ULTIMATE BEGINNERS GUIDE | Analogue Pocket (updated guide in pinned comment)
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The Analogue Pocket is an FPGA gaming handheld that plays so many different systems. whether you've just received you device or you've had it a while, this guide will prove invaluable to you for getting the most out of your machine.
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I have my pocket and was just in awe of how great it is. But I never even thought about how it could be even greater. Thanks for giving me several hour side quest for this weekend!
Have a good weekend ☺️
I've had my Pocket for a couple weeks and haven't bothered getting it up and running because it seemed too daunting and time consuming for me to bother. Glad I found this video.
Updaters make easy work of it. Have fun.
Thanks for this video. Just received my Indigo limited edition AP and can't wait to get it up and running. Your guide will only make it easier for me
Awesome, I hope you have a great time with your Pocket (you will 😀)
@@PixelCherryNinja Finaly set up and I cannot thank you enough.
@@UninspiredTortoise glad to hear it 👍
My cousin just got his pocket last week. I am going to send him to this video. Thanks!
Thank you, that's appreciated. Sharing the video feeds the algorithm, it's like feeding RUclips a Steak 🥩 Dinner.
JTFriday makes Fridays even better than they normally are. Thanks for everything as always.
Thank you too buddy. I love JT Fridays ❣️😍❣️😍❣️
I'm receiving my translucent purple pocket tomorrow and I can't wait to dive into what it can do! Thanks for this guide! I'm excited to start using it.
Thanks for the feedback, you'll have a lot of fun with the Pocket.
Got my order in yesterday, I'll be watching this on repeat until it's delivered. Thanks for your hard work.
You're in for some real fun times. The Pocket is great
Great video! I'll be using it many times as I set up and my pocket.
Thanks, you'll have more games than you can ever play 😁
@@PixelCherryNinja as soon as I find the roms 😅
@@mTwJARhead you'll find them buddy, they are definitely ARCHIVEd and .ORGanised on the internet somewhere.
Perfect timing my glow in the dark version came in!
I love this! My Pocket just came last week.
Sweet, enjoy your device, it's seriously fun.
Thanks for what you do! Now I got all the beta cores running!
Good to hear 😊
thanks for giving me a solid outlet to get caught up totally as im late to the party i should have mine later in the week cant wait had to pay 200$ over market value but this will be alot of fun.
You'll definitely have a lot of fun, it's a great device. Welcome to the channel
Got my red translucent pocket a couple hours ago and this guide helped me a lot already! This console will give me so much fun!
Awesome, I'm so happy that so many new Analogue Pocket owners are joining the party. Welcome 😊
Always helping this great community, respect PCN.
Hey thanks LM, always good having you around.
Now I feel like playing Metroid Fusion. The question is, should I play it in the Pocket or an OG GBA with a modded screen 🤔
@PixelCherryNinja I think you forgot to put in your JT beta key into the updater. Since you wiped the memory card, your settings were cleared out.
Thank you for this amazing guide!! I cant wait for my Transparent Pocket to come. I hipe it goes as well as the GITD did 😁
Thank you, awesome to hear
How do you acquire the ROMs?
Love the Analogue Pocket content - subscribed!
Thank you, and welcome to the channel 👍
This is awesome thank you so much. Just got my pocket this week and will indulge myself to this video over the weekend
Thanks for watching, and have a good weekend.
Do you use a mac? I'm having issues even downloading one of these
@@derekviveiros Yes I am on Mac, what are you having issues with
Wee after re-watching the videos, finally fix the issues!!! Now... hoping for Paprium to be able to be played in the pocket... might never happen.
Glad you resolved your issue.
I know I'm an idiot, but can anyone somehow let me know how and where to get the roms for all the systems for these cores. Please.
Google no intro Gameboy roms. Replace Gameboy with another system to download for that system. The website called archive usually has the full sets. Note it's technically piracy to download all of them. The legal way is to dump your own carts and use those. It's legal (in USA) to have ROMs of carts you own. Ask a lawyer about your local laws and don't sue me bro 😂
R/Roms mega thread
go to your search engine of choice and type in " roms"
Glad to see support for the new JT bets cores. I voted in a poll via Patreon, supporting public releases of cores. As a casual pocket gamer, I just want to support their efforts bringing arcade cores to the emulators.
I’m using the RetroDriven updater, I wish you had an explanation using that one or if anyone else can direct me a video on using that
Here's a video in which I use RetroDriven's updater, it's a bit dated but it may still apply.
I want to preemptively apologize for these questions, but I'm entirely new to the Analogue Pocket. I really do want to play games off a micro SD card, and I'm sure this guide will prove to be useful for that, but I wanted to ask: would installing cores or doing anything in this guide make it so I can't play off my cartridges or make it so I cannot ever use my Pocket without the SD card inserted? I hope my questions make sense, haha. Essentially, how much am I changing my Pocket by installing all of this and how dependent am I making it to the SD card and all the other software?
Everything runs off the SD card, it doesn't affect your Analogue Pocket.
Great video! Thanks!
Glad you liked it! Thank you 😊
How do you launch a GBC cart with spiritualized GBC cores to get the original color pallettes?
You can't choose a core when launching carts. It launches with whatever Analogue use.
Awesome video, chapters would make it even better.
Good point, I'll try and add some soon.
Hi thanks for this Im getting a white Analogue Pocket for Christmas. Does it have a ZX Spectrum emulator?
Thanks 👍🏻
Good to hear. ZX Spectrum is currently being worked on, and isn't available yet.
Awesome, my glow in the dark comes in this week. Thanks!
Oh nice. I think, I've pretty much gone over everything important.
Just got my order in on Friday! This week be thr first thing i do when it comes. Quick question, before adding SD should we update the pocket boy first? Organically
Congratulations on securing a unit. The auto Updaters provide options to download and apply Firmware updates. So that's the easiest way. You could also download the FW for yourself and update manually, the choice is yours.
It won't affect the cores or ROMs you have in the SD card.
@@PixelCherryNinja Bless you brotha thank you!
@PixelCherryNinja You forgot to put your JT beta key into the updater. When you eiped the memory card, it lost your previous settings.
07:15 I copied it
Hi Pixelcherrie 🍒. I need your help. I wanted to play the UK 2 player turtles game, so I can pick another turtle 🐢. So I went to the alternate folder and copy-paste the file into the folder where the 4 player one is. I went to pocket updater and used “download required files”, I even downloaded the Matt Panela one like you and chose “download assets” but I cant seem to run the 2 player one. I mist be doing somewhing wrong. Can you help me please, or make a video how to make games from the alternate folder work? Thanks a lot man.
Sandro, nice to hear from you. There may be an issue with TMNT and Simpsons. I've not had to properly look at it, you could try converting the games manually. It's likely it'll get resolved in the future.
Here is a link that Jotego posted on his discord earlier. github.com/jotego/jtbin/wiki/Analogue-Pocket-Cores
Btw, JT discord is a great place to get trouble shooting help, you can gain access via Patreon
@@PixelCherryNinjaHi, yeah its been a while, but I watch all your videos ☺️. I have solved the issue, I think the option “generate JSON files” in the matt panela updater fixed the issue. However, when I grab the japanese Goldenaxe from the alternate file and do the same as with turtles it still doenst work. It says “error in framework”. Inthink he cant find the ROM. Do you know what to do? I support jotego on patreon but I cant seem pininpoint the issue. Thanks man ❤
@@SandroSensei I'd say, try to convert it manually and see if the issue persists. Thanks for watching stuff, I remember you as a long time subscriber. Always good to hear from you 🙂
@@PixelCherryNinja❤
Great video! Recently received another pocket and tried an arcade core (space race) that did not work on my older pocket. Low and behold it worked with the new one and I used the same sd card. Any ideas why this is happening? Maybe a bug. It’s the only core that doesn’t work 🤷🏻♂️ Not the end of the world, unless it was cps2, then I would be devastated. Still wished this little retro arcade title worked. It looks great on the screen of the new one. Keep up the fantastic work!
No idea, what your issue is, but hey at least you have two units.
@@PixelCherryNinja you’re not wrong, I just hope my pocket isn’t defective… since it’s an arcade game from 1973 and not something like cps2 I can’t say it warrants any type of repair but it just frustrates me there’s nothing I can do about it. The new pocket is for preservation sake so it mainly stays in the hard clear case accessory. 1st world problems I guess lol
This game is due for a PS5 Pro remaster. I can't wait!
Please let me know when it releases.
Hahaha no idea why this comment landed here. Looking to run through this video this weekend to update my pocket!
@@brandontalbort haha 🤣, well it was funny. Keep up the great work 💪
Why is the darksoft neogeo set missing a ton of games?
Why are there so many cores? There aren't that many consoles and handhelds. Is it that each arcade machine game is it's own core? Didn't they use boards (kinda like a console) model 1, Model 2, Naomi, etc?
Hey, thanks for this informative video. I'm curious about the Amiga core, in theory would it be possible for it to run Amiga apps like the Octamed tracker? Or is it solely Amiga games?
I'm not quite sure as I only use the image provided by the fine folk at Amiga Vision. If you're on twitter, ask them over there, they should be able to provide an answer.
I am needing some help. I just got my analogue pocket and I got the cores on and working. I got SNES/NES/GBA working as an example but for some reason I am not finding any games I put in the common folder of the gameboy color and gameboy folders. PLEASE HELP!
Make sure games are unzipped and are correct.gb or.gbc format.
So if ROMs are used then it's just regular emulation? If we use the original games there is no emulation?
Ultimate beginners guide, for windows.
ISSUES:
Pocket Sync - Don't know which to download for mac. Tried a couple, can't open files, Apple doesn't let me.
Pocket Updater - it doesn't have the options of downloads that this video shows, only 'pocket_updater.zip' and it's a windows file.
I'm sorry I cannot help more, I'm not a Mac user.
nice video, so the only way to get grid line/scanlines in gameboy and gameboy color games is to convert them into .pockets files?
also isn't there any grid lines/scanlines for gba and arcade cores? cheers
The screen effects are currently only available for Carts and GB Studio games. There are a handful of arcade games that have scanline options, like the Tiger Heli game.
Is it feasible to do all of this without having to first insert the card and take it out for the firmware bit? For example could I get the .bin file for the firmware. Then install and run pocket updated, then pocket sync before ever inserting the card into the pocket for the first time?
From what I understand the FW only installs from SD card.
Hey see that your still active on this video helping so I was going to ask when I get the darksoft NeoGeo Roms i would just add them like any other game im adding to the common files?
Correct, all games go in assets > common folder
Is it important to enter the Micro SD card prior to loading it with software? I am trying to pre prep the Micro SD is that a issue for first install?
You can prep the SD card before you get the pocket. You just need to add some folders.
Nice vid mate. But you left me hanging on the Tetris Rosy Retrospective!?
Not a fan?
I don’t know what it is!? Thought you were going to enlighten me. Is it a hack? Can’t seem to find in my collections.
@@solderchicken7598 here you go ruclips.net/video/65HbzmwxIgg/видео.html
Is it possible to get who framed roger rabbit on the analogue? I just got mine and downloaded the first firmware. I just wanted that game from sega and a couple other games from NES like ikari warriors.
Use an updater to grab the core(s) you want. Then add ROMs to the corresponding assets folder. Job done.
Is this still relevant / best guide to follow or is there an updated guide?
This still applies. The only change I can think of, is the way Jotego Patreon keys are used. Apart from that all should be cool.
Thank you, really appreicate the quick response! Just subscribed and liked.. new to the pocket so trying to figure out what to do to get the most out of it.
@@salman3690 no probs. The Updaters, will take care of most of the work. There are 3 available, and they're all good.
does anyone know if there is a way to play Killer Instinct 1 and 2 the Arcade versions on analogue pocket? thanks.
Those cores are not out. You can however enjoy the SNES version.
Got the blue version pre-ordered and have a spare 512G SD card so will do this when it arrives. Just with how much the pocket costs, I can’t end up bricking it if this goes wrong?
I don't think you can brick the Pocket, even if you trt. I'm always messing around with mine, so far zero issues.
@@PixelCherryNinja thanks this worked amazingly and easy too
Great Tutorial thank you! But what i dont understand is what the Jotega Zip File is for. Does the whole thing not work only with the Mattpanella .exe File?
Some cores available for the Pocket are in Beta and can only be accessed by supporting Jotego's (a developer) Patreon. Once you sign up, you'll have access to the beta zip spoken about in the video.
What size sd card do you recommend going with? I have a 256gb card and just ordered a pocket today. And was just wondering if that’s gonna be enough to play everything or if I need to get a 512gb?
256gb is fine. I use a 512gb and it's not even a quarter full
Can I play shenmue? Or ready 2 rumble ?
GBA Ready 2 Rumble, yes. Shenmue, I don't think so, but if you find a way then please let me know.
When a new version of a beta comes out, does the updater get the new beta rom?
The beta•zip did not manage to grab punk shot for me, when I tried it yesterday, soon after release. I'm gonna try it again later
My Pocket is still in the box... Want to open it and use it, but don't wanna make it look used lol... Do you think the Duo will be hackable to run all cores... I'm tempted to order one.
Duo doesn't have support for openFPGA. But you never know what can happen with Jailbreaks.
Excellent! I hope they pin this.
Andy's in da house 🫡
For some reason I used 2 different sd cards, but none of them has the pop up on my analog pocket. So I'm confused where to go from here
You'll know if it's okay, as it'll create a bunch of files and folders when you first insert the card.
@PixelCherryNinja when I inserted the card and turn the console on. I waited about 5 minutes just to be safe, and when I plugged it back to the pc, no extra folders or anything was placed or created into the SD card
So if you *don't* want to grab everything (for me, that's just too much stuff to have on the menu when I won't play 10% of all cores), you'd download firmware, then pick cores, then download required assets? Just what intuition says but curious if that's correct
That's correct.
@@PixelCherryNinja trip report, actually after selecting what cores you want to install, you have to do 0 - update all instead of downloading required assets. That will then fetch the assets and artwork for just the cores you selected. The download required assets option, not sure what it's for.
How large of a Micro SD do you recommend?
I'm using a 512gb, as they are really cheap now. The only games that take up a lot of space are PC engine CD ones. Even with a good few pc engine CD games, I'm only 100gb in.
@@PixelCherryNinja that’s great thank you. I love the clarity of your video and calm vibe. I’ve just received my pocket and I’m over the moon. Won’t hack it just yet, but will beat FFII on cart first. ☑️
@@JGRICH61 thanks. Btw, no hack required, you just add files, but take your time and enjoy the experience.
Are there scanline filters for openfpga yet? (docked)
Only for a couple of cores. Tiger Heli is one of them.
This may sound like a dumb question as I should be getting my pocket in the next few weeks but once the card is formatted and in the pocket cant you just connect the pocket to your pc and then transfer everything over that way?
You can, but the transfer rate is extremely slow, you even get a prompt telling you not to transfer anything larger than 10mb
Thanks. I got my pocket today but my sd card comes tomorrow. So after work ( I work late) ill get this all set up.
@@docc19 👍
Question: I actually ordered a pocket the other day, and I set up a spare 128 GB Card and ran the udpater to get everything on there and put my roms in. Is this a viable option, or should I have waited for the pocket to show up first?
Should be all good. I think I go over the default files the pocket creates, when you first add a micro SD inside it, in this earlier guide.
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@@PixelCherryNinja I got my pocket yesterday, the memory card didn't work the first time I put it in, but then I turned it off, took the card out, reinserted it, turned it back on and it ran the firmware update and all of the OpenFPGA stuff works.
Do you have to use PC, I’m having trouble on Mac
You can use a Mac, some of the Updaters support it. I can't speak from experience, as I haven't used a Mac for a long time.
9:09 neo geo core dont work any help
You need the Dark soft ROMs.
And any reason why the artworks are all black & white? Maybe something to do with the ultra basic OS? The GUI on the pocket is pretty ugly eh? A shame it doesn’t make more use of the incredibly high pixel density screen. I like it’s simplicity though, like the MiSTer.
I'm not 100%, but I imagine it's a limitation Analogue have put in place. I don't have an issue with artwork or colours.
@pixelcherryninja Hi, great video. Converting games to .pocket games is great. I have a question if you don't mind. Is there a way to transfer save states from my regular gb roms. To the ones I created in the GB studio. Because I originally started playing a Zelda game for example, and I am in an advanced part of the game. But after seeing your video to convert games to .pocket games I want to play it from the GB studio so I can change the filters as If I was using a cart.
Thanks for all the great content!
Thanks for watching. I'm really sorry, I've never attempted this, so can't help you. It may be worth asking on Reddit, to see if anyone else has ever done anything like it.
@@PixelCherryNinja No worries, thanks for the prompt reply. I'll give it a try on Reddit.
how come the pocket updater keeps crashing when I try to install a new update
Which one?
@@PixelCherryNinja it was the one where it asks you if you want to (i)nstall (c)continue or (q)uit I ended up deleting the installer off the SD card and downloading the updater first on yoyr list of descriptions. I put it in the root of the SD card. My question now is. Will this come with its own issues if I had installed with a previous program and now use a totally different program to do updates herein forth?
@@joel198d I think you're talking about Pupdater. I have found that sometimes when it updates the app, it has issues unzipping the update. You can manually unzip the file on the root of your SD card, and you should be good to go.
@@PixelCherryNinja yeah this is the second time it’s done that to me so I just don’t want to use it anymore
@@joel198d no probs, use one of the other two. We have so many choices.
Hi, where did you download all those ROMs, I was a bit confused when I got to that part of the video because it just came out of nowhere
Sorry, can't help with that.
@@PixelCherryNinja Think I found out. Thanks for replying anyways.
How I get those sub folders like Arcade, Computer, Console? I been using pocket updater with Mac and I have every system at one menu. It just shows them all at one list and it’s very disturbing when try find something. I really like to have those sub folders. 😢
Also I don’t have Power off option.
OMG.. I feel so stupid and happy at same time… There was Group open FPGA setting.. Now I have those.. 😂
But don’t have power off option.
The power off option is only available when docked. Mystery solved 👍
@35:20 -- "If you're on a Mac you go into this folder here" -- false; If you're on a Mac, this folder here is hidden and contains Metadata about its parent folder. Similar to how WinXP/etc would add thumbs.db to every folder containing an image, but set it as hidden. If you're on anything but a Mac it's just useless filesystem spam.
Thanks for this information. Education is always appreciated 👍
Pocket Sync isn't working on my win10, it won't open, do you know how to fix it?
Your anti virus may be stopping it from launching. Your question is too vague to answer. I'd recommend doing different Google searches and try and narrow down to a specific question. You could delete everything and try fresh.
@@PixelCherryNinja Thank you for your answer, yes is a vague question, because I think is a common issue, but at least for me isn't the antivirus blocking it, I do not have any other security layer on my Win10, and if I try to turn off windows defender nothing change, the window of Pocket Sync app instantly close after launched. I tried to install every windows module (visual basic and others) but it still crash at launch :(
I wanted use this program over the other one, sad :(
@@ON1MUSH4 maybe try a different updater. Matt Panela or Retro Drivens one.
What’s a pocket ?
Somewhere to keep your wallet 😄
Your pants should have at least 2.
I dont see pokemon, are these not included?
You can play Pokémon games on it. Carts or ROMs
Man RUclips became so f*cking picky about comments. It appears to have deleted mine automatically without even telling me since it contained the jtbeta filename which includes a dot and a "zip" so YT thought it was an URL or something. -.-
However my question was whether it's enough to drop the jtbeta zip on the SD root and let the updater from retrodriven do the rest. Unfortunately it's not. You still have to download each single core from their Patreon as it seems. The updaters "only" place the beta keys in the correct folders afterwards. FYI.
Thanks Tarik, I thought it grabbed the new games for you. I think the guys are working on it so it's similar to MiSTer. I guess I'll experiment some more when a new core drops tomorrow. I know the old cores have to be added manually, like say CPS2. Hopefully upcoming cores will only require the beta•zip to sort stuff out.
Also use • instead is . When using something with a dot in it. I learnt the hard way too.
lost me when you talked about the patreon stuff
I'm not financially affiliated with Jotego's Patreon, but am a customer myself. I recommend it, as it is great value for what you get and lets you contribute towards core development. I get it's not for everybody.
You can just skip the section, and benefit from all the free stuff available. This guide covers the pocket comprehensively for those that would like to support and get early access to beta cores, as well as those who just want the free stuff.
If the Patreon stuff offends you, well then, there's not much I can do.
@@PixelCherryNinja not offended at all. Thanks for the video ☺️
@@youngsosa007 👍
Beginners*?
Thanks, and title adjusted.
Most of the video is about this whatever bllsht patreon that 99% of people don't even care. The video could be 10 min...
Thanks for the feedback 👍
Uggg the screen didn't even last 1 week on mu new Pocket and Analogue is totally ghosting me with no replies. I can't recommend this anyone ....... sorry .
Sorry to hear. I hear they do take a while in responding back. Hopefully they'll get back to you soon.
My Pocket problems aside , thanks for your videos they were a big help !
I have wanted a Pocket since they were first announced back in what now .... 2018 . My disappointment is enormous , not to mention I sold my completely spec'd out Spice Orange GameCube plus Gameboy Player to buy it. 😮💨
@@BennyBsoloouch
Hi I gave in and bought a analogue pocket second hand from eBay. Comes with no charger. Can someone send recommendations of the proper charger I need for it to work? And does the brick and charger have to both support 5V @ 3A (15 watts) that’s what the eBay listing said it needs but is that the cable or brick or both ?
I've been using my Google Pixel charger with no issues. I think any charger that's Power Delivery compliant will be fine.
@@PixelCherryNinjathanks for the quick response bro. That is so appreciated u don’t even know I was freaking out spent 340$ on this thing and it don’t even have a charger so thanks. USB c to usb c is okay? That just means fast charging correct not the wattage?