/vr/ - Retro Games

It's a low-quality emulator box with stolen code and shit compatibility.
If you want to play GB games on your TV either get a Game Boy Player for you GC or use a Wii.

>>1996764
Reminder: Do not reply to Retron threads.

Report, sage, hide.

>>1996764
Get a proper emulation box unless you really care about using the proper cartridges
.

>>1996764
Just use a modded Wii a modded Wii can play every single one of those systems and without any of the problems the retron 5 has.
And best of all on the Wii you can just use roms instead of blowing your money on old video game cartridges

>>1996768
>>1996794

THIS ANS THIS

Just use emulators and roms.
>But I won't get to use my real cartridges!
The Retron just dumps roms from whatever you insert and emulates them.

>>1996764
The Retron 5 also works for Master System games if you plug a Power Base Converter into the Genesis slot.

Still pretty shitty though. If you want to play game boy games on a TV, just get a gamecube and gameboy player, it works infinitely better.

The bad side is paying an considerable value for a bunch of emulators that aren't even so good, and not being possible to play your games by SD card, only by cartridges. There are no advantages, buying some cheap android box would be smarter.

OP here.
I am the kind of fag that wants to play games on cartridges. Sure, roms are "the same thing" and more easy to access, but I want to actually own my games, the physical copy.
GC Gameboy is a thing, but I don't want to hook up my GC JUST to play Gameboy games, since I use my Wii to play GC.
I also don't own a Famicom nor any Sega consoles, so this seems like a nice system.

So does anyone have any comments about the audio or controller situation?

>>1997010

Yes but if you plug your games into this piece of shit they are still getting emulated.

If you want to own a collection, but don't want to have to whip out a console to play them on, this hobby isn't for you.

All these threads make me wonder:

We all know the most ridiculous thing about this device is the price. But How much would you pay for a Retron5 if say, you saw a good as new one at a flea market or sth? WOuld you buy it or is it complete garbage to you? If you would, a tenner? A twenner?...

>>1997086
no solution
I wouldn't buy it period. I would just setup a Pi if I wanted a li'l emu box, or just use original hardware.

>>1997086
I can't think of a single use for it.

Why do you all keep bumping/replying to the obvious Retron shill threads? Does OP samefag it up?

>>1997086
It's garbage. It's just a bunch of pirated emulators that can't run my No-Intro set.

>>1997117
OP here. I'm not shilling, I'm just actually wondering if I should buy this system.

>>1997034
An honest question:
How is this emulatin say SMB different to a NES playing it?
I have over 300 games and now you tell me this hobby is not for me?

>>1997117

Cause it's fun.
Seeing the desperate shilling always being blocked by /vr/s knowledge, it's hilarious. Also the Retron being an emulation device is related and can be discussed here, it is not the-device-which-must-not-be-named. I have no problem with one of the threads in the catalog being about the Retron, it's not like they are all over the place...

>>1997214
Not the same guy, but emulators are not accurate to the original system, full stop. They may play and feel the same, but they run off of inherently different hardware, and by extension will not be the same. The music will sound slightly different at times, the game might be slower/faster at certain parts, the graphics might not look right, and in some extreme cases, a game might not work at all.

This probably won't matter to you in most cases, and that's fine. A lot of these details are only real concerns to enthusiasts, like speed runners, where those CPU clock cycles can mean the difference on the order of seconds in their over all time.

>>1997214
If you're serious. I was going to buy a retron 5 because I like real carts too. However the emulation isn't great. This is a good review about it. http://retrorgb.com/retron5review.html
If it kept its original price of $100 I'd probably own one now. At the current price of $160 and the reseller price of near $200+ it's meh at best.
If you want the best possible emulation you still need to have a pc.

>>1997214
>I have over 300 games
and you DON'T have the consoles? Something seems fishy here.

I have a hard time believing people like this actually exist but if they do they should get the real consoles

>>1997232
Taking care of consoles takes some time. Just look at the other thread with the retard that took some sandpaper to his 72 pin connector.

>>1997234
I guarantee you the Retron 5 is more fragile than real solid state retro hardware.

>>1997235
I agree. Probably nowhere near the quality too. Just saying people are stupid and taking care of consoles when you're stupid goes nowhere but downhill.

>>1997225
>but emulators are not accurate to the original system
Android emulators are not accurate but mustard race has cycle accurate emulators for various systems.
It's not even inherently different hardware. Some architectures like x86 or ARM are still in use. You make it sound like emulators port the game to another hardware.

>>1997234
That was odd, but at least he didn't fill it with hot glue

If you really want this kind of experience just get these two things together instead.

>>1997214

As someone who has a Retron, I thought I should let you know: the SNES and NES slots are too tight. I fear for my cartridges.

Also, my SD card slot broke.

To everyone else, why isn't there a sticky on why we can't have Retron threads in /vr/?

Daily reminder that all Retron threads are confirmed as viral advertisement, which is against the board's rules.

>>1997404

Other than that, it works and has a nice UI.

Maybe you should wait until the next revision, provided Hyperkin isn't sued for using RetroArch as its base.

>>1997405

Fuck off, make it a sticky and then I'll care.

>>1997406
>Other than that, it works

until the pins in the cart connectors break off with a month of use.

>>1997405
By that logic any thread discussing a game is viral advertising.

>>1997086
I wouldn't accept even a free Retron because the autistic machine is a money sink.

You still need to hunt and buy every game you want to play, so better get an used Dual Core laptop at Goodwill, fill it with roms and emulators and bob's yer uncle, you already have something infinitely better than the Retudeon.

>>1997214
>OP here. I'm not shilling,
Yes you are.
Same "games taking up too much space" bullshit argument.

OP here again

>>1997225
Thank you. I don't know why it's so hard to get answers sometimes, I'm glad that people like you exist.

>>1997226
Where I live, it's not out yet and the one store that has it sells it at 150€ which is too much. I'm hoping that it gets cheaper, I don't think I'll be buying it at that price.

>>1997232
> and you DON'T have the consoles? Something seems fishy here.
I have a PAL Snes and a couple of adapters. As you may know, that's a shitty way to play some NTSC games. FF6 has that weird black menu, some games like SMRPG don't work at all. I do have a Super Gameboy, but that is pretty bad.
I have an NES, but I don't have a Famicom nor a Famiclone. Granted I only have one Famicom game(B-wings), but would like to get more. Where I live, for a Famicom/Famiclone I'd have to pay about 60€ at least, for an Famicom to NES adapter starting at about 40€.
Like I said, I do have a GC, but no Gameboy player. Also my GC isn't hooked up, as I play the few GC games that I have on my Wii.

Currently, I don't have any Sega consoles, as they don't have that many games that I want to play.
I don't know why you care so much, but for the record I do own an NES, SNES, N64, Gamecube, Wii, PSOne, PS2, PS3, Xbox 360, GB,GBA, DS Lite and a PSP. Do you need a complete game list?
The reason why I don't want to have everything hooked up, is because I don't want to completely overhaul our livingroom and it's not like we have that much space for me to make our apartment in to the AVGN room.

>>1997391
If I was at home, I'd Google more, but can you give me a short on what this is?

>>1997404
I've heard one guy say that those slots were thight, but I wasn't sure how bad it was. So it's actually "My games are gonna break" tight?

>>1997421
You are pretty fucking retarted.
There are a shitload of Alundra and Dragon Quest shills on this board, better lock those too.

>>1997554

>So it's actually "My games are gonna break" tight?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y13r4LCbARw

Look at 2:25 how hard he has to pull on the cart to pull it out again. Seems unhealthy...

>>1997554
You could build a new PC that can also emulate Wii, Gamecube and PS2 for that price. It will also handle media and various other tasks that may take up space.
Add a slot where you can stick your cartridges in if you want to feel special about it but if space is an issue I would omit that.

>>1997554
>There are a shitload of Alundra and Dragon Quest shills
Who the hell would profit from "shilling" fucking Alundra and old DQ games?

>>1997554
>You are pretty fucking retarted.There are a shitload of Alundra and Dragon Quest shills on this board, better lock those too.

They are not trying to advertise a fucking retarded console that runs on STOLEN software and that overheats like your mom on Saturday nights.

>>1997614
Reseller scum and Nintendo VC agents.
Never trust anybody recommending a specific commercial product. We even have shills for free software.

>>1997614
>>1997625
Look, I just capped his first post for evidence.

If for ANY reason we get ANY new thread worded in ANY way that resembles his first pic, we will have another proof of his shilling.

Eventually he will run out of word combinations.

>>1997641
This pic will help.

If you want to play on an HDTV without your games looking like utter shit and use your cartridges and original controllers then the R5 works fine most of the time.

There's some issues with how hard it grips the contacts which could harm them potentially.

Personally I just built a cheap emulation box and hooked it up to my TV.

>>1997591
But, whatever lame assed "computar" you get, it won't be cool, unique, optimized for a purpose, living-room-agreeable, special, sleek, interesting, have any nostalgic traits besides some sort of software compatibility, or be in any way retro-genuine.

>>1997660
>If you want to play on an HDTV without your games looking like utter shit and use your cartridges and original controllers then just buy a 90's TV by a fraction of what they charge you for the retron and you will have 100% retro gaming experience.

Fixed that for you, bro.

>>1997667
An old dual core laptop takes next to no space and does everything the Retron does at probably 5% of it's cost.
You don't need to pay for cartridges and can load a full MAME set on it to boot.

I have to say im pretty happy with my retron. It takes alot less space and no nests of cables. I dont have to mess around for hours trying to get illegal roms working on complicated emulators for the pc. Its a solid buy

>>1997678
>I dont have to mess around for hours trying to get illegal roms
What about the illegal, stolen emulators used by the retron, goyon?

>>1997667
It will be whatever you want it to be. The possibilities are nearly endless. It's certainly more unique than a mass produced product. These shit boxes aren't optimized either, they're just cut down to it. You can compile your own GNU/Linux specifically for your emulation needs or run Windows for the additional proprietary options.

You could take a genuine retro PC for that purpose if you wanted to. An Athlon with 800 MHz may not be enough to run Higan with Accuracy profile but it won't be much worse than a lousy ARM processor.

>>1997678
>I have to say im pretty happy with my retron. It takes alot less space and no nests of cables. I dont have to mess around for hours trying to get illegal roms working on complicated emulators for the pc. Its a solid buy
>>1997421
>Same "games taking up too much space" bullshit argument

>>1997214
>How is this emulatin say SMB different to a NES playing it?
If you wanna get a good feel for it, get retroarch and the fceu core as that's EXACTLY what the Retron5 is using.

>>1997672
How does that address the argument that an old dual core anything is in no way suited to be near a TV? Everything in that power/watt range has it's own bloody screen!

>>1997678
Are you seriously saying that it's easier to buy cartridges than download ROMs? Even if all you play is SMB and Duck Hunt, it's still easier to download.

As for legality of both unauthorized reselling and running software on emulators, that's a grey zone at best, quite often a crime, and never any more legal than running ROM backups.

Also, Retron software was proven to have been pirated. It's mostly RetroArch, and it infringes on the licenses.

>>1997678
>I dont have to mess around for hours trying to get illegal roms
What is this the early 90's again? You can generally find a full set of roms with ease nowadays.

>working on complicated emulators for the pc
Again, is this the early 90's? Emulators are easy to setup and run unless you're compiling it yourself or something.

>>1997697
It's not the games taking up too much space. It's only the consoles.
The R5 wouldn't even work without cartridges you store in hammerspace near it.

What would be nice is if Hyperkin released standalone cartridge readers and/or released the documentation as open source. But knowing them, this likely won't happen.

>>1997718
A console takes up as much space as like 6 games.

>>1997718
How many SNES games big is a SNES?
I'd say it'd just be better to get rid of the games and keep the console if space is the issue, so why not buy a flashcart?

>>1997554
>There are a shitload of Alundra and Dragon Quest shills on this board, better lock those too.
What the fuck, are you nuts?

Also, gentlemen, don't forget to sage.

>>1997723
They are waiting until someone else do that so they could steal the idea and sell it as their own.

Also, I would love to see a Retron shill trying to play EARTHBOUND.

>>1997723
>what is Retrode?

>>1997736
Does it trigger the anti-piracy?

>>1997737
I would love a Retrode, but they've stopped production of it (currently don't have the money to buy one right now). Though I suppose if I had a reason to get 1000+ units of it in the future I could do that

>>1997736
>>1997740
Since it's using the SNES9X-Next core I don't think it will trigger the anti-piracy check, though I'm not surprised the devs of the emulators used in the Retron haven't implemented their own checks which triggers if it's being run on a Retron.

>>1997731
Flash carts are pretty expensive, particularly if you want them for multiple systems.
A PC is the best option. Either as a small form factor HTPC or a larger one hidden from sight.

>>1997010
>I am the kind of fag that wants to play games on cartridges.
Then, why not just getting the real console ?

>>1997010
>I know I could achieve the same or even a superior out come for less money and less effort, but I refuse to
Mental illness, fetishizing plastic. Emulate and enjoy.

>>1997775
Because there's not enough room for more than 1 system due to the games taking up all the space.
We've been over this a dozen times, don't question the shill any further.

If it only dumps the cart and runs off the rom, is it possible to run the game then remove the cart? Does it even acknowledge the cart after the rom is taken?

>>1997785
It would be nice to be able to play all my consoles on 1 cable on 1 input, but I'll stick with my NES/SNES/N64/Fat PS3 for ps1/ps2/ps3 games, with a super gameboy for GB games.

As it stands now I basically just take the multi out from whatever nintendo console is plugged in and move it to whichever one I want to play, while my PS3 is on HDMI.

dont forget that Retron5 has HDMI output

>>1997812
Greeaaaat...

>>1997805
Check out what RetronLabo has been doing
http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCg_IQqMGwXm9JacIrGvOQHw

Also since a recent update it supports IPS patches via SD card which if say you have the physical cart for Super Mario World you would then get the SMW ROM and the game you want to play, let's say Chrono Trigger, you then make the IPS patch and run it on the Retron.

You can also use an alternate update.img file, enable adb and then install RetroArch and play roms.
http://www.chromableedstudios.com/techninjutsu/rootron5howtoroottheretron5
http://www.assemblergames.com/forums/showthread.php?52092-looking-for-Retron-5-hack-to-play-Roms/

>>1997785
>Because there's not enough room
lil
Then use emulation.
>but I don't like emulation, I want the real thing!

>>1997818
the SNES one looks kinda fuzzy

>>1997785
>>1997010
Why does every retron shill have the same excuse? Oh wait it's because theres only one shill

>>1997859
Because they have no other arguments.
There is no actual point to get them so claiming that they save space is the best option to lure in buyers.

>>1997828
So it's an android box sold for $200 which is manufactured for $20

>>1997758
>Flash carts are pretty expensive
A 16 GB flashcart costs $15 and it can store the entire Snes and Genesis library.

>>1997785
>Because there's not enough room for more than 1 system due to the games taking up all the space.
>not enough room
>games taking up all the space.

Play them somewhere else or use the floor, faggot.

>>1997873
Pretty much yeah, an android box locked down to use ONLY what they allow thereby limiting what it can do as well.

You did it op, congrats. 10/10

Just like last time.

>>1996772
Underrated post.

>>1997785
I really don't understand this argument. Even if you live in a one-room hovel, you can be economical with space. Like, if you try to take all of the food in your house and put it on your kitchen table, of course it's going to be crowded, that's why you put the food you're not using in the pantry. Do these people not have shelves for their games, or do they just throw them all in the space immediately in front of their televisions?

>>1997901
>I really don't understand this argument

Because jt's a fake argument.
Also, "game room?"
Who the fucks uses a single room just to play games?

Just hook your laptop or modded Wii to your TV. Boom, zero space issues forever and ever.

>>1996764
>But what I want to know is, what are the bad sides of this system?
I don't know about the good sides, but on the bad ones I can site a defective cart slot size and the cheap materials tend to overheat a lot during gameplay.
Also, the saved game data tends to get corrupted, so if you want to play RPGs and such you will have a bad time.

>>1997554
>>1997614
>>1997640

Well, /v/ tried to redefine shill as "person who has opinions that differ from mine", so anyone can be a shill if you want to talk be a faggot.

>>1997934
*talk like a faggot

>>1997934
/vr/'s definition is more or less "anyone who tries to make you buy overpriced shit that you actually could get for free."

>>1997010
Why is hooking your GC up just to play gameboy games any worse than hooking up the retron?

>>1997405
>>1997678
>I dont have to mess around for hours trying to get illegal roms working on complicated emulators for the pc.

The question is, shill, retard or troll?

I suspect troll.

>>1996764
Son, you're better off buying a FUCKING OUYA than this thing.

>>1998010
I don't really mind the idea of something like an Ouya or a Gamestick if they're cheap. Though, otherwise you might be better off just getting a Wii.

>>1997678

Now I normally don't say posts are bait.

But this is fucking bait

>>1998010
>>1998018

I have an OUYA. It's a piece of crap and the controller is miserable. But it emulates pretty good

>>1997828
That doesn't answer my specific question though. Can I boot a game up, and pull the cart out and have it still play, or does it crash like the real deal? If It runs off the rom it copies, then what's the point in having the cart at all? What's the point of an emulator that requires actual carts to play, if all the cart does is supply the same file emuparadise has, that you *can't* use instead?

>paying for emulation

>>1997980
Because there is a difference in buying the actual system to play a game and buying a glorified emulation box that only barely works.

>>1998054
Ah then yeah, you should be able to pull out the cartridge and still play unless they decided to implement something where if the hardware checks for the cart every X seconds and will freeze/boot back to menu if it's not there. Of course though for saving/loading the game you'll need the cart in the slot.

OP here again
>>1997590
That seems pretty bad. My Zelda copy wouldn't survive that for long.

>>1997614
I guess they would profit about as much as I would about shilling a system I'm not sold on on a board that's hostile toward it.

>>1997641
Fucking ace detective here. Also cap the first posts to "I'm thinking of getting into DQ, where to start?" and "What it is, what I saw" threads. Nothing will get past this dude.

I realise that PC is the easiest and cheapest option, but the fun for me is to hunt down games I want. If I'd just download a rom, changes are I'm not going to finish them. And before anyone suggest "Well, you can buy the game first and THEN download the rom", fuck you.
Also, I don't like playing on a PC.

>>1997716
>>1997717
C'mon, that is a clear troll post from that dude. Everyone knows that emulators and roms have been easy to access and use since the early 2000's.

>>1997730
You do realise that you have to hook up a console, so it's not just the console taking space? And you can't have it on a shelf, it needs to be near the TV.

>>1997970
Every fucking game that's mentioned on this board you can get for free. Easily.

I have to say I'm out. I'm heading to bed, but the amount of faggotry in this thread is unbelievable. Thanks to all who actually answered my question, you were helpful.
And for the record, my posts were the ones that started "OP" here, fuck you obvious trolls pretending to be me. OP is out.

>>1996764
it's an android device that doesn't support roms

>>1998096
See you tomorrow at your next viral Retron thread, faggot.
>>1998056
> Paying for a cheap, potential fire ND shock hazard piece of shit that runs on STOLEN emulators

Fixed that for you.

>>1998010
You may as well buy an used PSP and unlock it to play isos and roms, then you could buy a cable to hook it to your TV.

Voila, all of your space problems are over and without needing to buy an overpriced ripoff console!

>>1998096
>Also, I don't like playing on a PC.
You can setup a PC to play like a console, complete with controllers too. Heck most motherboards should have a HDMI port so there's that. It'd be pretty much the same thing as the Retron minus the cartridge slots of course

If you want to use original controllers you got your choice of USB controllers, USB adapters and this thing called a "bliss-box" which I suppose is likely to be a USB adapter but supports a lot of different controllers.
http://bliss-box.net/Bliss-Box/products.html

>>1998096
>Every fucking game that's mentioned on this board you can get for free. Easily.
Show me where I can get a free Snes Earthbound cart to play it on your precious Retron and then you will get my interest.

fucking retron shills. let's spam their mailboxes with those screencaps.

>>1998095
Yeah, I don't like that. The cart simply supplies freely downloadable roms, yet you can't use the file itself unless it's drawn from an actual cartridge. R5 is all smoke and mirrors! It's the illusion of not actually emulating, the carts only serve to distract people from what the thing is really doing. What a joke.

Why the hell does the shill whine about wanting to play real carts then bring up the space issue when told to get a real console. I want to hoard all these games but I don't have the space for a console DURRRRRR. Fuck off hyperkin nobody wants your fucking shitty product. I know your company is circling the drain and this is a last ditch effort to drum up some sales, maybe if you had thought the retron 5 out instead of going straight to emulation cause you're fucking stupid and lazy it wouldn't have been such a flop. Clone hardware would have been easy to produce from china despite what your shills think. UHHHH these chips arent produced anymore so we had to steal emulators is not an excuse,

>>1996764
no game gear slot
will not buy

>>1998136
>let's spam their mailboxes with those screencaps.

I have a better idea. Let's act like we're at least 15 years of age instead.

>>1997818
>pic for ants

>>1998201
>I have a better idea.
I had a better idea too. but noone seems to have cared.

>>1998201
>>1998239
I have an even better idea: Let's keep reporting each and evert Retron thread, Retron hijacking and even menctioning the existence of the Retron so the Mods and Janitors could help us to get rid of this cancer.

>>1998096
>I have to say I'm out. I'm heading to bed, but the amount of faggotry in this thread is unbelievable.
BAAAAW! I DIDN'T MADE ANY RETRON SALES!
>Thanks to all who actually answered my question, you were helpful.
You answered your own posts to pretend someone was caring about your electric death shit.

Since you are on your way out, do everyone a favour and stay out forever.

>>1996764
Bad emulation
Won't play unofficial carts
Sound emulation is shit
They stole the emulator so they might get sued
Ruins carts
Won't play certain carts that have extra chips in them
stop shilling retron no one here is going to buy this

>>1997280

Old consoles don't use ARM, or x86 you dingus.

They used RISC architecture, and/or PowerPC CPUs.

GET

OUT

>>1997667

Retro-5 isn't 'retro-genuine' either? You know what's 'retro-genuine?' OWNING THE FUCKING CONSOLES, YOU GOD DAMNED SHILL

>>1997404
Mods probably got paided to let shill threads slide

I want to set up a donation to buy a Retron 5.

So I can take a video of myself shooting it with a 12ga, and put it on Youtube.

>>1998328
>tfw one of these days when Retron gets shut down those machines are going to skyrocket in price for joe-average who wants to play his old games on his hdtv but can't be assed to clean or find his snes/n64/genesis
>tfw these things will be worth a lot in the future

>>1998354
There's already plenty of these with the actual hardware in 'em. Those NES/SNES/Genesis combo machines.

>>1998318
And what if you don't have your own console? Hah, then NOTHING can be that way, if you've been an ingrown, mustard-racist ultra addict, that's been using microshaft machines your whole worthless life, then NOTHING for you can have any nostalgic value. neither can anything that YOU would ever use in a living room actual be made to fit there. My points stand, all of them!

>>1998354
No, these things are worthless. There are actual hardware and multihardware clones. A shitty emulation box like this will be worth even less when the cat's out of the bag.

>>1998445
You keep saying about this "fitting int he living room," but the shitty thing you're trying to peddle - how the fuck does it fit anywhere, let alone int he living room? One'd have to fucking hide it when people come around.

Also, gentlemen, don't forget to sage your posts.

Ha ha, Christ, look at that fucking filename. Can't he at least pretend he's not an ad spammer?

>>1998445
And what if you don't have your own console?

Wait, so your entire Retron defense lies on the autistic fact that somebody may have dozens of carts lying around but no console to play them?

Why the fuck would anyone buy overpriced cartridges for a game console they don't have?

>>1998115
Well, actually the android emulators are better, so anything like that with half decent controls built in would be better than a PSP for emulation. It is outdated tech. But yes, if you want to play PSP games authentically and specifically want near perfect PS1 emulation, the yes go for it. But there's better options. Still, a PSP is better than a Retron.

>>1998456
It doesn't necessarily incriminate OP, though it certainly doesn't help his case. What cinched for me was the typical marketer's obsession with replying to every damn person in thread.

>>1998318
Retron5 is genuine because you play real carts on it

My wife and I love the retron 5 - it's great for retro enthusiasts like us.

>>1998464
No, the filename means it's not a downloaded image, but rather something he has properly tagged on his HDD. Google this image - you won't easily encounter this filename either, it's always something simple. No, the fucker's plain old put part of his adverticement text in his image's filename.

Since he's probably working to build awareness, he's expecting new people to see the picture and check the filename - and read his ad.

>>1998474
Nope.

>>1998474
It's stolet RetroArch code, and it isn't even clone hardware. Nothing is fucking genuine about that buggy piece of crap.

>>1998474
Under your logic, any clone machine is also genuine because they can play carts as well.

Nice job at confirming the value of other, better alternatives to your autistic retron.

>>1998475
Who love input delay?

I called this from day 1.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LP_oyx7B0Yw
Not that I really gave a fuck. But I'm glad to see this come out cause it is a piece of shit.

>>1998474
It's stolen RA code running on Android. That's as far from genuine as it gets.

Guys, keep screenshooting his replies and pitful damage control attempts for future reference.
Whenever the next retron thread pops out we can compare everything the shill says with the caps and if anything matches, call it message, writing style or "carts taking up too much space" bullshit excuse we will have more proof to get Retron threads banned forever and ever.

i'll just leave this here

>>1998480
>>1998501
I have been playing games on retro consoles like the NES and SNES for decades and you cannot simply tell the difference between real console and Retron5. The fact that you plug your old carts into the Retron5 completes the genuine feel

god people on /vr/ are easy to bait into endless stupid arguments

>>1998519
Lame bait is lame.
Try something more original.

>>1998524
Shhh let the shill believe he's winning something shhhh

>>1998525
I'm pretty sure it was a joke.

>>1998531
suuure it was

>>1998524
I think a lot of /vr/ doesn't go on any other boards, because it's like they've never seen a troll in their goddamned lives. If it weren't for the low traffic and decent moderation this place would get eaten alive.

>>1998452
no, YOU keep ignoring that you're an ingrown, mustard-racist ultra addict, that's been using microshaft machines your whole worthless life, and thus have no actual capacity to appreciate nostalgia!

Also, it's a console, consoles just plain fit in the living room! All you can do is be a LIAR and get an X-box, which is already a DECEITFUL PIECE OF SHIT, which has peecee scrap on the inside, but is just made to LOOK like a console(badly) and vandalize it and make it act like a peecee, except you CAN'T because (A) microsoft wisely made windows uninstalable on it, making a hacked xbox virtually useless, and (B) it's NOT fucking RETRO, so you can't use it on this board!

Also, fuck you, at times when I sage, it doesn't let me post!

>>1997554
>I've heard one guy say that those slots were thight, but I wasn't sure how bad it was. So it's actually "My games are gonna break" tight?


They're not quite there, but they are damn close.

>139 posts and 17 image replies omitted

This is why the shills post here. If you let the retron threads die without explaining why you think they're shit they wouldn't be floating around as much.

>>1998445

You're fucking retarded.

> Another Retron thread on /vr/

You know, these threads are slowly turning into a guilty pleasure for me

>>1998271
>>1998587

I wouldn't want that.
I enjoy these threads, that thing being torn apart by /vr/ into little shreds combined with the obvious ridiculous shilling, it's hilarious. Normally there is only one Retron thread at a time, I am fine with that.
Also maybe these threads keep bypassing browsers away from that thing, it's not like they would someone would buy it through them... would they?...

>>1998595
again

>>1998615
No such thing as bad publicity. Look at all the money Anita Sarkeesian made off /v/. Thanks for helping make the Retron 5 a success.

>>1998615
It doesn't matter if people buy it or not. People are still talking about it and the name is getting out.

>>1998617

Just buy the consoles, you fucking ultra-pleb.

>>1998648
Fuck you you burgeois oppressor bastard, I already have a dendy, a super dendy, an AMD DX4-150 running hacked OS/2, a sharp X68030, a virtual boy, and a CPS/3 clone!

>>1997010
>I am the kind of fag that wants to play games on cartridges.

Then use a real console and if you don't have space then use emulation because playing on a Shittron is just the same as playing on a terrible early 2000s emulator while only being limited to the games you own. If space is such an issue anyway then you shouldn't be buying a new console. This board has gone over this a million times now.

>>1997086
None. The only way I'd buy a clone console is if it's as accurate or like 90% accurate with a few issues for ridiculously obscure games and is cheaper than buying the real console. I was hoping that would be the case for the Neo Geo X but instead it just ended up being a stolen emulator that isn't even as good as the free version.

>>1998318
If you are only playing your ROMs then the most genuine thing is owning the consoles and building your own socketed eprom carts, that you exchange with a programmer.

>buying retarded shit

You work hard for your money, why would you spend it on stolen emulators that require actual cartridges that it only pretends to use?

>>1998641

Why exactly should I care? I don't have to use that thing. As far I am concerned OP can buy Retrons until he drowns in all that saved console space and then buy another one to shove it up his ass. There is literally no downside for us, on the contrary if all the people getting interested in Retro gaming get a Retron5 Retro Gaming System(TM) then that mean more real consoles on the free market for us, and Games they would have bought with the real consoles anyway.
Not my money that is getting burned. As long as that thing keeps in one thread at a time and doesn't shit the whole board I honestly don't care.

>>1998312
3DO and GBA used ARM. ARM is a RISC architercture.
One of the most popular achitecturres, m68k, was CISC.
The only old console to use PPC was the Pippin.

>>1997828
>Also since a recent update it supports IPS patches via SD card which if say you have the physical cart for Super Mario World you would then get the SMW ROM and the game you want to play, let's say Chrono Trigger, you then make the IPS patch and run it on the Retron.
This isn't how ips patches work, dip shittington

>>1997874
Not flash card, flash CART. As in, a cart with a flash card in it. No point in holding both SNES and Genesis libraries if it only fits in an SNES

>>1999050
You sure about that? Did you even try looking at the links I provided?

Here's some direct post links since you did such a great job at looking at the links I provided initially.
Talks about the IPS patching ability in a new update.
http://www.assemblergames.com/forums/showthread.php?52092-looking-for-Retron-5-hack-to-play-Roms&p=773178&viewfull=1#post773178

A guide on how to play games through IPS patching.
http://www.assemblergames.com/forums/showthread.php?52092-looking-for-Retron-5-hack-to-play-Roms&p=776168&viewfull=1#post776168

>>1999050
Can't you make a patch that completely overwrites one game with another? The ips stores the difference between one file and another.
It's obviously retarded but I don't see why it should be impossible.

>>1999061
Having to even do that is retarded in itself, R5 has no good reason to not play roms off a sd card, since it does pretty much that when it dumps the cart anyway, to emulate it no different than any other rom no matter where it comes from.

>>1999092
If you allow that, what's keeping them from emulating other systems like the Atari 2600 or PCE? How is the company supposed to sell a R6 or R7 if they don't offer anything new to their dumb customers?
The cartridge slots seem to be the main attraction for the thing no matter how gimmicky and detrimental it actually is.

>>1999095
I don't understand who they're trying to sell to. /vr/ types don't need it, people who emulate know better, and R5 is an emulator more expensive than the actual consoles, and requires actual carts too? Is their target audience people who don't actually look into what they're buying?

>>1999095
>How is the company supposed to sell a R6 or R7 if they don't offer anything new to their dumb customers?

Easy. Component with 240p support. I might have actually bought one if that were the case. HDMI-only at 720p of all resolutions was an awful idea.

>>1999102
Yes, hipsters who don't understand what it is. People who think it's better than the consoles because it comes with HDMI.

I was curious about the Retron too but not enough to actually purchase one. Always knew it was emulated chicanery from the very beginning and that it can't do anything better than a real console.

I also can't even blame people who label Retron threads as shilling attempts because intentional or not, the more people who know about them increases the chances of one being purchased and that's not good. It's trash and should be labelled as such. I might even go so far as to say that threads about it shouldn't be allowed. Just my opinion though. I would never go out of my way to keep people from talking about something but fuck these guys and fuck their shitty product

>>1999112
It's just an irritatingly retarded product. Requiring real carts is all for show, to hide the fact that what people are really paying for is retroarch running on phone hardware. I usually could care less about shitty products, but this one is just so shamelessly deceitful that I can't help but to bitch about it.

>>1999113
Maybe not everyone posting about it is a shill but there are advertisers among them and the frequency at which it's brought up is suspicious.
http://archive.moe/vr/thread/791824/#791965

Who needs a shill when you have gamester81's greasy fat fuck fingers?

>>1999138
>the frequency at which it's brought up is suspicious.
Can't argue with you there. I can name at least 8 times I've scrubbed through /vr/ and caught a glimpse of a Retron thread. Seen a bunch last year too. Shit is weird. What is there to even talk about?

Should I also bring up how /vr/ frequently repeats itself? The archive is super effective at capturing what a board is usually bound to discuss at one point or another and I find that utterly mesmerizing. The board is essentially encapsulated into something one can enjoy again and again and again. Pic very fucking related.

>>1999113
>I also can't even blame people who label Retron threads as shilling attempts because intentional or not, the more people who know about them increases the chances of one being purchased and that's not good.

I don't think that's why people here accuse of it. There are just a shitload of threads made about it on here and it's always just one guy who constantly make the muh space argument whenever someone points out they are better off just using a real console.

>>1999162
Having some topics brought up again and again isn't surprising since people finish one game and move on to another. Some will eventually stop talking about the first game but new people will take their place.
But these things don't have a basis in /vr/. Everybody here knows better than considering buying one. Newcomers are also mostly out since they don't have the large collection of cartridges these threads tend to claim.

>>1996764
>>1997010

>Hey guys, tell me the bad stuff about this
>Well, I'm just going to disregard all the bad stuff
>What I actually want is to twist everything to the point where you endorse my purchase, with several hundred caveats

Seriously, either buy it or don't. You ask to be talked out of it and then disregard good points about its downsides.

>Enough game cartridges to warrant buying a system to play them on
>Not willing to buy individual machines because it takes up too much space

The only way this possibly makes sense is that you have two games for each system this handles.

>>1999232
He's a marketer.

>>1999242
It doesn't make sense to me at all. Particularly the insistence on using cartridges while not giving a shit about the quality of emulation.

>>1999242
Maybe he has a tv in his room and a tv in his living room and sometimes he doesn't want to go down to where his main set up is to play so he just gets this for his secondary set up.

hack a used wii u can get for <$20

>>1999271
If one day you simpy must play your SNES in another room for some reason, you take the SNES and one game and play it there. Otherwise, you keep your consoles wherever you normally play them, and there can be no need to move them regularly enough to warrant purchase of substitute emulation boxes.

Regardless, if you need a temporary solution, however shitty, you can always just hook your Android smartphone and run all the same emulators on your TV with a bluetooth controller. It's an imperfect solution, but still makes more sense than whatever crap OP's peddling on here.

>>1999297
Where do you find a Wii-U for $20?
I'd recommend trying to get an older PC instead. Depending on your connections you may get one for free.

>>1999106
>HDMI-only at 720p of all resolutions was an awful idea.
Well it certainly saved them 5 bucks at the production.

Try reading the comments on this site without puking:
http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2014/09/hyperkins_retron_5_console_allegedly_infringes_on_the_rights_of_multiple_emulator_authors

>>1998035
The most essential question of all: DOES IT EMULATE MAME 100%?
If the answer to that question is yes I'll buy one today.

>>1999446
Also, you can use a ps3 or a xbox 360 controller, so you don't have to worry about the shitty controller that comes with the system.

>>1999446
Semi off-topic question:
Could you even emulate most MAME games on one of those ARM-based console things?
I remember there was a time when emulating anything more complicated than Pac-Man in MAME was impossible on anything short of a high-end gaming PC.

>>1999382
lol Nintendo fans being against emulation. How the fuck do they think Virtual Console works

>>1999382
Proof that 95% of nintendo fanboys are stupid.

>>1999446
>If the answer to that question is yes I'll buy one today.
Don't you have a fucking PC or a laptop to hook up to your fucking TV? Christ.

>>1999451
My mid-range Samsung laptop from 2006 runs all MAME games full-speed.

GENTLEMEN, PLEASE SAGE YOUR POSTS.

>>1999470
Yeah, the same for those guys who buy cartridges, consoles and shit to play on their CRTs when can play it via hdmi cable with a crappy resolution on their LCDs. Wtf is wrong with those guys.

>>1999480
There's no problem wth the resolution if you let your computer do the scaling. You can even apply your favorite vectorize and blur filters along the way. PC emulation has a lot of flexibility that none of these fixed systems dares to match.

>>1999470
>all MAME games
huehuehue

>>1999532
Everything up to CPS3 and everything in general that works on my high-end desktop, also runs on my laptop just fine.

Are you trying to imply something, though? Perhaps you should try speaking like a human.

>>1999532
You're intentionally bumping this, right?
Are you op or, a misery tourist or both?

>>1999480
How the fuck would setting up dedicated emulator hardware that simply runs Android help with the problem of inauthenticity?

While I won't entirely rule out shills, I do think that there are people who stumble into /vr and legitimately want to know if it is any good. I think others might even ironically support it just for the hell of it/get reactions. I imagine that Hyperkin gets enough hipster dollars that it wouldn't bother trying to sell a potential 2 consoles to the few people on here who'd be directly convinced to buy one based on a shill thread.

That being said, I think it wouldn't hurt to update the sticky with "What's wrong with the Retron 5" info (in addition to specific links to answers to other commonly asked things, like benefits of using a CRT, best versions of consoles, how to get RGB output, and so on).

>>1999651
Newfags would understand why it's bad and refrain from buying it instead of explaining that they're going to buy it despite all the negative aspects.
There's also a chance that it's not actually shills but people pretending to be shills.
There are two wikis linked in the sticky. That should be enough information for starters.

The shill deleted some of his posts after he was called out on his retarded arguments and the "games taking up too much space" excuse, guys.

This is one cap I managed to rescue, so keep it around to compare the arguments used on the next Retron thread to prove they all come from the same faggot.

>>1999467
At least they aren't stupid enough to support the Retron.

>has over 300 carts
>doesn't want to take too much space by getting a SNES or Mega Drive

What.

>>1997657
I've been updating this one as the Retron shills progress

>>1998742

My only problem with things like the Retron is that it brings in clueless retards who think that Super Mario 64 really is worth $50.

HIDE RETRON THREADS
IGNORE RETRON POSTS
DO NOT REPLY TO RETRON POSTERS

>>1999892
I think that is the funniest part. I have a TV cart/stand that I put my monitor on, and on said cart I have like 5 consoles (6 if you count the Mega CD) and a handful of others right in front of it and it doesn't take up much space. This is especially tru when you consider that: the Famicom/NES can be handled by one console, meaning that the Retron 5 only saves the space of 2 other consoles. The MD/Genesis 2 is small if space is a big problem, same with toploader NES/AV Famicom and the SNES Mini (which can be modded to play SFC and SNES). And the GameBoys can all be handled by a fucking GBA SP which you can just put in a drawer. If you have to play them on TV, get a Super Gameboy 2. The only thing that would be a "benefit" over this setup compared to the small footprint setup I suggested is playing GBA on your TV. People also do not seem to understand the idea that the machine dumps the carts and then reads the ROM using an emulator. It isn't playing the original cartridge on a real SNES since there is obviously not a real SNES inside the Retron %. That'd be like thinking since your computer can run SNES9x there is a little SNES tucked away in your laptop.

>>1997554
>If I was at home, I'd Google more, but can you give me a short on what this is?

Super Retro Tri + Super Advance Player

Super Retro Trio allows you to play SNES, Gen/MD, and NES games

Super Advance player plays GBA games in the SNES slot.

>>1998490
>AlphaOmegaSin

Gross.


Why does he look like an oversized Gremlin?

>emulates games with stolen code
>still has shit emulation
>shit controller that has a 25 foot wireless range
>HDMI-only outputs
>can only upscale to 720p
>SD slot that can't load roms and only saves snapshots and saves
>hitbox-tier shilling all over the internet
>input lag
>bigger than a wii
>$160

Is the Retron5 the shittiest product ever made? Who would buy this?

>>2000661
>emulates games with stolen code
Man I really need non stolen code so I can play my stolen games on. Makes all the difference.
>shit controller that has a 25 foot wireless range
You don't deal with wireless controllers do you?

>>2000663
>Man I really need non stolen code so I can play my stolen games on. Makes all the difference.
It's the principal, you don't sell someone's work without their approval. It just makes the retron creators look extremely unprofessional.

Plus it can't even play stolen games, unless they're physically stolen games.
>You don't deal with wireless controllers do you?
No, but that's the type of controller they pack it with. So that's what a majority of retron5 owners are using.

If you already have the actual game cartridge and the actual console controller, there is absolutely no reason to own or buy a retron5 instead of using the intended console.

>>2000714
I just see people make those 2 points a lot. With all that's terrible with the retron 5 it's funny people pick those 2.

>>2000328
i always saw him as an angry chipmunk

Won't a PSP and a SNES with a flashkart get you the exact same shit and more?

>>2000971
For less money, superior compatibility and taking up even less space than a Retron to boot.

>>2000971
>>2001079
So what? You'll taint your whole retro experience by being drawn away from fun, varied, creative, original, unique quintesssentially retro games like Mario World, Donkey Kong, Zool and Sonic, by all sorts of lame, derivative, formulaic and ti.ring nonretro series and games like Quake IV, Baldur's Gate 2, Flight Simulator 2001, Duke Nukem Forever, Simcity 3000 and Need for Speed Hot Pursuit 2 / Porshe Unleashed

>>2001187
>Zool

You couldn't give that game to me.

>>2001196
Why you slimy little!

>>2000328
yeah my apologies for that, first vid on it I found.

>>2001187

I don't even know what your point was, are you for or against getting a PSP and SNES flashcart?

AND DON'T YOU EVER SAY AN UNKIND WORD ABOUT PORSCHE UNLEASHED

A far better use of money would be to get a PS3/4 controller and a blue tooth adapter, or adapters for old controllers, and hook your pc up to output the video to your TV, boot retroarch up. Wow, it's everything R5 wants to be with zero of the horseshit and money wasting.

>>2001331
Yes, NATURALLY I'm absolutely, positively against PSPs/flashcarts/piracy!!!!!!

And Porshe Unleashed was released in 2000. thus it FAILS to be retro!!!

>>2001342
In all your shilling you forgot to recommend a specific brand of gaymen PC and operating system. You can't leave such an important decision to him

>>1996764
Just buy cheap Linux/Android PC like Odroid or Raspberry Pi and install emulators on them.

Bury this shill thread.

Hi i just bought a retron5 and its not as bad as people say. Its good for what it is but real consols are better if you have the space

>>2001408
Holy crap, now this fuck tries to call other people "shills" for recommending running RetroArch on PC hooke to a TV.

Now that's genius. Not.

Dude, are you really so poor that you have to do this for a living?

>>2001663
Why Android? Just get any x86 and run a Linux+RA on it, they're cheaper AND better, and the OS is free. For fuck's sake, what's the fixation on using mobile OSes on stationary hardware? Are you all fucking idiots or what?

>>1998312
i think they are using modified MOS 6502 or various versions of Motorola 68k

>>2002113
> Again with the "taking up space" bullshit excuse

Care to share a pic of your Retron and your carts with all of us?

>>2002178
Android is open source.
Windows should not be ignored as an option as long as there are closed source emulators that do the job better than open source ones. e.g. SSF for Saturn. And of course the option to play Windows games without Wine.

>>2002335
Android should be ignored because it's a garbage OS for phones. Windows should be ignored as it has adds more latency and performs worse than Linux and is a fucking joke when your goal is a "set-and-forget" jest werks solution for the living room.

>>2002702
>Thinking there are smoother front ends on Linux than on Windows

>>1996764
I ask this in every single thread...
Is the retro-duo better? I imagine its slightly better because its sd instead of hdmi. I really just need something to play because my NES is dead.

>>1999547
No I'm just not a fag who uses sage as a form of downvoting.

Jesus, I thought the retron shill threads would end after they got v&.

What a shit device and a shit idea. If you're just going to emulate them just hook up an old PC or laptop or wii or hacked xbox/xbox360/ps3, or your goddamn phone to your TV and emulate. If you absolutely NEED a separate device just for emulating, then get a cheap-ass raspberry pi or something. The retron and dedicated emulation machines like it have no market and no reason to exist. There are far better and cheaper options that completely eclipse it.

>come to /vr/
>see this thread 150 posts ago
>see it start to sink and go away
>"cool, i think i like this place"
>it is on the front page again
>"this is a gay board"

you guys are gay for bumping this, we all know this product is shitty and anyone who isn't an octogenarian isn't going to fall for a console you can tell is bootleg from the cosmetics alone. stop bumping this you buttfuckers.

>>2002831
I don't believe in censorship of any kind so I will forever bump these threads.

>>2002758
The duo is no better. There are a few other options though. There's this company in Japan that used to make a few different devices that could play NES games perfectly. Unfortunately they don't make them any more but they're still easy to find.

>>2002849
Names?
Its kinda shitty to see all my local craigslist postings looking like someone elbow dropped their NES and let it sit in a pool of jizz for 15 years then put it on craigslist for 90 bucks FIRM.

>>2002839

>>2001663
Or buy a softmoded wii

>>1999543
>Everything up to CPS3
Finding someone here willing to admit they were wrong is rare. Thanks for being a man and clearing up any confusion over your previous exaggeration.

>>2002854
Can't recall the name off the top of my head. Think it started with an N. You might not be able to find it in your town but you can buy one from an ebay reseller for less than half that.

>>1997678
It's easier to download any rom that to clean the cartridges and inserting them
Literally
Also, it's easier to get a emulator working that to hack a console to work with a TV

>>1997831
That's how it's supposed to look
You want the authentic feel, no? Then why would you mess with the thing to make it unauthentic

>>1998305
>They stole the emulator so they might get sued
I'm waiting for this
Muh GPL has recked quite a bit of assholes violating it
I just hope the devs get mad enough to do it

>>2003245
The dude behind retroarch seems quite mad about it.
http://www.libretro.com/index.php/retroarch-license-violations/
http://www.libretro.com/index.php/hyperkins-retron5-continuing-licensing-problems/

>>2002808
Sage is not a downvote. It's neutral and generally seen as a form of politeness.
Age however can be seen as an upvote and form of support.
Using age with a comment like >>1999532 and such a thread is poor style.

>>2003090
The Wii is completely outclassed by x86 machines. The fact that a modern low spec PC can emulate the Wii should emphasize this. The Wii can't even emulate a PS1 properly.

Have some OC.

>>2004304
Better flip them Tre/vr/s you got the Power Glove on the wrong hand.

>>2004308
Damn. I'll do it later, I just spent a good hour on that and the kitten is trying its damndest to sabotage my interneting.

>>2003630
>The fact that a modern low spec PC can emulate the Wii should emphasize this
I have an i7 and I can't play Conduit 2

>>2004304
I fucking love it!

>>2004308
>>2004304
Fixed

>>2004751

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>>2004759
Some of that is OC, but most of that is people having a fun time ripping the shit out of the thing. And at least one of it is YOUUUUUU

daily reminder [s4s] is behind these threads

>>2004849
What the hell is that board, anyways? The little I've seen of it suggests it is meant to be a random board without being /b/, but I thought that was the purpose of /r9k/.

>>2004856
Maybe it is a newfag board? The title of "shit 4chan says" screams of tumblritis. How long has it been around? /r9k/ started not long after 4chan's first quality decline (in before never good always shit ur lying ur stoopid).

>>2004849
/s4s/ doesn't shitpost on other boards, they only take GET's.

>>2004908
moot created it on april fool's day last year, as a parody of "Shit Reddit Says," some bad reddit full of feminists. It's just /b/, but people liked it for some reason so it stuck around. We have them to thank for topkek and other bad memes, I think.

>>1996764
fuck off

>>2002717
Name a single Windows-only game launcher that doesn't look like literal shit.

Protip: you can't, but as a supreme gentleman such as yourself has a refined taste for shit you'll try anyway

didn't want to start a new thread so I'll ask here.

I would love to play Metal Max and KMT with the English translations on the original hardware.

is there any 3rd party SNES cartridge that will boot games off of an SD card?

>>2005706
A google search would really help you quite a bit, but the short of it is yes there are.

>>2005716
>still assuming a dumb question in a retron thread is not a stealth bump...

>>2005716
>$100 +

No thank you

>>2005731
Assemble one yourself then.

>>2005734
>implying this couldn't be done for a quarter of the price

A bunch of faggot nerds who run an overpriced "niche" gamestore jacked up these prices. They'll drop over time, I'm sure of it. Fuck, a DS flashcart is literally 1/5th of the price they're asking

>>1998201
I have the best idea, why don't we act supremely, maximally mature and denounce these these threads with the absolute most firm conviction possible of us, that'll totally help!

You guys ever think the guys behind retron pay Moot some amount of money so the can keep shilling their trash here? It's the only other reason these threads aren't nuked on sight

>>2005791
They could just buy an advertising banner in that case. https://www.4chan.org/advertise?selfserve
Most threads about it got deleted, I'm not sure why this one wasn't.

>>2005746
It was just a freak occurrence that the generation that grew up on nes/snes and sega came of consumer age of getting jobs and wanting to buy back their childhood, and the hipster fad happening at the same time. That along with all the pawn/auction shows making people think every game and system is worth it's weight in gold. I can't even get deals at fleamarkets anymore everyone thinks their a damn expert.

>>2005734
Excellent advice. This is how most people making retro flash carts today got started. And while it may take a lot of time and effort to develop a polished product for the retail market making a one for personal use is pretty easy.

>>2005746
These carts are made by hobbyists usually working alone and buying components by the piece. They've spent countless hours reverse engineering the original Chinese devices and even more improving on them. It's unreasonable to compare them to a factory that buys in quantities of thousands and can hire someone with flash cart experience for a $200/month.

>>1997225
shit dude even the super game boy wasnt accurate to the original game boy due to the clock being slightly faster making the sounds slightly more high pitched than usual. why dont you stop bitching and just enjoy games without overthinking every little detail

It's basically inferior to a PC and even Wii in every way. It dumps your cartridge into a ROM file and runs an emulator.

SP also has some drama going on with it, apparently

>>2005961
>wasnt accurate
>literally used most of the GB's hardware
I get what you're saying, but its basically a Gameboy you plug into your SNES so you can't really complain because its actually good, and not some garbage emulator.

>>2005690
Let me know when crt_emudriver works on Linux kthxbye

>>2007249
What does that have to do with anything? Or do you mean doing RGB on Linux is too hard for you so Linux is bad?

>>1996825
Pretty much this. It's no different than emulation and just uses roms. Real cartridges are just used as romdumps.

For the same price as a Retron, you could buy a used Thinkpad, install whatever build of linux you like on it, and load it with emulators. If you want to run it on a TV just used the output ports on the thinkpads docking station. Gratz, you now have something more capable than Retron. more portable, and also capable of anything else a Thinkpad running linux can do.

There is literally no reason to buy it other than looking cool and hip to your clueless friends.

>>2003614
You're right it isn't meant to be a downvote. However the people who shout sage on threads they don't like in order to show disapproval and to make them 404 quicker by not having it bump is a form of downvoting.

>>2004304
>paying_to_emulate.jpg

Could someone ever build one of these that DOESN'T emulate? Like it'd be a literal SNES and a NES in one box.

>>2007706
>paying for carts
>paying for bikes

>>2007570
Nobody does that any more. People understand that sage has no bearing beyond not having their post bump.

>>2007717
Sure. It's been done many times with varying degrees of accuracy and ugliness. Take a look at the pic related monstrosity the has the actual guts of a fuckton of consoles crammed into a box and a controller that's the bastard spawn of of a Coleco that was gang raped by a Wii-U and a a few other things

>>2007825
I think it wants to die.

>>2007825
"in here is where i keep my virginity protector!"

>>2007825
That controller looks like it would be uncomfortable as hell, based on that N64 button layout sheet.
That box is ugly as sin, especially with that batman sticker all over it.
And what's with the NES carts?

>>2005706
Fixed your gif

>>2007825
>>2007872

I remember seeing this when dude was finished with it. I can't remember exactly, but I think the cartridges function as the controller.

Wait, I found it:
"Meanwhile the universal controller uses the controller board for each console's controller mounted inside old NES cartridges for easy hot swapping of controller types. "

So you have to use the god awful universal controller, but use the carts to select what system controller you're using.

I think this thing would be awesome, if it didn't look so hideous.

>>2007249

There's 15khz patches for Linux, which are used by GroovyArcade.

OP is a faggot

>>2009419
>Implying all arcade games run at 15khz

>Retron sucks ass
>Retro duo sucks ass

I just want a device that can play multiple physical carts on good hardware, is that so much to ask?

>>2011693
>I just want a device that can play multiple physical carts on good hardware, is that so much to ask?

I think its fine if you're literally asking for 1 console to play your physical carts and give you the illusion that you're not just playing an emulator on a glorified phone.

I think its fine. The HDMI out is kind of appealing as my current capture setup is easier to get working with HDMI, but the forced widescreen kind of kills it for me, NES/SNES/N64 look like 10x better in 4:3

>>2011693
It is. The whole idea of designing it would be a money sink and you have to be an expert in electronics engineering. All of this if you want to replicate 100% the way the consoles operated.

Has anyone been able to sideload roms on an SD card?

>>2011724
check out this post
>>1997828

>>2011664
He didn't imply that at all. He said Linux is able to do 15 just fine without the software msfag asked about.

>>2011697
>as my current capture setup is easier to get working with HDMI
I thought this shit could at least take screen shots. But obviously it's easier to do with real emulators.

>>2001187
>>2001351
Stop trying so hard!

bemp

>>2012214
My wife and I love the RetroN 5's HDMI output - really makes our youtube gaming channel popular.

I work at a store that got a few of these in.

The hardware build quality is fucking horrific. The controller is shit, the dust covers/doors to the cart slots are insanely stiff, and so are the cart slots themselves.

Holy fuck how did this thing pass QA? I was legitimately concerned for the safety of my cart upon struggling to remove the carts.

Fuck you Hyperkin, for the emulators you ripped the code from too.

p.s. the ribbon cables that connect the daughter boards to the mainboards come unseated and you get greeted with an error on boot if that's the case, we had two returned already because of this. seriously shit quality hardware.

>>2015263
my youtube channel have getting declining view counts....I-I'll take 3 retrons please!

There is literally no reason to buy an emulation system. Flash carts a completely different beast, but things like this are a colossal waste of money.

>but I want to play my games!

If you're going to use an emulator just do it for free. Otherwise throw out the cash for a real system.

Am I an elitist asshole about this? I don't even know. I refuse to even use third party controllers, unless it's something like a fightstick.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAaokICkhpU
>Retron 5 Price Increases by $20
Wow, why? They trying to make money to try and cover their butts with this whole stolen code thing?

>>2015482
short supply and high demand, better get a retron5 while you can

>>2005706
>is there any 3rd party SNES cartridge that will boot games off of an SD card?

Do yourself a favor and look into flash carts.

>>1996764
I wouldn't get one OP Hyperkin is going out of business soon.

>>2015484
Yeah, it may be a piece of shit emulation box running the Android port of RetroArch, but you should get one, because the price is now higher. Infallible logic, thank you.

>>1997034
>>1997775
>>1997980
>>1998704

>STOP DOING THINGS IN WAYS THAT I DON"T LIKE

>>1998115
Honestly the JXD s7800 is better now. The PSP was great but JXD stuff has gotten good enough that it can emulate PSP as well, also the n64/snes emulation is a lot better.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Twz3Q9U54I

>>2015571

>I'm shilling and no one can stop me

>>2016046
>has gotten good enough that it can emulate PSP as well, also the n64/snes emulation is a lot better
Oh neat, I'll have to look into this next time I have some money to spend.

>carts barely fit to the point of damaging them
>the build quality is low
>sound is butchered
>a bunch of games don't work
>can't play S&K3


Why even fucking bother?

Not that I care about this enough, and I have no interest in buying a Retron 5, but wouldn't it be possible to root the damn thing, install a custom Android rom, and just side load whatever apks for other emulators and just run them off an SD card or USB drive? If it let you do that, that might be fun, I still wouldn't buy it though. I haven't seen much discussion from Android sites about the Retron 5.

>>1997010
Listen OP, I actually used to agree with you, but once it came out, I got to play with one in a store. And now I completely agree with the rest of /vr/.
1. most games I tried on it didn't work properly, if it even worked at all.
and no, I dont just mean slightly off colors and/or sound that you won't notice anyways. I mean like you get 3/4 of a way through a game and then it crashes. every. god. damn. time.
not obscure games either, both zelda 1+2 did that. Mario 3 had some weird graphical issues with all 20+ carts I tried in the store (I'm an employee, so I have more than enough free time to do this).
2. the price of a retron is only marginally less than each console. a GBA is like $5-15, an NES is $20-30, snes is $30-50, and a genesis is $10-20. the only thing you'd lose out on is GBA/GBC on the TV, and famicom support.
One of which can be solved with an extra $10 to buy an adaptor, and the other by getting either a wii, or a GC gameboy player.
which btw, the GB player looks better than the video output from the retron, and thats saying a lot, since the gamecube is a blurry chunk of shit.

If you really want to play GBA on your tv, look into this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWjifZaJm60
Its what I bought, since I cant be assed to shell out $60 for a GC+player since I already own a wii.

>>2016453
I'm sure it can be rooted it's just a question of how much effort it's worth putting into rooting an overpriced/underpowered android box.

>>2016487
True, but I would imagine some Android user out there might have rooted it by now. I guess I'm looking at this from an Android phone user point of view when that's clearly wrong. But you're probably right, there's probably not enough interest.

>>2015513
That's retrogaming collectors logic actually.

They buy "rare" games at insane prices like that all the time because either:

1) they think owning "rare" shit will make them special (the "hey guys, look at my collection, you jealous ?" type)

2) they see themselves as mighty "investissors" and buy stuff only to resell them to above type guys and make huge profit (the "that's price is a bargain dude, this stuff is rare shit, you should get it before others do" type)

>>2016453
>>2016487
Someone has been able to run "adb" or whatever that is for Android on the Retron5 and even have installed RetroArch apparently.

>>2016489
There are tons of options available without that. The only things special to the R5 are the cartridge slots and they're a pointless gimmick.
For $200 you can get a brand new PC

I bought one of these recently, but I've got money to burn. Had no problems with it so far.

It is pretty silly to have it run an emulator but not able to read roms from an SD card.

Not having component out is also pretty shit.

The controller it comes with is garbage, but having all the controller ports is nice.

I'd recommend just buying the consoles for the price you can get one of these for if you are interested in the experience. If you want a minimalistic emulator machine, eh, it's not bad.

OP, I want to stress this

I owned a Retron 3

the controllers are DOG SHIT. And I dont mean "oh its just /v/ bitching about madcatz", I mean it feels like a cheap piece of plastic that only by the grace of god actually works.

Get the real controllers if you can

>>2017097
>If you want a minimalistic emulator machine, eh, it's not bad.
There's nothing minimalistic about it due to the cartridge slots. Single board computers are minimalistic.

>>2017120

Depends on how close you are shooting for a somewhat authentic experience vs just running everything on a raspberry pi.

If you have an original controller and an original cartridge, but don't want to bust out the system and deal with reaching behind the tv to plug in the component cables, it works. It's at a nice range between running shit on a single board plugged in to your living room tv and having a big fat CRT in a closet or spare room that you only use for original hardware.

>>2017201
The Rasperry is a bit underpowered for emulation. The cartridge is just dumped so there's nothing particularly authentic about it. You can get input adapters and even cartridge dumpers for other configurations if you want to, they just don't force it on you like this shit.
If you want it simple you definitely don't want to use a plethora of cartridges. It's a retarded compromise that doesn't suit anybody with a functioning brain.

>>2017210
Ok, let's say we're building an emulation machine. We spend so much money on a board that outputs HDMI and uses USB controllers. That's about as bare bones as we can get, right?

Well, let's tack on a bunch of readers because we like inserting cartridges, and a bunch of controller adapters because we like using original controllers.

That's basically what the retron is, right? Except for the stupid fucking "don't pull your cart out because reasons" thing. And it is bull shit, and if that idea bothers anyone looking to buy this thing, let's keep the discussion going about how much bullshit that is.

But it isn't Satan's knobbled cock terrible. It does what it says it does.

If you want to get down to it, the purpose of this thing isn't even really to play games. It's a stand in that let's you go hunting for old cartridges. I mean, I could go download the full NES, Super NES, Genesis, Famicom, Super Famicom, Gameboy/color/advance libraries in a matter of minutes. The real fun is going out to a store, drinking in the nolstalgic memories, and buying something you can take home and plug in.

And that's all this thing is. It's something you can plug something else in to like you're 8 again.

>>2017295
You mean buying a copy of Earthbound on ebay to show to your hipster friends.
This thing isn't meant for people with a serious interest in playing games.

>>2017295
If we build an emulation machine it would obviously use x86 instead of ARM. And give the user choice on the OS, emulators and other stuff.

>>2017312
Sure it is. That's what it does. On a meta level, it's about pushing cartridges that there aren't many consoles left for, or selling a nintendo game for 5 bucks to get someone to buy a 160$ emu-box. But that's business.

If anything though, the hipsters are the ones saying they liked retro gaming before it was cool and things just aren't the same if you don't use an original console.

>>2017328
Which is all well and good, but then you're getting in to PC gaming territory. The appeal of an emulation box is that you can sit down, slap in a game, and start playing. I don't know about the rest of you, but my time is valuable. In the time and money it would take for me to get the parts, put them together, and get everything installed and set up, I could buy one of these things and be done with it.

With this specific one, absolutely HAVING to have the cart plugged in is like a dick up the ass, but you know what? Sometimes a prostate massage is nice.

I wonder if the Nexus Player, once it's out, would be a good emulation box.

>>2017354
It's not the same if you use a shitty mobile device.

>>2017364
You could use an specialized Linux if you wanted to, provided you actually follow the licenses instead of tivoizing the untivoizable and selling the non-commercial. That ends up pretty plug and play.
Give people the option to customize it if they want to.
I find it more convenient to have everything the way I like than not having to change anything to get sub-par emulation.

>>2016489
The problem is anyone with enough intelligence to root it has enough intelligence to not buy it. When I pick one up for a few bucks at a garage sale after some hipster has grown tired of it I'll give it a go.

>>2016514
Doesn't it already come with a stolen copy or retroarch?

>>2016664
The slots are useful for transferring saves. The original ports are great as well. Hardware wise the only problem is that it's under powered. Non hardware wise just about everything is wrong with it.

>>2017120
He thinks he's dictionary

>>2017728
>Doesn't it already come with a stolen copy or retroarch?
Yeah but it appears to be locked down or something, that RetronLabo fella apparently got it to run various other cores on the stock software

Here they run PC Engine/TurboGrafx 16
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EkwpEXx7g8

Here they launch Retroarch and play FF7 among various other titles
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXx6VRBBl8Y

>>1996768
>>1996794

How does one get ahold of a modded Wii?
My gf said something about someone modding her Wii for her. How does that even work?
Do you download the Wii virtual console roms and put them on an SD card and put it in the wii, and it will work?
Is there something you need to remove in the Wii in order to play the roms?
I'm really not good with this stuff.

>>2017767
He didn't mod her wii
he slipped her the d

It rhymes... so it must be true ):

>>2017767
>How does one get ahold of a modded Wii?
1. buy literally any regular model wii
2. mod it

the wii is the easiest system to mod in the history of video games.

>>1997086
$1 then i would film myself smashing it to make retron shills cry

>>1996768
>>1996794
Thread.

>>2017295
>>2017295
wat