/vr/ - Retro Games

Having the original consoles is always superior, but this will do if you want a stripped down version of a bunch consoles stuffed into one.

>>986718
oh wow

The controller doesn't look like it's meant for a human to hold.

>>986713
Got a PC for all this. Controls are better too

>>986718

Looks like shit.

The ugliest thing i've ever seen.

>buying a Retron

You realize these clone consoles are just emulator boxes, right? You could just output your laptop to your TV and get the exact same experience.

It's a fucking Android-based emulator box.

ITT so far: Most of the reasons Retron is for plebs
/vr/ is not for plebs

tl;dr if Retron is for you, /vr/ is not

If you're trying to save space, you're probably not using cartridges anyway.

>>986713
This little piece of shit will only be usefull if you work on a game store and will help you to test if the games people want to sell work or not, but not to play the games at home.

I doubt emulator wizards are happy with that hobos stealing their code and selling it in a Android shitbox. Also copyrights holders like Nintendo and Sega must being preparing their hyper weapons against this Chinese tier sealers.

Maybe if a neckbear gets a FPGA and starts implement all chipsets in hardware can be a decent alternative to REAL hardware. But it's a really arduous task and the system can be 600 $ or more.

>>986880
>Also copyrights holders like Nintendo and Sega must being preparing their hyper weapons against this Chinese tier sealers.

No.

>>986851
>but not to play the games at home

Oh cool so you have one already? I didn't know it was out yet,

>>986804
Most of them are not, and use real old school hardware equivalent to the original system. This is one of the exceptions.

>>986846
good point

>>986916
Nah, most of them use system on a chip which delivers almost unplayable sound.

>>986949
There's a sound test here...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnXjK0xLkTM

Doesn't sound unplayable

>>986846
I'd rather have one console and more room for cartridges than several consoles with less room for cartridges.

I don't understand why you would pay for this machine, when it is essentially just an emulator. You might as well use free emulator on pc.

>>987065
How is it "Just an emulator"? You stick a cartridge in, play game, just like any retro console.

>>987071
Okay, fuck off Hyperkin.
Sage for /vr/al marketing.

>>987082
Are you fucking serious, kid? I'm just asking a goddamned question, and that makes me a viral marketer from hyperkin, jesus christ. I've seen several people in here say it's just an emulator, and I just wanna fucking know why, everything I've seen on the machine makes it look like any other reproduction console thing (Aside from having its own built in OS), you put a cartridge in, play the game.

>>987095
Because it's EMULATING the hardware of the original console, very poorly might I add.

You fuck off, "kid". Tell your supervisor that we don't need these threads here and none of use are buying your shitty rip off "console" when a fucking low-end smartphone can do a better job at EMULATING.

The idea of having one console for all my cartridges is nice. But I would like to know more about how well it runs and sounds. And seeing that it allows my original controllers is nice because >>986718 fuck that controller. I'm not totally against it but I'm a bit hesitant.

>>987106
Do you SERIOUSLY think I'm viral marketing? Like fucking really? All I did was ask a question, and that means I'm from hyperkin? I didn't say ANYTHING that would imply that I'm from Hyperkin. If I was marketing, why would I ask a question about my own product. You think out of all the places Hyperkin could do viral marketing at, they would come HERE? I'm just some guy who wants to buy a hyperkin, I saw the thread, skimmed through, asked a question. Jesus you people are paranoid.

>>987107
I have a Retro Duo, if it's anything like that, I can't imagine there would be any issues.

>>987106
You're ridiculously paranoid and retarded.

>>>/v/

>>987071
It is emulator because it emulates original console hardware. As with any emulator, you stick rom in (loaded on cart or otherwise), play game, works just like retro console it rips off.

>>987127
So it's an emulator, even though it technically just uses reproduction internals of other consoles? I always figured emulation only applied to the PC emulators and shit.

>>987113
To answer your question without autism:

These machines don't actually have the hardware from the old consoles, or even knock-offs of that hardware.

What they have are emulators stored onto the onboard chips. These emulators are of poor quality, typically with sound but you also run into games this display video weirdly on them.

The controllers are always quite uncomfortable and the entire build feels like it can crumble from a stern look.

>>987132
Huh, I had no idea. I figured they just reproduced the old internals and jammed them into a box. I have a Retro Duo and it hasn't given me any issues at all, and I was looking at getting a Retron 5, maybe I'll wait for the reviews first.

>>987131
Yeah, basically. It reproduces the system software in way that emulates the original. It's kind of like a Dendy console, which is itself a nes emulator.

>>987131
It a android based emulator box
Not a clone console
It is the equivalent of a smart phone with some cartridge and controller slots

>>987141
>I figured they just reproduced the old internals

Nah, that would be pretty expensive. You have to remember, it's not like a computer where you can just take someone's code and approximate it. You'd have to do some pretty low level programming to do a reproduction of a Super FX chip/Mode 7 fuckery.

>>987143
Dendy doesn't emulate, it's software compatible with NES carts.

>>986718

>>987143
Dendy is not a nes emulator... what are you smoking and can I have some?

>>986949
Those systems on a chip are not emulators.
They have equivalent architecture to the original system, just miniaturized with modern technology.

>>987143
Dendy consoles were not emulators, they were just bootleg NES's. The hardware was extremely close to a real NES, and they have better compatibility, sound, and video than pretty much any other clone system ever made. Mostly because they were made when the NES was new.

I have a Retron 3 that still works perfectly.
Room for all the controllers I need, sounds and looks identical to native hardware.

So I have no reason to buy this one.

ITT
>They want to charge for emulation now?!?
>What Next? Charge for games too!?!

>mfw I'm gonna buy one to "save space" in my room.
>mfw when I use cartridges
>>986846

VGR is interviewing the hardware designer of the RetroN5 here live: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdYVCxvguSw

I'll buy one and play roms from my Everdrive carts.

I'm going to have artificial fun.

>>987348
>sounds and looks identical to native hardware
The retron 3 has horrible sound, and has death gripe on games.

fuck you haters, I'm hyped to buy one. My SNES stopped working years ago, but I still have all my games. Some of my games have dead batteries, but R5 supports save states. I had to scrap my DS when the hinge broke, so I haven't been able to play GBA games for years. Everything else is a bonus.

Day one.

>HDMI
>Android
No thanks.

>>987562
For the amount of this thing you could buy a new ds and another snes.

>>986718
That controller is a monster and it needs to die.

>>987624
For the amount I spent on my rifle, I could have bought a nicer car.

I fart in your general direction.

>>987660
Then you should have bought a newer car

>>987663
Nah, I rather prefer being able to pick... critters off at 300 yards without a scope. You sound like a Californian.

>>987660
So, farting aside........why again wouldn't you just get another SNES and DS?

I already know you're retarded, I just want to hear your retard logic and not just your attempt to ignore the other anon's reasonable proposal.

>>987680
What does this have to do with video games?

/k/ is the other way.

>>987624

this doesn't help my dead battery in the cart problem.

>no experience with the product
>already knows everything about it

it's straight up /v/ in this thread

>>987808
>this completes the jerk

>>987726
Way to miss the entire point, though.

BITCHING ABOUT HOW OTHER PEOPLE SPEND THEIR MONEY.

Yes, don't buy useless clone video game systems, buy useless real video game systems! The fuck ever. I'll buy TWO of them, now.

>>987624
Snes consoles go for 50+
DS depending on what model go for the same or more.

Factor in shipping costs for both and you're over the $100

Retron5 has been announced everywhere for pricing undet $100.

So this just shows how ignorant you are to the conversation and should leave immediately.

>>988841
$20 snes locally + $5 gas = $25
Regular ds = $30 from the same store.

>>988841
or better yet get a gba, they o for $17 at my local gamestore.

>>991847
>implying everyone lives in your area

Shut the fuck up

>>991847
If you can get a fully working DS for $30 I'm jealous

>>991856
Its the bulky one, but yes. (If half price book store has them, they are only$20, but who trades in a ds o a bookstore?)

>>987660

Are you me? Citizen of K and vr with a love of cars thrown in?

Also it looks cool. I was thinking about buying a retro duo for the living room but haven't had the need yet. The ability to have a built in gameboy player is awesome and so are save states. I wonder if they went to all that trouble why not also include a memory card slot of some kind so you can load roms. If its cheap enough I would get this. If not im going to try and make my own with a raspberry pi.

All I know is, the release date is supposed to be this month and they haven't said anything about it since March. Until I see it on a shelf, it's vaporware.

>>986713
Shit they are all common systems
if they did more obscure systems it might be worth buying one

>>986880
see >>986896

The reason we have been seeing so many clone machines of late is because the patents for the tech have expired.

I bought a FC3+
from a game store beacuse the snes was around 60 dollars at this one store.
The fc3+ could run snes gens and nes for the same price.
I wanted to buy a largervariety of games and still have fun.
The Fc3+ is ok but can't run certain capcom nes games or castlevania 3.

Also the controllers are alright. The power cable will work with any nes adapter. Sadly I've lost mine so I have a useless console till I get a new power adapter for it.

Using a keyboard is different from playing with a controller in front of a tv.

If you think this is a good idea you need to end yourself. If you want a catch-all retro gaming console then buy a USB controller and hookup an old PC to a TV. That way you'll get the exact same experience, cheaper, and without having to buy games. If you want an emulator machine then buy a PSP.

Literally the only use that isn't retarded that I've seen in this thread is a used game store keeping it around to test traded-in games.

>>986968
He's talking about past retrons. Of course retron5 will have good sound, it's being fucking emulated.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ch9vOsoo03Q
Shit sound is shit.

>>986718
If that was a person, i'd shoot it in the face.

>>986718
I don't understand what possess people to make such obviously ridiculous and shitty controllers. It's like what the FUCK is going through these peoples' heads?