Did you end up ordering a RG35XXSP and which color did you go with? 🤍🖤💙

I don't need it, but I kinda want it

The form factor is giving me all sorts of childhood feels & nostalgia already.

I've never commented on any of your videos but you make my favorite tech reviews in KZfaq. They are so detailed and the production quality is the best out there. Thank you!

Found this channel while watching videos reinforcing my purchase of this device. Instant subscription. Love the music, the voice and the in-depth aspect of the review 👍.

Just so you know @retrotechdad, I saw that you can press the side button on the unit to swap between analog and d-pad inputs on the fly, removing the need to go in and rebind controls!

50 min 😅. Im glad this was a special one to you as it is to me. Watching now

Almost 50 mins?? Let me grab some popcorn.

Thank you for a tear down. That others will not do.

Ouf that intro my guy, you're putting me in that vibe!!

Thanks for measuring the sticker for me Rob!! 🥰

Hi Techy Dad first off I just want to say thank you for tearing down the device. We just love it and second of all keep up the awesome work you do amazing videos love love love and I always look forward to seeing you on Mondays on the podcast live👍🏼💙

Damn the buttons are super loud. Hope it can get resolved through swapping out the buttons. Thanks for the extensive review!!! Placed my order on the 17th

that intro goes hard. Just ordered the black, can't wait to get mine

I've never had a retro emulator handheld. But I've always enjoyed watching videos like these. This will be my 1st device, and I'm really excited. My original SP is broken and wanted to replace it for a long time. I also got the original gameboy and color. But changing those old AA batteries every time I want to play is a drag. This is going to replace all of them.

On the sleep/power off deal. I added the stock mod option and set it to sleep on lid close and safe shutdown on a single press of the power button. Enables me to quickly shutdown if I won't be going back for awhile and still use "sleep" function if I'll be back in a few minutes. Best of both worlds in my opinion.

Oh wow I think you’ve done the first year down of this. This one is a no brainer. Can’t wait to play with it

Your channel is great man

Got that clear black comin!

GREAT review, Rob! I'm sold! Thanks for the teardown!

I ordered the blue one and I’m incredibly excited. I love the RG35xx and my GBA SP This is a dream device

I got the silver, this is something that really tugs on my nostalgia

Let's be honest, none of us need this, we want this.

One small correction. Sega exited the console market in 2001. The original gba launched in 2001, but the SP released in 2003. Still a great review!

Great review. Incredibly thorough. I'm excited for this one.

Thank you for the review. Good and thorough!

Great comparisons. One of my fav videos yet! This definitely makes me want the black transparent model but I got the silver 🤔 awesome stuff!!!

11/10 review, Dad!

Awesome love the long thorough reviews. Don't forget about gpd and the first rp3's wonderful dome switches. Thanks Rob

Awesome review. Thank you!

I ordered mine in Silver 128gb and it cost less than $80. Im excited!!! I have the RG35xx and wanted the plus but didn't want two of the same. Now I'll have a similar device but better and easier to carry without worrying about breaking my screen. I never had a Gameboy growing up and so this is really exciting to me.

That's so weird, buttons here don't sound THAT loud. I ended up not buying it just because Russ and others mentioned that buttons are very stiff and loud. They didn't say anything about RP Flip's buttons for example, and I found those buttons to be VERY loud and slightly hard to press, so when I saw Russ complaining about SP buttons I decided not to buy one. So how are these buttons compared to Flips (if you have one)? I mean face buttons, dpad and maybe shoulders?

Excellent, enjoyable and thorough video. Cheers Retro Tech Dad.

Can you please clarify if you actually tested USB-C to USB-C cable charging support like you mentioned at 2:15 in the video? Taki Udon's video claimed that C to C charging was specifically NOT supported and showed it hooked up to a tester to visually display its inability to charge via C to C cable unlike other devices on the market which could when he plugged the tester into them. It's not a make or break feature, but it would be nice to know the facts. Thanks for the super detailed and in depth video. It was a great watch!

I just ordered my two colourways. Bloody brilliant little unit. Very looking forward to this one in my collection young lad.

Es perfecta!😍 solo faltaron colores para variar un poco. Ojalá luego hagan carcasas y botones como la gba sp y asi poder personalizar.

now i understand why the shoulder buttons are too loud thanks for the detailed teardown.

39:00 if you klick the Power button for a second it switches the dpad to analog mode so you don't need to reconfigure the imput settings

I heard that if you press the power button you can use the Dpad as a Joystick for N64

Ordered me a silver one 🎉🎉

Apparently if you just tap the power button once, it switches the dpad to analogue mode.

Mine arrives tomorrow.

I'm getting the Blue Transparent. It has been in the US 6 days, sitting through customs and still hasn't shipped. So frustrating. I should have just ordered from a US seller, there are a few that have them in stock and I'd only paid $3 bucks more that what I paid to get it directly from Anbernic. Oh well, you live you learn.

This video makes it look purple. I want a purple one. I blame you, Dad.

Does the quick shutdown/sleep feature work when the ROMs and OS are on separate SD cards? Someone on reddit said they needed to be on the same SD, but I couldn't find anything to back that up.

i bought rog ally and said to myself i will never buy a cheap emulation handheld ever again but i have to i love the look of that thing sp was my favorite nintendo handheld at least i can play while rog charges

I'm one of the people who had ngage v2 with Tony Hawk and tomb raider from launch still have it in great condition haha got it knowing PSP was coming out soon and never knew anyone else with one. I just bought this SP hyped to know ngage games work there's a rare elder scrolls I want to revisit.

I didn't need this, but still bought 2. Blue and retro gray, beat ff8 on it - loving these lol

Anbernic did address the need to map the dpad to an abalog stick, at least for my rg35xxPlus - in the emulators that need this pressing the power button toggles mapping of dpad to stick and back

39:09 Ever since the PLUS came out, these stick-less units always had a built-in quick remap feature where you tap the power button to switch the D-pad to simulated analog stick. Works in RetroArch N64 cores and Dreamcast cores at the very least. It's a shame they didn't tell you this in the user manual, but the official demo video showed this feature. And it's also a shame that no community firmware devs have implemented this, but that might be why stock OS had to use Ubuntu as the underlying linux base.

I didn’t need to buy this I already have the deck and some other products BUT I went ahead and got the grey 64gb model. Strictly gonna be used for SNES and GBA I hate that I’m so excited for it..it seems so good 😭

The T black somehow makes it look less chonky than the silver one. I appreciate u showing something different than other reviews. It's made me consider the T black one now. Although I feel that a clamshell with a 1:1 screen would be the ultimate? The RG35XXSP tugs on the nostalgia heartstrings but considering the era of consoles that will be mostly played on this device wouldn't a 1:1 screen be better? That's what the RGB30 and RGB20SX were praised for, so... RGB30SP incoming? Over to you, Powkiddy :)

Great review as always. Love the form factor of this device but I think I'm going to wait for the second batch in case there's issues in the first batch that need to be ironed and hopefully while I wait, Miyoo releases the flip. I've been going back and forth on the Miyoo flip and the Anbernic SP

Here's a question is Paper Mario playable on this Handheld?

Great review! Happy to see the trardown. Amy concerns about the translucent plastic cracking etc? I saw thr devoce can get a little hot esp with the cpu/batt setup.

Thank you for sharing this video. I am loving seeing these videos on this device. Every time I see a new video on it, I get more and more excited lol

Recently picked up the ROG Ally X, and while I love it, it's not really something that I can bring to work. Think the SP will be a fantastic companion handheld, hoping to pickup one asap.

And I’m hooked on Pokémon fire red again

Konami Krazy Racers was an incredible good gba game!!

Awesome video. Can you tell me where you go the STL file for the gameboy logo? Did you make it yourself, if so is it available anywhere, for sale (the stl?). Thanks! - I ordered clear blue.

I'm more excited to get this than any other handheld on the horizon. You'll never believe me when I tell you, but I went for the Gameboy DMG colour scheme 🤯

Im waiting for version Plus

The thing about D pads is that it really does depend on the game. A dpad like the SP wouldn't be good for fighting games, but is perfect for platformers and is likely to pass the contra test. I think it just has to do with the way the d-pad is built and designed. You can't have a super clicky and stiff pad like the original SP while also trying to have something that is ideal for quarter circles and other fighter moves. Let's remember this is a Chinese company working likely out of a warehouse, designing these sub $100 devices. Lol.

what about local trading via wireless or something? would be very cool if to be able to trade someone else playing lets say pokemon or something.

Just ordered this in Silver. Hopefully its good.

I bought it. Now I'm watching videos lol

Apparently the Dpad and Analogue modes can be swapped by tapping the power button I think it was. At least I saw that on another video.

I have a v90 and was wondering just how much of an improvement this is compared to that...

Can you play Turok64 or Doom64?

I ......looooooove........it

I ordered directly from Abernic and didn't see the case option. Maybe it was just for reviewers or it's included? I'll mostly have my SP in my pocket so I won't really use it anyway just weird how it wasn't listed.

A great retro handheld. But please keep expectations in check. It has a Gameboy Advance SP form factor and control set (few extra buttons). Dont focus on or buy it for any consoles that feature or require an analogue stick. Despite its power, use it appropriately as its nostalgic design suggests.

Idk id id get this. I already bought me 28xx. I love how easy it slides i to me pockwt.

I wish I could get one but the delivery cost being over 10€ for my country kind of hurts. Especially if I get it from AliExpress it costs even more.

Dammit, i kinda need this in my life... I have two SP's with polarized screen issues and too lazy to fix... LOL

I already ordered 1 Which cfw do you like best?

I'm really trying to *NOT BUY ONE* right now. I just bought 7-8 retro handhelds recently. I've barely even touched them. Can I not _wait_ for the price to drop?

Does it have a vertical arcade mode that flips the game and controls for vertical shoot em ups? I love this mode on my Rg35xxh. Not sure how the controls would be in vertical mode

Sleep mode nor quick shutdown doesn’t work with NDS games (Drastic) unfortunately 😢

I already have a 350p that I could play more than I already do..

Find it funny this came out right after I got the miyoo mini plus

What is a reasonable expectation for delivery time when ordering one of these?

the SP has always been my favourite handheld and gameboy, sad i bought the rg35v. i dont need another emulator and get into a rabbit hole. but... Black or gray?

Ok, I'm almost afraid to ask....how long is Ambernic shipping to the US?

He is compatible with bluetooth headphones ? Thanks for the great Review

Do you see any flickering in pokemon emerald? The 4:3 screen should be unable to properly display the game because it is 3:2 and not linear to a 3x integer scale.

Hey man can I use the micro SD card that comes with it. I am new to these things so putting the OS in another card is not very easy for me ?

hey, i’m currently in the process of painting my 35XXSP, i’m having a heck of a time removing the hinges, i’ve done SP reshells before but i just can’t figure out how they come out. Any tips would be greatly appreciated

Awesome review as always! The buttons are the only thjng im not loving about this one.

Will the display only fit thin stickers and not anything a bit thicker like Pokemon lenticular cards?

I need to go grab a cookie.

Some place in China: Anbernic: we have been developing the best handheld in years... So how can we make it less good? CEO: How about... Noise switch buttons that can bother the hell out the person next to the player? Anbernic: Ok, good! But how about the competition? Powkiddy is releasing good handhelds everyday. How can we make a device that will appeal to powkiddy users? CEO: What if... We put the CPU right below the battery? Anbernic: say no more, sir!

You have made the best review of this device within the short time it was out. I was super hyped to buy this at launch, but wanted to hold off as while Anbernic makes great devices, they have some flaws. The dpad comparison of this video was EXACTLY what I was looking for an my concern about this device. I think I can safely pass on this device, as while I wanted the form factor; it seems pointless if in playing fighting games; it ends up being better that I play on other devices and just play GBA games on this thing. For that,I already have perfectly good modded GBA SP with a special cart to play my games.

Thx for your review! Is it possible to trade pokemon or do battles?

Guess you didn't know that you can push the power button to switch between dpad and analogue stick

If they do ruby red ill grab it

How are you playing wave race at 50 fps? I haven't seen any fps mods?

Is it possible to replace bezel without replacing whole screen? I just want black bezels on retro sp. Thanks.

Hey man as the battery is really close to the cpu , will it be a problem?

Just ordered. Hopefully it gets to me before the 30th or I'm fucked....