#r36s

Orhun Parmaksız 👾orhun@fosstodon.org
2025-11-21

Wow, Ratatui running on the R36S console! 🤯

🎮 Retro handheld powered by an ARM Cortex-A35 and ArkOS.

💯 Running a live input visualizer TUI!

🦀 All powered by Rust & @ratatui_rs 🐀

⭐ GitHub/Writeup: github.com/luizferreira-io/r36

#rustlang #ratatui #tui #r36s #retrogaming #arm #linux #crosscompile

2025-10-27

What We’re Playing: October 2025
It's been a couple of years, I believe since we reported on what we're currently playing. This doesn't fill in any blanks for the time since we last reported, but maybe it'll be a useful snapshot for the current moment. Maybe we'll return to doing these, maybe once a month?

rodneylives (John Harris): I've been pl
setsideb.com/what-were-playing
#blognews #blognews #FinalFantasyTactics #gamedad #OnceUponAKatamari #R36S #SilenHillF

2025-09-23

For my future self:

1. Copy files from the original card (games and this file: rf3536k3ka.dtb).

2. Download the `-b` variant of Rocknix: nightly.rocknix.org/

3. Create a bootable card.

4. Create the overlays file here: rocknix.gosk.in/dtbo/ (using file rf3536k3ka.dtb), select 2-sticks variant and inverted headphone detection, then follow the instruction underneath.

5. Insert the card into the device, so it can adjust partition and run initial config.

#EmuELEC #R36S

2025-09-22

Firmware updated.

#EmuELEC #R36S

A photo of a retro console with splash screen saying ROCKNIX
2025-09-18

[EmuELEC's clone of] R36S arrived today and so I'll be posting about it in the coming days. As well as about old games.

#R36S

A photo of black variant of the R36S which generally looks like Gameboy but with two analog sticks at the bottom.
2025-09-17

Hoje terminei mais um jogo no meu R36S. O console é um monstro!

Neviete kde sa v #R36S nastavuje dátum a čas? Neviem to tam nájsť, mám tam stále rok 2019 a blbý čas 🤷😏 #retrocomputing

Keď nič iné, tak som dnes aspoň rozohral na Nintendo DS emulátore Pokémon Diamond. Mám rád tieto hry. Už som dve dohral na skutočnom DSku. #R36S

Aku nádheru som tam objavil. Klasický Dyna Blaster #R36S

Ivanivanbg
2025-09-01

Guía de compra de consolas retro portátiles baratas (hasta PS1 y NDS)

gouforit.com/guia-compra-conso

Tak už je doma #R36S #gameconsole bude sa hrať a testovať 🙂 ako sa tam pridávajú hry?

Už je to tu! Už je to na Slovensku 😀 už len počkať do pondelka #r36s

Peter B.p3ter
2025-08-26

And knowhow is very useful on many many setups and even "embedded" devices.

I love that even my gaming handheld supports (over ).

handhelds.wiki/R36S

r36s: a modern gamboy-like handheld gaming console, running linux shell.
2025-08-26
Hablando de AliExpress, alguien aquí tiene la #r36s? Qué tal la experiencia ?
Alexandros J. Kastanisalexk7110@social.kastanis.gr
2025-08-08

Speaking of #retrogaming I recently bought this little gem. Admittedly it is an #R36S clone of a clone but it works quite nicely with the provided version of ArkOS. After organizing my favorite games on #RomM I found out that these dirt cheap ARM based #retrogaming handhelds exist, so I impulsively reached for the credit card.
One thing I didn't expect was that the wife would be the one "beta" testing a lot more than I am.

Ivanivanbg
2025-08-08

R36Plus, consola retro con pantalla 1:1 de 4 pulgadas: ¿la mejor opción barata?

gouforit.com/r36plus-consola-r

I'm almost 40 years old, and I have finally, for the first time ever, beaten Super Mario Bros. on the NES. I did use save states, because I make a lot of stupid mistakes in 2D platformers, and dying due to Mario being floaty was something that always put me off playing through multiple game overs to get to the end.

In a way I think having save states and emulators makes older games more accessible, especially for those of us who only have short play sessions available, or need special controller configurations in order to play. I'm super grateful to have those options available to me these days.

#R36S #Retroconsoles #NES #Mario #retrogaming #emulation

The original end screen from Super Mario Bros. on NES, taken from my R36S retro console.
Peter B.p3ter
2025-07-15

Online research has come to an interesting status-quo:

Quite a number of videos "howto r36s hdmi", "reading-telling" (not showing) you to simply connect (usb-to)hdmi to a :
youtu.be/GeRMa-NUm40v
youtu.be/tIOfh5GB-qk
youtu.be/GeRMa-NUm40

While *actually you CAN NOT*:
"The reason for this limitation lies in the console's motherboard. Internally, it doesn't have specific modules that allow direct connection to a TV."

cybercachetv.com/en/blogs/anal

for a 67 views video. WHY?

Beating up some hippies in Pokémon Unbound #R36S

An R36D console showing Pokémon Unbound on its screen. The text says "Y'all be trippin just watchin them all! Let's get funky!"

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