TechDweeb has the best b-roll shots of all the retro game channels. The camera movement, colored lighting, close ups of the reviewed handheld. By far the most aesthetically pleasing. And his little mellow background tune. Much appreciated TechDweeb.

A wise man once told me “Sometimes turning something good enough, into something more good enough, is good enough for me”

The only thing keeping me from getting the 35xx was lack of wifi. I'm a sucker for retroachievements, so this is a big upgrade imo

Thanks to your video, I changed my order from Miyoo Mini Plus, to RG35XX. Both seem like solid devices, but the HDMI output made me change my mind.

I have the MM+ as well as the og RG and I subscribe completely to your review of them. Yeah, there are awesome features with the RG, however, no matter how good the Garlic OS is, Onion OS is insane with how well it does everything. You just pop in a card with the installer on it and the thing does its job.

As you and Russ both mentioned, this device will come into it's own in 2024. Would love to use a 35XX+ with wifi capable MinUI.

The 35XX was my first portable emularor and it was great. I loved it. I eventually discovered I don't really like vertical handhelds though. So eventually when I upgraded to something else I decided to just give it to my mother. And she liked playing mario on it so hopefully she'll take good care of it.

The RG35XX is what got me into these retro emulation handhelds to begin with. My current favourites, for reasons, are the R36S and SF-2000. But I am excited for the Retroid Pocket 4 and GKD Pixel!

“The RG35XX is a Rockstar”. You’re the rockstar Dweebo. Another great video my friend. Thanks you.

Not having Analog Controls is more of a feature than a failure, at least for the Game Boy Form Factor.

Absolutely crossing my fingers for GarlicOS to impress like it did on the original 35xx, as I am sure it will thanks to Black Seraph, while being able to utilize bluetooth and wifi as well. The miyoo mini + was just not a comfortable device for me, but the 35xx was a joy to actually game on. Until Garlic updates, my 35xx plus sits on my desk...

thanks for that honest opinion on the comparison part, that's what im reallly wanting to know. you helped me decide. continue being honest to your comparisons. you gained a subscriber!

Bought one through your link. Hope the support goes a long way! Thanks for the great content!

I'm so happy I survived the urge to buy this. My experience with original 35xx wasn't that smooth due to non consistent menu button and shoulder buttons. I love MM+ way more. As for this new rg35xx I would say one would better go for rg353v/vs. A bit more power, great os, analog sticks and loads and loads of great ports. Now if anbernic makes their clambernic with the same power - I will definately buy one

I really hope Miyoo upgrades the Mini+ chipset eventually. It would be perfect with that 1gb of ram and a gpu.

This one seems a bit confusing to me honestly. While the extra performance is definitely a nice bonus, it just doesn't make much sense without an analog stick. The Miyoo Mini Plus still seems like the perfect price:performance ratio for the games that you would realistically want to play on that kind of handheld, and it has a very well acclaimed OS. Still feels like that's the budget king for now.

so excited to see good reviews. just bought mine on amazon and it arrives friday

You can play NDS and N64 games well on the original RG35XX using Koriki OS which is very pleasing to the eye. PSP work with some tweaks too. Dreamcast also possible but haven't tried. Love the channel btw!

The way I see it, the MM+ is the more mature and developed handheld, but this is as good as it's ever going to get for the MM+; no amount of Onion updates will ever improve the hardware it's limited to. From a hardware comparison, the 35XX+ is objectively, unquestionably the superior product. However, right now, the 35XX+ feels like a supbar product, with its stock OS and CFW being in the very early stages; however, this is bound to improve over time, and the 35XX+ will only get better and better with each passing week. In a few months' time, the RG35XX+ will truly be the superior product over the MM+ in virtually every conceivable way. In the future, unless Miyoo releases an even better product further down the line, you'll seem rather silly for choosing to buy the MM+ over the 35XX+. That's my 2 cents, anyway.

I have the NON plus 35xx. I have been enjoying it immensely. I was a bit surprised not to find any mario or Zelda games. The shoulder buttons are a tad difficult for my larger hands. I will surely be upgrading to the plus for the Bluetooth connection for tv playability with an external controller. This was a great review

Finally an honest review with a common sense. It's not good to play DC, PSP, or N64 games in a handheld that's w/o any stick. Cheers Dweeb!

Love mine, waiting for Onion OS and it will be my new go to handheld!

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Build quality is another big consideration. Miyoo Mini's reported fragility and the screen falling out turned me away from it for good. How solid does this one feel?

This definitely looks amazing, but I'm going to wait for developers of Garlic OS and others to make their own OS for this device as this looks damn promising.

Ive always said if the RG35XX had the same screen settings as the Miyoo Mini plus i wouldn't even look at the miyoo and Anbernic delivered with the RG35XX Plus :))).

Anbernic have just announced the RG35XX H, which is a horizontal version of this handheld, which also includes dual thumbsticks. Spec wise it's exactly the same although the price is currently unknown at the moment. Those looking at this and wishing that it had thumbsticks or those that prefer the form factor of horizontal handhelds (PSP style), might just be better just waiting it out for a couple more weeks, for that instead.

12:45 The Miyoo Mini (Plus?) has an Ebook reader?!? No way dude! I'm gonna have to look into this more. 🤯

I like to believe that T.Dweeb's insurance policy includes full coverage for damage caused by spilled root beer seeping into USB A holes.

RG35xx Plus: It's your move Miyoo... Miyoo: Introducing the Super Miyoo Mini 2+ Alpha

I’m always happy to hear about advancement in tech but for this I’d rather go with miyo mini +

Hi TD!! I hope you're having a great day today! Fun as always. That 35xx+ is interesting, and I hope that Garlic gets even better than Onion, but the Miyoo Mini with Onion sure is hard to beat for a nice time 🙂

The coolest thing is of the game needs an analog stick you use a Bluetooth controller. That’s so cool to me

I ordered one of these I cannot wait for it. Technically the RG35XX H would have been the superior option but there was something so nostalgic about the original Gameboy design of the RG35xx Plus that I had to get it. Plus if I want something with that RG35xx H form factor in the future I will probably get the Retroid Pro 4 (or 5 if it comes out by then.)

Can we have a video on optimization for each game platform. I want to get the most out if my unit, but I am a newb and dont want to mess up... Please.

I ordered a Miyoo Mini Plus about a week before the 35xx Plus got released. I nearly cancelled because of the extra power and the Bluetooth (who even has wired headphones anymore?!) But I realised, as you pointed out, the higher end games tend to need analogue sticks, so having the extra power but no analogue stick seems a bit pointless. These devices as this price point really are/should be aimed at the earlier/more basic/retro games that were designed to be played with a D-pad. So for the sake of Bluetooth, I'll stick with the Miyoo Mini Plus and enjoy the better software.

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My favorite nerd KZfaqr 🎉 thanks for the great content .

So it's got enough power to run those more advanced systems, but it just doesn't stick 😁 They have announced 35XX H, which will be a horizontal device and will comfortably implement two analog sticks. Which sounded great to me at first - then I figured that H700 and RK3266 are quite evenly matched. What an advancement! On the other hand, AFAIK Rockchip doesn't really share their sources, Allwinner does and, if the price is right, I'll be interested in that one more. Having enough power for more advanced systems, yet lacking in controller department would annoy the hell out of me.

Was wondering when you'd get to this bad boy... But I was confident you would. Great review...

I'm amazed there are so many handhelds. Will you ever run out of handhelds to review? Also I'm disappointed it didn't come with a HDMI cable. I wish it had the list of preinstalled games. PSone was my favor console of all time.

Do you recommend getting the 128GB or the 64GB?

Between my RG35XX and hacked 3DS I never need to buy a game ever again!

Dude sounds like the nerd voice Michael Scott uses in the office 😂

Sold!! Great review ordering mine now.

You know, this is what kids these days should get as a present, good looking console, w retro games, nothing too huge or packed w online steam or ds games,

Got one myself and its so bad right now, until Garlic is done which should fix issues. No sleep state, bluetooth is spotty, N64 isn't optomized yet. Needs some more time to shine.

One change I'm not a fan of is the new black bezel on the dmg version. I loved the grey bezel on the 35xx dmg version.

Great vids as always.

Thanks for the review. About N64, when you say that most of the games are playable, do you mean at 480p ?

Nice video. I think the Plus looks solid. Yeah custom firmware will bring some helpful stuff, but the original miyoo mini on release was straight trash as well. Not trying to bring whataboutism but as an owner of the mini at launch before Onion was even released to public, thats just the nature of these devices. Not a bad tradeoff to allow people to spend 50 bucks and play thousands of games they dont own, lol. Regarding the performance boost though, it still does help the retro systems for anyone that uses resource demanding features like a combination of shaders and filters, runahead to help alleviate latency, etc. Same reason playing snes on an rk3566 device feels bettee than going back to an rk3326 that can also run the games. As far as lack of analog, thats a no go for n64 but theres tons of psp and dreamcast that dont need them. Rpgs and fighting games are some of the most popular genres to revisit on psp and have many of the low resource demand games that this thing could actually play. Dreamcast also has tons of dpad friendly games considering it is partially popular for the excellent arcade ports which all used digital controls. For every Sonic Adventure, you have a Soul Calibur. Miyoo Mini Plus is still great (and oddly enough is the one i own despite my comment here), but i still see value in the rg35xx plus. Just maybe not worth upgrading from the prior.

The good hard look segment is truly genius!

Dude turns a rg35xx+ review into a Miyoo mini+ ad😂

Honestly this would be a completely perfect device if they threw a lil psp slider on it for dreamcast n64 and psp

It’s between the RG35XX Plus and the XU10 handhelds for the best and cheap handhelds for under $60 for 2023 the XU10 does more emulation such as PS1 Saturn N64 and Dreamcast

love your reviews, catching up through your videos

Software really matters so i recently go for miyoo mini plus. rg35xx plus is good if it has analog stick to use full power of the hardware for play higher end system rest and upto ps1 plays the same in both of the system. miyoo mini plus is still the best choice due to onion os and big community of players

‘’Came out about” This guy is Canadian

i wish ambernic would just hire black sheriff and make garlic the official xx operating system

Keep the great vids coming

Hi, great review. How would you compare it to the retroid pocket 2s you reviewed some time ago. I am looking for a vertical handle retrogaming console and I was wondering what your thoughts about that? Thank you.

I am new to the console world . Can you tell me the best console to buy which can support every retro game and is kinda future proof too and powerful tech wise. I wanna give it to my cousin as a Christmas gift . Budget isn't the issue

If you're just looking to play GBA and SNES, is there any performance benefit from getting the Plus over the original?

I bought a grey one and love it, but the firmware needs some work. One thing that gets on my nerves is about the last update is that they don't have a gameless version like the one before. The problem I've run into is the image with games like 200MB bigger than my good 64GB SD card. They need to come into the 22nd century and do OTA upgrades. That would fix my issue. Edit: A redditor posted a slimmed-down version of the stock firmware. Yay! Now I can update. Still stupid that I can't do OTA updates and save my settings.

Thanks for the video mate!

Just bought one on alie express for $60

gahdamn the price for this is sooooo good for the amount of bang you get for your buck :O

I would love a collab with both yourself & The Angry Video Game Nerd.

Having a Steam Deck, I got this to play old games in a small form factor even betterer that the previous model.

My only request would be a slightly taller form factor that more closely resembles the original Gameboy. You also need 1 analog stick if you're trying to play Dreamcast and PS1 games.

I bought one of these and it came in today. Damn, I thought it’d be something I could quickly get up and running, but no, I’ve got to reload software, download new roms, scour the internet for tutorials, etc.

For a second I thought this was a revisit of the miyoo mini plus. This device looks good I wonder if you ever got an analogue pocket Dweeb senpai

One more amazing vid from Dweeb! I cannot make my eyes see it as the double x plus it makes me think that it is an mmplus

Another great review from the dweeb. You know, one thing I actually don’t like about the plus model is on the gray DMG version of the original they colored the bezel gray to match the plastic, so it looked like it had no bezels, but on the new one it just has black bezels.

Dweeb, tell me young sir, why was one flying Garlic OS 1.27 rather than the latest 1.49? beautiful custom theme, i stole it and played with it, it's amazing btw.

TechDweeb has the best gaming content on the internet❤. Can you make another camping video with your handheld doing a different speed run? Or even better, can you make one while camping in a garden? 😂😂😂. -Dave

I hope Miyoo comes out with a Miyoo Mini Plus PRO with a better chipset, bluetooth, and HDMI to compete with this RG35XXPlus. I love my MM+.

I ordered myself a RG405v (Beefy) still in route, but now I want a good Gameboy like Vertical Retro that I can hook up to a TV with HDMI with Wireless controllers any suggestions or options I can go with? I thought the RB35xx+ was the only one, any other makes can do wireless controllers and Bluetooth? Thx, love your videos top notch editing , knowledgeable and very informative. Does controllers with an analog stick work? New Viewer btw lol thx.

can you solve my issue techdweeb? The gba roms are running perfectly performance wise but there is a audio hiccup now and then, how do you fix it? Should I open my unit up?

Just brought one of these ...I sooo can't wait to play all those classic games , couldn't care about Dreamcast onwards ...up to ps1 is perfect for me

my 35XX Plus 3.5mm headphone jack stopped working, here's a question, with bluetooth for controllers why can the device not connect to bluetooth headphones? It is driving me crazy that I can no longer use headphones on a device that has BT due to the 3.5mm failing.

sunshine and pickles

If they just added a little psp slider and a touchscreen without changing the dimensions... we'd be gold.

I have the regular RG35XX and find it too small for my hands. The controls feel crammed for adult hands. gave it to my little nephew who loves playing F-Zero SNES version on it. I'm on the look out for a handheld that has bigger screen and can play gamecube games. Odin and steamdecks are too expensive for me

Intro got me cackling.

Is it possible to transfer games over from these devices to a Steam Deck? I still can't decide between these two. Is there a better option with thumbsticks?

Between this one, the Powkiddy X55 and the trimUI smart pro in matter of performance and firmware which one do you suggest the most since both are listed at the same price?

Hey Dweeb, in many ways it almost seems like the 35XX has been ahead of the Miyoo mini plus. Why isn't it your go-to for retro games? I only ask because I have both devices, and for me it's a clear choice to pick the 35XX (original model) for the overall comfort and hand feel, in addition to a better speaker and a bit more power. Garlic is good, and the only thing missing is wifi.

Hello and good day to you TechDweeb. The RG35XX plus sounds like a good recommendation. 👍🏾

that intro explains why you get just about literally every device

I think the software and firmware once improved this will be a great device but for now I just think the money is better spent on the r36S

Hey, tech dweeb. Just wanted to make a minor correction. The original 35xx system actually can play DS games because a member of the community ported drastic to garlic os. It works very well at native resolution.

I love it when the port and Jack are called holes

Looks great for $80 for the lower end and $90 for the higher end one. Pay the extra $10 for all those extra added games. Just get the 128mb model it's $90. It's worth every penny!!!! SO MANY GAMES AT YOUR FINGERTIPS TO PLAY WHENEVER YOU WANT, WHEREVER YOU WANT.

Love it. Can play while traveling and hook it up to a TV in the hotel and use my 8bitdo controller and play ps1 games like 30+ years ago. Or snes or even atari 2600 which was my first console 40... Nice trips down memory lane. Bummer that they just announced the 35xx h. Thhis is horizontal and has analog sticks...well too late for me

I really want this device but I think it's going to cause hand cramps during long play sessions.

Is it going to play the higher end stuff ok using the video out, with two wireless controllers that would be well worth it for me.. great video.

Rg35xx H is going to be released soon 🎉🤩

I bought this today and im excited for it ! hopefully its a very nice console, I'm exciteddd to play GBA games and pokemon hackroms

Having a difficulty choosing whether I was this or the powkiddy, other than the fact this is more on the go than that.