I think these are nice. I couldn't find a raspberry pi for a decent price, and these come out of the box ready with controllers and are affordable. Thanks for these reviews!
At this point in 2023, what is the absolute BEST and easiest plug n play system with the most games? Max games, max hard drive, max performance, no faults/errors/games that don’t work - what system would that be?
I would like to know that as well? I had an older Xbox that had 10k games on it but it didn’t perform all that well on some of the harder to emulate game. This was back in 2016. So I’m interested to see what technology has advanced.
I don't think there is any plug and play that includes everything. There is custom built arcades that use a raspberry pi with retropi installed on them. A PC is also an option. You would need a decent amount of storage to get complete Gamesets for each system. More for the "newer" consoles like Dreamcast, PS1, PS2 and Xbox. Older consoles like Atari, N64, NES, SNES take up barely any memory and can be emulated on any PC pretty easily.
I'd be half tempted to get one of these all in one boxes just for the novelty of it and the games library. Something easy my younger kid can play on also.
I bought myself a pre configured hard drive with tons of games and launch box all set up was definitely worth it in the time it would of took me to set all that up. Not that I can't it's just I work a lot so it saves me a lot of free time. I think for 99 bucks this thing is a pretty good deal but if you wanna play 6th gen titles and some ps3 as well as 360 emulation a pre configured hard drive is the way to go if you have a decent pc. It's just nice to have all those games ready to go on a dedicated drive and not have to go to rom sites and bounce around trying to find the right download button.
@@NotChillin I got mine from a website called retro gaming house but one can also be acquired from ebay if you type in hyperspin hard drive or launchbox hard drive I think the launchbox ones are more expensive but have more features that's the one I have. But at the end of the day they both have all the games set up and ready to go.
So, I bought a Sumosys emulator system a few years ago and has 11k+ games on it. Definitely one of my favorite purchases of all-time, but I hate how poorly made the controllers are, they ALL break (B button ends up sticking) and I have already gone through half a dozen or more of them. This system you reviewed definitely has more recent generation consoles/games on it then the one I have and looks pretty good. Not sure how much it costs and whether the controllers are issue like on the system I have, but I really appreciate you posting this review!!! Thank you!!
Yeah i got a sumosys 700 back in 2017 or 2018. I agree the controllers aren't great, one of my d-pads broke and even the player 1 usb port got so loose it would disconnect VERY easily. But also about a year ago it started glitching out sometimes and bouts of random slowdown and/or speedup would happen, in some games more than others. Got to the point where it became basically unplayable and so last week i sadly called it a day and put it away for good 🥲. $150 CAD i got 4 or 5 years out of it, not bad i guess 🤷
@Robert Catania thanks man. Tbh after watching this vid i think i let it overheat once too often (left it on for days at a time accidentally). Good luck with yours, my next one will come with a built in fan lol
This is a great buy and love having it. I wanted to add that a LOT of the games in there have multiple versions. There are US, Euro, Chinese, Japanese versions of the same game. Some, like Street Fighter and King of Fighters, have many versions. The the real number of individual games is therefore far less than advertised since the 100,000 number includes all the different versions. Its not a big deal because it’s still a huge amount of games to try.
Hey man I have a question for you. I've never used one of these before, I've only ever had real systems. The games that are installed on this, are they the full real games? Can I save games? Is there 2 player games? If you respond thanks 😊
@@andrewcarpino1838 yes, they’re the same games. They mostly run as normal. You can save the usual way, as you would with the original games, and you have a separate save state option that can be accessed where you can pause and save anywhere you want (I can’t remember what the button combo is though). There is two player option, but on this machine you only get two USB ports. One is used up by the memory card that has the games which leaves one open port for the joypad dongle. You can use a separate usb splitter to connect more joypads, or in my case I just used the 8bitdo pro SN30 joypad which connects without needing a dongle.
Part of me feels like it's almost worth getting just because they packed thousands of games on it that you could transfer off to something powerful enough to play them all rather than going on hunts to find the collections and taking several days to download. Considering the lack of power that might actually be what they think is the main selling point.
I like the idea of a console like this that just works out of the box without me downloading ROMs/etc...but the speed issues. Is there something like this that has more power? OBviously, I'd expect to spend more, but that would be ok.
@@MrProjectmayhem How old are you? I've never had a problem finding any ROM. EDIT: LOL, YOU'RE A SOFTWARE ENGINEER??!? HOLY SHIT GOD SAVE US ALL! Bro, tell me how you have an engineering degree and you dont know how to use Google.
@@XXXXX8 thanks, I ask myself the same question every day. God knows how I managed it. TBH I haven’t properly looked for them, but the sites I did find are not trust worthy.
A fellow "Street Supremacy" enjoyer! I believe the biggest reason it didn't do well is the name. It's part of Genki's "Shutokou Battle" series in Japan. At the time most of the series had been published in the West by Crave under the fairly well known "Tokyo Xtreme Racer" branding. For some reason Konami ended up with the global rights to the PSP entry from Genki; but not the rights to the "TXR" brand, as that belonged to Crave. So, Konami had to use a new, and unknown, brand name for it. I think if Crave had gotten it and called it something like "Tokyo Xtreme Racer Portable" it'd sold considerably better.
I like racing games, but I've never been crazy about this series. I think it's the fact that all the races take place on bland highway loops at night. Also, I much prefer racing games where you try to place first after so many laps, rather than the health bar style of these games.
So refreshing to see someone giving these little boxes a fair review and not just crapping all over them. Granted, they do struggle with some of the more modern games and there are tons of duplicates and a few games here & there that just refuse to run but for the amount of games that do run well and the ease of being ready to go right out of the box I think they're pretty neat little systems. This one actually looks like one of the better ones, I may end up picking this one up myself. Thanks for the honest, fair review. 👍 Looks like I'll be waiting to snag this one, currently out of stock.
If this could play and emulate some of the PlayStation games that aren't available on modern consoles, I'd totally give it a try. The original Resident Evil 2 is playable on my PS3, but it just ported, not emulated. A version of the game that is all smoothed out would be phenomenal.
Yeah I agree especially it being chipset for a handheld. Very least it could be a 905x3 4gb and $20 dollars less. Then again most retro games will run smooth on this system.
Horses for courses. Factor in the total cost, plus the time to download and get everything set up, and to many it will look a little less appealing. At the end of the day, there are lots of options for every type of retro gamer. You could always spend thousands of £/$/Euro on a high end PC that will run every emulator at full speed, play modern games, handle HD video, browse the web and probably cook your dinner too. 😉
@@xxcrysad3000xx well from what i have seen this has the roms etc on an SD, so if you want you could by this just for the SD card and use your own hardware
For $130 I got a refurbished Dell Optiplex (looked new inside and out) with a 6th gen I5 and 256gb ssd. Even without the RX6400 I added, it will still blow this box OUT OF THE WATER! But yeah, I understand this is for folks who don't want the hassle with setting up their own build. 😌
There are always lots of options, depending on what you want to achieve, your budget and your skill levels. I think $130 is quite a lot for a retro gaming box. You can pick up an 'old' i3/i5 PC for next to nothing, or even just a Core 2 Duo, and it will still vastly outperform a cheap Android box. But it will use more power, take up more room and probably take a lot more setting up.
for what it is its pretty nice for the price I would love to see one of these with higher end hardware that can do higher end emulation like 3DS and up I know that where handheld pc gaming systems like the steam deck, aya neo and oneXplayer shine
ETA ….. if there’s is ever an emulation encyclopedia u need to be in it ! Pretty sure your videos made me do the switch from hyper spin to launch box … my life got easier, now we got emu boxes he’ll yeah.
Reviewers need to immediately call out the BS on these consoles. You are not getting 100K games. Yes, ETA mentions it, but like so many others, he glosses over it and still adds it to their headlines anyway for clickbait. It's padded with clones, broken roms, and other nonsense. By the time you get to the "higher end" consoles, so many of them have issues that it's not even worth buying.
This doesn't seem bad at all for people who just want to get up and running right away. 100,000+ games is a bit overkill, especially when multiple games are simply either in different languages or versions. But I guess saying you have 100,000+ games makes people want to buy it more. Personally, I curate my own collection. I've got about 22,000 retro games on my Steam Deck, no duplicates (unless you count MAME Pac-Man and Atari 2600 Pac-Man as a duplicate then yeah I got some duplicates....), and full collections of many systems. Easier to navigate and pick something nostalgic.
Looking at these system performance. We are kind of Lucky to have raspberry pi 4 on our side. I am yet to come across a single board computer that is compatible with so many things and inspite of costing 1/4 the amount of these systems. It still manages to beat them hands down.
@@HerondG I know it hurts. I am fortunate to have bought a pi4 before the prices became insane. But, 2nd hand pi4 are still at competitive prices. You can Try to get those there.
@@namangupta86 Pi's are great devices, but once you add in the cost of a case, fan, hdmi cable, controllers etc, the price soon adds up, assuming you can even find a Pi 4 at anything like it's normal price. You could argue that an old, cheap small form factor 'terminal' PC will do as good a job, if not better. It will also run Windows or Linux apps, browse the web and play PC games too.
@@another3997 Yes! the cost adds up for the first time. Most of the things like SD card(from old mobile phones), HDMI cable(comes with TV or other audio video devices), Controllers (Xbox or PS controllers are usually there at home but you also have an option to buy nice pair for not a huge dent). The whole idea of a pi is to tinker and watch with awe when it runs heavy systems like PSP, Saturn, Arcades etc flawlessly and still takes 5-12 watts at max. Combine that with the smallest form factor which I keep in a passive cooled noiseless case is a bliss. My mobile, Desktop or my Laptop might be able to run wii, Saturn or psp games flawlessly. But, it isn't just the same as a pi4 running those. Beleive me, It's the nostalgic experience that matters. That is kind of the whole point here. 🤩
yes they would need something a bit more powerful like a 4 core 8 threaded chip and it would be okay with like 8gb ram instead of the 2 they are putting into
Does it have classic Arcade games like Mortal Combat (1-3), Killer Instinct, NBA Jam, etc.? And can you create a favorite's list, as you go through the games, saving your favorite titles to an easier accessible list of the games you want to play all the time? Thanks for your review!!
Looks like a decent all in one easy start point. Do you have access to the file if you want to get in and make changes or remove redundant games or something?
Weird thing going on is they use and S905L chip inside only it shows S905X2 chip in the menu everywhere. 😳 In the and this is one of the many game boxes out there.... My favorite is that S905x3 with the next case & fan.
FYI for the future if you want to pick a PS1 game thats hard to emulate especially a fighting game you should pick Tobal #1 or its sequel Tobal 2 or Psychic Force. Ive found those are trickier than Bloody Roar 2.
If you play with these controllers alot they will only last about 6 months, then they stop working and the directional pads on them don't work very well, but the movement sticks on them work pretty well
I was thinking the same thing...I still have my 3do and play it from time to time, but my game collection is limited and they are hard to find these days.
I'm a UK based computer game fan definitely from the 80s and 90s. I grew up with Atari, commodore Vic 20 64 and Amiga. As the years went by I finished up with PS1. I'm a super x console owner who can't download any more games. Could this be a good purchase?
I feel the super console x chili pc box is the 2022 best plug in play box of the year it emulates all consoles and games from the 1970s to now with the exception of ps4 ps5 Xbox one and Xbox x/s I know we can do it ourselves or get the pc box or mini pc or king for cheaper but it won’t emulate as well as the chili pc box
This isn't strong enough for N64. It's more difficult than the ps1 to emulate which I would say puts it roughly around psp and dreamcast level hardware requirements which this didn't do well with.
Hahaha what are you Smoking?! The dreamcast has like 2vtimes the Power of the crappy N64. The N64 original came out in 1996 and had 64bit and 90mhz!! the dreamcast came out in 1998, was 128bit and had 200mhz!! And the Naomi arcade Board was even stronger. N64 loool. I could emulate N64 in 2001 on my PC.
Great channel and overview. I've been looking for something like this for the longest, is there a list of games that it offers? I really wanna play Snatcher on the Sega/Mega and Policenauts on the Saturn. Keep up the good work, I am definitely a fan of the channel
This is a great machine for retro games and it plays every game as soon as you hook it up to your tv and turn the power on. My only complaint is the input lag on the button prompts. It takes a good half a second to respond to after you press any button.
Nice but I wound sill go to Office Depot or Best Buy get one of their chrome boxes replace chrome OS with some form of Linux like my fav ubuntu and make that the MAME Box. Cost for time to make one DVD-R.
Looks cool. But if you have for example a xbox box series S or X you can take a few hours in retroarch and do something similar. Has the xbox is a ver powerful system to run emulators, with an external HDD its Just perfect
It's like an IKEA video game console, just put it in and play any emulation. While you can play most emulations on your computer too, for free, using Windows, Apple or Linux. On the Retron 5 I noticed you can play 5 different console games but I could see and hear the difference between the original games I grew up with. If you're serious about this, go get an old CRT-screen and every console and game cd/cartridge original. They will last longer too ànd they will allow you to put in a zapper or other light-gun. I have a GameBoy, GameGear, NES, SNES, SMS, SMD, SS and SDC, all original with scart cable or even antenna ànd an original arcade cabinet form 1991, also with CRT-screen. Only the micro-switces needed to be renewed. It was a big investment but so worth it.
I have a PI 3 I built up with RetroPi, and it took so many hours, getting complete roms etc. I used ETA videos throughtout to get me through though thankfully! So this looks like it would be a great plug and play. I have a question do any OpenBor games come preloaded with this system? I could never get them to work on my build.
There are a few openBor games but I couldn’t get them to work. They load up without any issues, I just couldn’t start the games. There’s probably a simple solution to it.
Yea I just got the superbox X3 114,000 games but I think it's the same chip. I was disappointed in the Gameplay but I need to mess with the option more.. Thanks for the video.
I see a lot of these kind of products but which one out of all of them is the best one to get? in terms of performance and number of games already installed
Got a 2 TB Xbox Original and while I do love it, I’ve been wanting to get into the Sega Saturn Library but it wasn’t available on my Xbox Original. 😅Now I want this one! 😮
What box that’s out there can run things full speed? As in what’s the best option? Wanting one for nostalgia sake, but several I’ve looked at seem sub par. Are the Pandora’s box joystick ones any good?
1000s of games, sure. But most are not worth your time. If you don't have have access to the gems and your favorites from back in the day, these kind of boxes could be a quick and easy way. Also good for people with limited internet, especially if you can access the roms from the system.
I love my switch to much love all the new graphic stuff now days never had amazing graphics when I was growing up but good for people that like old graphics
Hi was wondering if it’s possible to take all the content on that box and put it on a pc so you would not have your find all those games is that possible
Thats pretty cool, is it worth 100, you bet ya. I have an image on pi that is the same thing basically, but you got to know how to set it up, not that hard but maybe too much for alot of people. Its pretty cool
Yep, just grabbed one today with a gift card i got for X-mas. I have the lower end version of this box and I was happy with it but this one looks like it has a better variety of consoles and plays the higher end games better.
I actually owned a Sega Saturn.. It was 450$ in the 90s. So those who think the modern day consoles they are totally worth it looking at the graphics...
Vextrex was my 1st console that i picked out. I already had Atari in 1982/83 but Vextrex was awful. No saves,,no color lol...Scramble was hard as hell too.
I'm surprised that ETA doesn't start an eBay store to sell off the stuff he never uses, like Retro Game Corps. Or dispose of them with contests on the channel. Then he can write off the cost of the item + shipping as a business expense on his taxes.
Lol I've already been building these types of gaming PCs since last summer someone else finally caught on just the only difference is I get Free PC components thanks to my connection/friend 😁👍
I vastly prefer the X button on the bottom, not the left, when I use a controller. Bugs me to no end that moving the x button is how they keep gamers loyal to their brand. Having to look down at the controller everytime the key prompt comes up has always slowed down my game play on Xbox controllers
The X button position has been on the left for longer than it was ever on the bottom, with one of the first iterations being the Megadrive 6-button (1988), in which the top row buttons the "X" was the left-most on that layout. The Super Nintendo (1990) had the "X" button as the uppermost in its diaganal layout. When the Sony Playstation launched in 1994, it was one of the first to do away with letters (typically the ABYX or ABCD) and use shapes instead. Since then, the majority still use the letter format, and more brands have used the left side layout for "X" than not.
Fell like this would be worth just for the Sega, SNES, and all those old consoles games maybe gameboy games too if there are any I did see when you were flipping through a bit that megaman nt warrior was on there.
Depends on price and wondering if can add from classic game to new games even more newer games from future and remote controller being able to recharge too
Nice video and review...as far as technology got, I still a retro gamer....nostalgia is unbeatable! I am looking for a device to play exclusively SNES, Sega Mega Drive and Sega Master System. Any suggestions? Cheers
Try RetroArch on your phone and mirror your phone to your tv over wifi. You'd be surprised how many systems you've been able to emulate all along already!
Not worth getting over a Raspberry. I also don't think bundling games with it is legal though it could be worth buying for that aspect of it. For reference's sake, everything this can emulate a modded switch also can just as well and do a lot more on top of it.
You can't buy a Pi for a decent price. The games issue is the same whether they come included or if you download them yourself, most people won't be buying licenced copies of games. For reference sake, a used PC or laptop will do everything you need without having to mod a console. But as always, there are lots of options for people to choose and there is no one "right" way
Assuming you already have a spare laptop or other PC handy. If you have to buy everything from scratch, there are lots of options, depending on your budget, expectations and skill level. New or second hand, small or large, DIY or pre-built, cheap or expensive... pick your poison.
I’m really looking for something easy to play old PS1 rpgs like Xenogears, parasite Eve, and legend of dragoon. Are these on this system and are they playable?
Can anyone suggest a similar device to this but is really powerful to play the more top end stuff? I’m not talking about a PC/laptop though. I just want plug and play like a console. Basically like this dedicated emulation box in this video but powerful. It’s all relatively new to me. Got a steam deck but grabbing everything and getting it all up and running was beyond me 😢
Sadly I don’t think you’re going to find anything better than the deck if you already have one. Downloading emudeck is a pretty easy process. I recommend looking up a TH-cam tutorial for it if you are struggling.
@@ariellegonzalez5170 thanks for the advice. I tried following a tutorial but my brain is too old to cope 🥲 I’m waiting for more steam decks to be sold to people near me over the next year or more, and then I’ll ask to meet up with a random and offer them money to help me out 😂
The Super Console X King is the best of these Android boxes. You can play the Saturn, Dreamcast and N64 games upscaled (although you might have to change the emulator and settings on certain games) pretty well. PSP is a little more spotty, but it does play many of them.
All you have to do is have a laptop with at least 64 gigs and you can download all the games and emulators for every system for free. Any modern laptop can handle PlayStation one, and PlayStation two. So all the other game systems are easier to emulate. My laptop has Nintendo, super Nintendo, Sega, Sega CD, PlayStation one, PlayStation two. And it didn’t cost me anything and I have downloaded about 30 to 40 games for each system..
I love the interface and themes. No lag on the dashboard.
Indeed, do someone know the theme name ?
@@titoudoc huh?
LOL...love how the thumbnail made it look like it was the size of the OG Xbox
I think these are nice. I couldn't find a raspberry pi for a decent price, and these come out of the box ready with controllers and are affordable. Thanks for these reviews!
So these are built with a rasberry pi. I thought as much. Im watching with volume down so i cant hear the vid.
@@xymos7807 These are NOT PIs... they are an alternative since finding PIs right now at a reasonable price is a difficult task.
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Ah. Hmm. I'm curious.
words can't express how much I miss playing Virtual On with my Saturn
Looks great as a "one-way ticket" straight to nostalgialand.
That's a ticket to paradise 😄
It was George Bernard Shaw, not Benjamin Franklin, who said "We do not stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing."
At this point in 2023, what is the absolute BEST and easiest plug n play system with the most games? Max games, max hard drive, max performance, no faults/errors/games that don’t work - what system would that be?
I would like to know that as well? I had an older Xbox that had 10k games on it but it didn’t perform all that well on some of the harder to emulate game. This was back in 2016. So I’m interested to see what technology has advanced.
I'm here for this answer as well
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I don't think there is any plug and play that includes everything. There is custom built arcades that use a raspberry pi with retropi installed on them. A PC is also an option. You would need a decent amount of storage to get complete Gamesets for each system. More for the "newer" consoles like Dreamcast, PS1, PS2 and Xbox. Older consoles like Atari, N64, NES, SNES take up barely any memory and can be emulated on any PC pretty easily.
@@shanebyrd8629 Xbox Series S is the best affordable option to emulate everything up to 6th gen imo
I'd be half tempted to get one of these all in one boxes just for the novelty of it and the games library. Something easy my younger kid can play on also.
Thats why I got mine. I feel like its worth it.
I bought myself a pre configured hard drive with tons of games and launch box all set up was definitely worth it in the time it would of took me to set all that up. Not that I can't it's just I work a lot so it saves me a lot of free time. I think for 99 bucks this thing is a pretty good deal but if you wanna play 6th gen titles and some ps3 as well as 360 emulation a pre configured hard drive is the way to go if you have a decent pc. It's just nice to have all those games ready to go on a dedicated drive and not have to go to rom sites and bounce around trying to find the right download button.
Where could one find a preconfigured hard drive?
@@NotChillin I got mine from a website called retro gaming house but one can also be acquired from ebay if you type in hyperspin hard drive or launchbox hard drive I think the launchbox ones are more expensive but have more features that's the one I have. But at the end of the day they both have all the games set up and ready to go.
@@TylerMBuller12 How much did you pay?
Was the drive you bought plug and play or did you still have some setup to do?
@H W Ya it's plug and play. As long as your pc has the hardware to handle the emulator your good to go. Almost feels like a console.
So, I bought a Sumosys emulator system a few years ago and has 11k+ games on it. Definitely one of my favorite purchases of all-time, but I hate how poorly made the controllers are, they ALL break (B button ends up sticking) and I have already gone through half a dozen or more of them. This system you reviewed definitely has more recent generation consoles/games on it then the one I have and looks pretty good. Not sure how much it costs and whether the controllers are issue like on the system I have, but I really appreciate you posting this review!!! Thank you!!
Yeah i got a sumosys 700 back in 2017 or 2018. I agree the controllers aren't great, one of my d-pads broke and even the player 1 usb port got so loose it would disconnect VERY easily. But also about a year ago it started glitching out sometimes and bouts of random slowdown and/or speedup would happen, in some games more than others. Got to the point where it became basically unplayable and so last week i sadly called it a day and put it away for good 🥲. $150 CAD i got 4 or 5 years out of it, not bad i guess 🤷
@@billymustang3241 that sucks bro...but yes you got some good years out of it at least. I'm hoping the controllers are my only issue.
@Robert Catania thanks man. Tbh after watching this vid i think i let it overheat once too often (left it on for days at a time accidentally). Good luck with yours, my next one will come with a built in fan lol
This is a great buy and love having it. I wanted to add that a LOT of the games in there have multiple versions. There are US, Euro, Chinese, Japanese versions of the same game. Some, like Street Fighter and King of Fighters, have many versions. The the real number of individual games is therefore far less than advertised since the 100,000 number includes all the different versions. Its not a big deal because it’s still a huge amount of games to try.
Hey man I have a question for you. I've never used one of these before, I've only ever had real systems. The games that are installed on this, are they the full real games? Can I save games? Is there 2 player games? If you respond thanks 😊
@@andrewcarpino1838 yes, they’re the same games. They mostly run as normal. You can save the usual way, as you would with the original games, and you have a separate save state option that can be accessed where you can pause and save anywhere you want (I can’t remember what the button combo is though). There is two player option, but on this machine you only get two USB ports. One is used up by the memory card that has the games which leaves one open port for the joypad dongle. You can use a separate usb splitter to connect more joypads, or in my case I just used the 8bitdo pro SN30 joypad which connects without needing a dongle.
@@o-SPECTRE-o you're the man thank you 👊
One question does it have games from the Atair Jaguar?
What did it have in the Colecovision area?
Part of me feels like it's almost worth getting just because they packed thousands of games on it that you could transfer off to something powerful enough to play them all rather than going on hunts to find the collections and taking several days to download. Considering the lack of power that might actually be what they think is the main selling point.
That's a great idea! Is it easy to move the roms to another device? Are there videos for that? Thanks.
Personally, I'd get one just for the two wireless PS2 style controllers. Especially if they each have their own dongle.
These games would take a couple hours to download at most, and who knows how many of them are duplicates.
@@anon_y_mousse I'm actually hoping to use it with a racing wheel for a racing cabinet. The controllers are cool, though.
@@nowee1953 Yeah, there's always a bunch of duplicates.
You know what's even better than this?
Literally any used smartphone from the past 5 years.
I love the nostalgia of older games.
And nostalgia has levels also. I'm more nostalgic for Coleco than NES.
@@svenjansen2134 PS1/N64 over here.
I like the idea of a console like this that just works out of the box without me downloading ROMs/etc...but the speed issues. Is there something like this that has more power? OBviously, I'd expect to spend more, but that would be ok.
I have a spare pi, I can never find reliable sites to get Roms from. Might just buy this.
@@MrProjectmayhem How old are you? I've never had a problem finding any ROM.
EDIT: LOL, YOU'RE A SOFTWARE ENGINEER??!? HOLY SHIT GOD SAVE US ALL! Bro, tell me how you have an engineering degree and you dont know how to use Google.
@@XXXXX8 thanks, I ask myself the same question every day. God knows how I managed it. TBH I haven’t properly looked for them, but the sites I did find are not trust worthy.
These boxes work pretty well but you really don't know unless you get one and play games to the end
A fellow "Street Supremacy" enjoyer! I believe the biggest reason it didn't do well is the name. It's part of Genki's "Shutokou Battle" series in Japan. At the time most of the series had been published in the West by Crave under the fairly well known "Tokyo Xtreme Racer" branding. For some reason Konami ended up with the global rights to the PSP entry from Genki; but not the rights to the "TXR" brand, as that belonged to Crave. So, Konami had to use a new, and unknown, brand name for it. I think if Crave had gotten it and called it something like "Tokyo Xtreme Racer Portable" it'd sold considerably better.
I like racing games, but I've never been crazy about this series. I think it's the fact that all the races take place on bland highway loops at night. Also, I much prefer racing games where you try to place first after so many laps, rather than the health bar style of these games.
@@lurkerrekrul Well, lucky for you, pretty much every other racing game in existence has you covered.
I always want to see skies of Arcadia on dreamcast
So refreshing to see someone giving these little boxes a fair review and not just crapping all over them. Granted, they do struggle with some of the more modern games and there are tons of duplicates and a few games here & there that just refuse to run but for the amount of games that do run well and the ease of being ready to go right out of the box I think they're pretty neat little systems. This one actually looks like one of the better ones, I may end up picking this one up myself. Thanks for the honest, fair review. 👍
Looks like I'll be waiting to snag this one, currently out of stock.
I just ordered one, they’re back in stock
@@NastyWorks thank you, I'll definitely check it out.
Can we all agree on how crappy Soulja Game console was? LOL!
If this could play and emulate some of the PlayStation games that aren't available on modern consoles, I'd totally give it a try. The original Resident Evil 2 is playable on my PS3, but it just ported, not emulated. A version of the game that is all smoothed out would be phenomenal.
Too many s905 boxes. I feel at this point in time s922x should be the minimum for a dedicated emulation box to sell.
Yeah I agree especially it being chipset for a handheld. Very least it could be a 905x3 4gb and $20 dollars less. Then again most retro games will run smooth on this system.
We need some RK3588 boxes.
@@MyAulos true but after batocera and or emuelec support that chipset. Orange pi 5 will be the first one to be cheap.
S905X2, 2GB RAM...
The only real difference between two (three?) year old original Super console X pro & this X2 is a different case, in a nutshell 😒
I knew somebody would make something
Like this one day read my mind.
With the power of AMD's APU's its alot easier to do better retro boxes and now you see the limitations of the older hardware
True but then you have to track down all the rom's and iso's and set things up and configure and stuff. That's a pain even when you know how to do it.
Horses for courses. Factor in the total cost, plus the time to download and get everything set up, and to many it will look a little less appealing. At the end of the day, there are lots of options for every type of retro gamer. You could always spend thousands of £/$/Euro on a high end PC that will run every emulator at full speed, play modern games, handle HD video, browse the web and probably cook your dinner too. 😉
@@xxcrysad3000xx well from what i have seen this has the roms etc on an SD, so if you want you could by this just for the SD card and use your own hardware
Some day first thing as a father im gonna buy this kind of system for my kids and let them embrace and enjoy the old school games.
For $130 I got a refurbished Dell Optiplex (looked new inside and out) with a 6th gen I5 and 256gb ssd. Even without the RX6400 I added, it will still blow this box OUT OF THE WATER!
But yeah, I understand this is for folks who don't want the hassle with setting up their own build. 😌
There are always lots of options, depending on what you want to achieve, your budget and your skill levels. I think $130 is quite a lot for a retro gaming box. You can pick up an 'old' i3/i5 PC for next to nothing, or even just a Core 2 Duo, and it will still vastly outperform a cheap Android box. But it will use more power, take up more room and probably take a lot more setting up.
for what it is its pretty nice for the price I would love to see one of these with higher end hardware that can do higher end emulation like 3DS and up I know that where handheld pc gaming systems like the steam deck, aya neo and oneXplayer shine
Lied about turning the music off in PS1 games. People know they dont have music to save space on the ROMS.
@timpeachey9394 Indeed,I have also the same X2 and the only game with music is Crash Bandicoot,that s the only one
ETA ….. if there’s is ever an emulation encyclopedia u need to be in it !
Pretty sure your videos made me do the switch from hyper spin to launch box … my life got easier, now we got emu boxes he’ll yeah.
Reviewers need to immediately call out the BS on these consoles. You are not getting 100K games. Yes, ETA mentions it, but like so many others, he glosses over it and still adds it to their headlines anyway for clickbait. It's padded with clones, broken roms, and other nonsense. By the time you get to the "higher end" consoles, so many of them have issues that it's not even worth buying.
This doesn't seem bad at all for people who just want to get up and running right away. 100,000+ games is a bit overkill, especially when multiple games are simply either in different languages or versions. But I guess saying you have 100,000+ games makes people want to buy it more. Personally, I curate my own collection. I've got about 22,000 retro games on my Steam Deck, no duplicates (unless you count MAME Pac-Man and Atari 2600 Pac-Man as a duplicate then yeah I got some duplicates....), and full collections of many systems. Easier to navigate and pick something nostalgic.
Dam 22k games eh?
So it's possible to get every single console game ever made basically?
@@GORILLA_PIMP I have pretty much every game from every home console from Atari 2600 to N64 on my PC so yes it is possible.
@@RailsChicago
Wow dude that's nuts
I think imma try an figure out how to get some old games too
Can you get original xbox games?
@@GORILLA_PIMP Not sure. Never tried it. I would imagine its a lot more complicated.
Where you get your rooms, if ya don't mind me asking
Perfect camping toy with a portable battery pack for the machine and a portable projector this thing could be a lot of fun.
Looking at these system performance. We are kind of Lucky to have raspberry pi 4 on our side. I am yet to come across a single board computer that is compatible with so many things and inspite of costing 1/4 the amount of these systems. It still manages to beat them hands down.
if only rpi4s were at msrp tho
@@HerondG I know it hurts. I am fortunate to have bought a pi4 before the prices became insane. But, 2nd hand pi4 are still at competitive prices. You can Try to get those there.
@@namangupta86 Pi's are great devices, but once you add in the cost of a case, fan, hdmi cable, controllers etc, the price soon adds up, assuming you can even find a Pi 4 at anything like it's normal price. You could argue that an old, cheap small form factor 'terminal' PC will do as good a job, if not better. It will also run Windows or Linux apps, browse the web and play PC games too.
@@another3997 Yes! the cost adds up for the first time. Most of the things like SD card(from old mobile phones), HDMI cable(comes with TV or other audio video devices), Controllers (Xbox or PS controllers are usually there at home but you also have an option to buy nice pair for not a huge dent).
The whole idea of a pi is to tinker and watch with awe when it runs heavy systems like PSP, Saturn, Arcades etc flawlessly and still takes 5-12 watts at max. Combine that with the smallest form factor which I keep in a passive cooled noiseless case is a bliss.
My mobile, Desktop or my Laptop might be able to run wii, Saturn or psp games flawlessly. But, it isn't just the same as a pi4 running those. Beleive me, It's the nostalgic experience that matters. That is kind of the whole point here. 🤩
I would pick up something like this with a more powerful CPU/GPU combo, I would like to emulate up to Ps2/GC and higher end arcade.
yes they would need something a bit more powerful like a 4 core 8 threaded chip and it would be okay with like 8gb ram instead of the 2 they are putting into
Is it just the ROMs on the SD card, or the full OS? Be fun to see what booting that SD card on a Beelink SER machine would be like.
That SD card has the ROMS and the EmuELEC install. Without that stick plugged in, the device boots to vanilla Android TV.
@@shadowtheimpure can i install this software on my android tv with usb stick?
While I don't support these machines. If you disable decorations, it should bring everything to full speed.
Does it have classic Arcade games like Mortal Combat (1-3), Killer Instinct, NBA Jam, etc.? And can you create a favorite's list, as you go through the games, saving your favorite titles to an easier accessible list of the games you want to play all the time? Thanks for your review!!
What he said, MK? NBA Jam? Street Fighter 2 CE? Favorites? Game list?
If not these should be no brainer of features.
Part of me likes this and the other part of me knows people are going to flood streams with content they don’t even own.
Looks like a decent all in one easy start point. Do you have access to the file if you want to get in and make changes or remove redundant games or something?
Ahh. Someone who almost has the same name as me.🤣
Same here. I wanna know if games csn be added
Weird thing going on is they use and S905L chip inside only it shows S905X2 chip in the menu everywhere. 😳
In the and this is one of the many game boxes out there.... My favorite is that S905x3 with the next case & fan.
whats really confusing me is how they are getting this sort of performance on s905l / s905x2???? seems like sorcery or something
Honestly for the price its a pretty decent deal, especially considering it can run android apps for tv and stuff.
FYI for the future if you want to pick a PS1 game thats hard to emulate especially a fighting game you should pick Tobal #1 or its sequel Tobal 2 or Psychic Force. Ive found those are trickier than Bloody Roar 2.
Great video ETA! I'll like to see general Android and Android game performance on this console.
If you play with these controllers alot they will only last about 6 months, then they stop working and the directional pads on them don't work very well, but the movement sticks on them work pretty well
Id get it if I knew how the 3do games played on it.....I know 3do can be tricky on emulating, similar to the Sega Saturn.
I was thinking the same thing...I still have my 3do and play it from time to time, but my game collection is limited and they are hard to find these days.
I'm a UK based computer game fan definitely from the 80s and 90s. I grew up with Atari, commodore Vic 20 64 and Amiga. As the years went by I finished up with PS1. I'm a super x console owner who can't download any more games. Could this be a good purchase?
I feel the super console x chili pc box is the 2022 best plug in play box of the year it emulates all consoles and games from the 1970s to now with the exception of ps4 ps5 Xbox one and Xbox x/s I know we can do it ourselves or get the pc box or mini pc or king for cheaper but it won’t emulate as well as the chili pc box
I'd be more interested in the arcade only games and the NAOMI powered games and CPS3
Ryzen 2400g mini pc runs a $150 shipped on ebay now too
It would be nice to see some N64 footage on this. :)
This isn't strong enough for N64. It's more difficult than the ps1 to emulate which I would say puts it roughly around psp and dreamcast level hardware requirements which this didn't do well with.
Hahaha what are you Smoking?! The dreamcast
has like 2vtimes the Power of the crappy N64. The N64 original came out in 1996 and had 64bit and 90mhz!! the dreamcast came out in 1998, was 128bit and had 200mhz!! And the Naomi arcade Board was even stronger. N64 loool. I could emulate N64 in 2001 on my PC.
It *was* available on Amazon. And then ETA posted about it.
Great channel and overview. I've been looking for something like this for the longest, is there a list of games that it offers? I really wanna play Snatcher on the Sega/Mega and Policenauts on the Saturn. Keep up the good work, I am definitely a fan of the channel
Does it have either Power stone2 (Dreamcast) or conker’s bad fur day (N64) and how do they run?
This is a great machine for retro games and it plays every game as soon as you hook it up to your tv and turn the power on. My only complaint is the input lag on the button prompts. It takes a good half a second to respond to after you press any button.
Bro get Xbox series s or x , absolute emulator beast . I even played dreamcast online on it with quake 3 and pso
@@horineesgaming7354 I’ll try it out on my Series X one day when I feel like using my laptop to get the software
Looks pretty good. Can you tell me, does it have the Die Hard Arcade game? I believe it was a sega cd game
Josh, if the parcel turns up, can you leave it in the shed and I'll pick it up on Tuesday after picking up the dog.
Cheers mate.
Nice but I wound sill go to Office Depot or Best Buy get one of their chrome boxes replace chrome OS with some form of Linux like my fav ubuntu and make that the MAME Box. Cost for time to make one DVD-R.
Looks cool.
But if you have for example a xbox box series S or X you can take a few hours in retroarch and do something similar. Has the xbox is a ver powerful system to run emulators, with an external HDD its Just perfect
I don't mind if it's an add . I'll decided after his honest review .
a notoriously hard game to run even on original hardware was Legend of Dragoon how does that hold up on a board like this????
It's like an IKEA video game console, just put it in and play any emulation. While you can play most emulations on your computer too, for free, using Windows, Apple or Linux.
On the Retron 5 I noticed you can play 5 different console games but I could see and hear the difference between the original games I grew up with.
If you're serious about this, go get an old CRT-screen and every console and game cd/cartridge original. They will last longer too ànd they will allow you to put in a zapper or other light-gun.
I have a GameBoy, GameGear, NES, SNES, SMS, SMD, SS and SDC, all original with scart cable or even antenna ànd an original arcade cabinet form 1991, also with CRT-screen. Only the micro-switces needed to be renewed.
It was a big investment but so worth it.
Lmk if it will run the 3DO Road rash perfectly that is the best version ever made of that game ✊🏆🎮
agreed!!!
Naw .. 2 on genesis
is there a game list?
I have a PI 3 I built up with RetroPi, and it took so many hours, getting complete roms etc. I used ETA videos throughtout to get me through though thankfully! So this looks like it would be a great plug and play. I have a question do any OpenBor games come preloaded with this system? I could never get them to work on my build.
There are a few openBor games but I couldn’t get them to work. They load up without any issues, I just couldn’t start the games. There’s probably a simple solution to it.
Yea I just got the superbox X3 114,000 games but I think it's the same chip. I was disappointed in the Gameplay but I need to mess with the option more.. Thanks for the video.
If I get this console will I need to connect it to my Ethernet or can I use the WiFi I have at my through my fire tv?
I see a lot of these kind of products but which one out of all of them is the best one to get? in terms of performance and number of games already installed
Modern Vintage Gamer has some great uploads about the best emulators
Got a 2 TB Xbox Original and while I do love it, I’ve been wanting to get into the Sega Saturn Library but it wasn’t available on my Xbox Original. 😅Now I want this one! 😮
What box that’s out there can run things full speed? As in what’s the best option? Wanting one for nostalgia sake, but several I’ve looked at seem sub par. Are the Pandora’s box joystick ones any good?
Remember action 52 that had 52 games on the NES and megadrive? Well this is action 107388.
Thanks for the video. Been thinking about getting one of these. Been sitting in my wish list
1000s of games, sure. But most are not worth your time.
If you don't have have access to the gems and your favorites from back in the day, these kind of boxes could be a quick and easy way.
Also good for people with limited internet, especially if you can access the roms from the system.
This is awesome bro. Added to my cart. Thanks for this great review 🙏
I love my switch to much love all the new graphic stuff now days never had amazing graphics when I was growing up but good for people that like old graphics
Hi was wondering if it’s possible to take all the content on that box and put it on a pc so you would not have your find all those games is that possible
Should be possible
Great for hooking up to a small screen in your car... I need something to do at break time 💪 love your vids, keep it up
Do you have a personal recommendation for buying one of these retro gaming emulator systems?
Would really appreciate your opinion on one.
Thank you!
Thats pretty cool, is it worth 100, you bet ya.
I have an image on pi that is the same thing basically, but you got to know how to set it up, not that hard but maybe too much for alot of people. Its pretty cool
For anyone interested there’s a current $20 coupon for these boxes on Amazon Dropping it down to $79.99 USD
Yep, just grabbed one today with a gift card i got for X-mas. I have the lower end version of this box and I was happy with it but this one looks like it has a better variety of consoles and plays the higher end games better.
Not too bad of a price for those that can't and don't want to just set one up them selves.
What controller can I buy to replace the PS2 style controller it comes with? Any suggestions?
I actually owned a Sega Saturn.. It was 450$ in the 90s. So those who think the modern day consoles they are totally worth it looking at the graphics...
Vextrex was my 1st console that i picked out.
I already had Atari in 1982/83 but Vextrex was awful.
No saves,,no color lol...Scramble was hard as hell too.
he must have a room full of these boxes and pc's
I'm surprised that ETA doesn't start an eBay store to sell off the stuff he never uses, like Retro Game Corps. Or dispose of them with contests on the channel. Then he can write off the cost of the item + shipping as a business expense on his taxes.
@@mattdavis9601 He has done contests in the past but not that many so he must just have so many devices still in his posession.
Lol I've already been building these types of gaming PCs since last summer someone else finally caught on just the only difference is I get Free PC components thanks to my connection/friend 😁👍
Just ordered mine ! In Amazon can't wait to try it tomorrow!
What theme is that? Can i use that with batocera?
I vastly prefer the X button on the bottom, not the left, when I use a controller. Bugs me to no end that moving the x button is how they keep gamers loyal to their brand. Having to look down at the controller everytime the key prompt comes up has always slowed down my game play on Xbox controllers
The X button position has been on the left for longer than it was ever on the bottom, with one of the first iterations being the Megadrive 6-button (1988), in which the top row buttons the "X" was the left-most on that layout. The Super Nintendo (1990) had the "X" button as the uppermost in its diaganal layout. When the Sony Playstation launched in 1994, it was one of the first to do away with letters (typically the ABYX or ABCD) and use shapes instead. Since then, the majority still use the letter format, and more brands have used the left side layout for "X" than not.
Fell like this would be worth just for the Sega, SNES, and all those old consoles games maybe gameboy games too if there are any I did see when you were flipping through a bit that megaman nt warrior was on there.
People make these types of things
All of the time.
Picture one with ps2 games,ps3 games
Xbox as well?
It's gonna be all great till someone
Snitch to Nintendo about it.😑
Depends on price and wondering if can add from classic game to new games even more newer games from future and remote controller being able to recharge too
Nice video and review...as far as technology got, I still a retro gamer....nostalgia is unbeatable!
I am looking for a device to play exclusively SNES, Sega Mega Drive and Sega Master System.
Any suggestions?
Cheers
Just buy a nes/megadrive mini and hack them.
Try RetroArch on your phone and mirror your phone to your tv over wifi. You'd be surprised how many systems you've been able to emulate all along already!
Not worth getting over a Raspberry. I also don't think bundling games with it is legal though it could be worth buying for that aspect of it. For reference's sake, everything this can emulate a modded switch also can just as well and do a lot more on top of it.
pi sucks
You can't buy a Pi for a decent price. The games issue is the same whether they come included or if you download them yourself, most people won't be buying licenced copies of games. For reference sake, a used PC or laptop will do everything you need without having to mod a console. But as always, there are lots of options for people to choose and there is no one "right" way
never knew that this existed until I saw this video.
I preferred kimhank's 500gb disk and powering up from the laptop haha.
Assuming you already have a spare laptop or other PC handy. If you have to buy everything from scratch, there are lots of options, depending on your budget, expectations and skill level. New or second hand, small or large, DIY or pre-built, cheap or expensive... pick your poison.
Yes, that's my case, that's why my message :)
So nintendo takes down fangames and rom sites, but they somehow havn't sued this thing out of existance yet, despite it literally selling their roms.
I’m really looking for something easy to play old PS1 rpgs like Xenogears, parasite Eve, and legend of dragoon. Are these on this system and are they playable?
there is a Super Console X3 on Amazon when i searched for this device
Know a few people would love a device like this. They like pick up and play.
These things always freeze in the compatibility sucks about 50% of the games won't work
Can anyone suggest a similar device to this but is really powerful to play the more top end stuff? I’m not talking about a PC/laptop though. I just want plug and play like a console. Basically like this dedicated emulation box in this video but powerful. It’s all relatively new to me. Got a steam deck but grabbing everything and getting it all up and running was beyond me 😢
Sadly I don’t think you’re going to find anything better than the deck if you already have one. Downloading emudeck is a pretty easy process. I recommend looking up a TH-cam tutorial for it if you are struggling.
@@ariellegonzalez5170 thanks for the advice. I tried following a tutorial but my brain is too old to cope 🥲 I’m waiting for more steam decks to be sold to people near me over the next year or more, and then I’ll ask to meet up with a random and offer them money to help me out 😂
The Super Console X King is the best of these Android boxes. You can play the Saturn, Dreamcast and N64 games upscaled (although you might have to change the emulator and settings on certain games) pretty well. PSP is a little more spotty, but it does play many of them.
Persevere with the Steam Deck. It kills this toy. Arcade Punks has got what you need.
@@Nickbaldeagle02 hey Nick. I’ve been looking at Hyperspin dealers because of the 12-16TB drives stacked full of retro goodness. Any ideas of that?
Do you have a chart? Like something that shows the processor, what emulators it works well with, what it doesn't emulate well etc.?
All you have to do is have a laptop with at least 64 gigs and you can download all the games and emulators for every system for free. Any modern laptop can handle PlayStation one, and PlayStation two. So all the other game systems are easier to emulate. My laptop has Nintendo, super Nintendo, Sega, Sega CD, PlayStation one, PlayStation two. And it didn’t cost me anything and I have downloaded about 30 to 40 games for each system..
Instant buy saw dragon force on saturn, now if it had vagrant story or fromt mission 3 for PS1