Guide: ArkOS RG351P & RG351M Final Release

[@DualDriv3]

Let's give this gentleman some recognition his tutorials are not only indepth but to the last drop to easy setup everything as easy as 1 2 3. Subscribe and smash that like button. Thanks Russ for your time and what you do for us ❤️

[@RetroGameCorps]

Thank you so much! :)

[@andresarregui3417]

@@RetroGameCorps saw jus a couple of videos and 100% agree with DualDrive, subscribed. Thanks a lot for sharing all this!

[@daledoback8988]

@@RetroGameCorps I just brought a rg351p Is all this still applicable today ? Does it run the n64 games straight out of the box without upgrading operating systems etc

[@hankhandsome]

I've had my RG351P for months and I've learnt more from this video than anything else I've seen. I should really pay more attention :)

[@RetroGameCorps]

Happy to be of service!

[@cliffordmcgee2020]

I have a brand new 128 GB Samsung sd card and running rufus or win32 I keep getting I/O error please help

[@cliffordmcgee2020]

I didnt lock the card in the adapter I feel so dumb

[@RetroGameCorps]

@@rampagingram2453 yes, this is still the most updated ArkOS video for the 351P/M devices!

[@ignskeletons]

Retro Game Corps has become the unofficial ambassador for this system almost. The amount of content and guides you've given us for the RG350 and RG351 systems are unbelievable, ty so much man. Doing so much for the emulator community, it's actually insane. Keep it up!

[@AtKiba]

Thanks for all the work you did during Arkos life for this device! I've followed your tutorials since christmas!

[@RetroGameCorps]

Glad to help!

[@rushslocum]

I'm getting mine in the mail today, how convenient! Thank you very much for your comprehensive tutorials :)

[@RetroGameCorps]

You're very welcome!

[@loggernaut6415]

Been eyeing the anbernic devices for months now and I just found this channel this week, you sold me on the RG351P with the ArkOS firmware, kudos for the amazing content, I love these videos.

[@deface81]

I just want to thank you for your tutorial videos, got my RG351P last week and its now fully loaded, running arkOS with retroarch configured correctly and everything is running perfectly! Really detailed but simple to follow guides, thanks 😊

[@RetroGameCorps]

Great to hear!

[@herogear_art]

Just ordered a RG351M and am very excited to try this out! Also, it's thanks to your videos that I went with the Anbernic in the first place. Your review was a stellar recommendation!

[@davidrogis1110]

I just want to thank you for the awesome videos you put out on KZbin on Retro Gaming. I just started playing with the RG351M an followed along with setting up 351elec and wow what a difference.

[@ShadowRavenRaz]

Just picked up a RG351P and I was thrilled with it. I watched your review and it was easy to see it was a good purchase. I followed this video and set it up just as you suggested and I'm even more happy with this device. Thank you so much for taking the time to put this together, in such a concise way that even I could follow it.

[@retrodoodmanx7161]

I haven't tried these emu handhelds like this one because I'm just starting on the PSVITA being modded thanks to you. Made me think of getting 1 to try out, hope I won't regret it.

[@ianstyles9759]

2nd January 2022 and just flashed my RG351P and wow it is long flash but I deserve it and a big thank you to Retro Game Corps. It is still flashing easyroms all done now YEEESSSS

[@michaelyadao-evans4719]

Yeah man, I wanna do it

[@t.w.460]

Just got my RG351P (somewhat late to the party since i already own an RG350 and was struggling with the decision which RK3326 device to pick up - build quality made me stay with Anbernic)! Enjoying your videos over the past months, they help a lot!

[@Delcat42]

Thank you so much for your in-depth guides! They make common sense, they're clear and easy to follow, and I can't believe I have SMRPG running at a full clip--I figured that was just off-limits and I could not be happier right now

[@Ananamitron]

Your tutorials got me to finally drop money on the 351m. It comes in a few days and I already have a ton of roms ready as well as ArkOS. Can't wait to try it out.

[@DaRapidFire]

Hahaha, same here!! Question: where did you get your roms from?

[@MrBaracu]

@@DaRapidFire sad he never responded

[@mickeyblue7733]

Great video getting my RG351M tomorrow and will be watching your video to get it set up

[@lauterman]

Just bought an RG351P, I'll install this OS when it arrives. Your videos rock.

[@WillShattuck]

Based on all your videos about the 351P I just purchased one and it will be here in two days. It was also a recommendation from a few people on your discord server. Thank you for all the hard work that you’ve done. I’ve been trying to get emulation working on my iPhone. But as we know that is not as easy as a dedicated device. Thanks again.

[@caduceiz2155]

This is much easier to understand than the last vid

[@jasonshiers5771]

Great video Russ, team Arkos respect.

[@RetroGameCorps]

Much appreciated, Jason :)

[@dazzenseabiscuit1366]

Another comprehensive video. Top work mate.

[@jaycerolls106]

These guides are extremely helpful, thank you. Any chance you might ever do a retroarch setup guide? I recently got a retropie and retroarch baffles me.

[@ragzlz8266]

I'm having so much more fun with my RG351M thanks to you my friend

[@RetroGameCorps]

Glad to hear it!

[@fadfox4578]

Very informative video guide.. Big thanks... I been installed elec351 with last update and I got several crushed and wifi problem and slow games boot.. Now I installed arkos and it's amazingly perfect 👌 especially with ur tips

[@JoshGY-ik2yt]

cant wait for my new 128 gig sd to arrive so i can give ArkOS a try. Looks great!

[@buzzcutinteractive]

Can't wait till i get a new sd card, i'm so gonna download this!

[@pancon5]

Time to get an SD Card, follow Retro's guides religiously and slap the final ArkOS in that 351 I have lying around!

[@AllThatSheWants21]

Having Problems with it, using the Stock SD card as of right now, and because there are multiple Partitions, i dont know which one to choose. Edit: i fixed it, had to wipe out all the Partitions via command prompt, now it works like a charm. Thanks for the great guide, the effort you put into this is just amazing. Thank you.

[@ShinHalo40]

Thank you for your hard work and time you put in your videos. Very informative and easy step by step direction.

[@holgerprahl9269]

Very well explayned, thank you!

[@nathanglynn7443]

Cannot wait to get mine and make sure Mines updated to the full!

[@PhillipTorrickeBarton]

Guess what I'll be doing after work today... Thank for the great tutorial!

[@jedovtqy4533]

Done the final update on my 351m, thanks russ for the info

[@BondedoSora]

Can u do a comparison with the diferences of the final version of ArkOS and 351Elec?

[@VuNguyen-sx4lt]

I think he did: kzbin.info/www/bejne/b2qsfmaEj7uCg9E

[@pon1]

@@VuNguyen-sx4lt That's a old video though, today they aren't that different anymore. I think ArkOS still has faster load times, but considering that 351elec continues to be updated the differences will start to show and it would be nice to have a video about the differences currently between the two to help figuring out what OS to install.

[@v101damnations]

@@pon1 Following that logic, I think it would be best to wait towards the end of 2021 to make a new comparison video to give time for 351elec to flourish.

[@pon1]

@@v101damnations Yeah, I do agree with that, or at least until 351elec has comparable loading times. Maybe a loading time comparison so that we know what the actual difference is? That might give a lot of incentive to work on getting them shorter. I don't actually mind the loading times of the games that much, but the loading time when the system is off until we get to the main menu is really long on 351elec and from what I understand ArkOS has much shorter loading time in that regard.

[@kiruoful]

@@pon1 I didn't know Loading time were better on ArkOs. As a newbie I was gonna install 351Elec but N64 games runs better on ArkOs...

[@MaximusTrollerYT]

Always nice videos !! GREAT JOB.

[@jwill7998]

I've conceded that I'm not getting a 351 (have a 350M), but I'm still giving this video a thumbs up.

[@RetroGameCorps]

Haha, well thanks anyway :)

[@piplup10203854]

I'm really glad there is a link we can use to send some money their way :D I sent what I could because it's awesome we are able to use this completely for free on our devices and they're working on updating it on the RG351V, mine is in transit as I type this, and I cannot wait to use ArkOS on it and start playing the games that have defined my childhood! Finally getting to play Chrono Trigger and Super Mario RPG once again and games like Minish Cap and Links Awakening! I cannot wait I need it! Then hopefully whenever we get that powkiddy device that's gonna be good for wii and gamecube I'll be set!

[@Aikidouka]

Thanks for the great guide! I just wanted to let you know that the sonic ports look great on the RG351P, but some of the special stages have a lot of slowdown.

[@MsKerofe]

ArkOS fan here, easy as 123 update for my rg351p! thank you so much..

[@RetroGameCorps]

Enjoy!

[@mr.raw-CH]

Thx for this awesome Video!

[@RetroGameCorps]

Glad you liked it!

[@TheMrbubl3s]

That was pretty good, thank you.

[@bson5192]

This video is forever going to be in my rg351p video folder for periodic review

[@mushutes]

New intro? Cool!

[@danielcorro4835]

So thankful for your videos. I was bummed out because I always thought snes colors looked washed out..and it bugged me so much i couldn’t play some of my favorite games on this device so I ordered an S30 🤣 . After watching this and trying to snes9x 2010 core with the nx shader, it was game changer. I’m returning the other device 😭

[@mrartvan]

Thanks, dude.

[@MAGA_Patriot2024]

Having no luck at all with wifi on my 351p. I have the correct adapters/dongles, tried setting it up while not charging as well as charging, made sure I used the 2.4ghz network...nothing. The adapters clearly work because I can see my network in the list, but there is no network setting in the options menu (it looks like the menu in the video after it's updated to the final version. The wifi options are present in emulationstation (that's how I'm able to see my network), but nothing seems to work. Maybe I'd have better luck with 351elec?

[@edcelsabela4540]

Congrats on your 30k subs! Wow

[@RetroGameCorps]

Thank you so much 😀

[@Skankhunt-cm2ut]

Thank you😘 man🤪

[@Slashingthrough]

Very clear again!

[@Andrmax89]

"Let's load a game"-"uh, Nice splash screen" ahahahahaah

[@kejah7489]

IDOL!

[@MyurrDurr]

Can't wait to get my device :D Super excited and I will for sure be following this guide :P I need to investigate what AmberPorts is though, I saw Half Life in the ports menu.... which would be awesome to play on such a tiny handheld!

[@chriscastillo291]

It's says " do you really want to do this" and you say. ya man I do!!

[@hanakomihara6767]

Thank you for this video it's an amazing work you have done here ! Can we have the same video for the RG350 please ? :)

[@AhmedSayyedNomad]

You the man.

[@RetroGameCorps]

Thanks Ahmed!

[@tanabomb]

just ordered rg351m today

[@ulkinator5873]

Very helpfull 4 me!

[@GloboxHamburg]

Thanks

[@marlowencna]

Thanks. I want to get this for my nieces (7yo). I think ArkOS once setup is kid friendly enough

[@plazolaferreyro3416]

23:46 waiit wait wait, am2r???? is it there still? my first handheld was the retromini and im getting the rg351p, dont know if im going to add ccustom firmware

[@commander_nojj]

Man these videos have been superb! I'm sad the rg351p/m firmwares are mostly ending future support. Do you think you will do a final comparison video for the available firmwares with the features that have been added up to now for the rg351p/m lines? I need more Venn diagrams in my life.

[@DrewBloksberg]

you were so fast for this but then 351elec came back haha

[@sertiana2512]

Yeah. It's a plot twist inside of a plot twist 😁

[@ericalvarez9345]

Awesome video, quick question. Where does ARKOS save in game saves for GBA for games that automatically save progress? I am looking to extract a gamesave from a cartridge I own and wanted to load it into the emulator so I can resume my gamesave but I cant find where ARKOS keeps that data. The specific title I am playing is the Yu-Gi-Oh worldwide edition game. Thanks for your help

[@rsseguel]

I bought the RG351M yesterday and now I'm thinking to jump into another OS. Is ArkOS the best system till now friend? Muchas gracias 🙂

[@baton7997]

I got a question hoping you would be able to help. I followed your steps all the way from the start and get the Ark OS working for the most part. But the one thing missing is the short cut to open up the RetroArch overlay interface by pressing the R3 and L3( or pressing select/start like you did at 13:49). In my case, if I press select and start at the same time twice it will stop the current game and take me back to the game selection menu. And the R3/L3 function is totally gone. I really hope you could give me some advice on that because ArkOS really seems to be the one to use as of now. Thanks in advance.

[@RetroGameCorps]

Hi, the hotkey for opening the RetroArch menu is SELECT + X.

[@baton7997]

@@RetroGameCorps Thank you so much! Appreciate your quick reply!

[@kenjlee]

Guys, set "Auto-Shader Delay" to 0 if your shader settings not applying at game start after all. Took me a couple of hours to find out.

[@majkati69]

Hey Russ. Quick question, I've been using arkos for a while now with zero issues up until now. Now suddenly when I boot it up it defaults to 1% system volume and I have to go to the settings and change it to 100% to use the volume wheel properly. Does your sage wisdom have a fix for this? Am on final release btw.

[@mufefi1829]

hi i did what the video says and when i put in my new mmc/tf1 and set option to see what game system available, it cant show ps1 psp gba gb or others game system, what should i do

[@tristanheron4144]

I prefer the old version of the intro logo (without the text outline) on your videos. It looks more... retro.

[@Matos-zb4hk]

Mine's not booting up after update

[@ghostrick23]

Just spent the afternoon installing this and adding games etc before realising there's no & key on the keyboard when entering the WiFi password. Does anyone know if there is a workaround for this? Otherwise ill need to switch to 351ELEC

[@JeffRamos9000]

every time I install this, the A button doesn't get me past the first setup screen on the RG351M. Does anyone else have this issue?

[@KeiRetroGaming]

I'd look at joining the Retro Handhelds community on discord if you're having trouble setting something up. Sounds like it might be a hardware issue though if the button isn't working. The membrane under the buttons is kinda thin on these. I never had any issues with my 351p though.

[@aziegaus]

Your videos are great, but I’m really a newbie and need a simple guide to how to switch games, how to save to favorites, etc. Does anyone know where I could get such help? Thanks.

[@SuperStrykerBoy]

How can I find roms to place in folders that arkos has empty. For example 3do the folder is empty. I would like to place games to go with the correct folder.

[@ethiceon1166]

Nice

[@morrisnorth559]

Could you do me a favor and tell me how Metal Gear Solid 1, MGS Portable Ops and MGS Peace Walker do on the RG351 series and similar handhelds ? Ive been looking for a handheld than can play these 3 and not be a PS Vita. Thank you very much in advance

[@sarthak2748]

My RGB20S stopped working after I charged it. Green system light comes up but my screen stays black just like it is when switched off. Please help what to do.

[@KevyGLevy]

Is anyone else having issues updating cores within RetroArch? I keep getting the message "Failed to retrieve core list". I'm able to update other assets in RetroArch. I'm using the latest version of ArkOS. Thank you for all the hard work you put into these videos.

[@OldSchoolNewSchoolGamer]

Hello. I purchased an RG351V and I’m fe en following your videos but there isn’t a dedicated video for that console yet. Would you mind making one with the best update firmware out there that’s upgradable since some are just done making updates for? I would like to set mine up the way you can explain it to me, us, really hard to go back and forth and trying to guess which one is better. I’ve had mine for about 3 days now and so far I’m loving it but I still can’t get it right to the T. Please, make a video for the RG351V. Thank you in advance.

[@OldSchoolNewSchoolGamer]

By the way…I’ve been using ArkOS and so far my favorite of all the three that you talk about

[@thatshaggydude8063]

I'm not sure what I did but while changing screen setting my hotkeys got all messed up. RetroArch won't come up with select-x, I can't close retro ark without taking me back to the main menu, and I can't close games. HELP

[@bittybears5287]

I have a question, I bought a Rg351p, and it worked really well, but my micro SD card got corrupted so i got it fixed, but when I put it in my device, all I got was a black screen with a blinking white line in the top left, but it doesn't boot up, is that what's wrong? I have to get it updated?

[@sarafin333]

Whats going on with a new firmware osdroid? Can you tell News about?! Android on 351p

[@3308friday]

uhm, I followed the first part installing the ArkOS, now my PowKiddy RGB20S just vibrates with a grey screen when I turn it on... help.

[@vipertwin1976]

Brilliant videos. I cant seem to get this to work all the way to replacing the card with arkos on it. Followed your guide to the letter, im new to this so am i missing something?. I have the rg351m.

[@francescorossi2203]

i performed all steps except updates with wifi. Some games have problems with the retro emulator but not with the retrox32. Not everyone is retrox32, how can I do?

[@rafaelgadret]

Question: is there a way to create specific subfolders to organize games? For example, inside snes folder, can I create a “shmups” folder? Or some similar method?

[@CosminStamate]

Hey, just wondering, what's the game at 1:42, with the soldier dropping from the helicopter? It unlocked some childhood memories, but I can't for the life of me remember the name of that game. Later edit: found it, it's Super C!

[@ohdaUtube]

Is there a full list of snes/sfc games that would need to be flipped to 2010 core? Would hate to go through a game for hours and saves only to rejoice it's on the wrong core. Thank you

[@jonathanmartins5015]

Hi! I really need some help here! I just bought a RG351M and installed the ArkOS, but 'EASYROM' partition doesn't show up. I went to Disk Management and I couldn't change the partition's name. Please, help me!

[@charyxard5086]

Is there any way to flash my new SD card on my smartphone because I don't have any PC around me right now but I really wanna install Arkos and play or use my rg351m.

[@davidjones4916]

i have a problem, i installed arkos but the easyrom folder does not appear, i used a program like diskgenius and minitool wizard and i can't assign a letter, my pc doesn't recognize it, what can i do friend?

[@barowt]

My grey 351v came in and I'm really sad, the screen has really feint white vertical bars on it.. 😭😭😭

[@RetroGameCorps]

Oh, sorry to hear that. Would it be easy to return to the retailer?

[@barowt]

@@RetroGameCorps I got it from the Anbernic website, I messaged them.. I hope so.. .. thinking about it the screen doesn't look like it's in straight, the bottom has a gap,, maybe opening it up and resetting stuff will make the problem go away.

[@RetroGameCorps]

@@barowt yikes, that sounds terrible. Hopefully they can help you sort it out!

[@barowt]

@@RetroGameCorps they sent me a new screen! Just got it in the mail today! I had messaged them on their website about it, good customer service!

[@RetroGameCorps]

@@barowt awesome!

[@davidprospect8375]

When adding roms to my RG351P, I end up getting 2 sets for each rom. There is the actual rom, and then there is a dot underscore version of each rom. Is there a way of hiding the ._ version of each game within ArkOS or do you have to go through and manually delete all of the ._ versions?

[@RetroGameCorps]

This happens when using a Mac to transfer files. Put the SD card into your Mac, open the Terminal app and type “sudo dot_clean -mn /Volumes/SD/” (minus the quotation marks) where “/Volumes/SD” is the path to your SD card.

[@davidprospect8375]

@@RetroGameCorps so when I pop in my card in my Mac I have BOOT and EASYROMS, so would it be sudo dot_clean -mn /EASYROMS/nes/? I tried that and it did not work.

[@DragonDreamVNY]

Ahh. That makes sense now. I was seeing that on the PSVita as well when copying things over. Everything is just so much easier in Windows... Surprisingly. Silly Mac. I thought it was just the .spotlight and .thrash stuff. So it's making an "_" of each file/directory too? Daymn Pain 😭

[@davidprospect8375]

@@RetroGameCorps I got it to work! Thanks so much man! Seriously, someone needs to hire you on a professional level. you are the grandmaster at this stuff. Thanks again for all of the help!

[@samh5886]

ArkOS still recommended for 351p now? Or is amberelec the recommended one onwards? And does batocera works properly for these handhelds, other than inability to play ports?

[@74747474744]

I tried writing the arkOS to the micro sd card using win32 disk imager but it gives me an access error 5 code. I ran it as administrator and still won’t work. Thoughts?

[@Dannynes]

Greetings !! How can I configure the Standalone glide64mk2 nintendo 64 buttons on arkos? what happens is that the C buttons are on the A, X, R2 and L2, and for games where the camera is used with the C buttons it doesn't work well.

[@samnite3]

Can I follow this same guide for the RG351V to install ArkOS with the test firmware? I understand there will be additional steps to setup the 2nd SD card on the 351V not mentioned here. Also, any truth to the rumors that 351Elec will continue supporting 351V? Thanks

[@Missterpaja]

351Elec Is dead... Check their page.

[@Diablochild123]

I'm trying to find any information on where to specifically get the BIOs files but I can't seem to find what I need to download. Will the BIOs folder that came with the other OS work for it?

[@rebeccakickass1776]

My RG351p won't let me play any games... Is there any type of stop I can bring it to? My RG350p works great but I loved the look of the RG351... Ps when I bought both RG350 & RG351 they came with games because I'm not very comp. Savvy