A SECOND THOUGH

ISSUED: 2025/11/12
EDITED: 2025/11/13 

In late July (2025) I wrote my little review about this handheld console that mimic the look & feel of the glorious Nintendo GameBoy Advance SP:

# My Little Review For The RG35XXSP Retro Handheld Console

My final comments weren't very positive about my personal experience, so what has pushed me to write again about this little console?

Indeed! Extremely positive!

The experience with MustardOS, better known as MuOS, went beyond my expectations, reverting almost completely my opinion about this retro-console!

While the issues with the controls (including the annoying click-y sounds) are still there, the whole experience has improved dramatically: from the dozens of skins available; the emulation practically perfect; and the hidden options not available on the stock software. Now the console is pushed up to its limits and the feeling is to have on your hands a total different and capable hardware!

For instance I was able to emulate smoothly some Dreamcast games, and while I recognize the resolution and the controls don't fit Dreamcast games, I am still astonishing about the quality of the emulation!

Actually I was… 😳

I read a lot of satisfied people with this little console and MuOS, and I must to join the choir: if you like playing glorious 8/16Bit games, and you want, from time to time, to explore titles from the next generations this console is just right.

Eh… Eh… This gemlog was becoming too good… 😈

Actually I have a couple of recommendation to address to both MuOS and LibRetro although I am not sure who would be directly involved… 🤔

Controls

It would be nice if click on the menu button bring you on the main menu, instead of the classic two buttons combo typical of LibRetro; perhaps this behavior can be changed but I was too lazy to fully dig into the options.

Savings

Once again having the time stamp next to the slot and the screenshot would be very handful to recognize what are the most recent (or not recent) save states.

Perhaps in the future this simple changes might become a reality, how knows… 🤷

Now I am extremely happy with the Anbernic RG35XXSP, I don't feel anymore I wasted my money, I play old titles and I am extremely delighted.

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For comments or suggestion write me at:

freezr AT disroot DOT org

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