Anbernic has released an official firmware update for their troubled RG DS device, a large patch aimed at resolving some of the device’s many critical flaws before it starts shipping out to the general public.
The narrative surrounding the RG DS launch has been dominated by software gripes, rightfully. Early reviews reported that the upper screen would drop to a jarring 40Hz refresh rate while the lower screen continued, a quirk discovered by The Phawx and corroborated by reviewers who found the device uncomfortable and ill-equipped for the one thing it exists to do: play Nintendo DS.​
Until now, the community’s hope had largely shifted toward community projects like GammaOS Next, the widely anticipated Christmas miracle for its ability to fix the 40Hz bug and massively reduce latency.
With the 1.4 update, Anbernic appears to be responding directly to the criticisms that made custom firmware a necessity. The official changelog targets the exact pain points highlighted by early reviews:
- Upper Screen Frame Rate Fix: The update resolves the critical issue where the top screen’s frame rate would degrade when games were active on the lower display. This directly addresses the “40Hz bug” that plagued the launch units.​
- Screen Synchronization Optimization: By optimizing how the two screens sync in NDS games, this patch should eliminate the see-saw effect seen in games like Sonic Rush.
- Dual-Screen Backlight Control: A new feature adding independent backlight control, offering a quality-of-life improvement for managing battery life and visibility across the two IPS panels.
While update 1.4 (available here, and shipping with new devices) suggests a better launch than reviews are anticipating, GammaOS still offers deeper enhancements like a global shader pipeline, touchscreen RetroArch UI, and audio improvements via GammaEQ.​ However, for users who prefer not to tinker with flashing custom software, the update aims to transform the RG DS from a glossy paperweight into eWaste that finally functions as advertised, even if most folks would still be better served by an original DS.
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Tons of HDD for under 30 dollars hold everything windows OS put on for .09 cents $ like XP or 7 lots of them at the server station on file haven’t been used in a long time and evidence in the dump or trashed offline use reuse objective and microsd column made to aprehend data from it once or twice a week fully refreshed they have no refresher need programmed m.2 or ufs emmc data modulators to refresh the data on the microsd they’re all in need of the Nintendo technology to work properly and it has it at 1kb refresh per hash at 200mbps max online 24 7 has auto battery absorb reaches zero while off under 7 years and will backup for 15 years guaranteed microsd hub modulated still like a full spinning HDD hub on the back don’t care how heavy honestly not that big a deal anti shock technology offline while moving data modulating backup storage useful objectives for 500 years if HDD backup stream online battery pack low spin too under 1k works for the whole week can’t tell it’s on or working mild budges from the pin online as well works well and micro nano track objectives slight moves under a hour online and very well controlled data back up is best currently don’t waste what’s left of the paved road tar sucked up by 1 semi truck only and the only one on earth currently that can make pixel tar online takes over 1 dozen thousand years to craft in New Zealand and it’s expensive guzzling 100gal turbo deisel a day for 5 weeks straight 1 cube size of the Nintendo cube hard clensed after 500gal sucked up HDD factor only never buying again.
What the hell are you talking about?
Would be interested to see how many pre-orders have been cancelled since the problems were revealed. I’ve seen many posts about people getting their money back before they’ve even shipped.
This is an interesting phenomenon on this hobby, it seems we’re in direct communication with the manufacturers via YouTubers so the feedback it’s been acted upon to keep us satisfied.
Let’s see how long will we have this setup without having too much e-waste
This is one device where Brother Max’s ego got the best of him.
I can’t even consider it since it doesn’t have a stylus on board – there’s little reason to buy this over an OG 3DS. Then you get Virtual Boy 3D giving up PS1/DC with this device can’t do well anyway.
There are small styluses that you can attach to the body of the console (I think retro dad showed one). For new is just in the wrong price range so when it drops to ~€85 it’ll be a good purchase for me