RG35XX - This is amazing!

samtheeagle@lemmy.world to RetroGaming@lemmy.world – 554 points –

Just got this bad boy yesterday and I'm like a kid at Christmas! 😄 The delight I felt firing up my old love, Desert Strike... Goosebumps! Seriously impressed with this bit of kit, and I'm enjoying exploring the options as much as the many many games! The effort put in by the community with GarlicOS and the ROM packs is simply magnificent.

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We still need to migrate the RG35XX subreddit to Lemmy!

Honestly, the entire SBCGaming subreddit needs to make its way over.

Speaking of which, I'd love to have a version of r/SBCgaming in here. The incoming RK3588 devices will be incredible.

Congrats! What’s the name of the hardware?

Pretty sure it’s the RG35XX? Right?

Yeah, managed to not see that in the title 🫠

Seems pretty cheap, and the top seller I see in Google is temu which just gives me sus vibes

It’s a well-known device/brand in the retro gaming community. You can also buy it direct from anbernic

That's great to hear, it looks really nice, so I was expecting £200 not £50!

Get it from Amazon if you are going to buy one. Anbernic is in China so their customer support on a $70-80 device is barebones to non existent.

It’s a well-known device/brand in the retro gaming community. You can also buy it direct from anbernic

Seems pretty cheap, and the top seller I see in Google is temu which just gives me sus vibes

Seems pretty cheap, and the top seller I see in Google is temu which just gives me sus vibes

I picked mine up from Amazon for £80 with next day delivery. Loving everything about it so far.

The manufacturer is chinese, so that's why most offers are from chinese resellers.

I think it would be the best advice to buy directly from their online store

I got some bootleg Airpods from Temu that my iPhone recognizes and treats as Airpods. I call them my Airpuds. LOL. But, tbh, the audio quality is on par with my wife's actual Airpods. The construction isn't as solid and I wouldn't sweat on them much, but for 20 bucks, I'm happy with them.

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I'm so out of the loop, this is blowing my mind. I'm looking at the site @FriendOfFalcons linked (https://anbernic.com/products/rg35xx), wow. Specs look pretty good, this emulator should easily run any PS1, GBA, Neo Geo game. Hahah what, Neo Geo? There's a blast from the past.

I can't find any info on what Linux distro it ships with, does this thing work out of the box or do you have to install the OS? I presume you supply the ROMs? Holy crap, and they have beefier handhelds that support later-gen platforms. This is awesome.

You can play it directly out of the box, but there are custom OS's out there that run things even better and add more features. You do supply the ROMs, but there are plenty of ROM packs out there too to make your life easier. I honestly recommend looking into RetroGameCorps on Youtube, he has some great content around these types of devices.

If you get the RG35XX specifically, I'd recommend this guide.

Ah ok, I should've figured there'd be custom OS's involved, that's awesome. Thx, I'll check out RetroGameCorps. And thanks for the starter guide link, looks super helpful.

I’m sorry if this goes against some instance/community rule and if so please just tell me - but where does one find reliable ROM packs? I only ever used EmuParadise back in the day (as I still do - but don’t tell anyone!)

What games does it come with?

Can you load your on ISO files on to it?

I love it!

Hundreds, if not thousands, across all kinds of retro consoles! Atari all the way through Gameboys, NES up to PS1. The default OS seems ok, but I only tried it briefly before switching over to GarlicOS which everyone seemed to be keen on. This guide was super helpful in getting me started.

How does this stack up in terms of processing power, versus other, similar handhelds like the AYANEO 2021 Pro?

I know it's a far more expensive unit, but I'm wondering what the delta looks like.... Does it even perform half as well? I'd love to pick something like this up, but I don't want to regret the choice later, when it doesn't play a handful of games I'd like to play.

Like not even close. This is like 5th generation consoles and no PC. Aya will emulate Switch and probably lots of PS3, and of course play PC games. Also it lacks a 3D joystick so there's that.

What generation of games would this play? SNES? PS1? gamecube?

My metric right now is for something that can basically play all the Zelda games short of the Switch versions. If I can get anywhere close to that, then I'm probably going to be happy with it. I just kinda want to relive the days of LTTP and titles like FF6, possibly even ocarina of time and majora'a mask.... pretty much all zelda titles short of Breath of the Wild.

being able to save some money with something like this would be nice too.

I highly doubt it can do GameCube, Wii, and possibly not even DS. N64 and possibly some Dreamcast but again you're missing the 3D stick.

Thank you for this.

Just one follow up question: is it possible to connect an external controller to the unit? Perhaps one with a joystick? I have several that work on Bluetooth.

PS1 and the 16 bit and earlier would be a good experience

I got the Miyoo Mini Plus a few months ago, and I really love it. They're really lovely devices for just whipping out for a quick game of Tetris, especially with the convenience of the game switcher and save states. I've been surprised by how usable it is, despite the small size.

I've been thinking about getting one of these mini handhelds, but I kinda want to hold out for something that could eventually run SteamOS. Deck is nice but I want something that fits in my pocket.

The RG35XX is pretty great, nice color choice too! Looks like I need to update my GarlicOS, my games list is still centered with boxart in the background.

In order to do that you'll need to first change your /CFW/skin/settings.json to have "text-alignment": "left" and "text-margin": 300 to shift your games list to the right. Next you'll want to use a tool like Skraper to generate your images so it is transparency on the right where your games list is and put what you want to display on the left. You can use the image mixes provided from ebzero on Github or the 2 image mix with only the gameplay screenshot and box art that I've modified below and place the xml into the Mixes subdirectory of Skraper:

<ImageComposition xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="https://www.skraper.net/ImageComposition.xsd" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
  <Information ShortName="RG35XX 2 Image Mix" LongName="RG35XX 2 Image Mix" Description="2DBox + Screenshot" Author="Author" />
  <Viewport Color="#00FFFFFF" Width="1280" Height="960" />
  <Drawings>
    <Item Type="Screenshot">
      <Display X="23%" Y="64%" Antialiasing="None" Width="45%" Height="45%" Anchor="BottomHCenter" />
      <Fallback Type="ScreenshotTitle">
        <Fallback Type="SystemWallPaper">
          <Children Reference="Parent">
            <Item Type="Text" Text="No Screenshot!" TextColor="#FFFFFFFF" FontFamilly="Arial" FontStyle="Bold Italic" />
          </Children>
        </Fallback>
      </Fallback>
    </Item>
    <Item Type="Box2DFront">
      <Display X="44%" Y="57.5%" Antialiasing="None" Transparency="0.9" Width="22%" Height="32%" Anchor="VCenterRight" />
    </Item>
  </Drawings>
</ImageComposition>

When you've decided what you want to use, find the Media Type option under the Media tab in Skraper and choose User Provided Mix and then you can select the custom xml file you want to use when running Skraper.

What’s the battery life like, if I may ask?

Great device! I use Minui for this little handheld, i love the simplicity.

I have an RG353V and I freaking love this thing.

The past few years I barely played games at all. It's only when I got my little device that I noticed how much I liked playing anywhere: On my couch, on my seat, in my bed or during travel.

It really reignited my love of games.

Oh hi Sarah Silverman, get out of my head...

On the bed, on the floor
On a towel by the door
In the tub, in the car
Up against the mini-bar

What have you been playing? I guess it's all old retro games?

Sure, a lot of retro games, especially from the SNES: Super Metroid, LoZ AlttP, the Mario All Stas Collection.

But also like GBA games like Pokémon RomHacks or Mario vs Donkey Kong.

But I also really enjoy playing some Portmaster games. I actually spent most of my time now playing Shovel Knight lol. But I also have fun that Sonic fan games are easily installed. I played a bit the Sonic fan game Sonic Robo Blast 2

RG351M for me. I love the metal touch, the format, and up to PS1 is amazing. some Dreamcast and N64 too. wow for the price <3

Does it work with LSDJ or nanoloop? Midi support? I’ve been wanting an Analogue Pocket but this is so much cheaper.

I don't know if it has midi support but it does work with LSDJ! That's exactly one of the reasons why I got it myself :D

Yup, great device. Got one myself and promptly persueded a bunch of mates to do the same as I kept ranting about it. Was never really a handheld guy despite being a retro guy but I adore this and its used daily. GarlicOS just makes it even better.

Gratz dude.

nice! does it save your progress? theres super cheap ones on temu and amazon but they dont save progress but im guessing this one does for the price?

Both the RG35XX and the Miyoo mini are amazing devices for the price range, I greatly recomend watiching retro games corp video on them, basically they can run up to PS1 flawless and supports saves and save states, it’s the kinda of handheld you keep on yourself all the time to play when you’re bored or on a queue, not very comfortable for long play sessions. The RG os built like a tank and has real time clock for Pokémon games with a worse d pad, Miyoo don’t has the clock but has wifi for net play, OTA updates, better screen and dpad but tends to have some build quality issues.

How's the size? I have the Miyoo mini and the size hurts my hands if I p play for too long.

Side by side pic here. I was quite surprised at just how small this thing is, and if the Miyoo is even smaller, I'm glad I opted for this!

Honestly I might pick this one up just for the size upgrade. Seems a bit nicer for longer sessions. Battery life okay?

If you like the Miyoo Mini, you can check out Miyoo Mini Plus - it's a bit more expensive, but from what I heard it's manufactured a little bit better and has better triggers. I really like mine.

Unfortunately right now the Miyoo devices are nigh impossible to purchase.

Chinese, no thanks.

Just because it's Chinese doesn't mean it's no good. I have several of Anbernic's devices and they're wonderful.

Half the shit you own was made in China lol

There's a difference between "made in China" and "made by China". But keep supporting your oppressive regimes and see where that gets you.

Despite the literal mountains of shit that has come out of China, they are capable of making some nice things.

The RG35XX hit the right spot of having "good enough" hardware at a low price. It's been a smash success.

If you look at something like the RG353M, it costs more than twice as much as the RG35XX, is a little faster, but its design feels ultra premium like something Samsung or even Apple would make. It's compact, metal, and has quite a bit of heft.