kev,
@kev@fosstodon.org avatar

This is your fault, @joel 😂

flamed,
@flamed@social.lol avatar

@kev @joel needs to be stopped

joel,
@joel@fosstodon.org avatar

@flamed I shall never. @kev hasn't even opened his tho, I need a pictureeeee

wdavery,
@wdavery@fosstodon.org avatar

@joel @flamed @kev Mine showed up today too. I’ve been curating my ROM collection all week!

joel,
@joel@fosstodon.org avatar

@wdavery @flamed @kev which color did you go for? :ablobcateyesflip:

wdavery,
@wdavery@fosstodon.org avatar
kev,
@kev@fosstodon.org avatar

@wdavery @joel @flamed I got the beige one? It’s kinda grey, kinda beige? 🤷‍♂️

Twelve,
@Twelve@fosstodon.org avatar

@kev @joel good to know I am not the only one who noticed :blobcatderpy:

joel,
@joel@fosstodon.org avatar

@Twelve It is how it is sometimes :blobcatderpy:

@kev

mooch,
@mooch@social.lol avatar

@kev @joel Damnit, Kev. I’m definitely buying one of those.

kev,
@kev@fosstodon.org avatar

@mooch @joel Sorry! (Not sorry)

heyfluxay,
@heyfluxay@retro.pizza avatar

@kev @joel he must be getting commisssion somehow….

joel,
@joel@fosstodon.org avatar

@heyfluxay I wish lol

joel,
@joel@fosstodon.org avatar

@kev LOOOL I am so happy tho xD

You should definitely install onion os on it, its only copy and paste, no need to flash an image and such.

I recommend at least a new sd card, because they come with very cheaply made ones that might die on you :c

kev,
@kev@fosstodon.org avatar

@joel Thanks, I’ll swap out the SD. I have a couple good ones hanging around. What does Onion OS offer?

joel,
@joel@fosstodon.org avatar

@kev OnionOS it comes with better default settings for the emulators, it comes with extra features. Such as a quick game switcher and also an activity tracker to see how long you play some games.

The main thing worth keeping from the original sd card is the BIOS and Cores located in the Retroarch folder, and maybe the games you'd like, although there are better versions of those games out there, many of the included ones may be in japanese and such...

https://onionui.github.io/docs/installation/fresh?os=mac

taxorubio,
@taxorubio@fosstodon.org avatar

@joel @kev How does it perform? I have the Anbernic RG-351v and it lags with gba games that use Mode 7 like FF1, which is a bummer. It also doesn't support OpenGL Core :s

Have you tried any of those two?

joel,
@joel@fosstodon.org avatar

@taxorubio I started up Golden Sun to test GBA performance and it has been great in the couple of fights with rats I've had in the intro.

It runs PS1 games too, perfectly so far on my run of FFVII

taxorubio,
@taxorubio@fosstodon.org avatar

@joel And how's the hardware? I just went to pick up mine and had forgotten that the included battery is borked and need to buy a new one :') Is manual intervention required? XD

joel,
@joel@fosstodon.org avatar

@taxorubio emm, onion os has good default settings for most games.

The hardware is awesome, really good quality for the price. Although one of my buttons is a bit slightly squaky xD

taxorubio,
@taxorubio@fosstodon.org avatar

@joel Aaaaah I shouldn't be even thinking to buy one when I already have the Anbernic, but the temptation is too big!

I'll add it to the wishlist for now and see what happens >:)

Matthieu,
@Matthieu@mstdn.io avatar

@kev @joel Looks fun !

I hope you'll give us some feedback on your blog 🙂

kev,
@kev@fosstodon.org avatar

@Matthieu @joel yeah, I’ll write something about it if I think on.

ayo,
@ayo@ayco.io avatar

@kev bought one and my kid loves it. Enjoy!

kev,
@kev@fosstodon.org avatar

@ayo My kids haven’t seen it yet, but I know their beady little eyes will light up as soon as they do 😂

ayo,
@ayo@ayco.io avatar

@kev hehe for sure! it’s a unique feeling seeing my kid play pokemon in that form factor. :)

rameez,
@rameez@social.lol avatar

@kev Awesome! Do install OnionOS ASAP.

kev,
@kev@fosstodon.org avatar

@rameez Nah, I’ll just pootle around on the games that are installed on it.

rameez,
@rameez@social.lol avatar

@kev Or that. 😬👍🏼

beerw0lf,
@beerw0lf@fosstodon.org avatar

@rameez @kev I got my unit a few weeks ago. But seriously, OnionOS is a must install. You should get an extra sdcard anyways, since the included one is poor quality and will likely corrupt eventually. Might as well just copy the OOS-stuff on the new card and your favourite roms. OOS will run from the sdcard, and if you take the card out, it will boot back to the original OS.

kev,
@kev@fosstodon.org avatar

@beerw0lf @rameez Thanks both. I haven’t actually taken it out of the box yet. Will look into onion os tomorrow.

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