Powkiddy RGB30 - In-Depth Review / r/PowKiddy

• support bluetooth joystick / and HDMI output

• pico8

  • Pico-8 on RGB30
  • can be programmed directly on the device
  • I successfully swapped X and O on my RGB30!

System

They both use Emulation Station they both use Retroarch, they both use thememaster.

JELOS v20231029 - Just Enough Linux Operating System - Entware base

• Bluetooth audio and controller support.
• Support for HDMI audio and video out, and USB audio.
• Device to device and device to cloud sync with Syncthing and rclone.
• Integrated cross-device local and remote network play. support Moonlight ?

Update crash the system / (or is it rom sdcard ?) or just bad rom ?

• Powkiddy RGB30 Setup Guide
• Adding Games
  • add files to rom folder
  • press START then Game Settings then select Update Gamelists under the Tools header.

ArkOS - Ubuntu base

ArkOS does not obfuscate the line between Emulationstation and Retroarch. You’re trying to set a Retroarch option, so you’re going to have to do it in Retroarch, not Emulationstation. - ArkOS set Shader

• Installing ArkOS / download link

• setup

  • Pico-8

ark@rgb30:~$ inxi -SMA
System:    Host: rgb30 Kernel: 4.19.172 aarch64 bits: 64 Console: tty 0 Distro: Ubuntu 19.10 (Eoan Ermine) 
Machine:   Type: ARM Device System: Powkiddy RGB30 aka wonderfully weird unit serial: 1e5e013d694a1d57 
Audio:     Device-1: rk3568-dw-hdmi driver: dwhdmi_rockchip 
           Device-2: simple-audio-card driver: asoc_simple_card 
           Device-3: simple-audio-card driver: asoc_simple_card 
           Sound Server: ALSA v: k4.19.172 

Customisation

Shader

• Combine overlays with LCD shaders / youtube

Hardware

• Rockchip RK3566 (ARM)
  • integrates four ARM Cortex-A55 cores with up to 2 GHz
  • As a GPU it integrates a ARM Mali-G52 MP2 (2 cores).
  • a video decoder with H.264 and H.265 support is integrated, among other things.
• Tear down

Customisation

• Add and enable a rumble (vibration) motor.

Games Recommanded

• Platform Explorer ROMs Pack
• PICOwesome v1.4 (oct-31-2022) - full set of cart
• Tiny Best Set: GO!
• Neo-Geo - is working if using the proper config

see also

• Retro Handhelds - retro gaming community