercial devices. in other words not open source or publically available, unless you are those business ordering thousands of units for manufacture. so this is why so few decent displays are actually supported on the rpi4 / cmr4 despite it having the mipi dsi port. so there are not very many 'true' mass manufactured lcd displays you can actually take out and use the spare part from old smartphones. which is a shame. however last week i stumbled across this project for just such an lcd display, which is an open hardware project (pcb files) + open software project (driver) over on github. they are named 'renetec-io/cm4-panel-jdi-lt070me05000' and 'harlab/CM4_LCD_LT070ME05000' respectively. and they seem to be exactly what is missing or needed to support that lcd part, which is the JDI LT070ME05000... and boy does it have decent specs at a decent price. to quote from harlab's readme description: > JDI LT070ME05000 is 7" 1200x1920 4-lane DSI IPS display used in Asus/Google Nexus 7 2013 tablet. To use it, 4-lane DSI interface is required, so it can be used with Raspberry Pi Compute Modules 3 and 4. Some suppliers have these displays available from ~$US20 shipped. There is a driver for this panel in a mainline already included, so we only need to compile/install it and make device tree overlay so it looks like out best bet, from what i can find so far. unless somebody else has found any other similar projects out there... see there was an older project to use the iphone4 display however that one required a cutom fpga to translate the display interface. so it was not ideal. the other question is whether the touch (optional) can also be made to work. idk about that, and also idk what is the current status of these github projects. whether working or not since activity seems to have died off. it may also be necessary to order custom pcb adapter board for cm4, wheras for rpi4 i am not so sure whether all you need is the right ffc cable or other cables. so anyhow i hope you can take a look since these LT070ME05000 are indeed affordable either on aliexpress (with or without touch layer, as a brand new spare part)... or they are salvagable from old google nexus 7" 2013 tablets. hope this information is found to be helpful in some small way, please take a look if you are interested. because clearly if the display working in google nexus tablet, then it has to be relatively low power. for creating around that display some mobile / handheld rpi devices. while keeping the battery runtime as high as it can possibly be, for a large bright and high resolution display with good colors. so surely that must be a thing that is worth looking into, right? to build future products around.

[@obvious_giraffe8386]

Get a deck

[@Razor_Burn]

Nice review and I'd be interested to see if was compatible with the Zero 2 W or Radxa Zero for 8-16 bit systems? A shame about the price as I can get a proper handheld device but nice of them to send you a device for review.

[@eliotcole]

It might be, but you would have to map the GPIO on the RADXA as it's a different layout. Hopefully doable, just find out which pins do what, then wire them up, there should be room. Isn't the Radxa Zero technically more powerful than the pi 4?

[@Razor_Burn]

@@eliotcole thanks for the suggestions. The Radxa Zero is an upgrade to the Zero 2 W and around RPi 3 power so plays up to PS1 great

[@eliotcole]

@@Razor_Burn so it's s905y chip isn't up to Dreamcast? huh ... I thought it was. 🙃

[@slappymcphee]

What would make sense would be them or someone else creating and distributing a docking station for it too

[@BinManSays87]

Dude retropie mount will transfer your ROMs on boot up if your file system is set out properly and ditch the Xbox button on your main set up as I'm sure you can only set one button as your hotkey, if it truly made a difference you'd need it to use any shortcuts

[@AndrewAHayes]

Totally the wrong time to release a handheld for a RPi4, now one for the the Orange Pi 5 I can understand.

[@obvious_giraffe8386]

Ayn odin looks better at that price tho

[@kanuh]

its pretty cute but the shipping cost is half of the case cost XD

[@Vaskomyr]

Kind of curious, is it using switch sticks and if so can you use the new gulikit hall effect sticks in place of what's there? Have a few handhelds that use those sticks so a bit curious if those can be used.

[@obvious_giraffe8386]

At that point its ayn odin money

[@RETROGAME77]

I bought two of these as soon as they were released and the first one failed within a few hours, the second one within about 10 minutes. This product has initial defects, so be careful. I think they have taken countermeasures now, though.

[@anddav123]

Mine was exactly the same still waiting for my repair/replacement

[@experimentalpi3267]

Was thinking about you the other day. We finally figured out what happen. On some units the pins on the PCB are two close to the metal on the LCD. Contact us as I don't remember where we left this.

[@experimentalpi3267]

@@anddav123 Will get that taken care of this week. Been really sick for the last 2 months. Finally starting to feel human.

[@spiders-tours]

Looks a good build. But the elephant in the room is the price. If this was the only thing in the world, then great, you'd buy it. However, it's around the price of a second hand PS4. Throw in a Pi4, which are only available on FeeBay and the likes, you're talking near to a PS5 second hand price. It's hard to justify for a handheld.

[@Darkmetamorphosis1]

Hmmm I don't like the price, but how about putting the pi 5 in it?

[@Lando00100]

It looks like you could use it in Tate mode, if u tilt it were the right analog stick would act like the left with face buttons next to it. I have no idea how to do that lol. But surely its possible.

[@LinuxLoader1287]

Case looks a bit open on left-hand side just before video was cut

[@leepspvideo]

It was I hadn’t tightened the screw enough

[@billydelacey]

I want one.

[@scottamero7909]

You can remove all the top stuff details temp, Wi-Fi etc , Also just hold menu down to shutdown , And you can put any image you have on it just need to chan free a few details and update firmware

[@leepspvideo]

Definitely doesn’t seem so simple to convert an os to work with the inbuilt display gpio etc.

[@worldgate989]

You, if you order this, will be waiting a while. It claimes 2-3 days, its been over a month.

[@eliotcole]

Sorry, this video will *NOT* do ... only one dongle/adaptor.

[@unicod3r]

Using RPi 4 to do retrogaming is overkill, RPi 3 or well-tuned RPi Zero (2) would be a lot better. It's my opinion, but in my country RPi 4 costs like an office PC.

[@leepspvideo]

It depends if you want newer systems like Dreamcast, GameCube and Wii

[@mymzvi]

what's the name of the mini HDMI to HDMI adapter called?

[@leepspvideo]

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[@itsmetimmee]

Lee have you got a cold? Hope you feel better soon.

[@leepspvideo]

Over the worst of it, thanks

[@bltvg]

Hi! Can you help? I have piboy xrs and it doesn't start. Screen displays nothing but red light is on. What I did wrong? First I installed recalbox, but then installed retropie on microsd card. Still nothing.

[@bltvg]

I found a cause. I've installed wrong OS image. Then I've installed official retropie from experimental pi site. And it started to work.

[@leepspvideo]

@@bltvg try using the official piboy image

[@桜のような恋でした]

if captured with elgato, i think better game video quality can get.

[@FibroFantastic]

Does anyone know the weight fully loaded?

[@leepspvideo]

364g according to my kitchen scales

[@FibroFantastic]

@@leepspvideo thank you

[@srvuk]

Way overpriced. When you add the cost of a Pi 4 (even at it's original price), charger and SD card required you can see that a readily made handheld would be a far better option. The AYN Odin Lite is $199 and offers a far better experience and capability. Many other even handhelds give you far greater value.

[@noonetoday3210]

I think this is more for diy.

[@matt926230]

Name thème Windows please

[@leepspvideo]

It was KDE plasma. Mars I think My Linux setup part 4 64bit KDE Plasma Raspberry Pi 4 /400. Download links kzbin.info/www/bejne/j4G6YpeIZt6GoNU I now use this on Pi 5 My Linux setup Raspberry Pi 5 Part 2. KDE Plasma kzbin.info/www/bejne/hXWxd2CAlKiGppY

[@3dhYT]

Too big, too expensive and too ugly.

[@shenmue5765]

I have one and don't like it. Very poorly designed.

[@leepspvideo]

What bit don’t you like?

[@shenmue5765]

@@leepspvideo It feels cheap in the hands. The triggers are not aligned probably. The two shells don't meet perfectly. The SD card cover seems like an afterthought. Hate using the menu button as on/off as well as volume/brightness controls. The whole thing just feel like it was manufactured in a rush.

[@leepspvideo]

@@shenmue5765 I wonder if the one I have just received is an updated model? Mine feels solid and well built.