Update: the JELOS installation process is slightly updated now, you have to select a function called "create game directories" to populate the second SD card with the ROMs folders. It's all been explained and updated in the written guide: retrogamecorps.com/2023/10/27/powkiddy-rgb30-starter-guide/#Setup
Hi Russ, as always, thanks so much for taking the time to review (you did 3 videos about the RGB30) and writing starter guides for users to get into retro handhelds and this device. I'm considering getting this device, but my experience with JelOS on anbernic rg353p was not so great due to the fact that the battery drained so quickly in sleep mode. Is there this similar problem here for JelOS on RGB30?
I have tried to sort my rgb30 for the last month. I did an update and it wiped my full games list I think. Is there anyway I could post my device to you to set it up for me, what a riot I cant play anything I have the 128gb version too!
I largely wrote this handheld off as an insignificant odd aspect ratio device. But for anyone wanting to try JelOS, it's a pocket powerhouse. Now I understand the appeal.
Received today!! Awesome!! But Jelos is kinda crappie, sound not working or at 100% all time (buttons not working).. I will try to install again but as I can see in some forums the problem is common in the latest update.
I'm very wary of GKD products, they shut down their firmware and devs can't make any tangible change to it. Hopefully the Pixel is easier to work with.
For hardware mods you can also add a rumble motor you can see the white circle already on the board, I got a 10x3mm coin vibrating motor that already has adhesive so you just have to solder 2 wires . It currently only functions with ArkOS but I believe it'll work with jelos when they mainline the rgb30 version.
I would like to thank you for this. I received the RGB30 today, 16GB and 256GB Sammy sdcards and started loading her up, so far so good, my daughter is going to freak for xmas when she realizes what this thing is and what it can do.
Man, I came from a patched Nintendo Switch, and speaking of retro emulation, this machine is a complete beast: fully customizable with themes, music (better than any Atmosphere OS theme), with Arkos OS Systems as Dreamcast, Naomi, Atomiswave, PSX, N64, NDS, runs smoothly, near to excellent...Battery life per gaming is about 4,5 or 6 hours (depending on the game requirements). I'm specially impressed with the Dreamcast performance: it can runs games as Neo Geo Battle Colisseum, Hokuto no Ken, Soul Calibur, Crazy Taxy, near to perfection. On the Nintendo Switch (patched) most of this Systems/games can't run, or you need to do tricks as playing it with Lakka, Ubuntu, overclocking, etc.
I got mine a few days ago and I’m completely satisfied, it’s just what I wanted. The build quality is very good, buttons are nice and the screen is the best part, I’ve mainly played SNES, GBA, NDS, N64 arcade and oh boy It works and looks absolutely amazing, battery is surprisingly good too. I’m in love. Only thing I can say is PSP looks a little small on the screen, I’ve only played patapon and it runs great but I just wish it looked a little bigger, that’s the only real complaint I have, other than that it’s a 10/10, if you’re interested in this device I’d say go for it, it’s not too expensive and works great, also this is an amazing starter guide that just buffed my device hahaha
I found that for GB, GBC, GG, NES, SNES and Genesis, I really like to set the video filter to "Grid3x" and the shader to "sharp-bilenear-2x-prescale" and either 10:9 or 8:7 aspect depending on the system. This gives fantastic crisp pixels that are defined via the grid, which I love the look of, but also takes up essentially the full screen minus the bars from the aspect ratio difference. I use the "Grid3x" filter for GBA as well, but I don't use a shader since it integer scales perfectly. Hope that helps someone!
install the maximus-royale-CRT shaders. Best shaders for everything up to PS2, as it's a proper recreation of a Sony Trinitron phospher diffusion mask with plenty of tweaking options to scale with.
Hi, I updated autoconfigs in retroarch and it broke the gamepad. I resetted Retroarch config to default in the danger zone but it did not solve the issue. Any suggestion maybe?
I tried using the Samsung endurance micro SD cards as they are much more reliable than regular SD cards. They are slower but the types of games you will play on the RGB30 wont come anywhere near the max read speed of it so it is a good choice if you want something more reliable. Will probably work good as the flash storage too.
I use the SanDisk Max Endurance in my Model 3 and had no issues with it constantly recording for almost 4 years. The Endurance cards are definitely worth the slight premium in price.
Hi man, which would you recommend me to get this Christmas? The RGB30 (this one), the X55 or the Ambernic RG503? I asked this in the retro handhelds discord and they suggested me the RG503 which they told me was better than the X55 and its on release problems were already solved but TBH I want to get advice from you What I want is mostly to emulate PSP Dreamcast PS1 GBA and Saturn games on a Linux based retro handheld, the games I would emulate on Dreamcast and Saturn are fighting games
Hey! I've been having problemas with most of the emulators. For Genesis for example. For any game that I try to play, a green screen appear and I can't play. I can only press Select+Start twice to go back to the menu. Most of the consoles have this issue. In some of them I fixed this by selecting a different emulator (It seems that retroarch is the issue). But for Genesis, non of the emulator works (All retroarch). Any idea how to fix this?
Awesome guide Ross! Much appreciated! I’d love to see a video of you discussing accessories for these plethora of devices. Being that a number of these handhelds only charge using a certain wattage USB-C, I think some users find power bricks and cables to be a little overwhelming. Maybe toss in some of your favorite battery packs, carrying case options (kinda hard because of the varying ergonomics but maybe an all in one type deal). Headphones, earbuds, or my personal favorite IEMs, varying IO adapters, etc. Maybe you’ve already posted a video regarding accessories and I missed it. If so, my apologies. Thanks again for all you do!!!
TIP : Use only one SD card, if you use a separate card for roms you will have a decrease in performance by 5-10% in FPS! Tested this on all my devices, works everytime.
Wow, amazing guide Russ, I'm so glad I ordered this handheld, mostly because of the detailed video guide, as well as the written guide, and on top of that you do a teardown with mods!! Bravo!
After 2 weeks of using, I literally just want like 3 things from it. A little more power, a little more compact and maybe a metal shell. Other than that I love this thing
I would like to thank you for two things: Always having great, easy to follow content and showing Die Hard Arcade. I used to play this with my older brother in an arcade in Puerto Rico when I was a kid and could not remember for the life of me remember what the name of the game was. I love you, dude!
I just purchased one and a few days into using it the audio went mute even after raising the volume all the way up. Is there something I can do to fix it? Also tried plugging in my headphones and same issue
@@phishwakI have the same issue and that hasn’t worked for me.. is there anything else to try? I’m bummed as hell because it was great until this happened..
Hi Russ. Great video and guide as usual. I got into retro games because of you and purchased my first ever retro console (RG35XX). I'm mostly happy with it. I did notice that it stutters on some levels on Wario Land 4, especially the levels with rain. I also find that it can be tricky to play games like Crash Bandicoot due to the lack of analog stick. Is the RGB 30 a step up from RG35XX? Thanks.
Question regarding an issue: Watched this video many times setting up my RGB30. Extremely helpful! however, with you N64 settings in you written guide, I cant EXIT a game (command to acces retroarch dows not work on N64 and also not STARt+SELECT). Have you experienced this? I have the exact settings as in your guide. THANKS!
Yes, I think that would be great! If only *someone* with coding skills were up to the task of making the pak :D But it would also require setting up WiFi as well, which I imagine is quite a big hurdle. I do imagine we'll see NGPC and Arcade cores for it soon, either from Shaun or the community.
I love filling up the screen with a game (even if it means cutting some of the content off). I've found that for PS1 you can squish things in a little bit to make it more square-ish and have it fill up the screen vertically. You will still cut off a little bit of the sides but for action games etc it should be fine. Obviously won't work for every single game.
arkos can be configured to save state, quick shutdown and then load state on startup as well. it is one of the features that makes it feel like onionos and that also helps with the sleep battery drain issue
Super awesome guide! personally I'm going to wait until Anbernic or someone like Miyoo releases a competitor to this. It's such a turnoff to have to mod the D-Pad just to get it to work normally.
You don’t. He went over it because you can run any OS that’s available. I’m assuming the game libraries that come with/ it are poorly organized and not complete.
Mine came in the mail yesterday and I'm loving it so far. The default OS it came with had bezels set up for every system which felt like such a waste of the gorgeous screen, but once I did a fresh OS install (I went with ArkOS) and set up the scaling options, it is awesome. One thing I did differently than your guide was I set up the platform specific scaling options in RetroArch instead of in the OS. Is there any disadvantage to doing it that way? Another thing that I found useful was using the 240p test suite to make sure that my scaling options were truly giving me the nice square pixels I wanted.
These guides are amazing as always... unfortunately for me, not being computer savvy, a lot of this information is wayyyy over my head. Wish it could just be safe to use the SD card this comes with
Thanks for your thorough and amazing reviews and guides! I'm now well into my handheld journey with my RGB30 and Miyoo mini + thanks to your videos! I have one question which I've never seen covered in emulation guides. I grew up in the UK, and like most of our European neighbours, our childhood games were played on microcomputers - Amiga, Commodore 64, Amstrad and Sinclair machines most often. All running PAL / 50HZ signals. I love my RGB30 and MM+, but PAL games stutter in their scrolling, where the NTSC versions run smoothly. Turrican and Star Ray are great examples. Is it simply that these displays don't handle 50HZ signals, and is there any distinction on all the various options where display refresh rates are concerned? I've chatted on Reddit a little, and the consensus is "Play the NTSC versions".. but that's a shame, as they speed up the music and gameplay in a way that just doesn't feel right. I do have an Analogue Pocket - and I feel as you do that the RGB30 largely does everything almost as well, save for all these PAL games which run perfectly on that. I'd love to learn that I'm wrong and that these can run smoothly on these devices! Forgive me if this is a question for another place, but since I discovered the issue on my RGB30, I'd be grateful to know where to start asking!
Ordered mine from Amazon (because our customs can be "picky", when it comes to shipping tech from non-European countries to private addresses.) Can't wait for it to arrive. Could you also make a video that compares ArkOS and JelOS ? Would love to see how the two stack up on this Device.
I got mine on Ali for $71, I ended up going against the norm and bought the card with games just to be plug and play. I’ll go ahead and curate the games at some point. But this is the best handheld ever. The simple fact that very arcade games are the same size as horizontal console games is the best selling point for me. ❤
Wanted my game boy games in that lime green tone - thanks for all your advice with this setup. I’ve had my eye on this console for a while and now I’ve finally got it up and running. The retro gaming community on RUclips is the greatest 💚💚💚💚
Wee! Just got mine and went with Ark OS. Really enjoying it so far. I've been thinking about one of these retro handhelds for a couple of years now, and this was the one that really jumped out to me :D
I've tried that dpad fix on a couple of devices before, and I am not sure if it really works. Sometimes it feels like all the fix does is make the dpad as a whole less responsive, you get less wrong diagonals because you get less everything. Though it's most likely because I don't pick the size of the tape correctly.
So I got mine today and I totally love it, I do have a problem. I've set my menu to 5:3 aspect ratio but it keeps changing it back to 1:1 ratio, anyone has the same problem or know how to fix it?
Hi, I have a question, i have powkiddy rgb30 and everything is great but the sound of the games are very high, i want to lower the volumen on the games, I use (-) but doesnt work (in the game), and I use “select + (-)” and just change the bright on the screen 😩
Had anyone noticed that when playing a game the right SD card gets really hot? I rest this area on my pinky finger when playing and it will occasionally burn my finger.
Hello there, just to say thanks for the vid….. All new to this but have created a custom RGB30 exactly to my needs. It’s a great device and recommend to newbies like myself. I use the system just for mostly pre 32bit stuff and its absolutely perfect. Happy gaming all. :-))
Man I’ve had mine for like 4 months and all of a sudden my audio stopped working… I’ve tried headphones and even connecting Bluetooth headphones but, even that doesn’t produce audio. Does anyone know what else I can try or is my console just a dud and the audio is fully dead?
i do not know if you can read this but the git hub for JELO's Repository where you need to put the ROMS to which folder is now archived by the creator please help.
Thanks for this amazing starter guide! Love my RGB30. I set up everything and have my roms library (on a second sd card) but now i would like to switch to a new/better sd-card for the TF OS slot. The question is: is the scraped media like the box arts and the screenshots on the TF OS-sd card or on the games-sd card?
I finally got my handheld received it yesterday 10/06/24, I absolutely love it, I'm so bummed that I need to have it returned, either for an exchange or refund. The battery lasts for max 30 mins.
Just picked one up and....it's DOA. Powers on and the green LED comes on but the screen has no video. EDIT: Looks like this is pretty common with these devices. Build quality control isn't very good.
I really want to like this device, being a fan of retro Shmups, but it's too buggy. Half of the game folders disappeared after dragging them into the Roms folder (after the firmware udate ,which I regret having done), then it's stuck at boot on a Loading storage services....Tried Factory resets, creating game subfolders in roms manually, didn't touch the Bios, no luck. Bit gutted to be honest :(
Thank you for the video, it was super helpful! I have one question about scraping the artwork. You mention not to scrape for Arcade/Mame games. But my arcade/mame lists are just text. If you're not scraping box art on those categories, what are you scraping?
In my RGB30 I have 2 SD cards. One card holds Jelos and the other holds ArkOs and all my roms. Initially I set it up to work as just a single SD card with ArkOS but I wanted to try Jelos so flashed it to the other card and didn’t even realise that Jelos would pickup the roms folders from the Ark SD card.
Is there a way to change the individual thumbnails in the main menu for the emulators ect. (when scrolling through the menu)? Example: For All games: Image of Metroid, Sega Genesis: Sonic. Thanks in advance
Omg. So....if I already have the whole GB library in roms, unzipped.....can I just put the games card from the RGB30 in the computer and add the GB library???
❤❤🎉 Please make a video, I searched for hours and I can't find it or it doesn't work. How can I connect to powkiddy rgp30 from a Windows computer? To transfer files or add some things. I tried everything but i cant see sd card in my computer and everything. good day/good work
I heard that Powkiddy's pre-loaded sd card is actually pretty good - things are well named and without a lot of duplicates. I ordered the rgb30 with a 128 gig card, I'm looking forward to checking it out!
Hello all. Does anyone have info on whether the OS card has games or just the OS? Plus..does the 64GB card have a good selection with room for more? Man I'm needy!! Sorry. :)
I've been unable to use a xbox one controller with the RGB30 via bluetooth. It pairs just fine and it works fine on the launcher but inside retroarch only some buttons work while others don't i.e. d-pad down works but d-pad up does not. Remapping the buttons within retroarch does not work either - it does not recognize the button press. The controller works fine when paired to other systems, so I know it is not defective. Appreciate any insights folks might have.
I tried following the guide but I can't figure out how to make systems like the Genesis, SNES, etc to fill the screen instead of them being at "normal" size with a bezel. Thanks in advance!
So Abernick just replied and said they cant sell me parts unless im an existing customer of a system(Rg353vs) any ideas? I can cope with the less grippy hall sticks,but would really like to get the membranes for the d pad.
Love the videos and finally got one of these! Quick question, I've accidentally taken some screenshots on my RGB30 and was wondering where I go to find and delete those screenshots on my device. Thanks!
How can I create a new System ? ... I can start DOS games via RetroArch when loading it via a game of an other system.... but this is cumbersome. How can I add DOS as a System to the Jelos main page ?
Russ, I don't want to scrape the media on the device. What are the pic sizes for JELOS? Is it still 250 with 'Keep aspect ratio'? Just a suggestion to add this to the instructional page you crated for peeps like me that like to scrape on the PC & not the device.
On Gameboy, under colorization I’ve got it set to GB -DMG and then I select Pixelshift 24 - GB New once a game has loaded. Is there a way that I can have Pixelshift 24 - GB New automatically load whenever I run a Gameboy game?
Bro can you please please please make a quick video like a short of what GBA Pokémon fire red looks like on all the handheld retro consoles, I’ve been watching all videos but not one displays GBA Pokémon??
do you have a recommendation for a handheld with a good PSP emulator? looking for something (with joysticks) in this range that'll play old handheld systems up to PSP.
The SanDisk 16 GB card you recommend does not work in my RGB30. It works great in other devices but flashing the OS on it and booting from it always results in an error about it not finding the UUID of the drive. I double checked that it is correct, and I even copied the contents of the SanDisk card 1:1 onto the card that came with the system and that one works. So sadly I cannot recommend the SanDisk 16 GB card for the OS. I've tried two of them and both showed the same error
hi , i was mess up the rgb30 with a new system updated ,everything was gone after updated , and i followed your step to install JELOS in the TF1 card , and then instead the old TF2 game card it comes with , the bios files are all in the TF2 card folder, how come i could not see the emulator list on the main screen?
Hi, I have just got the RGB30, however, after the system update I no longer have sound. I have tried the ssh method on the Jelos page, however, it didn't help at all. Could you please guys help?
Update: the JELOS installation process is slightly updated now, you have to select a function called "create game directories" to populate the second SD card with the ROMs folders. It's all been explained and updated in the written guide: retrogamecorps.com/2023/10/27/powkiddy-rgb30-starter-guide/#Setup
Hi why I cant create game directories in my 4GB sd card ? (fat or fat32 with or without roms folder tip) ... is it too small?
Hi Russ, as always, thanks so much for taking the time to review (you did 3 videos about the RGB30) and writing starter guides for users to get into retro handhelds and this device. I'm considering getting this device, but my experience with JelOS on anbernic rg353p was not so great due to the fact that the battery drained so quickly in sleep mode. Is there this similar problem here for JelOS on RGB30?
so should we start using Rocknix for the RGB30 right now? Or is the last update of JELOS just fine for now?
I have tried to sort my rgb30 for the last month. I did an update and it wiped my full games list I think. Is there anyway I could post my device to you to set it up for me, what a riot I cant play anything I have the 128gb version too!
Amazing guide as always! This is such an awesome sleeper device, I hope it takes off and other companies learn why love this thing so much.
I hope so too!
I'm going to use both of your videos when I fix the x55 for a child.
ooh! Hi TechDweeb! Always cool seeing you pop up in the comments 🙂
I was just out to get some root beer...
I largely wrote this handheld off as an insignificant odd aspect ratio device. But for anyone wanting to try JelOS, it's a pocket powerhouse. Now I understand the appeal.
great content as always , i just got delivery of my green rgb30, happy with it so far
Received today!! Awesome!! But Jelos is kinda crappie, sound not working or at 100% all time (buttons not working).. I will try to install again but as I can see in some forums the problem is common in the latest update.
Can you make a video for best retro handhelds of 2023 I’m trying to get one after Christmas
Can't wait for the GKD Pixel, the "alleged" Miyoo Mini killer
I'm very wary of GKD products, they shut down their firmware and devs can't make any tangible change to it. Hopefully the Pixel is easier to work with.
Does this come with built in games?
Everyone else talking about the Odin 2 and I’m over here buying the RGB30!
My JELOS is up to date but none of the select shortcuts work in game except SEL START R + L to exit, no other shortcut works. any ideas on the fix?
For hardware mods you can also add a rumble motor you can see the white circle already on the board, I got a 10x3mm coin vibrating motor that already has adhesive so you just have to solder 2 wires . It currently only functions with ArkOS but I believe it'll work with jelos when they mainline the rgb30 version.
Cool, I hope that there’s a tutorial for that when it’s available in Jelos
I would like to thank you for this. I received the RGB30 today, 16GB and 256GB Sammy sdcards and started loading her up, so far so good, my daughter is going to freak for xmas when she realizes what this thing is and what it can do.
I have loved the modding section!
Your videos are always 101% completed
I loved it too!
It’s the best device powkiddy has ever made
Not sure if thats a compliment or not
That's like being the healthiest McDonald's meal but yeah for sure
Elaborate on that
Man, I came from a patched Nintendo Switch, and speaking of retro emulation, this machine is a complete beast: fully customizable with themes, music (better than any Atmosphere OS theme), with Arkos OS Systems as Dreamcast, Naomi, Atomiswave, PSX, N64, NDS, runs smoothly, near to excellent...Battery life per gaming is about 4,5 or 6 hours (depending on the game requirements). I'm specially impressed with the Dreamcast performance: it can runs games as Neo Geo Battle Colisseum, Hokuto no Ken, Soul Calibur, Crazy Taxy, near to perfection. On the Nintendo Switch (patched) most of this Systems/games can't run, or you need to do tricks as playing it with Lakka, Ubuntu, overclocking, etc.
I got mine and I’m really enjoying
I got mine a few days ago and I’m completely satisfied, it’s just what I wanted. The build quality is very good, buttons are nice and the screen is the best part, I’ve mainly played SNES, GBA, NDS, N64 arcade and oh boy It works and looks absolutely amazing, battery is surprisingly good too. I’m in love. Only thing I can say is PSP looks a little small on the screen, I’ve only played patapon and it runs great but I just wish it looked a little bigger, that’s the only real complaint I have, other than that it’s a 10/10, if you’re interested in this device I’d say go for it, it’s not too expensive and works great, also this is an amazing starter guide that just buffed my device hahaha
I found that for GB, GBC, GG, NES, SNES and Genesis, I really like to set the video filter to "Grid3x" and the shader to "sharp-bilenear-2x-prescale" and either 10:9 or 8:7 aspect depending on the system. This gives fantastic crisp pixels that are defined via the grid, which I love the look of, but also takes up essentially the full screen minus the bars from the aspect ratio difference. I use the "Grid3x" filter for GBA as well, but I don't use a shader since it integer scales perfectly. Hope that helps someone!
It will certainly help me, thank you!
install the maximus-royale-CRT shaders. Best shaders for everything up to PS2, as it's a proper recreation of a Sony Trinitron phospher diffusion mask with plenty of tweaking options to scale with.
@@thatzaliasguy Is the RK3566 powerful enough for royal-CRT? I thought it brought most handheld chipsets to their knees.
I received my RGB30 yesterday, just what I needed, thanks Russ!
Hi, I updated autoconfigs in retroarch and it broke the gamepad. I resetted Retroarch config to default in the danger zone but it did not solve the issue. Any suggestion maybe?
Any help would be very much appreciated as I am sure I am not the only one facing this issue
Great and useful starter guide to configure the RGB30 ! Finally, I prefer no integer scaling on Game Boy with this beautiful screen 🙂
I tried using the Samsung endurance micro SD cards as they are much more reliable than regular SD cards. They are slower but the types of games you will play on the RGB30 wont come anywhere near the max read speed of it so it is a good choice if you want something more reliable. Will probably work good as the flash storage too.
I use the SanDisk Max Endurance in my Model 3 and had no issues with it constantly recording for almost 4 years. The Endurance cards are definitely worth the slight premium in price.
Found this channel recently and it has quickly become one of my favorite! Congrats on the amazing content!!!
Hi man, which would you recommend me to get this Christmas? The RGB30 (this one), the X55 or the Ambernic RG503? I asked this in the retro handhelds discord and they suggested me the RG503 which they told me was better than the X55 and its on release problems were already solved but TBH I want to get advice from you
What I want is mostly to emulate PSP Dreamcast PS1 GBA and Saturn games on a Linux based retro handheld, the games I would emulate on Dreamcast and Saturn are fighting games
Hey! I've been having problemas with most of the emulators. For Genesis for example. For any game that I try to play, a green screen appear and I can't play. I can only press Select+Start twice to go back to the menu. Most of the consoles have this issue. In some of them I fixed this by selecting a different emulator (It seems that retroarch is the issue). But for Genesis, non of the emulator works (All retroarch). Any idea how to fix this?
get rid of arkos
I had this problem as well and I had to reset to factory settings. Worked fine after that. Just remember to remove your game card before resetting!
Russ can you make a retrohandheld guide for 2023? I am looking for a new one but there is to much chose . Kind regards from Belgium
I finally got this and i CANNOT believe hoe much I love it. I can't stop playing SNES on it. 8:7 with integer scaling/ over scale is amazing
Pulling the trigger on this, lost my sister's gameboy advance sp years ago and she reminded me a while back so this will make up for it!
Got a powkiddy. Broke the first month i had it. Theyre support sucks too.
I've got an RGB30 and I don't see how having to take the device apart to fix the atrocious d-pad = great device. It's a reason not to buy one IMO.
Thanks for such a detailed guide. My RGB30 arrives next week and I can't wait to get started!
I have absolutely no intention of ever buying this - but still love watching these videos. As always - great job Russ 😂
Why not?
Awesome guide Ross! Much appreciated! I’d love to see a video of you discussing accessories for these plethora of devices. Being that a number of these handhelds only charge using a certain wattage USB-C, I think some users find power bricks and cables to be a little overwhelming. Maybe toss in some of your favorite battery packs, carrying case options (kinda hard because of the varying ergonomics but maybe an all in one type deal). Headphones, earbuds, or my personal favorite IEMs, varying IO adapters, etc. Maybe you’ve already posted a video regarding accessories and I missed it. If so, my apologies.
Thanks again for all you do!!!
TIP : Use only one SD card, if you use a separate card for roms you will have a decrease in performance by 5-10% in FPS! Tested this on all my devices, works everytime.
How'd you do it? I partitioned my card, flashed the OS to one partition, but still can't get the OS to populate the other partition with folders.
This doesn’t make any sense for smaller ROMs since they’ll be fully loaded into the device’s RAM. The CPU doesn’t need to do anything extra.
How?
Question. I have Jealos on my RGB30 for some reason the sound just stopped working what’s the solution to it please?
Wow, amazing guide Russ, I'm so glad I ordered this handheld, mostly because of the detailed video guide, as well as the written guide, and on top of that you do a teardown with mods!! Bravo!
JELOS releases are no longer available. Any advice please?
RockNix is the continuation of JelOS.
@@Blobberoni Thanks. I'll try that out.
After 2 weeks of using, I literally just want like 3 things from it. A little more power, a little more compact and maybe a metal shell. Other than that I love this thing
I've been searching for a while is there a way to fix the scan line effect on the Nintendo 64 games
I would like to thank you for two things: Always having great, easy to follow content and showing Die Hard Arcade. I used to play this with my older brother in an arcade in Puerto Rico when I was a kid and could not remember for the life of me remember what the name of the game was. I love you, dude!
I treated myself to an RGB30 last week after passing an important exam. Should be here in another week or two. This video will be a big help. Thanks!
Is the device pocketable? If so then it's a good device for me.
I just purchased one and a few days into using it the audio went mute even after raising the volume all the way up. Is there something I can do to fix it? Also tried plugging in my headphones and same issue
Have you tried holding down R3 (pushing in the right analog stick) and then clicking L3 (the left analog stick) ? That's mute/unmute
@@phishwakI have the same issue and that hasn’t worked for me.. is there anything else to try? I’m bummed as hell because it was great until this happened..
@@JosePineda-jn8jk Yes, try going to Options, then Advanced and then selecting Fix Audio. Hope that works for you.
My rgb30 has shipped.
Only interested in vertical arcade and game boy games.
Nice.
Hi Russ. Great video and guide as usual. I got into retro games because of you and purchased my first ever retro console (RG35XX). I'm mostly happy with it. I did notice that it stutters on some levels on Wario Land 4, especially the levels with rain. I also find that it can be tricky to play games like Crash Bandicoot due to the lack of analog stick. Is the RGB 30 a step up from RG35XX? Thanks.
There is no RGB30 listed in the release packages table for JELOS … did support already end?
Same problem here. Where can I download the package?
You're doing the lords work Russ
Question regarding an issue: Watched this video many times setting up my RGB30. Extremely helpful! however, with you N64 settings in you written guide, I cant EXIT a game (command to acces retroarch dows not work on N64 and also not STARt+SELECT). Have you experienced this? I have the exact settings as in your guide. THANKS!
Oh man, I really hope MinUI eventually gets Pico-8 compatibility
Yes, I think that would be great! If only *someone* with coding skills were up to the task of making the pak :D
But it would also require setting up WiFi as well, which I imagine is quite a big hurdle. I do imagine we'll see NGPC and Arcade cores for it soon, either from Shaun or the community.
Thank you for turning us on to the RGB30 Russ. Definitely my favorite handheld of the year.
Actually, it’s split between this for the screen and the RG35XX overall (in no small part thanks to MinUI)
Imo, a preloaded micro sd is a fantastic way to start your rom library
I love filling up the screen with a game (even if it means cutting some of the content off). I've found that for PS1 you can squish things in a little bit to make it more square-ish and have it fill up the screen vertically. You will still cut off a little bit of the sides but for action games etc it should be fine. Obviously won't work for every single game.
arkos can be configured to save state, quick shutdown and then load state on startup as well. it is one of the features that makes it feel like onionos and that also helps with the sleep battery drain issue
Super awesome guide! personally I'm going to wait until Anbernic or someone like Miyoo releases a competitor to this. It's such a turnoff to have to mod the D-Pad just to get it to work normally.
Dumb question : Why do we need to install Jelos if it already comes on the system?
You don’t. He went over it because you can run any OS that’s available. I’m assuming the game libraries that come with/ it are poorly organized and not complete.
I spent a decent part of my morning setting mine up under ArkOS, but seeing your video, I wanna do it all over again on JELOS, now 😅
Mine came in the mail yesterday and I'm loving it so far. The default OS it came with had bezels set up for every system which felt like such a waste of the gorgeous screen, but once I did a fresh OS install (I went with ArkOS) and set up the scaling options, it is awesome. One thing I did differently than your guide was I set up the platform specific scaling options in RetroArch instead of in the OS. Is there any disadvantage to doing it that way? Another thing that I found useful was using the 240p test suite to make sure that my scaling options were truly giving me the nice square pixels I wanted.
To your question, I imagine not. I see this as an advantage actually.
These guides are amazing as always... unfortunately for me, not being computer savvy, a lot of this information is wayyyy over my head. Wish it could just be safe to use the SD card this comes with
Thanks for your thorough and amazing reviews and guides! I'm now well into my handheld journey with my RGB30 and Miyoo mini + thanks to your videos!
I have one question which I've never seen covered in emulation guides. I grew up in the UK, and like most of our European neighbours, our childhood games were played on microcomputers - Amiga, Commodore 64, Amstrad and Sinclair machines most often. All running PAL / 50HZ signals.
I love my RGB30 and MM+, but PAL games stutter in their scrolling, where the NTSC versions run smoothly. Turrican and Star Ray are great examples. Is it simply that these displays don't handle 50HZ signals, and is there any distinction on all the various options where display refresh rates are concerned?
I've chatted on Reddit a little, and the consensus is "Play the NTSC versions".. but that's a shame, as they speed up the music and gameplay in a way that just doesn't feel right.
I do have an Analogue Pocket - and I feel as you do that the RGB30 largely does everything almost as well, save for all these PAL games which run perfectly on that.
I'd love to learn that I'm wrong and that these can run smoothly on these devices! Forgive me if this is a question for another place, but since I discovered the issue on my RGB30, I'd be grateful to know where to start asking!
Ordered mine from Amazon (because our customs can be "picky", when it comes to shipping tech from non-European countries to private addresses.)
Can't wait for it to arrive. Could you also make a video that compares ArkOS and JelOS ? Would love to see how the two stack up on this Device.
I got mine on Ali for $71, I ended up going against the norm and bought the card with games just to be plug and play. I’ll go ahead and curate the games at some point.
But this is the best handheld ever. The simple fact that very arcade games are the same size as horizontal console games is the best selling point for me. ❤
Are you happy with the games (Game Boy/Boy Color, for instance)?
Thank you.
So you never swapped out your sd card and are just using the one that came preloaded? No issues? How long did shipping take?
Wanted my game boy games in that lime green tone - thanks for all your advice with this setup. I’ve had my eye on this console for a while and now I’ve finally got it up and running. The retro gaming community on RUclips is the greatest 💚💚💚💚
Wee! Just got mine and went with Ark OS. Really enjoying it so far. I've been thinking about one of these retro handhelds for a couple of years now, and this was the one that really jumped out to me :D
最爱看你做的掌机测评视频，在RUclips上你做的是做好的。😊
I've tried that dpad fix on a couple of devices before, and I am not sure if it really works. Sometimes it feels like all the fix does is make the dpad as a whole less responsive, you get less wrong diagonals because you get less everything. Though it's most likely because I don't pick the size of the tape correctly.
So I got mine today and I totally love it, I do have a problem. I've set my menu to 5:3 aspect ratio but it keeps changing it back to 1:1 ratio, anyone has the same problem or know how to fix it?
Perfect timing, mine should hopefully come next week! I think I'm most excited for Pico 8 :)
Curious to how this compares to the MiyooMini Plus
screen wise this is way crisper
Hi, I have a question, i have powkiddy rgb30 and everything is great but the sound of the games are very high, i want to lower the volumen on the games, I use (-) but doesnt work (in the game), and I use “select + (-)” and just change the bright on the screen 😩
Can you not save on shutdown and resume on start on jelos somehow?
Unfortunately not at this time, although ArkOS does have this feature.
RGB30 vs retroid pocket 2S?
same question
are there any budget clamshell handhelds under $100 that you recommend??
Just got mine! Plan to do some of these settings this week, so far it's super comfy to play, and the screen is EPIC!!!
Had anyone noticed that when playing a game the right SD card gets really hot? I rest this area on my pinky finger when playing and it will occasionally burn my finger.
Hello there, just to say thanks for the vid….. All new to this but have created a custom RGB30 exactly to my needs.
It’s a great device and recommend to newbies like myself. I use the system just for mostly pre 32bit stuff and its absolutely perfect. Happy gaming all. :-))
Man I’ve had mine for like 4 months and all of a sudden my audio stopped working… I’ve tried headphones and even connecting Bluetooth headphones but, even that doesn’t produce audio. Does anyone know what else I can try or is my console just a dud and the audio is fully dead?
Just got mine in the mail yesterday, can’t wait to go through this entire video since i had a lot of questions
i do not know if you can read this but the git hub for JELO's Repository where you need to put the ROMS to which folder is now archived by the creator please help.
Thanks for this amazing starter guide! Love my RGB30. I set up everything and have my roms library (on a second sd card) but now i would like to switch to a new/better sd-card for the TF OS slot. The question is: is the scraped media like the box arts and the screenshots on the TF OS-sd card or on the games-sd card?
The side by side for integer scaling was brilliant. Thanks Russ you're crushing it.
Thanks for a great video. I’m planning to buy a RGB30, what systems need BIOS-files? And also just a nudge to where the best place to find ROMS is?
I finally got my handheld received it yesterday 10/06/24, I absolutely love it, I'm so bummed that I need to have it returned, either for an exchange or refund. The battery lasts for max 30 mins.
Just picked one up and....it's DOA. Powers on and the green LED comes on but the screen has no video.
EDIT: Looks like this is pretty common with these devices. Build quality control isn't very good.
I really want to like this device, being a fan of retro Shmups, but it's too buggy. Half of the game folders disappeared after dragging them into the Roms folder (after the firmware udate ,which I regret having done), then it's stuck at boot on a Loading storage services....Tried Factory resets, creating game subfolders in roms manually, didn't touch the Bios, no luck. Bit gutted to be honest :(
Thank you for the video, it was super helpful! I have one question about scraping the artwork. You mention not to scrape for Arcade/Mame games. But my arcade/mame lists are just text. If you're not scraping box art on those categories, what are you scraping?
In my RGB30 I have 2 SD cards. One card holds Jelos and the other holds ArkOs and all my roms. Initially I set it up to work as just a single SD card with ArkOS but I wanted to try Jelos so flashed it to the other card and didn’t even realise that Jelos would pickup the roms folders from the Ark SD card.
That's a neat setup, yeah they won't have 100% perfect parity but most systems will be labelled the same.
Is there a way to change the individual thumbnails in the main menu for the emulators ect. (when scrolling through the menu)? Example: For All games: Image of Metroid, Sega Genesis: Sonic. Thanks in advance
Omg. So....if I already have the whole GB library in roms, unzipped.....can I just put the games card from the RGB30 in the computer and add the GB library???
❤❤🎉
Please make a video, I searched for hours and I can't find it or it doesn't work. How can I connect to powkiddy rgp30 from a Windows computer? To transfer files or add some things. I tried everything but i cant see sd card in my computer and everything. good day/good work
I heard that Powkiddy's pre-loaded sd card is actually pretty good - things are well named and without a lot of duplicates. I ordered the rgb30 with a 128 gig card, I'm looking forward to checking it out!
Hello all. Does anyone have info on whether the OS card has games or just the OS? Plus..does the 64GB card have a good selection with room for more? Man I'm needy!! Sorry. :)
I've been unable to use a xbox one controller with the RGB30 via bluetooth. It pairs just fine and it works fine on the launcher but inside retroarch only some buttons work while others don't i.e. d-pad down works but d-pad up does not. Remapping the buttons within retroarch does not work either - it does not recognize the button press.
The controller works fine when paired to other systems, so I know it is not defective.
Appreciate any insights folks might have.
I tried following the guide but I can't figure out how to make systems like the Genesis, SNES, etc to fill the screen instead of them being at "normal" size with a bezel. Thanks in advance!
So Abernick just replied and said they cant sell me parts unless im an existing customer of a system(Rg353vs) any ideas? I can cope with the less grippy hall sticks,but would really like to get the membranes for the d pad.
Love the videos and finally got one of these! Quick question, I've accidentally taken some screenshots on my RGB30 and was wondering where I go to find and delete those screenshots on my device. Thanks!
How can I create a new System ? ... I can start DOS games via RetroArch when loading it via a game of an other system.... but this is cumbersome. How can I add DOS as a System to the Jelos main page ?
Russ, I don't want to scrape the media on the device. What are the pic sizes for JELOS? Is it still 250 with 'Keep aspect ratio'? Just a suggestion to add this to the instructional page you crated for peeps like me that like to scrape on the PC & not the device.
On Gameboy, under colorization I’ve got it set to GB -DMG and then I select Pixelshift 24 - GB New once a game has loaded. Is there a way that I can have Pixelshift 24 - GB New automatically load whenever I run a Gameboy game?
Bro can you please please please make a quick video like a short of what GBA Pokémon fire red looks like on all the handheld retro consoles, I’ve been watching all videos but not one displays GBA Pokémon??
do you have a recommendation for a handheld with a good PSP emulator? looking for something (with joysticks) in this range that'll play old handheld systems up to PSP.
The SanDisk 16 GB card you recommend does not work in my RGB30. It works great in other devices but flashing the OS on it and booting from it always results in an error about it not finding the UUID of the drive. I double checked that it is correct, and I even copied the contents of the SanDisk card 1:1 onto the card that came with the system and that one works.
So sadly I cannot recommend the SanDisk 16 GB card for the OS. I've tried two of them and both showed the same error
hi , i was mess up the rgb30 with a new system updated ,everything was gone after updated , and i followed your step to install JELOS in the TF1 card , and then instead the old TF2 game card it comes with , the bios files are all in the TF2 card folder, how come i could not see the emulator list on the main screen?
Hi, I have just got the RGB30, however, after the system update I no longer have sound. I have tried the ssh method on the Jelos page, however, it didn't help at all. Could you please guys help?