BATLEXP G350 Ark OS 3.5-Inch Vertical Retro Handheld Gaming Console

Thank you :)

As a beginner with a small budget who knew nothing about retro gaming. but not afraid of tinkering with new things, I gotta say that miyoo mini plus is just a better deal for the budget conscious people.

I did my research before buying the batlexp for sure. But I didn't know at the time how downright useless dual joysticks are for retro games.

I bought it primarily to get away from having to talk to relatives on holidays which happens quite a lot to me.

And I gotta say, this device is just too huge. It looks too big for that. So that's why the 4 stars. The service of litnxt is 5 stars out of 5 for sure. The service I got is great, I preferred buying it here because it's pretty hard to get good affordable shipping protection in AliExpress (I have heard of of horror stories of people that had their electronic devices broken from AliExpress's free shipping. And the other paid shipping methods there from UPS and the likes of that were massively more expensive where I live.)

TLDR: I'm a poor unemployed guy that did lackluster research on which handheld to buy for getting away from the annoying conversations that relatives make me have in holidays such as "what jobs did you apply for?", "What do you want to do with your life?!" - the dad from Twisted Sister's song 'I wanna rock'.

In the YouTube videos the batlexp g350 looks pretty small compared to the steam deck so I figured it's a way better investment than getting in debt for buying a steam deck or Ayn Thor or *Insert-expensive-bulky-handheld-here*.

But turns out just because the batlexp g350 fits in my pocket doesn't mean that It looks low-key enough to not make relatives in holidays stare at me like I'm the slender man or something.

So TLDR: Just buy the Miyoo mini plus. It's a bit more expensive, it has a lackluster chip, but it actually doesn't make people stare at you unlike the batlexp g350.

And it doesn't have useless joysticks which the batlexp has. (I mean c'mon, who the hell even needs joysticks if the D-pad is enough for most retro games?)

It’s the perfect size, the ark OS is good but also freeze at times when loading systems with a lot of titles. There’s great titles in most consoles, however there’s some Japanese games only … no good to me. There is also some home brew and translation titles which is fantastic! Most of the stuff you’ll play is there… and you can always plug it in and remove things you do t want or add titles to fit your needs. The battery life is great, the volume speaker sucks but you can use headphones. I’d buy again … hope it lasts me many years.

BATLEXP G350 Ark OS 3.5-Inch Vertical Retro Handheld Gaming Console

To get Arc OS running with all the stuff, replace the stock 64gb memory card with the 128 or 256gb card you bought from Litnxt. The stock OS card and Ark OS card cannot be used at the same time. Some people such as Joey's Retro Handhelds have guides for two-card setups, but that takes a lot of modification. I wish Litnxt provided a text and/or video guide for setting this up without having to find guides on the internet or YouTube videos explaining this, such as BATLEXP G350 Unboxing and Overview from @Johntriger