Anbernic RG35XX SP is The PERFECT Game Boy Advance SP Clone!

Hey, what is going on, guys? Welcome back to the channel. If this is your first time here, thank you for clicking on the video. Anbernic has sent us their latest RG35XX SP device for review. This clamshell handheld has a lot of people excited, and we're diving deep into its features and performance.
Check out the Anbernic RG35XX SP here: anbernic.com/en-ca/products/r...
Video Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
00:06 - Unboxing
00:47 - First Look at the Device
02:14 - Design and Build Quality
03:16 - Button and Control Analysis
05:00 - Technical Specs
08:03 - Battery Life
09:20 - Booting Up and User Interface
12:03 - Performance and Gameplay
13:55 - Advanced Emulation (Dreamcast, N64, PSP)
18:18 - Sleep Mode and Battery Saving
19:02 - Pricing and Conclusion
21:01 - Outro
With its nostalgic design reminiscent of the Gameboy Advance SP, this device is sure to tug at the heartstrings of retro gaming fans. In this video, we cover everything from unboxing to gameplay, and even delve into the technical specs and user interface. Make sure to watch till the end for our final thoughts on whether this is the best retro handheld on the market!
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[@SatoshiMatrix1]

Back in 2003, Nintendo couldn't figure out how to add a headphone jack to the GBA SP. I guess we needed to wait 21 more years for that!

[@ozmaphase2]

This thing seems pretty awesome, and despite having almost every console everyone releases, I obviously must have this as well. Now I want them to recreate a 3DS, and DS. That’s what we all really want. I think.

[@Restalgia]

I woukd absolutely love them to release a high powered dual screen device. That would be awesomeness 👌

[@ExiledRetro]

Im guessing by the term "Really want" you mean the aya neo flip ds. Just curious.

[@wildercerrate7295]

There is a high powered 3Ds 2 screen style device but it’s like gigantic. I think within the decade we should have those style devices in really small form factors.

[@ozmaphase2]

@@wildercerrate7295 yeah, I was initially very excited about that device, but it’s fairly costly and the 3DS emulation scene simultaneously went bad for a bit there, and I figured Anbernic would jump in and make one soon. Hopefully.

[@anbernicguy]

They've will release a dual screen device in RG Cube.

[@MichaelBtheGameGenie]

Im all over this, thanks for the review pal

[@bellisperennissturdivant]

finally the console i never l leave home without!!! that was my dsi/dsi xl but the library of playable games even with emulation is lacking.

[@STR82DVD]

Everyone loves the silver young lad. I ordered two thanks to my compulsive nature; silver and grey with the cases.

[@princegroove]

Let’s hope it’s released in that beautiful Nintendo purple we all love.

[@Restalgia]

I agree, would love to see an atomic purple. Really I'd love to see them recreate all the common sp colors.

[@R1SKbreaker]

Oh they will. They're definitely going to milk it. Only reason why I cancelled my order, because I'd rather have some other color.

[@shiryu105]

​@R1SKbreaker have they ever added new.cplours after launch?

[@brcosmin]

Everytime you watch a review of this, your RG35XX SP shipping is going to be delayed by another day.

[@vale2823]

Noooooooo 😂

[@elflakotex2889]

Excelente video 👍 saludos a todos desde San José del Cabo Baja California Sur México 🇲🇽🇲🇽👏👏

[@Agumon5]

A few things that have me worried ... Battery right near the CPU. Not a recipe for longevity. Also I'm concerned about the hinge. Wondering how long before that one gives out. I really want to pick this up, but I think the smart money is on taking a wait and see approach for a few months .... Finding out of it has any quirks.

[@patrickhydar]

true, the last clamshell retroid pocket flip had problems with the hinge but we'll see

[@andys_gameroom]

I have the RG35XX Plus and H. I'm trying to hold off until they release an upgraded version of this, but it's really challenging.

[@joelgrebinsilvestri]

those versions are great... stuck with them... i have the plus version and love it

[@andys_gameroom]

@@joelgrebinsilvestri - The Plus is great. I had wanted to try the other format and the H was a natural pick. It's really nice. But the Plus definitely took care of my Gameboy nostalgia.

[@Breakbeats92.5]

Mine is on a boat or on a plane somewhere en route to my home. Anbernic is printing money right now. I'm tinkering with Portmaster on the H model. I'm going to make this one my dedicated Nintendo hand held emulator. Can't wait!

[@hugobee]

Nobody talks about the ergonomic/grip with headphones connected

[@ritualdelo]

Great review … This is definitely one I need …. Giant Bulge 😂

[@Restalgia]

Hahaha

[@biostemm]

I want to see them vary the button colors a bit more with these - only the nes-colored one has different button colors ..

[@Forja97]

Dreamcast wow!

[@Luodai235]

I hope they make a smaller 2.8 inch version of this, that would be amazing.

[@SpiderMan-711]

Can you please include a list of all games?

[@ramenkamen8135]

No one ever shows this playing mp4. I loaded mine up with a bunch of anime to watch when I'm not playing games. So dope

[@wallmachine8780]

can we install standalone mame and run game & watch games? the retroarch mame and handheld electronic core aren't great

[@Restalgia]

I am not entirely sure, but I dont think so

[@toycoma98]

What do you think about ETA Prime heatsink mod?

[@Restalgia]

I havent seen his video, but the CPU doesn't have any passive cooling at all, throwing a copper heat sink or something like that couldn't hurt, and probably would protect the battery as well.

[@nowar92]

how you switch the control to joistick? to play grand and games that not support arrows

[@almeidachannel7121]

Nice Video ! Sub & Big Like ! And Love Retro Gba !

[@josevalero3543]

Own an original GBA SP AGS101, I LOVE this form factor, but having the original working and doubting because of the noisy and lousy controls... I may wait for a revision, also it has a way high price for being an RG55xx, and I feel the RG55x and RG55xx Plus are better done consoles overall, specially on the DPAD and buttons.

[@legitchrisv]

is it possible to map the C stick in N64 to a hotkey combo, so like R2 + X for up, R2 + Y for left, R2 + A for right and R2 + B for down? So you would have a fake 2nd analog stick essentially 😮

[@Eragonfrost]

C Buttons in N64 are already mapped to R2 so if you want to press C-Up it’s R2+X button if I’m not mistaken

[@ronniedude0000]

19:30 It's not like owners of the original GameBoy were lining up to "upgrade" to the Gameboy Pocket edition either. You had a GBA that played GBA games, so why upgrade to SP? This was the norm for my friend groups back then too. I never had an original Gameboy. My personal Nintendo handheld evolution was GBC -> GBA SP -> DS Original -> 2DS Original (flat & ugly edition)

[@Restalgia]

Yep, I went from gb pocket >gbc > gba > ds > 3ds >new ds.

[@ultraspinalki11]

Despite being born in the 90s, I didn't get my first handheld console until the SP. Eventually got a PSP, and finally a 3DS and N3DSXL. I love that the SP and 3DS are fully backwards compatible with the Nintendo handhelds I missed out on (GB, GBC and DS).

[@vilgevorcblack6178]

I will love this if they make ver. Without clicki buttons 😢

[@ultraspinalki11]

Can this play the GB/GBA multiplayer games that required a Link Cable?

[@ramenkamen8135]

yes through wifi connection.

[@bremarcle2729]

You’re as beautiful as the day we lost you

[@kidrobot.]

i need a handheld emulator for retro games, but i don't have a pc. any suggestions? some ebay sellers are willing to add extra games but for a price

[@gca937]

That one connects to WiFi, so with a normal web browser you could download them directly to the device. You can then move them to the correct folders.

[@kidrobot.]

@@gca937 i see, thank you for the information

[@andika.a.k.]

If u have a phone, u can download the game rom from it, then use otg and card reader to move the game rom from phone to micro sd of your handheld. I think every phone nowadays have otg function.

[@kidrobot.]

@@andika.a.k. thank you

[@toycoma98]

Miyoo mini plus, that comes with onion os.

[@_Moonage_Daydream_]

Does it play Power Stone 1 and Power Stone 2?

[@ramenkamen8135]

Yes, it does. I love power stone. It's one of the 1st games i tested for dreamcast on my 35xxsp

[@hong10ly70]

Good console

[@anbernicguy]

Love to have this, but the lack of analog sticks prevented me from buying this.

[@littergamer]

do i need modd will make work better

[@thepersonarider0972]

I'm upset it's not on Amazon I only like buying stuff from their cause it's 1 or 2 day shipping and free returns

[@Restalgia]

I'm sure within the next few months it will be

[@user-hz4fj5xw2u]

and what about game boy emulation...? last time I checked all retroarch 8/16 bit emulators were crap

[@ThetaxDeltax]

they should of made the gameboy like that?

[@PeterSignore]

It would have been the perfect GBA clone if it had a 3:2 aspect ratio. As it is it’s just another retro machine on a GBA SP format

[@Goalystar1234]

I just received mine, and it's broken. It keeps making this really loud buzzing sound.

[@Restalgia]

I'd contact anbernic right away

[@Goalystar1234]

@@Restalgia yeah I just sent an email

[@FS-zt6tm]

don't charge it...last person that had that issue had it catch fire

[@Real_The_Goof]

I wish it could play SEGA Saturn..

[@johnsducks9816]

It's very cool and pretty close, but perfect is a big statement. In order for it to really be perfect I would want it to be as slim as the original gba sp, and have slightly offset face buttons like the rg300x so you can actually use a and b to play gba platformers

[@sabd9694]

it should of been thinner not thicker

[@PianoMan10-4]

But than we wouldn’t have all of the damn POWER

[@TatsuyaWow]

i wish it was 3:2 screen

[@Restalgia]

@@TatsuyaWow they RA bezel that comes up on gba games keeps the aspect ratio for those games correct and makes it look like the screen is indeed the correct aspect ratio. I think they did okay with that.

[@TatsuyaWow]

@@Restalgia but that only if you using there sofware if not ? so whit the Ra bezel how big is it compare GBA

[@ramenkamen8135]

C'mon man. Don't fat shame the anbernic's SP 😂

[@tonyt3rry]

i guess im the first, no views 36 seconds ago

[@Restalgia]

I appreciate it brother!

[@joelgrebinsilvestri]

iv heard Image scale is not perfect on this handheld console... not for GBA games ironically the other RG35XX MODELS scale better

[@ConsoleKits]

I steal all my content talking points from Restalgia mom.

[@Restalgia]

So do I!

[@AishTalksTech]

Wow im very surprised by the batter life youre getting.

[@Restalgia]

What did you find? When I was playing with it for the last week. I left the screen brightness on level 2. I had assorted gameplay across all consoles, but stayed with more of the older retro consoles. Gb, gbc, gba, nes, snes etc.

[@AishTalksTech]

@@Restalgia on N64 with max brightness I got around 8hrs

[@AishTalksTech]

​@@RestalgiaKZbin is messing up today I thought I had replied. On N64 I got around 8 hours and for this like GBA it was way higher.

[@Restalgia]

@@AishTalksTech whoa seriously? I never went as high as 8 hours at all. Did you power down completely between play sessions? Or did you just marathon it? Maybe it's because I played for a few hours, then closed up, then opened and play for a couple more.

[@AishTalksTech]

@@Restalgia marathoned it but that could be why, sleep mode eats a good amount of battery.

[@toraomc1076]

It is overprized af right now, guess I'll wait

[@nubatman]

The first few days had -$6 off instantly. The total was $70.99 shipped. It's slightly on par to buying a gba sp ags-001 from places.

[@CHICKENmcNUGGIESMydude]

this shit takign to long to ship man they must be OVER Welmed with orders i orderd it as sooon as it dropped at midnight and my product is still in china 8 days later and to get to china to usa takes like 4-5 days just the flight over and to go threw both customs china and american customs and america always holds for 1-2 days when its comming from ALIXPRESS china so thats another 2 on top of 8 and if you order past 1 pm american time china is already closed business hours so u would have to wait for the next day to get processed so if you did that on frieday or thursday u would have to wait till monday just for it to get processed as ur order lol the crazy thing about all this is that the shipping cost is SUPERRR HIGHHHH its like 15-22 bucks which is cool if its next day or 12 hour fast express but this 18-22 days mini WTF on top of that the price for the unit is sub 60 bucks so add tax 74 add shipping 90 bucks might as well get a 100 dollar american local brand hand held

[@ShyKiller15]

I ordered it last week when it dropped on the 17th. It's expected to arrive tomorrow. I'm in NY.

[@Augrills]

I’m real excited about getting mine but not this excited lol. It’ll get to you, bud. And I would buy an American handheld like this if they made one

[@3godzilla3]

Got mine this morning, and I ordered the day they were available. East Coast US, so I dunno 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@dRibbs808]

15-20 seconds to boot up is absolutely too long.

[@NERDestino]

It doesnt run GBA cartridges so its just another useless expensive emulator.