I mostly want to play consoles that I know garlic will run, minus the DS. Only DS games I want to run are Pokemon, so the lack of inputs isn’t an issue.

I wanna be able to just put it to sleep mid game, put it in my pocket, then pull it out and resume. I don’t want to do any extra steps outside of tapping the power button. Would like it to be quick, which I’ve heard batocera isn’f the best at.

I want it to be stable, with low risk of the game crashing.

Battery life is whatever as long as I can get a few hours out it.

Also, any manage to get the HDMI to output 240p on this thing for a CRT?

  • Gorejelly
    2•1 year ago

    Sorry I cannot help you too much, but I’ll offer what knowledge I have.

    I do not own an RG35xx and I’ve never used Batocera. Checking multiple locations (why is it so hard to find this info?), it seems as though Batocera should have some form of sleep function on 5.30 and later, but I cannot find any mention of this in any change logs (nothing about it in the 5.30 change log) and I looked through a lot!

    Garlic OS does have a sleep mode built in to the CFW. I cannot say for sure how effective it is.

    Please note that Linux retro handhelds (at least, every one that I’ve ever owned and every CFW I’ve ever tried) do not have a true sleep function like Android. Every Linux sleep mode I’ve tried has been a hack of sorts that is just trying to turn off as many things as possible (screen, sound, wifi, bluetooth, control triggers, etc.) in an effort to try and save as much battery as possible. These “sleep modes” will be instant on and off, because they are never really off. On my Miyoo Mini Plus, I can easily lose massive amounts of battery while in “sleep mode” depending on the game. I believe our batteries are close in size, so you might have the same issue.

    If you really, really need an instant on and off and a true sleep mode, you should prioritize Android OS for your handheld. (Don’t forget, some Anbernics can dual boot Android and Linux!)

    • Xperr7OP
      1•1 year ago

      Thanks, I’ve heard the “sleep” mode in Garlic OS saves state, then powers the device off, then loads the state back up, which obviously will take more time than a sleep mode, but as long as it only takes a few seconds, I can live with it. Obviously it’s not a true sleep, but it works well enough for me. Can’t find anything regarding this for Batocera, so I suppose I’ll go with Garlic OS. Maybe one day that GPU will be enabled there and I can play DS on it lol.