Anbernic RG556

[chilly chasm]

Yes

[wet plover]

awww shit here we go again

Antutu v9

T820: 473609 Points
d900: 442730
t618: 213115

it's odin lite tier. 😕

[uneven mica]

If something can’t do GameCube consistently I see little reason to spend more than on a t618 device

Gameforce Ace will be comparable to this in performance I think. Both 5.5” devices. But the rp4 pro demolishes both in performance unless you really want the larger screen.

[small shale]

(or ergonomics)

[wet plover]

if you use the dolphin fork of mmj based on Ishiiruka 1142. aka android dolphin mmjr 11505, you'll get more than enough performance.
https://emulation.gametechwiki.com/index.php/Dolphin_MMJR

[uneven mica]

I just need Tony Hawk games to run at least 2x. lol. My nostalgia factor

Rarely end up playing anything else

I thought recent dolphin betas were on par or better than mmjr at this point

[wet plover]

eh. not so much on old hardware.

[uneven mica]

It’s also not active anymore right?

I should just buy a pocket air again…

[wet plover]

I figure if d900 is a little over twice the strength of t618, most people will be fine with what they can get out of the t820 processor.

[small shale]

i have an odin 1 pro and the ps2 performance has been somewhat disappointing

so i figure this would be something similar

[wet plover]

which games are the most dissapointing?

[small shale]

i'd have to test again, but i remember having to underclock and use native or sub-native res on multiple games i tried

[red plover]

I got shadow of the colossus working with a mild underclock on Odin lite. Personally going from t618 to d900 felt like a large jump a lot of games just worked with very mild tweaks at times. A decent portion felt plug and play with basically a Vulcan 1x global setting

[worthy haven]

I am really tempted but will wait for 4:3 or something close to it.

[wintry hill]

I love how, in the space of 4 months, the Odin Lite has gone from one of the most powerful Android devices, to just a really unexciting attempt.

The scene is in a good place right now.

[devout spruce]

Just needs software to catch up to hardware now, even low end hardware is really capable these days if you avoid the ewaste tier of devices

[uncut sage]

If the t820 is twice as efficient then it'll at least be interesting to see if they can put it in a 354m

[devout spruce]

If t618 is anything to go by, they won't put a higher-end chip in a 3.5" model

[austere lagoon]

Still waiting on a 1080p OLED device with the dpad in the correct position. Sigh...

[hollow birch]

The correct position being above analog stick right

[red plover]

dpads belong on bottom

[austere lagoon]

Yes. The Asymmetric stick layout was designed for people who were uncomfortable using two sticks at once.

[lapis nimbus]

Funny that these days it's really Sony that is the last bastion for symmetric sticks placement

They fixed most of the issues I've had with Dualshocks in DS4 times (small handles, no triggers), but not this

[hollow birch]

I feel like the idealized handheld would have a detachable left joy-con and come with both configurations so you can swap it depending on what you're going to play

[tawdry pasture]

This is something I learnt when I put both versions of vita side by side and preferred the non Oled model

[oak mason]

Linux?

[spare grail]

I hope not

[oak mason]

Urgs Android only 😭

[ancient finch]

Just Imagine RG556 with Pure Steam OS like linux + RK3588s and good battery

[toxic fable]

good urine workmanship design as a selling point
lmao hahaha

[sturdy talon]

same

i got odin2 so i am fine at the 16:9 section of the market 😄
But 4:3 endgame device is soemthing i am missing

[devout spruce]

That's the great thing about the odin, it drastically simplifies your needs if you are not in the gotta catch them all camp with handhelds.

[autumn grove]

This is exactly where I’m at

[mystic otter]

Would love a 5.5 inch 4:3 device that can play all or the vast majority of the GC, ps2 catalogue

[ancient finch]

Anyone know whats Battery RAM & Storage option on this one. Could not find anything. Did i miss it

[mystic otter]

Nah you didn't miss it

Meh a 5 inch screen would be cool too I like the size of the almost 5 Inch screen of my 505

[lapis nimbus]

Well, the battery seems 5500 mAh, nothing else got revealed

[sturdy talon]

well i already have like 15 handhelds 😄

but 4:3 edngame is what i am missing

[wet plover]

the odin pro is a decent tinker machine if you know what you're doing on the windows end. Most, if not all, ps3/xbox360 ports run locked at 40fps with rivatuner. stuff like dirt 3, bayonetta, borderlands 1&2, and dragon age 1&2.

people who are diehard antitinker tend to default to the path of least resistence and get a steam deck though.

[ancient finch]

It will last less than RP4Pro at its 1080p, that one itself last 2.5 - 4 hours based scale settings

[wintry hill]

That screen only goes up to 720p. You'd only do 1080 docked, and then battery life doesn't matter.

[lapis nimbus]

I mean, depends on whether that chip is indeed 5W, that could make a large difference

Then again, if it's that's low-powered, why make such a big emphasis on the cooling?

The more I think about it, the more that chip starts to make a lot for sense for RG406 than this

[uneven mica]

That’s what I’ve been thinking. Gc/ps2 only have some widescreen games. A powerful 4:3 with decent size screen.

[sturdy trail]

Natively, widescreen gecko codes for GameCube tend to be really good

[wintry hill]

I kind of feel like 4:3 is mostly for Saturn/ps/N64 and below at this point. And the 405's cover most of that.

[worthy haven]

Most titles on PS2, killer instinct 1 and 2 and Tekken tag tournaments on mame are 4:3.

[uneven mica]

I get that many will do the hacks and such. But personally I would love to save some width and still have a nice 4:3 size at 5” or so. Maybe even just an rg406 or something with some more power.

[devout spruce]

More than 640x480 would be nice though, an rg456 with a 1280x960 would be very nice

[ancient finch]

RG456 1280x960 Snapdragon 7 Gen x

[uneven mica]

Even an 870 should do gc at 2x

[devout spruce]

The 6 is the chipset on anbernics so unless that one changes again, it'd be a t820 too

[ancient finch]

Not sure Qualcomm provide older models for long

[uneven mica]

Snapdragon 870 that is, not unisoc

[ancient finch]

maybe chinese salvaging from used smartphones can be possible

[mortal sigil]

tbh i wonder when 21:9 handhelds will start to appear

[uneven mica]

Razer edge, gpd xp plus? They were already here and didn’t get much popularity.

[mortal sigil]

oh

[uneven mica]

A waste of screen real estate

[mortal sigil]

completely forgot about gpd xp, but thoght edge was a bit narrower

[uneven mica]

It’s 20:9. But I mean anything between 19:9 and 21:9 fall into the same category for me

Basically any phone screens

I don’t totally despise black bars like some, but at some point the device is artificially wide for the content it’s displaying.

[autumn grove]

Yeah I don’t want permanent black bars that will display on basically everything I use the handheld for

16:9 is fine even if I play 4:3 stuff on it as long as I also play 16:9 psp/ports

But 21:9? I don’t even go ultra wide on my gaming desktop so I wouldn’t even use that for streaming lol

[wet plover]

21:9 looks fine on most gamecube/wii stuff when screenhacked

my only minor gripe with the XP plus is the vita buttons. nothing on it has rubber membranes, which are a bit more comfortable to play on. if anbernic uses the same membranes they did on the win600, it will be comfortable for dpad play.

[rocky frost]

Yeah I really liked my XP+ it was just too expensive

I played a bunch of GameCube and DS on it

I sold it for $200 which is closer to what it should cost. I think I got it for $330 originally off of AliExpress during a sale

[wet plover]

i got mine for 240usd from someone who bought it, used it for an hour, and then put it back in the box. It's generally good for android titles like Tower of Fantasy, Children of Light, or Portal Knights.

[prisma elbow]

if it has a t820 I feel like it has to be 150 to be competitive, but with an oled screen I just can't see it being less than 200-250

[rocky frost]

Yeah the T618 usually landed around 150 so you're right a T820 has to be more. And an OLED as well? 250 might be generous

Anbernic doesn't usually do discounts on their high end handhelds

[prisma elbow]

t618 handhelds are usually around 125 now

with the rp4 standard at 150 with a d900 and then the rp4 pro at 200 with a d1100 it gives this a very rough pricing it needs to have to have a good price to performance

ehh well their rg505 has an oled screen with a t618 at 138 maybe they can have this thing at like 175

if it were me I'd still go up to the retroid pocket 4 pro

[uneven mica]

If it were the same performance as rp4 pro I would pay 50 more for oled maybe. But not at the performance level it's gonna have.

[south rune]

505 has old vita OLEDs in them. I don’t think Ambernic paid more than 3 dollars a screen

[uneven mica]

Vita oled is in a different class probably... not in a good way. I wonder if this is the same oled panel AYANEO uses.

[limpid sundial]

If it ends up being a good oled, I know some people would be willing to pay a bit of a premium for that

[devout spruce]

If they are doing all their new higher tier devices with this T820, they might be getting a good enough price on them to keep the handheld's price under control, after all they have skipped the metal casing that pushes the price up by a noticeable amount

[lapis nimbus]

Source: https://tieba.baidu.com/p/8870780054?pn=1 via RGH Discord

So here's a GBA test on RG556 for some reason. Also seems like the glossy finish is here to stay, it wasn't a test mold

[spare grail]

pls be more colorways

[prisma elbow]

idk 50 more than a rp4pro is 250, thats too close to a base odin 2 in my mind

[wintry hill]

If it's ever in stock 😄

[devout spruce]

It's probably going to come in somewhere between the two rp4 models, if they have a good enough deal on the t820 then it might even match the rp4

[wintry hill]

If they don't have the heat issues, better battery life, and an OLED screen, Rp4 pro price would be a good deal.

Not that the Chinese price suggests it will be that low.

[spare grail]

I'm hoping this is sub 200

preferably around the 170 mark

[prisma elbow]

ideally yeah 175 I just can't see it under 200

[spare grail]

I've been seriously considering buying a Samsung S20 FE just for gaming

[prisma elbow]

what chip does that have?

[spare grail]

sd 865

[prisma elbow]

well they're like 160 used, then you have to buy a telescopic controller if you don't already have one

if it were me I'd just get a retroid pocket 4 pro

[spare grail]

i already have a g8

[devout spruce]

Looks a lot less glossy in Anbernic's video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDWHQTOqLsU

[spare grail]

I use it a lot with my s23

[prisma elbow]

nice, the gamesir g8 is about as good as it gets

[carmine crown]

Video's up!
https://youtu.be/TDWHQTOqLsU?si=Reut9fhkm1vA53J1

[spare grail]

I just want a dedicated thing u won't have to unplug when I go out

[spare grail]

the black colorway looks nice actually

[carmine crown]

@devout spruce Wow literally beat me by 1 min! 😂

[prisma elbow]

it looks so comfortable actually

from the looks, does ps2 very solid

[spare grail]

OK I actually really like the black looking at the video

[carmine crown]

@prisma elbow Well both the Dimensity 900 and Helio G99 did very good at PS2 Emulation.

[spare grail]

now I really hope it's around 170

[velvet dagger]

thank god there is a black one

[carmine crown]

@spare grail If I get this it will be in Ice Blue. However I'd rather wait for a RG406M or P.

[prisma elbow]

for 170 looks like a great step between the like retroid pocket 4 and 4 pro

or depending on the games you play a solid alternative to the 4 pro if you'd rather have the oled screen or more comfortable design

[spare grail]

oled screen is a must for me. that's why I was talking about an s20 earlier.

[carmine crown]

A nice powerful and somewhat compact device that can play both GameCube and PS2 games.

We've been asking for this for years.

[prisma elbow]

tbf we kinda just got it a few weeks ago

before this

[carmine crown]

Honestly I hope it's AMOLED instead of OLED. It would be much better in Sunlight, Heat, and Travel.

[spare grail]

I would take either or

[carmine crown]

Got what?

[spare grail]

mainly cause I don't take my devices out

[carmine crown]

@spare grail It's just my personal preference.

[prisma elbow]

the retroid pocket 4/pro
most likely this handhelds biggest competitor

a powerful compact device that can do gamecube/ps2

[carmine crown]

@prisma elbow Retroid Pocket 4 Base not the Pro you mean.

@prisma elbow The Retroid Pocket 4 isn't compact it's somewhat pocketable but definitely not compact.

I'm talking about something like the RG405M, KTR1, or RG351P

[prisma elbow]

tbf this is just from looks, but I wouldn't say the rg556 is any smaller than the pocket 4

most likely bigger

[spare grail]

I'd think this would be less compact cause of the controller handles

[carmine crown]

@prisma elbow I know this, that's why I said I'll wait for a RG406M or P instead.

[prisma elbow]

ohhhh I get it

my b

[carmine crown]

The 6 in RG406 represents the Chipset being used.

[devout spruce]

hopefully p not m, keep the price and weight down and anbernic do usually manage to do decent plastics after all

[carmine crown]

@devout spruce I hope they do both. They'd make more money that way.

[devout spruce]

Probably not, those who wanted a good 4:3 are not going to care if they only have plastic models and they haven't had the chance to pay $40 extra

[carmine crown]

Like I've been saying, the Unisoc T820 should be on par with the Dimensity 900.

Most if not all GameCube and PS2 games should play at full speed at 1x resolution.

[prisma elbow]

do you know if there's a compatibility list for the rk3566

the rg arc looks perfect for a portable MvC2 machine but I'm not sure if it works well

[carmine crown]

From my testing with the Odin Pro only games like Ty the Tasmanian Tiger 3 and PS2 games like Poinies Poin will give this Chipset issues.

[devout spruce]

Arcade or console version, the dreamcast one seems to work okay on mine

[prisma elbow]

any version is fine, thats just the best fighter ever made so I wanna find some way to play it portably great

I would buy the 600 dollar arcade machine if I had stupid money and space in my house

[devout spruce]

did the sequels not grab you as much then?

[prisma elbow]

its just more fun, I was into MvC3 for a while but it just didn't grab me nearly as much

the art style is the thing that keeps me in the most

[devout spruce]

It's interesting how many games work like that, sequels can be technically better in many ways but just don't click

[prisma elbow]

MvC 2 straight has some of if not the best pixel art out there

very hard to beat with 3d rendering

[devout spruce]

https://www.youtube.com/live/cvGszXKzO9M?si=6Pz6L8ybd0LZ-z36&t=6167

[velvet dagger]

this might be blasphemous but I think I like MvC1 a bit more

[spare grail]

So do I

MvC1 is a more polished game

[lapis nimbus]

Oh yeah, this is a lot better. Hope the white one is like that too

[prisma elbow]

ugh its a little laggy, annoying

[velvet dagger]

I was on stock Linux firmware for this test, you have Android Flycast, Android Redream and @half dew ‘s firmware that all could be better performing

[prisma elbow]

admittedly, never played mvc1

[velvet dagger]

Android Redream I bet runs well

[lapis nimbus]

I don't know why people assume this will be Odin 2-priced though

Apart from import taxes/shipping costs in specific regions, Anbernic's pricing post RG353 series is pretty reasonable, no?

[velvet dagger]

I saw a post in China randomly guessing 200 usd, so that could be the expectation over there

[prisma elbow]

yeah odin 2 pricing is wild

not at all

175-200 feels right

[lapis nimbus]

There are usually a lot of estimates in those threads on Baidu, I wouldn't treat them too seriously

[small shale]

i think over 180 it will be doa unless the screen is really that good

[devout spruce]

Most of their recent ones have come in under estimates, stuff like the H, the Arc and even the 405V

[small shale]

yeah the 405v was their best pricing yet

it released cheaper than the x28 was at the time

or close

[devout spruce]

I think the added cost of the metal shell on the 405m confused people's estimates for a while, that's basically $30+ on the price on its own

[small shale]

yep

[red plover]

$200 would be a bad look

[small shale]

athough i think their prices for their dual boot devices are pretty dumb

[devout spruce]

Yeah, the premium to get the proper colours on my arc was annoying

[small shale]

i actually like the transparent black best

maybe after i get rid of some handhelds after getting the odin 2 i'll try the rg arc out, i'm mildly interested in sega games, megadrive is fun

[devout spruce]

It is starting to get some CFW now

[small shale]

retroarena seems good on it

[prisma elbow]

yeah kinda

[small shale]

i think they have to make something special for me to care about this part of the market when the odin 2 exists

maybe a 4 inch 4:3 clamshell or something weird like that

[prisma elbow]

for me the odin 2 is a really hard sell
you have to REALLY like emulation and the form factor to choose it over a steam deck

if the base model was ever in stock maybe

but currently you can only ever get the pro model for 370 which is like... yikes

[small shale]

i think odin and deck are totally compatible

[red plover]

O2 is hopefully a lot more expensive than this

[small shale]

it better be

[red plover]

$150 would be ideal but that’s not gonna happen

[prisma elbow]

you never know

[small shale]

i think it's possible

it has to compete with the base rp4 at least

[red plover]

It should be this chip was meant for budget phones

[prisma elbow]

because its pretty much the same thing but with a different grip and an oled screen

[small shale]

within 20 bucks of the rp4 at least

[red plover]

You are taking a soc hit because it’s worse than d900 but yeah screen and ram would be a fair trade off within $20

[small shale]

yeah

oled is pretty great for non-16:9 aspect ratios

the black bars really disappear, i liked that about the rg503

[sturdy talon]

just gimme 4:3 side device 😄

[small shale]

yeah, it would be fine for me as a middle of the road comfy handheld with decent ps2 with a 4:3, but 16:9 it's just too chunky

i wonder if powkiddy is gonna do something in for this tier and gen

[red plover]

Powkiddy snap

[lapis nimbus]

I've been messing around with Gamma on my Arc to learn Android for my next handheld.

It's really decent, but I do feel like Arc doesn't have enough power to compensate the overhead that Android brings. For example it can't handle Sega 32X with rewind turned on in Retroarch, even though that's a non-issue on the Linux side even on the 351 series.

So I kinda want an Arc 2 with better specs for Android. Wonder if 406 in April will be that (highly unlikely, but who knows)

Like yeah, Anbernic probably won't bring an Arc 2 just six months after Arc was released, but I'm going to be very pissed if I get an Android handheld and Arc 2 happens

[azure quest]

Oh I've fixed some performance issues in RA

You'll see it in the next release

[ancient finch]

Same here bro S23 with G8 is awesom

[spare grail]

I love it but I'm considering a second phone just so I don't have to remove it

[devout spruce]

Are you in a country where galaxies are snapdragon?

[spare grail]

US so yea

[subtle canyon]

Looks comfy to play on

https://youtu.be/TDWHQTOqLsU?si=dMp03lh4Tysw5Pao

I’m here for comfy handhelds

[devout spruce]

Yeah, very comfortable, but not surprising when you consider it is about the same size as the rp3+

[subtle canyon]

Ergonomics matter

[ancient finch]

I guess, 1st was RG405v and Anbernic took feedback

As so many peaple used grips with boxy handheld, it makes sense.

[ancient finch]

I will make S23 my permanent Yuzu handheld next year when i get S25

[subtle canyon]

Yup, if it turns out to be good then I hope we get better colors because that blue looks gross with the rgb

[ancient finch]

Wondering who asked for Glossy finish from any handheld maker

[leaden pasture]

Shoutout to the people who valued the 35xx+ at $80

[wintry hill]

I feel like Anbernic have been on a run of good, but not great, handhelds for a while. No runaway hits, but the sort you look at and are happy the option is there.

So hopefully this will at least be good.

[mortal sigil]

software ;_;

[wintry hill]

That's for someone else to deal with.... 😦

[autumn grove]

This is a new Android version so who knows maybe stock will be fine this time?

[vocal veldt]

I still can't look at this thing and not think something is off with the shell design....looks like a wish.com Odin 2

[small shale]

it's that terrible plastic

[vocal veldt]

I was holding out on RP4 Pro waiting to see Anbernic gone the look of this has made my mind up for me regardless of what it does and doesn't run.

[lapis nimbus]

Yeah, I feel like after RG351P most of their devices are like "this is great, if you really need this specific feature", but not something you can recommend to everyone

E.g. RG503/RG505P — cheapest OLED on the market
RG353V/RG405V — most powerful vertical handheld
RG353P/Arc — love letters to SNES and Sega respectively

Okay, RG35XX is extremely popular, so kind of an exception — it just happens to be a device in an extremely popular niche (gameboy look-a-likes)

[devout spruce]

They do more devices than retroid, so they obviously have to do more variants

[lapis nimbus]

Yeah, but they don't really do flagship devices, everything caters to a fairly specific taste

[devout spruce]

405v/405m/505 were flagships in the t618 era

[lapis nimbus]

Chances are, RG556 will again just be the cheapest OLED PS2-capable handheld on the market

[wintry hill]

Yeah, even with that one, there is nothing about it that really makes it special. It's just functional, and lucky the community managed to overclock it to do all of PlayStation, and added great cfw to.

Don't get me wrong, I've bought 2 as presents. But the reason was garlic, mplayer, etc.

The actual hardware, the bit anbernic is in charge of, is just, well, good, but not great 😃

[devout spruce]

You can be reductive about most handhelds though

[lapis nimbus]

I mean, rg35xx's strongest selling point was that you could actually buy one. It came when Miyoo really had a supply problem

I think most of early rg35xx reviews boiled down to "can't buy a Miyoo? well, here's the next best thing"

[devout spruce]

rp2s, highest spec 3.5" display

rp4 pro fastest device if you can't afford an odin 2

[small shale]

x18s, smudgiest device

[lapis nimbus]

Yeah, retroid's thing is price to performance ratio, no doubt

I don't think people really care that RP2S has a 3.5 inch screen — the handheld itself is not actually smaller than RG405M, a stronger 4:3 handheld with a bigger screen

But RP2S costs less and isn't metal (which many people don't like about RG405M)

[deep valve]

It also costs a lot less, $60ish is a big gap

Has better controls as well imo

[sturdy trail]

I’m all for oled but man the chip makes it disappointing.

[deep valve]

I'm expecting $180ish on this

[red plover]

I am so hopeful for less 180 is pushing it

[deep valve]

Bigger, OLED screen and more ergonomic controls for $30ish seems fair

[wintry hill]

None of the best features of the 35xx actually came from Anbernic 🤷‍♂️

If Black Seraph and co hadn't taken it on board, it would barely be remembered now. Most of the initial reviews didn't even like it much, as jheronimus referred to.

[deep valve]

Actually expecting is an exaggeration. 200 is where it's probably ending up, 170-180 is reasonable to me

[small shale]

the mm+ is so cool thanks to onion os too

also the 35xx had clock and hdmi out

[red plover]

Considering anbernics software and worse soc ngl $150 would be nice. I think 170-180 is fine though would rather it be further from 199

[small shale]

i think it will be within 20 bucks off base rp4

at least for eu

[sturdy trail]

lol 150$ is a pipe dream

[red plover]

Let me dream

https://tenor.com/view/menhera-chan-chibi-angry-anime-gif-25268544

[sturdy trail]

https://tenor.com/view/smoking-that-pack-gif-24686544

Users when guessing the price

[red plover]

It might be 200+ I just don’t wanna think about that

[small shale]

over 180 is doa for me

[wintry hill]

I do like the HDMI out.

Mm+ launched in a better place though, unlike the 35xx, it could actually do the more difficult PlayStation games before the community got a hold of it 😄

[small shale]

i went from a 35xx to a mm+ and definitely think the miyoo is a better package, but it's mostly a taste thing imo

i also realized i don't really like the pocketable gameboys anyway

[sturdy trail]

I’d say 180 is more reasonable

[sturdy trail]

The issue is that other people fix shit for anbernic lol

[wintry hill]

Me neither. I bought 2 35xx's because they are easy for young kids to use 😄

The funny thing is, the mm+ Vs Rg35xx argument is just a discord thing.

The RGB20S probably outsold all the pocket Gameboys put together due to the viral fame.

[small shale]

yeah, probably did

[wintry hill]

Aye. They don't fix it because people just buy it anyway. And then sell it with the community version and make money off it 😄

[autumn grove]

Is this 100% confirmed OLED?

[small shale]

wonder about the r36s, it's probably gonna end up being the one with the second highest sales

[small shale]

nope, and i honestly doubt it

[autumn grove]

You’d think with the t820 they’d go lcd and cheap

Like $140

[small shale]

pretty sure the oled thing came from the days where it was also supposed to be d1200

[autumn grove]

It looks like the kinda comfy and cheap that could absolutely demolish the x28

Which I know was a big seller in China domestically

[sturdy trail]

Personally the only interest I’ve had in an anbernic product lately is the 35xx h or whatever that horizontal was. Otherwise anbernic is always behind on something. Ergo shoulders and onboard chip being weak are the most common offenders

[red plover]

Aside from ram,soc, android version, and cooling nothing is confirmed basically

[autumn grove]

I’m gonna buy an arc shortly I think mostly for that dpad

It’ll be nice to have a cheaper but ergo beater handheld as a sidekick to my odin 2

All my other handhelds are non-ergo

[small shale]

this killing the x28 makes sense yeah, would have to be lcd and cheap though, agreed

[wintry hill]

Stick a t820 in the Arc and I would pay $200 for it.

Ideally add a stick and analogue triggers for Dreamcast/3D Saturn.

Then you have the ultimate sega device.

And 6 buttons on the front isn't exactly bad for N64 either.

And playstation as well. But a potato can do playstation now.

[sturdy trail]

Right what did they give the arc, a 3566? Dam shame

[small shale]

yep

[south rune]

is this for sure OLED?

[red plover]

They haven’t confirmed that

[wet plover]

looks pretty good. wondering if it will be worth selling my GPD XP Plus.

i am limiting myself to only one arm slab and one x86 slab. same for pocketables

[red plover]

Isn’t that a downgrade?

[wet plover]

power yes, library no, comfort- it's debatable. the xp plus is its own sort of comfy slab

[wintry hill]

You mean because it temp throttles the d1200?

[red plover]

Library aren’t they the same it’s android?

[autumn grove]

Good for the price and portmaster (and me buying it to just be a nomad basically) but yeah sucks for Saturn fans

[wet plover]

it has manual fan modes, so there isn't really a throttle issue.

[red plover]

Should be more comfortable and u get 16:9 display

With the 556

[sturdy talon]

Tbhbinfind rp3+ superunmfortsble

Without grip

[devout spruce]

I meant it was big for a dpad-only device

[sturdy trail]

Really only sad cause of the controller design lol, but such is life

[autumn grove]

If the 556 had the arc dpad top and stick below it would be amazing

Even if it stayed at 4 buttons on right

[humble venture]

Instant buy for me if its below 200$

[red plover]

I’m a dpad bottom person but arc dpad should have been used no question

[wet plover]

as long as it has the win600 dpad/face-button/shoulder membranes i'm fine with it

[red plover]

[light granite]

the 820 should play switch, right?

[red plover]

It will play celeste

[wet plover]

if it has 8gb of ram, yes. if lesser, you'll be playing stuff like DorfRomantic, No One Saves the World, pizza possum, and lower requirement games

[light granite]

anything can play celeste

[red plover]

Yeah expect only 2d to work

It’s weaker than d900

[wet plover]

i have about 20 games on my XP Plus that run on its 6gb of ram

[south rune]

I think anbernic was working on this before the ARC.

[red plover]

Xp plus is a lot more powerful

[wet plover]

I wouldn't say "only 2d". just not intense 3d stuff.

like.... Neverwinter Nights Remastered and Gothic should be fine

[red plover]

The amount of switch that will work is gonna be slim

If u want switch literally any other $200 device will do better

Odin pro or rp4 pro

[light granite]

i dont need a new device for switch i have a switch

[sturdy trail]

It cracks me up when people get a device or speculate and immediately look at the outer edges of what it can play instead of getting something adequate for what they want

[light granite]

switch is probably the best device for switch right now

[red plover]

This is a ps2 device with whatever u get out of switch as bonus

[sturdy trail]

100%

[light granite]

will it play metroid prime 2?
that's really the one game i want portably

[red plover]

D900 did but idk how close this maps to that in actual gameplay

[south rune]

I only play Nintendo IPs on a switch. All other games there is better ways to play them.

[light granite]

especially those with android ports

[wet plover]

i could pass on ps2. gamecube, wii, and 3ds are enough

[light granite]

vampire survivors, minecraft, terraria,

[sturdy trail]

Wii is the biggest hassle to emulate

[primal ingot]

Do we have a suspected price?

[sturdy trail]

Controls are a pain to setup

[red plover]

Cny side thinks 180 for them but that’s speculation and hopefully not as international is usually more

[primal ingot]

If it comes out at much more than RP4P pricing, this thing is dead in the water

[wet plover]

really? i set up the wii controls for slaminger on the retro arena build for OGU. its just a matter of mapping gestures and ir to the right stick.

most games only need forward/back mapping to do anything. you get some edgelying games like Modern Warfare and MW Reflex that require side-shake mapping for reloading, and that's it

[light granite]

if that were the case I would play metroid prime 3
wait that uses the pointer

[wet plover]

yeah. the IR.

you can also set that to touchscreen

[light granite]

i know there's a fork of dolphin called PrimeHack that lets you use traditional controls but afaik there isn't a primehack mmjr

[wet plover]

your other option would be to get an android ir remote and map that like a numchuck. it's kinda janky, but eh.

[lapis nimbus]

Yeah, if T820 is similar to D900, that chip can mostly handle the Beetle core for Saturn, so it would be an awesome fit for Arc 2