The big talk of the town as of recent has been the dual screen handhelds of our “dreams”. Whether that’s the lower end RG DS+ or the much hyped, and upcoming Retroid Pocket Duo. Both of these have been touted as being the big DS handheld for the future, and in the case of the RG DS Plus, that wouldn’t be done without a bit of help from everyone’s favorite guy GammaSqueeze. Dropping another one of his updates, the latest V1.4.4 drop focuses on the two big Anbernic clamshells; the RG DS and its younger RG DS+ sibling. Both of these have some pretty good updates so it’s worth checking out.
As always, if you’re looking to give Gamma support, or to check out his changelogs, I always recommend giving the full Github Changelog a look especially as the RG DS has its own changelog, or check out his Patreon if you want to support him. Just as another reminder, GammaOS releases always hit his patrons first, but free public releases will come later. So if you want to check out new releases sooner, be sure to show him some support.
Updates List:
- Screen Calibration on the RG DS and RG DS Plus
- Hide Games Without Deleting Them
- DraStic-nano Gains an In Game System settings page
- RG DS Gets the Low Latency Audio Path from the RG DS Plus
Fixes
- Fixes to ES-DE Themes Engine
- App icons no longer turn black after using an app
- DSi slider dialogs respond to touch properly
- Button badges no longer look grainy
- PICO-8 carts now appear in the PICO-8 system (Particularly for .PNG Files)
- Apps with background work are no longer closed when you leave them
- Apps are no longer closed while their file picker is open
- Show All Apps no longer comes up with only Settings
- Select+Volume no longer changes the volume too
- Updates can no longer leave a device that does not boot
- The progress bar shows the whole update
- The device no longer sleeps during an update download
- Bootloader and recovery in updates
- General Network Share Fixes
DraStic-Nano Updates
- General Microphone Fixes
- The DS birthday and system clock setting reach games
- No more slow motion after fast-forward
- Hotel Dusk no longer flickers or bobs
- Hotel Dusk with Hi-res 3D no longer crashes
- Pokemon Ranger’s top screen no longer drifts
Fixes For RG DS and RG DS Plus
- Touch now reaches the whole screen on every RG DS Plus
- Fixes for Some SD cards that would not boot
- Reboot and power off after trying ROCKNIX Fixes
- Size Changes to Android text on the RG DS Plus
- Boot logos on the RG DS Fixed
- Updates and Fixes to Charging on the RG DS
- The two RG DS screens run in step at exactly 60 Hz
- RG DS right stick bounce
- No pop from the RG DS speakers when sound starts
As always, Gamma drops his updates when they’re done cooking, but the ones he’s put out are major improvements for those of you with an RG DS or DS Plus. If you’re interested in trying it out, I highly recommend checking out his Patreon for early access to these updates. Otherwise you’ll end up waiting a bit for these to become public. As always, I really can’t wait to see what’s next.
