I Found My New Favorite Retro Handheld: Anbernic RG35XX SP Review

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Intro 0:00
Unboxing 1:23
One confusing thing 3:57
What about joystick games? 4:55
What about DS games? 6:28
PSP emulation 7:49
Gameboy Advance is AMAZING 8:40
Standby 9:45
It's very pocketable 10:33
HDMI out 11:04
Speaker test 11:38
Specs 11:53
The verdict 12:35

[leozar]

How cool is that. A GameBoy SP that actually works as a console. 😊
I ordered mine 2 days ago, and I am Hyped. I haven't been this hyped, since the golden age of gaming. Nowadays, there's just no cool official nintendo (little) handhelds anymore. I'd love to make an early 2000 tv commercial for the RG35XX SP. The old handheld adds were pretty cool 😄

[exodous]

I remember getting the Nintendo SP and being able to play all my GBA games, that screen on the GBA was garbage! The SP went everywhere with me because of that flip screen, was my favorite handheld ever! I have this one now and haven't played any GBA games, just SNES games, lol.

[effthree]

just got mine today and its awesome. might have to buy another one just cause how good and affordable it is

[mvanalst]

Love the content, Mr. Craig. Thank you for entertaining we tech nerds. My RG35XXSP is on order and I cannot wait!

[CF]

The original SP was my favorite and a few years ago I found one in a box that we had given to the kids years ago. It was in rough shape, so I bought a kit and replaced the LCD, battery and case and it runs way better than when it was new thanks to that LCD upgrade. I recently bought this Anbernic model and look forward to loading my favorite games on it and taking it on trips when I'm away.

[quadzilla]

Yeah I love my SP. This one hit me right in the nostalgia's. I've used it more then any other of the retro handhelds that I've bought, so form factor is king for taking it along with me and no case. Nostalgia is a powerful thing

[ignskeletons]

Bought mine on TikTok shop, big fan of Anbernic which I’ve grown to trust a lot as a brand with these emulators, I got the transparent purple one!

[ns-tech]

Man im so hyped to get mine i love retroarch omg omg

[RayuDemon]

10:11 Thank you for munching on that important bug.

[Danominator]

I borrowed a GBA SP from a friend to play Super Mario World on there when I was 7 or 8. First game I ever completed despite my total lack of skill. Took me weeks!
This thing is adorable. I totally see the appeal, guess we just really love clamshell designs eh Shane?

[turnbasedtoddy]

The SP came out the year I graduated high school and I have so many amazing memories of it. I love that they have that classic silver color. My only complaint about it is I think it’s too chunky. If they could slim it down this is a 10/10

[WhiteInk]

I love this thing so much that I’m actively fighting myself from buying a second one in another color.

I brought my GBA SP absolutely everywhere as a kid

[Henson]

Now I want one! But I just bought another Anbernic device. Perhaps I need a new one because the other has a few problems with coming back to work, if you put it in standby.

[ApolyonTheSoulRender]

I got one too and beat Mario Advance 3 on it. Love it. I just wish the RetroArch fast forwards speeds on GBA were faster for games like Pokemon

[KazMoneyMusic]

With the latest OS update from Anbernic you can close the screen while it's connected to a TV via HDMI.

[nadreog]

It is actually the OG Game Boy version. I am actually getting the Tranlucent Blue one for my Birthday next Month.

[kotetsujin]

They already fix that on the latest update you can use it on tv while the screen is close even the audio player but they haven’t fix the wireless headphone issue so it still need those bluetooth dongle with a headphone jack

[latinoc]

Sega Saturn runs well on knulli . Just make sure U make sure Ur ready to remap ur button in batocera as power button does not change dpad to analogue like stock os

[Last_Cosmonought]

Are you able to load games onto it via phone? If even at all

[sonicrusher]

Going to get one and see if the digimon world games are on it