So Anbernic sent me their RG DS to review.

  • They had a terrible desync issue for the first week-and-a-bit (you might have seen some YouTube reviews showing this). Which meant the top screen went to 40Hz after 30-40 seconds, while the bottom screen kept 60Hz. Basically that means DS games ended up looking awful and mismatched.
  • They updated it a couple days back, which fixed that issue!
  • Other issues are there (shortish battery life, the unit can feel warm - no big deal to me - other systems emulate either nicely or poorly

(cat tax, this is my cat Ciri with the RG DS)

Then I forgot to move my finger from closing a car door on it, which left me with a REALLY deep cut in my index finger, on the top joint. The second half of this review was SO hard to type up. Typing right now is not fun either.

So writing this up has taken me…20 mins?

Anyway, you can follow this link here and read my full review if you’re at all interested. There’s a lot of photos, and separate experiences with playing the games and emulating various systems

OR

You can just ask me RG DS questions here, I’m happy to laboriously type responses if you’d prefer that method :)

  • mesa@piefed.socialBannedEnglish
    17·
    6 days ago

    Nice we have been talking about the device in the retro gaming corps discord channel. Looks like a lot of fun. If my miyoo mini plus ever dies this will probably be my next handheld.

    • PerfectDark@lemmy.worldOPMEnglish
      6·
      6 days ago

      That’s the one!

      Russ had his video out pretty quick, and while some issues aren’t fixed, some were with the update Anbernic pushed out.

      Its getting some hate, and some is deserved, but I can’t help but just love this device!

      • mesa@piefed.socialBannedEnglish
        3·
        6 days ago

        Nice! Glad to see you are enjoying the device.

        We regularly joke that Anbernic comes out with new devices every couple of months in every way shape and form factor. Not exactly a bad problem, but they often have issues with quality control. But if you get a refund and new device it usually works out.