Advice, try using EUROPE roms! Dont use USA, they lag much more, is about the format they are made, also try 1,5 in games upscale, sometimes works better than 1 x.
Once again thank you for this awesome setup guides. Would you then recommend the regular dolphin emulator over the dolphin for handhelds when it comes to GC games?
Thanks so much for this helpful video 🙏 The only issue I’m facing for Retroid 3 plus is that the game pad seems to be on the screen (touchpad) which wont allow my buttons to work. Is there any solution you might know ?
It's amazing that Metroid Prime runs at playable speeds on this thing given it's one of the hardest GC games to emulate properly. All things considered the RP3+ seems like the best handheld in its price range right now.
@@MjolnirStone question how do I turn off the controls on display screen? And also sync controls with the games on gamecube? Thanks I can't get them off my screen big A on screen lol
another really great tutorial, much appreciated since my rp3plus should be shipping soon and this will be useful since this will make my set up faster. i really had no intention of running ps2/gc games on the rp3 because i figured i would use my steam deck for those as it has a much bigger screen, and way more power. however, after watching this video and seeing how capable it is, now i'm definitely going to try and run these and less demanding ps2 games on the rp3 and see if the smaller screen isn't an issue. i do prefer bigger screens for console games, but considering the rp3 has a 720 screen, maybe it'll be fine
Any luck getting Rogue Squadron 2 working? It's really slow no matter what I do and has some crazy flickering of red squares on the screen. Pretty much unplayable.
MMJR was not included with my set up. I see that they added Citra Fork back up which i download but it does nothing. How Do i get MMJR on my Retroid 3 plus?
Can you do one of these for the best way to setup Arcade/MAME games? On my RP2 I always just used the MAME v139 Emulator manually. Is Retroarch better and then it can be used by Daijisho (?) ?
Retroarch makes things much easier when using multiple emulators for early generation game systems. It simplifies hot keys and controllers. As for arcade emulation, my preferred emulator is Final Burn Neo. It’s best at emulating the 90’s arcade systems (NeoGeo, CPS). Sega systems are outliers and generally require special emulation programs. Atomiswave and NAOMI run using flycast, which is another Retroarch core.
Not sure if it's OK to ask where to get PAL versions of roms, I can figure that out on my own if needed. But I'd like to know if the PAL versions make a difference in the quality emulating on this device or if I'm okay using any old rom file?
So...I just installed the version of Dolphin (not Dolphon for Handhelds) by re-running the setup wizard on my RP3+ and it does not end up like yours. Mine just reads "Dolphin Emulator 5.0-16009" I wound up having to get that 11505 APK from github.
So weird. I could have sworn that version was included with mine. I know there has been an OTA update since then. I wonder if they changed which one they installed? Or maybe I am just losing my mind...
Thank you this great content, it is a real life saver. Unfortunately i think am totally missing something because i can't use controllers of my rp3+ on this emulator. I have the same build of yours. Can you tell me where i can assign them?
Open app go to settings go to gamecube input and map your controls. Open the game and toggle controls to takeoff the touch buttons and you should be all good
Excellent video man. I've been playing around w/ mine and you're correct w/ 11505 version. It runs the fastest but not perfect. What I haven't been able to do yet was do save state while inside any launcher (retroid launcher or daijisho). I can launch the app, but when I try save state. Nothing is saved. It only work when in the standalone app. Were you able to work around this?
This is SO CLOSE to GameCube at full speed. I'm going to hold on to my retroid pocket 2+ until the Rp4 comes out in the future (if it has full speed GameCube with no tinkering that it lol)
How did you get the PAL version to work in MMJR (not MMJR2) with 60FPS? I've been trying for days and haven't been able to get it to work, or get widescreen hacks to work either. I tried the US version and the frame drops are awful. MMJR2 is a little better, but I know that MMJR is preferred.. I just can't make it work. Any tutorials in the works on that or tips? Thanks!
Ah man can't get mario superstar baseball to work at all and I'm terribly stupid when it comes to updating spreadsheets. If someone sees this could they put it under requests or try it out? Not sure how to get it to work.
Any format will work of course but rvz will save you space with no hit to performance or quality so I would definitely recommend it. All the games you saw in the video were rvz.
Is that warble in Windwaker's music pretty much unavoidable? I thought it was a problem with the emulation and it was driving me batty. But seeing it here it's just... there?
What I'm failing to understand is how you're able to swipe left on the screen to get the menu to come up. For some reason on my device, it absolutely refuses to let me bring the menu up
I wish you had tested Paper Mario: Thousand Year Door… I’ve seen pretty good performance for that game using the pal rom and Dolphin for Handheld. Was curious how you’d set it up on this one.
hey man i love your videos. i find all of them very helpful. i just got an RP3+ and i use dolphin mmjr with your exact settings and sometimes when i go load up luigis mansion PAL version it will give me a storage error and its so frustrating i have no clue how to fix it. i ended up uninstalling the gamecube roms and mmjr. i got it to work again but i think it will give me another error. i dont remember the exact error but it had something to due with the save states or something because it just open the rom, give me the error, then crash if you know anything about this please let me know, thanks
Hey dude, could you help - tried playing RE4 on Dolphin MMJR, all the settings are the same as yours but the game does not stretch to full screen. There are black bars on all sides. What am I doing wrong?
The black bars are hardcoded, the frame are rendered in 4:3, AKA 16:9 letterbox. To eliminate them you should zoom in the image (most tv can do that, don't know about the RP3+).
i adore your channel. anew sub. I have the retroid pocket 3 plus. this thing is amazing. the analog sticks could have been better stuck out but in all, it's amazing. i used your guides to do all my setups on it. thank you so much
Hey Mjolnir, I'm having a problem with MMJR repeatedly closing whenever I open the app. I'm pretty new to android so I haven't had much luck troubleshooting. I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling, force closing, etc. but nothing seems to help. Any ideas what I can do?
I wish I could be of more help but the Retroid Pocket 3 was also my first Android device. It shouldn't matter since you even tried uninstalling it, but maybe try emptying the cache? I haven't ever had an issue with MMJR crashing like that so it definitely makes it hard for me to troubleshoot. If that doesn't help you might try asking in the Retroid Discord. It's active enough that someone else may have experienced the same issue.
Hey, thanks for much for the tutorial! I've been playing through Baten Kaitos: Eternal Wings and the Lost Ocean on my RP3+.... it's been playable, but while exploring it hovers between 20-25 fps and during battle it maxes out at 30fps with some stutters. Was wondering if anyone wants to give a shot at troubleshooting this game's performance as I don't really know what I'm doing... Thanks in advance.
They are! For $149 this thing does much more than I expected. Some people are just unrealistic, as you said. If it played PS2 perfectly they would be complaining it "can't do PS3 perfectly, wait for RP5!"
@@MjolnirStone not today, today is cheaper but it still more expensive than the pocket 3+ my issue was i had that phone laying around and i could just use it with a GameSir X2 Pro and be done, and that's exactly the route i went. I am going to wait with this setup until Pocket 4+ comes out and it can run Wii games better
Hey! I don't have a guide but the link to the APK file is in the description of this video. You can download that and copy it over from your computer or download it directly on your Retroid Pocket 3+ and install it. If you have any trouble let me know and I will try to help.
@@MjolnirStone had one more question, is there a way to make the console connect as a controller? Games like Genshin Impact on app store doesn't recognize the controls, maybe using a Bluetooth app on itself?
Hello! I have 2 questions: Can you share if this console work with straming video plataforms like Netflix, HBO, etc and if you can send it by HDMI to TV. Can you play with wireless headphones? Thanks by your support.
Just got a retroid pocket 3+ and none of the buttons are working, I am extremely dissapointed. Now I wrote to the company, but who knows... My recommendation, don't buy it!
@@jased8727 You can get approaching playable with tons of frustration with: (15-20ish fps, slowdown to 7) OpenGL Max CPU Speed: 105% Override Emulated CPU Speed: Yup Emulated CPU Speed: 15% Shader Compilation: Skip Drawing On After tinkering with this thing for a week I've come to realize that it's just no good for GameCube emulation. My iPhone is 10000x better for that. RP3+ is best for retro emulation to Dreamcast and PSP and game streaming from XBox GamePass. GameCube and PS2 is just way too frustrating an experience to enjoy it, unless all you play is 2D platformers or RPGs
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I applaud your self-control not installing the million versions of Dolphin. 😆
Advice, try using EUROPE roms! Dont use USA, they lag much more, is about the format they are made, also try 1,5 in games upscale, sometimes works better than 1 x.
Finally! Been waiting on this! The ONLY GC setup for rp3+ 🙏 🐐
Sorry it took so long but happy to be first! haha
Once again thank you for this awesome setup guides. Would you then recommend the regular dolphin emulator over the dolphin for handhelds when it comes to GC games?
The link to get the APK is down. Do you know another place to get the apk?
Thanks so much for this helpful video 🙏
The only issue I’m facing for Retroid 3 plus is that the game pad seems to be on the screen (touchpad) which wont allow my buttons to work. Is there any solution you might know ?
While ingame, swipe down -> more options/ellipsis (three dots) -> Toggle Controls -> Toggle all.
It’s funny how at first I only care about wind waker with dolphin emulator, but now that other games are possible I want to play them too
It's amazing that Metroid Prime runs at playable speeds on this thing given it's one of the hardest GC games to emulate properly. All things considered the RP3+ seems like the best handheld in its price range right now.
I definitely agree at this price point there is nothing better.
@@MjolnirStone question how do I turn off the controls on display screen? And also sync controls with the games on gamecube? Thanks I can't get them off my screen big A on screen lol
@@MerrickCamo520 While in a game, pull down dolphin settings(3 dots), go on toggle controls, toggle all.
another really great tutorial, much appreciated since my rp3plus should be shipping soon and this will be useful since this will make my set up faster. i really had no intention of running ps2/gc games on the rp3 because i figured i would use my steam deck for those as it has a much bigger screen, and way more power.
however, after watching this video and seeing how capable it is, now i'm definitely going to try and run these and less demanding ps2 games on the rp3 and see if the smaller screen isn't an issue. i do prefer bigger screens for console games, but considering the rp3 has a 720 screen, maybe it'll be fine
Honestly didn't think your settings were going to make a difference but they did thanks man Def earned a sub
Any luck getting Rogue Squadron 2 working? It's really slow no matter what I do and has some crazy flickering of red squares on the screen. Pretty much unplayable.
MMJR was not included with my set up. I see that they added Citra Fork back up which i download but it does nothing. How Do i get MMJR on my Retroid 3 plus?
I Tried To Play F Zero GX For Dolphin Emulator But The Game Runs Too Slow On Retriod Pocket 2S
Can you do one of these for the best way to setup Arcade/MAME games? On my RP2 I always just used the MAME v139 Emulator manually. Is Retroarch better and then it can be used by Daijisho (?) ?
I just use the fbneo and mame 2003 plus cores in RetroArch
Any front-end can use it
@@rassular ok, thanks
Retroarch makes things much easier when using multiple emulators for early generation game systems. It simplifies hot keys and controllers.
As for arcade emulation, my preferred emulator is Final Burn Neo. It’s best at emulating the 90’s arcade systems (NeoGeo, CPS). Sega systems are outliers and generally require special emulation programs. Atomiswave and NAOMI run using flycast, which is another Retroarch core.
Luigi’s mansion the start up creek audio is bit slow get some graphics issues not lot same settings as yours
How did you get MMJR? I cant seem to find it anywhere on my pocket 3 plus
Really enjoying your content. Do we need a guide for N64 and Dreamcast or are they straight forward? I am looking forward to these in particular.
Do you need a guide for either of them? Not exactly, but there are a few small tweaks I would suggest for each of them so I will be doing guides!
@@MjolnirStone nice!
I cant get into the mmjr menu when i launch a game. there is no mappable menu button
4:59 "help the community" 😂😂 bro said y'all do that shit
just didi the same settings as you and my games goes like in 20fps
How do I get rid of the on screen controls? I can't find it in the settings
Really enjoying your content. Do we need a guide for N64 and Dreamcast or are they straight forward? I am looking forward to these in particular.
n64 on odin really doesnt need any settings adjusted, its old enough to emulate easy. I assume its the same for the pocker 3+.
The Dolphin MMJR is no longer available.
Help, Im with 25 fps on pikmin:(
Not sure if it's OK to ask where to get PAL versions of roms, I can figure that out on my own if needed. But I'd like to know if the PAL versions make a difference in the quality emulating on this device or if I'm okay using any old rom file?
pal runs at 50fps which is recommended here because it’s an easier fps for the device to hit
Thanks for the spreadsheet. It's really helpful.
Glad it was helpful!
So...I just installed the version of Dolphin (not Dolphon for Handhelds) by re-running the setup wizard on my RP3+ and it does not end up like yours. Mine just reads "Dolphin Emulator 5.0-16009"
I wound up having to get that 11505 APK from github.
Yeah same here
So weird. I could have sworn that version was included with mine. I know there has been an OTA update since then. I wonder if they changed which one they installed? Or maybe I am just losing my mind...
@@MjolnirStone Well, with as many videos as you have pushed out, either possibility could be valid...
@@0525ohhwell You're right. At this point I have definitely lost a bit of my mind.
Thank you this great content, it is a real life saver. Unfortunately i think am totally missing something because i can't use controllers of my rp3+ on this emulator. I have the same build of yours. Can you tell me where i can assign them?
Open app go to settings go to gamecube input and map your controls. Open the game and toggle controls to takeoff the touch buttons and you should be all good
Audio stretching in Metroid is horrific.
Excellent video man. I've been playing around w/ mine and you're correct w/ 11505 version. It runs the fastest but not perfect. What I haven't been able to do yet was do save state while inside any launcher (retroid launcher or daijisho). I can launch the app, but when I try save state. Nothing is saved. It only work when in the standalone app. Were you able to work around this?
Same here. I don't think that's been fixed. You can save states when launching from daijisho in MMJR2 and dolphin for handheld.
I think I mentioned the game on another video, but the Skies of Arcadia Gamecube version seems to run great on the RP3+.
Yeah, I tested it. it runs well but can’t upscale as high as the Dreamcast version of the game. Maybe I’m just a Sega man at heart. haha
This is SO CLOSE to GameCube at full speed. I'm going to hold on to my retroid pocket 2+ until the Rp4 comes out in the future (if it has full speed GameCube with no tinkering that it lol)
Just bought the rp3+
Has mmjr2 and dolphin
Not mmjr??
How do I go around get mmjr as from what I've read its a better and more user friendly version.
How did you get the PAL version to work in MMJR (not MMJR2) with 60FPS? I've been trying for days and haven't been able to get it to work, or get widescreen hacks to work either. I tried the US version and the frame drops are awful. MMJR2 is a little better, but I know that MMJR is preferred.. I just can't make it work. Any tutorials in the works on that or tips? Thanks!
When uding ghe dolphin mmjr app, whenever i press a button it flashes on the screen. I cant seem to find the option to turn this off.😢
Ah man can't get mario superstar baseball to work at all and I'm terribly stupid when it comes to updating spreadsheets. If someone sees this could they put it under requests or try it out? Not sure how to get it to work.
Sick video!! 😊
Awesome video as always! Thanx a lot! What's the recommended ROM format for GameCube? rvz?
Any format will work of course but rvz will save you space with no hit to performance or quality so I would definitely recommend it. All the games you saw in the video were rvz.
@@MjolnirStone Perfect! Thanx a lot man!
Is that warble in Windwaker's music pretty much unavoidable? I thought it was a problem with the emulation and it was driving me batty. But seeing it here it's just... there?
What I'm failing to understand is how you're able to swipe left on the screen to get the menu to come up. For some reason on my device, it absolutely refuses to let me bring the menu up
Anybody know how to get the GameCube games to launch when I do it says game disc could not be read?
I wish you had tested Paper Mario: Thousand Year Door… I’ve seen pretty good performance for that game using the pal rom and Dolphin for Handheld. Was curious how you’d set it up on this one.
My controls dont work on dolphin when I try and play a wii game does anyone know how to fix?
hey man i love your videos. i find all of them very helpful. i just got an RP3+ and i use dolphin mmjr with your exact settings and sometimes when i go load up luigis mansion PAL version it will give me a storage error and its so frustrating i have no clue how to fix it. i ended up uninstalling the gamecube roms and mmjr. i got it to work again but i think it will give me another error. i dont remember the exact error but it had something to due with the save states or something because it just open the rom, give me the error, then crash
if you know anything about this please let me know, thanks
ty for that lowkey callout, it made me smile :)
It was my pleasure. Hopefully I also drag some people over to the spreadsheet.
Does this same setup work on RP3?
^^ it does not
Thank you! This was super helpful for my RP2S!
what’s the point on using the pal version if you’re gonna run it at 60hz
Great tutorial! I’m looking forward to your 3DS guide 😎
Do you hate me? 3DS? I’m crying already.
@@MjolnirStone Your guides are like magic, sir! Thanks again 🙏
@@MjolnirStone Even I wouldn't ask you to make a video explaining how to get citra to run well...
Edit: Its hard on any device
@@bitofclay Haha thanks, then I will do my best, but don't expect magic with 3DS!
@@sauce_legend1186 We really need a new 3DS emulator, pronto!
Thank you for showing us this version of dolphin. Because of you my paper Mario rpg gameplay is much better!!!
Hey dude, could you help - tried playing RE4 on Dolphin MMJR, all the settings are the same as yours but the game does not stretch to full screen. There are black bars on all sides. What am I doing wrong?
The black bars are hardcoded, the frame are rendered in 4:3, AKA 16:9 letterbox.
To eliminate them you should zoom in the image (most tv can do that, don't know about the RP3+).
Do changes to each game get saved for just that game, or are they universal changes?
i adore your channel. anew sub. I have the retroid pocket 3 plus. this thing is amazing. the analog sticks could have been better stuck out but in all, it's amazing. i used your guides to do all my setups on it. thank you so much
Hey Mjolnir, I'm having a problem with MMJR repeatedly closing whenever I open the app. I'm pretty new to android so I haven't had much luck troubleshooting. I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling, force closing, etc. but nothing seems to help. Any ideas what I can do?
I wish I could be of more help but the Retroid Pocket 3 was also my first Android device. It shouldn't matter since you even tried uninstalling it, but maybe try emptying the cache? I haven't ever had an issue with MMJR crashing like that so it definitely makes it hard for me to troubleshoot. If that doesn't help you might try asking in the Retroid Discord. It's active enough that someone else may have experienced the same issue.
Hey, thanks for much for the tutorial!
I've been playing through Baten Kaitos: Eternal Wings and the Lost Ocean on my RP3+.... it's been playable, but while exploring it hovers between 20-25 fps and during battle it maxes out at 30fps with some stutters. Was wondering if anyone wants to give a shot at troubleshooting this game's performance as I don't really know what I'm doing...
Thanks in advance.
My rp3+ only came with Dolphine for handheld and Dolphin emulator, can you advise on how to download mmjr? Thank you!
Hey Marcel! The link to MMJR is actually in the video description.
People are unrealistic about this handheld capabilities, this thing is pretty impressive for a $150 what more can you ask for🤔
They are! For $149 this thing does much more than I expected. Some people are just unrealistic, as you said. If it played PS2 perfectly they would be complaining it "can't do PS3 perfectly, wait for RP5!"
I am struggling to find MMJR
How to we get rid of the screen overlay?
This seems to perform a bit worse than the Pixel 4a 5G i have. But then the price... I can't wait for the Pocket 4+
Well sure, but that has a Snapdragon and costs what, 3 times as much?
@@MjolnirStone not today, today is cheaper but it still more expensive than the pocket 3+ my issue was i had that phone laying around and i could just use it with a GameSir X2 Pro and be done, and that's exactly the route i went. I am going to wait with this setup until Pocket 4+ comes out and it can run Wii games better
@@homebrewGT2 Fair enough. I use iPhone so it isn't much for emulation.
Can you save the settings for each game individually?
Yes.
very nice, thx! now I just have to find out how to exit a game on the mmjr dolphin 😅
It's really annoying but just keep swiping from the left and the game will close.
Do they have to be the pal versions?
Anyone know if Pokemon XD works too?
Be prepared to copy/paste your cheat codes every time you save a game specific setting! Annoying bug with this version of mmjr.
Frustrating, although to be fair I have not personally used any cheat codes anyway.
@@MjolnirStone I only use 16:9 AR codes, but it is annoying
What about the input?
Do you have a tutorial showing how to install Dolphin MMJR? It was not available to install at setup on my RP3+
Hey! I don't have a guide but the link to the APK file is in the description of this video. You can download that and copy it over from your computer or download it directly on your Retroid Pocket 3+ and install it. If you have any trouble let me know and I will try to help.
@@MjolnirStone thank you! Got it working!
@@paul_goddard Awesome!
Awesome thanks
Well done!
Been trying to get sonic adventure 2 to work 🤔
Honestly I didn't test that one on GC at all because I would just play the Dreamcast version that works great.
@@MjolnirStone thanks for the info
@@MjolnirStone had one more question, is there a way to make the console connect as a controller? Games like Genshin Impact on app store doesn't recognize the controls, maybe using a Bluetooth app on itself?
@@haukkru You're welcome. Hope you get it working to your satisfaction!
I’m not able to play GC games because my files are zipped. How do I unzip them?
You should be able to unzip them on a computer. Windows and Mac both include this functionality.
I was under the impression that they have to be a RVZ file?
Hello! I have 2 questions:
Can you share if this console work with straming video plataforms like Netflix, HBO, etc and if you can send it by HDMI to TV.
Can you play with wireless headphones?
Thanks by your support.
Yes, yes, and yes it can do all of those things it has an hdmi port and has access to the Google play store and Bluetooth
It only gives a 780p output no matter what, so it wont look very sharp on a big tv, only a monitor at biggest in my opinion
@@sauce_legend1186 Nonsense 720p looks just fine on a big TV as long as you aren't standing 2 feet away from the screen
Just got a retroid pocket 3+ and none of the buttons are working, I am extremely dissapointed. Now I wrote to the company, but who knows... My recommendation, don't buy it!
Rp3+ using doujinsho will just say ""org.dolphinemu.mmjr does not exist on your device" when I try and boot games through the launcher
I've tried to get Rogue Squadron 2 working and it's impossible
Yes wanted to see someone try rogue squadron 2 on rp3 plus
@@jased8727 You can get approaching playable with tons of frustration with: (15-20ish fps, slowdown to 7)
OpenGL
Max CPU Speed: 105%
Override Emulated CPU Speed: Yup
Emulated CPU Speed: 15%
Shader Compilation: Skip Drawing On
After tinkering with this thing for a week I've come to realize that it's just no good for GameCube emulation. My iPhone is 10000x better for that. RP3+ is best for retro emulation to Dreamcast and PSP and game streaming from XBox GamePass. GameCube and PS2 is just way too frustrating an experience to enjoy it, unless all you play is 2D platformers or RPGs
So far that is just a game that doesn’t work well. it won’t even run perfectly on Odin from what I have seen.