THIS Is The Retro Handheld to Get Under $70 - Anbernic RG35XX H Review

[@Portly]

What do you guys think of the RG35XX H? Have you tried it yourself? Is there another handheld you prefer? Let me know! I’m super curious and always down to learn more about these fun little devices.

[@daydreamerflores5333]

Hey do you k ow if the Pokémon games or street fighter games be connected to other rg35xx and have little pvp battles? Or poke trades?

[@lauraacevedodomenech700]

Will be my first time to buy one of this, but Do you download the games or does it bring the games to it?

[@Harren20]

Does this have Megaman Legends on it? If not, do you know if any of the other versions have it?

[@stevengiguere5072]

@@Harren20 I think it's on your own to find the game and transfer on it by usb (or maybe sd card, don't know the specs) look up for ROMS ( I can't tell you how to do, cuz this maybe illegal, but you can found bunch of topic on this if you google search a little bit)

[@stevengiguere5072]

@@Harren20 7:58 You will need to supply your own rom on it, if you can't find the title you want

[@thedorklord8722]

A coworker actually gave me this for free. My nephew and me love it, he calls it the little Switch

[@adampeterson9664]

In my mind I said it like Nacho Libre, "the leetle sweetch"

[@VEXG32]

@@adampeterson9664 “Chancho! Let me borrow the leetle sweetch!” Lmao😂

[@earthsucks9555]

You have a cool co-worker

[@MFourtySeven]

You stole it from your co worker huh?

[@thebenman8657]

@@adampeterson9664😂😂

[@SomeRandomguy.42]

I just saw the Anbernic RG35XX H add in YT reels and this was the next video I came across when i typed review into the search bar, and you my friend have yourself a new subscriber, this was a great video, clean explanations, loved your enthusiasm and energy all around! now I just need to find a site in AUS that I can buy one thats not so expensive as the offical site is selling them for 150$ and thats madness!!

[@mysterykitty587]

I mean.... I'm just looking into more lately emulator devices aaaaand idk if this thing can play all pokemon gba/ds games for me buttery smooth without crashes or problems then its fricken worth $150 to me considering physical authentic cartridges of the pokemon games all are ranging between $100-$200 for ONE game. Its fricken ridiculous... I just want to be able to play the gba/ds/3ds pokemon games without it obliterating my bank account...

[@GagebamfEmerson]

I’ve had the Anbernic RG35xx for a month or so now & I’ve loved it so I’m stoked to try this one!

[@CoDwithSwords]

Your comedic delivery is incredible. No joke, the funniest KZbinr I've found in years

[@Portly]

I appreciate that very much! 😁

[@scottcliff6595]

I was saying the same thing! Ultimately the reason why I subscribe to him!

[@davidsapir3764]

The RG35XX H is so addictive, comfortable and fun to play. There isn't even a close second at this price.

[@devineworld120]

Rgb30

[@stevenramirez514]

This was the first and only video I watched about this system and you literally covered every single question I had without me even asking 😂 thank you sir you have yourself a new subscriber!

[@rogerchew7]

Man of culture. I note the ff9 black mage village theme and the persona5 theme in the background.

[@mitchellhoward3580]

So glad this video popped up. My wife and kids got me the 35xx for my birthday a few months ago but the toddler knocked it off the back of the couch and the screen broke. The replacement screen was almost the same cost as getting a new one. I bought through your Amazon link and got a 5% coupon. Keep up the good work

[@wktryj]

I just ordered mine + 2 replacement SD cards (16/64gb). I'm so excited for the RG35XX *Hamburger*

[@jayteepanganiban4301]

Just curious. Why do you need 2 sd cards?

[@zwarto9152]

​@@jayteepanganiban4301 if you want to add more games, an extra SD card slot gives you more storage

[@wktryj]

@@jayteepanganiban4301 one for the OS and the other one for the games. it makes file management easier that way imo

[@somevelvettmourning]

​@@jayteepanganiban4301more games ☺️

[@rikib3652]

Love your sense of humor man.

[@GamerBuds]

This looks pretty sick! I’ve never owned a physical emulator before but this one might just be that! I really like the sleek look of the black one too! Thanks for the review dude 🙌🏼!!!

[@dianasalazar6184]

I just bought one of of TikTok shop they were running a promotion for new customers and got $20 off ended up paying $32 tax included. I’m very excited to get my hands on it.

[@kenobi639]

People trash tik tok but they seriously have legit deals on tech. Stack the "New customer deal" with the 30% off coupon they give you (up to $20) + free shipping and you can get some stupid good deals I got the Arc-S for $46 out the door. That would be $90+ ordering from Anbernic. Shit is too good to pass up

[@lukesanderson2182]

Got one off tick tock shop for £18

[@dianasalazar6184]

@@lukesanderson2182 Just got it in so far it's great. For the price I paid I am beyond happy so I think you got a super great deal!

[@scjgreen]

Same man, should be with me in the next couple of days ​@@lukesanderson2182

[@zesty569]

Got one off tiktok shop for the same price! It arrives in a few more days, im so excited to try it out.

[@bhris6416]

Saw power stone and immediately was sold, super fond memories on the Dreamcast.

[@B0sser]

Okay had the plus in my baskeet switched it out for the H because of you. Bought it to accompany us with our long flight hope it doesnt dissapoint :)

[@CobaltFalconGaming]

I’ve been on a retro kick lately. The fact that I can play the old Pokemon games on it is amazing. I wish I knew more about ROM so I could download Heart Gold / Soul Silver.

[@noahman_76]

This guy is underrated keep up the great work

[@enthused7591]

All these companies are surely hearing our disdain for the names that sound like part numbers for an all-in-one printer. Anbernic needs to be bold and lead the charge by naming their next device the Super Dragon Front Flip

[@whiskeyjack4240]

I have seen few reviews of this console, this is the best one, really appreciate that you share feedback on how different games run, thanks man!

[@benhetherington2261]

Bro, the nostalgia hit when I realised the background music to your video was from the original PS1 Ape Escape … hot damn

[@DribbleP]

I just bought one cant wait for it to arrive didn't know you can connect it to your tv so now im going to have to get a controller

[@IdaHok-bd1bz]

you have a fantastic way of making the viewers feel included!

[@partskeleton]

If I could play Skies of Arcadia on this my life would change forever

[@simongrove2369]

You know you can play Skies of Arcadia on a phone, right? (unless you have an iPhone)

[@ZVINTAO]

dude is playing black mage village song from FFIX in the background, huge respect

[@numberoneappgames]

It's the work they did on the DS emulator that makes this device an affordable option for people looking to get into devices like this.

[@Cyko..]

Nice review! This thing is a STEAL for under $70! I got mine in clear purple and it looks great! The purple is very subtle. I put Batocera Lite on mine and it runs great! Boot up time takes about 45 seconds though, but that's a lot better than it was a couple weeks ago when it took a minute and 50 seconds! I was amazed at how well N64 and Dreamcast worked! N64's Conker's Bad Fur Day and WWF No Mercy were no problem! Dead or Alive 2, one of the harder Dreamcast games to emulate, ran just like I remembered it! An amazing system! Feels great in the hands, battery lasts a long time, controls are excellent, and the screen is beautiful! Worth every penny!

[@Portly]

Been considering trying Batocera once this video was done. I’ll have to check it out!

[@Cyko..]

@@Portly I did the same thing as you and compared sizes by placing it directly on top of my Switch Lite on my Instagram a couple weeks ago! 🤣😂 I’m running Batocera Lite in the photo and it looks great!

[@Cyko..]

UPDATE: Anbernic came out with a stock version 1.1.6 so I tried that, and WOW! It's not as flashy and fancy like Batocera was, but performance is MUCH better, and battery lasts longer too. Boot up time for me is about 30 seconds because I added a few more systems through RetroArch (Intellivision, ColecoVision, ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, SG-1000, Odyssey2, etc). Saturn works great for most games I tried, Dreamcast and N64 seem to run a lot better. and PSP was a little better as well. The one thing I miss though is the lack of ports support. Anbernic gave us no documentation whatsoever. I figured out how to get GTA III, GTA Vice City, VVVVVV, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles : Shredder's Revenge to work, but I can not for the life of me figure out how to get Duke Nukem 3D, Sonic Mania, Half-Life, and Shovel Knight to work. I HAD Stardew Valley working but I switched cards and now I can't remember what I did to get it working! 😠I'm not too overly concerned because I have another Anbernic device (the RG351MP with a superb 640x480 screen) and I've got about 30 ports running on that. But it would be nice to have some instructions on how to set up ports, ANBERNIC!

[@ethanchan9089]

thanks for the recommendation! will look into it in the future!

[@austinsander3966]

Do the GBA games offer the fast forward feature? Wondering if it does to play pokemon games. Thanks

[@alfordv1]

Mine arrives tomorrow, really can't wait. I would have loved to play No Mercy flawlessly but beggars can't be choosers

[@Don12321]

How is it?

[@alfordv1]

@Don12321 I ended up changing the stock OS to Batocera which was simple. Stock OS and retroarch played n64 games horribly, changed to Batocera and changed the emulator to Mupen64 (I think) and n64 including No Mercy runs very well for me. The very occasional stutter which doesn't detract, but the retroarch was unplayable. Dreamcast games are solid too. Nice bit of kit to be fair if you can grab it cheap

[@suhtangwong]

Nice video! I'm still debating on this one, although I already have mm+, r36s (my fave budget console so far), rp4 pro and deck.

[@Portly]

Yeah I still want more of these so I don’t blame you lol

[@EVOL-Hobby]

Rp4 pro is so good but i cant find it at a decent pricetag anymore

[@suhtangwong]

@@EVOL-Hobby should've Preordered it when it dropped. I don't regret it one bit 👌

[@ndMaikel]

​@@suhtangwong why do you prefer the R36S over your mm+? Heard the buttons and pads are worse than the mm+ which are the most important things on a retro handheld.. otherwise you also could emulate on your smartphone if controls aren't that important

[@Shortswithamongus-h5g]

Got 35xx last year and loved it

[@jmanpsn]

Just bought mine from the TikTok shop for $33 after taxes and free shipping. Can’t wait to play retro games on it!

[@Osamavert]

From where????

[@jmanpsn]

@@Osamavert TikTok shop first time buyer discount of 40% they were going for around $45 if I remember correctly.

[@Syph0this]

Just got mine for £18.00, I made a new account and got like an insane first buyers discount.@@jmanpsn

[@magnawaves]

That's a great price. If anyone wants something beefier, the RG405M is this device but...more, and with the switch's stick layout. Metal shell and all, very cool. I LOVE how this feels in the hand. The RG35XXBBQH seems like it's way better for SNES era and back as well as all gameboys. It seems this one actually has more ports than the 405 I have...hmm (no, must resist...)

[@enriquemeza5291]

Definitely one of my all time favorite handhelds. If you’re knowledgeable enough to replace the OS with Knulli, it is AMAZING

[@VladlustTV]

Been looking forward to this review, thanks Portly!

[@Portly]

Thank YOU good sir!

[@guuppa]

looks possibly great to play old monster hunter games on the go. thanks for the review!

[@CHICKENmcNUGGIESMydude]

i play monster hunter on the psp LETS GO and i play monster hunter generations ultimate on the anbernic 556 using switch emulator LOOKS AMAZING better then my 4k pc

[@DannyWilliamH]

Funny how the difference between a toyish feel and a premium feel is adding slabs of metal for weight lol. Just adding false, meaningless weight makes us go "oh, this is better".

[@eVill504]

Did it come with pokemon fire red or leaf green? I believe they were GBA

[@grizgames6458]

Man you man me laugh when you just randomly said honcho 😂 good review I’m gonna pick up 2 for me and my 8 year old son

[@murkdeth3207]

I appreciate you taking the time for this review.

[@gloe9362]

Nice little device! I have about 10k games in it. Plays DC, PSP, PS1 mostly fine.

[@Deyade-k3t]

Thanks for the review it convised me that buy

[@Blackoutseven]

Does it have all Pokémon games from GB to DS? Like all of them ?

[@firewolf9114]

I probably wont buy it but i think thats really amazing piece of gear

[@jadenshinholster9235]

i cant wait for mine to come in!!!

[@Bvleis]

Love the video....but for those of us who want to transfer the pokemon from the rom to legit games, its kinda hard/impossible. The way the anbernic saves it's save games and the way it gets transferred just does not work out even using cfw. So if u wanna just play... Get an anbernic, if u wna keep the mon....well get a 3ds haha

[@humanbeingfromearth]

I just found your channel. I enjoyed this video. Subscribed

[@Fortress500]

To think we have this technology in the palm of our hands for that price is just absolutely amazing. You could vaporize a medieval peasant with this thing, and it just costs a couple bucks to us.

[@loganpittfitt]

1 minute in and the back to back dad jokes made me sub LOL

[@DPSGames]

I want this so bad! You've convinced good buddy!

[@999xoddam]

R36 is a revamped version of the RG35 which is about the same or better quality as the one shown here. I do think this form factor is much better especially with the thumbstick placement. On the original Gameboy style one, they're a bit hard to use comfortably after a while.

[@CrocoDylianVT]

look also at the 3DS, 3DS XL or 2DS, they can't play N64, Dreamcast or PSP, but they can play every other Nintendo handheld before them, as well as every other Nintendo home console up till the SNES, and are the best and intended way to play DS as well, as well as having a WAY BIGGER community, homebrew scene and online (although the servers closed just today they can be brought back through homebrew) and also easier troubleshooting because of the bigger community, considering the 3DS family sold almos 80 million units, I got my 2DS for $60 like 3 years ago, but currently a 3DS can be found on that price on local marketplaces like Facebook Marketplace or flea markets and even lower in the latter, if you can snatch a New 3DS/XL/2DSXL even better as the homebrew possibilities expand even further with PS1, Arcade and N64 emulation too, as well as many fan ports, they even got GTA 3 running on the New units

[@Yikesthisstuff]

So you have a ds with emulators? Where can I purchase that? Can't this device he's showcasing also play ds games? I'm itching to play fire emblem games.

[@SoundToxin]

Looks a lot like the RG353M but with worse chip and OS options. I'm pretty happy with my RG353M running ROCKNIX and would recommend splurging for that if you're able. It's also got a touchscreen.

[@tilelayer8287]

FF IX background music. Nice!

[@rvkasper]

great videos Loving my H so far im testing MuOS 11

[@iCozzh]

You should only own to handhelds. One super portable you can have all the time. Which is the miyoo mini and the other handheld thats powerful enough to run everything you want at home. Size and form factor is completely up to your preferences.

[@joestrauch6091]

Great video! I just got mine in the mail and its really cool, however I have questions! I actually kind of screwed up already with the "retroarch" settings and cannot get things back to normal/ how I want them. For the most part I plan on playing Pokémon, and I hear that I should download garlic, or some other sort of program that's way over my head. If your could make a video showing a download walkthrough of a good program with games that are reliable roms (as I hear the ones that come with it can have issues). Also a good walkthrough of preffered settings (like fast forward) specifically for Pokémon would be extremely helpful. I DONT SEE GOOD VIDEOS ANYWHERE. Maybe in the next month or so you could make something to help. Something that I can have all my Pokémon's games on, and pick it up in 6 years and continue to play. In the mean time ill be playing with my screwed up settings! haha

[@MikeRecordsStuff]

The struggle to find an H word made me hit the subscribe button immediately.

[@AiSharkgg]

Love these!

[@becentralized]

love this vid keep it up pimp

[@internetgoat4831]

Good video. How long does the Battery Life last at best?

[@Xelif37]

Excellent content, I have also been speculating on the "H" acronym. I have narrowed it down to "Hexagon" or "Handsome"?

[@Portly]

Ah yes. Of course!

[@danilowinckler8353]

Cara o que o Fabiano Menotti tá fazendo agora, parou de cantar e tá fazendo review de retrogame. Top adorei.

[@turnbasedtoddy7664]

I disagree about Dreamcast running flawless. Mine ran with frame skip out of the box which half’s the frame rate on games so that’s definitely not flawless. Some games run full speed but most do not.

[@japyoo2248]

Yea top end is ps1

[@harms269]

i got my iphone with the delta emulator with my backbone attachment. works perfect for me! get any game i want up to nintendo ds.

[@Portly]

Great!

[@rogerperez4332]

Can you trade Pokémon from one device to the other?

[@jonver92]

Wondering this also

[@grizgames6458]

I know you can with other anbernic devices so I’m assuming yes just search trading Pokémon anbernic there’s several guides

[@wolfezz5741]

Searched for a nds/n64 handheld since my RG300 is unable to emulate those, video made my buy the RG35XX H now.

[@mawadam6723]

Can I download new games in these devices?

[@filipjachimczak7281]

How do you find the Pokémon games? Just had mine delivered and I cannot find them anywhere

[@hangingoutdude]

nice ff9 music in the background! ;)

[@CL0UDYx1879]

Does anyone have a list of all the Pokémon games this has. Great video keep doing what you’re doing!

[@rhysgriffiths9797]

I got one today and didnt have any pokemon games on it :(

[@jamesdavies686]

The 35XX plus is absolutely worth it over the regular 35XX, faster chipset and WiFi alone is worth the upgrade. Plus if you own the H, they are identical chipsets so the SD card is interchangeable. Plus 35XX plus and H have actively developed operating systems. Garlic for the original is pretty much dead in the water and the dev hasn't done anything in a long while.

[@zwenkwiel816]

I dno man, I have the 35xx and the 35xxh and I kind of prefer the OG 35xx in a lot of ways. mainly because of Garlic, just can't beat the user friendliness of GarlicOS with it's sub 10 seconds boot times and autosaving/loading no matter what you do. like you can just exit a game or turn the device off and next time you turn it on (or months later when you boot the game up again) it just picks up where you left within 10 seconds. don't really see why you would need updates when everything works so flawlessly. same with wifi, really don't see why they even have it when there's no scraper built into the stock OS. stock Os on the 35XXH just isn't as clean or user friendly though being able to play dreamcast and n64 is nice, I'll probably install batocera on the 35xxh

[@IDK-lh6ir]

I have a question is it possible for it to run any GameCube or PS2 games at all? I just purchased mine and it comes within a couple days. Awesome content i genuinely love your humor and your editing too

[@Portly]

Nahh you’d need something like the RG405. Something that uses android and a little more power

[@kylewoosley8440]

Can it play all Pokémon NDS games smoothly? I’m looking into one for those more expensive DS games (SoulSilver, HeartGold, Black, White, Black 2, White 2).

[@CDubya.82]

Mario. That certain plumber is Mario!! The one from Ninttendo games.

[@loop9022]

Ordered this last night on Tiktok, was only £18.25

[@loop9022]

Free delivery too

[@greezuddin831]

Same here .. I was thinking isit to good to be true 😂

[@jaykorosu832]

how

[@ghosttoast9983]

You're gonna get a REALLY cheap knock off 😂

[@nix2939]

Did it arrive? Never seen em anywhere near that cheap

[@Soeupreme]

I'm here because I've been playing Pokemon Ruby on my GBA SP & I'm about to finish the game, I need something else to play afterwards & the RG35XX has preloaded games? I need one 😂

[@Soeupreme]

H**

[@JgHaverty]

Just ordered one of these Hs off aliexpress for 44$ with free shipping lol. Should arrive in a week or so. For those of you that have these, i have a quick question -> i know its not good for ps2 (at all) but the only game im interested in playing is final fantasy x. I cant find any info on this specific chipset. For context, the rk3326 is *just* slightly not enough to play it. Ffx is unbelievably optimized and can play on most toasters reasonably well. My 5 year old note 20 plays ffx with 4x scaling with zero issues. Many other ps2 games run horribly

[@Mason-us2zx]

Looks great for everything else, but I think DS was a little too out of scope for them. Screen swapping is too inconvenient and split-screening that smaller screen into even smaller ones is too rough.

[@Flores310]

Hepatitis lol actually made me chuckle

[@seanducey7467]

Im buzzing to play all the pokemon games i missed after the advance.. any recommends for your favorite pokemon games?

[@Matthewtopia]

Black and White/black and white 2

[@herbythechef7624]

Heart gold and soulsilver or platinum

[@hihiflyer]

I’m looking for something like this for my son’s 5th birthday. What is the process for adding games (a specific plumber) and what preloaded games are the best for his age?

[@karlchristie1856]

But does it do wireless stuff?

[@Potsogold]

love the FF IX music! hahaha

[@RickyMrclg0]

So which Gig size should I go for If I want to play Soul silver ?? Helpful video btw

[@erikpoephoofd]

If you just want to play one game, it doesn't really matter. It's just storage space, so 1 game might take into account up to 3 GB max for a PSP game

[@DomnulCioco]

is this device capable of fast forwarding gba games?

[@Portly]

Yes it is!

[@willhoel5533]

Ordered one of these any videos on how to add controllers for multiplayer on the tv

[@arun_410music]

Nice video man! Just bought mine, where can I find Roms at and how do I go about loading them on there? I also bought another micro sd card for it.

[@Portly]

KZbin guidelines prevent me from telling you where to get roms unfortunately but once you have ones you want to add, you can use a micro SD card reader and just drag the roms into the proper rom folders

[@sharpdad33]

@@Portlydo you only need one new SD card? This is going to get confusing. Especially with my hepatitis

[@Portly]

@@sharpdad33 for this system yeah you only need one. You can put the OS and games on one SD card. Some people recommend using separate cards for the OS and games but it’s not necessary.

[@sharpdad33]

@@Portlythanks bud. I will still question my ability as a man once I attempt it. I just finally modded my ps vita after all these years because you can do it all on the vita/wifi. Now I need to figure out what to play 😂

[@BranNextDoor973]

i thought hummus when you said what the H stood for 😂

[@jeremyb5468]

Dreamcast was so awesome

[@STARKEINC]

Does it come with pokemon ds games

[@howardmalone3]

Does it come pre-loaded with all the Master system games I'm just looking for a handheld to play Master system on

[@FitzAF]

I have not found a single video out here or even on discord communities if you can trade pokemon with this device despite having multiplayer capability. That's the only thing stopping me from buying it, 'cause me and my friend both want to play Fire Red and Leaf Green. Maybe you can make a video about that as well if you can, my guy.

[@Portly]

I’ve looked into it since making this video and to from what I’ve read, you can’t. Not easily anyway. Multiplayer works via netplay or controllers for games that used two controllers on one system but linking game boys is not something these systems can really do

[@FitzAF]

@@Portly Thanks for replying to my comment, it's very much appreciated! I guess I'll have to just stick to a legit GBA + accessories or buy a paid emulator on the Playstore. Shame, why don't Nintendo just make an all-in-one rom for the switch? 😭

[@jonver92]

The only way I have found to be able to battle/trade is through the emulator ‘myboy’. It uses Bluetooth, which this device has. I’m curious if someone were to install myboy onto this machine, would they be able to use the Bluetooth capability

[@RedBeardDetails]

Does this have cheats on the pokemon and other games like the smaller one

[@knucklehead5322]

Have you used the Anbernic 405M? Wondering how these 2 stack up against each other cause both seem pretty tempting as a horizontal handheld for me personally

[@Portly]

I haven’t tried the 405m. I imagine they’d be similar in comfort tho the 405m has a bigger screen. the software experience would be very different since the 405m uses android and could potentially play some ps2 and GameCube

[@rhythmicstu]

Sorry if I missed - but does it have a HDMI out? That would be the icing on the cake

[@Portly]

It does have mini hdmi out so you’d need an adapter or mini hdmi to hdmi cable

[@rhythmicstu]

@@Portly wow that's awesome thanks man, even if just to connect to a laptop screen that would be great

[@zuprahh]

£190 on amazon in the UK. Ridiculous

[@KoolMB]

DO NOT BUY the SD card with the unit. 90% of the time it will be a crappy generic SD that will fail after a few uses

[@WherenextPK]

No way, I’m not savvy enough to understand how to run Pokémon emulators elsewhere so I’ll definitely get one of these! How does one go about adding extra games? Sorry that I’m old… 😅

[@Portly]

You would need a computer, a micro SD card reader to plug the card into your computer, then download ROMs and drag them into the ROM folder for the correct console the game goes to. Unfortunately can’t tell you where to find ROMs but it’s not too hard to find them 😁

[@WherenextPK]

@@Portly I’ve got all of those things so I’ll find a tutorial, follow along and hopefully enjoy the games I’ve seen so many videos about for so long! I didn’t realise it was that simple 😅 Thank you very much!

[@azurestrike6551]

I hear final fantasy,ape escape and persona music

[@jesseemullen]

Considering getting one, but does it get way too hot to hold? There's gotta be some kind of a catch to running more demanding games - Dreamcast, etc - on such a cheap device. (See also: the lithium ion batteries in