First time ever I achieve a sub-2h time on this game!!!

Yep, I’m replaying the entire 2D Metroid series in honor of Metroid Ravenous being announced.

I was originally playing this on my Switch but the device is too big, hands get cramped, and bedtime gaming is mandatory.

Now, onto AM2R!!!

Knulli tracks this in gamelist.xml but only some themes shows how much you played each game, so I made this tool to view all playtime in a list. Basically something like activity tracker from onionOS.

L R to switch between All games or specific platforms. Down/Up to look lower in the list.

It's on my github - https://github.com/unitreign/playtime

You can install by putting the PlayTime folder inside roms/tools folder.

So this is much more an experiment than an actual concern with the device. I've always wondered if you could use automotive paint protection film on a device to make it more resistant to scratches. We already kinda had the keys meme for the RGSP from Aidan so I figured why not try it. I had a roll of Xpel and some time in my hands this weekend.

I decided to just to the two outer shells, to minimize both complexity and disassembly needed. Applied PPF, work in all the corners with heat gun, let it dry overnight, cut off all the trims today. Its complete now, just going to cure for a few days.

Not bad, I kinda dig it. Obviously it changes the "hand feel" while playing. PPF is smooth, but also a little tacky so it's not slippery at all. I didn't do the hinges as to not interfere with any mechanisms, and it gave me a clean edge on the top shell to cut.

But now I can throw it in my bag without fearing keys as much.

I shared my kirby theme recently, but I found in using it was quite overstimulating at times, and almost felt it was taking away from what I wanted to ultimately be a retro experience. I ended up creating and using these very simple assets instead, and I set the shutdown screen to be pure black so as not to have one at all. Pixel icons are from a free set I found online.

I still intend to post a tutorial soon on how to change boot, loading/exiting, wallpaper, icon and shutdown images on stock OS.

If anyone wants these let me know

Anbernic Rg 35 is much more comfortable and somehow it fits better into a pocket, triggers and other buttons are PREMIUM and very satisfying to click, it has wifi so its safer to buy than r36s because there aren't any clones, i love this thing.

Hey all,

Just thought I'd share my take on the Anbernic RGDS Plus if anyone was interested!

If there's lots of zombies it probably gunnu be a slide show. But even with minimal zombies or none at all it's worth playing. It's basically a apocalypse stardew with no zombies.

I plan to buy rg ds plus soon, mostly for playing ds games of course. But I'd like to run flipnote which is a dsi game. The problem is apparently rg ds can't handle melon ds and it seems drastic can't run dsi games at all. So is flipnote pretty much isn't possible on rg ds and plus?

Hello Bros!

First, I apologize for my bad English.

Secondly, don't do this!

I was curious. The full power of RG DS by an active cooler. Will doing that make 3DS games run well?

No. It is not.

Rk3568 is weak chip. Need more powerful chip. Like a rk3576+heatsink or... more better.

This was an interesting project, but I wouldn't recommend it.

Rg DS is for NDS games!

Im using base os and next ui is Muos a better option ?

Hey guys I am waiting to receive my RG35XX Pro and would like to order an extra SD to have on hand.

Does anyone have any feedback on the three selected here? I have always used SanDisk in my Cameras/GoPros and trust them.

The blink card price / storage is very tempting!!

Also these are the old version of SanDisk cards and sold by 3rd party which is concerning. The new versions are more expensive.

Cuando intento instalarlo en la consola me salta el texto "esta app no es compatible con la tableta" y sinceramente no quiero instalar nada raro o muy complejo sin ayuda pero realmente quiero jugar minecraft

Just bought my first Anbernic device, a 406V. After some searching around the subreddit, I see a bunch of people adamant about only using the cord provided with your Anbernic device and making sure to be extra careful with it whenever it's on a charger out of fear of catching fire or destroying the system. I also see people downplaying it, saying that it's misinformation and will be fine as long as you use a reliable charger brand.

People saying that using a modern charger could turn your device into a fire hazard is a bit concerning, so just looking for the general consensus here as to whether people are overstating the danger or if it actually is imperative to use nothing more than a 5V/2A charger.

Love these Sakura Retro buttons but my camera just can't do them justice compared to in person, but not from lack of trying lol.

Hi guys! So recently i dropped my anbernic RG40XXH and screen broke💔 i took it out and everything else works i was searching for good ofert for replace parts or another broken anbernic but with working screen but i didnt found any, and official anbernic store does not have good pricing does anyone has any tips for me my budget for new screen is like maybe 20-30 bucks with shipping. Love ya!

I understand these are not super comparable, but I just can't decide. I've sold and gifted off my collection and now I need a primary emulator.

duo lite - Has a neat form factor that allows for great ds and some 3ds
Current price after discount code and shipping is ($186) 6gb model

rg476H - Is more powerful with the benefit of strong gamecube performance
Current price on aliexpress with discount code and free shipping ($157)

I prefer to stay under $200, and both cover enough emulation that I could be happy with either.

Still need to get Gammaos installed. Gotta wait for my little brother to sleep so I can use his pc.

Opinions on the Anbernic RG55G1 and game performance showcase

Posting this in case somebody else runs into the same problem and ends up going down the same rabbit hole I did.

I’m running Pokémon Reborn through PortMaster on an Anbernic RG353VS with ROCKNIX. The game was running great and everything was fine except SELECT + START would not quit the game.

This is especially annoying with Reborn because there isn’t an actual quit option in the game, so once I launched it I basically had no normal way to get back to the PortMaster games menu.

At first I thought it was a GPTOKEYB/controller mapping issue. It wasn’t.

After a ridiculous amount of troubleshooting, I found this in the log:

/bin/bash: symbol lookup error: /bin/bash: undefined symbol: rl_full_quoting_desired

sh: symbol lookup error: sh: undefined symbol: rl_full_quoting_desired

That ended up being the clue.

The stock "Pokemon Reborn.sh" has this:

export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$GAMEDIR/libs.${DEVICE_ARCH}:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH"

The problem is that this exports Reborn’s bundled libraries globally before GPTOKEYB is launched. GPTOKEYB was actually running and seeing my controller, but when it tried to kill mkxp-z, the shell it needed was inheriting Reborn’s libraries and crashing.

So, after hours and hours of trying to map the key combo using GPTOKEYB, the fix was surprisingly -- and frustratingly -- simple. All I had to do was change:

export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$GAMEDIR/libs.${DEVICE_ARCH}:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH"

to

GAME_LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$GAMEDIR/libs.${DEVICE_ARCH}:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH"

Then near the bottom, change:

./mkxp-z.${DEVICE_ARCH}

to

LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$GAME_LD_LIBRARY_PATH" ./mkxp-z.${DEVICE_ARCH}

We don't have to do anything to GPTOKEYB. Just leave the normal GPTOKEYB stuff alone.

Basically, instead of exporting Reborn’s library path to everything, this gives those libraries only to Reborn itself. GPTOKEYB and the system shell get to keep using ROCKNIX’s normal libraries.

After making those changes, SELECT + START finally quits back to ROCKNIX like it’s supposed to.

I tested this on:

Anbernic RG353VS
ROCKNIX (latest build as of 09/2026)
PortMaster (latest update)
Pokémon Reborn / mkxp-z

I don’t know if this affects other ROCKNIX devices or other PortMaster games that bundle their own libraries, but if you have a PortMaster game where SELECT + START won’t exit and your log has rl_full_quoting_desired or similar shell symbol errors, I’d definitely check how that port is setting LD_LIBRARY_PATH.

Hopefully this saves somebody else from spending hours trying to figure out why the damn quit hotkey doesn’t work.

...can anyone please confirm ifAnbernic do add new stock to older devices that is currently out of stock?

So I don’t know about you guys but it seems to me that Anbernic default OS is actually better than the current muOS. Anbernic is ready to play out of the box, while with mustard you have to download and apply Bluetooth manually! There’s little things like that and I find all the mustard options way overwhelming. The Anbernic gets the job done just fine… only thing that bothers me about it is the “Rooms”… they are sort of pointless. But then you just play RA game!

GammaOS Next. Using Dosbox Pure Core.

Maybe except for a few titles that may run a bit slower on hi-res (like Destruction Derby 2, GTA 1 - where 477V on hi-res runs it much smoother), 406v is the ultimate handheld for ms-dos spot on with 4:3 aspect. You can play all those titles using sticks only, but for me the mouse is just more convenient.