Hello! Thanks for the review! A 16GB card will work for SD1 but it has to be high capacity, like sandisk or samsung, the ones that come with the system won't work
Either this is HORRIBLE FIRMWARE or my download was corrupted. My GENESIS GAMES ARE BLUE and the RETROARCH MENU IS UPSIDE DOWN! This is based on the “RETROARCH32” performance, as while the “RETROARCH” version seems to work fine at first, the menu is screwed up and limited and I can’t even see shaders which makes it unusable (and for some reason Retroarch says “arkos” though a quick google search says otherwise) Also: stock firmware had Saturn playing just fine, but this says “switch to nobios” okay… nope doesn’t work. Guess I will take it back home again and break open the file system to find Retroarchs system folder and slap on my own Bios.
So this is currently the best option we have right now for retro fighting games huh? I wasn't a Sega kid but I'm still heavily interested in this device.
Does anyone knows if the custom firmware has the capacity to play video? The r36s has a folder for videos, and it does play them, but when I tried with this one, no such folder exist, and I have not found a way to do so.
Testing Beta 9, so far Saturn runs Amazing compared to stock, scraper works great, can’t figure how to advance options for a couple of games (some run better in other cores)
I seem to get a black screen on both PC Engine CD and Saturn Games... I grabbed BIOSes in agreement with RetroArch's System and everything.. hmm any ideas?
I just got it and I love it, I’ve been playing for hours but I can’t get it to play mega cd games. With the 2 sd cards that came with it, I can see in the megacd folder mega cd games but on the emulators selection or the RetroArch listings mega cd isn’t there to choose. Is there extra step that I need to do? If anyone can help I’ll be appreciated
I have a question about Retro Arena. I'm trying to save my button configurations for fighting games like Street Fighter, when I exit the game and come back it doesn't save my settings on my Anbernic Arc-D. Do you have any tips?
Just tried to install this last night but it doesn't seem to want to work for me, i just get a blank screen. Do i need an extra sd card for games as i was only trying it with one to see if it would boot up. Any advice PCN?
how do you get it to scrape your games... on stock firmware it automatically popped up all my games upon boot. with this custom firmware, nothing pops up and i dont have a clue what im doing 😔
@@PixelCherryNinja No the first theme in the beginning of the video. That was a theme from Adam's Image. A custom firmware designed for older Anbernic devices.
@@LittleEddie1 I'm not that familiar with the Anbernic scene, so honestly couldn't tell you. Maybe it is, you could ask the developer directly, their details are in the description.
@@PixelCherryNinja Thank you also I'm confused how come when I use Bluetooth it picks up my headphones but then I click activate and successfully connected but not paired with the headphones themselves. When I use it plugged into the device the sound plays from the headphones and through the speakers how do you fix this thank you. Where I just want it through headphones.
@@PixelCherryNinja but in the intro of this video the theme looks so good, it similar to ArkOS if I'm not mistaken. Is it possible to achieve that kind of look in beta 9?
@@praditaghani1852 you can likely add themes manually, but I haven't tried myself. Personally I'm waiting for a Release Candidate, before I go and finalize my customisations.
Best to ask that question on the discord. I may be wrong, but from what I understand OTA updates are available with the betas. These push small changes, going up a version required re-flashing.
Pretty cool set up. Ill grab one when it's for powerful. They gotta put the power into these. Want to play ps2 and wii xbox emulator. 60pfs. Maybe past (not necessary.) Something that fits into the pocket.
These keep coming out these couple of years like nothing. My gaming phone will do for now. Does ps2 and wii somewhat good. Next one will be that much better.
Why would you expect or even want a Sega six button system to play PS2, Wii, or Xbox? There’s already plenty of handhelds that can handle those systems pretty well.
Saturn games run much better in the old firmware's default saturn emulator (not the RetroArch ones). This kinda kills the point of this handheld for me
6:42 Your Saturn Games looked F’d up. I grew up playing Saturn on a 4 : 3 Screen and don’t remember any letterboxing of giant black bars taking up space on the screen… yet somehow every single Saturn Game you show is some weird looking fake widescreen BS Don’t worry about the Framerate, don’t worry about the colors, worry about that fact that up to a fifth of your screen space is wasted and empty. 👎👎👎
I can't disagree with you, the aspect ratio is incorrect. I'm glad you noticed it. The CFW will keep improving as time passes, so hopefully, better performance at 4:3 will be with us soon. On a side note, I only use this for CPS1-3 and other arcade games, simply because the controls are awesome. I wish you a great weekend 👍
Es más caro, no se puede emular todo con FPGA y no siempre te ofrece la misma funcionalidad. Me encantan las soluciones basadas en FPGA, pero no son la única solución y no siempre son la mejor opción.
@@godvonorim That's wrong on many levels. How is FPGA gaming inaccessible when there are many options with various price points and when setting things up is just as easy as it is with software emulation? Also, hardware and software emulation are not incompatible. Most people with FPGA hardware, me included, also use software emulation. I'm sure there are obnoxious FPGA users out there who would tell you every chance they get that hardware-based emulation is superior, but for every one of those you also get others who will remind you that FPGAs are elitist and will tell others that they only need a Pi or some other crap. The bottom line is, don't pit FPGA or software emulation users against each other. That's not how things work. I use and enjoy both means of solving the same problem, which is playing and preserving games and both have their advantages and shortcomings. As long as people have fun playing games, who the hell cares about what hardware they use?
@@GuaridaVirtual tengo una Mister fpga es gloria bendita, pero a veces me apetece batallear con una consola bonita fuera de mi casa, y aunque la Analogue pocket es una jodida maravilla (la tiene un amigo y la he probado y es una autentica maravilla) es cierto que despues de haberme gastado en la fpga paso de gastarme mas en una Analogue, por lo tanto, pienso que es una solucion de , como quien dice Batalleo.... yo en mi caso, estoy abierto a todo tipo de sensaciones, ya sea fpga, emulacion o sistema original, que tambien tengo alguno que otro, evidentemente tengo un X68000 y como ese sistema, ningun otro, ni emulado, pero es cierto que quien no posee ambas cosas, la emulacion siempre es una solucion al alcance de todos.
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Best place to get up to information and support
discord.com/invite/retro-game-handhelds-529983248114122762
Hello! Thanks for the review! A 16GB card will work for SD1 but it has to be high capacity, like sandisk or samsung, the ones that come with the system won't work
Gotcha, thanks for the correction.
Wouldn't a 32GB micro SD card work as well? A 32GB card is easier to find.
@@New-Drone 32gb will be fine.
@@PixelCherryNinja Thank you!
Either this is HORRIBLE FIRMWARE or my download was corrupted. My GENESIS GAMES ARE BLUE and the RETROARCH MENU IS UPSIDE DOWN! This is based on the “RETROARCH32” performance, as while the “RETROARCH” version seems to work fine at first, the menu is screwed up and limited and I can’t even see shaders which makes it unusable (and for some reason Retroarch says “arkos” though a quick google search says otherwise)
Also: stock firmware had Saturn playing just fine, but this says “switch to nobios” okay… nope doesn’t work. Guess I will take it back home again and break open the file system to find Retroarchs system folder and slap on my own Bios.
So this is currently the best option we have right now for retro fighting games huh? I wasn't a Sega kid but I'm still heavily interested in this device.
I find it great for Mega Drive Games too.
Fantastic for fighting games and all the PSX games I've played on it.
this beta seems to not boot consistently on the ARC-d , saturn doesnt work, and dreamcast the colors are inverted.
It's still a WIP, there have been a few beta releases since.
@@PixelCherryNinja ohh how do I find those?
@@electrohacker RGH discord. Link in description.
@@PixelCherryNinja thank you sir. Time to have more fun!
@@electrohacker have fun
Does anyone knows if the custom firmware has the capacity to play video?
The r36s has a folder for videos, and it does play them, but when I tried with this one, no such folder exist, and I have not found a way to do so.
Testing Beta 9, so far Saturn runs Amazing compared to stock, scraper works great, can’t figure how to advance options for a couple of games (some run better in other cores)
Beta 10 is either out or coming very soon.
Nice guide thanks
Thanks for watching 👍
Excellent video! Do the 6 front buttons work correctly for cps1-3 fighting games, without having to map the controls to the entire system?
You have to remap the buttons, unless the latest version addresses this.
@ricardo_Original
In the stock firmware, yes.
the games play upside-down on arc-d arc-s what did I do wrong?
I downloaded version 3 and wrote the image to 32Gb microsd. But the arc s just will not boot up with it. Just blank screen.
Were you able to get this working? I tried beta 9 and 10 and I got the same. Blank screen and not booting up. No support anywhere.
@ no and ended up selling the handheld
I seem to get a black screen on both PC Engine CD and Saturn Games... I grabbed BIOSes in agreement with RetroArch's System and everything.. hmm any ideas?
I just got it and I love it, I’ve been playing for hours but I can’t get it to play mega cd games. With the 2 sd cards that came with it, I can see in the megacd folder mega cd games but on the emulators selection or the RetroArch listings mega cd isn’t there to choose. Is there extra step that I need to do? If anyone can help I’ll be appreciated
I haven't tried Mega CD myself. Best place for advice is the discord linked in the description (not mine, the other discord)
My SD card slot 2 has all my roms and game files from the OG operating system.
I can install the new firmware on the SD Slot 1 only ?
What games is at 6:42 ?
Golden Axe Duel - Sega Saturn
I have a question about Retro Arena. I'm trying to save my button configurations for fighting games like Street Fighter, when I exit the game and come back it doesn't save my settings on my Anbernic Arc-D. Do you have any tips?
Check the pinned message.
Hello, did you try the sound output with good headphones ? Does it sound good ? I read somewhere that there was background noise...
I didn't, I don't usually use headphones. It's possible it's not implemented in the beta yet.
Thanks, if you try could you let me know ?@@PixelCherryNinja
Hey guys... I installed the beta 10.10 and the nintendo DS doesn't work. Any game doesn't work. Can Help-me please
Best place for help
discord.com/invite/retro-game-handhelds-529983248114122762
Would have been nice to specify the name of the CFW
Just tried to install this last night but it doesn't seem to want to work for me, i just get a blank screen. Do i need an extra sd card for games as i was only trying it with one to see if it would boot up. Any advice PCN?
Head over to the handheld gaming Discord for troubleshooting advice. It's the best place. Links in description.
Thanks got sorted on the discord, cheers fella :)@@PixelCherryNinja
Im installed beta 5 and beta 4. But Sega saturn cant run....😢
I've installed it too, but haven't tried much of it yet.
In your video, you play saturn. I try same games ( golden axe...etc) but dont work. Its for my romset?
@@danielfernandezsanchez7913 I just tried Saturn, it works fine. I can't tell you about your ROM set.
@@PixelCherryNinja The same roms used in the beta that do not work for me, do work with the anbernic firmware. I don't know what the reason could be.
@@danielfernandezsanchez7913 I have no idea. I only tried Castlevania SotN, and it ran without issue.
how do you get it to scrape your games... on stock firmware it automatically popped up all my games upon boot. with this custom firmware, nothing pops up and i dont have a clue what im doing 😔
In options ensure SD2 is selected.
What game is at 7:50?
Cannon Spike
Isn't that Adam's Image CFW for the RG350 & RG280 devices?? That's literally the same interface as Adams Image CFW..
Do you mean the emulation station theme?
@@PixelCherryNinja No the first theme in the beginning of the video. That was a theme from Adam's Image. A custom firmware designed for older Anbernic devices.
@@LittleEddie1 I'm not that familiar with the Anbernic scene, so honestly couldn't tell you. Maybe it is, you could ask the developer directly, their details are in the description.
Does anyone know how to get the theme music off the main screen selection when you update the firmware if anyone knows what I'm talking about?
Turn it off in theme options.
@@PixelCherryNinja Thank you also I'm confused how come when I use Bluetooth it picks up my headphones but then I click activate and successfully connected but not paired with the headphones themselves. When I use it plugged into the device the sound plays from the headphones and through the speakers how do you fix this thank you. Where I just want it through headphones.
Hi, may I know how to change the themes looks like that? I just installed the beta 9 and i don't like the default theme
It only has one theme right now, you cannot change it, but can change how it displays. I think 3x3 is a decent look, it's what I used in the video.
@@PixelCherryNinja but in the intro of this video the theme looks so good, it similar to ArkOS if I'm not mistaken. Is it possible to achieve that kind of look in beta 9?
@@praditaghani1852 you can likely add themes manually, but I haven't tried myself. Personally I'm waiting for a Release Candidate, before I go and finalize my customisations.
Can this be updated OTA when the RC1 is released or will we have re-image the card?
Best to ask that question on the discord. I may be wrong, but from what I understand OTA updates are available with the betas. These push small changes, going up a version required re-flashing.
will this work on the arc D?
I don't have the D, but since it has both Linux and Android, I don't see why not.
It will work on D MODEL?
How can I access this system remotely and gain access to the theme folder?
You can SSH into it.
Can I install this on the steam deck ?
Just use emu deck on Steam Deck
Can anyone confirm this work CF works on the RG arc Linnux version? (Or the android version?)
The video is for Linux version only.
Pretty cool set up.
Ill grab one when it's for powerful.
They gotta put the power into these.
Want to play ps2 and wii xbox emulator. 60pfs. Maybe past (not necessary.)
Something that fits into the pocket.
This is my CPS1-3 on the go machine.
like the sega button layout.
These keep coming out these couple of years like nothing.
My gaming phone will do for now.
Does ps2 and wii somewhat good.
Next one will be that much better.
Why would you expect or even want a Sega six button system to play PS2, Wii, or Xbox? There’s already plenty of handhelds that can handle those systems pretty well.
Saturn games run much better in the old firmware's default saturn emulator (not the RetroArch ones).
This kinda kills the point of this handheld for me
6:42 Your Saturn Games looked F’d up. I grew up playing Saturn on a 4 : 3 Screen and don’t remember any letterboxing of giant black bars taking up space on the screen… yet somehow every single Saturn Game you show is some weird looking fake widescreen BS
Don’t worry about the Framerate, don’t worry about the colors, worry about that fact that up to a fifth of your screen space is wasted and empty.
👎👎👎
I can't disagree with you, the aspect ratio is incorrect. I'm glad you noticed it. The CFW will keep improving as time passes, so hopefully, better performance at 4:3 will be with us soon.
On a side note, I only use this for CPS1-3 and other arcade games, simply because the controls are awesome.
I wish you a great weekend 👍
Fpga o sino nada, nada de emulación por software
Es más caro, no se puede emular todo con FPGA y no siempre te ofrece la misma funcionalidad. Me encantan las soluciones basadas en FPGA, pero no son la única solución y no siempre son la mejor opción.
@@godvonorim That's wrong on many levels. How is FPGA gaming inaccessible when there are many options with various price points and when setting things up is just as easy as it is with software emulation? Also, hardware and software emulation are not incompatible. Most people with FPGA hardware, me included, also use software emulation. I'm sure there are obnoxious FPGA users out there who would tell you every chance they get that hardware-based emulation is superior, but for every one of those you also get others who will remind you that FPGAs are elitist and will tell others that they only need a Pi or some other crap.
The bottom line is, don't pit FPGA or software emulation users against each other. That's not how things work. I use and enjoy both means of solving the same problem, which is playing and preserving games and both have their advantages and shortcomings. As long as people have fun playing games, who the hell cares about what hardware they use?
El que diga lo contrario es por que no ha tenido una analogue pocket en la mano
@@GuaridaVirtual tengo una Mister fpga es gloria bendita, pero a veces me apetece batallear con una consola bonita fuera de mi casa, y aunque la Analogue pocket es una jodida maravilla (la tiene un amigo y la he probado y es una autentica maravilla) es cierto que despues de haberme gastado en la fpga paso de gastarme mas en una Analogue, por lo tanto, pienso que es una solucion de , como quien dice Batalleo.... yo en mi caso, estoy abierto a todo tipo de sensaciones, ya sea fpga, emulacion o sistema original, que tambien tengo alguno que otro, evidentemente tengo un X68000 y como ese sistema, ningun otro, ni emulado, pero es cierto que quien no posee ambas cosas, la emulacion siempre es una solucion al alcance de todos.