The New $50 Budget King // R36S Review

The budget handheld segment is heating up. In this video, we review the new R36S gaming handheld.

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[TakiUdon]

The clone saga continues.

Corrections:
Darkstalkers - The Night Warriors
Street Fighter III - 3rd Strike
Burning Force

[medleysa]

That’s what I love about these Chinese handhelds, man. I get older, they get cheaper and better.

[kennethd]

Since the late 90’s (In the days of NESticles) I’ve dreamed of a market so saturated with multi console gaming consoles. Honestly I find these cheaper handhelds more interesting than the more expensive ones that you know is going to perform well.

[Jogngood]

I can confirm the dpad mod also works on the R35s. Easy to do. Undo all 6 screws on backing plate. Then adjust the screw near the bottom of the PCB board on the d pad side. only turn about twice. Otherwise you will hit the battery when you cose the unit back up.

[LukeZalvino]

8:15 Updating ArkOS
9:05 the part where he confusingly highlights the description above the link that you need to click and doesn't show actually clicking anything, thus wasting your time downloading the wrong thing
9:18 the part where he tells you to paste files that you deleted when you formatted the stock SD card which he clearly did in his rufus format window
16:25 suggesting using standalone Rice but that didn't work for me at all, new arkos or not
20:43 showing modifying buttons for better feel

[fr]

Hey Taki! I appreciate the focus on the buttons and the given solutions to the problem. Thank you for giving ideas to one of the drawbacks of these handhelds!

[hyperplayrpg]

Thanks for the mods tutorials, @TakiUdon. Going the extra mile, for the benefit of all. Much appreciated!

[Cloaxx-nqqj]

Its insane how far technology has come. Here we have a handheld Multi-console being mass produced by multiple companies. Not too long ago this was impossible.

[jorgezeta]

Thanks for the review, I just got this handheld for $25 and free shipping to Mexico, it's good to know it was a good deal

[applebottomjames]

Please Lord let my R36S from Aliexpress arrive with everything in the box and also not destroyed by the shipping company

[nicholassanders]

These two handhelds just take the cake for me. Love the videos, love your unbiased reviews. Best reviewer out there. Keep up the great work!

[mititelumihai]

Paid 60 for it on Ali express from France with a 5 day delivery and I got the 128 go with 20k games, can’t wait to get my hands on it, them nostalgic games uh mama Mia

[DecibelAlex]

if you have a usb-c to usb-c cable, or 2 regular usb charging cables and a usb-a female to female adapter you can use the tethered internet from your phone to update

[dkupnlm]

...damnn....that screen looks so crisp and perfect!

[conyo]

Thanks for the emulation selection for N64 and Dreamcast! It works for my R35S too!

[DariusSinclair]

Just got one for $30. Thanks for this video.

[Mefumetto]

I am wondering how you recorded the audio from the games

[MidKnight_Dragon]

I bought my first hand held emulator the Retroid pocket2 from watching your videos. Nice to see you are still doing in depth reviews years later

[johnsducks]

Glad to have a new $50 king with the dpad and buttons on top

[kattz]

No one seemed to like the placement of the controls on the R35S so this is a much better design. I just got my Miyoo Mini+ or I would be getting one of these. I wanted an R35S but the price jumped significantly by the time I made a decision. Now I know why. I honestly didn't think that there were IP laws in China or they were so loose they didn’t matter.