Anbernic RG34XX (GBA-like H700 handheld, Dec. 2024)

[trim coral]

That's probably what will happen. It'll go on sale for around $40 next year and I'll end up picking one up.

[left rampart]

your brain wants you to prcoess it as a real gba but the bezels are too straight, that's all

[tropic vigil]

I think its the positioning of the dpad

like it needs to go down left a little bit

[tropic grotto]

The XX models probably cover their new costs over launch period and after that they all help sell something from the range more than spending on advertising

[tropic vigil]

its not a hugely different shape, it just feels off

[frail glen]

i just wish xx devices had proper trimui style sleep, you really don't need any more power for everything ps1 and under

[past dagger]

Too

[frail glen]

they can keep the chip for as long as they want

[dense geode]

It's the bezel.

[frail glen]

it's the round bezel vs square

i had the same feel

[wheat locust]

It makes the dpad look much closer to the screen.

[pastel iron]

Don't the official OS now have sleep or atleast automated power down and quick resume

Only the CFW don't have that

[tropic vigil]

well and the dpad actually is closer to the screen some

[frail glen]

muos has it now too

it's not quite as good though, i can keep my tsp sleeping for weeks

with the xx, two days max

[left rampart]

I mean the point of sleep is to pick back up within a shorter timeframe, being away longterm is just a powerdown

[wheat locust]

Auto save on shut down and auto load on boot up is good enough for me tbh.

Sure I'd like a real sleep mode, but eh. Until TrimUI actually releases something I'd want it a bit of a pipe-dream for me and linux device sleep mode.

[left rampart]

RAM is a finite resource eventualy you do want to powercycle it to refresh that

[tropic grotto]

Different screen size so could just call it a 34xxSP

[past dagger]

This should be anbernic next project it’ll be funny

[left rampart]

wtf

[past dagger]

No glacier color 😭

[tropic vigil]

retro handhelds really have evolved so much in just the past 3 years

[tropic grotto]

while that one is fugly, that combination of form factor and controls could work in a better design

[past dagger]

It’s insane lol I remember delving in with retro game corps old intro

[foggy totem]

the powkiddy a30 was fine, just needed better internals and screen

they could have copied that

[tropic vigil]

your palm is gonna be touching that joystick so much

[frail glen]

oh it definitely is good enough, i love how customizable it is too

[tropic grotto]

yeah, that'd need to be inset, but a 40xxV would have room for 6 buttons

[foggy totem]

looks so much better than this one just from the round bezels and diamond face button layout

[left rampart]

Buttons are way too far apart there, and Dpad looks like a nightmare to touch

true powshitty fashion

[foggy totem]

well yeah, it's a powkiddy

[wheat locust]

I do think the actual diamond face buttons look off on GBA.

[dense geode]

I could have lived with these buttons, or even just two face buttons, but the bezel really brought down the whole thing for me.

[foggy totem]

hear me out, two face buttons and have X & Y as back paddles 😶

[fallen pendant]

No

[past dagger]

Did anbernic stole millions of h700 chips?! lol so many

[left rampart]

Whoever made the financial decision to do that is probably getting promoted because it made them so much money this year

[wheat locust]

Funnily enough I think the black one is the one that's growing the most on me, and I'm usually a sucker for transparent colors

[fallen pendant]

Black one looks nice

[turbid oasis]

yeah black one is 100% the cleanest, will grab the indigo too just because my og GBA was that color too tho

[fallen pendant]

I went with nostalgia on silver sp

And regretted it

So I am not doing that this time

[turbid oasis]

why tho?

[silent otter]

Would ruin the device

[turbid oasis]

silver SP is neat

[fallen pendant]

I thought the red looked way better but at the time of launch I def liked the black the most

But I went with my 12 year old self’s taste instead of now.. haha

[cosmic scarab]

tbh not a fan of the design

[turbid oasis]

so you properly added tribals or nah?

[paper ore]

I don’t have an indigo device, so this one will fit in nicely

[fallen pendant]

No I tucked the SP far far far away

[turbid oasis]

I kinda wish they do another SP with this screen

[cosmic scarab]

nvm this is worse

they got the bezels right but i hate the buttons

[wheat locust]

Just swap the screen and guts of the 34XX and SP easy 🙂

[turbid oasis]

I mean, obviously this ain't perfect, but it's the best GBA nostalgia drug we got yet

[past dagger]

Inb4 we got a rg40xxSP instead

[fallen pendant]

That’s fine too

Lol

With the 406 screen

[turbid oasis]

just another year of 7-8 rgXX devices

honestly wouldn't even be mad if we got screen upgrades and shit

[left rampart]

I think they're gonna lean into the T820 a bit more next year if I had to make a guess

[sharp flint]

damn, i hope mr Nintendo doesn't come crying they're almost copy pasting the original design

[past dagger]

Haha true

[turbid oasis]

I think we are pretty done with the t820 tbh, the 406 devices are the best that SoC can handle

[winter sleet]

“No more H700” -Zhou the Liar, lying as naturally as he breathes.

[left rampart]

They thoroughly showed how far from "done" they can be with a single chip lol

[fallen pendant]

Well they move on from chips year to year

[turbid oasis]

well, maybe they are not, but I don't really see what else they could come up with that I would buy .... a 406p aside

[winter sleet]

You say this in the channel about the third time they’ve announced a new H700 handheld after “the last H700” (where the previous ones were the 40XX V and the CubeXX).

[left rampart]

hey I'm not saying they should lean more inot it, but what they should do and what they will do are very different things

[fallen pendant]

They moved on from the t618 at the start of the year this year

[turbid oasis]

and I'm not mad about any of these

[sharp flint]

Anbernic is really getting the deal with this, reusing same inside components and just swapping shells and screens around, perfect business

[winter sleet]

Nah, I’m just laughing because it keeps happening, and this is a different handheld from the ArcXX that Zhou talked about.

[turbid oasis]

the ArcXX would have been a huge flop, so I'm glad they didn't do that

[wheat locust]

Honestly yeah

[winter sleet]

Meaning they either canceled that one, or they’re planning on making that the first handheld announced next year.

[wheat locust]

imo Arc really needs "perfect" playable saturn

[turbid oasis]

well, I don't mind really, it's just that you can grab the current Arc for like 60bucks and a new ArcXX would start at like 85 with a weaker SoC

[winter sleet]

This is assuming they aren’t doing it at all, with this just being something else for December.

[turbid oasis]

well, they can do it, but I will stick with the Arc I have

[lime sparrow]

40xxh with better heat management and the 6v screen and sticks would go hard. At this point I still wouldn't buy it but I would've bought that earlier this year probably lol

[winter sleet]

Like, the whole reason why I find this funny is because it honestly feels like Anbernic just flat out refuses to outright cancel projects.

[left rampart]

Tbh the Arc is one of the few that I think actually warrants the use of the 3566, since with the 6 buttons it can actually enjoy the marginally better N64 play on the android side of boot. Wouldn't make much sense for a H700 downgrade

[dense geode]

Whatever they do, they better keep the Sega d-pad alive.

[turbid oasis]

"boss, we already designed everything..."
"might as well just release it into the wild then"

[lime sparrow]

Anbernic should buy up all of Miyoo's failed p60 materials and release it themselves

[winter sleet]

Wait…no way.

Did they seriously find a 3.4” 480p 3:2 screen?

[left rampart]

Welcome to the party lol

[lime sparrow]

Ye it's 720x480

[wheat locust]

Honestly the 480p is what makes is much more interesting to me

[turbid oasis]

Anbernic spawns the weirdest shit out of China, why are you even surprised

[winter sleet]

720x480 is literally 3x integer scaling with GBA on top of being the same 480p we’re used to for these handhelds.

[left rampart]

Yeah but the only other 3:2 device we have is 320p so

[wheat locust]

Exactly

[left rampart]

Anby takes PK's lunch money again

[winter sleet]

Hey, this whole time the only screen panels I knew about for 480p GBA integer scaling was a 3.1” 720x480 screen in a gba backlight screen kit, and the 4.3” 800x480 screen. This is literally brand new to me

[wheat locust]

Well, not the Ayaneo pocket micro, but that's 640p and doesn't play as nicely with older retro games.

[frail glen]

i was wondering if it's a custom order fron anbernic

[winter sleet]

Exactly, which is not great for most other games and ports, while 480p is at least proven to be good for most lower end systems and even ports.

[frail glen]

if it is, there will be a ton of devices with this screen

[bleak steeple]

Ktr1

[left rampart]

I guess I assumed we were just talking about budget ones shoulda specified

[winter sleet]

Oh on the contrary, the 640p screen works way better with most retro systems than the 320p.

[left rampart]

lmao

[wheat locust]

I was comparing 640p to 480p

It was more of a "and the 640p does exist, still not great for most retro consoles"

[lime sparrow]

Is that a kt-r1? Purple plastic?

I like the look of it it's pwetty

[winter sleet]

Even then, 640p does proper integer scaling for SNES, NES, and Genesis (with only a slight overscale that takes up unused portions of the screen). 720x480 is mostly exciting for me because of the fact it’s 3x integer scaled for GBA on top of being just as good as the 640x480 screens we usually see (which would also mean integer scaling for PS1).

[bleak steeple]

Yes it's the updated new aluminum version 2 with the newer buttons and the screen is the 16 20x1080

[foggy totem]

someone get this guy a microfiber cloth NOW

[lime sparrow]

Oh, pack it up guys, the Micro is better for Lynx. Ayaneo wins

[bleak steeple]

Yeah my skills are lacking and my dogs are not lacking and their skills of spreading hair

[turbid oasis]

the downside is the screen size is quite a bit smaller for non-GBA stuff, but given how they fitted it into a device that is literally the size of an GBA, I will take it

[wheat locust]

NES, SNES, Genesis, and PS1 all are much better with the 480p than the 640p, which is great for the 34XX's actual use case.

[mental crag]

I wish the screen was shaped just like the one on the GBA. But other than that, I'm sold! This is what I've been waiting for. A GBA form factor emulation handheld.

[fallen pendant]

what does a 3.5 4:3 scale 3:2 to?

[tropic grotto]

An ArcXY when they eventually upgrade their lower end chipset would be good, but there was no point to an ArcXX unless they had literally run out of 3566 chips

[winter sleet]

Hey, my other recommendations were either 4.3” 5:3 (so excessively bigger than most budget handhelds) or 3.1” 720x480. I was never even expecting this, much less bigger.

[wheat locust]

Basically the only thing dramatically better about the 640p Ayaneo screen is PSP, tbf, it does have the beef to play.

[tropic grotto]

Think it was suggested that this is an old Smsung display

[lime sparrow]

And the ever so important Lynx don't forget the Lynx, the greatest system known to man

[wheat locust]

True

[lime sparrow]

Pico-8 is better too lol

[tropic grotto]

To represent the lynx properly you'd have to have a setting that drained your battery every 15 mins

[frail glen]

this image made me realize the bottom right bezel of the v10 is different to the rest

i have my v10 right in front of me lmao

[lime sparrow]

Just poke a hole in your battery, it'll be fine

[winter sleet]

So literally the exact same size, but integer scaled.

Neat.

[wheat locust]

fair, I just forget about that thing because I don't really care for 99.9% of its library.

[lime sparrow]

Pico-8 is fun to just mess around with but it's definitely not worth getting the Micro over this specifically for it

Plus I have a cubeXX already lmao

[fallen pendant]

Yeah balanced pixels and the form factor

[sterile flame]

https://www.theverge.com/2024/12/6/24314884/anbernic-rg34xx-handheld-emulator-retro-nintendo-game-boy-advance

[fallen pendant]

Pretty much the best gba you’ll get at this price point

[sterile flame]

Even the verge is excited

[frail glen]

jeez that was quick

[fallen pendant]

That bezel is disgusting

With black bars

[wheat locust]

Pico-8 is fun to just mess around with but it's definitely not worth getting any handheld specifically for it
Fixed it with my opinion.

[frail glen]

when it's a clone it reaches mainstream super fast

[wheat locust]

Yeah, the SP also got a lot of eyes

[left rampart]

Ye same buzz happened with SP

[sterile flame]

I wonder if verge staff hang here 😅

[frail glen]

it's like an odin 2 mini but gba instead of ps vita

[winter sleet]

Oh those triggers are funny.

[frail glen]

they're goofy but i love the idea

the bumpers are one of the highlights of the og gba

rather not have them compromised

[lime sparrow]

Now if only everyone else was a weird pervert like me and thought this layout would be better despite not being accurate (this layout would be more comfortable for holding your thumb on B and using the meat of the thumb hit A so Mario would be more fun)

[wheat locust]

That feels so cursed

[frail glen]

ew no

[lime sparrow]

No one else sees the vision

[left rampart]

Idk I think they nailed the button placement as is

[frail glen]

they're weird but i love the idea

[tame flare]

I'm so sorry. I'm not sure what to say to this.

[wheat locust]

I just rock my thumb

[frail glen]

yeah i used to play super msrio deluxe on my gbc and my gba

the normal layout is more than fine

[winter sleet]

As a member of the Gameboy modding community, I can confirm it is just you who likes it, and it is indeed disturbed.

[lime sparrow]

Its fine but SMW uses Y to run and B to jump for a reason lol

[turbid oasis]

https://tenor.com/view/burn-the-witch-screaming-rant-gif-17904166

[frail glen]

that's a snes issue, not a gba issue

[wheat locust]

I mean, I can work with it either way lol

And have

[frail glen]

my childhood mario was played on gameboy so i prefer this by far

[left rampart]

I'm not sure how I feel about X and Y being smaller than A and B, but I guess that's a hands-on judgment call.

[lime sparrow]

My childhood Mario was played on gba and I still prefer having the run button up and to the left

[wheat locust]

Hold Y with the tip of my thumb, then press B with the rest of my thumb.

Or hold B with the top of my thumb, and just kinda rock it to the right a bit to press A

Both work well enough for me

[winter sleet]

It’s pretty much the similar decision that went into the GKD Bubble, and I can say it at least works on that pretty decently, so maybe it’ll also work on here.

[turbid oasis]

I mean generally speaking yeah it would make sense to angle the buttons differently, to have your thumb rest on both of them, but ehhh

[frail glen]

both are fine but i'd rather keep authenticity for gba and not mario

[turbid oasis]

hope that arrives soon, it has been in shipping limbo for a while 😒

[wheat locust]

Honestly having buttons be too spread out is more of a problem than angles of ABXY imo.

Like the Powkiddy A30

Why are they so spread out.

[fallen pendant]

change the R to a T in your name

[winter sleet]

Agreed.

[turbid oasis]

[lime sparrow]

Maybe the real problem is holding B to run

[frail glen]

you can play other games that aren't mario too

[marble charm]

[turbid oasis]

if you kids don't behave, we are going back to the NES controller layout

[lime sparrow]

The problem that everyone has and not just me :) Nah it's not even a big issue at all for me I just like riling people up with my weird take on this, I do still like the GBA quite a bit

[lime sparrow]

You're telling me there are games other than Mario? Name fifty

[turbid oasis]

I hope this has the same weight as a GBA with batteries

[left rampart]

Wouldn't be surirpised if it's lighter

[lime sparrow]

Yo imagine if it could use AAs

[fallen pendant]

No thanks

I will not

[frail glen]

final fintasy 1 to 16, gran turismo 1 to 7, dragon quest 1 to 11, pokemon red to pokemon shield, resident evil 1 to 8

ez

[lime sparrow]

Doesn't count I win

It's interesting that there's a removable battery compartment, and it looks like a battery that fits in there would be pretty small

[frail glen]

sticker says 3500mah

so it's not the sp battery

it's probably a thicker battery since the device is so thick

[bleak steeple]

The real question is will there be more 34XX handhelds

[frail glen]

i think if it's a custom order screen by anbernic, there will be a ton

like with the 4 inch 480p

[turbid oasis]

never gonna happen that they make a custom order screen

[frail glen]

wasn't the 4 inch 480p literally a custom order?

[turbid oasis]

don't think so

even if Anbernic does quite a few devices and turns huge volumes, it's still a small-ish company that shouldn't be able to afford any custom screens

[marble charm]

Final fantasy

[frail glen]

i mean, they're moving tons of units

they probably turned a huge profit in the last couple years

[turbid oasis]

the only custom screen in the retro handheld space I can recall would be the one in that insanely expensive fpga Gameboy Color

[marble charm]

Screen order is above 100k minimums

Only oems like Samsung or Nintendo order custom screens

[frail glen]

i bet 35xx sp has over 100k sold

and if you add up every device with the 3,5 inch 480p it might be half a million

that's miyoo minis (not plus) and it's from 2 years ago, market is so much bigger now

[turbid oasis]

more than expected, the SP may have turned rather 200-300k units

[marble charm]

^

All I'm says is you can't just order a few screens to be manufactured

[frail glen]

seeing the miyoo mini number, yeah, probably

[marble charm]

It's gotta be a LOT

[turbid oasis]

time to sell half a million rg34xx

[frail glen]

i mean if it turns into their secondary screen after the 4 inch 720p, they could sell a ton of them with different models

[marble charm]

The only thing being custom made for these is boards, cuz circuit boards are pretty cheap to make

[turbid oasis]

thing is aside from this device, what would they need a 3:2 screen for

[turbid oasis]

well, shells too, but yeah

[marble charm]

And shells of course

[frail glen]

well the 351p was a hit and it wasn't specifically a gba device

[turbid oasis]

it was very specifically a GBA device

and nah, it was a different time

[frail glen]

not really, it was an upgrade from the 350p

[turbid oasis]

people were happy just to be able to play stuff on these properly

[frail glen]

there wasn't even a 4:3 option available

[turbid oasis]

that's what I'm saying, but these days we have them run stuff properly at all kind of shapes, sizes and screens have to be good for what you want to play

this arguably is a great one in itself, but the screen real estate on 4:3 stuff is what? 2.8"?

doesn't makes too much sense to use it on devices that aren't GBA-ish

[frail glen]

well we've been crying for a 3:2 option forever lol

they might make a second sp with this screen, i dunno

[turbid oasis]

yeah would definitely grab another one then

even if I already have two

[frail glen]

being 480p also makes it a great screen for 4:3 anyway

[turbid oasis]

yeah, but as said, what size, I assume 2.8"

[frail glen]

(wtf, shaun already added the 34xx to the page, thanks man)

[turbid oasis]

yeah was looking it up myself now

oh no need to custom screen it yourself, lol

[frail glen]

yep lmao

[turbid oasis]

pretty great for PSX arguably

[frail glen]

the good thing about 3:2 is it's not only perfect for gba

[turbid oasis]

but NES is indeed 2.8"

[frail glen]

it's also pretty great for 4:3 and for 16:9

any black lines are tiny unless you're talking about squareish ratios

[turbid oasis]

not arguing against that, I love 3:2 screens

wish we would move away from 16:9 on literally everything but TVs

[frail glen]

if i played snes on it i'd just stretch it to 4:3 even if i like 8:7 better

[frail glen]

i wish 16:10 was the standard for monitors

[turbid oasis]

rather would go 3:2, but yeah 16:10 is already a bit better

[frail glen]

it's just more modern (and deck screen)

it's basically the same aspect ratio otherwise, but more common on pc

[sage flint]

The offset B on the button triggers me

[frail glen]

that's just a degenerate edit

[lime sparrow]

That's just the button from the regular system!

It's just moved lol

[sage flint]

I can’t help it

[frail glen]

btw i think i'm gonna call this the rule34xxx

[distant ivy]

The proportion feels a bit weird but I still want one.

[frail glen]

i wish i only wanted one and not every color

btw, this is probably the best color lineup by anbernic, they're all good

[turbid oasis]

wish they would have gone with white and glacier instead of red/green tho

funky transparent colors could have been the 2nd batch

first batch should have been dedicated nostalgia fuel

[dull sluice]

where did they find this screen? first the 960x720 now this...

Maybe one day.......

its a very cool device as is, but i hope there's a non-nostalgia version coming later without the giant lips on the top and bottom, plus sticks

[frail glen]

ewwww you owe me 20 bucks for making me imagine how that would look

[turbid oasis]

first I demand the chonky boy from Anbernic

[frail glen]

with retroid sticks and stacked triggers maybe

that would be cool with this 3:2 screen too btw

would be a good one and done

what if ayaneo micro but not a brick

[turbid oasis]

the 4" screen they have is honestly a better fit for their Android devices IMO

btw what are the odds, that we can use the GCN colored RP5 to play Four Swords on there and use the rg34xx as a controller? 😂

[junior belfry]

I’m buying this thing for only GBA lol

[turbid oasis]

fair enough, but it's nevertheless nice that the 720x480 is good for other systems too

[frail glen]

well it kinda ruins anything 16:9

though tbh it would be around the same size on a 3,4 inch 3:2

we just need anbernic to get the ktr1 screen

[turbid oasis]

960x720 works pretty nicely for a lot of stuff IMO

[dim sorrel]

uncanny valley GBA

[frail glen]

ayn odin 2 mini's grandpa

[coral owl]

Well