Why You Need Powkiddy RGB10Max3: Handheld Emulator Review

[@TechDweeb]

Good viddy buddy!

[@CellPhish]

Thank you 😊

[@jarnobot]

Seems like a surprisingly solid option. Better than I expected from Powkiddy. Great video!

[@CellPhish]

Far better than I expected from Powkiddy. Initially I was forcing myself to carry it for a couple weeks thinking it was going to be just another 3566 device. Like it a lot more than I thought I would

[@JDashKAS]

Mine is coming Monday 🎉

[@CellPhish]

Awesome. It’s fun

[@JaviPlayRetro]

Im done with Jelos on all my devices. Im taking all my handhelds to the promise land of ArkOS

[@CellPhish]

They both used to have their advantages. I’ve always liked Ark a little more but we haven’t seen a build for this yet. There is one for the RGB30 so I think it’s just a matter of time.

[@JaviPlayRetro]

Yeah, hopefully. This put a pause on my purchase for this device. Sad Jelos Team did what they did.

[@seanbrent4245]

Always been team ArkOS. I’ve tried Jelos a few times but never like it much. Only thing holding me off from Buying this is Jelos being dead on it. Rocknix could be nice though buts it’s only in beta.

[@Blherrou]

​@@CellPhish Christian said he's not bringing arkos to this device 😭

[@justsomeuhrandomkid]

yeah man but ark crashes too much : ( maybe too many dinos​@@CellPhish

[@mikenewtype]

Great un boxing and review man. Definitely tempted to pick on of these up.

[@CellPhish]

Thank you

[@davidrhodes9997]

Thanks for your time here. I have one of these. I'm quite impressed with it too. It has an excellent size screen. The console is quite light and comfortable. It's pretty good for PSP. I stretch PS1 games so that they're just a bit wider than 4:3 - you have to experiment with scaling eg 3:2 is a bit too wide.. Great advice re keeping a copy of the OS or even your already set up SD1. You never know how things will go these days...

[@CellPhish]

All very good points. Thanks for watching the video. I’ll do another video once we get some more updates so if you come up with any questions please feel free to send them my way and I;l try to cover them in the follow-up video.

[@azenyr]

The thing about it not knowing the correct battery percentage, never finishing charging or the battery meter teleporting between say like 20% and 85% instantly is such a PowKiddy (maybe JELOS?) trademark. I have this device and the RGB30 and both suffer from the exact same thing. I also have the Anbernic RG353V also with JELOS and even tho its not as bad as the PowKiddy devices, the percentage also gets "stuck" for a bit before updating. When I boot into Android on the Anbernic it represents the battery charge absolutely perfectly. However the Anbernic doesn't do the thing of "never finishing charging" that PowKiddy does. JelOS on Anbernic might mess up the percentage but the device finishes charging correctly. So this is really a mix of buggy battery widgets on JELOS + extremely buggy PowKiddy charging hardware controllers. PowKiddy will keep feeding it's own stereotype of messy hardware I guess. On an additional note, I switched to ArkOS on my RGB30 recently and never noticed this weird behaviour. I need to test it more but I'm still confused on who to blame, jelos or powkiddy

[@CellPhish]

Very good observations. I use ArkOS on my RG353V so I’ve never seen this battery issue before. I’ve never been the biggest fan of JelOS and have used ArkOS whenever it’s available. I’m hoping ArkOS picks up these 3566 devices otherwise they will be I e devices without an operating system now that JelOS no longer supports 3566 devices. Thanks for your input

[@derekswitzer9624]

also, I'm diggin' that screen above the handheld on the right... divboom? would love to get one of those!

[@CellPhish]

I like the Divoom it changes seasonally for sports. The link should give you a discount or use code CELLPHISH divoom.com/CELLPHISH to save some money. They are a bit pricey but better than what others have to offer

[@dbozgt]

great video I pick up rgb10 max3 unit today.

[@CellPhish]

Thank you. Great handheld

[@dbozgt]

@@CellPhish Hi Cell what would you recommend for screen protector for RGB10 Max 3 to get on amazon us.

[@derekswitzer9624]

any hope for a batocera cfw for this??? I see they have rbg10max listed on their website, but wanted to double-check since this is the "max 3" lol

[@CellPhish]

Right now they haves from JELOS to RockNIX

[@DroidLocks6971]

.... PowKiddy Is Becoming My Retro Handheld Console Of Choice .... I'm Enjoy My RGB30 & X55

[@danthaman03]

Which one do you recommend? I can't choose?

[@RAJNOVA784]

I tried to turn it on but showed a single blinking green light and stayed off. I then took the sd cards out and the green light would show but a black screen would show with it. How can I restart it?

[@CellPhish]

Sounds like your SD card might be corrupt. I would try loading some custom firmware on a new branded SD card. It will likely boot up

[@RAJNOVA784]

@@CellPhish I will try it. Thanks!

[@RAJNOVA784]

@@CellPhish I loaded the SD Card with Rocknix. It worked for moment and then became unstable again.

[@gabrielalvarado4376]

Hello! Greetings from Chile, I loved the video, I'm thinking about buying my first console, I'm between this one, the x55 and the Anbernic RG353ps, which one would you recommend? I am not a regular buyer, I appreciate your response

[@CellPhish]

This is going to come down to what games you are going to play and how you will use the handheld. The 353ps is great for a handheld that is reliable and fits best in your Poe key of the 3. I prefer the RGB10MAX3 over the x55 for day to do. But if you want to stream your games and use something like gamepass the X55 is the only choice. I hope this helps

[@BasilLange]

Whats the verdict now after half a year? Ive just lost my entire stardew valley safe because of the bad battery confusion. Ive tried rocknix now should i go back to a clean install of jelos if so which? Otherwise i really like it but it feels like i need to have a external battery with me all the time.

[@CellPhish]

I’ve honestly never had a battery issue. I’m running a test build of GammaOS on mine and have been for a couple of months. I really enjoy it

[@derekswitzer9624]

nice vid! so what is the max for this? N64? Dreamcast?

[@CellPhish]

I didn’t really understand how fun this device was until I used it for sure

[@martinplo6576]

Czy rgb10max3 wspiera portmaster?

[@CellPhish]

Yes it supports both portmaster and pico-8. It’s pretty great like that

[@retrogamingandyou2373]

Did anyone else have a problem with the d-pad? If you press left on my RGB10MAX3 it goes left and up so I usually use the thumbstick.

[@CellPhish]

I found the sticks weren’t calibrated correctly in Retroarch. Do you know if your problem is in Retroarch or a stand alone emulator? Have you tried going into the setting and re-mapping? I find sometimes it doesn’t guess the controller layout correctly and it sounds like it might have a diagonal mapped instead of a direction if that makes sense

[@retrogamingandyou2373]

@@CellPhish It happens in games and also in the main menu when I'm just scrolling systems. I tried remapping the controls and the same thing happens.

[@retrogamingandyou2373]

Okay, I installed Rocknix and now the d-pad works perfectly fine in the main menu UI and in-game. *shrug* Absolutely no idea why that fixed it but I'll take it. If anyone else has this problem try Rocknix.

[@danthaman03]

Whats better? This or the anbernic rg351p or rg341xx h?

[@CellPhish]

That really depends on a lot of things like what do you want to play, screen size, firmware etc. I like the RGB10Max3 but on a daily basis I have the RG35XX-H because it fits in my pocket. RG351p is too expensive for a device slower than the 35XX-H so if you are debating that save money and get a better device e with the RG35XX-H. I have a few videos up on here with it including how to completely mod it if you want.

[@danthaman03]

@@CellPhish thanks ill check them out. I take it you prefer the rgb10max3 over the rg35xx h

[@ConcasicoWoodworks]

I wonder If you are having some problems with the PSP emulator and the left joystick? Because even tho I tried to change the sensitivity and settings, the joystick sometimes will not go all the way to the right, or at least that's what the tester on PSP is showing. Other than that, they work perfectly in any other emulator.

[@CellPhish]

I haven’t noticed this issue but I will check it out. If there is stick issues I normally come across it in racing games.

[@ConcasicoWoodworks]

@@CellPhish in my case, I notice it because the character would start walking instead of running. I have seen this in Pac-Man World 3, Spider-Man 2 and Chains of Olympus

[@DroidLocks6971]

.... I'm Loving My RGB30 .... Great Analog Sticks For Arcacade MsPacMan Speed Up Version And 3D0 Road Rash .... Which Plays Quite Well To My Surprise....

[@therabidpancake1]

Does it play ps2 ? That is the only reason that I would buy it.

[@CellPhish]

You can’t play PS2 on Linux handhelds. I’m testing GammaOS which has an Android TV backend so it is possible but you aren’t going to find decent PS2 on any CPU in this price range. So out of the box no and it’s been over a year since work has been done on the PS2 emulator for Android

[@therabidpancake1]

@@CellPhish so what is a handheld that plays ps2 games? Please don’t say the Steam Deck . I can’t afford that and I am not a big fan of steam.

[@DroidLocks6971]

.... Isn't This Just An X55 Spec Wise ....

[@CellPhish]

It’s close to the x55. Smaller screen but also smaller device. I personally think more comfortable but the x55 is better for streaming games

[@DroidLocks6971]

@@CellPhish thx

[@Diabrorojo]

Seems like an ok device to do some lite PSP emulation since it has a noice screen aspect ratio for it, i would not pay 90 bucks on it anyway, i would save some more money to at last an RP4PRO in this segment of chinese devices or get a smaller toy like RG35xx H just for some Gameboy/Advance retrofun.

[@CellPhish]

There is a device for everyone. I have videos on both the handhelds you listed. I actually just posted a video a couple days ago on how to install Hall Effect joysticks in a RG35XX-H

[@eduardofernandez4011]

I wouldn't call it an open source device. Having open source CFW doesn't make it open source in my opinion, the hardware is not open.

[@CellPhish]

That’s fair. It is listed as an open source device but I understand the argument of the hardware being locked down. That being said these Chinese companies keep stealing each others IP so I’m surprised they open any part of them.

[@luminousfractal420]

Word for word copy of the last review I watched. 😂

[@CellPhish]

Did someone copy my review? lol I try not to watch other reviews until after I get done reviewing a device to help prevent blending them. Doesn’t always work so well

[@EliteC64]

Why You Need A Powkiddy X55 Instead Of This... build in WiFi 😄

[@CellPhish]

Also arguably worse build quality especially the X55’s rattle

[@CDubya.82]

Jumpcuts galore!!! 👎👎👎👎

[@mate20prohuawei11]

shitty 1gb ram this times @2024? hell fuck! No Way im gonna waste a single penny on this stupid shit!

[@CellPhish]

What would 2GB of Ram give you? It performs like the. X55 and the only difference on its eternals is the X55 has 2GB of ram.

[@rilkeda]

Bro thinks this is android. 😂😂

[@azenyr]

Zero point in having more than 1GB of RAM on a Linux device with this CPU. You will never ever need any more RAM for the systems this can and will emulate. Linux builds on these devices barely use any RAM so 95% of it is reserved for the emulator you are running