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 :)

  • chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.worldEnglish
    61·
    4 days ago

    I was just about to say that I usually trust Russ will all my retro gaming handhelds, but I’ll gladly take a second opinion. Glad to see that you follow him as well and aren’t afraid to put your own thoughts out there. Nice work!

    • PerfectDark@lemmy.worldOPMEnglish
      6·
      4 days ago

      He was right, about a whole lot. But he also ran it and reviewed it as it was sent to him, which was broken and requiring an update.

      Thankfully both Anbernic and Gamma have fixes now. Gamma’s is actually far more extensive. But for a retail experience, its fine.

      I maintain that as a modern DS, its wonderful. Emulating everything else…not so much. I wouldn’t buy this to play PSX or SNES, but I would for DS.

      Thanks for reading my review :)