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2 Αυγούστου 2025
Όταν άρχισα να ασχολούμαι με τις σύγχρονες φορητές συσκευές εξομοίωσης, πάντα επέλεγα οριζόντια μοντέλα με αναλογία διαστάσεων ευρείας οθόνης. Ίσως ήταν απλώς αυτό που περίμενα μετά από τη συνήθεια που απέκτησα με το PSP και το Nintendo Switch, αλλά οι χαμηλές οθόνες που βρίσκονται στις περισσότερες συσκευές ANBERNIC απλώς δεν με ενδιέφεραν.
Αυτό ίσχυε μέχρι που αξιολόγησα το ANBERNIC RG Slide. Αυτή η μικρή οθόνη 4:3 στα 120hz με εντυπωσίασε απόλυτα, και παρόλο που τελικά ήμουν ελαφρώς απογοητευμένος από το ασθενέστερο chipset, ήξερα ότι ήταν μόνο θέμα χρόνου μέχρι η εταιρεία να το συνδυάσει με λίγη περισσότερη δύναμη.
Προχωρώντας γρήγορα στην περασμένη εβδομάδα, όταν τελικά δοκίμασα το RG 477M. Αυτή η μικρή μεταλλική φορητή συσκευή έχει ακριβώς αυτό που χρειάζεται όχι μόνο για να παίζω τα αγαπημένα μου ρετρό παιχνίδια, αλλά και για να τα κάνει να φαίνονται καλύτερα από ποτέ.
Πριν φτάσω σε όλα αυτά, πρέπει να μιλήσω για τη συσκευή αυτή καθαυτή. Το M στο τέλος του ονόματος σημαίνει ότι έχει μεταλλικό σκελετό, σε αυτήν την περίπτωση από κράμα αλουμινίου, που της δίνει μια αίσθηση υψηλής ποιότητας. Οι άκρες είναι επίσης ωραίες και στρογγυλεμένες, αν και υπάρχει ένα μικρό χείλος εκεί που το μπροστινό και το πίσω μέρος συναντούν τις πλευρές.
Το RG 477M έχει συμμετρική διάταξη μοχλών, που είναι ιδανική για τα ρετρό παιχνίδια που βασίζονται στο D-pad και λειτουργούν καλύτερα σε αυτή τη συσκευή. Οι μοχλοί είναι λίγο χαμηλά στο πλαίσιο αλλά εξακολουθούν να αισθάνονται υπέροχα, με ευρύ φάσμα κίνησης. Είναι επίσης Hall effect, οπότε η απόκλιση του μοχλού δεν θα πρέπει ποτέ να είναι πρόβλημα.
Το D-pad είναι ο πραγματικός πρωταγωνιστής εδώ, και είναι απόλαυση στη χρήση. Αισθάνεται μαλακό αλλά ανταποκρίνεται, και δεν είχα καμία εμπειρία με ψευδείς διαγώνιες κινήσεις κατά τη δοκιμή. Η ANBERNIC έχει κατασκευάσει δεκάδες φορητές συσκευές με την πάροδο των χρόνων, και σε αυτό το σημείο ξέρει πραγματικά πώς να κατασκευάζει ένα D-pad.
Τα κουμπιά είναι μαλακά και πολύ ήσυχα, και πάλι είναι υπέροχα στη χρήση. Τα κουμπιά ώμου σε γραμμή είναι άλλο θέμα. Χρησιμοποιούν τα πιο θορυβώδη μικροδιακόπτες που έχω δοκιμάσει ποτέ σε φορητή συσκευή, και θα ήθελα να ήταν λίγο πιο μακριά. Τα δάχτυλά μου φυσικά ακουμπούν στα κουμπιά R2 και L2, οπότε έπρεπε να προσαρμόσω τη λαβή μου για να φτάσω στα κουμπιά R1 και L1 που χρησιμοποιούνται πιο συχνά στα ρετρό παιχνίδια.
Πέρα από αυτό, τα ηχεία στερεοφωνικού πυροβολισμού στο κάτω μέρος είναι καλά, και υπάρχει μια υποδοχή ακουστικών δίπλα στη θύρα φόρτισης και την υποδοχή κάρτας microSD στο κάτω μέρος. Υπάρχουν επίσης δύο λωρίδες από καουτσούκ στο πίσω μέρος για λίγη επιπλέον λαβή, αν και βρίσκονται λίγο πολύ κοντά στις πλευρές για να κάνουν πολλά. Και πάλι, τα δάχτυλά μου ακουμπούσαν λίγο πιο μέσα, και δεν έχω ιδιαίτερα μεγάλα χέρια.
Θα πρέπει επίσης να σημειώσω ότι υπάρχει μια πλήρης θήκη σιλικόνης που περιλαμβάνεται στο κουτί, αλλά δεν την χρησιμοποίησα πολύ. Πάντα χρησιμοποιώ θήκες στα τηλέφωνά μου, αλλά ποτέ στις φορητές συσκευές μου. Ο χαμηλός κίνδυνος πτώσεων απλώς δεν αξίζει την ανταλλαγή, αφού χάνεις αυτή την αίσθηση του premium μετάλλου της γυμνής συσκευής.
Θα πω επίσης ότι τα χρώματα δεν είναι υπέροχα. Το αγαπημένο μου χρώμα είναι το καφέ (το ξέρω), αλλά η απόχρωση Chocolate Bronze που δοκίμασα απλώς δεν με ενθουσίασε. Φαίνεται καλύτερα από το ασημί μοντέλο με βάση τις φωτογραφίες που έχω δει, αλλά κανένα από τα δύο δεν είναι ιδιαίτερα ελκυστικό. Ελπίζω η ANBERNIC να κυκλοφορήσει μια πλαστική έκδοση με περισσότερες επιλογές χρωμάτων (και χαμηλότερη τιμή) στο μέλλον.
Ωστόσο, αυτή η μεταλλική κατασκευή της δίνει ένα ωραίο βάρος. Ζυγίζει 355g, που δεν είναι υπερβολικά βαρύ αλλά σίγουρα περισσότερο από άλλες φορητές συσκευές παρόμοιου μεγέθους. Ποτέ δεν ένιωσα κουρασμένος μετά από μεγάλες συνεδρίες παιχνιδιού, κάτι που δεν μπορώ να πω για μεγαλύτερες φορητές συσκευές, ακόμα κι αν ζυγίζουν μόνο λίγο περισσότερο.
Αλλά δεν είναι ο φυσικός σχεδιασμός του RG 477M που το κάνει τόσο καλό για ρετρό παιχνίδια. Είναι η οθόνη 4,7 ιντσών στα 120Hz.
Είμαι πλέον πεπεισμένος ότι η αναλογία διαστάσεων 4:3 είναι ιδανική για φορητές συσκευές ρετρό παιχνιδιών, και η ανάλυση αυτής της οθόνης είναι τέλεια. Επιτρέπει την τέλεια αναβάθμιση 4x για το PlayStation και το Nintendo 64 χωρίς μαύρες μπάρες. Τα παλαιότερα παιχνίδια NES και Genesis είναι επίσης τέλεια αναβαθμισμένα σε 4x, αν και υπάρχουν μικρές μαύρες μπάρες.
Στην πραγματικότητα, κάθε ρετρό οικιακή κονσόλα φαίνεται εκπληκτική σε αυτήν την οθόνη. Δεν είναι τόσο ιδανική για φορητά συστήματα όπως το Game Boy, το Game Boy Advance ή το PSP, αλλά είναι περισσότερο από επαρκής. Το PSP είναι η μόνη κονσόλα που δεν θα έπαιζα σε αυτήν λόγω των μεγάλων μαύρων μπαρών, αλλά υπάρχουν πολλές φορητές συσκευές 16:9 για να επιλέξετε αν αυτό είναι που ψάχνετε. Και οι περισσότερες από αυτές είναι φθηνότερες από το RG 477M.
Έπειτα υπάρχει το γεγονός ότι είναι 120Hz. Αρχικά μπορεί να φαίνεται ότι αυτό είναι άχρηστο για ρετρό παιχνίδια, καθώς κανένα από αυτά δεν έτρεχε πάνω από 30 ή 60 fps παλιά. Ωστόσο, επιτρέπει μια μοναδική λειτουργία που ονομάζεται εισαγωγή μαύρου καρέ. Αυτό προσθέτει ένα μαύρο καρέ μεταξύ των αποδομένων καρέ, που βοηθά στην ομαλοποίηση των κινήσεων στις σύγχρονες οθόνες.
Χρειάζονται μερικές ρυθμίσεις στις ρυθμίσεις (δείτε το εξαιρετικό βίντεο από το Retro Game Corps για περισσότερες λεπτομέρειες), αλλά φαίνεται θεαματικό. Θα χρειαστεί να αυξήσετε τη φωτεινότητα της οθόνης μόλις το ενεργοποιήσετε, αλλά το πάνελ του RG 477M είναι αρκετά φωτεινό για να το αντισταθμίσει.
"Αν δεν είστε κάποιος που του αρέσει να τροποποιεί ρυθμίσεις, τα καλά νέα είναι ότι το RG 477M έρχεται κυρίως προ-ρυθμισμένο κατευθείαν από το κουτί. Εξομοιωτές για μια μεγάλη ποικιλία συστημάτων ήταν εγκατεστημένοι και ρυθμισμένοι, και ο RG Launcher είναι εκπληκτικά σταθερός. Δεν θα τον αντάλλασσα με τον αγαπημένο μου, ES DE, αλλά έκανε έτσι ώστε το μόνο που χρειαζόταν να κάνω ήταν να φορτώσω τα ROMs μου και να πατήσω play.
Λοιπόν, κάπως έτσι. Πολλοί από τους προεγκατεστημένους εξομοιωτές ήταν εκτός ημερομηνίας ή απλώς χειρότεροι από εναλλακτικές. Για παράδειγμα, έχει το AetherSX2 αντί για το NetherSX2. Η προ-ρυθμισμένη έκδοση του RetroArch ήταν επίσης στα Κινέζικα, κάτι που ήταν λίγο μπελάς να το αλλάξω πίσω. Υποψιάζομαι ότι αυτό συνέβη επειδή ήταν μονάδα αναθεώρησης, οπότε ελπίζω οι μονάδες λιανικής να μην έχουν το ίδιο πρόβλημα. Στο τέλος, επανεγκατέστησα το RetroArch εξ ολοκλήρου, πετώντας τις προ-ρυθμισμένες ρυθμίσεις κάθε πυρήνα με το νερό του μπάνιου.
Δεν θα μπω σε πολλές λεπτομέρειες εδώ, αλλά η ANBERNIC έχει προφορτώσει το μοναδικό της λογισμικό AI, το οποίο μπορεί να παρέχει μεταφράσεις στην οθόνη ή να βοηθά στην επίλυση παζλ με το πάτημα ενός κουμπιού. Ακόμα δοκιμάζω αυτή τη λειτουργία καθώς είναι ικανή για τόσα πολλά διαφορετικά πράγματα, αλλά ειλικρινά μπορείτε να υποκριθείτε ότι δεν υπάρχει και δεν θα χάσετε πολλά όταν πρόκειται για ρετρό παιχνίδια.
Φυσικά, μια οθόνη 120Hz είναι χρήσιμη μόνο αν η συσκευή είναι αρκετά ισχυρή για να προωθήσει όλα αυτά τα καρέ, κάτι που ήταν πρόβλημα με το RG Slide. Ο MediaTek Dimensity 8300 που βρίσκεται στο RG 477M είναι μια εντελώς διαφορετική ιστορία. Αυτή είναι η δεύτερη φορά που η ANBERNIC χρησιμοποιεί αυτό το chipset, με την πρώτη να είναι το μεγαλύτερο RG 577, και φαίνεται να είναι μια εξαιρετική επιλογή.
Περάσαμε το RG 477M από τη συνήθη σειρά δοκιμών μας, και έχω συμπεριλάβει τα αποτελέσματα παρακάτω. Τα έχω συγκρίνει με συσκευές γύρω από την ίδια κατηγορία τιμής, συμπεριλαμβανομένου του Retroid Pocket Flip 2 (Snapdragon 865) και του δικού της ANBERNIC RG Slide (Unisoc T820).
Όπως αναμενόταν, το νεότερο SoC στο RG 477M ξεπέρασε τα υπόλοιπα. Δεν είναι ακόμα τόσο ισχυρό όσο πιο ακριβά φορητά όπως το AYANEO Pocket ACE ή η σειρά AYN Odin 2, αλλά η επιπλέον ισχύς βοηθά πραγματικά όταν εξομοιώνει οτιδήποτε μέχρι και συμπεριλαμβανομένων των PS2 και GameCube.
Στην πλευρά της GPU, τα αποτελέσματα ήταν συνολικά σημαντικά καλύτερα, αλλά με ένα μεγάλο αστερίσκο. Οι δοκιμές αντοχής που χρησιμοποιούμε ουσιαστικά μέσου όρου τα αποτελέσματα 20 κύκλων που εκτελούνται συνεχόμενα, κάτι που σε γενικές γραμμές προσομοιώνει μια μακρά συνεδρία παιχνιδιού. Ωστόσο, μετρά επίσης τη διαφορά μεταξύ των υψηλότερων και χαμηλότερων σκορ, το οποίο το ονομάζει σταθερότητα. Και το σκορ σταθερότητας εδώ ήταν απαίσιο.
Τα σκορ σταθερότητας για τις τρεις διαφορετικές δοκιμές αντοχής που έτρεξα είχαν μέσο όρο γύρω στο 50-60%. Συγκριτικά με το 90-99% που έχω δει σε κυριολεκτικά κάθε άλλη φορητή συσκευή που έχω δοκιμάσει, συμπεριλαμβανομένων συσκευών ANBERNIC όπως το RG Slide, αυτό είναι ελαφρώς ανησυχητικό. Δεν είμαι σίγουρος αν αυτό οφείλεται σε οδηγούς ή προ-κυκλοφοριακό λογισμικό, αλλά τα καλά νέα είναι ότι ακόμα και τα χαμηλότερα σκορ είναι πολύ πάνω από φορητές συσκευές παρόμοιας τιμής.
Τα άλλα καλά νέα εδώ είναι η θερμική απόδοση. Οι θερμοκρασίες δεν ξεπέρασαν ποτέ τους 36 βαθμούς Κελσίου, και το μεταλλικό σώμα δεν αισθάνθηκε ποτέ ζεστό στην αφή. Ζεστό, ναι, αλλά ποτέ καυτό. Το μόνο μου παράπονο είναι ότι ο ανεμιστήρας μπορεί να γίνει αρκετά δυνατός υπό πίεση, και έχει έναν αρκετά ενοχλητικό υψηλό ήχο. Τα ακουστικά έλυσαν αυτό το πρόβλημα αμέσως.
Σε κάθε περίπτωση, τα απίστευτα δυνατά κουμπιά ώμου ήδη αποκλείουν αυτή τη συσκευή για παιχνίδι στο κρεβάτι δίπλα στον σύντροφό σας.
Όσον αφορά την απόδοση εξομοίωσης, όλα όσα δοκίμασα ήταν εξαιρετικά. Ήταν σε θέση να αναβαθμίσει τα πάντα μέχρι και συμπεριλαμβανομένων των παιχνιδιών PS2 χωρίς να ιδρώσει. Δεν θα συνιστούσα αυτή τη φορητή συσκευή για οτιδήποτε πάνω από αυτό, ειδικά για εξομοίωση Nintendo Switch. Το chipset μπορεί να είναι αρκετά ισχυρό, αλλά οι οδηγοί απλά δεν είναι εκεί.
Η εξομοίωση PC είναι μια παρόμοια ιστορία, αν και μπορεί να υπάρχει φως στον ορίζοντα. Η ομάδα πίσω από το GameHub εργάζεται για τη βελτίωση των οδηγών για τις GPU Mali, αν και είναι ακόμα πολύ νωρίς για να δούμε σημαντικά αποτελέσματα. Ελπίζουμε ότι τους επόμενους μήνες η MediaTek και ακόμα και τα SoC Tensor θα δουν σημαντικά καλύτερη υποστήριξη οδηγών, αλλά αξίζει να το παρακολουθήσουμε.
Όσον αφορά τα παιχνίδια Android, το RG 477M έτρεξε όλα όσα δοκίμασα με ευκολία. Υπάρχουν λίγα παιχνίδια που δεν έτρεξαν, αλλά μόνο επειδή το chipset δεν υποστηριζόταν. Ένα από αυτά τα παιχνίδια ήταν το Balatro, το οποίο θα ήταν υπέροχο σε αυτή τη συσκευή.
Το RG 477M έχει μια μπαταρία 5,300mAh, η οποία δεν είναι τεράστια αλλά κάνει τη δουλειά. Η ρύθμιση της οθόνης στη μέγιστη συχνότητα ανανέωσης 120Hz την αποστραγγίζει πιο γρήγορα, αλλά ακόμα κατάφερα να έχω καλές επτά έως δέκα ώρες παιχνιδιού σε ρετρό παιχνίδια. Τα παιχνίδια PS2 είχαν μέσο όρο τρεις έως τέσσερις ώρες. Αυτό δεν θα κερδίσει κανένα βραβείο, αλλά είναι ακόμα σταθερό για μια συσκευή αυτού του μεγέθους.
Ευτυχώς, επίσης φορτίζει αρκετά γρήγορα όταν εξαντλείται. Έχει μέγιστη ταχύτητα φόρτισης 27W, και στις δοκιμές μου φόρτισε από 20% σε 100% σε περίπου 90 λεπτά. Συνήθως φορτίζω αυτές τις φορητές συσκευές μόνο μέχρι το 90%, αλλά σε αυτή την περίπτωση το ξέχασα. Ελπίζω η μπαταρία μου να με συγχωρήσει."
Μέχρι στιγμής, αυτή η κονσόλα φαίνεται να είναι ένα επιτυχημένο βήμα για την ANBERNIC, αλλά δεν έχω αναφέρει ακόμα το μεγαλύτερο μειονέκτημα, και αυτό είναι η τιμή. Πριν από την αποστολή, το RG 477M ξεκινά από $239.99 για την έκδοση 8+128GB, ανεβαίνοντας στα $289.99 για την έκδοση 12+256GB που δοκίμασα. Η τελευταία έχει την ίδια τιμή με το βασικό μοντέλο του AYN Odin 2 ($299 στην ιστοσελίδα του κατασκευαστή), το οποίο διαθέτει ένα πολύ πιο ισχυρό (και συμβατό) chipset Snapdragon 8 Gen 2.
Είναι επίσης πιο ακριβό από το Retroid Flip 2 ($229 στην ιστοσελίδα του κατασκευαστή) με το οποίο το συνέκρινα νωρίτερα, αν και εκεί είναι πιο εύκολο να δεις την προστιθέμενη αξία. Δεν θα λειτουργήσει το ίδιο καλά για εξομοίωση νέων κονσολών όπως το Nintendo Switch ή το PS3 λόγω των οδηγών, αλλά για τα ρετρό παιχνίδια που χειρίζεται καλύτερα, η αναλογία διαστάσεων και ο ρυθμός ανανέωσης κάνουν τη διαφορά, ακόμα κι αν δεν είναι OLED.
Οι άλλες εναλλακτικές στο RG 477M προέρχονται κυρίως από την ίδια την ANBERNIC. Το RG Slide ($189.99 στην ιστοσελίδα του κατασκευαστή) είναι μία από αυτές, και αν και δεν έχει αρκετή ισχύ για να εκμεταλλευτεί πραγματικά αυτήν την οθόνη, διαθέτει έναν ωραίο μηχανισμό ολίσθησης που είναι απίστευτος στη χρήση.
Η ANBERNIC έχει πολλές άλλες κονσόλες 4:3, όπως το RG 406H. Αυτή δεν έχει την ισχύ ή τον ρυθμό ανανέωσης του RG 477M, αλλά είναι πολύ φθηνότερη. Επίσης, αντικαθιστά την μεταλλική κατασκευή με πλαστική. Προσωπικά, ελπίζω η ANBERNIC να κυκλοφορήσει μια πλαστική έκδοση του RG 477M αργότερα φέτος σε ελαφρώς χαμηλότερη τιμή. Η μεταλλική κατασκευή είναι το μόνο πράγμα που θα ήμουν πρόθυμος να παραχωρήσω για να φτάσω σε χαμηλότερη τιμή.
Αλλά η αλήθεια είναι ότι το RG 477M είναι αυτή τη στιγμή σε μια κατηγορία από μόνο του. Μετά από μόλις μία εβδομάδα, βρίσκω τον εαυτό μου να καταφεύγει σε αυτήν τη συσκευή για να εξομοιώνει ρετρό κονσόλες σπιτιού αντί για πολύ πιο ακριβές (και πιο ισχυρές) συσκευές ευρείας οθόνης. Η ενεργοποίηση των αγαπημένων μου CRT shaders και το παιχνίδι χωρίς μαύρες μπάρες το κάνει να φαίνεται εξαιρετικά άνετο, σαν να παίζω στο αρχικό υλικό. Αν αυτό είναι που αναζητάτε, αξίζει το επιπλέον κόστος.
Υπάρχουν κάποιες καλές ειδήσεις αν δράσετε γρήγορα. Το RG 477M μόλις μπήκε σε πώληση σήμερα, και για τις πρώτες 72 ώρες και τα δύο μοντέλα έχουν έκπτωση $20. Τα 8GB RAM του φθηνότερου μοντέλου είναι υπεραρκετά για ό,τι το χρησιμοποίησα, και στα $219.99, είναι πολύ πιο εύκολο να το αγοράσεις. Οι φορητές συσκευές της ANBERNIC συνήθως λαμβάνουν μεγάλες εκπτώσεις αργότερα στον κύκλο ζωής τους, αλλά αμφιβάλλω ότι θα μπορέσετε να βρείτε καλύτερη τιμή για άλλους έξι μήνες ή περισσότερο.
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Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission. Learn more. GamingNick Fernandez / Android AuthorityThis 4:3 device made me rethink what I actually want from a gaming handheldIt turns out a high refresh rate and a retro aspect ratio is a winning combination.By •August 2, 2025••ANBERNIC RG 477MThe RG 477M has the perfect screen with the enough power to take any retro game to the next level. It's pricey, but it's worth it to make classic games really shine.MSRP: $239.99Check priceWhat we likeGreat performanceIncredible screenPremium metal buildExcellent D-pad and buttonsWhat we don't likeLimited driver compatibilityLoud shoulder buttonsPriceyANBERNIC RG 477MThe RG 477M has the perfect screen with the enough power to take any retro game to the next level. It's pricey, but it's worth it to make classic games really shine.When I first got into modern emulation handhelds, I always went for horizontal models with a widescreen aspect ratio. Maybe it was just what I came to expect after being conditioned by the PSP and Nintendo Switch, but the squat screens found on most ANBERNIC devices just didn’t appeal to me.That was, until I reviewed the ANBERNIC RG Slide. That little 4:3 120hz display absolutely blew me away, and although ultimately I was slightly disappointed by the weaker chipset, I knew it was only a matter of time until the company paired it with a little more power.Fast forward to last week, when I finally got to test the RG 477M. This little metal handheld has exactly what it takes not just to play my favorite retro games, but to make them look better than ever. Premium materials, retro priorities Before I get to any of that, I have to talk about the device itself. The M at the end of the name means that it has a metal chassis, in this case an aluminum alloy, which gives it a premium feel. The edges are also nice and rounded, although there is a slight lip where the front and back meet the sides.The RG 477M has a symmetrical stick layout, which is ideal for the D-pad centric retro games work best on this device. The sticks themselves are a little low on the frame but still feel great, with a wide range of motion. They’re also Hall effect so stick drift should never be an issue.Nick Fernandez / Android AuthorityThe D-pad is the real star here, and it’s a joy to use. It feels soft but responsive, and I didn’t experience any false diagonals in testing. ANBERNIC has made dozens of handhelds over the years, and at this point it really knows how to make a D-pad.The buttons are soft and very quiet, and again they’re great to use. The in-line shoulder buttons are another matter. They use the loudest microswitches I’ve ever tested in a handheld, and I wish they were just slightly longer. My fingers naturally rest on the R2 and L2 buttons, so I had to adjust my grip to reach the R1 and L1 buttons that are more commonly used in retro games. Apart from that, the bottom-firing stereo speakers are fine, and there’s a headphone jack next to the charging port and microSD card slot on the bottom. There are also two rubber strips on the back for a little extra grip, although they’re located a little too close to the sides to do much. Again, my fingers rested just a little bit too far in, and I don’t have particularly large hands.I should also note that there’s a full silicone case included in the box, but I didn’t end up using it much. I always use cases on my phones, but never on my handhelds. The low danger of drops just isn’t worth the tradeoff, since you lose that premium metal feeling of the naked device.Nick Fernandez / Android AuthorityI will also say that the colors are not great. My favorite color is brown (I know), but the Chocolate Bronze colorway I tested just didn’t do it for me. It looks better than the silver model based on pictures I’ve seen, but neither is particularly attractive. I hope ANBERNIC puts out a plastic version with a few more color options (and a lower price) in the future.Still, that metal build gives it a nice heft. It weights in at 355g, which isn’t overly heavy but it’s certainly more than similarly sized handhelds. I never felt tired after long gaming sessions, which I can’t say about larger handhelds, even if they only weigh a little bit more. Old games, new tricksNick Fernandez / Android AuthorityBut it isn’t the physical design of the RG 477M that makes it so great for retro games. It’s the 4.7-inch 120Hz screen.I’m now a firm believer that 4:3 is the ideal aspect ratio for retro gaming handhelds, and the resolution of this screen is perfect. It allows for pixel-perfect 4x upscaling for the PlayStation and Nintendo 64 with no black bars. Older NES and Genesis games are also pixel-perfect at 4x, although there are small black bars. The 4:3 120Hz screen is the RG 477M's secret sauce. In fact, every retro home console looks incredible on this screen. It’s not as ideal for handheld systems like the Game Boy, Game Boy Advance, or PSP, but it’s still more than servicable. PSP is the only console I wouldn’t play on this because of the large black bars, but there are plenty of 16:9 handhelds to choose from if that’s what you’re after. And most of them are cheaper than the RG 477M.Nick Fernandez / Android AuthorityThen there’s the fact that it’s 120Hz. At first it might seem like this is useless for retro games, since none of them ran above 30 or 60 fps back in the day. However, it enables a unique feature called black frame insertion. This adds a black frame between rendered frames, which helps smooth out animations on modern displays.It takes a few tweaks in settings (check out the excellent video from Retro Game Corps for more detail), but it looks spectacular. You’ll need to crank up screen brightness once you turn it on, but the RG 477M’s panel is plenty bright to compensate.If you’re not someone who likes tweaking settings, the good news is that the RG 477M comes mostly pre-configured right out of the box. Emulators for a wide variety of systems were installed and configured, and the RG Launcher is surprisingly solid. I wouldn’t trade it for my favorite, ES DE, but it did make it so that all I needed to do was load up my ROMs and press play. The RG 477M comes mostly pre-configured, but it still needed some tweaking. Well, sort of. Many of the pre-installed emulators were out of date or just worse than alternatives. For example, it has AetherSX2 instead of NetherSX2. The pre-configured version of RetroArch was also in Chinese, which was a bit of a hassle to swap back. I suspect this was because it was a review unit, so hopefully retail units don’t have the same issue. In the end, I reinstalled RetroArch entirely, throwing out each core’s pre-configured settings with the bath water.I won’t go too deep into it here, but ANBERNIC has pre-loaded its unique AI software, which can provide on-screen translations or help solve puzzles at the push of a button. I’m still testing this feature since it’s capable of so many different things, but honestly you can pretend it doesn’t exist and you won’t be missing out on much when it comes to retro games. Retro power upsNick Fernandez / Android AuthorityOf course, a 120Hz screen is only useful if the device is powerful enough to push all those frames, which was an issue with the RG Slide. The MediaTek Dimensity 8300 found in the RG 477M is a completely different story. This is the second time that ANBERNIC has used this chipset, with the first being the larger RG 577, and it seems to be a great fit.We ran the RG 477M through our standard suite of benchmarks, and I’ve included the results below. I’ve compared them to devices around the same price range, including the Retroid Pocket Flip 2 (Snapdragon 865) and ANBERNIC’s own RG Slide (Unisoc T820). Unsurprisingly, the newer SoC in the RG 477M blew the rest out of the water. It’s still no where near as powerful as more expensive handhelds like the AYANEO Pocket ACE or the AYN Odin 2 lineup, but the extra power really helps when emulating anything up to and including PS2 and GameCube.On the GPU side, results were significantly better overall, but with a major asterisk. The stress tests we use essentially average the results of 20 loops run back to back, which more or less simulates a long gaming session. However, it also measures the difference between the highest and lowest scores, which it calls stability. And the stability score here was terrible.Nick Fernandez / Android AuthorityStability scores for the three stress different tests I ran averaged around 50-60%. Compared to the 90-99% I’ve seen on literally every other handheld I’ve tested, including ANBERNIC devices like the RG Slide, this is slightly concerning. I’m not sure whether to chalk it up to drivers or pre-release software, but the good news is that even the lowest scores are well above similarly-priced handhelds.The other good news here is thermal performance. Temperatures never went above 36 degrees Celcius, and the metal body never felt hot to the touch. Warm, sure, but never hot. My only complaint is that the fan can get pretty loud under stress, and it has a fairly annoying high-pitched sound. Headphones solved this problem in a jiffy.In any case, the crazy loud shoulder buttons already disqualify this for playing in bed next to your spouse. The Dimensity 8300 chipset is powerful, but somewhat unstable. In terms of emulation performance, everything I tested was excellent. It was able to upscale everything up to and including PS2 games without breaking a sweat. I wouldn’t recommend this handheld for anything above that, especially Nintendo Switch emulation. The chipset might be powerful enough, but the drivers just aren’t there.PC emulation is a similar story, although there may be light on the horizon. The team behind GameHub is working on improving drivers for Mali GPUs, although it’s still too early to see significant results. Hopefully in the next few months MediaTek and even Tensor SoCs see significantly better driver support, but it’s worth keeping an eye on.Nick Fernandez / Android AuthorityAs for Android games, the RG 477M ran everything I tested with ease. There are a few games that didn’t run, but only because the chipset wasn’t supported. One of those games was Balatro, which would have been glorious on this device.The RG 477M has a 5,300mAh battery, which isn’t huge but gets the job done. Setting the screen to the maximum 120Hz refresh rate does drain it faster, but I still got a good seven to ten hours of game time in retro games. PS2 games averaged three to four hours. That’s not going to win any awards, but it’s still solid for a device this size.Thankfully, it also tops off fairly quickly when it runs out of juice. It has a maximum charge speed of 27W, and in my testing it charged from 20% to 100% in about 90 minutes. Typically I only charge these handhelds to 90%, but in this case I forgot. Hopefully my battery forgives me. ANBERNIC RG 477M review: Should you buy it?Nick Fernandez / Android AuthoritySo far this console feels like a slam dunk for ANBERNIC, but I still haven’t mentioned the biggest drawback, and that’s the price. Before shipping, the RG 477M starts at $239.99 for the 8+128GB version, jumping up to $289.99 for the 12+256GB version that I tested. The latter is the same price as the base model of the AYN Odin 2 ($299 at Manufacturer site), which has a far more powerful (and compatible) Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chipset.It’s also more expensive than the Retroid Flip 2 ($229 at Manufacturer site) I compared it to earlier, although there it’s easier to see the added value. It won’t work as well for frontier emulation like Nintendo Switch or PS3 due to drivers, but for the retro games this thing handles best, the aspect ratio and refresh rate do make a difference, even if it isn’t OLED.The other alternatives to the RG 477M mostly come from ANBERNIC itself. The RG Slide ($189.99 at Manufacturer site) is one, and although it doesn’t have enough power to truly take advantage of this screen, it does have a cool sliding mechanism that feels incredible to use. Retro games just feel cozier with this screen and my favorite CRT filters. ANBERNIC has plenty of other 4:3 consoles, like the RG 406H. That one doesn’t have the power or the refresh rate of the RG 477M, but it’s much cheaper. It also drops the metal build for a plastic one. Personally, I hope ANBERNIC releases a plastic version of the RG 477M later this year at a slightly lower price. The metal build is the only thing I would be willing to give up in order to hit a lower pricepoint.But the truth is that the RG 477M is currently in a class of its own. After just one week, I find myself turning to this device to emulate retro home consoles rather than much more expensive (and more powerful) widescreen devices. Flipping on my favorite CRT shaders and playing without black bars makes it feel extremely cozy, like I’m playing on the original hardware. If that’s what you’re after, it’s worth the premium.There is a bit of good news if you act quick. The RG 477M just went on sale today, and for the first 72 hours both models are discounted by $20. The cheaper model’s 8GB of RAM is more than enough for what I used this for, and at $219.99, it’s a much easier sell. ANBERNIC handhelds typically get steep discounts later in their lifecycles, but I doubt you’ll be able to beat that price for another six months or more. ANBERNIC RG 477MANBERNIC RG 477MGreat performance • Incredible screen • Premium metal buildMSRP: $239.99A powerful handheld with a retro aspect ratioThe RG 477M is a powerful handheld with a premium metal build and the perfect retro screen.See price at Manufacturer siteReviewsANBERNICEmulatorGamingFollowThank you for being part of our community. Read our Comment Policy before posting.
GamingNick Fernandez / Android AuthorityThis 4:3 device made me rethink what I actually want from a gaming handheldIt turns out a high refresh rate and a retro aspect ratio is a winning combination.By •August 2, 2025••ANBERNIC RG 477MThe RG 477M has the perfect screen with the enough power to take any retro game to the next level. It's pricey, but it's worth it to make classic games really shine.MSRP: $239.99Check priceWhat we likeGreat performanceIncredible screenPremium metal buildExcellent D-pad and buttonsWhat we don't likeLimited driver compatibilityLoud shoulder buttonsPriceyANBERNIC RG 477MThe RG 477M has the perfect screen with the enough power to take any retro game to the next level. It's pricey, but it's worth it to make classic games really shine.When I first got into modern emulation handhelds, I always went for horizontal models with a widescreen aspect ratio. Maybe it was just what I came to expect after being conditioned by the PSP and Nintendo Switch, but the squat screens found on most ANBERNIC devices just didn’t appeal to me.That was, until I reviewed the ANBERNIC RG Slide. That little 4:3 120hz display absolutely blew me away, and although ultimately I was slightly disappointed by the weaker chipset, I knew it was only a matter of time until the company paired it with a little more power.Fast forward to last week, when I finally got to test the RG 477M. This little metal handheld has exactly what it takes not just to play my favorite retro games, but to make them look better than ever. Premium materials, retro priorities Before I get to any of that, I have to talk about the device itself. The M at the end of the name means that it has a metal chassis, in this case an aluminum alloy, which gives it a premium feel. The edges are also nice and rounded, although there is a slight lip where the front and back meet the sides.The RG 477M has a symmetrical stick layout, which is ideal for the D-pad centric retro games work best on this device. The sticks themselves are a little low on the frame but still feel great, with a wide range of motion. They’re also Hall effect so stick drift should never be an issue.Nick Fernandez / Android AuthorityThe D-pad is the real star here, and it’s a joy to use. It feels soft but responsive, and I didn’t experience any false diagonals in testing. ANBERNIC has made dozens of handhelds over the years, and at this point it really knows how to make a D-pad.The buttons are soft and very quiet, and again they’re great to use. The in-line shoulder buttons are another matter. They use the loudest microswitches I’ve ever tested in a handheld, and I wish they were just slightly longer. My fingers naturally rest on the R2 and L2 buttons, so I had to adjust my grip to reach the R1 and L1 buttons that are more commonly used in retro games. Apart from that, the bottom-firing stereo speakers are fine, and there’s a headphone jack next to the charging port and microSD card slot on the bottom. There are also two rubber strips on the back for a little extra grip, although they’re located a little too close to the sides to do much. Again, my fingers rested just a little bit too far in, and I don’t have particularly large hands.I should also note that there’s a full silicone case included in the box, but I didn’t end up using it much. I always use cases on my phones, but never on my handhelds. The low danger of drops just isn’t worth the tradeoff, since you lose that premium metal feeling of the naked device.Nick Fernandez / Android AuthorityI will also say that the colors are not great. My favorite color is brown (I know), but the Chocolate Bronze colorway I tested just didn’t do it for me. It looks better than the silver model based on pictures I’ve seen, but neither is particularly attractive. I hope ANBERNIC puts out a plastic version with a few more color options (and a lower price) in the future.Still, that metal build gives it a nice heft. It weights in at 355g, which isn’t overly heavy but it’s certainly more than similarly sized handhelds. I never felt tired after long gaming sessions, which I can’t say about larger handhelds, even if they only weigh a little bit more. Old games, new tricksNick Fernandez / Android AuthorityBut it isn’t the physical design of the RG 477M that makes it so great for retro games. It’s the 4.7-inch 120Hz screen.I’m now a firm believer that 4:3 is the ideal aspect ratio for retro gaming handhelds, and the resolution of this screen is perfect. It allows for pixel-perfect 4x upscaling for the PlayStation and Nintendo 64 with no black bars. Older NES and Genesis games are also pixel-perfect at 4x, although there are small black bars. The 4:3 120Hz screen is the RG 477M's secret sauce. In fact, every retro home console looks incredible on this screen. It’s not as ideal for handheld systems like the Game Boy, Game Boy Advance, or PSP, but it’s still more than servicable. PSP is the only console I wouldn’t play on this because of the large black bars, but there are plenty of 16:9 handhelds to choose from if that’s what you’re after. And most of them are cheaper than the RG 477M.Nick Fernandez / Android AuthorityThen there’s the fact that it’s 120Hz. At first it might seem like this is useless for retro games, since none of them ran above 30 or 60 fps back in the day. However, it enables a unique feature called black frame insertion. This adds a black frame between rendered frames, which helps smooth out animations on modern displays.It takes a few tweaks in settings (check out the excellent video from Retro Game Corps for more detail), but it looks spectacular. You’ll need to crank up screen brightness once you turn it on, but the RG 477M’s panel is plenty bright to compensate.If you’re not someone who likes tweaking settings, the good news is that the RG 477M comes mostly pre-configured right out of the box. Emulators for a wide variety of systems were installed and configured, and the RG Launcher is surprisingly solid. I wouldn’t trade it for my favorite, ES DE, but it did make it so that all I needed to do was load up my ROMs and press play. The RG 477M comes mostly pre-configured, but it still needed some tweaking. Well, sort of. Many of the pre-installed emulators were out of date or just worse than alternatives. For example, it has AetherSX2 instead of NetherSX2. The pre-configured version of RetroArch was also in Chinese, which was a bit of a hassle to swap back. I suspect this was because it was a review unit, so hopefully retail units don’t have the same issue. In the end, I reinstalled RetroArch entirely, throwing out each core’s pre-configured settings with the bath water.I won’t go too deep into it here, but ANBERNIC has pre-loaded its unique AI software, which can provide on-screen translations or help solve puzzles at the push of a button. I’m still testing this feature since it’s capable of so many different things, but honestly you can pretend it doesn’t exist and you won’t be missing out on much when it comes to retro games. Retro power upsNick Fernandez / Android AuthorityOf course, a 120Hz screen is only useful if the device is powerful enough to push all those frames, which was an issue with the RG Slide. The MediaTek Dimensity 8300 found in the RG 477M is a completely different story. This is the second time that ANBERNIC has used this chipset, with the first being the larger RG 577, and it seems to be a great fit.We ran the RG 477M through our standard suite of benchmarks, and I’ve included the results below. I’ve compared them to devices around the same price range, including the Retroid Pocket Flip 2 (Snapdragon 865) and ANBERNIC’s own RG Slide (Unisoc T820). Unsurprisingly, the newer SoC in the RG 477M blew the rest out of the water. It’s still no where near as powerful as more expensive handhelds like the AYANEO Pocket ACE or the AYN Odin 2 lineup, but the extra power really helps when emulating anything up to and including PS2 and GameCube.On the GPU side, results were significantly better overall, but with a major asterisk. The stress tests we use essentially average the results of 20 loops run back to back, which more or less simulates a long gaming session. However, it also measures the difference between the highest and lowest scores, which it calls stability. And the stability score here was terrible.Nick Fernandez / Android AuthorityStability scores for the three stress different tests I ran averaged around 50-60%. Compared to the 90-99% I’ve seen on literally every other handheld I’ve tested, including ANBERNIC devices like the RG Slide, this is slightly concerning. I’m not sure whether to chalk it up to drivers or pre-release software, but the good news is that even the lowest scores are well above similarly-priced handhelds.The other good news here is thermal performance. Temperatures never went above 36 degrees Celcius, and the metal body never felt hot to the touch. Warm, sure, but never hot. My only complaint is that the fan can get pretty loud under stress, and it has a fairly annoying high-pitched sound. Headphones solved this problem in a jiffy.In any case, the crazy loud shoulder buttons already disqualify this for playing in bed next to your spouse. The Dimensity 8300 chipset is powerful, but somewhat unstable. In terms of emulation performance, everything I tested was excellent. It was able to upscale everything up to and including PS2 games without breaking a sweat. I wouldn’t recommend this handheld for anything above that, especially Nintendo Switch emulation. The chipset might be powerful enough, but the drivers just aren’t there.PC emulation is a similar story, although there may be light on the horizon. The team behind GameHub is working on improving drivers for Mali GPUs, although it’s still too early to see significant results. Hopefully in the next few months MediaTek and even Tensor SoCs see significantly better driver support, but it’s worth keeping an eye on.Nick Fernandez / Android AuthorityAs for Android games, the RG 477M ran everything I tested with ease. There are a few games that didn’t run, but only because the chipset wasn’t supported. One of those games was Balatro, which would have been glorious on this device.The RG 477M has a 5,300mAh battery, which isn’t huge but gets the job done. Setting the screen to the maximum 120Hz refresh rate does drain it faster, but I still got a good seven to ten hours of game time in retro games. PS2 games averaged three to four hours. That’s not going to win any awards, but it’s still solid for a device this size.Thankfully, it also tops off fairly quickly when it runs out of juice. It has a maximum charge speed of 27W, and in my testing it charged from 20% to 100% in about 90 minutes. Typically I only charge these handhelds to 90%, but in this case I forgot. Hopefully my battery forgives me. ANBERNIC RG 477M review: Should you buy it?Nick Fernandez / Android AuthoritySo far this console feels like a slam dunk for ANBERNIC, but I still haven’t mentioned the biggest drawback, and that’s the price. Before shipping, the RG 477M starts at $239.99 for the 8+128GB version, jumping up to $289.99 for the 12+256GB version that I tested. The latter is the same price as the base model of the AYN Odin 2 ($299 at Manufacturer site), which has a far more powerful (and compatible) Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chipset.It’s also more expensive than the Retroid Flip 2 ($229 at Manufacturer site) I compared it to earlier, although there it’s easier to see the added value. It won’t work as well for frontier emulation like Nintendo Switch or PS3 due to drivers, but for the retro games this thing handles best, the aspect ratio and refresh rate do make a difference, even if it isn’t OLED.The other alternatives to the RG 477M mostly come from ANBERNIC itself. The RG Slide ($189.99 at Manufacturer site) is one, and although it doesn’t have enough power to truly take advantage of this screen, it does have a cool sliding mechanism that feels incredible to use. Retro games just feel cozier with this screen and my favorite CRT filters. ANBERNIC has plenty of other 4:3 consoles, like the RG 406H. That one doesn’t have the power or the refresh rate of the RG 477M, but it’s much cheaper. It also drops the metal build for a plastic one. Personally, I hope ANBERNIC releases a plastic version of the RG 477M later this year at a slightly lower price. The metal build is the only thing I would be willing to give up in order to hit a lower pricepoint.But the truth is that the RG 477M is currently in a class of its own. After just one week, I find myself turning to this device to emulate retro home consoles rather than much more expensive (and more powerful) widescreen devices. Flipping on my favorite CRT shaders and playing without black bars makes it feel extremely cozy, like I’m playing on the original hardware. If that’s what you’re after, it’s worth the premium.There is a bit of good news if you act quick. The RG 477M just went on sale today, and for the first 72 hours both models are discounted by $20. The cheaper model’s 8GB of RAM is more than enough for what I used this for, and at $219.99, it’s a much easier sell. ANBERNIC handhelds typically get steep discounts later in their lifecycles, but I doubt you’ll be able to beat that price for another six months or more. ANBERNIC RG 477MANBERNIC RG 477MGreat performance • Incredible screen • Premium metal buildMSRP: $239.99A powerful handheld with a retro aspect ratioThe RG 477M is a powerful handheld with a premium metal build and the perfect retro screen.See price at Manufacturer siteReviewsANBERNICEmulatorGamingFollowThank you for being part of our community. Read our Comment Policy before posting.
Nick Fernandez / Android AuthorityΑυτή η συσκευή 4:3 με έκανε να επανεξετάσω τι πραγματικά θέλω από μια φορητή παιχνιδομηχανή. Αποδεικνύεται ότι ένας υψηλός ρυθμός ανανέωσης και μια ρετρό αναλογία διαστάσεων είναι ένας νικηφόρος συνδυασμός. Από •2 Αυγούστου 2025••
Αυτή η συσκευή 4:3 με έκανε να επανεξετάσω τι πραγματικά θέλω από μια φορητή παιχνιδομηχανή. Αποδεικνύεται ότι ένας υψηλός ρυθμός ανανέωσης και μια ρετρό αναλογία διαστάσεων είναι ένας νικηφόρος συνδυασμός. Από •2 Αυγούστου 2025••
Αυτή η συσκευή 4:3 με έκανε να επανεξετάσω τι πραγματικά θέλω από μια φορητή παιχνιδομηχανή. Αποδεικνύεται ότι ένας υψηλός ρυθμός ανανέωσης και μια ρετρό αναλογία διαστάσεων είναι ένας νικηφόρος συνδυασμός.
Αποδεικνύεται ότι ένας υψηλός ρυθμός ανανέωσης και μια ρετρό αναλογία διαστάσεων είναι ένας νικηφόρος συνδυασμός.
ANBERNIC RG 477MΤο RG 477M έχει την τέλεια οθόνη με αρκετή ισχύ για να ανεβάσει οποιοδήποτε ρετρό παιχνίδι στο επόμενο επίπεδο. Είναι ακριβό, αλλά αξίζει τον κόπο για να κάνουν τα κλασικά παιχνίδια πραγματικά να λάμψουν. MSRP: $239.99Έλεγχος τιμήςΤι μας αρέσειΕξαιρετική απόδοσηΑπίστευτη οθόνηΠολυτελής μεταλλική κατασκευήΕξαιρετικό D-pad και κουμπιάΤι δεν μας αρέσειΠεριορισμένη συμβατότητα οδηγώνΔυνατά κουμπιά ώμουΑκριβό
ANBERNIC RG 477MΤο RG 477M έχει την τέλεια οθόνη με αρκετή ισχύ για να ανεβάσει οποιοδήποτε ρετρό παιχνίδι στο επόμενο επίπεδο. Είναι ακριβό, αλλά αξίζει τον κόπο για να κάνουν τα κλασικά παιχνίδια πραγματικά να λάμψουν.
Το RG 477M έχει την τέλεια οθόνη με αρκετή ισχύ για να ανεβάσει οποιοδήποτε ρετρό παιχνίδι στο επόμενο επίπεδο. Είναι ακριβό, αλλά αξίζει τον κόπο για να κάνουν τα κλασικά παιχνίδια πραγματικά να λάμψουν.
Τι μας αρέσειΕξαιρετική απόδοσηΑπίστευτη οθόνηΠολυτελής μεταλλική κατασκευήΕξαιρετικό D-pad και κουμπιά
Τι δεν μας αρέσειΠεριορισμένη συμβατότητα οδηγώνΔυνατά κουμπιά ώμουΑκριβό
ANBERNIC RG 477MThe RG 477M has the perfect screen with the enough power to take any retro game to the next level. It's pricey, but it's worth it to make classic games really shine.When I first got into modern emulation handhelds, I always went for horizontal models with a widescreen aspect ratio. Maybe it was just what I came to expect after being conditioned by the PSP and Nintendo Switch, but the squat screens found on most ANBERNIC devices just didn’t appeal to me.That was, until I reviewed the ANBERNIC RG Slide. That little 4:3 120hz display absolutely blew me away, and although ultimately I was slightly disappointed by the weaker chipset, I knew it was only a matter of time until the company paired it with a little more power.Fast forward to last week, when I finally got to test the RG 477M. This little metal handheld has exactly what it takes not just to play my favorite retro games, but to make them look better than ever. Premium materials, retro priorities Before I get to any of that, I have to talk about the device itself. The M at the end of the name means that it has a metal chassis, in this case an aluminum alloy, which gives it a premium feel. The edges are also nice and rounded, although there is a slight lip where the front and back meet the sides.The RG 477M has a symmetrical stick layout, which is ideal for the D-pad centric retro games work best on this device. The sticks themselves are a little low on the frame but still feel great, with a wide range of motion. They’re also Hall effect so stick drift should never be an issue.Nick Fernandez / Android AuthorityThe D-pad is the real star here, and it’s a joy to use. It feels soft but responsive, and I didn’t experience any false diagonals in testing. ANBERNIC has made dozens of handhelds over the years, and at this point it really knows how to make a D-pad.The buttons are soft and very quiet, and again they’re great to use. The in-line shoulder buttons are another matter. They use the loudest microswitches I’ve ever tested in a handheld, and I wish they were just slightly longer. My fingers naturally rest on the R2 and L2 buttons, so I had to adjust my grip to reach the R1 and L1 buttons that are more commonly used in retro games. Apart from that, the bottom-firing stereo speakers are fine, and there’s a headphone jack next to the charging port and microSD card slot on the bottom. There are also two rubber strips on the back for a little extra grip, although they’re located a little too close to the sides to do much. Again, my fingers rested just a little bit too far in, and I don’t have particularly large hands.I should also note that there’s a full silicone case included in the box, but I didn’t end up using it much. I always use cases on my phones, but never on my handhelds. The low danger of drops just isn’t worth the tradeoff, since you lose that premium metal feeling of the naked device.Nick Fernandez / Android AuthorityI will also say that the colors are not great. My favorite color is brown (I know), but the Chocolate Bronze colorway I tested just didn’t do it for me. It looks better than the silver model based on pictures I’ve seen, but neither is particularly attractive. I hope ANBERNIC puts out a plastic version with a few more color options (and a lower price) in the future.Still, that metal build gives it a nice heft. It weights in at 355g, which isn’t overly heavy but it’s certainly more than similarly sized handhelds. I never felt tired after long gaming sessions, which I can’t say about larger handhelds, even if they only weigh a little bit more. Old games, new tricksNick Fernandez / Android AuthorityBut it isn’t the physical design of the RG 477M that makes it so great for retro games. It’s the 4.7-inch 120Hz screen.I’m now a firm believer that 4:3 is the ideal aspect ratio for retro gaming handhelds, and the resolution of this screen is perfect. It allows for pixel-perfect 4x upscaling for the PlayStation and Nintendo 64 with no black bars. Older NES and Genesis games are also pixel-perfect at 4x, although there are small black bars. The 4:3 120Hz screen is the RG 477M's secret sauce. In fact, every retro home console looks incredible on this screen. It’s not as ideal for handheld systems like the Game Boy, Game Boy Advance, or PSP, but it’s still more than servicable. PSP is the only console I wouldn’t play on this because of the large black bars, but there are plenty of 16:9 handhelds to choose from if that’s what you’re after. And most of them are cheaper than the RG 477M.Nick Fernandez / Android AuthorityThen there’s the fact that it’s 120Hz. At first it might seem like this is useless for retro games, since none of them ran above 30 or 60 fps back in the day. However, it enables a unique feature called black frame insertion. This adds a black frame between rendered frames, which helps smooth out animations on modern displays.It takes a few tweaks in settings (check out the excellent video from Retro Game Corps for more detail), but it looks spectacular. You’ll need to crank up screen brightness once you turn it on, but the RG 477M’s panel is plenty bright to compensate.If you’re not someone who likes tweaking settings, the good news is that the RG 477M comes mostly pre-configured right out of the box. Emulators for a wide variety of systems were installed and configured, and the RG Launcher is surprisingly solid. I wouldn’t trade it for my favorite, ES DE, but it did make it so that all I needed to do was load up my ROMs and press play. The RG 477M comes mostly pre-configured, but it still needed some tweaking. Well, sort of. Many of the pre-installed emulators were out of date or just worse than alternatives. For example, it has AetherSX2 instead of NetherSX2. The pre-configured version of RetroArch was also in Chinese, which was a bit of a hassle to swap back. I suspect this was because it was a review unit, so hopefully retail units don’t have the same issue. In the end, I reinstalled RetroArch entirely, throwing out each core’s pre-configured settings with the bath water.I won’t go too deep into it here, but ANBERNIC has pre-loaded its unique AI software, which can provide on-screen translations or help solve puzzles at the push of a button. I’m still testing this feature since it’s capable of so many different things, but honestly you can pretend it doesn’t exist and you won’t be missing out on much when it comes to retro games. Retro power upsNick Fernandez / Android AuthorityOf course, a 120Hz screen is only useful if the device is powerful enough to push all those frames, which was an issue with the RG Slide. The MediaTek Dimensity 8300 found in the RG 477M is a completely different story. This is the second time that ANBERNIC has used this chipset, with the first being the larger RG 577, and it seems to be a great fit.We ran the RG 477M through our standard suite of benchmarks, and I’ve included the results below. I’ve compared them to devices around the same price range, including the Retroid Pocket Flip 2 (Snapdragon 865) and ANBERNIC’s own RG Slide (Unisoc T820). Unsurprisingly, the newer SoC in the RG 477M blew the rest out of the water. It’s still no where near as powerful as more expensive handhelds like the AYANEO Pocket ACE or the AYN Odin 2 lineup, but the extra power really helps when emulating anything up to and including PS2 and GameCube.On the GPU side, results were significantly better overall, but with a major asterisk. The stress tests we use essentially average the results of 20 loops run back to back, which more or less simulates a long gaming session. However, it also measures the difference between the highest and lowest scores, which it calls stability. And the stability score here was terrible.Nick Fernandez / Android AuthorityStability scores for the three stress different tests I ran averaged around 50-60%. Compared to the 90-99% I’ve seen on literally every other handheld I’ve tested, including ANBERNIC devices like the RG Slide, this is slightly concerning. I’m not sure whether to chalk it up to drivers or pre-release software, but the good news is that even the lowest scores are well above similarly-priced handhelds.The other good news here is thermal performance. Temperatures never went above 36 degrees Celcius, and the metal body never felt hot to the touch. Warm, sure, but never hot. My only complaint is that the fan can get pretty loud under stress, and it has a fairly annoying high-pitched sound. Headphones solved this problem in a jiffy.In any case, the crazy loud shoulder buttons already disqualify this for playing in bed next to your spouse. The Dimensity 8300 chipset is powerful, but somewhat unstable. In terms of emulation performance, everything I tested was excellent. It was able to upscale everything up to and including PS2 games without breaking a sweat. I wouldn’t recommend this handheld for anything above that, especially Nintendo Switch emulation. The chipset might be powerful enough, but the drivers just aren’t there.PC emulation is a similar story, although there may be light on the horizon. The team behind GameHub is working on improving drivers for Mali GPUs, although it’s still too early to see significant results. Hopefully in the next few months MediaTek and even Tensor SoCs see significantly better driver support, but it’s worth keeping an eye on.Nick Fernandez / Android AuthorityAs for Android games, the RG 477M ran everything I tested with ease. There are a few games that didn’t run, but only because the chipset wasn’t supported. One of those games was Balatro, which would have been glorious on this device.The RG 477M has a 5,300mAh battery, which isn’t huge but gets the job done. Setting the screen to the maximum 120Hz refresh rate does drain it faster, but I still got a good seven to ten hours of game time in retro games. PS2 games averaged three to four hours. That’s not going to win any awards, but it’s still solid for a device this size.Thankfully, it also tops off fairly quickly when it runs out of juice. It has a maximum charge speed of 27W, and in my testing it charged from 20% to 100% in about 90 minutes. Typically I only charge these handhelds to 90%, but in this case I forgot. Hopefully my battery forgives me. ANBERNIC RG 477M review: Should you buy it?Nick Fernandez / Android AuthoritySo far this console feels like a slam dunk for ANBERNIC, but I still haven’t mentioned the biggest drawback, and that’s the price. Before shipping, the RG 477M starts at $239.99 for the 8+128GB version, jumping up to $289.99 for the 12+256GB version that I tested. The latter is the same price as the base model of the AYN Odin 2 ($299 at Manufacturer site), which has a far more powerful (and compatible) Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chipset.It’s also more expensive than the Retroid Flip 2 ($229 at Manufacturer site) I compared it to earlier, although there it’s easier to see the added value. It won’t work as well for frontier emulation like Nintendo Switch or PS3 due to drivers, but for the retro games this thing handles best, the aspect ratio and refresh rate do make a difference, even if it isn’t OLED.The other alternatives to the RG 477M mostly come from ANBERNIC itself. The RG Slide ($189.99 at Manufacturer site) is one, and although it doesn’t have enough power to truly take advantage of this screen, it does have a cool sliding mechanism that feels incredible to use. Retro games just feel cozier with this screen and my favorite CRT filters. ANBERNIC has plenty of other 4:3 consoles, like the RG 406H. That one doesn’t have the power or the refresh rate of the RG 477M, but it’s much cheaper. It also drops the metal build for a plastic one. Personally, I hope ANBERNIC releases a plastic version of the RG 477M later this year at a slightly lower price. The metal build is the only thing I would be willing to give up in order to hit a lower pricepoint.But the truth is that the RG 477M is currently in a class of its own. After just one week, I find myself turning to this device to emulate retro home consoles rather than much more expensive (and more powerful) widescreen devices. Flipping on my favorite CRT shaders and playing without black bars makes it feel extremely cozy, like I’m playing on the original hardware. If that’s what you’re after, it’s worth the premium.There is a bit of good news if you act quick. The RG 477M just went on sale today, and for the first 72 hours both models are discounted by $20. The cheaper model’s 8GB of RAM is more than enough for what I used this for, and at $219.99, it’s a much easier sell. ANBERNIC handhelds typically get steep discounts later in their lifecycles, but I doubt you’ll be able to beat that price for another six months or more. ANBERNIC RG 477MANBERNIC RG 477MGreat performance • Incredible screen • Premium metal buildMSRP: $239.99A powerful handheld with a retro aspect ratioThe RG 477M is a powerful handheld with a premium metal build and the perfect retro screen.See price at Manufacturer siteReviewsANBERNICEmulatorGamingFollowThank you for being part of our community. Read our Comment Policy before posting.
Η οθόνη 4:3 120Hz είναι το μυστικό συστατικό του RG 477M.
Το RG 477M έρχεται κυρίως προ-ρυθμισμένο, αλλά χρειάστηκε ακόμα κάποιες ρυθμίσεις.
Το chipset Dimensity 8300 είναι ισχυρό, αλλά κάπως ασταθές.
Τα ρετρό παιχνίδια απλά φαίνονται πιο άνετα με αυτή την οθόνη και τα αγαπημένα μου φίλτρα CRT.
ANBERNIC RG 477M
Εξαιρετική απόδοση • Απίστευτη οθόνη • Ποιοτική μεταλλική κατασκευή
Τιμή κατασκευαστή: $239.99
Ένα ισχυρό φορητό με ρετρό αναλογία διαστάσεων
Το RG 477M είναι ένα ισχυρό φορητό με ποιοτική μεταλλική κατασκευή και την τέλεια ρετρό οθόνη.
Δείτε την τιμή στον ιστότοπο του κατασκευαστή
Εξαιρετική απόδοση • Απίστευτη οθόνη • Ποιοτική μεταλλική κατασκευή
Το RG 477M είναι ένα ισχυρό φορητό με ποιοτική μεταλλική κατασκευή και την τέλεια ρετρό οθόνη.
