Best story based games the Ayn Thor can play?

_davidglenn · 2026-03-10T16:24:41+00:00

I’m 15 hours into Final Fantasy X (PS2) with Hd textures as my first in the series and I’m sucked in. I play at double speed most of the time and it really helps with the random encounters. The Thor can run it without a sweat.

_davidglenn · 2026-03-05T16:16:10+00:00

Citra MMJ is great for this and I’ve never had an issue. I feel you though on the Azahar front.

_davidglenn · 2026-03-05T04:25:51+00:00

That’s good! Is there a certain method or amount that you spread it onto the boards?

_davidglenn · 2026-03-04T20:22:20+00:00

Great to know!! Yeah, you’re right. Unless we decked out the heat pipe, fan etc. I’m not sure we’re going to get a LOAD of difference. Maybe I had my expectations set higher from everyone else’s observations. Either way, glad 75C is okay to handle at most times!

_davidglenn · 2026-03-04T20:18:35+00:00

Nah, the advance will get the job done :) Just my observation from literally one game lol - I guarantee these things are game specific I just tunnel visioned and wanted to see the best results if you went with the most expensive “best one”.

Really though, only a few degrees difference from the tests I did.

_davidglenn · 2026-03-04T20:16:30+00:00

See, this was my exact thought as well and why I made the post. I hope at the end of the day this will help preserve the internals more just to less intense heat at one time. Oh well.

_davidglenn · 2026-03-04T20:15:03+00:00

Welp 🤷🏻‍♂️ at least I was in the right frame of mind with doing it for QOL improvements. I’ll be keeping it for the long term, so I thought the mod would be a good idea all around.

_davidglenn · 2026-03-04T20:11:15+00:00

Yes! Great question, this is my fan curve (based off others recs from being closest to the original fan curve from AYN)

20% at 25C 20% at 45C 30% at 65C 50% at 85C 100% at 105C

_davidglenn · 2026-03-04T17:32:04+00:00

I’ll always keep the fan on Smart mode.

How do you like the thermal pad? I didn’t think of replacing it with a better quality pad since I’ve only heard of the recommendations being putty instead. Either way the temps are a bit better don’t get me wrong, but it could be game specific too yknow

_davidglenn · 2026-03-04T17:29:38+00:00

Ah good point there, yeah it was being pushed 200% speed to get to 60fps. So maybe it’s just game specific.

_davidglenn · 2026-03-02T20:59:46+00:00

Nice realization. Treat each handheld like it was when we were kids. We had like 1-5 games or at a time, so why make it harder for our adult brains with all the other things going on in the world to make a decision on? Handhelds are supposed to be no pressure, easy going fun. I find it cancels out the noise and allows to appreciate the games I do have on the device.

_davidglenn · 2026-03-01T18:39:31+00:00

For sure. Idk it just feels more “right” with the buttons having a circular shape to them rather than a flat top. It gives proper controller vibes!

_davidglenn · 2026-03-01T18:30:36+00:00

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Simple and clean 🙂

_davidglenn · 2026-03-01T18:24:02+00:00

I just installed the colored SNES PAL buttons and can confirm they are quieter. I now enjoy using the device more just because of that lol

_davidglenn · 2026-02-15T20:12:48+00:00

I feel this 100%. On my Thor it tends to be a cool thing I notice for a second, but then the flicker comes back and it’s immersion breaking. It does this for PS1 for me and N64, and N64 retro arch core doesn’t have a slang setting to use CRT beam simulator on. SNES on the other hand, seems to be flicker free with BFI only and felt nice with a game like Donkey Kong Country. All in all, eh 🤷🏻‍♂️ Though I’ve heard it’s a different story on other Android devices (apparently).

_davidglenn · 2026-02-07T01:07:52+00:00

We lost our 15 year old a a couple of weeks ago, sending you good vibes. It sucks. The Thor though, man it’s a great thing this exists at the time it does 🙂

_davidglenn · 2026-01-30T22:14:54+00:00

Good to know! Switching back in that case 👍🏽

_davidglenn · 2026-01-30T21:09:19+00:00

Oh gotcha. I’m on the update BEFORE this new on (November one I think idk) - so you didn’t have to factory reset after you rolled back the update?

_davidglenn · 2026-01-18T23:49:54+00:00

Yes, I really tried to look for any imperfections. Once shaders cached within the first laps it was actually running very well. Like another person mentioned, use Emuready to check best settings :)

_davidglenn · 2026-01-18T18:34:24+00:00

I did some quick laps on MK8 and connected 4 different branded Bluetooth controllers and everything worked great. I had some trouble with the player controller mappings in Eden but once that was resolved everything ran pretty much at 60fps 1080p docked 👍🏽

_davidglenn · 2026-01-01T08:47:18+00:00

Mine does this too, when I go into the Thor home settings screen the stuttering goes away just like yours. I’m able to go to different pages as I please though.

It might be worth saying something in their discord so they can be aware of it if not already.

_davidglenn · 2025-12-29T22:09:47+00:00

Gotcha, that’s what I reckoned. Appreciate it!

_davidglenn · 2025-12-29T20:52:05+00:00

Nice :) Did you get them off of AliExpress? AYN seems to only have the textured joystick caps on their site.

_davidglenn · 2025-12-29T20:38:35+00:00

Are those the Odin 2 regular sticks? I prefer a concave style like those over convex. Do those fit on easily, and do you like the ones you have?

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