Nintendo is going to sue - Abernic RG DS

Remember when handheld gaming devices

basically stopped existing? You know,

after the 3DS and VA sort of went away

and smartphones started taking over.

Thank god that time is over and we have

handheld gaming devices galore. We have

way more than we can handle and today we

are unboxing the Amberick RG DS. As the

name implies,

it's basically like a little DS. That's

pretty cool. Short circuit done. We did

it. In the box, you get your device. You

get a stylus. This is a really

ginormous stylus. It's a really big

stylus. I don't see a place for this to

fit. This goes back here. In the box, we

have our wrist strap. That's pretty

nice. I had that back in the day. Uh

maybe I'll try to put on later. We have

screen protectors. Did that come default

in this box?

>> Yes.

>> That's kind of nice. Uh, thank goodness

I'm not taking this anywhere cuz I don't

like putting screen protectors on. So,

bye. But that's actually really cool and

it feels like tempered glass. That's

pretty high quality. We have the version

that comes with a 256 gig micro SD from

very well-known brand Leaders Logic.

Guess it's nice to have the convenience

of it coming with your device knowing

that it'll be compatible. It does not

come with any games by default just so

they can sidestep any copyright issues.

We also have a little quick start guide

and then

type A to C 3FT cable. That is about as

cheap as they make them. That makes

sense. This whole package uh minus this

uh starts at $95.

You heard that right. less than $100

gets you a pretty nice looking DS like

device with fairly modern hardware as

well as some nice quality of life stuff

that just makes this a better than DS

experience. I can't believe these things

are this cheap, especially with this

pretty okay plastic finish. It looks a

little bit cheap. It also is already

scratched and I think people have been

fairly careful with this. So, I expect

this not to be the most durable

material. I like the more matte finish

on the bottom. It actually feels more uh

Nintendo console to me, like almost like

the Game Boy Advance SB plastic. Uh

neither is super bad. However, um seeing

as clam shell designs for handheld

consoles is the peak design because it

has a built-in little case and screen

protector. Uh it would be nice to have

this be a little bit more not

stickeresque. On the top of the device,

we have our micro SD slot. We actually

already have a micro SD card, so we're

going to keep that one in the box. We

have two USB ports, one presumably for

charging and one for kind of more of the

fullfeatured USB accessories, you know,

display out or controllers. We also have

four shoulder buttons, uh, which is two

more than the original DS had, and

that's because even though this is

clearly DS inspired, it's not locked to

just DS games. You can play uh all kinds

of stuff up to a certain point because

of the technical limitations which we

will get to, but that would include PS1,

which did have four shoulder buttons. On

the bottom, we just have our screw

holes. Looks like hex screws, which

means that it's not impossible to fix,

but uh makes me wonder how hard the

whole thing will be. We have our 3.5 mm

jack on the front, which is pretty nice.

Although, I could see having it on the

side getting in the way of the way you

want to grip the device. Not the end of

the world. It's far enough that it

should be fine for most people, but I

could see some people kind of wanting a

more vertical stance and then being

forced out of it. Sides got nothing.

Which brings us to the inside. We have

our stereo speakers. We have two

matching 480p IPS displays, which is

exactly 2 and 1/2 times the resolution

of the original DS's screen. That's

okay. Presumably, we can run the games

at 2.5x resolution, but it does worry me

that it's not an even multiplier because

the really wellthoughtout retro

handhelds usually have a screen

resolution that is a multiple of four or

five exactly of the original display. So

then you can do just like 4x, have it be

super clean upscaling, either pixel

perfect or you can do scaling that looks

even better. Uh, then we have our D-pad.

Oh no.

That's so freaking mid, man. Oh, the

face buttons feel similarly clicky to

the point where I almost wonder if it's

like exactly the same kind of switches

underneath. The joysticks are very

small, PS Vita sized, and they're

recessed so that the whole device can

actually close neatly. However, that

means that these are not going to be the

greatest feeling joysticks in the world.

This is not too bad, though. The recess

is big enough that I think I could make

it work. It's not the most comfortable

gaming experience, but should be fine.

We have four buttons that'll matter more

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circuit. Let's turn this thing on. Wow,

that is the most Android looking splash

screen I've ever seen in my entire life.

Uh, I wish they did a little bit more

custom work. I just don't want Chrome to

be the first thing that's on my splash

screen when I'm opening a retro style

device. However, it's really easy to get

access to all the the emulation stations

in this bad boy. And it gives you an

idea of the variety that you can tackle.

You got your PC, you have your Neo Geo,

you have your MSX. Cool. That's cool.

That's pre-installed. N64. Uh, and then

probably most importantly, you're going

to have your Game Boy Advance. Then

there's drastic, which is your DS1,

which is probably why you're buying this

thing. It's important to note no Melon

support, which means no DSI support. But

how many of you out there are really

like that DSI experience? I want that. I

guess before we get into an actual game,

I should figure out how to do like dual

screen stuff. The screens actually

function independently. It's not like it

needs the software to assign what the

second screen is doing. You can have

your Android stuff down here, watch

videos, open up guides, play your game

on the top, or if it is a dual screen

game. Take control of both. Just like an

Android device, if you pull from the

top, you get access to your quick

settings, then your deeper settings

there. If you turn RG Launcher on, you

actually do get a much more uh retro

style display. I like the cleanness of

this, but I do think uh it would be nice

to have a little bit more styling, not

just kind of color and shadow. I want to

see how good the dual screen experience

really is. Both screens are actually

touchscreen as opposed to the original

DS where it was just the bottom. Yeah,

the screen is not ideal for video

watching. It doesn't look very sharp. Uh

the motion blur is uh not very good and

the colors are pretty underwhelming.

However, if I click to the bottom

screen, I'm immediately in control of

what I want to do. Okay, we've

discovered a little bit of a

configuration problem that we had where