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The King of Niche Retro Handhelds – RG Cube Review
The King of Niche Retro Handhelds – RG Cube Review
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Anbernic is back at it again with a new handheld release. In this video, we take an in-depth look at the new RG Cube.
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Sorry for the delay, the battery life tests took way longer than I expected.
Note: I used the Retro-8 core to play the Pico 8 games featured in the "What this does well" section.
Which emulator are you using for 3ds
Who is buying this fisher price looking ass device
Which heat sensor do you use? I have not been able to get mine on after the initial batteries died
Think this could handle ps remote play?
Open it, 3x bits of tape and you are done! 😁
(masking tape)
Another xbox layout. Why are so many retro handhelds using this layout?
– A small corner at the bottom is not comfortable for a dpad which requires more pressure to use than a 3d stick. That's why a relaxed grip on the handheld is important, requiring it to go up.
– 3d stick on top also makes wiggling movements harder to do than if it's low.
– Also playstation was first, is more retro, and is what most retro games are more used to than xbox layout.
– Also for those that claw grip, this is not possible when dpad is below.
– Retro handheld developers: please understand this.
The only thing I know of not mentioned in the review is that this device is apparently better than you might expect for playing native Android games. A lot of them will adapt better than you might expect to the 1:1 aspect ratio.
Good in every aspect but kinda small square. 4.5 or 5''x5'' would be perfect.
The exact same handheld with a 4:3 screen would make SOO much more sense. Same height, more width…. Maybe a Nintendo style d-pad if I'm being really picky but that wouldn't be used much anyways.. This I will probably never get.. it's the Uncanny Valley of handhelds!
I was really hoping this device would be good… I think its better to wait. Great video, thanks for the feedback
You should never use 8:7 for SNES/Genesis and others of the time! That is a pixel storage format, display is still 4:3 or 3:2 depending on the resolution of the game.
Those pixels have an aspect ratio of 7:6 or some other PAR, so you can't integer scale them without screwing up the geometry (e.g.: Sonic loops will be oval).
The emulator needs to set the correct Display Aspect Ratio for the resolution and scale the pixels accordingly.
Wii and PS2 480i/p is the same, which were never meant to work with square pixels at this resolution. They output 704 wide, targeting 10:11 sized pixels. Everything will be fat if you display them without scaling.
(There are also some Wii PAL50 games that use more than 448/480 vertical pixels, as allowed by the standard.)
This is a never ending source of pain that needs to be understood. I purchased Sonic SEGA AGES for the Switch. M2 programmed "normal" and "full" to a mode where everything is skinny.
The correct mode on Switch is "dot by dot", which also seems to be mislabeled but I'm not sure if that particular game renders on a 1:1 PAR.
Can you please give me it
I totally agree about left joystick on bottom. Especially when old games sometimes require the claw grip.
Sorry to be that guy, but what game is that right as you start talking?
“in-depth emulation testing…” lemme just uh… play through like all of twilight princess then I’ll get back to you with a review lol
Great hands on video! Very interesting device, probably gonna buy one. Don't care about the light bleeding very much
I still prefer my 556 over this
so close to having something this powerful with a normal screen.. guess we'll just have to wait till next month
7:41 i use robert broglia .emu on my old android 5 smartphone , good for old smartphone.. but for handheld level device like that cube , there are better option ..
Man, this thing is adorable. No use for one myself, but damn it just looks neat.
I just noticed the mini family computer console on the upper right of the screen. Where can I get one?
3:25 it can't be that bad 🤔
3:34 oh God please make it stop 😬
What was the green/teal vertical handheld at the top of the screen at 2:10?
Chaos Legion?!?! Dude, haven't heard that game mentioned since it came out. So underrated. Thank you!
Oh crap SON!!!! You just sold me on that thing with video out and Bluetooth. I needed something for Pico 8 and if this has the Video out the way you say it may not be as big but the picture should be awesome. Thanks. ETA Prime kind of missed the Video out thing. For the price though I just still need to think about it. IDK. Hmmmmmm
Seems to be a nice emulator! I wonder how it performs if installed with SteamOS-like systems
For video out, did you try it with an EDID emulator? Sometimes I'll use an EDID Emulator when I have issues connecting to disobedient displays. Or sometimes I'll have to use one if I have a device lacking horsepower on a high res display where I know performance will suffer if said device tries to default to the capabilities of that display… It might be worth a shot to add an EDID Emulator to your tool bag for future video out testing.
My Galaxy S23 Ultra can do everything this can.
Another extremely thorough and candid review. Thank you for what you do for this community.
The price was higher than I expected tbh makes it a turn off
if this thing had a oled screen like the rg556 i'd get it.
All of these cheap chinese crap handhelds will stop working after a year or less
Hmmm, I got a rgb20sx for the 1:1 screen. I just might upgrade it now
I use .emu emulators and they work great
What portable monitor are you using @9:20?
using the battery below 40% damages the battery
I'm a bit torn about this, which one is better? a rg 556 or rg cube? i assume both have the same performance because of the processor, but i need a device that i can carry in my pocket and i feel the rg556 is too big for that, i know the r4p would be a better choice but it's really expensive in my country due to taxes, meanwhile anbernic opened a local store that reduces the taxes making it 50% cheaper than the retroid devices. My biggest focus here is to play ps2, mostly rpg titles, i believe they're not the heaviest game on the plataform but i wanna a smooth experience without too much headache.
Can this handle ace combat games?
I feel like the square screen ratio was an odd choice for what this system can emulate.