I saw once a GBA that had a cartridge with an USB-C port to put games inside without even having to disconnect it from the console.
Anyone knows if there's somewhere they sell that? #retrogaming#gba
Black-Seraph has made an alpha release of the long-awaited GarlicOS 2.0. It should be noted that this is an alpha release and major bugs & missing features should be expected....
New core for TIC-80 (tic80): HUGE performance improvement, here are benchmark results:
Bunnymark (bunnies number till stutters): 40 bunnies in old core, 340 bunnies in new core
Crapmark (overall score): 3170 in old core, 10015 in new core
I still love the Anbernic RG35XX with GarlicOS but wow I find myself having to write a bunch of scripts to run on the device to fix things that go wrong...
Luckily I'm getting better at writing them, so that's a nice bonus. (Shell scripts were never my strong point.)
"GarlicPress is a companion application for the RG35xx running GarlicOS. The main aim of the application is to never require you to remove the SD cards from your device. GarlicPress uses ADB to communicate over USB."
One of my tweaks for the Anbernic running GarlicOS. Since I am not an old time gamer I don't know what the heck controller goes with what the heck old console system!
So I added text labels. I didn't really plan it out so it could have been much better, but it works for now.
It was just a matter of editing the images on the SD card.
Okay, I've got a basic script that works to fix corrupt PICO-8 files on the Anbernic RG35XX running GarlicOS. You run it using SimpleTerminal and it's interactive so you just need to type Y, N, or Q as it loops through the most recently modified files. It's probably not perfect but seems to work in my basic testing.
So basically multiple copies with different names.... though I'm guessing they would not save state since the system would see them as different games so... maybe not.
I fired up the Anbernic RG35XX this morning and it worked fine for a bit and then started flashing and games would launch and then immediately quit. The whole screen was flashing / blinking. I tried the stock OS on the original SD card and it worked fine. I ended up doing a fresh install of GarlicOS on a new SD card and that was...
Weird issue with GarlicOS on the RG35XX today. Games launch, then quit, and the screen blinks/flashes repeatedly. (Doesn’t happen when I switch back to stock OS.)
I solved my own problem! It seems retroarch.cfg became corrupt. Someone made an "app" that can fix it. You copy it into the APPS folder and launch it using RetroArch to replace the config file.
I've learned to lower my expectations with the Anbernic RG35XX when it comes to playing PICO-8 and TIC-80 games. Lots of them are fine, but some either run super-slow, or get errors when they run.
The ones that do work definitely work well, so I just need to focus on those.
(To be fair I didn't even know about PICO-8 or TIC-80 when I got it, so those are all just bonus games.)
Similar to #GarlicOS on the #RG35XX, OnionOS uses the fake08 retroarch core for PICO-8. Whilst it is unofficial, and will not have perfect compatibility, it's my preferred way to run PICO-8 because it's Open Source.
@ktec@a_cup_of_sugar@krystman@requiem It's a work in progress, but I started taking notes about the PICO-8 games that work or give me issues on the Anbernic RG35XX (which uses Fake-08).
GarlicOS 2.0 (Public Alpha) | Black-Seraph (www.patreon.com)
Black-Seraph has made an alpha release of the long-awaited GarlicOS 2.0. It should be noted that this is an alpha release and major bugs & missing features should be expected....
Anbernic RG35XX Custom Firmware Guide (youtu.be)
"The Anbernic RG35XX has several different OS options, and in this video we'll go over each of them and their advantages/disadvantages."
GarlicOS failure
I fired up the Anbernic RG35XX this morning and it worked fine for a bit and then started flashing and games would launch and then immediately quit. The whole screen was flashing / blinking. I tried the stock OS on the original SD card and it worked fine. I ended up doing a fresh install of GarlicOS on a new SD card and that was...
The Anbernic RG35XX Now Ships With GarlicOS Community Made Custom Firmware (retrododo.com)
"The Anbernic RG35XX pocket and budget friendly handheld is now going to be shipping with a community made custom firmware, Garlic OS."