BatleXP G350 Setup Guide and Tutorial

It was bound to happen eventually. Someone (in this case, it looks to be Anbernic under a pseudonym) was going to challenge the Game Console R36S as the budget emulation king. As much as I may have professed my love for the previous champion, and still think it’s great, there’s no doubting the G350 has it everywhere it counts. Ban’s comparison article did a great job explaining the differences between the two devices.

At $37 delivered to my door, I can’t find too much to complain about, but we are a tinkering bunch, and I want to compare all the options out there. So if you’ve just picked up the BatleXP G350 too, let’s take a look at what options the community already has cooking up.

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BatleXP G350 Specs

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BatleXP G350

BatleXP

AliExpress Standard $34.15 $32.15

Code: CDUS02

Amazon Standard $57.99 $55.09

GoGameGeek Standard $69.99 $59.50

Code: RH15

LITNXT Standard $75.99 $64.60

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What You’ll Need

• A trusted brand of micro SD card (64GB – 128GB recommended). Cards that come with these devices are of poor quality and prone to failure. If you ordered a loaded card with your device, back it up and chuck the card. It will eventually fail. Don’t say we didn’t warn you!
• An SD Card reader
• A Windows/MAC/Linux PC
• 7-Zip or WinRAR to unpack any downloads
• Image writing software appropriate for your firmware of choice
  • Rufus – One-stop shop for formatting and writing your SD images.
  • Balena Etcher – Image writing software available for all major Desktop OS’
  • Win32DiskImager – An open-source option designed for Windows, but there are many ports.
  • MintStick/USB Image Writer – Image writing software that comes baked-in with many popular Linux OS distros.

Stock Firmware

The Stock OS experience on the G350 is unique. This is a custom image running Emulation Station and labeled only as BatleXP v 1.0. It’s still currently unclear what firmware was borrowed (likely ArkOS) to do the heavy lifting, but what’s here seems to run quite well.

The menu interface feels fluid and snappy, and performance is on par for this chipset. The included ROM set that came with my unit was the standard “00006Contra5” mishmash of poor labeling and organization. If you’re looking for a decent experience, I think the StockOS is going to be fine for most folks, but ditch the included ROMs.

There is no official download for a clean stock image at this time, but we should continue to see new files for the device pop their heads up, and we will add them to this guide as appropriate.