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Beta Testing

southoz edited this page Apr 27, 2026 · 68 revisions

dArkOSRE-R36 03222026

  • Support for R36H control scheme
  • Add HL-R36H-V20 2024-05-18
  • Add HL-R36H-V21 2024-11-18
  • Add R36S-V30 2025-11-18
  • Add G80D-MB V1.0-20250609 Panel 8
  • Add R36S-V20 2025-05-18 2541
  • Add R36S-V20 2025-05-18 2548
  • Add R36S-V20 2025-05-18 2549
  • Started work on the R36 Plus.
  • Updated R36 Plus, R36 V12 and V21 dtbs to enable SD2 mounting.
  • Update Soy Sauce variants to fix Audio.
  • Replaced the default theme with customised Colorful V2 with refined video files
    • Still has some missing systems and 720x720 modifications.
    • Need to rebuild Emulationstation "options" menu as its sitting in the top left corner.
  • Update Boot Logo for 640x480 and 720x720
  • Update Loading Screen
  • Added Retroarch cheats thanks to SjslTech
  • Updated Mupen64Plus configuration file (not finished, need to move saves onto the SD Card and update Switch to SD2)
  • Fresh compile from source with updated Portmaster libraries thanks to bmdhacks
  • Added "Red LED only" to Genuine R36 Variants.

Mega Google

dArkOSRE-R36 04262026

  • Per Variant Kernel
  • Fixed 60Hz Screen Refresh
    • R36S-V21 2024-12-18 2550
    • R36S-V21 2024-12-18 2551
    • R36S-V21 2024-12-18 2552
  • R36 Plus batch 2551 support (batch 2515 and 2538 have battery and charging issues on the 2551 dtb files).
  • R36 ultra Support (No LED Joystick Support).
  • R36 Max Support
  • Advanced Drastic
    • Rescale Views for 720x720 and set Wallpaper to None (not scalled for 720x720) with R36 Control.
    • Set Hotkey to L3 as it was interfering with NDS "Select Function."
  • Fix freej2me-plus thanks to steveme6.
  • Updated PortMaster Installer to April 26 version thanks to CodingFox007.
  • Add "Time Control" in R36 Control to Disable NTP / enable NTP and set the time manually for Pokémon games that need explicit time values.
  • Add PSX Pad Test in R36 Control to test buttons and joysticks.

Mega

Motherboard ID (Variant/Panel) Type GPIO Spk/Hp OTG Switcing
HL-R36H-V20 2024-05-18 r36s ✅ no change
HL-R36H-V21 2024-11-18 r36s ✅ no change
R36S Plus-V20 2025-03-18 2551 r36s ✅ no change
R36S-V12 2023-08-18 Panel 0 r36s ✅ no change
R36S-V12 2023-08-18 Panel 4 r36s ✅ no change  
R36S-V21 2024-12-18 2550 r36s ✅ no change
R36S-V21 2024-12-18 2551 r36s ✅ no change  
R36S-V21 2024-12-18 2552 r36s ✅ no change  
R36S-V22 2024-12-18 r36s ✅ no change  
R36S-V30 2025-11-18 r36s ✅ no change
R36S-Y02 2024-12-18 r36s ✅ no change  
R36XX-V21 2024-12-18 r36s ✅ no change  
G80C-MB V1.1-20250319 Panel 8 clone
G80C-MB V1.1-20250319 Panel 9 clone  
G80CA-MB V1.2-20250422 Panel 8 clone   
G80CA-MB V1.2-20250422 Panel 9 clone  
G80CA-MB V1.2-20250423 Panel 8 clone  
G80CA-MB V1.2-20250423 Panel 9 clone   
G80CA-MB V1.3-20251212 Panel 8 clone    
G80D-MB V1.0-20250609 Panel 8 clone  
GR36S-MB V1.4-2025-07-30 R36 Ultra clone
R36S-V12 2023-08-18 R36Max clone
R36S-V12 2023-08-18 Variant 1 Panel 3 A clone  
R36S-V12 2023-08-18 Variant 1 Panel 8 A clone   
R36S-V12 2023-08-18 Variant 2 Panel 1 clone  
R36S-V12 2023-08-18 Variant 2 Panel 1 A clone   
R36S-V12 2023-08-18 Variant 3 Panel A clone
R36S-V12 2023-08-18 Variant 3 Panel 3 clone    
R36S-V20 2025-05-18 2541 clone
R36S-V20 2025-05-18 2548 clone
R36S-V20 2025-05-18 2549 clone
Y3506_V03_20241104 soysauce    
Y3506_v03_20241210 soysauce    
Y3506_V03_20250317 soysauce   
Y3506_V04_20250529 2533 soysauce    
Y3506_V04_20250529 2537 soysauce    
Y3506_V04_20250529 2548 soysauce  
Y3506_V04_20250529 2548 Panel 2 soysauce
Y3506_V05_20251215 2551 soysauce
Y3506_V05_20251215 2601 soysauce

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