Arkos Rgb10
Sanna Pospicil
The RGB10 Max comes with a generic firmware card that is prone to failure. So for this device, I recommend you buy a new SD card from a reputable brand like SanDisk or Samsung to replace that stock firmware card as soon as possible.
The PowKiddy RGB10 Max will come with custom firmware (operating system) pre-installed on the device, called EmuELEC. This firmware is not designed to be shipped with commercial products; instead, the user is supposed to download and flash the firmware onto their own card and load their own game files onto the device.
EmuELEC is also an excellent firmware, and very similar to RetroOZ. But EmuELEC was developed for a different device, the ODROID Go Super, and the RGB10 Max is not officially supported by the EmuELEC team.
Batocera also has an ODROID Go Super firmware, and it will work on this device too. Like with EmuELEC, it is not officially supported, but has some excellent performance with PSP in particular.
351DROID is still in its development phase, but it provides a LineageOS (Android) experience on the handheld. If you would like to check out how Android performs on the device, this is a great option.
The nice thing about the device is that its entire operating system resides on a single microSD card. So you could flash these firmwares to different cards and swap them out as you choose, to see which one you like best. Or, for example, you want to use 351DROID for its robust streaming support, but RetroOZ for its retro gaming capability, you can just keep each of these cards handy for when you want to jump into one or the other.
Head over to the RetroOZ GitHub and download the latest RetroOZ IMG file. Once downloaded, unzip this file using WinRAR or 7Zip so that the file extension is .img. Now, use a program such as Win32 Disk Imager, Rufus, or Balena Etcher to flash the image file onto your microSD card.
In the original emuelec system which came with my rgb10 max 2 there were bezels in mame games. I liked that much! But with RetroOz I dont have bezels`in mame games. Can someone please help me to get the bezels back? What must I do?
Great Guide.
I have my RGB Max2 since 4 Days.
I bought a second sdcard and flashed the Retrooz Image, as descriped in this guide. Then i copied the Roms Folder from the Original SDcard to the new Card with RetroOZ. But no game starts.
No matter which console I select, as soon as I start a game, it loads briefly and there is an error and it jumps back to the game selection.