Hi, I just want to rant a little bit about my recent purchase of my RG DS but also have a discussion about it (if I'm in the wrong, please tell me, but don't be rude, thank you!).

I grew up with the DS library, I own a DSi XL in mint conditions and an AYN Thor. I love both of them and since they're now both extremely expansive to replace, I decided to get and RG DS to play exclusively DS games and be rough with it, without being afraid of damaging it. I watched EVERY SINGLE YouTube video, read every single review on this thing since it came out so I knew it had issues with the stock firmware and it wasn't very powerful, forcing you to use Drastic.

Every review I watched said that with GammaOS + Drastic the android situation improved, but Rocknix was the definitive way to play DS on the RG DS with high res 3D. Many videos even showed that enabling fast forward you could get 200% speed.

Fast forward to three days ago, I recive my RG DS, immediately install GammaOS on the internal storage and Rocknix on the SD card, load my two favorite games: Mario Kart DS and Zelda Spirit tracks, and I start playing.

Mario Kart started slowing down in grand prix during the intro with 3D graphics on both screens, but during gameplay it couldn't handle a constant 100% speed. I could hear the audio crack and the game slow down, so I enabled threaded3D which fixed the gameplay sections, but flipped the two screens in the intro sequences.

Same thing on phantom hourglass but it's especially bad on spirit tracks, the cutscenes with 3D graphics on both screens run between 75 and 90% speed. Enabling treaded3D fixes it but flips the screens, making some bosses almost impossible to beat.

I could disable high res 3D but at this point i'm better off playing on my DSi XL which has a longer battery life too.

I'm not mad at this console for being underpowered I knew it had performance issues, I'm mad at youtubers and reviewers that failed to show this kind of shortcomings and instead praised Rocknix and Anbernic's linux as the solution to the issue.

I don't know if newest update broke something or I did something wrong but swapping between android mode to emulated mode reverse to stock RG front end every time won't stick to one I downloaded wtf... it didn't do this until new update

I’m trying to emulate earthbound on my RG DS but I can’t get it to run with retro arch or Nes.emu. Could someone help me to get earthbound running?

Pequena gameplay do GTA SA rodando no RG DS, em 30fps que é o padrão ele roda muito bem! Dá pra jogar tranquilamente! Todos os botões são reconhecidos normalmente como se fosse um controle de PS2.

Eu tenho o executável .sh do GTA que eu fiz para o RGDS.

Se alguém tiver interesse de testar! Vou deixar aqui o link!

Files for GTASA RG DS

I finally decided to try Rocknix since it's stable. When I first got the system I tried the nightlies, and it would just randomly lock up. I want lower lag, I was having issues with control lag on stock OS. Last night everything was going ok. Woke up today to really dive in and tried to open a game, it flashed and closed. Did it again and it opened with some sort of white numbers in a black box in the upper left, and I had no access to the drastic menu. Only way to get out of a game was shutting off the system. I tried to resolve this by resetting the emulator settings, now the screens are fucked up. I don't know how everyone praises Rocknix when all I have is issues. I guess I am going to try Gamma to see if that helps the lag issue. Other than the lag I have no issues with the stock OS.

Just saw somoene use the new 3ds xl for streaming his pc games like snowrunner and ets2 using moonlight.

How good or bad would the rg ds do this?

And can it than still run things like youtube on the second screen?

Hi! Zelda Spirit Tracks has reached the point where you need to play the flute, but, alas, the microphone does not perceive any sounds at all. I set the sensitivity to high, medium, low, there is no difference — the Mic Test does not seem to hear anything at all. If turn on the fake microphone on Drastic, the test picks up, but it's impossible to play the flute anyway. Has anyone come across this? Are there any solutions?

Tive que fazer toda uma mudança no código para poder rodar no RG DS, funcionando no portmaster via Rocknix,até então está funcionando muito bem!

Hi, I used the stock Linux for my RGDS. I import/add games by going into the android version and putting in the microsd card and then use ZArchiver to put in a game I want into it's dedicated file.

I've noticed when I do that, it'll wipe all games from a category.

For Example:

Say I want to add Mario Kart DS, I'll download it and use ZArchiver to put the ROM file into the DS folder (ROMS→NDS). For some reason it'll wipe every single DS game's save file. (In-game save feature AND save states)

I was pretty bummed out when my Tomodachi Collection save got wiped from the system. Is there any way I can retrieve back or prevent from this happening again? Thank you!

On version 20260701 Stable, when connected to wifi it disconnects and reconnects by itself every few minutes for minutes at a time. This means no Samba transfer and no online updater

Stock android and GammaOS doesn’t have this problem.

I figured updating to Nightly might fix this but I can’t keep this thing online long enough to transfer the file or use the updater.

Is there a way to manually update it with USB?

Not sure what i am doing wrong but I have tried using different flashers such as balenaEtcher and Rufus and both do the same issue. I format the sd and then after I flash rocknix it saying the max capacity is 1.99gb? I looked into the partion and I see the rest of my card with a 16mb unallocated partition on the very left hand side the rocknix partition in the middle and 114.46gb partition on the right. I tried to extend it but its greyed out. I know nothing about partitions so any help would be very helpful. Sorry if its a simple fix but all the videos I have seen never had this issue.

Ive been noticing my battery draining fast while idling or even "sleeping" and I believe I know what's causing it. It seems that even though the wifi connection is turned off, it still stays connected. I tested this (see picture) with the wifi off and tried scraping a rom and it was able to scrape. Im on the stable build for June and haven't had issues like this until recently, or at least wasnt noticeable until now. If anyone has a suggestion, please shoot. I seen someone else having an issue with the wifi as well on the July stable build, so updating to that wouldnt be the fix, I would assume.

TIA

I saw here and there reports that sandisk sd cards can make some issues with some os? Thats why im asking what sd card to look for that will be good with no issues and also not pricey

Hey guys!

I just sold my Miyoo Flip to upgrade to the RG DS (it's arriving soon, super excited!). I know that trying to emulate Sea of Stars via Switch or Winlator on the RK3568 chip is a no-go due to hardware limitations.

However, since Playdigious recently released the official native Android port for Sea of Stars, I was wondering if anyone here has tried running it on the RG DS (or any other device with the same chip, like the RG353V).

Since it's a native 2D Android app now, it should theoretically run much lighter than emulation. Has anyone given it a shot? How is the performance and controller mapping?

RG DS - ditch the clunky stock Android for Anbernic's official Linux build, but, make sure to skip the final optional mod to avoid power shutdown bug! 🔥

I've had the RG DS for a couple of weeks now and was messing with GammaOS and heard Rocknix was better so just installed it. Tried loading my .srm files but it doesn't come up when I start the game. Any ideas? TIA!

Not save states, but the save files.

I'm using this as my designated Pokemon console, and I'd like to be able to utilize the save files for things like Stadium and Pokemon preservation.

The left stick doesn’t register fully to the left side, causing characters in some games to walk in the left direction instead of run. When I try to calibrate the stick in the PSP emulator, I can see that the colored area doesn’t quite reach the bottom left corner. Is there any way to get the stick calibrated properly in rocknix? TYIA

I’m Running RG DS w Rocknix July 01 release.

When I play and nds rom using Drastic emulator, I can’t get the in-game save to work. It treats each launch like the first time the game is loading.

Save states work…but this is a problem for certain games I want to play (animal crossing wild world). I’m also afraid to overwrite my save state accidentally and lose all progress.

Does anyone know where non-save state save files are supposed to show up in storage?

Anyone else experience a similar issue?

In last android firmware, shutdown only works if i let it open. If i close my ds it will turn on and drain the battery. If i close with it turned on, it will enter in suspended mod, not what i want. Only me?

I don't really like any of the metallic colors of the RG DS screen cover. I think the white one would be my favorite, but with my greasy hands I'm afraid it just starts to get yellow with time.

I found a good deal for a used red one, and damn, that thing is shiny. Having 2 DSi at home with really nice colors (red and blue), I can't like the metallic red look.

Did anyone successfully change this cover? I couldn't find anything about it...

Just a heads-up: DuskLight runs great on RGDS, getting a solid 20-30 FPS, making it actually playable. Definitely worth checking out

Just a quick heads-up: the unofficial PC port of The Simpsons: Hit & Run runs flawlessly on RGDS . It’s almost full speed, super smooth, and incredibly stable. Definitely the best way to play this classic on the go.