Retro Game 300: The FULL Guide to Firmware Upgrade, Unbox, Setup and Review of the RG 300 +MAME

We'll take a look at the Retro Game 300, also known as the RG300. This new Retro Gaming device has a 3" screen, firmware upgradable, 3007 games pre-installed, L/R buttons and many emulators. Check out this thorough review that will take you from Unboxing, firmware upgrade, gameplay, tips and much more! Yes, the video is a little long, but you'll learn everything you need to know in one video! ** See below for time skips, if you want to jump around easier.

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UPDATE (11/5/2019): If you're unsure which hardware version of the RG300 you have, remove the back cover to the battery, then remove the battery. If you look to the markings to the left of the firmware microSD slot you'll see something like "RG_300_v1.3" which is the hardware version.

0:57 - Specifications
2:10 - Unboxing
2:56 - Close look at the RG 300
3:50 - Firmware Upgrade
7:09 - Booting after Firmware upgrade
7:30 - Atari Emulator
8:24 - MAME Emulator
11:43 - Gameboy Emulator
13:52 - Intellivision Emulator (See description UPDATE: it DOES Work!)
14:30 - MegaDrive Emulator / Genesis
15:17 - NES Emulator
15:50 - Super Nintendo Emulator
17:36 - PS1 Emulator
19:15 - Other Apps
20:08 - Quake II
20:51 - Important Notes (A/V cables are useless -currently)
21:20 - My thoughts on the RG 300 / Closing

Software and Tools Used for the Firmware Upgrade

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[matthewkaczor]

Do you know how to get my device out of recovery mode? Without resetting all the data or the external sd card? Very frustrating

[markianclark]

Im pleased to see you review the same black translucent early version that i bought..every other youtuber shows the revised beige version..i went through all this 2 months ago but thanks for the recap..everything works with comic firmware..except in my case mame didnt..my roms were not compatible..some do work on the fba320 emulator-about 10% of my arcade roms..i cant get any neo geo roms to start..they all report my romset too old or something..however-neo geo pocket all do..some fussy emulators but all the nintendo is fine and sega too..atari and pc engine no problem either..one or 2 youtubers have mentioned the non IPS screens which suffer some light bleed..ours it seems light bleed is minimal at the sides..the beige ones it seems some are worse..i consider myself fortunate with my choice of older black model..i had no idea of the light seepage when i ordered it..i hardly notice now im used to it..good review wagner..specs

[Video_Fiend]

I have bought this same console twice do to a crashing problem and it happened to the new one I just got do you think this will fix the problem

[MarkW]

Great, Now I've got to buy one of these.

[baltimorebigman]

Man I wish you were my neighbor I really need some help with my RG 350 it’s really giving me some problems but anyway I enjoy your videos great content keep them coming 👍🏽

[DepressedBag]

Maybe you can help me, I've the same board version, but when I boot up after flashing and reallocating, I just get a white screen. I flashed the older V1 image from the site and it boots up RetroFW, but it doesn't show any emulators or roms, just the freeware roms like Quake 2 and all that. Downloading the V3 IPS fails after 10mb or so.

[RogjosGamingGadgets]

Great video! I also did a video on this device. It's a great little handheld. I wasn't aware of the firmware update. I will have to check it out. Thanks for sharing!

[tommyg]

i got the intellivision to work for me on the LDK horizontal. i dont know if there is something different with the rg300, but there are 2 files that i needed to copy into the same folder as the roms. if im not mistaken exec.bin and grom.bin

[gonzogonzo]

I see this video is a couple years old and I just purchased a RG300 IPS should I still flash the firmware.

[psv]

When I install custom firmware do I usually have to install emulators and apps?

[TimelordUK]

Love your voice! You sound like the guy who does Hoax Hotel

[TruongNguyen-gdff]

How the performance? I means framerate when running GBA, SNES and PS1??

[kalamai]

I followed this guide and managed to install the firmware correctly, however;
when I navigate to the gpsp (GBA) emulator and try to open a game from the game here)
it just says launching gpsp and then nothing happens. am I doing something wrong? I did format and flash the original sd like 3 times so maybe something horrible happened, idk. Recommendations are appreciated.

[ced]

Does it include Sega CD bios out of the box?, I apologise in advance if you covered this in the video

[ГоранДеспотовић]

Are two sd cards necessary? I mean could roms be in one with firmware? I'm confused, i want to buy this on aliexpress but there are 3 options: single system, single system with extra card and double system with extra card. Now, i see they are promoting those extra card with 10.000 games and so on. Thing is i don't want such big amount of games. I would like 20 tops, and i have bunch of spare sd cards if needed. Could you please give me some advice?

[spkie]

After I flash the img file it does not show up in mini tool? What do I do?

[hawkes]

whenever I flash the firmware and stick it back in the 300 I just get black screen when I turn it on. I only bought this recently. is that firmware you've linked in the comments still valid?

[twilled_syrup]

Any idea why most of the console game listings are in chinese? Neogeo and a couple of other consoles show list in english but snes, gb, nes etc. are all in chinese. Is this a firmware issue? The games play perfectly (only got it today) but obviously I have to open every game to see what it is. Can it be fixed or should I return it? Thank you for any help 🤞

[Tamarind]

God damn man i'm trying to save money but I just had to buy this! haha

[Pacopacotepaquete]

what's with the rg300 v3 ips firmware, is it different from the v2 in any way? Also do you know how to add emulators and roms (specially to the external card), if so could you do a video of that please?