Just got a new console, is it original/clone/fake?

Can you help?

I got my hands on a R36S (G80C v1.2 Clone with same processor & 1GB RAM) recently and started working on an LCS port since it's the only GTA game that I haven't played. And, I've hit a big milestone!

GTA: Liberty City Stories is now running on our R36S test device through a PortMaster-compatible runtime! (Android Port)

To be clear, this is a private ALPHA, not a public release or download yet. I need the community's help to complete the port :)

Currently working on real hardware:

• Sustained, interactive gameplay
• First story mission completed
• Controls and tutorial prompts
• Vehicle, weapon and other sound effects
• Autosave and manual save/load after a complete restart
• No observed lag or stutter during our tested session

Still unfinished:

• Radio stations and soundtrack music (Require a rooted phone for this)
• Clean-install and final package testing
• Full-campaign testing

I'm looking for 4-5 careful volunteers to test different R36S hardware and OS setups. This is hands-on alpha testing rather than early access, so testers should be comfortable following instructions, repeating tests and sharing logs when something fails.

We especially need at least one person with a rooted Android phone and a legitimate Google Play installation of GTA LCS 2.4.379. Since my phone is not rooted, I Was not able to get the radio and music of the game working. A rooted phone will help us validate the extraction process for the missing music asset from the tester’s own copy.

The port does not include or distribute Rockstar game files. Please don’t offer downloaded APK or OBB/WAD files.

Interested? Comment with:

• Your R36S model or whether it is an original/clone
• Your OS and version
• Whether you own GTA LCS 2.4.379 on Google Play
• Whether you have access to a rooted Android phone

We’ll select a mix of setups rather than simply taking the first five replies.

Here’s the current alpha running on-device 👇

Got bored and drew my R36S what do yall think 👀

My sdcard forgot to die, first I don't recommend anyone uses the original sdcard it's shit, i just want to tell my history with it, the first thing that i have done when i got my r36h was change it sdcard for a reliable one it was like mora than a year ago, as i initiated to use the old sdcard as a flashdrive i put emulators and roms on ti to play on college, last week i though it finally died and i commemorate that it finally died, but turns out it was just my USB port on pc that is getting bad and not the sdcard i tested it by using a adaptor to microsdcard to sdcard 😭

its keep loading but not getting at setup screen i took battery out restarted it still its not laggy or anything but idk tf is going on help meee HG36 clone

Finally got one of these R36 class devices! Pretty happy with it except one issue: R2 doesn't function properly. I have to press harder on it to register, when compared to L2. It's also soft/mushy, not as tactile.

Is this something I can open and fix? Maybe the button isn't placed correctly? Or should I return it for a new one. I'm in china so replacing shouldn't be a big deal. (I'm not opening it since I'll lose return right due to a sticker on top of one of the screws)

Thanks all!

Hello! I was messing around with the advanced settings. I'm stuck where you activate roms, and none of my games are showing up. I have Ports, Retroarch, Favorites, Settings, and All Games. All are pretty much empty.

I ended up here because I'm trying to pull a DS game Rom from an micro SD in the second slot.

What’s yours favorite games on the r36s? Mine are Dragon ball Z shin budokai, crash bandicoot 2, Mario kart DS, shonen jump’s one piece and Mario tennis on n64.

P.S. i had a r36s back in 2024 but unfortunately it broke. It is so intense for me now that i am attempting to buy one once again.

Hey guys!

I'm a new R36S user, and I've been playing Jackie Chan: Stuntmaster. I'm experiencing some FPS drops when using enhanced resolution, even with speed hacks enabled.

My main question is about the FPS counter. When I enable it in the emulator core, it shows two numbers, like 30/60. What do these two numbers mean? Is the game actually running at 30 FPS or 60 FPS?

I'm using RetroArch32 with the pcsx_rearmed_rumble core on an original R36S with 1 GB of RAM.

Also, could the BIOS affect the emulator's performance? so, which BIOS is recommended for the best performance?

Thanks in advance!

Eu tenho um R36s-V1.0 2024-09-27… conecto o dongle Wi-Fi e o status do Wi-Fi é alterado de OFF para DOWN… Porém não aparece nenhuma rede Wi-Fi disponível para conectar. Eu tenho 2 R36s:

r36s-V21 2024-12-18 —> Esse daqui funciona o Wi-Fi

R36s-V1.0 2024-09-27 —> Esse daqui não funciona o Wi-Fi

Alguém da comunidade teve esse mesmo problema?

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Hi!

After many hours of experimenting, I managed to get Ruffle running on the R36S with DarkOS. Personally I searched for it and i couldn't find a way to do it so i did it myself.

I don't consider this a proper "port" since Ruffle already provides official Linux ARM64 builds. What I really did was adapt it to work on the R36S by integrating the required libraries, creating launcher scripts, and making it work with the PortMaster runtime.

I also want to be transparent about the process: this project relied heavily on AI-assisted development. AI was incredibly useful for investigating logs, understanding Linux graphics issues, and exploring possible solutions. However, getting everything working still required a lot of manual testing, trial and error, and debugging directly on the device.

I'm sharing this because I'd love to see other people improve it if possible. I don't really care about credit I just want Flash games to become another playable platform on the R36S.

Requirements

• DarkOS
• Portmaster

Current status

• ✅ Official Ruffle ARM64 nightly works.
• ✅ GPU acceleration is working.
• ✅ Playable performance in games such as Fancy Pants.
• ✅ Controller support through gptokeyb.
• ⚠️ There is still a graphical issue: moving the mouse cursor (mapped to the right analog stick) causes screen flickering while the cursor is moving. When the cursor is stationary, the flickering stops.
• ⚠️ Because of this, point-and-click games may not provide the best experience yet, although it's perfectly usable for navigating menus in keyboard-focused games.

Folder layout

/roms/ports/
│
├── DadNMe.sh
├── FancyPants.sh
├── ...
└── ruffleEngine/
    ├── ruffle
    ├── libssl.so.1.1
    ├── libcrypto.so.1.1
    ├── (required libraries)
    └── games/
        ├── DadNMe/
        │   ├── dadnme.swf
        │   └── controles.gptk
        │
        ├── FancyPants/
        │   ├── fancypants.swf
        │   └── controles.gptk
        │
        └── ...

Each game has its own launcher script inside /roms/ports/.

The launcher only needs these variables to be changed:

CARPETA_JUEGO="DadNMe"
ARCHIVO_SWF="dadnme.swf"
ARCHIVO_GPTK="controles.gptk"

Each game's folder contains:

• the Flash (.swf) file
• a .gptk controller profile

The .gptk profile will likely need to be customized for each game, since Flash games don't share a common control scheme.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dpP34JznpMx-Zx8XOuTlnlXKHlMQi4bZ/view?usp=sharing

I am using a setup that has games on both SD cards, and every portmaster port tries to install to the second one. this ends up being a problem, since my second SD card is only 2 gb

I spent some time trying to get Philips CD-i working on Arch-R (R36S) and discovered something that may save others a few hours.

Most guides recommend downloading cdimono1.zip. Unfortunately, many copies available online only contain:

- cdi200.rom

- cdi220b.rom

That BIOS is incomplete for current versions of same_cdi_libretro.

The core fails with:

Fatal error: Required files are missing, the machine cannot be run.

The RetroArch log shows:

zx405037p__cdi_servo_2.1__b43t__llek9215.mc68hc705c8a_withtestrom.7201 NOT FOUND

zx405042p__cdi_slave_2.0__b43t__zzmk9213.mc68hc705c8a_withtestrom.7206 NOT FOUND

The working BIOS also includes these two MCU firmware files.

I've documented the setup, BIOS location, required directory structure, and the issue here:

https://github.com/khizhnik/r36s-ArchR-fixtures/tree/main/research/Philips%20CD-i%20on%20Arch-R

Hopefully this saves someone else from chasing "Fatal error" messages.

If anyone has tested more CD-i titles on RK3326, I'd be interested to hear which games perform best.

Bought an R36S from Amazon. There is no charge, so I put it on charging. There's no memory card either. Clicking the Start button results in this garbled screen. Is it defective? Should I return it or will charging it and installing a memory card solve the issue?

Back with a major performance update to Retro Shaders!

A few weeks back u/MontyFrog shared a spectacular overlay collection in the sub. I had never seen this. I was only aware of shaders for pixel rendering. I had to investigate. (Check his overlays out they're awesome!)

As it turns out overlays can do a fantastic job of simulating pixel rendering without any of the overhead that comes with shaders. We get better visuals with almost no hit to performance. WHY WASN'T I ALREADY DOING THIS?????

Rather than complicate things bringing other artists work into the script I decided to improve my own game and keep the Retro Shaders overlays truthful to their historic counterparts. The goal is accurate recreation of the original bezels and screen effects - including ghosting. Keep it simple, nothing more.

The new overlays affect the following systems:

• Gameboy
• Gameboy Color
• Gameboy Advance
• Neo Geo Pocket
• Neo Geo Pocket Color

I think they turned out alright! The other handhelds are still using pixel shaders as that is the only way to get the BGR effect that was common with screens from that period.

If you find 80's CRT to be causing slowdown try the 90's Monitor setting instead as it's much lighter on resources.

Download:

Dave's Retro Shaders v1.7

This Retro Shaders update has already been included in dArkOSen, no need to update if you are using the latest image or update.

I reviewed the SD card guide and it says it can take red & grey ultras, but I don’t know if this will work

pessoal meu console chegou ontem porem o cartao de memoria que comprei vai chegar só daqui 2 semanas por um erro logístico, e eu gostaria de aproveitar ao máximo meu dispositivo até la, é um r36s original placa v22 comprado na boyhom store, eu ja fiz backup do cartao sd e queria saber se ele aguenta ser formatado e instalar uma nova imagem nele!

sou meio leigo ainda no assunto pessoal.

How can I extract the .img file using 7-Zip on MacOS? Can I use The Unarchiver app instead?

Hi, sorry if this has been asked before.
I have an original r36s, it uses Darkosre (03082026, I think that’s the version?) I got two new SD Cards, a 32gb Adata for the OS and a 128gb Samsung for roms.

All has been good so far but I’m struggling to get some PSX games to run.
I first installed a few games (FF VII, Pac Man World, Spiderman, vib ribbon) by converting the Bin/cue to CHD files. They worked just fine and still do.

however, later when I tried installing new games (Croc, Klonoa, Lsd Dream Simulator, MM 8). They just boot me into the Emustation screen.
I’ve tried different conversion methods, all different core combinations searching for many different bios and just using the Bin/Cue files themselves.

Am I missing Something? Maybe some corruption? If it helps, I also have problems booting any psp game from the roms SD but not from the OS SD.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

So recently, I changed my R36s Ultra (yeah I regret Buying it) from Emuelec to DarkOsRe, and yeah basically I enjoyed it. Especially the In Built Kodi app, I am using it pretty much everyday, I am playing ports game (GTA VC, PvZ, Minecraft) and I am using the Kodi app to store videos, music, Photos inside it to use it offline.

I saw a couple of YT videos on Lineage OS, and it made me interested in it, like the idea of running Android on this tiny device makes me wanna try it, but then it comes to that I have an Ultra, and lineage os dont works on Clones I think.

I even dont know if The Ultra is considered as clone or not, but is it worth it to switch to lineage os.

and I have some doubts

1) Does all retro games which runs in Dark/Ark OS runs same on Lineage OS?
2) Is It a headache to download all the Emulators on Lineage OS?
3) What extra features does Lineage OS provide?
4) Is there a feature/app to map controller settings on non controller supported games?
5) does battery drains much faster in Lineage OS Compared to Dark/Ark Os?

well I will be pleasured if anyone answered this questions (and note I am still using the stock sd card which came with the device, I am saving up money to buy a 128 Gig SD card, so yeah I am ready if it crashes)

Já testei todos os painéis e o 5 foi o único que funcionou em relação imagem da tela, os outros ou ficavam tela preta ou a imagem ficava travada em um canto e espelhada no resto

Hello, I have read a lot of threads but i'm not able to find a respons about this question:

If I insert SD on pc, I only see a partition called ARKOS-128G of 767MB, the other partition of 48gb is hide.

If I start to clone it (as is), when I insert the new sd inside the console, I have a different view of the emulator and only few games. So, I suppose the cloning phase it's wrong.

What I need to do?? Thank you.