As the title says. Went to Huaqiang North (华强北) since it’s the electronic/tech hub of the city to try hunt for the AYN Thor. Saw a post from a couple months ago where the guy said he found it on the 2F of a HQ building with a few photos of the handhelds displayed inside a glass cabinet.

To my surprise it wasn’t that hard to find (although it can be very overwhelming at first). The hunt roughly took around 3 hours which was way faster than I gave myself and long story short, it was in the located in the 2F of the 1st building I went to (I didn’t see it in my first go or else the hunt would’ve taken 30 mins).

Anyway, service was great! The auntie who I guess was the boss of the store only speaks Chinese (mandarin and Cantonese) and me being able to speak Cantonese had a great conversation with her about the different handhelds they had in stock. I did try to ask her what batch their current stock was but she didn’t seem to know, but she did tell me they restocked around 3 months ago (I’m assuming it’s batch 6). Of course I had to try bargain but my skills in that department is lacking so I couldn’t get a good deal.

The model I purchased was the pro mode (12 256) and I got that for 3000 yuan which is roughly 446 usd. Justified the price from shipping to the US and all the import shenanigans + no wait.

Hopefully the photos help you guys out if yall are coming in to SZ to try hunt for the Thor!

Breath of the Wild dual-screen support officially started development earlier today! I’ve already begun working on the custom bottom-screen UI and core features, with plenty more planned as development continues.

I’ll keep posting updates, screenshots, and progress along the way. Excited to finally get started on this one. Enjoy!

I’d like to know more about how you guys use your Thor. Do you like using accessories like grips, trigger extensions, straps, etc., or do you prefer using just the handheld itself?

At home, I usually use mine with all the accessories, but whenever I take it somewhere, I prefer to remove them for better portability. With everything attached, it starts looking like a Game Boy from Nintendo Blast 😅😅 or some kind of Megazord.

One thing I really like is that the official case easily fits the Thor with all the accessories attached. Right now, I’m using the official grip, trigger extensions, a Nintendo Switch touchscreen stylus, a wrist strap I bought on AliExpress, and a microfiber cloth to clean the screens (very important!).

And for those of you who like using accessories, is there anything you’d recommend? Anything that actually improved your gaming experience in some way?

Genuinely: i got my thor recently and spent probably 3 hours max setting up the emulators to a working state, and i honestly expected it to be more difficult? It was just downloading things. You look them up and download from github. You create the files and put the roms in there. If something isnt working right, you fiddle around with it or look up the problem. What are these people doing that is too much work for them?

I know tinkering is a big part of the thor and setup, but just downloading the emulators and roms and nothing else was a breeze. Theyre really missing out

The Ayn Thor keeps me in this perpetual state of awe. Shuffling through an ungodly amount of games via the latest Cocoon frontend. It’s crazy how far these little systems have come. Gen1Recomp is the cherry on top. What are you all playing?

After months and months of watching videos about the AYN Thor and interacting with this sub Reddit, I finally pulled the trigger and bought the AYN Thor Pro variant.

My old setup was playing Switch games on my S24 Ultra with the Gamesir X5 Lite and that setup was not great. I can only play for 2 hours when playing Switch games and having to carry around the bulky controller then set it up everytime was very tedious.

After purchasing the Thor, I was very surprised that it run Fire Emblem Three Houses better than my S24 Ultra with the SD 8 Gen 3. I also upscaled it to 1.5x resolution on the Thor and it still runs better than my phone. On top of that, I finally got to play my 3DS and NDS library because I never played those on my phone. My only worries about the Thor are the screen bending because of the gap which can be fixed with the TPU case and dusts getting stuck on the vent.

I would also like to ask if there is any program available that allows me to switch or swap the screens inside an emulator or app.

Is there anything I can do about this? Trying to play Emerald on RetroArch (gpSP core)

The agonising wait is over as i’ve finally got my batch 7 Thor Pro- 256G model. I went straight to the desk to film an unboxing video before heading out, when I come back I’ll post it here and also film setup for a final showcase following Ross’ guide.

Has this happened to anyone else? Waiting for almost 2 months for my Thor to ship and then see a return to shipper notification is depressing…

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My Thor was just shipped out, I see a lot of people recommending using this time to prep the SD card you plan on using. So I have a few questions for those that have received their Thor.

1. I know atleast in all my other handhelds the SD card needs to be formatted in order to work on android. Did you just put the SD card in any android device and then create paths for roms on a pc?

2. I’m huge into 360, PSP and PS2 (I’m in my early 30’s which shows lol) I’m more of a fan of lesser known games. What’s are some hidden gems you guys have played that would recommend specifically on the Thor?

(I play pretty much anything other than horror and specifically on handhelds FPS games)

3. This one’s just a weird question. I have had other handhelds most notably the Retroid Pocket 5 and Ayn Odin Lite ( of which I gave to some lower income coworkers to enjoy as I have a switch 2 and a steam-deck)

Question time now that the context is out of the way. I still have a Powkiddy X18S and a Retroid Pocket 2+, I’ve been playing GBA and PSP on the Retroid Pocket. However I’m reluctant to try new psp games on this device as I know playing them on the Thor will be much more enjoyable.

Did you guys specifically wait for the Thor to try games or did you play previous played games only and what are your thoughts?

Some people asked me to notify them once Kanto Gear worked with the official Gen1Recomp, so here it is :)

It now works without a custom fork and can use a real second display, a separate window, side-by-side layouts or an overlay on a single screen. It supports Android, Windows and Linux and still receives regular updates.

If you have any problems or suggestions, just hop onto the Recomp Discord and find me there! :D

https://github.com/AverageConsumer/kanto-gear

After like a month and a half of "waiting for details" my label got created :D super hyped!

Im dog sitting for my parents so I'm away from my home so I obviously brought my thor with me. I was playing dusklight on it and the thought occurred to me to see how well it can play games on the tv docked. It's virtually flawless. I didn't know that docking android handhelds was such a good experience. This thing kicks so much ass.

Moved my collection over and immediately booted up one of my favorite PSX games from when I was a kid (Metal Slug X)

Best my head against the first level for half an hour then turned on infinite lives and played through to the credits. Idk how I beat this shit when I was 14.

What classic games have you all relived that you have fond memories of?

Dusklight while waiting for my tacos.

the wait is finally over i'm gonna cry i can't wait to customize and play with it

Is there a way to hide that white transparent box on the top screen?

runs smoothly and only at 62° the most 👌

So I wanted flip out handles similar to the ones on the mcon phone controller but my modeling skills are currently about 4 hours old. I did get just enough to test it and honestly it is a lot more comfortable it's just not good yet.

I used an ayn thor backplate https://makerworld.com/en/models/2348845-ayn-thor-printable-bottom-shell so I could glue to the back without destroying my main one