🔥 Probé la Retroid Pocket Duo: ¿Vale la pena para 3DS, Switch y más?
Spanish-language regular Duo hands-on covering PS2, Xbox, dual-screen games, PC gaming and driver tradeoffs. Short tests retain unknown builds and visual limits. Watch the full video on YouTube ↗
Watch on YouTubeSpanish automatic captions reviewed with selected frames. No publisher chapters; timestamps are reviewed passages. Unknown app/fork builds remain unknown.
Settings and findings
What the reviewer found in this video at the time. Newer app versions can behave differently.
God of War II and Shadow of the Colossus are shown in NetherSX2. This is short-sample evidence, not catalogue-wide compatibility.
- shadow of the colossus resolution
- 1.5×, visible in sampled overlay
- driver
- Stock, per narration
- emulator build
- Unknown
The reviewer reports Fable and a House of the Dead game at 2× in HakuX; exact builds are unknown.
- resolution scale
- 2×
- driver
- Custom; exact tested package unconfirmed
A 3DS Pokémon sample runs at 4× with a custom driver. The emulator, game edition and builds remain unidentified.
- resolution scale
- 4×
- driver
- Custom; exact tested package unconfirmed
The reviewer finds melonDS responsive in a Phantom Hourglass stylus sample; the fork and latency are unmeasured.
- emulator
- melonDS, fork/build unconfirmed
The native Wind Waker HD port is reported at 1080p/60. Sampled counters do not establish locked 60 fps.
- resolution
- 1080p / 1.5×
- power mode
- Standard, per narration
- driver
- Stock Qualcomm V800.73 visible in sampled overlay
- port build
- Unconfirmed
GTA V uses stock drivers after blue characters with a custom driver. The 720p Medium sample is outside the city.
- resolution
- 720p
- graphics
- Medium
- driver
- Stock
- runtime
- Unknown
- fps
- Reviewer reports 40–60 outside the city; not a whole-game benchmark
Left 4 Dead is shown running in DroidDeck. No verified comparison with GameHub or GameNative is provided.
- configuration
- Defaults plus unspecified component/driver updates, per narration
- build
- Unknown
At 0.75×, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe approaches 60 fps with drops; item icons can disappear or flicker.
- resolution scale
- 0.75×
- driver
- Custom; package/build not confirmed in footage
- emulator
- Unknown
The description links Turnip 5.1; it does not prove that exact package was used in every test.
About these notes
Taken from what the reviewer says in the video. App and driver versions appear only when the reviewer names them, and each link jumps to that moment.
Related game notes
Wii UThe Wind Waker HDCemu and a separate native Android recompilation both have short regular Duo samples around 30 fps. Their apps, drivers and settings differ; the recompilation fork is unconfirmed and neither sample establishes full-game performance. A later native-port sample reports 1080p with stock drivers; its sampled counters do not establish locked 60 fps.Pocket Duo
PS2God of War IIA Duo review reports improved results with a custom Turnip driver in ARMSX2. The same video notes that custom drivers can introduce glitches or crashes.Pocket Duo
SwitchMario Kart 8 DeluxeA stream reports better performance with a custom driver in Eden, without a stable 60 fps, and a written review saw 30 to 45 fps. A later 0.75× sample approaches 60 fps with drops and missing/flickering item icons; its emulator and driver build are unconfirmed.Pocket Duo
DSThe Legend of Zelda: Phantom HourglassThe Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass runs at reported full speed with SeedlessDS high-resolution rendering on Lite. The reviewer reports substantial fast-forward headroom early on; not every touch or lid-close puzzle was tried.Pocket Duo and Duo Lite
Windows PCGrand Theft Auto VEsto es Retro shows the snowy opening on a regular Duo at 720p with Medium graphics and the stock driver. A custom driver had produced blue characters. The short sample does not establish city performance, GTA Online support or a complete setup recipe; the runtime and game build were not identified.Pocket Duo
PS2Shadow of the ColossusNetherSX2 Classic at 2× was close to playable in one review. A separate native-resolution cinematic looks smooth, but its emulator is unconfirmed and boss-fight performance was not shown.Pocket Duo
Card screenshots come from Libretro, not from a Duo.
Software in this video
- DroidDeckRuns a Steam client and a Linux gaming environment on supported Android handhelds.PC gaming · 0.6.9
OriginalHakuXOriginal Xbox emulator for 64-bit Android with Vulkan rendering and a focus on Adreno GPUs.Emulator · v1.3.0- PS2NetherSX2Community continuation and patching project based on AetherSX2.Emulator · Preview · 2.2n
- Turnip for Adreno 722 / DuoCommunity Turnip builds specifically profiled for the Pocket Duo’s Adreno 722 GPU.Graphics driver · 5.1
- The Wind Waker HDWind Waker HD RecompNative static recompilation of the Wii U game with an Android ARM64 setup app. Requires game data from your own copy.Game port · v0.5.0
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