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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by samtheeagle@lemmy.world to c/retrogaming@lemmy.world

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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[-] nH95sp@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

Congrats! What’s the name of the hardware?

[-] NocturnalNebula@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago

Pretty sure it’s the RG35XX? Right?

[-] nH95sp@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Yeah, managed to not see that in the title 🫠

[-] nxtsuda@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Yep, looks like it

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[-] protput@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

We still need to migrate the RG35XX subreddit to Lemmy!

[-] deus@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

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

[-] VioletteRei@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

!sbcgaming@lemmy.ml

[-] id_kai@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

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

[-] webjukebox@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago
[-] samtheeagle@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

The screen is indeed very nice.

[-] Redhotkurt@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] id_kai@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

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.

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[-] Sputnik34@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Hot damn that looks so clean!

[-] ottk3@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 year ago

You might also want to check out the RockChipConsoles community (even if it is still pretty quiet over there).

!rockchipconsoles@discuss.tchncs.de

A community for consoles based around the rockchip processors like Anbernic, Powkiddy or Odroid.

[-] whereisk@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I can only see one post there?

[-] davetansley@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] nugget359@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] agvirthesilent@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] FriendOfFalcons@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] VanillaGorilla@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

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

[-] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] bodiesofeverest@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] bodiesofeverest@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 year ago

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

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[-] DM_Gold@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago

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

[-] samtheeagle@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

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!

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[-] enbee@compuverse.uk 1 points 1 year ago

its slightly bigger than the Mini.

[-] Sputnik34@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Hot damn that looks so clean!

[-] RetroHitch@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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.

[-] Enamel94@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

What games does it come with? I love it

[-] dobeltip@vlemmy.net 1 points 1 year ago

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

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