Handheld Screen Settings for RG351 Devices

[@martinsamuelsson2322]

First time I've heard ghosting and feature in the same sentence! XD

[@fallenangemon0]

remarkably underrated comment.

[@steel5897]

Hey, they usually call it motion blur lmao.

[@BuriBuriZ]

combined it becomes motion blur.

[@Crackalacking_Z]

Anbernic:"We sourced the finest IPS screens money can buy." RGC: "That's cute, but only 90s imperfections will do!" XD

[@randomscandinavian6094]

I can’t believe it! This morning I was thinking that after work I would search for a guide somewhere for the best overlay effects. And here it is, magically appearing as the first new video recommended to me.

[@RetroGameCorps]

Great minds think alike :)

[@randomscandinavian6094]

I still haven’t gotten Mame artwork to display tho. On ArkOS. Trying to get backdrops to display, such as in Asteroids deLuxe. Even though it is probably going to make everything harder to see on the small screen, I want to see it working. Have spent a good deal of time on it over this past months. All in all arcade emulation is confusing on this device. There are Mame folders everywhere. Tried putting the artwork files in various roms Mame subfolders, bios subfolders, ftp’ed into Retroarch’s system folder. Nothing.

[@marcelopolizelli7320]

I'll do it right now, your guides are great!

[@DilRyeMaster]

I also didn’t have a DMG Gameboy. Every once in a while I had a friend that would break it out on a sleepover when we were supposed to go to bed. I still remember seeing the red & blue headphone for the first time. It was so high tech and exotic to me at the time.

[@ragzlz8266]

I keep coming back to your screen settings videos... this is gold!

[@freudz]

DUDE...cant say how much i thank you for your content. Amazing project bro, helped me a lot with my new RG351p! Keep pushing man, the community thanks you! You helped me create a gaming beast with your guides. Thanks again!

[@Pine_Peaks]

This is amazing! Thanks for creating all these guides :D

[@PongbyAtari]

When I first received my 351P I was really disappointed most systems looked awful at the stock settings but thanks to your videos I love it the emulation is top notch . I really only use it for the 8 & 16bit systems I also upgraded the memory card to a Samsung 256gb (overkill but what I had laying around) and the latest firmware as well as box art and videos it's a sweet little system when properly setup.

[@Bluntman3000]

Wow, I can't believe how great both this video and the written guide are. Highly appreciated, thank you very much! HANDHELD SCREEN SETTINGS ARMY ASSEMBLE!!1!

[@nicolas_delriorau]

It´s amazing how a simple overlay can make so much better the handheld emulation experience. Thank you!

[@celticboricua]

Amazing! I was just thinking about this just the other day and boom you come out with a vid about it. Can't wait 'till I receive my rg351m and put this guide into play.

[@przeniko]

Once again great work from Retro Game Corps!

[@OneZone4]

Thank you for sharing the details of making the MOST of these handheld systems.

[@troywallace7011]

The nostalgia is strong when you're trying to recreate the flaws lol Good guide man!

[@ObedAbisaiMuroRodriguez]

Man, i have a issue, in Game Gear when i go to change Aspect Ratio there is no 1:1 PAR (10:9 DAR) option , ony 1:1 PAR (4:3 DAR) and the image is very small when iteger scale is ON , how can i add 1:1 (10:9 DAR) Option as you?

[@willisvondoom]

I'm having the same issue :(

[@DirkCleiren]

Same problem here

[@markzuckerbergette6185]

Same here, I chose 4:1 and I think it looks pretty good

[@shmegegge]

I'm also having this exact issue. Has anyone figured this out?

[@skorzeny7377]

This content is awesome, I cant wait to dive into this when my rg351m arrives

[@RetroGameCorps]

My pleasure!

[@guilhermecabral6348]

Just passing by to say that I love that intro. haha

[@Vendoization]

keep doing what you are doing, I will watch every future video about rp351

[@Kidblinks]

I just bought my 351 and waiting for it to arrive. You’re saving my lazy ass, thanks!

[@rocksteady140]

Thank you. This is exactly what i was looking for.

[@jedovtqy4533]

Great video, when my 351m comes tomorrow I'll be applying a lot of these settings, thanks

[@GreenLuckyDog]

Your guides are helping me out a lot and your reviews are excellent. You earned a sub from me.

[@DamfinoMR2]

This is so perfect. Thanks for the videos sir!

[@chantik]

Man, your videos are so detailed, well presented and instructional. One of the best retro gamer content maker out there : ) And this is a video that I HOPED someone had made!

[@jasonshiers5771]

Nice work Russ, I'll be doing this at the weekend. Thanks for sharing.

[@nickoflynn6151]

Thanks ever so much for these video guides - I'm loving the nostalgia :D

[@TiVo88]

great vid man, this is the best rg351p help channel out there but i think i'd rather a bigger screen over nostalgia.

[@matteocevenini4870]

Wow what a jump in the past... perfect setting to play with gameboy games!!! I’ll do the same on my rg351p!!! Thx Russ

[@pancon5]

Boomarked! Gameboy Tetris HAS to be experienced in green! :-P Tetris, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Gargoyle's Quest, these are the games I remember from a schoolmate's Gameboy back in the summer of '92! I was a proud owner of a Game Gear so this vid is a gift!

[@oscarloria]

Awesome, I don´t have any of this devices, but I really like your videos.

[@Kiwilicious]

Again very helpful! We are all getting Retrohandheld pros now =D Thanks Russ!

[@fallenangemon0]

Not many people knew this but any 3DS virtual console games you have for Gameboy and Gameboy Color can do this exact same thing by holding Start+Select and booting up the game!

[@persechini]

These guides are great and I would've loved to have something this structured when I was starting to use retroarch on my pc and phone

[@kswong6366]

Anothet great guide, good job!

[@franciscobutte]

Perfect guide for a perfect setup.

[@DirkCleiren]

This is a really good one very clear info :) as usual!

[@KVD22]

Very cool, love making little touches like these.

[@merchinator7405]

Awesome video. I wish you would do shader showcases more often with some of the newer handhelds. This is a major point of interest for me as to which handheld emulation system i want to buy. I would love to see what the Odin Lite can do in this regard, as well as the Retroid Pocket 2+ and the RP3 whenever it comes out.

[@GiskardC]

Enjoyed your videos as always, quality content indeed!

[@kezins]

Great guide as usual!

[@NicoSensei]

Great guide as usual! What are your recommendations for PSX? I kinda find they look a bit trashy, PCSX enhanced resolution is too demanding for the chipset, and there are no anti-aliasing shaders available...

[@damarlboromans]

Awesome video as usual RG351p KZbin king now if I could only convince you of doing videos on the GPD XD+ yes I know its older but I just got one and I am seriously Impressed.

[@krrichards77]

Great video Russ, a step closer to game specific bezels... I never thought of checking reddit for a solution 👍

[@peterd7009]

Another great video ! Thank you!

[@DirkCleiren]

question @4:17 i have to choose 1:1 PAR (10:9 DAR) but i only have the option 1:1 PAR (4:3) ??

[@DirkCleiren]

bump :)

[@DirkCleiren]

plsssss?

[@damarlboromans]

Would love to see ya do one of these videos for the Steam Deck :)

[@diennea2]

No way! This is awesome! Thanks!

[@chedhead3278]

Cheers Russ, cool video.

[@MikeDewisBaritone]

Brilliant! Thank you so much!

[@DesertFoxNL]

Spot on !

[@matteocevenini4870]

Hi dear Russ I try to configure gamegear overlay as you suggested, following video step by step, but something goes wrong game play screen is little respect aspect ratio I choose (1:1 par) and it’s happen when I turn on integer scale.. could you help me please? Following same instructions for game boy no problems...

[@matteocevenini4870]

Problem solved... it happen with roms that came with RG351p. I tried with another and works great.

[@leehudson1384]

Great video! Any ideas why when I set "GB Colorization" to internal it resets once I close retroarch? If i create a game options file it works but I don't really want to do that for every game. Saving the overrides by content directory doesn't seem to do it either.

[@davidalvarado9957]

Late but you are going to have to. Overrides is for different settings.

[@josefoazevedo]

Running 351elec and I can't seem to get the shader brightness to save. I save the content directory, exit retroarch and when I start another game the brightness is at 4.0

[@steel5897]

Very late reply, I know, but that's because the shader settings are NOT saved on the content directory override, it's saved on the shader preset profile, found within the shaders menu, not the overrides menu. Retroarch can be confusing like that.

[@creativeflip]

I wish you could do a video about scraping for this version. I have over 2000 games, but either the 351elec restarts after a few seconds or it doesn't change anything on the list. Thank you for all your videos!

[@glennshoemake4200]

Scraping seems to work best in the off hours. I scrape my daily limit at 7:00 am when I first wake up as I'm in the same time zone as the servers in France.

[@rolen47]

Even though the original Game Gear used an LCD screen it was not square pixel. The original Game Gear screen was 66mm x 50mm which is 4:3 aspect ratio. The authentic way to play Game Gear is without integer scaling and using a 4:3 aspect ratio. Gameboy used a square pixel LCD, so using integer scaling for Gameboy is true.

[@ShredderBenjamin]

Can't get this to work on 351elec as the retroarch settings aren't the same for directory overrides. Works well on ArkOS though, just trying to weigh up the pros & cons of each OS from memory and these overlays are a big winner for ArkOS over 351

[@RetroGameCorps]

Check out the written guide, it explains how to save the settings. It has a more robust EmulationStation interface, so you do a lot of the settings tweaks in ES itself, not RetroArch.

[@ShredderBenjamin]

@@RetroGameCorps you're a life saver, you think of everything! Got it sorted now thanks:)

[@marchtheburg9492]

I hope eventually the PocketGo will get this level of control in regards to customizing display options.

[@dennisg.517]

Maybe you can help me here, but I have trouble getting the GBC one to work. It's enabled, in the correct folder, but does not load... Using 351ELEC and they are all in the bezels folder, which I selected.

[@KISEwun]

My Rg351m held these configurations for a week. Now they won’t stay and when I try to save the configuration it tells me it failed to save the configuration.

[@fyyarman]

I'm using 351 elec firmware and I don't see an override option in my menu

[@alkistsepapadakis4780]

I can not save colorization settings between GB and GBC ! I make the changes in GB (Special 1 colorization). Then I go to Overrides > Save Content Directory Overrides and then Quit RetroArch option in the Main Menu. When I move to GBC the Special 1 colorization is there ! Same thing happens with LCD Ghosting. Any solution ?

[@SEGAMasterSystemNerd]

Thanks for the guide, you have helped me with my new RG351P :) Has anyone else had issues with a quieter left speaker? It’s the same with the original firmware SD card and the one I setup with Arkos.. both in the menu and in games. I’ve only had it two days but of course the warranty will be voided due to removing the SD card sticker.

[@SimonKlimekNetwork]

that's really wierd my folder overrides settings for color correction doesn't work on any game, the setting with the shaders and custom border works well, except color pallete overlay hmmm

[@SteveBaileyHQ]

Update shaders option isn't available for me and I've confirmed I'm online... Ideas?

[@ozaryana]

Hi. Do you have a video on how to add bezels/overlays for the RGB10 Max? I've downloaded the bezel project but can't seem to get it to work.

[@RetroGameCorps]

Hi, I don't have a video on it. If you're using EmuELEC, then the bezel project should work, but you'll want to refer to the bezel project's wiki/GitHub for instructions. Long story short, your ROMs need to match the "no intro" romset naming convention in order to work.

[@garabdorje]

Your guides are awesome! One quick question. Is there an easy way to duplicate the SD card to another one? I have two kids and it would be amazing to only have to work on configuring one card make it perfect and then just duplicated. Thanks in advance.

[@RetroGameCorps]

Hi, yep you can just backup the SD card image using an app like Win32 Disk Imager or Balena Etcher, then write it onto a new SD card. For best results do it on the same size card.

[@garabdorje]

@@RetroGameCorps Thank you again!

[@n8cermak]

I can just not get this to save, keeps reverting back to 4.0 for brightness. Using 351ELEC pinepple version. Any ideas? If you want to adjust the shader, you have to do it in RetroArch. Open up the game, then press SELECT + X to open the Quick Menu, then go to Shaders > Shader Parameters and adjust the scanlines or LCD to your tastes. For example, I like to use the lcd3x shader with a shader brightness of 6.0 instead of the standard 4.0 - this gives a very subtle grid effect. To set it as default, go to Shaders > Save > Save Content Directory Preset.

[@graniteburger]

OMG you are really outdoing yourself! Your written guide is amazing. Did you opt for ArkOS over 351Elec? Aren't most of the settings in 351Elec already set?

[@mistermark8755]

good guide :)

[@twhite19782012]

Sorry but I must have a different version of RetroArch as my menu doesn’t have these options. Can you do an update?

[@johnjoubert4235]

I'm using 351Elec and I can't seem to find a way to save video settings for one directory or core at a time. I don't seem to have an option in retroarch for overrides. What am I missing?

[@RetroGameCorps]

Check out the written guide, I walk you through all the quirks of 351ELEC. Long story short, the RA settings have mostly been moved to the EmulationStation menu and so the ES settings will override whatever you do in RA. Check out the guide!

[@johnjoubert4235]

@@RetroGameCorps thanks, I was afraid that was going to be the answer. Lol

[@justinr1094]

Hey, @Retro Game Corps! I almost have my video settings the way I want them, but I've had one big hang up. I can't figure out how to change RGA scaling in individual cores/systems without toggling it on or off system wide. I really want it on for NES, SNES, Genesis, 32x, Sega CD and NeoGeo, but I don't prefer the look of it on GB, GBC, GBA and NGPC. Any help you can give me in trying to figure this out would be super appreciated!

[@RetroGameCorps]

You should just be able to turn it on for one system and then select Save Core Override. That should save it just for that system. Also be sure to open RetroArch without a game loaded, turn RGA scaling off, then "save current configuration" so that it doesn't turn on for GB/GBC/etc. If you're on 351ELEC, you don't need to do all that. Instead, you will need to go into each system's game menu, press SELECT, then choose Advance System Settings (or something like that) and turn RGA scaling on for that system in that menu.

[@justinr1094]

This is such a huge help! Thank you so much for always being there to help me!

[@justinr1094]

So, I tried it. It turns out saving core overrides isn't a feature in the stock firmware? Because of this, I'm 100% switching to either 351Elec, or ArkOS as soon as I can.

[@bertoku]

Why on Elec351 i can't find "Core Downloader" in online update? (and no "show core updater" in menu item visibility)? please Russ can you respond me?

[@seraphikimercury4921]

Does anyone know how to get the vibration function working for the 351v with original firmware?

[@adambeaudry3976]

How do i udo this to use the built in overlays with AmberELEC?

[@Mr_JavierUSA]

I have a question how do you speed the game I’m having trouble I need help for my Pokémon game ?

[@kaizer3000jp]

i am getting error saving shader preset. what did i do wrong?

[@JeremiahWilsonRhodes]

Hey this is great, thank you. Is there any way to get the shader under the overlay, or to fit the game screen only? There’s like a watermark visible to the left of my DMG bezel, right over the “power light.”

[@meganpapa1]

Hi Russ. Enjoyed the video but you are making the Game Gear too horizontally narrow. While it may have 160x144 resolution same as the Gameboy, they are not square pixels. The actual visual image is more along the 4:3 resolution with the screen having a visible size of 65mm x 50mm. The many forums out there are reporting the same thing you are are incorrect.

[@Spider-Man2ForTheGameCube]

Can we do it on emuelec

[@MaximusTrollerYT]

I have a question about the themes, i already create my own themes but i want to test it, i dont have yet the USB C adapter, so i cant access to the FTP, is there any way to access to all that documents to insert manually the themes via USB in my pc?

[@PierIsABaraReader]

351Elec doesn't have an "Overrides" option on the Quick Menu though, do I need to update the Retroarch core?

[@RetroGameCorps]

Check out the written guide, it addresses how to make Overrides visible again.

[@PierIsABaraReader]

Nice. Thanks. Saw it ;)

[@sebastianhurst958]

This is great. The RG351P is a great quality handheld. But would this guide work for the Odroid Go Super as well (Batocera)? Any chance of a video guide for it?

[@RetroGameCorps]

Everything but the bezels part will be the same. It has different dimensions so these particular bezels won’t work!

[@tiagoferreira7460]

Hello i installed emuelec 2.0 and in retroarch menu i dont have the override section to save the overlay. Do you know why ? Thanks

[@RetroGameCorps]

You’ll need to make the overrides visible. There are instructions on how to do that in the guide, it’s closer to the beginning of the guide.

[@RoofElmao]

Thanks for content. Is it somehow possible to play java j2me old mobile phone games on a rg351 devices? thanks 😊

[@ClefCrescendo]

Hey! I have a RG351M with 351ELEC installed. I followed your instructions down to the letter, but I can't get the GB Colorization settings to apply to all the games in the content directory - in fact, I don't even see an option outside the Core and Shader settings. I can get all the Shader settings to save across the board, just not the Colorization. The only way I've found it to save is to hit "Create Game Options file".... but it only saves for THAT specific game. Do I have to repeat the process for EVERY GB game I have?

[@RetroGameCorps]

Colorization in 351ELEC is done via the main (EmulationStation) menu, not RetroArch. Check out the written guide for more info!

[@ClefCrescendo]

@@RetroGameCorps Yep! That did it! Thank you sir. Don't suppose there's a way to colorize the scraped Game Boy videos, is there?

[@RetroGameCorps]

@@ClefCrescendo unfortunately we have no control over those 😬 unless you make some of your own! 😂

[@MrMekmek29]

is this only for Ark OS or can we do this on 351 elec?

[@RetroGameCorps]

Check out the written guide, I walk you through how to set things up on 351ELEC. Most of the screen settings are already optimized in 351ELEC, thankfully.

[@tracuscherry9941]

How do you transfer memory on ps1/4 disk games like final fantasy 7 or xeno

[@paulocoelho55]

Thanks for the great tutorial, man. My only issue with shaders is that even tho I'm saving the setting per game directory, it doesn't retain the config, forcing me to re-apply the shaders every time. Do you know what'd missing here? Thanks

[@paulocoelho55]

Never mind, I just found what I needed in your awesome written guide. Thanks a lot!

[@Adderall44]

@@paulocoelho55 i cant find it in the guide why it wont stay saved... what did you do?

[@paulocoelho55]

Hey @@Adderall44, which firmware are you using? As far I can remember, for 351ELEC I setup the shader in Emulation station for each system and saved an override for content directory in Retroarch. Did you follow these steps too?

[@Adderall44]

@@paulocoelho55 yes Im using 351elec the newest version. And I saved it for the directory. I set everything I wanted and like saved every possible option where you can save. Then quit retroarch, and when i restarted the game only the GameBoy color preset and ghosting option stayed...

[@paulocoelho55]

@@Adderall44 Can you tell me what were the options you saved? I know that for overlays, you need just to save an override, but shader settings has it's own save config also.

[@Aaron-lr1di]

Thanks as always for your guides. You’ve really helped me a lot. Will this also work on the RG280V?

[@Aaron-lr1di]

@brycat9001 Damn, thank you for the reply. Do you have an RG280V?

[@jannacino5495]

How to make the pokemon ds game in 1 screen instead of two? My son complains the screen is too small🤦🏽‍♂️

[@xXDrKillJoyXx]

As soon as I turn on integer scaling the screen gets super tiny? What am I doing wrong?

[@l05tchild]

Same here. I can't figure out what I am doing different.

[@Tolboy46]

Was the solution to this ever figured out?

[@xXDrKillJoyXx]

@@Tolboy46 I haven't tried again since updating a few times, if it has been solved I haven't heard.

[@garethbeaton8414]

Love it and super comper x dremcast omg

[@l05tchild]

Whenever I enable Integer Scaling for Game Gear ROMs, the screen becomes very tiny. I set the ratio to 1:1 PAR and the screen looks good size wise but kind of distorted. And as soon as I enable INT Scaling it looks crisp but very tiny. Am I doing something wrong? :(

[@Tolboy46]

Same thing is happening to me, ever find a solution?

[@alfredo.luquerini]

Hi guys, Do you know if is there some option I can save all these settings per core ? Running gameboy games, I change the colorization to internal, LCD ghosting, Shader parameters/Brighten LCD to 6. I apply these settings and run the games, save the current config, but I need to set all of this again when I close the game.

[@mu51cl0v3r]

Does anyone know how to make the PSX games full screen? Am I missing something? I’ve looked everywhere but can’t seem to make it so the core fills up the screen. I still have black bars on the sides AND top. I’m using the most recent version of ArkOS. HEELLLLPPPP 🙂

[@Begohan1234]

Hi, love your videos, just noticed though when I go to retroarch online updater I only have update cheats and update databases (latest version of 351elec). Howcome?

[@basimnasir]

Hello, Can you please make a video as a guide for the mame roms which doesnt work on RG351P retroarch? as an example I have Xaind sleena which work perfectly on Mame(PC) but generat load error ( blue screen on RG351P Thank you

[@maayanr8]

The original GameBoy wouldn't save the colorization option... Any fix?

[@maayanr8]

Alright, found the solution (in 351ELEC v2.0): You just open the GameBoy game list view, then press "select". Then, you go to "advanced system options" and then colorization.