r/rgds

Newest nightly introduced a menu for the bottom screen, only comes on when you touch it and pauses game with saves and screen brightness ready to go.

Comparison of the screens on my RG35XXSP and RGDS. Same brightness level, shader, and custom aspect ratio (as recommended in Russ' shader tutorial).

I think it might be time to officially retire the RG35XXSP. It's served me well, but I barely use it anymore as I much prefer to use my RG40XXV or RGDS for my GBA fix.

I'm trying to downsize and reduce redundancies in my gaming devices. Might gift it to my nephew.

The slim case I ordered JUST arrived. Here are my first impressions:

pros:
• ⁠it’s lightweight yet very durable hard TPU (and not soft silicone like I imagined lol)
• ⁠the stylus holder fits the official stylus VERY snug. Passed the vigorous shake test.
- all holes for volume rocker, power button, lanyards holes, power indicators and 3.5mm jack are perfectly aligned.
• ⁠The felt cloth is nice and thick, the device comfortably slides into the slot, wrapping the back and bottom edges so your DS won’t make plastic-to-plastic contact with the case when equipped. Also spaces out to provide a thin layer of air for heat dissipation.
- easy to equip and fits very snug and will not slip off of it’s own.
• ⁠The weight of the unit equipped with the grip is lightweight and slim enough to fit in the official anbernic carrying case zipped completely closed.
• ⁠the 3D printed layer lines are noticeable but in this case it’s a good thing since it contributes to more grip.
• ⁠comfortable grip when holding it, fingers naturally rest on the inside curves.

cons:
- slippery in clammy hands
- some layer lines from the 3D printer are present, some may be sharp, be careful.
- $28.99 + shipping

Yep… its working. With some tweaks its playable (around 30fps+… most of time). Now, Im fighting with controls, progress coming soon…
Its GammaOS, Performance Gouverner on CPU/GPU….

almost every time I put it in my pocket or a bag in sleep mode and I take it out a bit later to use its always awake and extremely hot, with a ton of bettery gone, I dont know why that keeps happening, I thought I was accidentally pressing the button but i know i wasn’t, does Gamma fix this?

It's been less than a month since I got mine, and I jumped on temu to grab a few things to make my life easier.

I looked for a longer strap, the provided one was nice and all but it really didn't fit the color since it was black. So I got one with a similar color.

Then I grabbed a bunch of nail stickers. They are transparent and small, things I was looking for since I used similar stuff back in the day to customize my old Nintendo DSi.

Then for the pen, I mostly just toss it in my bag but it goes all the waaay to the bottom, I couldn't afford one of those fancy 3D printer grips with pen holders (third world country) so I looked for alternatives and found this cheap pen holder. I checked the original dimensions of the device on anbernic website vs what the pen holder had and it was similar enough. Then I just looked at placements and this is how I ended up going since I can actually grip the console normally.

I wish there was blue, but I was thinking of maybe picking up a spray paint can to replace the one I'm currently using since I got a bunch for cheap and I can always paint another one.

I've got two sets of stickers, a cherry blossom one and a Snoopy one.

You can see that I originally covered my RG DS' exterior in cooking appliances and pastries, and they're cute, but there's not much order or style to the chaos.

So I'm leaning towards the cherry blossom one because I found a sticker set with illustrations by one of my favorite artists, Flor Kaneshiro, so her illustrations would be the focus and I'd use others as a frame.

But then I also found that Snoopy and Laika one and I melted! I love Laika so much, every time I think about her, I cry, and Snoopy is also a favorite of mine. The big one would be a great center piece, and I got others to fill in the extra space, some stars and space stuff too.

I think that, had I gone with the shimmery blue model, I'd be more certain in using the Snoopy stickers, but the white model will surely look cuter with cherry blossoms.

Thoughts?

PS. All of these were bought as a local showroom here in Argentina.