Guide: DOOM (+ Mods) on the RG351P

[@aeipee13]

Doom patch wads were life in the 90's. The music and voice over ones were the best.

[@mattwestling164]

Excellent guide as per usual! Thanks for the continued work and on both the videos and the written guides, they really help.

[@RetroGameCorps]

My pleasure!

[@Solid_Lohen]

@@RetroGameCorps would these ports of Doom work on the Adam Image?

[@retroandaudio8695]

Damn! Watching your videos makes me realise the sad truth that tracking my 351p on AliExpress every hour won't make the delivery faster.... :(

[@coolteethbro]

Mine still didn't arrive after 1 month. Ended up buying one on Amazon with prime. Got here in 2 days

[@retroandaudio8695]

@@coolteethbro Its more than 145 before taxes on Amazon. And some of them do not look legit

[@coolteethbro]

@@retroandaudio8695 geez! Are you outside the U.S.? Mine was $98 shipped from Amazon www.amazon.com/dp/B08LSJF3GP/ref=cm_sw_r_wa_apa_fabt1_o5TWFbG4XABGP

[@retroandaudio8695]

@@coolteethbro I'm from Canada. I got it for less than 110 from AliExpress.

[@oldnintendolink]

I bought my rg350m and rg351p from amazon its been 11 days and its not here yet

[@DesertFoxNL]

Love your tutorials !

[@RetroGameCorps]

Thank you! I have another one coming out in the next couple days.

[@walkebe3]

Awesome work Russ!! Thanks again

[@RetroGameCorps]

My pleasure!

[@c.eduardog.amorim1763]

Best video about RG351P (Brazil)

[@RetroGameCorps]

Thanks so much!

[@ph4z_]

3:58 1. [Win] + [R] 2. Enter: cmd [enter] 3. Navigate to the folder: cd "C:\Full Path\To The Files\Doom2 MUSIC" [enter] 4. Rename the files: rename "d_*.mp3" "//*.mp3" [enter] 5. Done

[@RetroGameCorps]

Thanks for the tip, I had forgotten about this cmd option! I've added it to my written guide.

[@_rage_quitter_11]

And I'm watching this now after craving some doom

[@marghostQC]

as always, good job!

[@RetroGameCorps]

Thank you!

[@picpepe]

Another excellent video, thanks for sharing and caring.

[@RetroGameCorps]

My pleasure, glad you enjoyed it!

[@grilin18.]

I really hope to get an updated version of this for the RG35xxH setup video, The 2 base Doom games and Sigil, along with some other PC port guides on there would be a big help for me

[@JamesInDigital]

FYI, process still works for Miyoo Mini Plus and I assume RG35xx and above. I was looking to get this working for Army of Darkness Doom on my Mini. I knew PRBOOM supported DEH but couldn't remember how to get it working. I tried embedding the DEH in the WAD with Slade3 but it didn't work for me. This video reminded me that Retroarch will create individual configs for the entries. For the Mini Plus version setup it will create a subfolder in saves named after the wad. For me it was saves\aooddoom1\prboom.cfg. Just add the wad and deh there as in the video and it works like a charm. Should be easy to write a script that will autocreate the cfg files after parsing the wad directory. Thanks for pointing me in the right direction!

[@dorbei]

Hi Russ, can you tell us if the new "Voxel" mod also runs on the RG351P? Maybe you can also provide a guide how to install/run it on AmberELEC?

[@systemshocker2875]

Can you Please update this? The latest update of ArkOS added LZDooM support for it. LZDooM is a fork of GZDooM,so it can run many more mods,including Brutal DooM!

[@Sneakers8b]

I know it isn't everyone's favorite but blake stone would be so tight, I buy so many of these old corridor shooters

[@RetroGameCorps]

I think those games are playable on the RG351P via the DOSBox emulator, but I haven't tried them yet!

[@TheIdiotechnical]

Not the news I was hoping for, but excellent video nonetheless. Guess my portable Brutal Doom dreams will have to remain just that.

[@RetroGameCorps]

Someone got it to work, I'm trying to persuade them to teach me. Once I figure it out I'll share the results!

[@danielsellers4958]

@@RetroGameCorps I'd be very interested in this as well if you get it figured out!

[@itadapeeza8559]

Great video! Could you do a video on how to get Duke nukem 3d on the anbernic 351p?

[@mfortugapt4life]

I had a problem my rg351p got a stuck pixel on black screen there is a small red dot, it's there any advice you can give, appreciate all the work and advice you give us, thank

[@lagz89]

perfect guide. Doom rules, this console rox

[@harrydickenbals9377]

I regret not buying an RG351

[@Zenodice]

Can I ask what theme you're using in this case? I really like it and havent seen it in the options (mind you I'm running 351Elect 2.0, not ArkOS). Also, any change you can work on a duke nukem one? I'd also suggest you try CDogs SDL, the game is great and I may actually share a ton of campaigns/custom levels I have for it that come from the oldschool PC version (but also work on this port... ive used them on my phone and they work great).

[@retropursuit992]

Great video, is there any chance you have any information on saving games? I'm really struggling with SNES, genesis and PSx not saving in-game... I also can't save state as select and X hotkey only works on boot up off a game for some reason then it stops working altogether. Thanks.

[@bson5192]

There is a known issue that retroarch screws up if you close it with the hot keys. Make sure to resume the game through the quick menu rather than using the select+× to close

[@retropursuit992]

@@bson5192 ok I'll give that a try! Thanks

[@bson5192]

Quality video

[@RetroGameCorps]

Thanks!

[@Sneakers8b]

So I see if the quake folder you have to put the pak files in them, but if I bought it on steam can I even access them? Also I have Duke nukem from steam as well, would that work in the ports section at all? Main question is the first one, I want quake badly and I will purchase again if I have to on GOG.

[@jonathancalderon2421]

You are the best channel for this, thank you so much. I am brand new to emulations period amd tbh its a bit intimidating. Even though its pretty much just moving files, i bought two of these, one for me and one for my girlfriend. I was wondering, what do i need in order to do what you do on your computer when it comes to micro sds? I have a mac and a pc that i built myself but theres no micro sd or sd slots

[@RetroGameCorps]

Thanks for watching! I just use a USB microSD card reader, it makes it super easy, and will work on Mac or PC: retrogamecorps.com/shop/

[@kernot]

Thanks a lot!, I was confused without music on doom, also tried Wolfenstein, Quake and Quake 2, all working great except Quake 2, looks like we have not enough power for it.

[@RetroGameCorps]

A new Quake 2 port is in the works for ArkOS (at the very least), although they are having issues implementing the music at this point.

[@alejandrodiaz-lopez694]

Awesome video. Thank you so much for your content. Anyway to run homebrew games on the rg351p? I've seen people running homebrew games like streets of rage remake on the rg350. Any guidance will be appreciated.

[@RetroGameCorps]

Hey, so homebrew games have to be specifically ported over to this device, which hasn't really happened for most games like it has for the RG350. Part of that is because OpenDingux (the firmware for the RG350) has been around since 2014, while these RK3326 devices just came out about a year ago. So we may see more in the future, but it'll take time.

[@timurryssuly305]

where can i find the doom port files? i accidentaly deleted them

[@M3gasky9]

Good guide! Could have just used Bulk Rename Utility for those music files though :)

[@ChippyPippy]

Any other GOG games that can be ported over to this device?

[@Calciferic]

Thank you for the tutorial! I have a question about music on MODs. I have tried some and they just run silent. Is there a way to fix this or alternatively just to have it use the Doom/Doom2 original music?

[@RetroGameCorps]

Hi, it depends on what firmware you're using. If you're on ArkOS, you generally won't hear the music for the mods at all. 351ELEC and the stock firmware does a better job. Because each of the mods have different file systems within the WADs, it's hard to anticipate which game's music will actually work!

[@mh23hm]

Got the RG351P yesterday, loaded it up with 351elec and thousands of games on a large sd card, but for someone reason my "storage" partition is already maxed out at 1.35GB (didn't even realize until my PC kept warning me I only had 4MB left free on it). I think it's causing random issues like psp and psx telling me I can't play games because I can't create data saves. After maxing out storage my retroarch GUI also automatically changed out of XMB and sound for video snaps stopped working even though audio is enabled. Weird. Still got 166GB of storage on the "Games" part, so not sure why so little was used for the "storage" part. Any idea why this happened? Is it because I updated/downloaded assets and other things in retroarch? Is there an easy way to expand the allocated space for "storage"? update: I just found a couple large 250-350MB .PAK files in "storage/config/openbor/paks" for openbor games I originally added to "games/roms/openbor"... that seems like a big reason I'm maxed out, is that normal for openbor games? Worst part is Openbor doesn't even seem to work on 351elec.

[@marghostQC]

I suggest you to go ahead and try arkos!

[@bson5192]

ARKOS is much better

[@mh23hm]

@@marghostQC unfortunately openbor isn't available on arkos... I will probably go with whichever gets it to work first.

[@СергейТ-л5ь]

Thanks Man, great guide ! Is it possible to add/make shortcuts for specific doom mods in emulationstation ports menu, so we could start that mods like default doom games ?

[@RetroGameCorps]

Hi, great idea, I just added that option to the written guide. Thanks for the insipration!

[@sergiot.3355]

@@RetroGameCorps You are welcome, keep it up!

[@jamieadams4310]

Thanks for the help! I got Doom 2 working perfectly, but for some reason I can't get Doom 1 to show in my games list using latest version of anberports and Arkos..

[@barowt]

You're going to get a bunch of view on a lot of your videos from me, even more when my rg351m comes in.

[@MatOfTheDead]

how do i get the port menu to appear on 351ELEC

[@Karrigsturn]

Thanks for the video, playing some doom now on my handheld while getting through doom eternal on my PC.

[@RetroGameCorps]

Enjoy!

[@dorbei]

I put the doom1.wad and doom2.wad files into both the "ports" and "doom" folder but neither game works either way. Also total conversions like "Ashes 2063" don't work either. Plz help. I'm using current version of AmberELEC on RG351P.

[@neilwalker4277]

Is there an updated set of instructions because this doesn't work on the new 351ELEC (I have MP version), you have to put the files in the doom folder (not ports) - presume this is so doom is a collection rather than having to go through ports - you have to create a .doom file for each wad (not just copy the wad file). In the ports folder there are no doom files either. I don't know if there's a better way to avoid creating .doom files or which folder the mp3 files have to go...

[@Strohbie]

Seems like the latest image of 351Elec is missing Doom + Doom2 ports, am I SOL?

[@fullcircleaudio]

Are there free versions? Does this work on rg35xx? Thanks

[@corymcdonald1369]

Will the Rgb20s run doom? I'm trying to figure this stuff out :(

[@johntrevy1]

I don't know if there is a reason for this. But when I used the stock firmware the doom I used supported midi output, but the doom on ArkOS doesn't. Is there any way to use midi without having to download mp3 files?

[@M1k3Mc4]

Hi! Wonder of you could please help! I am getting no in game audio for my dreamcast emulator on the RG351P! All other sounds on the system work, just not the Dreamcast! Any suggestions to help? Thanks in advance! Ps love the informative videos!

[@RetroGameCorps]

Sorry to hear that's happening to you. I would check the RetroArch options for the FlyCast core and see if there's something there that can fix it. The audio should work!

[@logic63]

Can you please make a guide for input/controller setup? I tried to change mine for certain emulators and now I screwed them all up and have to reset them every time I want to play a game. 😩

[@SYratherripped]

I've done everything correctly I swear, but I get a red text software error about it missing a bios? But I have the prboom.wad in the bios folder, and in the ports/doom and ports/doom2 folders just in case. What could I be missing?

[@louiscypher9493]

Please could yould you help me. I can't launch doom in the ports menu but i can launch it in retroarch. I load the core prboom and after i launch the content (Doom.wad int the ports folder). Could you help me to launch the game inside the ports menu ? I don't know how to do it.

[@krrichards77]

EXCELLENT VIDEO - I recommend Bulk Rename Utility works like a charm..... Seperate question, could you make a video on add OPENBOR for ArkOS on RG351P please ?

[@krrichards77]

Also I am using ArkOS with PC compatable ROM folder, is this the same ?

[@RetroGameCorps]

Sure, I know the developer is working on OpenBOR right now, so it might be a bit.

[@RetroGameCorps]

Yes, if you check my written guide I go into detail for specific locations/requirements for ArkOS!

[@ratface071394]

Is the Doom engine only able to go up to 40 fps for this device? I'd like to know because I want to get a handheld specifically for Doom games.

[@NickDyers]

even at 30fps classic doom is fully perfect playable. You can go nuts with 400fps Doom Eternal, and still not enough.

[@ratface071394]

@@NickDyers oh I agree that Doom 30 fps is totally fine. Doom mods can make things a little more complicated though.

[@NickDyers]

@@ratface071394 there are ton of classic doom mods you can enjoy for entire life which run perfectly with 30fps limitation, for handheld. Unless you have to play solely brutaldoom based recent mods.

[@ratface071394]

@@NickDyers totally! I agree with all that. As long as these Chinese handhelds have the software compatibility I can have a ton of boomer shooter fun. Although I could probably do better than a RG351P now with what's on the market. There's always a new device on the way lol.

[@mindyournose]

I know this is old now mate but is there any way to get all these retro ports of doom easily on rog ally please mate

[@Vitorlean]

Bro i need help!When I plug the original sd card into my computer I only have the emulec showing. I cannot find the games on a separate drive. Any ideas on how I can go about finding it?I need backup games and paste bios from stock sd card. and now man?pls help. when i go in disk genius and select disk emuelec, only show paste extlinux and not show GAMES!

[@jimmypage9283]

Does this guide work the same for Retroid Pocket 3 Plus?

[@GTA_500]

Android is a lot different .

[@Biquetpoyon]

You can use Bulk Rename Utility to rename all those files. Maybe something you want to add to your guide ;)

[@RetroGameCorps]

Just added it to the written guide, thanks for the suggestion!

[@michaelphillips1095]

Hey. I really want to play amiga / dos box on my rg351p but have no idea how to go about it!! Can you help at all? There are no guides out there and reckon som more old folk like me (???!?!?!) Would appreciate the help. I can set up the amiga file and front end and get the games on but can't sort the bios to run them? And dos box i don't know how to do at all! Any help would be so awesome coz the 351p deserves it its a brilliant handheld. I barely touch my retroid pocket 2 these days..!!

[@RetroGameCorps]

I feel the same way, I barely turn on my RP2 nowadays. DOSBox is relatively easy, you just extract all of the game files into a folder, put the folder in the "dos" folder on your partition, then run the .exe file. Amiga is much more complex, I need to do a legit guide on that. I too have had problems getting it running!

[@michaelphillips1095]

@@RetroGameCorps thanks mate ill have a look at that. Yeah amiga has me scratching my head alright 🤣. The front end and the options mean not only the rg351p is pick up and play but its just far more intuitive to tweak the settings and I dont feel like I'm going to create major issues if I make a mistake. I've backed up my memory card and bios so I'm confident to just get in there. Terrific videos and content as ever, superb channel...

[@lagz89]

is there a guide for PsVita + Retroarch + Doom ?

[@lagz89]

i´ve tried here with retroarch and its very choppy, and slow, What could it be?

[@leecollins5479]

i have done everything thats need but cant set doom running on my 351p with arkos.doom2 plays great but i just cant get doom running,when i click doom it goes to the arkos screen then kicks me back to the ports screen,any ideas

[@jakei8322]

Im in the same boat, did you figure anything out since then?

[@Xjag]

how do you get the ports folder without connecting to wifi mine doesent connect

[@louiscypher9493]

I use the last version of arkos and a rg351m.

[@Ostnizdasht206]

Is this the same process for 351elec?

[@mattsephton]

You probably spotted it but typo at 13:46

[@RetroGameCorps]

Good eye! Yeah I caught it later, after I had edited the video down ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@mattsephton]

@@RetroGameCorps always the way!

[@TheSabbath94]

I followed all the steps but still I still get an error when trying to start the game on 351ELEC. I buy the games by GOG so the WAD files are original.

[@ulysses5069]

I'm at a loss. I'm installing this on 351elec and can't seem to get Doom 1 to work. Do I put my Doom.wad file in the storage/roms/ports/doom1 folder? It still won't work if I do that. I tried renaming the file to the one on the anberports wiki and it doesn't work. Can anyone help me?

[@YASYTU]

Changing from 40 to 60 fps should make the game a whole 50% faster.

[@Bostich]

(351V) - Just adding the doom directories and doom.wads in 351ELEC seems to do nothing. It doesn't automatically create the .sh files. So far Ports with 351ELEC seem very frustrating.

[@romanromaneev4976]

Please, make video about how to run dosbox games!!!!

[@RetroGameCorps]

It's on my list!

[@movementnomads286]

Isn't Doom already on there? Just like some other ported games?

[@ZForceFFC]

ArkOS comes preloaded with Doom, but it's the Shareware version (only first episode is playable) I don't remember if 351Elec or the stock firmware have them preloaded.

[@intricate24]

Hi for some reason it didn't work on my rg351p, I'm using emuelec 3.7 firmware update. thanks

[@thebookkeeper3508]

Does anyone know if the way ArkOS handles Doom has changed recently? The game no longer boots from the Ports directory for me. However, there is a Doom folder inside Easyroms. If I copy my original Doom ports folder to there it does work, but all the options are different, the aspect ratio is fixed to 4:3, and the controls are not mapped nearly as well as they were when the game worked as a port. I had also copied Doom 2016 music mp3s to have the same name as the original doom music filenames, but these don't work any more, either.

[@RetroGameCorps]

The new doom folder is for LZDoom, here is my guide: retrogamecorps.com/2021/01/03/guide-lzdoom-for-rg351p-arkos/

[@afifnaqiudien6683]

Hi, i am having trouble on how to get on ppsspp menu. what is the hotkey to open the ppsspp menu?

[@RetroGameCorps]

Hi, it depends on the firmware you're using, but try clicking one of the thumbsticks, if that doesn't work, try R2.

[@NicoSensei]

Superb video as always! Would you mind sharing the link to the Wolfenstein total conversion? I can't fnd it in the written tuto... And I'd really like to give it a go! Well, I was lazy, googled this: www.wad-archive.com/wad/Wolfenstein-3D-2nd-Encounter, is that the one? There's a Spear of Destiny remake too.

[@RetroGameCorps]

Hi, check out the WolfenDOOM website, it has all of the mods. Second Encounter features new levels, the one I like to use is called "The Original Missions": lazrojas.com/wolfendoom/index2.html

[@MrDrizzleYo]

i can download doom wad from retro ark using wifi..how does that work?

[@thecat2098]

I wish quake II to be playable in the rg351p, I don't like playing the ps1 version, it's boring and the mission is short...

[@DesertFoxNL]

rumor is it's in the works

[@thecat2098]

@@DesertFoxNL May I know where you heard about it?

[@RetroGameCorps]

The firmware developers are working on it now, it seems to be running well except for the in-game music. Hopefully we'll see something in the next couple of weeks!

[@thecat2098]

@@RetroGameCorps I've just updated my arkos to 1.4 I didn't know quake 2 was already added in the ports.. and I've just purchased an retroid pocket 2 orange, well anyway at least I both different handhelds :/

[@ZForceFFC]

Does anyone know how to get Wolf 3D (Full Version) up and running? I copied my files from the steam version of the game into the folder that says "Put Wolf 3D files here" but I still only have the shareware version of the game (this is on ArkOS) I figure I must have put something wrong somewhere. I also plan to go through this guide as I got my Doom and Doom 2 wads up and working but there was no music, thanks to this guide, now I know why :)

[@RetroGameCorps]

Hi, I just tested it and it worked for me. I removed everything from the ports/ecwolf folder except the ecwolf.pk3 file, and these are the files I added from the Program Files/wolf3d folder of my retail copy: AUDIOHED.WL6, AUDIOT.WG, GAMEMAPS.WL6, MAPHEAD.WL6, VGADICT.WL6, VGAGRAPH.WL6, VGAHEAD.WL6, VSWAP.WLG, WOLF3D.EXE One thing I noticed is that when switching to analog controls, my character moves too fast. Let me know if you experience the same!

[@ZForceFFC]

@@RetroGameCorps Thank you for the assistance, I got wolf 3d full version working now. I didn't notice any issues with the character moving too fast, although I didn't change any of the controls, I was moving my character around using the D-Pad (although the analog stick worked for movement as well). The only thing I couldn't figure out how to do is go to the menu to save game, etc. PRessing the start button in Doom puts you in the menu, in Wolfenstein, it just pauses the game.

[@calvincaltmanjr5155]

How do i install Doom 3 port on RG 351P ? I am using Ark OS

[@Sneakers8b]

how come my wad files from GOG are in all caps? does it matter?

[@RetroGameCorps]

It only matters for the system that launches the WADs. GOG uses all caps WADs, which I think is also what is in the original PC image. These other operating systems define the caps in other ways, hence the disparity. It won't affect the game itself, just the launcher.

[@johnmurcott1273]

Can't you play it on Gameboy advance?

[@DieCastErn]

Can u try Doom 3? Or it won’t work

[@RetroGameCorps]

Unfortunately it isn't supported in the RetroArch core I'm using to run these games. It is theoretically possible if another DOOM emulator, like ZDoom gets ported over to this device in the future.

[@steec6713]

Will this work with the M?

[@RetroGameCorps]

Here’s my Doom guide for RG350 devices: retrogamecorps.com/2020/09/11/guide-rg350-native-apps-and-games/#DOOM

[@steec6713]

@@RetroGameCorps thanks bro

[@dabman9688]

Really wish the guide was for 351 elec ive done every thing in my power and it just wont work

[@RetroGameCorps]

Check out my written LZDoom guide on my website, I added a 351ELEC specific section.

[@xDrunkenxSovietx]

I installed moon man doom when I learned how to do this on my home emulator and now every time I have friends over and they boot it up it always ends up on moon man doom 😂

[@d.m.hutchins2nd696]

If music can be added to Doom WADs that easily, I can see no reason that we can't have an mp3 player on the RG351P.

[@RetroGameCorps]

Agreed, I think the firmware developers just haven't gotten to it yet.

[@Master20Bucks]

I am just not getting this to work. No matter how I set it up nothing works for doom. It will not work regardless of how I have it set up.

[@johntrevy1]

Sweet. Just wish they would port Half-Life to this device.

[@coolteethbro]

Right. What a dream

[@johntrevy1]

@@coolteethbro It is not if it wouldn't be doable, I mean the 351p is more than powerful enough.

[@DesertFoxNL]

I think there is an Half Life for Dreamcast - but that might not run well...

[@RetroGameCorps]

I'd really love to see the OG Halo on here, too.

[@johntrevy1]

@@RetroGameCorps I would love to see what this device could do in terms of original content, I mean it is not as if it is constrained by storage space. If they needed to use the same amount of space as a modern commercial game is today they could simply have it boot a stripped down version of the OS.

[@blidosawr]

Instead of renaming every file, you guys might want an app called smartRename for windows github.com/chrdavis/SmartRename it's super easy

[@JCORR76]

WHen I open the Doom games, the right stick is not configured by default. How can you configure it? I just don't get how to configure controls on Retroarch games...

[@RetroGameCorps]

There's a section in this video that shows you how to configure the controls for dual analog gameplay. Or check out the written guide in the link!

[@electrohacker]

doesnt work anymore

[@Biquetpoyon]

The modpack you included is kinda useless, as it doesn't have the same structure as the mods you give an explanation for.

[@RetroGameCorps]

Go into the .mods folder in that package and you will find all the associated WADs and deh/bex files for each mod. If you need to figure out what name is associated with each mod, open up the .doom file for that particular mod in the root folder and the code will tell you what WADs and deh/bex files are needed. It's not glamorous, but it gets the job done without having to download each mod individually.

[@retronister8816]

Hey man, love your channel, gold contents :D i got myself a rg351p but cant seem to get it to work with pk3 files (i got brutaldoomv21 and Project Brutality 3.0) do you or any good sir here have this problem?

[@RetroGameCorps]

This guide is good for some mods, but I recommend checking out my LZDoom guide if you want those mods to work.