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Just got this bad boy yesterday and I'm like a kid at Christmas! π 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.
We still need to migrate the RG35XX subreddit to Lemmy!
Speaking of which, I'd love to have a version of r/SBCgaming in here. The incoming RK3588 devices will be incredible.
Honestly, the entire SBCGaming subreddit needs to make its way over.
Congrats! Whatβs the name of the hardware?
Pretty sure itβs the RG35XX? Right?
Ambernic model RG35XX
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.
That screen looks sexy
The screen is indeed very nice.
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.
Hot damn that looks so clean!
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.
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 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.
You might also want to check out the RockChipConsoles community (even if it is still pretty quiet over there).
A community for consoles based around the rockchip processors like Anbernic, Powkiddy or Odroid.
I can only see one post there?
Welcome to Lemmy
Fair
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.
Whatβs the battery life like, if I may ask?
Hot damn that looks so clean!
Does it work with LSDJ or nanoloop? Midi support? Iβve 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
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.
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.
Great device! I use Minui for this little handheld, i love the simplicity.
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
What games does it come with? I love it