Port of Prince of Persia

     XQuader, the developer that has given us the most joy lately, with its versions of Apps, Ports and Mods, which a few days ago brought us an improved Video Player, today brings us the functional version of the Port of the Prince of Persia, which he had been working on for some time.
This version is based on the SDLPoP that includes many modifications, cheats, save game and more things that you can discover in its menu.
You already have it available to enjoy it on your RG35XX from our Ports for GarlicOs page.

16 Themes Updated

Today, thanks to a comment on a Reddit post, we discovered that some themes were not working correctly with RetroArch, as there was no Oswald font in the “font” folder inside “skin”. We’ve gone through all the themes again, and found 16 that didn’t have this font, so we’ve updated them. If you had any of these themes downloaded and they didn’t work correctly with RetroArch, you can download them again, and we hope that this time we have solved that problem!

Updated Themes:- CatOs
– Dreamsicle
– Garlic Fusion
– Garlic MinUified
– GOSFC
– Minimal Dungeon
– Minui Garlicos
– Monoscreen Dark
– Monoscreen Light
– Moving Dungeon
– P535XX
– Pip-Boy
– Salad Edition
– Super Playboy
– Super Playboy 2
-TechDweeb

Batocera Lite it’s Ready for Testing…

The first alpha release of Batocera Lite for the RG35XX is here for testing. Note that this version has limited Batocera functionality, but should be functional enough for testing.

ChangeLog:

  • First batocera lite build
  • Power button now works (although it may restart in some cases)
  • Volume controls work
  • Brightness controls work with MENU + Volume +/Volume –
  • It’s possible to switch to RetroArch boot (instead of emulationstation) by adding a file named startRA at the top of the second sdcard. Remove the file to boot again into EmulationStation.

Note: there’s an issue impacting some models that leaves the haptic motor running. In some cases removing the sdcard, resetting, inserting the sdcard and resetting solves the problem temporarily.

Download and release notes: rg35xx_batocera_lite_alpha_v0.2

Report bugs here and provide feedback on the official page of acmeplus.

GMU Music Player

     One of the things that crossed my mind the most when I had the RG35XX in my hands was the idea of being able to also use it to play music, just like I already did with my Miyoo Q20 Mini, in which I used the GMU application, which Today I present to you thanks to the help of the user XQuader, who has compiled the version for Anbernic and to whom I am eternally grateful.

     The application allows you to use various formats, among which are FLAC, MP3, OGG… and has many options to display the information on the screen, as well as to display the cover, or an equalization spectrum. You can manage your own playlists, random playback, and anyway, almost everything you can ask of a music player.

     One of the best features it has is being able to turn off the screen and lock the buttons to be able to carry it in a pocket and not worry about the playback being interrupted.

     To be able to use it, you just have to copy the files to the GarlicOs APPS folder, in ROMS and create the Media folder on your SDCARD and fill it with the files you want to play. (Although you can also create the folder where you want and call it whatever you want, and access it and the files it contains thanks to the application’s browser).

     Download the application from our APPS page for GarlicOs.

MinUi available now for RG35XX

     The new Custom Firmware, also based on Retroarch, is called MinUi, and it already had its version on other consoles like the Miyoo Mini, and now we can enjoy it on our consoles.

It is based on simplicity above all, without overloading the view with too many images or themes, and that is focused on the emulation of desktop and portable consoles, leaving out arcade machines, computer-based systems and others… It has a Tools option, where we can have installed useful applications that are being developed.

The development of this CFW is carried out by Shaun Inman, and you can get it from our Firmwares page.

Official Firmware Update (And Backups)

     Last night we discovered that there was already a new software update from the official page, dated 12-12-2022, but the download link did not work, and as it was already late we left it to try again today.
     When entering the firmware download page again, we have found a new update, dated 12-23-2022, and the link works correctly, so we will try to download it and test it, making a backup copy of the original that bring, in case something doesn’t go well…

     Here we leave you the download link in case you want to try it now, we will do it shortly and we will tell you what we have found:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1HfGCxkratM_zYiYfGWCrHZ1AynO3hIwU?usp=share_link

     We have also made a backup in our MEGA account:
https://mega.nz/file/LE5BkaAZ#Oiul5Vx_04ZQd6HHAq8M_53fZEfyLiy2R74qAKza63I

     And in case anyone needs the one that originally brought the console:
https://mega.nz/file/3IJ2xBhI#VC75a8AiRx3oP22MZ9XU8jhBIczHAVrW9ePnj5dvRz0

Changelog:

2022-12-23 RG35XX software update V1.20221223

1. Slot 2 card can identify the background images and themes in the Skin folder.
Images called by numbers 0-19 are needed in the hdmi and lcd directories. (such as 0.jpg)

2. PS1 BIOSes can be added to your folder on card 1 or card 2.

3. Added subfolders to ROMS.

4. The collection has increased to 300.

5. The saves of each platform will now be in save of each platform.

6. Vertical arcade games (like 1941 and others) have a new function button, the Y.

7. Now you can change discs on PS1.

8. GBA, GB, GBC, FC have scaling and overlay function.

Changing the Boot Logo…

     Before going to bed we couldn’t avoid tinkering around a bit, and although we’re not Hackers, we’ve changed the Startup Logo (although later it continues to show us Anbernic’s).
     Using a play on words, with great affection towards the console on which its design is based, we have decided to name it as MEGA BOY and this is the result:

We leave you here the .bmp file in case you want to use it. (You need to compress it to GZIP, with the name boot_logo.bmp.gz):

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