Anbernic RG ARC D First Look, Handheld Sega Saturn EMU Console Hands On.

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In this video we take a look at the all new Anbernic RG ARC D Sega Saturn sale handheld retro gaming Console!
Relive the glory days of Sega Saturn gaming with the Anbernic RG ARC D handheld!
But that's not all! The RG ARC D also features a 4-inch 4:3 display, Android 11 and Linux operating systems, and up to 256GB of storage. This means you can enjoy a vast library of Sega Saturn games, as well as a wide range of other retro titles.
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00:00 Introduction
00:18 Unboxing
01:05 Overview
02:58 Specs
03:53 Software Overview Linux and Android
06:09 D-Pad Testing
07:15 Sega Saturn Emulation
08:20 First Impressions

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@BuzzaB77 7 месяцев назад

That actually does look like a proper Saturn dpad with the rock and pivot. Something I don't think anyone has got right yet.

@TheRealBillySlang 7 месяцев назад

I’d love to see a holiday handheld gift guide given the sheer number of devices and price points now. It’s kinda getting overwhelming.

@kaedeshirtoto 7 месяцев назад

The best one if you're giving gifts to non tech people in my opinion is RG35XX running garlicOS

@Teremei 7 месяцев назад

it depends what you want. Do you want more that have a "feel" of a certain system? The other one I recommend is Trimui smart and add the MiniUI patch, because it's a small screen and is the closest to feel like my game boy micro.

@thenickbw 7 месяцев назад

Love that there's finally another handheld with six top buttons, hopefully this becomes a trend. Also this will be great to have a Sega Channel front end UI. It would be pandering to very few of us that even remember Sega channel but damn it would be awesome lol

@rolfathan 7 месяцев назад

I love the idea of them making more handhelds that are meant to feel more like specific controllers for specific systems. If they made a really low budget, sega genesis controller shaped one, that could only emulate the older games, I would get it JUST to have a genesis library on it. Same if they did an SNES.

@justarandomguy2126 7 месяцев назад

They did a SNES one, RG353PS

@Teremei 7 месяцев назад

@@justarandomguy2126 yeah but they need to ditch the analogs and make it more simplistic and ergonomic.

@JarlBarbossa 7 месяцев назад

Snes is practically the default for every other system

@skycloud4802 7 месяцев назад

I think a portable with detachable retro system controls are the way forward. Want a three button Mega Drive? Attach it. Want a gameboy? Attach two buttons to the side. Want Playstation 2's pressure sensitive face button attach that. Each d-pad has a different feel too. For instance, the SMS allowed for a eight directional roll of the d-pad, whereas a NES had four way. These systems deserve a more representative control scheme on these emulation devices.

@killerapp201 Месяц назад

I got the black ARC-D in May 2024 with NO Sega Saturn, Sega CD or 32X games on the SD card. I did get 50 Dreamcast and they mostly play fine. Ready to Rumble had a minor sound bug in the menu. Blue Stinger had a minor graphic glitch in one of the cut scenes. Soul Calibur 2 is a game I hoped would play well and it was perfect. I also got N64, Playstation 1, Megadrive, SNES, NES, Gameboys, Game Gear, etc. and they were all pretty much flawless. This devise is impressive. Over 4000 games and the ones that I've played so far all worked. I just wanted to post here that I think you will get random consoles. The reviews I saw had Saturn, Sega CD, 32X, Playstation, N64, Gamecube, PSP, Dreamcast. Like I said, I got some arcade versions, like Mortal Kombat II, but no Gamecube Wind Waker. I would still recommend this to anyone.

@spiffymcgriff 6 месяцев назад

I just got this and it has seriously impressed me! I have a Switch and a Steam Deck but I wanted something a little smaller to take on vacation. I've never done these types of overseas handhelds before and I was half expecting a piece of junk. This is very well made and super comfy to hold! DPad is really accurate and again comfortable, no hard edges to wear out your thumbs. I tried out Capcom v SNK 2 and I noticed that the HP/HK buttons were mapped to the shoulders rather than the extra front facing buttons which was odd. Luckily it was extremely easy to remap and since it was in Retroarch I was able to save a game config profile. The speakers are nice and loud as well. Very nice job Anbernic!!!

@killerapp201 Месяц назад

Yes, this device is impressive software and hardware wise. I did post in the comments that I think you will get random consoles though. Mine didn't come with Saturn, Sega CD, or 32X. Just nearly all the Megadrive and Dreamcast games that I wanted.

@RocknRollisDead1 6 месяцев назад

The black variation looks so amazing!

@andreschiriff4354 4 месяца назад

Thank you for this great review and your awesome videos I watch this review a few months ago but I just bought the console and I'm very excited. Thank you 👍

@damien27 7 месяцев назад

Kinda disappointing they didn't at least go with the T618 so that the Saturn emulation would be better.

@alexq2930 7 месяцев назад

Perfect for Sega genesis

@martinh4982 7 месяцев назад

It's the Sega Nomad I always wanted :)

@darktetsuya 7 месяцев назад

dig that it comes in both Japanese and US region colors. seems like a really cool little unit!

@TheRestartPoint 7 месяцев назад

LOVE the d-pad! I'd be happy with this Sega style d-pad on ALL Ambernic devices going forward, I just wish they'd use the UNISOC Tiger T616 cpu, that is powerful enough to do 100% of Dreamcast and is not expensive. This is not powerful enough. Awesome design wasted on inferior cpu

@andreschiriff4354 7 месяцев назад

The first time I saw this handheld I said to myself. Wow a Saturn controller with a screen I really want one!

@fatherofnothing 6 месяцев назад

Great video Prime! My Arc-D is in the mail. I can’t wait to get my hands on it. It would be great if you could do a tutorial to set up Launchbox for this device.

@tynao2029 6 месяцев назад

It's the same to setup as LaunchBox on other Android devices

@ionamygdalon2263 7 месяцев назад

A nice little handheld! Nice one!

@MadsonOnTheWeb 7 месяцев назад

The Saturn Dpad is the best dpad ever

@chrisw8069 3 месяца назад

I didn't even know they had this. Very nice. 6 face buttons too.

@mattdavis9601 7 месяцев назад

Thanks for another great review ETA. I got a bit more out of this 10 minute video then I did out of other reviewers' much longer reviews. For example; the quick toggles for performance mode and the button mode remapping on the fly were all new to me. Yeah, I've wasted a couple of hours of my life watching previews and reviews of this unit. I really, really wanted to like and buy it. I have strong opinions about the superiority of the Genesis/Saturn D-Pad, 6(!) face buttons, and just the handsome looks of the Arc - big Sega fan that I am - and I loved the fact that it's running Android. There's a lot of Android games that I think would be fun to play in this form factor; like the "Sega Forever" ports. Unfortunately it's just way too underpowered for $100. I'd love if Anbernic did an Arc S Pro with the Unisoc T310 and a couple of low profile analog sticks/sliders where the speaker holes are now. The T310 is available in $100 tablets and $120 Retroids (Pocket 2+ and 3) so it shouldn't add that much to this unit's BoM while adding a lot of capability. The low profile analog inputs would stay out of the way when one is playing button focused Sega systems like Saturn and Genesis; but, be there for Dreamcast, non-Sega systems, and applicable native Android games. Note: I know the Dreamcast only used one stick; but, it also had analog triggers. Most games treated them as normal buttons; but, adding a second stick/slider would allow for mapping analog LT and RT inputs to it to help out those games that took advantage of them. One of my favorite racers ever, "F355 Challenge", is one of those Dreamcast games that needs analog inputs for throttle and braking to get the most out of it. This is the same solution Polyphony used for the PS1 "Gran Turismos" and Codies/Feral is using on Switch and Android for "Grid: Autosport", so I'm very fine with it.

@simbin. 7 месяцев назад

I really want to like it, but a Saturn inspired handheld should be powerful enough to run its games without frame skip.

@ColinRowlands 7 месяцев назад

Think of it as being inspired by a megadrive/gensis six-button pad instead then, the level of power and price makes it a better fit then. If it had enough power to comfortably do Saturn then you would have the issue of it either including analogue sticks or critcised for not including them since it would have the power to comfortably do N64, DC, PSP and even some PS2/GC due to Saturn being a tougher system to emulate.

@simbin. 7 месяцев назад

@@ColinRowlands Good points. I might get one just for Genesis once the price comes down.

@JarlBarbossa 7 месяцев назад

@@simbin.Same. For genesis it needs to be in the miyoo mini price range. If it could handle saturn then it could justify being in the RP3+ price range

@simbin. 7 месяцев назад

@@JarlBarbossa It would be really great if they just swapped out the touchscreen for OLED and upped the CPU to run Saturn games at full speed. I would pay even more for that!

@JarlBarbossa 7 месяцев назад

@@simbin. Agreed

@bicklen 7 месяцев назад

The truth is that it looks like a very good machine to emulate, after all, I don't see it as necessary to not have analog sticks for certain emulators if it can be replaced with the D-Pad. I would like to see more in depth, its performance with systems like PSP, Saturn, Dreamcast and N64. So far, from what you have shown in the video, the product looks very good. Thanks for showing it, maybe I'll buy it.

@JarlBarbossa 7 месяцев назад

Psp will be cropped so there's no point

@jeff15 7 месяцев назад

Looks amazing og Japanese saturn style controller 👌 😊

@alexq2930 7 месяцев назад

We need a handheld with the N64 layout buttons to play it the way its suposed to be played

@usernamefromhell 7 месяцев назад

The black version is gorgeous.

@kissthistwice5 7 месяцев назад

Always appreciate your concept reviews. Does it play Atari Jaguar games? Also from looking through the games included can you remember if it had any of these: Capcom's AvP NEO GEO Ninja Commbat

@cMARVEL360 7 месяцев назад

Damn!!! Two Videos One Morning?! 🤯

@jeff15 7 месяцев назад

A lot of OT. Lol 😆

@hhectorlector 7 месяцев назад

idk what that stick is called that you tested the d-pad and buttons with but a loved the presentation. Wish more reviewers would use something like that

@airthrowDBT 4 месяца назад

Regarding low volume: for some reason Anbernic often sets the gain for the speaker amp circuits WAY under spec. I had an RG350M which was BARELY audible out of the speakers making then useless. I opened up the board and found the op-amp chip and the schematic for it. It was ONLY setup with feedback to input resistors to have 10:1 gain which is LUDICROUSLY low, the chip supports way way more. I experimented with resistor settings and changed the surface mount feedback resistor to something like 25:1 and it had MUCH better sound. Since so few people complained about their RG350M sounding unbearably low I think other units got a better op amp setup. Anyways, if your Arc D sounds too low I am sure you can just change one resistor per channel to get it as loud as you want. I have been meaning to make a video to show how to do it on tge RG350 series.

@gc3k 7 месяцев назад

I've been waiting a very, very long time for an emulator handheld with 6 face buttons. They're definitely on the right track. I may have to wait for an update with a larger screen, and more power to handle 6th gen content. Then I'll have a handheld for "modern" dual analog 3d gaming (Steam Deck or ROG Ally), and something like this for old school 2d arcade gaming

@HitnRunTony 7 месяцев назад

It’s always crazy when a another consoles starts working on a handheld

@muesonline 7 месяцев назад

Finally a really good d-pad and great button layout. Love it 😀 We've really had enough of these shitty Nintendo-style layout handhelds!

@joevinil7943 7 месяцев назад

Eta bringing to us the SEGA NOSTALGIC FORMAT HANDHELD, THANKS FOR YOUR GREAT JOB!!!

@georged7627 7 месяцев назад

I'd rather this variant 🤘🏾it looks Hella comfy 🙏🏽

@ThunderDragonRandy 7 месяцев назад

Outside of Nvidia Shield Portable and GPD XD+, I still haven't bought any newer retro gaming handhelds. Been interested in one, but I have my phone for them, but I would definitely get this for Sega, 3DO, Jaguar, and arcade games. Too bad it's not powerful enough for a lot of Sega Saturn games. But I might play other systems on it. Too bad I don't have the money for it (Halloween PC sales drained my money)

@CLINTSTER77COX 7 месяцев назад

I wanted to see gamegear with a nice front end . The only game system my wife ever owned was gamegear. I would love to set it up as an easy to use game gear dedicated system for her . Something she wouldn’t mess up easily

@JarlBarbossa 7 месяцев назад

Miyoo mini

@Monhamd1000 7 месяцев назад

6:18 Plays Street Fighter Alpha 3 but puts Street Fighter 3 Double Impact boxart instead

@Teremei 7 месяцев назад

The fact it doesn't have an anlog is WHY I ordered one. If they ever did the SNES controller style and removed the analogs I'd get one of those too. Perhaps they will, if this one sells well.

@goldwings1468 7 месяцев назад

Mortal Kombat 3 Ultimate on this gadget = 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

@Saboy96 7 месяцев назад

I need this

@lukehbarton 7 месяцев назад

Bought one to have a “dedicated” Saturn portable.

@Sinn0100 3 месяца назад

Yeah...wake me when one of these can run the Saturn games we really want to play. I want Panzer Dragoon Saga, Burning Rangers, Radiant Silvergun, Die Hard Arcade, anything from the Shining series... you get the jist. If I am going to play SF: Alpha, then it will be through arcade emulation. Although I do appreciate the Saturn look of this product and superior 6-button pad setup.

@Teremei 7 месяцев назад

I got one. I heard the saturn runs much better under Linux.

@Kumimono 7 месяцев назад

Reminds me of the old GP32 from Gamepark.

@lethltruth 28 дней назад

Missed opportunity to show off Comix Zone. I have been looking for a 6 button emulator for a while.

@shihabwqzil 7 месяцев назад

Nice review, is there a promo code available for this handheld?

@flink1231 7 месяцев назад

You need to be able to run mednafen/beetle to play saturn... A55 cores won't cut it. anyway I love the format!

@KayJay_EU 7 месяцев назад

Is it powerful enough to keep stable 60 FPS in Genesis / SNES cores (Retroarch) when you enable RunAhead mode (which counteracts software emulation input lag)?

@MrThrowUps 7 месяцев назад

woah better than the tease IMO

@AndruComedy 7 месяцев назад

The expensive models have the Sega Saturn color ways (America/Japan)

@anon_y_mousse 7 месяцев назад

I would definitely go with the black one that has the blue buttons because it's like they took a Game Gear and slapped a 6 button controller onto it. That gray one looks like they took a SNES controller and a Game Boy and squished them together, but I was a Genesis kid, so it just looks wrong to me.

@michaellee316 Месяц назад

Is the stock linux firmware decent? Tempted to get it but hearing mixed things about the firmware and I've not really seen any custom options

@landone6603 7 месяцев назад

Yaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhh!!!!!!

@alanchow4305 7 месяцев назад

@ETA Prime what rom types does the Sega Saturn emulator run? CHD, BIN/CUE, ISO, ZIPPED BIN/CUE?

@angelaponte2559 7 месяцев назад

Hi does the system anbernic rg arc-s have games out of the box,ready to play them?

@jajolnakjajanonlineenak9056 6 месяцев назад

Hi, i wanna ask, in ergonomics, which one do you prefer, this one or th 353ps?

@yo-lo- 6 месяцев назад

Hello, thanks for this review ! I read that the audio output is crap with noise in the background when using headphones... Can you confirm this ?

@airthrowDBT 4 месяца назад

Mine does not sound noisy with headphones.

@yo-lo- 4 месяца назад

Ok, thanks a lot@@airthrowDBT

@MonkeyBall2453 3 месяца назад

FYI Street Fighter III was the only SF game released on CPS-3, not whatever that game you were playing was @ 6:06

@dj4monie 7 месяцев назад

Thanks ETA. Actually I would pick this and the other device that was built around the SNES. For awhile I wanted to modify my PSOne classic to do this with the proper controllers. But now with these handhelds just curate them for what they do best which is Sega Master system up to Saturn and NES up to GBA with all the correct control layout. That would leave a proper 16:9 handheld for PS1 up to PS2, Dreamcast, N64 and PSP. Thanks for all your reviews!

@JarlBarbossa 7 месяцев назад

Psp is the only one there that is 16:9 Just buy an rp3+

@pigstain7531 7 месяцев назад

What is your intro music?

@ONIXG5MER2015 7 месяцев назад

Is it possible to run Dragon Ball Legends on this device? I'm just curious.

@Catanofheaven 7 месяцев назад

always love the 6 buttons pad, for 10$ it is whorty to take the D with 1 gb ram more...unfortunatly an arm a5x series is not enough to emulate properly a saturn even at standard resolution, maybe using and amlogic s922x like in the odroid go ultra could be a better choice in order to add performances at a very low increase of price point

@newdrone1277 7 месяцев назад

Is it possible to connect bluetooth earbuds on the linux side?

@airthrowDBT 4 месяца назад

Hey ETA, is there really no way to use android headphones on linux???

@darrentg6 7 месяцев назад

Does anyone know how to change hotkeys on the RG ARC? The frontend seems to over-ride the ability to save hotkey binds in the retro-arch menus, tried everything and I can't get Rewind to save after exiting out of each game.

@Tef-Tef 7 месяцев назад

I was SO excitedwhen i saw the 6 buttons layout... i REALLY want to get it and support this.... but the fact it cant even run Killer instinct Arcade... or N64 KI2 Gold is a HUGE turn off :(

@bremarcle2729 7 месяцев назад

Bro, where you been taki udon and Retro game core has been doing most of the new stuff

@Pyke_ 7 месяцев назад

Is it possible to use Emuelec on this device?

@srvuk 7 месяцев назад

Seems a tad niche for me, with other products in it's price and spec range that are better choices. The 3 buttons are grey, this case is more cream, light years away from grey.

@kenmasters2034 7 месяцев назад

If can play panzer dragoon saga then i already love it...

@bballer510 5 месяцев назад

When I load the Lennox side, the games are playable. When I load the android side, the games have disappeared. What should I do?

@patrickcadette 7 месяцев назад

😁😁😁👍👍👍...nice......

@yakadoodledongywongy8718 7 месяцев назад

How is N64 performance? If this thing can play No Mercy and/or Revenge it would be the.pwefect button combo.

@Cyko.. 7 месяцев назад

Guess you never played No Mercy because the perfect button combo already existed on the N64. This has no analog sticks. No c-buttons. But you call it perfect. 🤣

@DDGSEDFGCGGGFFKKJ 3 месяца назад

I finally can play Shinobi Legions X with original controllers finally sega handheld 😂

@wayn0r 7 месяцев назад

This would be great with dual analog and wide N64 compatibility. I need more handhelds going forward to have the 6-button layout for right thumb.

@thenickbw 7 месяцев назад

Absolutely agreed. It's long overdue.

@JarlBarbossa 7 месяцев назад

Doesn't need dual analog for anything. N64, saturn, and dreamcast only used the left stick, and 99% of the time it just mirrored the dpad. For N64 and Dreamcast, You could just make the dpad emulate the stick, then L2+dpad be the dpad. That covers everything.

@detonator000 7 месяцев назад

pls try and test some android games and pc or other ports

@JarlBarbossa 7 месяцев назад

There's only 1 ps1 game that REQUIRES the dual shock, ape escape.

@Bg54321 7 месяцев назад

Does this handle dreamcast ok?

@DarkstarMonday 2 месяца назад

How do you update the firmware ?

@Champs859 4 месяца назад

Are these good for 1st device to pick up?

@airthrowDBT 4 месяца назад

Yes, highly recommended. I got mine on amazon and it came w/roms pre-loaded on a 128GB card.

@Zsolti_HUN 7 месяцев назад

Will it run Panzer Dragoon Saga?

@user-gx4wd6sv8f 7 месяцев назад

we want u talking with valve to support gta6 on linix steam deck

@masterdrewt6698 5 месяцев назад

I wonder if it plays genesis games as well

@airthrowDBT 4 месяца назад

It definitely does!

@jessragan6714 7 месяцев назад

A Saturn-shaped handheld that can't play Saturn games? That'll go great with my Data Frog, the Super NES-shaped handheld that can't play Super NES games!

@fuadshiraliev6181 2 месяца назад

Can i install on rg arc batacera?

@gundamxzero3 6 месяцев назад

can this do batocera?

@nganndo247 29 дней назад

4:58 how to set up like this layout and access to Android

@carlodimaandal 7 месяцев назад

is there any way it can play Marvel vs Capcom 2?

@Rockysbeats 6 дней назад

why has no review channel tested if it works with fightcade -_-

@shabutie726 6 месяцев назад

any luck with Dreamcast?

@airthrowDBT 4 месяца назад

I played Cannon Spike which ran perfectly but then all sound died for no reason. Played a little VF3tb and it ran steady 60FPS.

@emilianomontanari283 7 месяцев назад

shipping and taxes make price too high on anbernic prices policy

@quarteratom 7 месяцев назад

Analogue sticks are uncomfortable, they stick out. They should have made the shoulder buttons smaller, not sticking out.

@pedrosilva86 7 месяцев назад

I've been looking for something like that for fighting games, specially Street Fighter. I may get one myself. How does SFA3 (psp) perform on it? That's my favourite version of the entire Alpha series.

@JarlBarbossa 7 месяцев назад

Psp is 16:9 Play the dreamcast version for 4:3

@nerdbit84 6 месяцев назад

How do you make a backup of the Linux OS sd card in case the card goes bad, don’t trust this card

@angelsilveren8782 7 месяцев назад

Hey what’s going on everybody…

@johnjoubert4235 7 месяцев назад

Do you think that fans could release an os or something that would be able to push the hardware hard enough to make Saturn games run at 60?

@ShadeTempest 7 месяцев назад

For better saturn emulation I prefer getting the Odin Pro

@quarteratom 7 месяцев назад

How many years of security updates does that custom linux image come with?

@ulfrinn8783 6 месяцев назад

Only downside with this is instead of using single, more comfortable L and R buttons that split them into two little ones, which is completely unnecessary since there are no games that will be making any use of that set up without having sticks. That's one thing I hate about these retro handhelds, they're always some stupid, out of touch choices made here and there that seems like they're trying to go for some kind of mass appeal when all they really do is just make hardware that doesn't fit well into any particular category.

@airthrowDBT 4 месяца назад

Thats true. I wonder what the price differential was between two shoulder buttons vs making one analog shoulder button which wouldve been way more useful for Saturn

@ulfrinn8783 4 месяца назад

@@airthrowDBT Analog is one of the most useless features it seems people think modern controllers need, but when they think about how often they play games that require it, vs games that would be better off with buttons, like the Switch Pro has, they quickly realize buttons would be preferable. With the Sega style controller though, you have two extra face buttons, so you only need to shoulders. I use a Saturn style controller to play PS1 stuff all the time and still haven't ran into a game where it's an issue to use the additional face buttons.

@airthrowDBT 4 месяца назад

@@ulfrinn8783 There are certain Saturn games that are literally unplayable without Analog triggers. NiGHTs for one. Also there are some games w/o good controller config meaning you cant say, accelerate. I was unaware of this problem until I bought the Retrobit wireless Saturn pads which have analog thumbsticks..so I was excited to have Wireless NiGHTs capable pads for Saturn and MiSTer. Unfortunately the shoulders are digital only. NiGHTs was my primary reason for getting the pad unfortunately, but they are otherwise stellar pads.

@daviderinaldi329 7 месяцев назад

Yet another review that (I believe) misses the point on SS emulation on this device. The SS is loved in the retrogaming community as a 2D gaming beast and many collectors only buy 2D games for the Saturn (myself included). It does so happen that the RG Arc D plays these 2D games well, either without any frame skip or with minor frame skipping (2 to 5 frames at the most, with 0 also being very common, compare that VS the 30+ you often see with SS 3D games). The fact that analog sticks (a staple of Anbernic devices) are completely absent here, makes me think that this machine was meant for 2D game lovers from the get-go (and if you are one of us, this thing rocks!). For 3D-loving retrogamers, Anbernic offers the RG405M (Gamma OS highly recommended here) which plays very well SS 3D games, N64, Sega Dreamcast, and more (albeit at a higher price).

@airthrowDBT 4 месяца назад

I love mine but if this is the case they shouldve just made one set of more comfortable shoulder buttons

@daviderinaldi329 4 месяца назад

@@airthrowDBT A good suggestion for a future improved model :) Still I am in difficulty in thinking which SS 2D games heavily rely on Shoulder buttons (most only use ABC, with a slew also using XYZ).

@airthrowDBT 4 месяца назад

Yeah definitely, I dont think a single 2D game relies heavily on the shoulder buttons being analog...too bad though my dream handheld is EXACTLY the Arc D but with a hall effect analog stick, only 2 triggers analog, to fully emulate the NiGHTs pad...

@ianfisch7289 7 месяцев назад

Maybe don't make a handheld that looks like a Saturn gamepad if it can't actually run Saturn games. Disappointing.

@Ashitaka0815 7 месяцев назад

It'll do just fine with most Saturn 2D games I think, was the stronger part of it's library anyway and most pure 3D games had a better running PSX version anyway and will work just fine. On RPGs like Shining Force 3, Grandia and Panzer Dragoon Saga can accept some frame skipping, not optional on Panzer Dragoon 1/2 or Radiant Silver gun though. Still I'll give it a shot, can't wait playing Sega CD, PC engine and Neo Geo on this thing, and of course the regular Mega Drive... Finally a Nomad with decent battery life😂

@liamconverse8950 7 месяцев назад

The Saturn emulation software just isn't really finished at this point and there doesn't seem to be anybody knowledgeable enough and motivated enough to really advance it

@mazzb305 7 месяцев назад

@@liamconverse8950 They could’ve charged more and used the T618 chip and gotten much better Saturn performance. Still great, but a missed opportunity imo.

@ozmond 7 месяцев назад

What can run Saturn games. If it could, you wouldn’t buy it anyways

@Ashitaka0815 6 месяцев назад

@@ozmond Actually every half decent smartphone nowadays can, but then we are talking a whole different pricepoint here. Personally I would have been happy if they would've charged 50$ more with a more powerful SoC - or, even better, dropped the Android version entirely and instead put their resources in the SoC. But even now I'm looking forward to receive my device in the next few days, maybe anbernic will handle it similar to the 35XX and releases a Plus version in about a year or so, wouldn't surprise me at all.