ANBERNIC RG351V

I purchased this (351v) handheld as a birthday gift (Wood Look), I read a lot of reviews about the unit before I purchased this. I also purchased two additional brand named SD micro cards (FULLY Recommended, in order to install a newer better OS & Games, with the better quality sd cards). I did have an issue with one of the provided SD cards that game with the RG 351v (as they're unbranded and fairly rubbish), but! however this was quickly reified by DroiX and a replacement was sent out, which worked fine. So, I made a backup of the OS & Games provided straight away (getting free games was a bonus). However! with my new good SD cards I purchased myself, I downloaded the "351Elec" OS and used the games provided from the other SD card. After that! It was like a whole new quality system, the RG351v has excellent build quality, the controls are excellent, the sound is also excellent from the 1x mono speaker. It's one of the best "Retro" handhelds, I have every tried (and I've tested about 7 others) and this is the best... the screen quality is top notch, the buttons, joystick and d-pad are excellent (the feel as good, as top company controllers - XBOX, NDS, MegaDrive controllers etc.). I like the unit so much, I'm purchasing one for myself and I've also bought 2x SD Cards (32gb for the OS and 128GB for the Games - SANDISK), so I have the same setup, when my own arrives with the "351Elec" OS installed. I'll keep the provided OS & Games cards, as a backup. I 100% recommend this unit to anyone who loves RETRO gaming, its excellent for MegaDrive, SNES, MAME Arcade, Atari, NeoGeo Games, Dreamcast, PS1 and N64. With Dreamcast/PS1/N64, they didn't run great on the provided OS. However! that was just the OLD OS, but! with 351Elec OS installed and one/two minor scaling option changes (really simple to do, there is 2min YouTube Videos on this) it runs perfectly, like a dream.. Most importantly is, that this unit won't cost you a fortune and is easy to hold in your hand (ideal for travel on the train, plane or in your hotel from on holidays).

Absolutely amazing little device! have been tempted by something like this for years, and watching loads of reviews over the last month I decided on this as it seemed to be the best specs in this form factor, and ready to go out of the box.

And it was exactly that! Ready to play with no faffing, downloads or updates, and a huge range of games.

There is a ton of settings and customisations you can do, but you absolutely don’t need to. So it ticks all the boxes for people who just want to pick up and play, or those who want to delve in and customise everything.

So chuffed with this, fells super solid, controls, buttons and the control stick all work great, solid sound and amazing screen. The UI is really slick for different consoles and games, boot and loading time is mega quick too. And USBC! So nice to have a device like this that uses modern usb connections for once.

All in, can’t recommend highly enough, and it was delivered in 48hrs as well, thanks!

In short, if you’re thinking about a retro handheld, and you like the gameboy vertical layout, just get it, its an amazing device!

The unit is well made, solid and comfortable. The screen is excellent and the sound is adequate. It's a disappointing upgrade from the previous RG351 models, with little changing over than the form factor. If you don't have anything similar, it's worth your time and money but you WILL need to invest time into getting it set up and running as best possible.

One major gripe however was the way the unit was sent. Having spent the best part of 100 pounds, I expect my purchase to be properly and safely packed for transit. Sending a valuable item in just a bag, with zero protection is not acceptable. The box for the item should not be used as the once source of protection.

Great machine..had the RG350...this is even better...form factor and screen and the software installed..highly recommended

I wanted to wait a few week before posting a review to get a feel for the device. This is the first portable emulation device that I've ever purchased, I've always wanted one but held off from buying as none have met my requirements. And I can honestly say the RG351V goes beyond what I wanted. It is an excellent device. The service from Droix has been superb as well. Ordered the device in grey but there was an inventory issue on Droix's side and they had ran out (this things happen) so they sent out a transparent black one instead. Since setting it up I've moved everything (system and roms) over to 2 new sd cards and I have purchased a case off amazon that this works with perfectly.
I've mainly been playing SNES, GBA and PlayStation on this and all run perfectly although N64 still doesn't run great on the stock firmware.
Can't recommend this device enough.