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sapient_noodles,
sapient_noodles avatar

Glad to see this here! My 35XX should be coming in this weekend, already have the SD cards ready to go and waiting not so patiently.

k-tec,
k-tec avatar

Welcome sapient_noodles! I'm sure your device is going to be a lot of fun.

May all your noodles be sentient. ;-)

sapient_noodles,
sapient_noodles avatar

Thanks! What's your favorite retro handheld?

k-tec,
k-tec avatar

Hmm, that's a tough one. In fact, I'm going to cheat a little and give you a compound answer: Miyoo Mini, Mini Plus, and Anbernic RG35XX. I like them all for the same reasons. They're so convenient & portable, and the custom firmware experience is top notch. I'm also a big fan of the Anbernic RG503. I love the OLED screen and the ergonomics.

Is the RG35XX your first?

sapient_noodles,
sapient_noodles avatar

Nice. Yeah, this will be my first. It was a really tough choice between the RG35XX and the Mini+!

k-tec,
k-tec avatar

Yeah, there's not much between them. The RG35XX is easier to get hold of. I do prefer the fact that we can see the source code for OnionOS (for the Miyoo devices), but GarlicOS still looks like a great experience.

sapient_noodles,
sapient_noodles avatar

Finished setting it up, everything seems to be working well with Garlic OS and dual cards. I love the screen on this thing, and being able to jump between games and have it save your progress automatically with the double press on the menu button feels really slick.
Was a bit nervous of the build quality going on from reading things online, but seems nice and solid so far. Came with the new 2600mAh battery, no rattling shoulder buttons or screen falling off. Kind of botched the screen protector, which ended up in the trash, but I'm maybe 50/50 with those overall, haha.

k-tec,
k-tec avatar

That's great news!

The auto-save makes all the difference. Makes you wonder why it's not more widespread.

I can feel the tension just thinking about applying the screen-protector. ;-) If you're going to carry it around in a backpack, you might consider getting a case.

sapient_noodles,
sapient_noodles avatar

Just ordered some screen protectors, and it did some with a case, so there's that at least.

Have you been following the progress on Koriki? Pretty exciting stuff.

k-tec,
k-tec avatar

Just looked at Koriki for the first time in a while. Seems to be maturing nicely.

I'm a fan of SimpleMenu on the Anbernic RG280V (with the Adam firmware) so I can see the appeal. I might just make a Koriki SD card to compare it with Onion.

As a Zelda fan, I keep reading it as "Kokiri"...

sapient_noodles,
sapient_noodles avatar

For me, the coolest bit is that they've managed to enable the GPU, which should open the doors for all kinds of stuff (and hopefully some faster arcade emulation?).

There's a bit on it from the developer here:
https://ko-fi.com/post/RG35XX-Getting-the-GPU-to-work-Part-1-T6T0JCHY2

I think Batocera is doing this as well, but haven't been following that one as much.

k-tec,
k-tec avatar

Thank you for the link. That is very interesting. I appreciate the detail he gave about his process.

If I've understood him correctly, their Koriki release uses the GPU-enabled RetroArch cores from Batocera, but with the lighter SimpleMenu interface, rather than EmulationStation.

He suggests that enabling the GPU could make PSP emulation possible on the device. That sounds rather ambitious but, if true, is remarkable.

They've also done the right thing by making the source code readily available.

Do you fancy making a post about it here?

sapient_noodles,
sapient_noodles avatar

I'll give it a shot as time permits today. I haven't made a thread on kbin yet. To match the formatting of your existing threads on here is it better to do it as a post, article, or image?

k-tec,
k-tec avatar

I look forward to it.

I would suggest creating it as an article. If you create it as a post, it will appear in the Microblog section rather than the Threads section.

sapient_noodles,
sapient_noodles avatar

It's up, but looks like I formatted the links wrong. I'll edit once I figure that out...

k-tec,
k-tec avatar

Thanks for creating more content.

I assume you've already sorted out the links because they look fine to me.

sapient_noodles,
sapient_noodles avatar

No problem! The links were good, I just got confused since it shows the markdown in the preview and thought they weren't working.

rasterweb,
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Thanks for setting this up! I just got the Anbernic RG35XX and look forward to learning more about it... and playing some games!

k-tec,
k-tec avatar

Welcome rasterweb! Looking forward to hearing about your retro-gaming journey.

Are you planning to install custom firmware on your RG35XX? Which games are you most looking forward to playing?

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