Adin Walls

Android Emulation Setup Guide for Retroid Pocket 5, Mini, Flip 2, AYN Portal, Odin 2 mini and more

· Updated 26 Jan 2026

Getting Started

This guide is a slightly simpler version of my previous Retroid Pocket 4 Pro setup guide. I found that that guide was quite overwhelming for many people, and I honestly just don’t have the headspace to spend that amount of time on such a comprehensive guide again. Instead this guide will give you the tools to set up your device, using my knowledge from constantly setting these devices up when they get sent to me.

Also, this is a collection of links and resources that I think everyone will find helpful. I have added all the things you’ll need to download and tweak your handheld, including some of the naughty things that we aren’t allowed to talk about in my YouTube videos ;-)

Before you begin create a ROM folder

This is an obvious one but before you start, please create a folder on your device called Roms (or whatever) and start adding your Roms here. I highly recommend just starting small. For example, just put some Sega games on and get that setup using my guide. Then, once that’s set up, move onto something a bit more juicy like PSP. This will be far less overwhelming than trying to do everything at once.

So perhaps go ahead and start adding Roms at this point by plugging your device into your PC with the USB cable you got with the device and enable file transfer from the drop down menu on your device. Then simply create a folder, for example: 3DS and drag your 3DS roms over to the handheld storage.

This would also be a good time to insert an SD card if you want some extra storage. It doesn’t have to be fancy: SanDisk Ultra is fine. Maybe 128 - 256gb.

Turnip Drivers: https://github.com/K11MCH1/AdrenoToolsDrivers/releases/tag/v24.3.0_r9 (this is the one that works the best for me)

Very helpful spreadsheet by Ryan Retro for tweaking your emulators: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/u/0/d/1BiFqYhWWJRHcR_O_LDbv2OwZ1kTLkClMd0uGVjpaXWw/htmlview#

The above link will help you tweak your games and find the best turnip drivers for each game.

Setting up Obtanium

Obtanium is a very handy app I heard about from Zu at the Retro Handhelds Discord. It allows you to collate all your Github apps into one app store style environment.

My Obtanium Apps

Easily add apps to Obtanium

To conveniently add apps to obtanium simply use this link: Obtainium Apps

Apps from the Obtanium Apps website:

For the rest you will need to follow these steps:

Adding apps manually to Obtanium

Standalone emulators I’m NOT using on the Retroid Pocket 5

I am leaving this here for clarity. On a powerful chip like the Snapdragon 865 on the Retroid Pocket 5, these emulators aren’t needed, we can simply use RetroArch for everything. But if you have issues, you can go back to these.

I do think a lot of people may still enjoy Drastic for DS emulation.

Setting up All Emulators

RetroArch 64bit Setup

Once downloaded and installed from Obtanium do the following:

Nintendo DS Setup

Daijisho will set MelonDS as your default RetroArch core, but I want to suggest this one: melonds ds (you need to select the 64bit version in Daijisho later) - this emulator allows for touch screen inputs.

R2 (right trigger) will be mapped as “Layout Toggle” by default.

To change the screen layout (circle back to this after your Daijisho setup is done):

3DS Emulation Setup

Open Azahar

For piracy and licensing reasons, Azahar only supports decrypted roms. Here is a rom decryption tool: https://gbatemp.net/threads/batch-cia-3ds-decryptor-a-simple-batch-file-to-decrypt-cia-3ds.512385/

Once you have decrypted the roms you can change the file extension from .3ds to .cci

Cemu Emulation Setup

Dolphin Emulation Setup

NetherSX2 Emulation Setup

Yuzu etc Setup

Vita Emulation Setup

PS3 Setup

Daijisho Setup

GameHub Emulator

ES-DE

Custom emu options for es-de (Switch): https://github.com/GlazedBelmont/es-de-android-custom-systems

Download them and add the to ES-DE/custom_systems

A big downside for me with ES-DE is that it’s quite a process to get it to manage 2 storage facilities i.e. your internal ssd and an external sd card.

Alot was covered here that ISN’T in my video. Please check my video guide for clarity on a few things that work better visually. But this should set you on your way to emulation success! Good luck :-)

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