Is the Anbernic RG35XX Better with Garlic? Zu Investigates!

Zu, Quinlynn and Gary take a second look at the RG35XX from @ANBERNIC with custom firmware from @BlackSeraph. It's gone from a decent entry-level device with some flaws, to a truly portable powerhouse for PSX and below! You can watch the GarlicOS CFW grow before your eyes in the #RG35xx channel on our discord!

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📖Chapters
00:00 - Intro
01:06 - Garlic OS
01:45 - SNES
02:40 - Neo Geo Pocket Color
03:20 - Retroarch
03:50 - Gameboy
04:10 - What Did We Learn?

[RenshoYT]

Its incredible how far Garlic (and the RG35XX as a result) has come in just 3 weeks. Games run so good now, and the user experience in menus is so great. God bless Black Seraph

[retrohandhelds]

Update: Enjoy a big speed boost from the latest GarlicOS update! The CPU governor will automatically adjust itself from 500mhz to 1.5ghz as needed if you leave it in (++) mode - by pushing Select on the home screen. This new option both extends battery life and increases performance.

If you have questions for the dev or need support, please hop in our discord (link in description).

[keithgunther]

Love this thing, it's my 1st emulator, and with garlic OS it is awesome. My 12 your old self never would have imagined having a device like this. I'm sure 35xx isn't the best thing on the market but it's definitely a great gateway drug. I purchased two more for my boys, getting them into the retro scene.

[chocho]

Sweet. Just got my 35xx yesterday. I'm excited for garlic os. Thanks!

[Surai]

It had some issues with save states until about Jan 17th. The Jan 19th and up versions seem to have fixed the whole problem. The overclocking helped me run Legend of Kain smoothly, which it couldn't do in stock OS.

For me, a huge upgrade in the quality of time spent was opening up the device and using a little paper tape to stop the button rattle and tighten up the shoulder buttons. It feels a lot more solid now and I don't have to listen to it rattling in my pocket while I'm talking to people at work all day.

[ViktarTheBarbarian]

GarlicOS has completely saved this device for me. My only issue right now is the frankly terrible battery life. I'm hoping anbernic gives us the option to upgrade the battery eventually.

[dudesk]

Garlic OS is a huge improvement for this device. Still makes me annoyed that anbernic is keeping the source closed so far, so we may never see shit running as well as it could on garlic.

[izzynobre]

Waaaay better! Black Seraph is a gaming icon.

[gasser]

Mine should be here tomorrow. Going to see how well it runs with the stock shit since I'm only looking to play Tetris. Hopefully the DPad isn't as bad as some make it out to be, too.... luckily I can just return it to amazon if it turns out to be a little wonktastic. I only want to play Tetris and I wasn't sure which one to get...

[Hyagofreire]

I've been experiencing instability in PS1 emulation after using GarlicOS, games that should run smoothly are slowdown. Crash 3 for example, it seems to me that it is still not stable.

[jonathancabuhat]

Can i change stock OS to garlic OS back and forth without changing or removing the SD card roms in slot 2?

[RobertHMayfire]

I really recommend the amazing rom hack Final Fantasy VI T-Edition. This has everything and the factory that makes the kitchen sinks. 😉

[austinrice]

Do you think this thing is ready to hand off to a non-techie user with GarlicOS loaded, or does GarlicOS need more time before it is that user friendly?

[johnnywoodstock]

I just sacrificed my whole day trying to install garlic and now I kind of regret it. I lost all games along with the stock os. the only games I have now are some roms I had already downloaded. All in all It was hell. But yes I did finally get to play those games. The only game I had on both os is r4 ridge racer, and it runs considerably better now. But I hate the UI and it's hell downloading all these games back.

[ALLTHERAGE]

Just wondering if the miyoo mini best set of Roms plays Pokémon games better. My OEM Roms don’t play all the way through sadly.

[ravajbains]

I have reverted back to stock as Garlic even with its latest just kept crashing, pity as I really liked it, atleast ive got onion on the Miyoo mini lol

[MDavide]

Hi. I cant run final fantasy 8 italian version on my rg35xx. Do u know what i must change in options on my device ? Thanks. Sorry for my bad english. I m italian. Thanks again.

[markahearne]

Hi I'm just wondering if anyone can help me. I bought an anbernic rg35xx for my nephew for his birthday. He's adamant that the NES version of donkey Kong is different from the arcade version. However when I go to play the arcade version of donkey Kong it plays sideways. Is there any way I can correct this

[superroastburgr]

Great video! Love all new features!

I'm on the newest update of garlic os and when I go into recents menu after playing a game is says that core doesn't support save states with no screenshot. It seems like save states are working but there is no image. Would anyone here by chance know how I could possibly fix.

[chilly]

When I go to consoles, ps1 doesn't show up?
Is there a way to add consoles?