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Thank you for doing these videos. Will the 3TB include music in all the games? I won’t mind paying more for the music. Also the 3TB vs the biggest 12TB what are the main differences? Is it mostly more switch and modern games? If im just looking for retro games up to ps3 will the 3TB have almost the same number as 12TB. Thank you in advance.
You can get a very cheap laptop or build a cheap pc. I agree, I would never boot that with my personal or work pc. Especially a cheap, chinesium product.
This would be worth it just as a time saver for people that didn't want to do the leg work and curate their own rom collection. Buy it, dump the roms in a quality sd card formatted for your personal choice of device like the ever popular Anbernic offerings. Then go through and set up exactly what you want in your personal library.
$15 for a 500gb external hard drive is great value, ok its a used hard drive probably ripped out from a old laptop. But still great value and the Roms are a plus.
One question I have which I haven't seen answered and I guess it really does depend on the frontend you're using, but if you were to remove a game from the drive, along with it's artwork and everything else associated with it, would it remove it completely or would the front end still think its there, but fail to open it? Like, how do they respond to things being added and removed? Thanks in advance if you can answer this 😊
Y'all owe it to yourselves to save up for the 5in1 12TB version linked in the video description and in the comments. It's got both some real oldies plus lots of the newer retros on it - Some stuff you won't likely find around online anymore. 5 frontends, almost 90,000 games. That number isn't as high as the sub-$20 one, but for what you're getting, you'd be glad you bought it. Plenty of console, handheld, and arcade memories to be had, and new ones made. 👍
I bought one of these and followed the boot instructions, but it doesn't boot properly. My PC gives an error and immediately shuts off. No other problems with my computer; everything works fine when I'm not using the drive, but the thing isn't working for me.
@@drewtalksI got it working; I had to search through different PC settings and set up a password just to disable Secure Boot, but it's running fine now.
Been emulating years and you'll find things like the PS1 works fine. All that's happened is that they have scraped the .bin file into the frontend and not the .cue files. All you need to do is delete that section and rescrape ps1 section into the emulator selecting only the .cues. The sound will be fine. It's a pretty common mistake.
Don't use the Black Friday link in the comments. Use the link in the bottom of the video above the Amazon link. I paid $11.11 including tax. 50% off. Absolutely an unbeatable deal.
To be honest for 20 now on Aliexpress, just the bios is worth it to me. I tried putting Apple 2 on retrobat but too many missing bios regardless of where i look online. I can find Roms all day long but to have 70 or so emulators that all actually run is where the bargin is. I assume i can copy this drive to a 1TB drive and then not worry about a crash or loading more Roms. It does seem the initial set up is a bit of a pain though but doable. Thank you for showing this as many drives now seem to exclude Apple 2 or other real retro games. Anything past SNES or Sega Genesis is little interest to me. Older is better.
I got a tx3 android box with 500 gig of games for $33 on ali, Came with a case snd 2 controllers, Gave it to my neighbor because I only like portable unit so I can stealth game, I am kind of old now.
That's a lot of games for $20! It's cheaper to buy this than it is to search around wasting your time on the internet and having your ISP watching you download all these games. Some people don't like the duplicate games but if you are concerned about game preservation, then this is the way to go because somebody out there is going to want the European or Japanese versions.
I just got it for $14 Including tax and with the points on my credit card and actually came out to $2.35. I will call that a steal for just a drive itself.
Wish you tryed out some of the Game Cube games....scrolling through titles interesting but would like a bit more game play. I didn't even think about the possibility of viruses so would not hook up to a PC with anything I care about on it.
Not sure about the 500GB variant, but I own the 5in1 12TB variant, and I know they're on there for sure. 👍 Doesn't work since my cat knocked it off my bed but with Aliexpress' Black Friday sale, gonna grab a new one.
@@drewtalks- lag because of ram or graphics cards? , i can upgrade only ram to 8gb but graphics card is old amd radeon -can i add ps2 games to this drive? -is there similar console to this that combine ps1 and ps2?
Yeah this has been out for many years drew as we know there’s much better out there for more money but this is a great price for novices/beginners/people who just want something quick and easy plug and play the red version of that hardrive is even better and does all from generation one to now with the exception of PS4/PS5 Xbox One/Xbox X/S I have both versions they’re good never an issue
We all know you are shilling hard for this product. SuperGrafx : 319 games. The NEC SuperGrafx had 6 games ever made, six. DO you understand? 1,2,3,4,5,6!
@drewtalks Merry Christmas to you and your family! Don't get me wrong, it's a cool find, just concerning that it's a bootsble drive. Who knows what else is on there besides the games. Definitely not this up on a non connected pc that doesn't have any personal info. Maybe I'll get it and put it on one with scanning software to see if it's clean.
I'd love to get something like this, but I want to just plug it into a TV instead and be able to 2 player Mario Bro 3 NES with wireless controllers on the couch with this amount of ROMS. Can anyone here recommend something? Happy Thanksgiving!
There is a lunchbox for $20, 500GB on ali. I remember when this was $40. I'm surprised there are still Nintentoes games on these. Solid drive, sad there is no Sega Model 1-3.
Need a higher tier in his links for those types. I can only speak for the 12TB 5in1 variant since I own it. They're on there for sure, and many more old "modern" Sega variants as well. 👍
If I wanted to transfer this to bigger drive to add additional games, is that a big hassle? Make the drive Bootable and copy the files? Also your link landed me on a flash deal. Got it for $10 shipped! Thanks for the tip.
I'm not sure about the bootable part,but you can always copy the game ROMs off the drive and load them into like a RetroBat,or Batocera Linux setup. With Batocera you'd be booting from the drive. With Retrobat you could just install and run it off the drive itself.
Gotta buy a higher capacity version. I own the 5in1 12TB version, and it has CPS3 plus stuff like the various "Sega Models," "Cave" shmups, M.U.G.E.N., even more OpenBOR, and plenty of other rare ones too. You owe it to yourself to collect it. Wouldn't disappoint. 👍
A good price, but this is not packed. Yes, ok it has a lot of games, but you do not earn a platinum award for this, you have a lot missing so nowhere near complete. You might as well just download a pack from relevant places and not spend $20. Yes, ok you would need the hardware, but if you already have that then you are just rehashing old tech. You can download roms for free. You could possibly buy a cheap second hand drive for less than $20. However, it is still a bargain anyway and I love the cassette, even though really you would imagine that a floppy disk would have been a lot better.
Only $15 on Black Friday!
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I couldn't say no this this!
Thank you for doing these videos. Will the 3TB include music in all the games? I won’t mind paying more for the music. Also the 3TB vs the biggest 12TB what are the main differences? Is it mostly more switch and modern games? If im just looking for retro games up to ps3 will the 3TB have almost the same number as 12TB. Thank you in advance.
Your link at the bottom of your video gives us a 50% discount. Only $11.11 after tax free shipping.
@@sspotter1978 which link
What are the requirements for my PC to run this???
"Some people have trouble with getting out of bed " you got my like and sub with that! 😂
All those Games for that price it's pretty good. But i wouldn't plug that on my personal pc.
it boot loads as a seperate hard drive , doesnt affect the pc
You can get a very cheap laptop or build a cheap pc. I agree, I would never boot that with my personal or work pc. Especially a cheap, chinesium product.
China yet again doing a better job at preserving games than the entire industry.
Lol true
They really are doing a better job at game availability, huh.
And make a profit off it brilliant
This would be worth it just as a time saver for people that didn't want to do the leg work and curate their own rom collection. Buy it, dump the roms in a quality sd card formatted for your personal choice of device like the ever popular Anbernic offerings. Then go through and set up exactly what you want in your personal library.
I love your commentary about people's commentary.
My thoughts exactly.
Finally, a video where I’m not 10 months late to the party! Thanks for the heads up on this!
I have this. Got it from aliexpress. Also got the 2tb from Amazon.. love it 👍🏾
NICE!
He said something about virus, does that mean if there is a concern or does it pop up that there may be a virus?
worse, he's booting up his PC off of it!? no friggin way.
Does this have emulators too? Do you need a computer to run it or can you play on a TV?
Yes it has emulators, just need a computer
$15 for a 500gb external hard drive is great value, ok its a used hard drive probably ripped out from a old laptop. But still great value and the Roms are a plus.
EXACTLY!
One question I have which I haven't seen answered and I guess it really does depend on the frontend you're using, but if you were to remove a game from the drive, along with it's artwork and everything else associated with it, would it remove it completely or would the front end still think its there, but fail to open it? Like, how do they respond to things being added and removed?
Thanks in advance if you can answer this 😊
usually when you remove the rom it removes it from the list
Sadly, won't ship to Canada. I've noted that with a lot of retro drives on Ali - usually the cheapest ones.
Y'all owe it to yourselves to save up for the 5in1 12TB version linked in the video description and in the comments. It's got both some real oldies plus lots of the newer retros on it - Some stuff you won't likely find around online anymore. 5 frontends, almost 90,000 games. That number isn't as high as the sub-$20 one, but for what you're getting, you'd be glad you bought it. Plenty of console, handheld, and arcade memories to be had, and new ones made. 👍
I bought one of these and followed the boot instructions, but it doesn't boot properly. My PC gives an error and immediately shuts off. No other problems with my computer; everything works fine when I'm not using the drive, but the thing isn't working for me.
its probably your boot settings you dont have it configured correctly
@@drewtalksI got it working; I had to search through different PC settings and set up a password just to disable Secure Boot, but it's running fine now.
Been emulating years and you'll find things like the PS1 works fine. All that's happened is that they have scraped the .bin file into the frontend and not the .cue files. All you need to do is delete that section and rescrape ps1 section into the emulator selecting only the .cues. The sound will be fine. It's a pretty common mistake.
Can you ADD roms???
Yes but you might want to transfer to a larger drive because it wouldn't have much space.
WOW 🤩 what an incredible deal!
Thank you 🙏 so much for sharing this Drew😊
Could someone do their own cleaning and delete versions to make search faster?
Yes
Just picked it up for 12.73 shipped off your Ali link. Appreciate the heads up. ✌
Don't use the Black Friday link in the comments. Use the link in the bottom of the video above the Amazon link. I paid $11.11 including tax. 50% off. Absolutely an unbeatable deal.
nICE!
thanks for the heads up! can you speak to using an external controller with this? suggestions? hard to setup or plug and play?
amzn.to/3CTtWd9 generic xbox 360 is best deal for controller with this
I use my ps5 controller
Can I use it on nvidia shield? Is it ok to connected it to Internet and update it?
Would you say this is good if you just wanted a room library to build another system?
If I did not have the know how to find them online then yes
Thanks for the heads up, I just ordered one
Nice!
I just received mine today. Excellent price saves me all this downloading time 😮
Right on!
To be honest for 20 now on Aliexpress, just the bios is worth it to me. I tried putting Apple 2 on retrobat but too many missing bios regardless of where i look online. I can find Roms all day long but to have 70 or so emulators that all actually run is where the bargin is.
I assume i can copy this drive to a 1TB drive and then not worry about a crash or loading more Roms.
It does seem the initial set up is a bit of a pain though but doable.
Thank you for showing this as many drives now seem to exclude Apple 2 or other real retro games. Anything past SNES or Sega Genesis is little interest to me. Older is better.
Huge file dumps of roms usually have a ton of non working games. It's still a deal with Nintendo as it's been illegal to obtain .
Some of them just need to be configured or emulator replaced / updated, though this defeats the purpose of it being sold as 'plug & plug'.
I see these, and always think they're better for someone else. Very cool, tho. The future of gaming doesn't seem bad.
I got a tx3 android box with 500 gig of games for $33 on ali, Came with a case snd 2 controllers, Gave it to my neighbor because I only like portable unit so I can stealth game, I am kind of old now.
That's a lot of games for $20! It's cheaper to buy this than it is to search around wasting your time on the internet and having your ISP watching you download all these games.
Some people don't like the duplicate games but if you are concerned about game preservation, then this is the way to go because somebody out there is going to want the European or Japanese versions.
indeed!
I just got it for $14 Including tax and with the points on my credit card and actually came out to $2.35. I will call that a steal for just a drive itself.
For those who cry about things like certain games tht don't work or are replicated at this price cmon grow a pair😢
Wish you tryed out some of the Game Cube games....scrolling through titles interesting but would like a bit more game play. I didn't even think about the possibility of viruses so would not hook up to a PC with anything I care about on it.
Could I just remove the hard drive from an old laptop and replace it with this and have a dedicated emulation laptop?
I have Daphne games can they be added to this drive with the art work and description of the game
Currently $40 on Amazon
Currently $15 on aliexpress
Im going to but it, thanks Drew @drewtalks
If I plug this on an android tv or xbox series s will this work?
No. This looks like the x86 version of Batocera. You should be able to access the ROMs on the drive independently.
@ thanks 🙏
Can you huch it up to a emulator and play or pc only haw much cpu do you need just a good laptop
i5 or better - any mini pc or laptop over $300 should run it fine, if you shop around you can get a refurbished desktop for around $100
I got infinity 1:51 screen, how to fix it
Are Sega Model 3 games like Daytona USA 2, Virtua Fighter 3, Sega Bass Fishing and Sega Rally 2 included?
Not sure about the 500GB variant, but I own the 5in1 12TB variant, and I know they're on there for sure. 👍
Doesn't work since my cat knocked it off my bed but with Aliexpress' Black Friday sale, gonna grab a new one.
Yeah I don't think so on the 500gb but the 3tb, 5tb and 12tb do
Will this work on a smart monitor?
You need a PC to play the games
Do they have any wrestling or football games
Guaranteed (I'd know because I'm in the habit of getting things in this scene).
Can you take the roms from the hard drive?
YES!
I wonder if this could be plugged into a series x in dev mode? Could u do a how to if it could? I would love too see it...
requirment?
i have 4gb ram only, does it work smoothly?
and 1 gb amd graphics card
The Wii u, PS2, and swotch would probably lag but most other systems work fine I would still rock it
@@drewtalks- lag because of ram or graphics cards? , i can upgrade only ram to 8gb but graphics card is old amd radeon
-can i add ps2 games to this drive?
-is there similar console to this that combine ps1 and ps2?
Yeah this has been out for many years drew as we know there’s much better out there for more money but this is a great price for novices/beginners/people who just want something quick and easy plug and play the red version of that hardrive is even better and does all from generation one to now with the exception of PS4/PS5 Xbox One/Xbox X/S I have both versions they’re good never an issue
Just ordered and it was on sale for $15
I know this sale was coming, thats why I made the video quickly :) - WHAT A DEAL
@@drewtalks Hell yea brotha Thanks!
No Zombie Revenge for the Dreamcast emulator? 😑
Is Paper Boy and Cyberball 2072 on there ? Only 2 i want
Paper boy was lit, and difficult, i never beat it....
Just ordered for my minisforum mini 👍
got it for 11.00 thanks!
Great deal
Software on these drives are out of date and full of viruses build your own
I have this but still havent used it yet
Oh it's worth checking out
Lag city with his little unit
You can copy them to another drive if it's too laggy for you
Just got it off Aliexpress for 12.00
Yeah super sale right now, nice
We all know you are shilling hard for this product. SuperGrafx : 319 games. The NEC SuperGrafx had 6 games ever made, six. DO you understand? 1,2,3,4,5,6!
You're hooking this up to your PC and letting it boot off of it? Yeah - that's not smart.
Of your concerned use an old refurbished comp for $100
@drewtalks Merry Christmas to you and your family! Don't get me wrong, it's a cool find, just concerning that it's a bootsble drive. Who knows what else is on there besides the games. Definitely not this up on a non connected pc that doesn't have any personal info. Maybe I'll get it and put it on one with scanning software to see if it's clean.
I'd love to get something like this, but I want to just plug it into a TV instead and be able to 2 player Mario Bro 3 NES with wireless controllers on the couch with this amount of ROMS. Can anyone here recommend something? Happy Thanksgiving!
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£8 on ali express👌🏻
There is a lunchbox for $20, 500GB on ali. I remember when this was $40. I'm surprised there are still Nintentoes games on these. Solid drive, sad there is no Sega Model 1-3.
Need a higher tier in his links for those types. I can only speak for the 12TB 5in1 variant since I own it. They're on there for sure, and many more old "modern" Sega variants as well. 👍
Arcade Punks is free
True!
I got mine for $3
What!!! Great deal
I see it for 40....
thats amazon, alixpress its only $15 shipped right now
If I wanted to transfer this to bigger drive to add additional games, is that a big hassle? Make the drive Bootable and copy the files? Also your link landed me on a flash deal. Got it for $10 shipped! Thanks for the tip.
I'm not sure about the bootable part,but you can always copy the game ROMs off the drive and load them into like a RetroBat,or Batocera Linux setup. With Batocera you'd be booting from the drive. With Retrobat you could just install and run it off the drive itself.
Not bad but I could build a larger one for Free99 just sayin but nice video
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Ketchum
I have a feeling that only 1% of these games work!
Imagine paying $20 for a file you could just torrent.
For 20 bucks, that's hard to beat for a plug n play but no cpsIII emu is no bueno
Gotta buy a higher capacity version. I own the 5in1 12TB version, and it has CPS3 plus stuff like the various "Sega Models," "Cave" shmups, M.U.G.E.N., even more OpenBOR, and plenty of other rare ones too. You owe it to yourself to collect it. Wouldn't disappoint. 👍
@DovahZeux MUGEN? Even latest builds? NOW I'm definitely looking into it. Thanks for the heads up bro 🤙
A good price, but this is not packed. Yes, ok it has a lot of games, but you do not earn a platinum award for this, you have a lot missing so nowhere near complete. You might as well just download a pack from relevant places and not spend $20. Yes, ok you would need the hardware, but if you already have that then you are just rehashing old tech. You can download roms for free. You could possibly buy a cheap second hand drive for less than $20. However, it is still a bargain anyway and I love the cassette, even though really you would imagine that a floppy disk would have been a lot better.
Everybody likes a "side piece"! 😁