Anbernic RG503 Review - VITA MEANS LIFE
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- Опубликовано: 2 авг 2024
- Anbernic RG503 Store Link - m.aliexpress.com/item/1005004...
00:00 - VITA OLED? Is There Mura?
03:00 - Build Quality - Fit and Finish
08:50 - Systems Features and Settings
11:30 - KODI Media Player and HDMI
15:00 - Battery Stats and Info
16:14 - DPAD and Input Review
18:40 - Wonderswan Dark Eyes Battle Gate
19:10 - CPS I - Aliens vs Predator
19:30 - TurboGrafx - Outlive
20:15 - TurboGrafx CD - Castlevania Rondo of Blood
20:43 - NES - SimCity
21:09 - Gamebooy - Legend of the Sea King
21:45 - SNES - Ys V
22:08 - N64 - F-Zero X Climax
22:48 - GBA - Mother 3
23:23 - SegaCD - Sonic CD
23:51 - Sega Saturn - Burning Rangers
24:11 - Sega Saturn - Dragon Force
25:00 - Sega 32X - Virtua Racing DX
25:15 - Sega Dreamcast - Sonic Adventure 2
25:30 - NeoGeo - Metal Slug X
25:50 - PS1 - Beavis and Butthead in Virtual Stupidity
26:17 - PS1 - Destega
26:44 - PSP - Castlevania Rondo of Blood
27:15 - Total Input Latency
28:00 - Conclusion of Review
#RG503 #Emulation #RetroHandheld 
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I just ordered a bronze gold RG503 a few days ago! I want it for PSX, SNES, GENESIS, GBC and NES. Love the design of this Anbernic as well.
Same here. I'm all for the 2D gaming on a large enough screen my old eyes can see it.
Great balanced review, this might be a good upgrade for my RG350. This helps me temper my expectations.
Right now I'm 100% disappointed with the RG503. The RK3566 is definitely more powerful than the RK3326 but the lack of Touchscreen Functions and 1GB of RAM may have ruined this device for me. This Handheld neither appeals to the Open-Source or Emulation crowds. I'm very sad. Let's hope the Community can make something of this device.
It’s not just the RAM. The lack of eMMC would seriously hamper android 11 as well. If this included android it would at least make sense for DS gaming. Now it’s only a slightly more powerful version of a 2 year old device ( the 351 line).
@@jamesyu5212 When you look at Single Core scores compared to the RK3326 the RK3566 scores significantly higher. On top of this this chip has already been used in Android boxes and has better performance than what we see in the RG503.
@@Pridetoons the numbers may look like a huge gap but in practice it’s functionally nothing. It plays 10-15% of psp and dreamcast games better than 351 line. That’s a mediocre upgrade. It’s lack of ram is unforgivable. Those rk3566 set top boxes come with 4-8 gigs of ram. Ram and added bandwidth helps with caching for emulators like duck station.
@@jamesyu5212 That's all fair but the RK3326 devices can play almost 200 PSP games I've tested plus they do pretty okay with a large chunk of Dreamcast games I've tested. An extra 10% - 15% is basically 65% - 75% and maybe 85% of PSP games. N64 is obviously still going to be Hit and Miss but would have improved. With all this being said Anbernic needs something that can compete with the Retroid Pocket 2+, Powkiddy X18S and the Odin. The only thing saving them now is the RP2+ is in Pre-Order, The Powkiddy X18S has lackluster build quality, and the Odin is still an Indiegogo Campaign.
Touchscreen should be your least worry because you're playing games that do not require it. Yes its only really needed for Android but other devices like the Retriod Pocket 2, work great still without one. The Ram issue should be everyone's main worry because 1GB of ram is not helpful. Can't even load games (like PS1 games) into ram.
I ordered the blue can't wait
Anbernic is king of incremental, uncompelling product upgrades.
I just wish it was a little bit more powerful, enough to run N64 and PSP properly. It's a real crime to have that screen and not be able to play PSP games on it
Bang on it!
It is powerful enough to run N64 and at least 10% - 15% more PSP games than the RK3326 devices. The problem is the stock firmware is completely broken. Also 1GB of RAM definitely doesn't help sell this device.
Retro Arena has a great custom firmware that DRASTICALLY improves performance. Also, use the standalone glide64mk emulator for n64. It plays goldeneye with upconverted graphics. Haven’t really found an n64 game it won’t play.
not sure if you did something with you mic but the leveling sounds slightly better, nice
You know what has an oled screen and can play Vita, PSP, PS1, and retro games? A Vita.
the vita sucks at most emulation, though.
@@arkworthy8594 it IS good at Vita and PSP games though. A good use of that nice Oled screen.
@@LessonsOnTheWeb No arguments from me on that one. Vita has the best screen I have ever used.
I mean, no shit. Plus the Vita can't emulate N64, Dreamcast, Naomi, and Sega Saturn games.
LOL, you are technically correct. The best kind of correct.
Damn, I thought we had Vita emulation on a handheld :(
What!? PSVita emulation doesn't exist in any stable form yet!
@@Pridetoons He meant that he was fooled by the video title.
@@Aethelbeorn That makes more sense.
Ill keep my vita, this has some benefits over it for emu, but overall the vita is still very dominant.
ya, vita is better.
Weird comments about the HDMI functionality. I think it is a great asset for versatility.
I can appreciate it, but just in my use-case, I'd never actually use it. That's not to say others wouldn't use it all the time! It's merely just my opinion on the Value-Add it affords in context of how things would evolve in practice.
I just don't see the point. I have the 350 and it has hdmi working on some firmwares, but I naver even tested it. It's just not something I would do with a handheld... If I want to play at home on a tv/monitor I would connect something like a tv box or a PC and not bother with the handheld. So the only option would be when I travel. And still I would probably connect a laptop or something.
I had hdmi on my tablet as well, and I used it a bit more when I travel instead of a laptop. And I was watching movies or playing games on it. But again that was rare and only when I was traveling and staying in some hotel.
It's a nice option to have, that is for sure, but if there was an option without it for a couple of bucks less, I would probably take it instead :D
It would be cool if this could be a case for a raspberry pi CM4.
Vita means life. RG503 apparently means an underwhelming handheld. As RetroGameCorps pointed out, it has the perfect screen for games it can't emulate.
Damn it I'm 30mins late!
Psvita still the goat
what is the current best product from this company if not this model?
2D retro games on a screen my old eyes can see without strain. Yes please. 🙂
The lack of power doesn't bother me because, to be honest, it's hard to enjoy 3D games on anything but a big screen. That's just me though.
Hold up! It has a video media player? Wow, that's a great feature to have. I can definitely load my favorite movies collection onto this.
Honest question, not a troll, do you enjoy movies on 5 inch? My eyes and ears are getting old, I almost need a big screen and surround sound nowadays. 😞
@@josephbradshaw6985 Yes, indeed! It's a large enough screen as a portable display. However, I no longer have my RG503, I gave it to my little brother. I also could not get the media player to work in my RG503. I know have an RG353P with a slightly smaller display at 3.5 inches. I enjoy my RG353P more than I did with the RG503. I also got the media player to work on my RG353P, it has KODI media player and it plays everything I throw at it! I have a 1TB micro sd card in the roms slot filled with TV shows and movies along with my roms library.
@@jonathonearl482 Cool! Isn't the screen a lot smaller though? Asking for my eyes. I'm deciding on a 503 or one of the various 3.5" devices. Like the 353p or the 351v. Both are so awesome looking, but I have a v90, which is only 3", and it's too small to enjoy. :-(
@@josephbradshaw6985 Here is the thing between the screen display sizes of the RG503 and RG353P. The screen size of the RG503 is said to be 5 inches but it's really about the same height as the 3.5 inch screen of the RG353P. It's just that the screen of the RG503 has been stretched horizontally to make it 5 inches. You get it now? By that I would either get the RG353P or I would get an RGB10 Max 2 for an even larger display. The single pure color schemes of the RGB10 Max 2 look much better, that being the all black or the all white versions. The only thing I don't like about the Powkiddy RGB10 Max 2 is that it only has one speaker (though the single speaker sounds pretty good!), the RG353P has 2 speakers. Another thing, I could not get the media player to work on the RG503 but it works easily on the RG353P and on the RGB10 Max 2.
@@jonathonearl482 That's exactly what I was wondering about. I had gridded it out on graph paper, and for the old 4:3 games it's not really that much more real estate. Like 60 pixels tall maybe?
Dude thanks for your reply, I'd been wondering. But my derpy graph paper method felt, well, derpy.
Thanks for the great video, I liked it so much that I bought the console! My RG503 arrived today, however I can't get a single game to work and I have run out of ideas!! I have tried Neo Geo, Mame, Megadrive, GBA, Capcom and Super Nintendo and none of them will load a single game. I press the A button and it goes black then takes me back to the game list. I've never had this happen before, any idea what's going on?
Have you tried different booting games from different sd card? Anbernic adds cheap crapy sd witch might ship corrupted
yeah it has oled and all but for the price id just get a retroid pocket 2+ its cheap and more powerful than this thing
Yea I think that's a better overall purchase as well.
Vita oled panel? Does that mean they're still in production? That'd be great news, I intend to use my Vita for many more years.
They're not in production. They are using leftover stock. Truly depressing that perfectly good replacement Vita screens are being wasted in such a way.
We still have hope...Due to the AYN ODIN...
Once ordering won't take forever... That's the only issue I am hearing now...
As for this RG503 is just another slow grade similar to the Switch OLED...model...
Correct me if I'm wrong, but the Odin Lite's SoC is much more powerful than this thing's right? The Lite is barely more expensive than this thing and I'd argue is a far better designed device overall, so how the heck does Anbernic think they can compete at this price bracket? Seems to me like they're just riding purely on the OLED hype.
I mostly agree with you, but the Odin is hard to get (is the Lite ready yet?) while this device is in full production and shipping regularly. It's hard to compare a product you can buy today with something that only exist on paper and a few prototypes in the hands of a few people.
Screen is Cool, but like... Why? For the money Anbernic is charging the Build Quality, Quality Control, and Specs should be much better imo
Initially, the design of the RG503, was unpleasant. But now that I'm actually seeing it in people's hands, it's actually quite nice.
Unfortunately it's still pretty underpowered for emulation and lacks the specs for any good Open-Source milestones like the RG552. Also going back to the PAP KII shell was a horrible decision.
Can't believe how bad these things are starting to get. Powkiddy is about to surpass Anbernic at quality.
This a very sad but true statement. I'm going the Email Anbernic.
Yeah honestly all Powkiddy needs to do right now is fit the RK3566 inside the RGB10 Max 2 and give it stereo audio and 5 GHz WiFi (two things they should have done in the first place) and they'd instantly have a handheld that absolutely makes a mockery out of the RG503. This device may turn out to be the disappointment of the year. What a way to waste the stock of replacement Vita screens.
@@nsp6590 are you sure about that, don't know a powkiddy device that has a decent d-pad. The rest means nothing if you can't play correctly (and I mean Celeste is completely unplayable on my rgb10 due to the garbage d-pad)
@@pranze3484 I need a good dpad and bluetooth controller support I have a powkiddy v90 first my first budget device dpad is garbage
They should have given it buttons that fit the shell properly and gave it better build quality cause it’s just ridiculous seeing n64 games pop up on 1/4 of the screen and glitch out
Does this support C to C cable charging?
14:14 well, excuuuuse me, princess
Do your face buttons feel like it is grinding against the frame?
This is a good question.
No. They feel quite nice actually. I had other fit and finish issues though.
I want Retroid Pocket 2+ or Odin with OLED screen. Or a mod to put OLED panel on it
It's the dpad that keeps me away from the rp2+
@@lo4427 I like Dpad from Game Boy micro
@@alinepiroutek8932 never had one, will look a a video on one just to see but not my taste of a handheld I went with the powkiddy v90 for my first budget device lol
@@lo4427 Powkiddy v90 looks a hell with its buttons.
Anbernic has been making some really silly products the last 18 months or so, the last truly good handheld was the RG351 MP in my opinion.
That OLED screen deserved better, i mean use something like the RK3588 if you have to use a rockship processor, i am pretty disappointed by the RG503 😑
The phawk sorry to bug you but is fsr 2.0 coming to the deck. I'm new to PC gaming can you do a video about it I just want to hear a basic overview.
Wow I thought these were supposed to be getting BETTER?? NOT WORSE!!?
You really think this device is that bad you guys can't be serious with these comments
Vita means unlife, at this point.
PSTV is 30$ Ps Vita that was discontinued, I love it once its hacked with atmosphere and works to do much more emulation than this for such a cheap price. Hard to support these devices these days tbh.
Crappy build quality...this OLED does not get bright enough or dull enough and buttons to big for shell so they scrape. Gap on the screen...really poor build quality for Anbernic. This is a hard pass.
Nano machines son!!
ah yes oled cant wait to get burn in like every single oled phone ive owned
That’s absolutely false. Wulf Den tested oled screens like the switch and vita. Leaving it on for weeks at full brightness and never had burn in. There are software features that make this a non issue ( like moving pixels in a still image).
Your comment is so… 2009.
@@jamesyu5212 wulff dens switch finally burned in after 3600 hrs. Its still happens randomly with modern flagships too.
@@bulletpunch9317 that’s 150 straight days of using the same bright high contrast Zelda image…yeah not gonna happen.
@@jamesyu5212 yeah, its not something thats guarenteed to happen. But saying stuff like "never burned in" "so 2009" is straight up wrong.
@@bulletpunch9317 this is using the exact same panel as the vita. Check how common the burn in is on forums.
And no the “mura” effect of black spots don’t count. That’s not burn in.
Besides, the risk of getting burn in only applies to static images- very common for phones. Not so much in an emulation device( unless you’re one of those anal persons who like to see an fps counter in your games).
I'm not interested in anything that can't run Dolphin and PCSX2.
I already have a PocketGo S30 and a 3DS
I have a feeling the bad Quality control on this device may lead to how lucky you get with "YES! I got a Good one" or "Oh No! I got the Bad one"
Do you feel lucky Punk? Well, do you Punk? lol
Vita is better console 100%
Still not playing PS2/GameCube.....ok imma pass yet again. Let me know when you stop making the same product 20 times. I'll stick to my 351M
Most phones can emulate retro games, not sure why I need another device to do that.
Well many people like a dedicated device. So you can unplug and just game a bit, not get calls, worry about anything, stuff like that. Plus usually phones have the onscreen controls, and those are the suck for many (all?) people. You can get one of those earmuff controllers though for your phone, I've had issues doing that, so I'm like, eff it, I'm getting a dedicated device.
Why even release something like this? Who would honestly want this junk?
At this point just get a phone with a controller.
My POCO X3 Pro + Razor Kishi and RG552 will have to do until the Odin Pro, Steam Deck, and maybe the Retroid Pocket 3 are finally released.
If high end phones start going back to a 16:9 aspect ratio and has microsd card slot, then that's feasible.
Else the experience can't beat a dedicated handheld, so there will always be a market for one.
Btw any controller allows you to charge the phone and use it at the same time?
@@samh5886 Yes, i am using such a Controller... And the Kishi can do that too... Mine is the Alternative controller: The Gamesir X2 Type C Edition... And no, you dont need a very high end Smartphone, as the mentioned Poco x3 Pro Kicks ass with all existing retro game Handhelds with its Snapdragon 860 and 8 GB of RAM (even the Odin, which is most powerfull Device in the dedicated handheld area, just has the old Snapdragon 845 and only 4 GB of RAM) .... And the Poco x3 Pro also has a Micro Sd Card Slot.... And with its 5000 mah Battery, it lasts for many many hours... In Addition to that, you got the latest Android Version, instead of some old Android Version, or some weird OS which lacks Support for some Apps... Its not even a competition with these kind of Devices... In Addition to that, you got fast Charge, means your machine is fully charged from 0-100% in around 50 Minutes
@@omerg.8195 Poco x3 pro quickly throttles and begins to perform worse than odin. Taki did a test.
@@bulletpunch9317 i am using it since one year now... I can tell you clearly that it is not throttle in any case I used it so far... Even the harder ones, like ps2 or gamecube does not make the System throttle... So, yes in a specific way, if you want to push it to the Limits, Maybe IT will throttle faster as the 845 of the Odin, but not in normal life usage...