/vr/ - Retro Games

>>5981147

Scams

Not bad for $20, assuming you're trying to play on a CRT. Wii is probably a better investment though even at that budget.

I was gifted a “retron” years ago and just the other day I resorted to playing it when my childhood genesis finally kicked the bucket. I plugged it in and heard something pop and then the console smelled like something melted inside, so I think they’re shit.

>>5981147
Waste of money. Either emulate for free or use the actual console.

If you have some old carts lying around want to play them casually for a few minutes it's not bad, but if you actually want to play the games through properly it sucks

>>5981147
Great system to pair with Chinese repro carts.

My wife's son loves it!

>>5981147
It's trash.

>>5981147
Complete shit. Only really useful as a gag gift.

I would love a version that could play 5200/ Atari 8 bit and Atari 7800 games.

>>5981147
Not so bad. I had an SNES version to play Earthbound for the first time on a Sony Trinitron. The only issue I ever had was a small input delay and needing to get a better controller. Other than that it's not so bad if you do not go cheap on them.

>>5981147
ive been wanting to get the Plus version of this so I can play my NES games since my current NES is a pain in the ass to get running properly. Also i have SNES and a few Genesis games. Yeah i can just use a computer to play everything but i like the ritual of putting the cart into the slot (lol) and using the original controllers.

>>5981147
Neat.

>>5981945
It's spelled NEET

>>5981147
I pulled apart a retron I got from someone once and they use fucking twist ties for interconnects. They're terrible and I'm not sure why you wouldn't just use a softmodded wii.

>>5982259
>interconnects
sounds legit

>>5982364
It was a wire between the mainboard and a daughterboard. Not sure what you'd call that other than an interconnect.

>>5981147
my wife loves it

>>5981147
They're really not good. Sound issues, emulator lag, and just poor build quality. Not worth it at all.

>>5982516
*wife's boyfriend

>>5981280
but how does her boyfriend feel about it?

>>5982516
*My wife's son loves it

>>5982374
Oh, I get what you're talking about now. Yeah, those are cables, not "twist ties", and they're a great way to get connections from one board to another, especially when you need that connection to be flexible. They're very common and used in all kinds of things. PCE is the first console comes to mind.

I have the retrobit(?) duo and it's not bad
Won't play BATTLETOADS without freezing though

>>5981147
Garbage peice of plastic. Emulate and get a decent controller.

>>5983365
No, I mean they use these kind of twist ties that are connected and there was like 4 still connected. I get that it's just steel wire and it works but it doesn't exactly instill any confidence to see that sort of stuff.

>>5983365
if you're going to try and tell me these aren't the same twist ties I get at the grocery store to tie my produce bags then you're full of shit. it was actually a retroduo btw, not a retron, but it's all the same garbage.

>>5983460
Imagine being so retarded your problem with this is the "twist ties" and not that hot glue cumshot

>>5983484
What the fuck is with retro shit and hot glue everywhere

>>5983450
>no i mean i'm retarded
I know

>>5983460
I'm not going to try to tell a stupid zoomer anything. That's like pissing in the wind. But I'll post a link so everyone else can laugh at how stupid you are.
https://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/te-connectivity-amp-connectors/FSP-21A-8/A129255-ND/5591821

>>5981147
I like my Retron 5 for the simplicity of hooking it up to the same HDTV as the rest of my newer consoles, but anyone who tries to convince you it's a worthy replacement of the original hardware is retarded and is trying to meme you to death.

>>5984676
And my wife loves how much space it saves. Her son likes it as well.

>>5981147
It gets the job done on a budget. I like how the Super Retro Advance does not need to use its breakout AV cables only if plugged into the Super Retro Trio.

>>5986191
>notes anon immediately comes in a thread about retron garbage
I guess it's true when people say birds of the same kind flock together.

>>5981147
I think they'd be good for doing mod projects like AVGN's nes toaster rather than wrecking a perfectly good real console

>>5981147
The real hardware elitists that shit on emulation and fpga end up buying these as an excuse to stream gba footage and apply translation patches to their "legit" japanese carts

>>5986248
Dude that's a Retron Trio not a Retron 5.

>>5986234
You use Super Joys for that

>>5983460
That's a ribbon cable dum dum.

>>5981147
Personally I never used them. I think they're fine if you're starting out, but if you really wanna get into retro game collecting I think you would get more out of your money if you just save up for a real NES / SNES / GEN and get good video cables. They will look as good as you would get through HDMI via emulation except it's the real deal.

>>5986226
>immediately
>three days later

Don't they overheat a lot?