This device is simple to set up and once you figure out the emulators for each game console it is easy to use. Wifi allows for updates and installation of other apps. I'm happy with the purchase. I'd definitely recommend this for others who like handheld retro gaming. Read more

I’ve been rather happy with this handheld in the month I’ve had it. Going by specs, I was worried the screen resolution might be too low, but I was pleasantly surprised on first boot. The display really is great, plenty sharp with vibrant colors and good contrast. My only complaint is the lack of an ambient light sensor for automatic brightness adjustment. Physical controls and build quality on this handheld are, in typical Anbernic fashion, excellent. The whole thing feels solid, both the plastic casing and glass front. Buttons and thumbsticks have the right amount of resistance, and move exactly as you’d expect them to, when you want them to. I have absolutely zero complaints here. As with Android in general, other controllers can be connected, both dinput and xinput over USB or bluetooth. In the hand, it feels a lot like a Switch Lite that has been further shrunken, a rounded rectangle with protrusions on bottom for the triggers. It’s pretty comfortable to use, even with my long fingers. It’s not cramped, although the d-pad/buttons being directly in line with the thumbsticks vertically makes going between them less than natural. Also, the sticks are arranged so they’re both in the lower position like a DualShock controller, which I prefer. In addition to being built well, it’s pretty easy to get open. Just four 1.5mm hex screws (which are threaded into brass inserts and a metal frame!) and some clips around the edges. All components inside are laid out quite well. Each of the controller halves has its own PCB, and the thumbsticks appear replaceable without soldering. Some of the parts are shared with the RG477m. Battery replacements should be extremely easy. Aside from the preinstalled emulators, the Android ROM on this device is pretty much bloat-free and stock. The only real additions are ones to handle the controller inputs and lighting, fan, and CPU clocks. That, combined with having 8GB of RAM, makes it a pretty snappy Android experience, despite the aging chipset. If you want to also use this as a small Android tablet, it handles that great. Only complaint is the Anbernic button. By default it opens Anbernic’s frontend for picking games and loading emulators. You can supposedly change it to other applications, but nothing else appears in the list. I’d honestly prefer it just be a home button, instead of combining home and back into the adjacent button. Performance is impressive, with the device handling emulating PlayStation 2 and GameCube games very well. I did run into occasional slowdowns with both, depending on the game, but very rarely. Everything older than that ran flawlessly. In addition to emulation, the physical controls work great for Android-native games that support them. I’ve been playing through a lot of Baba is You, and the d-pad makes it much more enjoyable. Battery life was pretty good. I got a number of hours out of PlayStation 2 emulation before needing to plug it in again. It does take a long time to charge, topping out at only 10W. The USB-C port isn’t very well-featured, though. While you can attach a USB controller while getting video out, using the appropriate adapter, you can’t charge the device at the same time. There’s some overall jank that comes with using an 'off-brand’ chipset. I did also have a couple of occurrences of the device refusing to charge. Rebooting it seems to have resolved it both times, and I believe it was that I had ‘confused’ the USB port controller with connecting/disconnecting external displays. Speaking of video output, it worked pretty well. It’s always in 4:3 though, unless you use some third party apps. There’s a desktop mode that’s functional, but feels very unfinished. Both are just Android things and not unique to this device, so I won’t take points. I did test running the external and internal displays together for Nintendo DS emulation, and that worked great. Accessories are very sparse. The only other things included are a user manual and USB-A to USB-C cable. Disappointing, as Anbernic typically includes a screen protector, and this handheld especially needs it. One other really small annoyance is that the microSD door doesn’t sit flush when one is installed; it springs slightly as it’s pushing on the end of the card. While I like this handheld, I do worry about the value proposition. You can get more powerful handhelds with equal build quality for not much more. In a vacuum, it’s a pretty good device, though. The controls, build quality, repairability, and screen are all great. It’s powerful enough to emulate PS2 and GameCube, and has 8GB of RAM. All of the negatives are pretty small, and consist only of some button mapping, lack of auto brightness, and some USB-C port weirdness. Read more

I’m only riding this because I believe mine’s was defective. Other than that. Everything else wanted work flawless it just would not upload the games I was putting on there for any means I went through every step properly. It was just messed up internally. i’m hoping the next device I get tomorrow is a lot better if it is, I’ll just add an extension to this review. Read more

This is a STEAL. It’s an absolutely awesome device, fast, powerful and completely pocketable. I got over 20 systems and over 3000 games in it, am able to create my libraries, organize my games as I want. Battery life is also amazing, lasts hours. I specially love how good it looks and feels premium in the hands. One thing: this is a linux device and those can be quite tricky to customize and maintain working flawlessly. It’s also a black hole of time if you get too deep into tinkering. However, if you just keep it stock and play what you take out of the box, it’s pretty much plug and play. Be careful of the temptation of ultra personalize it following Reddit and Youtube ideas. Read more

The console is quite nice. The screen looks amazing. While it can run many PS2, GameCube or Wii titles, often you’ll need to dial back resolution or accept some frame drops. For some of the more graphically intense PS2 or GameCube games, it might struggle. If your library leans heavily toward those console’s heavy hitters, you may find performance occasionally frustrating. The build is solid and though it has a plastic body, it doesn't feel cheap. The glass front is a nice touch. I recommend staying away from the black, in my opinion. The buttons are dark and can be difficult to see. The battery is pretty good, depending on what you are running. More demanding games run down the battery, but still lasts for hours. Overall, I think this is a great buy, just keep an eye out for sales. Anbernic always have sales on their products. Read more

I got the RG476h to replace an rgcube they share the same processor which allows emulation up to most ps2 games. The rgcube had better overall ergonomics, but the rg476h feels more premium with better build quality, the heat management also seems to be quite a bit better where as the rgcube fans would spin quite a bit more often. I uninstalled all the bloat ware that I could that ambernic installs, I wasn’t able to completely uninstall the rglauncher as I these come with a locked bootloader so I couldn’t root the device to get rid of it but I used icebox to disable it along with button remapper to get emustation to be the default launcher. Once I had everything all setup it’s become quite the capable device and my daily driver. It’s lightweight, compact id say it’s probably pocketable but definitely on the big side. The battery life is decent about 5-6 hours for most of the older gen console games I play. The buttons feel good and responsive. The analog sticks aren’t what I would call full size but are decent with my small hands. I think overall it’s a good value proposition up to most ps2 games. Read more

So this is obviously the latest generation in these little handheld emulator consoles and its the nicest one so far as well. Its actually extremely nice as far as build quality and it feels very premium in the hands. The touch screen is awesome addition because it makes it easier to play NDS and 3DS games as well. Its also capable of playing game cube, ps2 and wii games as well as all the old usual games like NES. I would've given it 5 stars if it came preloaded with games because its a very tedious process loading these things up with roms but thats OK because in the end it'll be worth it to play some of those classics from NGC and PS2 Read more

This is a really GOOD system. Works flawlessly. But it doesn't come with any games. I already had a bunch of ROMs that I copied from another system I purchased. So, you need to know how/where to get ROMS, you need to know how to copy to a TF card, and where to copy them to on the handheld, or how to link the folders, and then you need to establish the link between the emulator and the correct ROM storage location. It isn't difficult at all, and you can find plenty of help online to describe how to do it. I'm still working out how to configure the controls for the Dolphin emulator, and there are some games that require using the Nin10do nunchuck controllers aimed like a weapon, or swung, so those obviously won't work with the included accelerometer. But steering for the Kart games should work, and I haven't figured it out quite yet. It's pretty intuitive to figure out how to load and exit games, save states, etc. The more advanced chipset over the lower tier of handhelds makes this work so well, but not QUITE good enough for the more intensive GameCube, PS2, etc. But for the price, this does SO MUCH more than the tier below it, and pretty much everything the slightly-more-expensive handhelds can do. Definitely a good value. Buttons and controls are all great. I can slide it into the back pocket of my jeans, but the shoulder buttons are too big to slide into the front pocket. Very comfortable to hold All in all, zero complaints about this. I'd been messing around with the lower tier and trying to figure out which ones of about a dozen I would want to keep, for screen size, or controls, or game emulation. This solves my problem. I can let them all go, and just use this one. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. Read more

This is an amazing handheld. It’s more expensive here than on AliExpress but I bought it to try it out and now it’s my daily driver. My screen has a little light bleed on the bottom but you can only tell in a dark room when the screen shows black but that’s what’s great about Amazon you can get it replaced. There are no ROMs that come with this which means you have to do your own set up. I’m not new to android handhelds so it was super easy. It’s got a good standby time and battery life. I replaced my buttons with Sakura Modding Buttons, Low Profile HypeStix and a JCSFY grip. It’s great for GameCube and under, I say just do it if you’re in the market for this 4:3 handheld Read more