it depends what you want. Do you want more that have a "feel" of a certain system? The other one I recommend is Trimui smart and add the MiniUI patch, because it's a small screen and is the closest to feel like my game boy micro.
Love that there's finally another handheld with six top buttons, hopefully this becomes a trend. Also this will be great to have a Sega Channel front end UI. It would be pandering to very few of us that even remember Sega channel but damn it would be awesome lol
I just got this and it has seriously impressed me! I have a Switch and a Steam Deck but I wanted something a little smaller to take on vacation. I've never done these types of overseas handhelds before and I was half expecting a piece of junk. This is very well made and super comfy to hold! DPad is really accurate and again comfortable, no hard edges to wear out your thumbs. I tried out Capcom v SNK 2 and I noticed that the HP/HK buttons were mapped to the shoulders rather than the extra front facing buttons which was odd. Luckily it was extremely easy to remap and since it was in Retroarch I was able to save a game config profile. The speakers are nice and loud as well. Very nice job Anbernic!!!
Yes, this device is impressive software and hardware wise. I did post in the comments that I think you will get random consoles though. Mine didn't come with Saturn, Sega CD, or 32X. Just nearly all the Megadrive and Dreamcast games that I wanted.
I love the idea of them making more handhelds that are meant to feel more like specific controllers for specific systems. If they made a really low budget, sega genesis controller shaped one, that could only emulate the older games, I would get it JUST to have a genesis library on it. Same if they did an SNES.
I think a portable with detachable retro system controls are the way forward. Want a three button Mega Drive? Attach it. Want a gameboy? Attach two buttons to the side. Want Playstation 2's pressure sensitive face button attach that. Each d-pad has a different feel too. For instance, the SMS allowed for a eight directional roll of the d-pad, whereas a NES had four way. These systems deserve a more representative control scheme on these emulation devices.
I got the black ARC-D in May 2024 with NO Sega Saturn, Sega CD or 32X games on the SD card. I did get 50 Dreamcast and they mostly play fine. Ready to Rumble had a minor sound bug in the menu. Blue Stinger had a minor graphic glitch in one of the cut scenes. Soul Calibur 2 is a game I hoped would play well and it was perfect. I also got N64, Playstation 1, Megadrive, SNES, NES, Gameboys, Game Gear, etc. and they were all pretty much flawless. This devise is impressive. Over 4000 games and the ones that I've played so far all worked. I just wanted to post here that I think you will get random consoles. The reviews I saw had Saturn, Sega CD, 32X, Playstation, N64, Gamecube, PSP, Dreamcast. Like I said, I got some arcade versions, like Mortal Kombat II, but no Gamecube Wind Waker. I would still recommend this to anyone.
Great video Prime! My Arc-D is in the mail. I can’t wait to get my hands on it. It would be great if you could do a tutorial to set up Launchbox for this device.
LOVE the d-pad! I'd be happy with this Sega style d-pad on ALL Ambernic devices going forward, I just wish they'd use the UNISOC Tiger T616 cpu, that is powerful enough to do 100% of Dreamcast and is not expensive. This is not powerful enough. Awesome design wasted on inferior cpu
Thank you for this great review and your awesome videos I watch this review a few months ago but I just bought the console and I'm very excited. Thank you 👍
Yeah...wake me when one of these can run the Saturn games we really want to play. I want Panzer Dragoon Saga, Burning Rangers, Radiant Silvergun, Die Hard Arcade, anything from the Shining series... you get the jist. If I am going to play SF: Alpha, then it will be through arcade emulation. Although I do appreciate the Saturn look of this product and superior 6-button pad setup.
The truth is that it looks like a very good machine to emulate, after all, I don't see it as necessary to not have analog sticks for certain emulators if it can be replaced with the D-Pad. I would like to see more in depth, its performance with systems like PSP, Saturn, Dreamcast and N64. So far, from what you have shown in the video, the product looks very good. Thanks for showing it, maybe I'll buy it.
Think of it as being inspired by a megadrive/gensis six-button pad instead then, the level of power and price makes it a better fit then. If it had enough power to comfortably do Saturn then you would have the issue of it either including analogue sticks or critcised for not including them since it would have the power to comfortably do N64, DC, PSP and even some PS2/GC due to Saturn being a tougher system to emulate.
@@simbin.Same. For genesis it needs to be in the miyoo mini price range. If it could handle saturn then it could justify being in the RP3+ price range
@@JarlBarbossa It would be really great if they just swapped out the touchscreen for OLED and upped the CPU to run Saturn games at full speed. I would pay even more for that!
idk what that stick is called that you tested the d-pad and buttons with but a loved the presentation. Wish more reviewers would use something like that
I've been waiting a very, very long time for an emulator handheld with 6 face buttons. They're definitely on the right track. I may have to wait for an update with a larger screen, and more power to handle 6th gen content. Then I'll have a handheld for "modern" dual analog 3d gaming (Steam Deck or ROG Ally), and something like this for old school 2d arcade gaming
Always appreciate your concept reviews. Does it play Atari Jaguar games? Also from looking through the games included can you remember if it had any of these: Capcom's AvP NEO GEO Ninja Commbat
Regarding low volume: for some reason Anbernic often sets the gain for the speaker amp circuits WAY under spec. I had an RG350M which was BARELY audible out of the speakers making then useless. I opened up the board and found the op-amp chip and the schematic for it. It was ONLY setup with feedback to input resistors to have 10:1 gain which is LUDICROUSLY low, the chip supports way way more. I experimented with resistor settings and changed the surface mount feedback resistor to something like 25:1 and it had MUCH better sound. Since so few people complained about their RG350M sounding unbearably low I think other units got a better op amp setup. Anyways, if your Arc D sounds too low I am sure you can just change one resistor per channel to get it as loud as you want. I have been meaning to make a video to show how to do it on tge RG350 series.
A Saturn-shaped handheld that can't play Saturn games? That'll go great with my Data Frog, the Super NES-shaped handheld that can't play Super NES games!
I wanted to see gamegear with a nice front end . The only game system my wife ever owned was gamegear. I would love to set it up as an easy to use game gear dedicated system for her . Something she wouldn’t mess up easily
Thanks for another great review ETA. I got a bit more out of this 10 minute video then I did out of other reviewers' much longer reviews. For example; the quick toggles for performance mode and the button mode remapping on the fly were all new to me. Yeah, I've wasted a couple of hours of my life watching previews and reviews of this unit. I really, really wanted to like and buy it. I have strong opinions about the superiority of the Genesis/Saturn D-Pad, 6(!) face buttons, and just the handsome looks of the Arc - big Sega fan that I am - and I loved the fact that it's running Android. There's a lot of Android games that I think would be fun to play in this form factor; like the "Sega Forever" ports. Unfortunately it's just way too underpowered for $100. I'd love if Anbernic did an Arc S Pro with the Unisoc T310 and a couple of low profile analog sticks/sliders where the speaker holes are now. The T310 is available in $100 tablets and $120 Retroids (Pocket 2+ and 3) so it shouldn't add that much to this unit's BoM while adding a lot of capability. The low profile analog inputs would stay out of the way when one is playing button focused Sega systems like Saturn and Genesis; but, be there for Dreamcast, non-Sega systems, and applicable native Android games. Note: I know the Dreamcast only used one stick; but, it also had analog triggers. Most games treated them as normal buttons; but, adding a second stick/slider would allow for mapping analog LT and RT inputs to it to help out those games that took advantage of them. One of my favorite racers ever, "F355 Challenge", is one of those Dreamcast games that needs analog inputs for throttle and braking to get the most out of it. This is the same solution Polyphony used for the PS1 "Gran Turismos" and Codies/Feral is using on Switch and Android for "Grid: Autosport", so I'm very fine with it.
Outside of Nvidia Shield Portable and GPD XD+, I still haven't bought any newer retro gaming handhelds. Been interested in one, but I have my phone for them, but I would definitely get this for Sega, 3DO, Jaguar, and arcade games. Too bad it's not powerful enough for a lot of Sega Saturn games. But I might play other systems on it. Too bad I don't have the money for it (Halloween PC sales drained my money)
The fact it doesn't have an anlog is WHY I ordered one. If they ever did the SNES controller style and removed the analogs I'd get one of those too. Perhaps they will, if this one sells well.
God, I want this handheld, but as much as I believe that the Sega consoles from Genesis to Sega CD Sega 32X and Sega Saturn, as well as Dreamcast were the best of their generation. The one thing we needed was dual analogue controllers. At least for Sega Saturn after Nights into dreams and the Dreamcast had at least one amazing analogue controller. We needed a dual and so does this device to be a perfect, well at least one.
Thanks ETA. Actually I would pick this and the other device that was built around the SNES. For awhile I wanted to modify my PSOne classic to do this with the proper controllers. But now with these handhelds just curate them for what they do best which is Sega Master system up to Saturn and NES up to GBA with all the correct control layout. That would leave a proper 16:9 handheld for PS1 up to PS2, Dreamcast, N64 and PSP. Thanks for all your reviews!
how does it work for Saturn? Some ppl are saying it ships without any Saturn games installed. I have an RG351MP and I'm surprised at how well it handles some Saturn games. This thing has a better chip so I thought it would be able to handle all the Saturn, but apparently there are issues.
Is it powerful enough to keep stable 60 FPS in Genesis / SNES cores (Retroarch) when you enable RunAhead mode (which counteracts software emulation input lag)?
I would definitely go with the black one that has the blue buttons because it's like they took a Game Gear and slapped a 6 button controller onto it. That gray one looks like they took a SNES controller and a Game Boy and squished them together, but I was a Genesis kid, so it just looks wrong to me.
I was SO excitedwhen i saw the 6 buttons layout... i REALLY want to get it and support this.... but the fact it cant even run Killer instinct Arcade... or N64 KI2 Gold is a HUGE turn off :(
Guess you never played No Mercy because the perfect button combo already existed on the N64. This has no analog sticks. No c-buttons. But you call it perfect. 🤣
Doesn't need dual analog for anything. N64, saturn, and dreamcast only used the left stick, and 99% of the time it just mirrored the dpad. For N64 and Dreamcast, You could just make the dpad emulate the stick, then L2+dpad be the dpad. That covers everything.
always love the 6 buttons pad, for 10$ it is whorty to take the D with 1 gb ram more...unfortunatly an arm a5x series is not enough to emulate properly a saturn even at standard resolution, maybe using and amlogic s922x like in the odroid go ultra could be a better choice in order to add performances at a very low increase of price point
Does anyone know how to change hotkeys on the RG ARC? The frontend seems to over-ride the ability to save hotkey binds in the retro-arch menus, tried everything and I can't get Rewind to save after exiting out of each game.
Seems a tad niche for me, with other products in it's price and spec range that are better choices. The 3 buttons are grey, this case is more cream, light years away from grey.
I've been looking for something like that for fighting games, specially Street Fighter. I may get one myself. How does SFA3 (psp) perform on it? That's my favourite version of the entire Alpha series.
Yet another review that (I believe) misses the point on SS emulation on this device. The SS is loved in the retrogaming community as a 2D gaming beast and many collectors only buy 2D games for the Saturn (myself included). It does so happen that the RG Arc D plays these 2D games well, either without any frame skip or with minor frame skipping (2 to 5 frames at the most, with 0 also being very common, compare that VS the 30+ you often see with SS 3D games). The fact that analog sticks (a staple of Anbernic devices) are completely absent here, makes me think that this machine was meant for 2D game lovers from the get-go (and if you are one of us, this thing rocks!). For 3D-loving retrogamers, Anbernic offers the RG405M (Gamma OS highly recommended here) which plays very well SS 3D games, N64, Sega Dreamcast, and more (albeit at a higher price).
@@airthrowDBT A good suggestion for a future improved model :) Still I am in difficulty in thinking which SS 2D games heavily rely on Shoulder buttons (most only use ABC, with a slew also using XYZ).
Yeah definitely, I dont think a single 2D game relies heavily on the shoulder buttons being analog...too bad though my dream handheld is EXACTLY the Arc D but with a hall effect analog stick, only 2 triggers analog, to fully emulate the NiGHTs pad...
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That actually does look like a proper Saturn dpad with the rock and pivot. Something I don't think anyone has got right yet.
I’d love to see a holiday handheld gift guide given the sheer number of devices and price points now. It’s kinda getting overwhelming.
The best one if you're giving gifts to non tech people in my opinion is RG35XX running garlicOS
it depends what you want. Do you want more that have a "feel" of a certain system? The other one I recommend is Trimui smart and add the MiniUI patch, because it's a small screen and is the closest to feel like my game boy micro.
Love that there's finally another handheld with six top buttons, hopefully this becomes a trend.
Also this will be great to have a Sega Channel front end UI. It would be pandering to very few of us that even remember Sega channel but damn it would be awesome lol
I just got this and it has seriously impressed me! I have a Switch and a Steam Deck but I wanted something a little smaller to take on vacation. I've never done these types of overseas handhelds before and I was half expecting a piece of junk. This is very well made and super comfy to hold! DPad is really accurate and again comfortable, no hard edges to wear out your thumbs. I tried out Capcom v SNK 2 and I noticed that the HP/HK buttons were mapped to the shoulders rather than the extra front facing buttons which was odd. Luckily it was extremely easy to remap and since it was in Retroarch I was able to save a game config profile. The speakers are nice and loud as well. Very nice job Anbernic!!!
Yes, this device is impressive software and hardware wise. I did post in the comments that I think you will get random consoles though. Mine didn't come with Saturn, Sega CD, or 32X. Just nearly all the Megadrive and Dreamcast games that I wanted.
Perfect for Sega genesis
I love the idea of them making more handhelds that are meant to feel more like specific controllers for specific systems. If they made a really low budget, sega genesis controller shaped one, that could only emulate the older games, I would get it JUST to have a genesis library on it. Same if they did an SNES.
They did a SNES one, RG353PS
@@justarandomguy2126 yeah but they need to ditch the analogs and make it more simplistic and ergonomic.
Snes is practically the default for every other system
I think a portable with detachable retro system controls are the way forward.
Want a three button Mega Drive? Attach it. Want a gameboy? Attach two buttons to the side. Want Playstation 2's pressure sensitive face button attach that.
Each d-pad has a different feel too. For instance, the SMS allowed for a eight directional roll of the d-pad, whereas a NES had four way. These systems deserve a more representative control scheme on these emulation devices.
The black variation looks so amazing!
It's the Sega Nomad I always wanted :)
I got the black ARC-D in May 2024 with NO Sega Saturn, Sega CD or 32X games on the SD card. I did get 50 Dreamcast and they mostly play fine. Ready to Rumble had a minor sound bug in the menu. Blue Stinger had a minor graphic glitch in one of the cut scenes. Soul Calibur 2 is a game I hoped would play well and it was perfect. I also got N64, Playstation 1, Megadrive, SNES, NES, Gameboys, Game Gear, etc. and they were all pretty much flawless. This devise is impressive. Over 4000 games and the ones that I've played so far all worked. I just wanted to post here that I think you will get random consoles. The reviews I saw had Saturn, Sega CD, 32X, Playstation, N64, Gamecube, PSP, Dreamcast. Like I said, I got some arcade versions, like Mortal Kombat II, but no Gamecube Wind Waker. I would still recommend this to anyone.
Great video Prime! My Arc-D is in the mail. I can’t wait to get my hands on it. It would be great if you could do a tutorial to set up Launchbox for this device.
It's the same to setup as LaunchBox on other Android devices
LOVE the d-pad! I'd be happy with this Sega style d-pad on ALL Ambernic devices going forward, I just wish they'd use the UNISOC Tiger T616 cpu, that is powerful enough to do 100% of Dreamcast and is not expensive. This is not powerful enough. Awesome design wasted on inferior cpu
The first time I saw this handheld I said to myself.
Wow a Saturn controller with a screen I really want one!
dig that it comes in both Japanese and US region colors. seems like a really cool little unit!
Thank you for this great review and your awesome videos I watch this review a few months ago but I just bought the console and I'm very excited. Thank you 👍
Yeah...wake me when one of these can run the Saturn games we really want to play. I want Panzer Dragoon Saga, Burning Rangers, Radiant Silvergun, Die Hard Arcade, anything from the Shining series... you get the jist. If I am going to play SF: Alpha, then it will be through arcade emulation. Although I do appreciate the Saturn look of this product and superior 6-button pad setup.
Kinda disappointing they didn't at least go with the T618 so that the Saturn emulation would be better.
The Saturn Dpad is the best dpad ever
Finally a really good d-pad and great button layout. Love it 😀
We've really had enough of these shitty Nintendo-style layout handhelds!
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Plays Street Fighter Alpha 3 but puts Street Fighter 3 Double Impact boxart instead
The black version is gorgeous.
The truth is that it looks like a very good machine to emulate, after all, I don't see it as necessary to not have analog sticks for certain emulators if it can be replaced with the D-Pad. I would like to see more in depth, its performance with systems like PSP, Saturn, Dreamcast and N64. So far, from what you have shown in the video, the product looks very good. Thanks for showing it, maybe I'll buy it.
Psp will be cropped so there's no point
I didn't even know they had this. Very nice. 6 face buttons too.
We need a handheld with the N64 layout buttons to play it the way its suposed to be played
Damn!!! Two Videos One Morning?! 🤯
A lot of OT. Lol 😆
I really want to like it, but a Saturn inspired handheld should be powerful enough to run its games without frame skip.
Think of it as being inspired by a megadrive/gensis six-button pad instead then, the level of power and price makes it a better fit then.
If it had enough power to comfortably do Saturn then you would have the issue of it either including analogue sticks or critcised for not including them since it would have the power to comfortably do N64, DC, PSP and even some PS2/GC due to Saturn being a tougher system to emulate.
@@ColinRowlands Good points. I might get one just for Genesis once the price comes down.
@@simbin.Same. For genesis it needs to be in the miyoo mini price range. If it could handle saturn then it could justify being in the RP3+ price range
@@JarlBarbossa It would be really great if they just swapped out the touchscreen for OLED and upped the CPU to run Saturn games at full speed. I would pay even more for that!
@@simbin. Agreed
idk what that stick is called that you tested the d-pad and buttons with but a loved the presentation. Wish more reviewers would use something like that
I've been waiting a very, very long time for an emulator handheld with 6 face buttons. They're definitely on the right track. I may have to wait for an update with a larger screen, and more power to handle 6th gen content. Then I'll have a handheld for "modern" dual analog 3d gaming (Steam Deck or ROG Ally), and something like this for old school 2d arcade gaming
Eta bringing to us the SEGA NOSTALGIC FORMAT HANDHELD, THANKS FOR YOUR GREAT JOB!!!
Always appreciate your concept reviews. Does it play Atari Jaguar games? Also from looking through the games included can you remember if it had any of these:
Capcom's AvP
NEO GEO Ninja Commbat
You need to be able to run mednafen/beetle to play saturn... A55 cores won't cut it. anyway I love the format!
Regarding low volume: for some reason Anbernic often sets the gain for the speaker amp circuits WAY under spec. I had an RG350M which was BARELY audible out of the speakers making then useless. I opened up the board and found the op-amp chip and the schematic for it. It was ONLY setup with feedback to input resistors to have 10:1 gain which is LUDICROUSLY low, the chip supports way way more. I experimented with resistor settings and changed the surface mount feedback resistor to something like 25:1 and it had MUCH better sound. Since so few people complained about their RG350M sounding unbearably low I think other units got a better op amp setup. Anyways, if your Arc D sounds too low I am sure you can just change one resistor per channel to get it as loud as you want. I have been meaning to make a video to show how to do it on tge RG350 series.
I'd rather this variant 🤘🏾it looks Hella comfy 🙏🏽
Looks amazing og Japanese saturn style controller 👌 😊
A Saturn-shaped handheld that can't play Saturn games? That'll go great with my Data Frog, the Super NES-shaped handheld that can't play Super NES games!
I got one. I heard the saturn runs much better under Linux.
Mortal Kombat 3 Ultimate on this gadget = 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
This is great I want one just to play Genesis & Game Gear on this. If it could run some of the 2d Saturn and Dreamcast games that be a plus
I wanted to see gamegear with a nice front end . The only game system my wife ever owned was gamegear. I would love to set it up as an easy to use game gear dedicated system for her . Something she wouldn’t mess up easily
Miyoo mini
A nice little handheld! Nice one!
It’s always crazy when a another consoles starts working on a handheld
Nice review, is there a promo code available for this handheld?
Missed opportunity to show off Comix Zone. I have been looking for a 6 button emulator for a while.
Thanks for another great review ETA. I got a bit more out of this 10 minute video then I did out of other reviewers' much longer reviews. For example; the quick toggles for performance mode and the button mode remapping on the fly were all new to me.
Yeah, I've wasted a couple of hours of my life watching previews and reviews of this unit. I really, really wanted to like and buy it. I have strong opinions about the superiority of the Genesis/Saturn D-Pad, 6(!) face buttons, and just the handsome looks of the Arc - big Sega fan that I am - and I loved the fact that it's running Android. There's a lot of Android games that I think would be fun to play in this form factor; like the "Sega Forever" ports. Unfortunately it's just way too underpowered for $100.
I'd love if Anbernic did an Arc S Pro with the Unisoc T310 and a couple of low profile analog sticks/sliders where the speaker holes are now. The T310 is available in $100 tablets and $120 Retroids (Pocket 2+ and 3) so it shouldn't add that much to this unit's BoM while adding a lot of capability. The low profile analog inputs would stay out of the way when one is playing button focused Sega systems like Saturn and Genesis; but, be there for Dreamcast, non-Sega systems, and applicable native Android games.
Note: I know the Dreamcast only used one stick; but, it also had analog triggers. Most games treated them as normal buttons; but, adding a second stick/slider would allow for mapping analog LT and RT inputs to it to help out those games that took advantage of them. One of my favorite racers ever, "F355 Challenge", is one of those Dreamcast games that needs analog inputs for throttle and braking to get the most out of it. This is the same solution Polyphony used for the PS1 "Gran Turismos" and Codies/Feral is using on Switch and Android for "Grid: Autosport", so I'm very fine with it.
Outside of Nvidia Shield Portable and GPD XD+, I still haven't bought any newer retro gaming handhelds. Been interested in one, but I have my phone for them, but I would definitely get this for Sega, 3DO, Jaguar, and arcade games. Too bad it's not powerful enough for a lot of Sega Saturn games. But I might play other systems on it. Too bad I don't have the money for it (Halloween PC sales drained my money)
Reminds me of the old GP32 from Gamepark.
FYI Street Fighter III was the only SF game released on CPS-3, not whatever that game you were playing was @ 6:06
The fact it doesn't have an anlog is WHY I ordered one. If they ever did the SNES controller style and removed the analogs I'd get one of those too. Perhaps they will, if this one sells well.
God, I want this handheld, but as much as I believe that the Sega consoles from Genesis to Sega CD Sega 32X and Sega Saturn, as well as Dreamcast were the best of their generation. The one thing we needed was dual analogue controllers. At least for Sega Saturn after Nights into dreams and the Dreamcast had at least one amazing analogue controller. We needed a dual and so does this device to be a perfect, well at least one.
The expensive models have the Sega Saturn color ways (America/Japan)
Thanks ETA. Actually I would pick this and the other device that was built around the SNES. For awhile I wanted to modify my PSOne classic to do this with the proper controllers. But now with these handhelds just curate them for what they do best which is Sega Master system up to Saturn and NES up to GBA with all the correct control layout.
That would leave a proper 16:9 handheld for PS1 up to PS2, Dreamcast, N64 and PSP.
Thanks for all your reviews!
Psp is the only one there that is 16:9
Just buy an rp3+
Bought one to have a “dedicated” Saturn portable.
how does it work for Saturn? Some ppl are saying it ships without any Saturn games installed. I have an RG351MP and I'm surprised at how well it handles some Saturn games. This thing has a better chip so I thought it would be able to handle all the Saturn, but apparently there are issues.
Is the stock linux firmware decent? Tempted to get it but hearing mixed things about the firmware and I've not really seen any custom options
I wonder if it plays genesis games as well
It definitely does!
Hello, thanks for this review ! I read that the audio output is crap with noise in the background when using headphones... Can you confirm this ?
Mine does not sound noisy with headphones.
Ok, thanks a lot@@airthrowDBT
woah better than the tease IMO
Hi does the system anbernic rg arc-s have games out of the box,ready to play them?
Hi, i wanna ask, in ergonomics, which one do you prefer, this one or th 353ps?
@ETA Prime what rom types does the Sega Saturn emulator run? CHD, BIN/CUE, ISO, ZIPPED BIN/CUE?
Is it powerful enough to keep stable 60 FPS in Genesis / SNES cores (Retroarch) when you enable RunAhead mode (which counteracts software emulation input lag)?
I would definitely go with the black one that has the blue buttons because it's like they took a Game Gear and slapped a 6 button controller onto it. That gray one looks like they took a SNES controller and a Game Boy and squished them together, but I was a Genesis kid, so it just looks wrong to me.
I need this
Bro, where you been taki udon and Retro game core has been doing most of the new stuff
I was SO excitedwhen i saw the 6 buttons layout... i REALLY want to get it and support this.... but the fact it cant even run Killer instinct Arcade... or N64 KI2 Gold is a HUGE turn off :(
How is N64 performance? If this thing can play No Mercy and/or Revenge it would be the.pwefect button combo.
Guess you never played No Mercy because the perfect button combo already existed on the N64. This has no analog sticks. No c-buttons. But you call it perfect. 🤣
This would be great with dual analog and wide N64 compatibility. I need more handhelds going forward to have the 6-button layout for right thumb.
Absolutely agreed. It's long overdue.
Doesn't need dual analog for anything. N64, saturn, and dreamcast only used the left stick, and 99% of the time it just mirrored the dpad. For N64 and Dreamcast, You could just make the dpad emulate the stick, then L2+dpad be the dpad. That covers everything.
always love the 6 buttons pad, for 10$ it is whorty to take the D with 1 gb ram more...unfortunatly an arm a5x series is not enough to emulate properly a saturn even at standard resolution, maybe using and amlogic s922x like in the odroid go ultra could be a better choice in order to add performances at a very low increase of price point
Question... Can this really be plugged into a pc and used as a controller also?
Is it possible to run Dragon Ball Legends on this device? I'm just curious.
Hey ETA, is there really no way to use android headphones on linux???
What the benefit of having android available? Not sure which one to get
I finally can play Shinobi Legions X with original controllers finally sega handheld 😂
Does anyone know how to change hotkeys on the RG ARC? The frontend seems to over-ride the ability to save hotkey binds in the retro-arch menus, tried everything and I can't get Rewind to save after exiting out of each game.
When I load the Lennox side, the games are playable. When I load the android side, the games have disappeared. What should I do?
Seems a tad niche for me, with other products in it's price and spec range that are better choices. The 3 buttons are grey, this case is more cream, light years away from grey.
why has no review channel tested if it works with fightcade -_-
There's only 1 ps1 game that REQUIRES the dual shock, ape escape.
Yaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhh!!!!!!
Will it run Panzer Dragoon Saga?
Can you connect earbuds via bluetooth?
If can play panzer dragoon saga then i already love it...
Is it possible to connect bluetooth earbuds on the linux side?
Is it possible to use Emuelec on this device?
What is your intro music?
pls try and test some android games and pc or other ports
0:00 Please come in black. Please Come In Black. PLEASE COME IN BLACK!!! 1:32 THANK YOU!
any luck with Dreamcast?
I played Cannon Spike which ran perfectly but then all sound died for no reason. Played a little VF3tb and it ran steady 60FPS.
Are these good for 1st device to pick up?
Yes, highly recommended. I got mine on amazon and it came w/roms pre-loaded on a 128GB card.
How do you make a backup of the Linux OS sd card in case the card goes bad, don’t trust this card
Is this better than the rg28xx?
is there any way it can play Marvel vs Capcom 2?
4:58 how to set up like this layout and access to Android
I've been looking for something like that for fighting games, specially Street Fighter. I may get one myself. How does SFA3 (psp) perform on it? That's my favourite version of the entire Alpha series.
Psp is 16:9
Play the dreamcast version for 4:3
Does this handle dreamcast ok?
Do you think that fans could release an os or something that would be able to push the hardware hard enough to make Saturn games run at 60?
Yet another review that (I believe) misses the point on SS emulation on this device. The SS is loved in the retrogaming community as a 2D gaming beast and many collectors only buy 2D games for the Saturn (myself included).
It does so happen that the RG Arc D plays these 2D games well, either without any frame skip or with minor frame skipping (2 to 5 frames at the most, with 0 also being very common, compare that VS the 30+ you often see with SS 3D games).
The fact that analog sticks (a staple of Anbernic devices) are completely absent here, makes me think that this machine was meant for 2D game lovers from the get-go (and if you are one of us, this thing rocks!).
For 3D-loving retrogamers, Anbernic offers the RG405M (Gamma OS highly recommended here) which plays very well SS 3D games, N64, Sega Dreamcast, and more (albeit at a higher price).
I love mine but if this is the case they shouldve just made one set of more comfortable shoulder buttons
@@airthrowDBT A good suggestion for a future improved model :)
Still I am in difficulty in thinking which SS 2D games heavily rely on Shoulder buttons (most only use ABC, with a slew also using XYZ).
Yeah definitely, I dont think a single 2D game relies heavily on the shoulder buttons being analog...too bad though my dream handheld is EXACTLY the Arc D but with a hall effect analog stick, only 2 triggers analog, to fully emulate the NiGHTs pad...
we want u talking with valve to support gta6 on linix steam deck
Analogue sticks are uncomfortable, they stick out. They should have made the shoulder buttons smaller, not sticking out.
Android is much worse, than a linux-based dedicated emulation OS.
How do you update the firmware ?
can this do batocera?