I love going back and watching all of these older videos. It's just Jerry having fun and sharing the excitement and enjoyment of his hobbies with us. This is the guy and the content that I miss!
Wow, I thought I'm literally the only peson that does this. I did unsubscribe a few years back after he suddenly more or less stopped making videos. About a month ago I got the urge to look up his old videos and they still were awesome. Too bad that changed completely over the years. The channel is dead beside those streams.
The "plastic prong" one is for the UK. The plastic one is usually metal and earthed but it's longer because it opens the holes for the live and neutral pins, basically in the UK you can't stick things in the plug sockets and electrocute yourself without first sticking something in earth to open the live and neutral holes. It's a good system! :)
Sorry. We can't do that here in America because we like confusing foreigners on the way me do things. There are countries that use the metric system and then there are counties that have put a man on the moon! Haha :)
theOCGN There are also countries that used the metric system to put a robot on an asteroid ;) we're still clinging to imperial though as we still have pints for beer and miles for roads :D
I used to collect NES games for years, but took a break to pursue other passions. This video made me realize how much I miss it. Thank you for getting me interested in retro gaming again. :)
Man I'm really digging the longer videos Jerry. Great work, keep it up! I can't imagine how much more work it is, but it always brightens my day seeing that little "1" next to "Barnacules Nerdgasm"! Thank you!
The reason for the plastic prong is because U.K. sockets are 240V, it is a protection against people getting their fingers in. The plastic prong activates a mechanism that opens up the two voltage items. Sometimes it is a metal prong to be used as a grounding cable.
this is cool but i decided to get an original xbox, put a bigger hard drive in and put just about every emulator in it with every game for every system
I mapped the filters to the small button on the top right of the console... very helpful as some games look better with different filters and you can change them on the fly.
***** they are most definitely in legal trouble. As soon as they publically released the code sources, they increased the price by 20, I'm assuming to help with lawyer fees and such. Hyperkin is fucked.
Ruhan Salam Hey, if they give me a good deal, they can call it Gaming Boys Advancement for all I care. I got my 3DS for $35 from someone who called it a Game Boy Advance 3DS.
The RetronN 5 is overpriced junk as the included controller is a joke, the cart slots are super tight, which could damage the system and/or carts, the nonprofit emulation code Hyperkin uses was stolen from various sources without proper credit given too the original code creators(They are in legal trouble because of this). Also the emulation has various bugs that have not been addressed. I personally find it better too just own the original consoles, or hack your Wii with the Homebrew channel, as the emulators are 100% spot on accurate for all the games I've played.
I agree, and disagree at the same time. Like..I agree with the controller being a joke, tight cart slots, and the fact that them using stolen stuff is stupid(and legally questionable), but at the same time, I think it could still be useful for people that have a ton of carts, but not a ton of room to set up multiple consoles. Personally, I'd just emulate on a PC. Hell, you could get a small mini-pc, and set it up JUST for emulation, and hook it up to a TV. Then place your cart on top of it when you play a rom and it'd be pretty much the same thing...but better. But..some people like it, so if they like it, then they can use it. If people are going to get it though, they need to hurry, because if the legal issues they're having causes huge problems, they might end up pulling the retron 5 from websites and stuff. There's already some stores that refuse to sell it because of it.
txfnero The retronN 4 actually did play the games... I have no idea why they went with this route. If one does an all in one like this, just get a RetonN 4. It's better than this.
Scope-Eye video man.. I just sounded like a total dumbass, didn't I? That's what I meant. I really thought it was called the RetroN 4. Well anyways, get the Retron 3. It basically does the same thing as the Retron 5, but without the whole emulation ROM dump. I still find it weird that HyperKin went the emulation route of all things.
Andre Cruz Eh, we all make mistakes, you know? I think the emulation route is actually better for Hyperkin in a few ways: The hardware may actually be cheaper than the cloned console-on-a-chip stuff they were using (particularly when implementing multiple systems), because it's not specialized hardware at all... And going to emulation makes it possible to address some of the compatibility issues they've been facing with certain games. (Hyperkin doesn't make the Nintendo-on-a-chip hardware that they use, as far as I know, they just build a system around it. So they don't have a lot of control over those issues.) Plus, of course, it gets us HDMI with high picture quality. (NES in particular only supports composite, so the best possible signal you can get out of a stock NES or a clone is going to have all kinds of dot-crawl and color bleeding. It's possible that the clone hardware for Genesis and SNES doesn't include S-Video or RGB output either, in which case there's really no getting a good picture out of it.)
i think n64 is still the most fun to me at least i love majoras mask and OOT and MK 64 and forsaken and all of em really oh yeah and i loooove Banjo 1 &2
The one with the plastic is UK, the plastic one is there as a place holder due to most British appliances using a grounding mechanism so that if the wiring is faulty it doesn't explode/burn the house down
I've been meaning to pick one of these up from my work at Game Star, which I saw the banner in your Retro Expo video and legit squeed like a girl. I'm glad to see that it performs up to par. We had a bit of a live demo in store w/ one of our regulars, but it's awesome to get an actual spec take from a guy who knows his stuff. Keep doing awesome, bud...maybe I'll be able to be a retro TH-camr one day. #RetroGamingBug #MuchRespect
From what I've been reading, it seems that the cartridges being so tight has become a bit more than just an inconvenience for some. People have reported that it can actually damage the pins inside the console, in some cases you can actually rip one or two of the pins completely out when trying to remove the cartridges. Just something you might want to keep an eye on. Absolutely love the channel! You have quickly become one of my all time favorite TH-camrs. I'm always excited when I see a new Nerdgasm video pop up in my subscriptions page :)
Hey, Jerry, one with plastic prong is UK. We have 240v so for safety reasons we have a plastic prong that opens up the two main power holes in the socket :D
Prong plug is UK. It's longer than the two 'power prongs' and as it penetrates the top hole (o0) it opens up the 'power holes' beneath which have little shields on them. Stops kids being able to stick stuff in the socket since they would need to simultaneously insert something in the top hole and one of the power holes.
The Imaginationland plug is the Europlug, it is the smaller ungrounded sibling of the Schuko, which is a backwards compatible universal plug for a handful of popular European plugs, It is widly considered the standard mainland European plug, but some countries like France and Denmark still use their own connectors, with which the Schuko and the Europlug are compatible though.
The three prong one is for the UK and the plastic prong is for ground on items that need it but most don't so they just have a plastic one because of the way the plug is engineered you can't plug in with out the top prong.
Hey Jerry, I just found your videos today and I really enjoy them. I think that you are great and I love your videos. I Love to program even tho I not very good at it, but mostly do get what I want accomplished. I was wondering if you could do a video series on making a 3D printer. Keep up the good work, I am looking forward to your videos. I would also Like to see a video on building a retro gaming bar-top Cab.
Hello Barnacles, LMAO with your videos , and also with the bat knife, I guess its not sharp because takes a lot of time to cut the tape in the box LOL, peace!, great review of the console.
greetings Barnacules Nerdgasm, the plugs are for: imagination land = almost all of the Europe (small variations of the plug in different countries, but that fits "every" country). and the last one is from UK, and I am from Portugal xD keep up the good videos as always and happy retro gaming, god knows I love my Sega Mega Drive II (Genesis II in US) :D
lol the 3 prong plug is the UK. The plastic one is the earth prong and is still needed to have a pin even if its not used as the plug won't go in unless the earth pin is pushed in first to 'unlock' the other two. Hence why its slightly longer :D
I love how the console plays NES,SNES, and genesis games but most of the games in your arms are N64 games. XD Either way love the videos dude. Great to see someone who actually does some kind of research into what they talk about before they do a review video.
I've been thinking about picking one of these up, but a big gripe that I've heard from people is that the Retron5 has some reliability issues. It tends to freeze randomly in game and then kicks you to the system menu. Have you had any issues with the game freezing/crashing while playing?
I know the NES System Duck Hunt gun only works with tube TVs (because of the way the pistol reads the optic flashes), and it won't work with flat Hd screens. Does the Retron 5 fix that.
5:32 These plugs are used in Germany and maybe some other places around there in Europe. There's also a bigger version which is round with metal strips for grounding
The 3 square pin with one plastic prong is UK mains. The plastic prong is only a blank but serves to open up a safety gate built internally to some wall sockets and extensions. Stops idiots putting screwdrivers or whatever into the live socket and getting zapped. It's normally used as an earth in equipment that needs it so would have a brass pin instead. I think the other 2 round pin one is the rest of Europe
I probably wouldn't use this with the wireless controller if it is laggy. But I'm curious -- could you get a second wireless controller and use them both for 2-player games?
jerry, my family still uses crts or rear progection tvs with our stuff except for our basement guest room tv which is a "15 - "17 tv so we never use emulators but we still use old old old tv
I understand the space problem but as for inputs i have all my consoles daisy chained together with the cable adapters all going into the cable to antenna adapter on my old tv just keep the nob on 3 and turn on whatever console i feel like playing at that time.
The plug with a plastic prong is a UK plug and there is a plastic pin because you have to have 3 pins, Earth (Ground), Neutral, and Live. If earth isn't needed they use a plastic one
Barnacules Nerdgasm This is unrelated to this specific video, but I've noticed you've mentioned a 4th 3d printer, can you answer what printer it is, or if you're doing a video on it?
does thay device load roms from sd card ? i have few nes games left on my old collection, but as i recall all of them werent faultless on nes console. meaning they didnt boot every time. had to use the trick to first load zelda and aftee that they booted.
Barnacules Nerdgasm The plug with the plastic prong is from the United Kingdom (Where I live!!!) and the plastic prong is a safety feature to open the socket when plugged in. The socket won't open without it
@Barnacules what do you know about the retro entertainment system. I have the one where it only plays nes. But do u know why when i play my games on it. Y it does a jumping up n down n a scrolling motion. Does that to my Smb Smb 3 Tmnt On map n gameplay But on my Tecmo boel Game during team select. Its really tight on the pins like ur retron 5
Barnacules can you give us an update on this console after awhile of use? I have heard the pins that connect to the cartridge in the console start to bend and break after awhile and I want to know if the system will hold up for a long time.
I have owned a Retron 5 since Day one and honestly it's pretty awesome. I admit I only got it for the GBA adapter. The ability to play gameboy games on my flat screen is FANTASTIC (especially at my increasing age lol) One very important thing to know is that Retron is constantly updating the firmware. There is a quickboot I havent tried yet (there's a chance of bricking your unit, which Retron will replace w/o question) that vastly decreases the boot time (I think no more holding the button for 5 seconds). Overall I love it. I use 3rd party SNES controllers because imho they're the best hand design. Enjoy your new retron 5 guy, despite all the bitching and waiting, it really was worth the wait! Oh yeah the update site is here: retron5.in/node/6
Utaku Beta Lucky you. I bought one and it quit working in a month. Plus Hyperkin won't back up their warranty because I live in Canada. It was not worth the wait in my opinion, I officially got told by Hyperkin I can go buy another one. So I spent money, got a unit that broke down within the warranty period and I get told to go buy another console because they don't honor their warranty for outside the US. That shows how fucking low that company is.
Something new Hyperkin added since this video was added: you can now add translations to your downloaded carts! I can now play my Super Famicom games in English directly from the cart.
My Snes9x on pc crashes after 30 - 40 minutes, and after I troubleshoot it, it says there was an unhandled win32 instance. If you can help me please leave a reply.
I still kinda cheat for hooking up old systems to my LCD tv. I have an old VCR I keep around, so it goes into the Component plugs on my tv, and the old systems go into the antenna hookup of the VCR. Doesn't give me a way to really capture stuff, but does a decent enough job of getting stuff hooked up, and it doesn't look bad actually.
so if I bought one of these but don't have any cartages can down download games onto a sd card ? how do I get the games from the laptop to the sd card?
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I love going back and watching all of these older videos. It's just Jerry having fun and sharing the excitement and enjoyment of his hobbies with us. This is the guy and the content that I miss!
Wow, I thought I'm literally the only peson that does this. I did unsubscribe a few years back after he suddenly more or less stopped making videos. About a month ago I got the urge to look up his old videos and they still were awesome. Too bad that changed completely over the years. The channel is dead beside those streams.
"The audio looks good"
-Barnacules Nergasm, 2014.
it does Kappa
"kappa" what's kappa?
"Barnacules *Nergasm,* 2014"
- mav6771, 2014
The audio looks good?
The "plastic prong" one is for the UK. The plastic one is usually metal and earthed but it's longer because it opens the holes for the live and neutral pins, basically in the UK you can't stick things in the plug sockets and electrocute yourself without first sticking something in earth to open the live and neutral holes. It's a good system! :)
Agreed :-)
And the other one is for europe, but only the slimversion without the earth.
~ iFriedi
Agreed :-)
Sorry. We can't do that here in America because we like confusing foreigners on the way me do things.
There are countries that use the metric system and then there are counties that have put a man on the moon! Haha :)
theOCGN
There are also countries that used the metric system to put a robot on an asteroid ;) we're still clinging to imperial though as we still have pints for beer and miles for roads :D
The power plug from imagination land is used in sweden
lol :D
And Denmark :)
in the netherlands we use that plug too
GreatestApple L oh no i didn't no what was latvia i only knew that in dutch so i didn't know it was in europe
and croatia,bosna and hercegovina and srbia
barnacules videos are never boring even when it's a 20 or 30 minutes video, at least that my opinion
Thank you Justin!
I used to collect NES games for years, but took a break to pursue other passions. This video made me realize how much I miss it. Thank you for getting me interested in retro gaming again. :)
Fun fact, the awesome "SEGAAAAA" chant at the start of Sonic the Hedgehog takes up 1/8th of the entire catridge's memory!
Cheewii id pay just for a cartridge just sayin SSEEEEGGGGGGGAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAÄ
Dude come ONNN!! You just brought back some awsome childhood memories
"the audio looks good."
Did you see how good the visuals sounded like?!
+FreakinFuzz and I thought only I could see sound
+Yonis Aweel You mean did you smell how good the visuals sounded?
Infinite Zero basically yeah
+FreakinFuzz ikr
I am highly pleased that the audio looks good, big relief off my shoulders.
can't wait for retron 8 , adds n64 , ps1 , wii
Man I'm really digging the longer videos Jerry. Great work, keep it up! I can't imagine how much more work it is, but it always brightens my day seeing that little "1" next to "Barnacules Nerdgasm"! Thank you!
Imagination land? Really now Jerry? XD ah well, anyway, it's the European plug :)
Not in the uk
Awosome&Waffle HD yeah, but you also drive on the left hand side of the road ;)
JKCTech Yeah but im not from the uk im from Norway
Awosome&Waffle HD lol, just saying ;) it is true tho XD
Yeah lol
The reason for the plastic prong is because U.K. sockets are 240V, it is a protection against people getting their fingers in. The plastic prong activates a mechanism that opens up the two voltage items. Sometimes it is a metal prong to be used as a grounding cable.
"Imagination Land" = Europe
"Has a plasticy thing" = Britain
I know
+smileyhead good thing I am not in britain or eroupe which means I am not in imagination land
TheKHfan358over3d lol
David Maglioli oh and that place where all the stupid people come from = America
I was also really surprised with how good it looks in widescreen.
14:42 Audio looks good?
Yeah, I can see sound waves... I thought everyone could?
older youtube videos are like amazing reruns that you choose to watch
this is cool but i decided to get an original xbox, put a bigger hard drive in and put just about every emulator in it with every game for every system
I got one of those too, are you using coin-ops? the down side to this though is the xbox d-pad.... total bollocks lol
Barry Manilow yup, i think im using coin-ops 4, the d-pad does suck but its a small price to pay for such an awesome collection of games
Doing the modded xbox route will get better results.
Anthony McClintock thats what i did O.o
KROSER
i know. im just saying doing it that way is better than the retron5.
I mapped the filters to the small button on the top right of the console... very helpful as some games look better with different filters and you can change them on the fly.
Aren't these guys being sued for stealing the emulator code?
I don't know if they're being sued but they definitely stole the code.
***** they are most definitely in legal trouble. As soon as they publically released the code sources, they increased the price by 20, I'm assuming to help with lawyer fees and such.
Hyperkin is fucked.
Thank you for this review! I was just looking at this in a store over the weekend and I want one!
It kinda drives me nuts when people say "Game Boy Advanced."
why?
***** O shit, yeh. I didn't even fucking notice that and I play my GBA SP on a daily basis, high levels of intelligence right there
That bugs me too. Every day on Craigslist there's someone selling a Game Boy Advanced.
cptnoremac Lmao this is why you don't buy GBs on Craigslist
Ruhan Salam
Hey, if they give me a good deal, they can call it Gaming Boys Advancement for all I care. I got my 3DS for $35 from someone who called it a Game Boy Advance 3DS.
It's so exciting watching your channel grow so fast. I've been watching before you had 50k. Keep up the good work :)
The RetronN 5 is overpriced junk as the included controller is a joke, the cart slots are super tight, which could damage the system and/or carts, the nonprofit emulation code Hyperkin uses was stolen from various sources without proper credit given too the original code creators(They are in legal trouble because of this). Also the emulation has various bugs that have not been addressed. I personally find it better too just own the original consoles, or hack your Wii with the Homebrew channel, as the emulators are 100% spot on accurate for all the games I've played.
I agree, and disagree at the same time.
Like..I agree with the controller being a joke, tight cart slots, and the fact that them using stolen stuff is stupid(and legally questionable), but at the same time, I think it could still be useful for people that have a ton of carts, but not a ton of room to set up multiple consoles.
Personally, I'd just emulate on a PC. Hell, you could get a small mini-pc, and set it up JUST for emulation, and hook it up to a TV. Then place your cart on top of it when you play a rom and it'd be pretty much the same thing...but better. But..some people like it, so if they like it, then they can use it.
If people are going to get it though, they need to hurry, because if the legal issues they're having causes huge problems, they might end up pulling the retron 5 from websites and stuff. There's already some stores that refuse to sell it because of it.
txfnero
The retronN 4 actually did play the games...
I have no idea why they went with this route. If one does an all in one like this, just get a RetonN 4. It's better than this.
Andre Cruz There is no Retron 4. They skipped straight from Retron 3 to Retron 5.
Scope-Eye video
man.. I just sounded like a total dumbass, didn't I? That's what I meant. I really thought it was called the RetroN 4.
Well anyways, get the Retron 3. It basically does the same thing as the Retron 5, but without the whole emulation ROM dump.
I still find it weird that HyperKin went the emulation route of all things.
Andre Cruz Eh, we all make mistakes, you know?
I think the emulation route is actually better for Hyperkin in a few ways: The hardware may actually be cheaper than the cloned console-on-a-chip stuff they were using (particularly when implementing multiple systems), because it's not specialized hardware at all... And going to emulation makes it possible to address some of the compatibility issues they've been facing with certain games. (Hyperkin doesn't make the Nintendo-on-a-chip hardware that they use, as far as I know, they just build a system around it. So they don't have a lot of control over those issues.) Plus, of course, it gets us HDMI with high picture quality. (NES in particular only supports composite, so the best possible signal you can get out of a stock NES or a clone is going to have all kinds of dot-crawl and color bleeding. It's possible that the clone hardware for Genesis and SNES doesn't include S-Video or RGB output either, in which case there's really no getting a good picture out of it.)
You hit me right in the childhood with sonic... ordering one now.
In my opinion they fucked u MAJORLY not including N64 in this package. HUGE mistake.
italipino24 They can't for legal reasons, the Copyright for N64 doesn't expire for another few years.
Barnacules Nerdgasm oh that makes sense.
i think n64 is still the most fun to me at least i love majoras mask and OOT and MK 64 and forsaken and all of em really oh yeah and i loooove Banjo 1 &2
Would had been cool too huh, then that stick on the controller would had been more useful.
Uteopia you can call me crazy but I actually thought the world is not enough was better than goldeneye especially in terms of multiplayer
Ur vids are never boring I look forward to ur videos and I love your new drone
DALTON PETHEL Thanks Dalton!
Yay europe is a dreamland xD
I laughed when you talked about how we used to have to wait to reach a checkpoint and actually write down codes for the save.. lol, love it
Thank you for uploading this amazing video, Jerry! The nostalgia is unreal
The one with the plastic is UK, the plastic one is there as a place holder due to most British appliances using a grounding mechanism so that if the wiring is faulty it doesn't explode/burn the house down
Great video Barnacules, keep up the great work!
I've been meaning to pick one of these up from my work at Game Star, which I saw the banner in your Retro Expo video and legit squeed like a girl. I'm glad to see that it performs up to par. We had a bit of a live demo in store w/ one of our regulars, but it's awesome to get an actual spec take from a guy who knows his stuff. Keep doing awesome, bud...maybe I'll be able to be a retro TH-camr one day. #RetroGamingBug #MuchRespect
From what I've been reading, it seems that the cartridges being so tight has become a bit more than just an inconvenience for some. People have reported that it can actually damage the pins inside the console, in some cases you can actually rip one or two of the pins completely out when trying to remove the cartridges. Just something you might want to keep an eye on.
Absolutely love the channel! You have quickly become one of my all time favorite TH-camrs.
I'm always excited when I see a new Nerdgasm video pop up in my subscriptions page :)
Hey, Jerry, one with plastic prong is UK. We have 240v so for safety reasons we have a plastic prong that opens up the two main power holes in the socket :D
Kickin' it old school. Love that Zelda golden cartridge.
Keep doing what you do dude... Enjoyed watching the vid!
Prong plug is UK. It's longer than the two 'power prongs' and as it penetrates the top hole (o0) it opens up the 'power holes' beneath which have little shields on them. Stops kids being able to stick stuff in the socket since they would need to simultaneously insert something in the top hole and one of the power holes.
Vintage Barnacles 4/12/2020
You can visibly see the lag between when you push the buttons and what happens on the screen with Mario All Stars.
I have the Retron 3! It has NES, SNES, & Genesis. SNES is my personal favourite.
The Imaginationland plug is the Europlug, it is the smaller ungrounded sibling of the Schuko, which is a backwards compatible universal plug for a handful of popular European plugs, It is widly considered the standard mainland European plug, but some countries like France and Denmark still use their own connectors, with which the Schuko and the Europlug are compatible though.
i never been on your channel before.. and i know the video is 2 years old, but holy shit that setup
The plastic prong is a UK plug, it is a safety feature which reveals the live part of the socket when you put it into the outlet I believe.
Jerry reviewed that damn thing like it's the new gen console and made me feel like we were back in 80-90's era...
The plastic prong is basically the key to unlock the other two ports, so you can stick anything in the socket.
Hey mqn keep up the good work you deserve a lot more subs and I hope you get there keep it up
the power adapter with the plastic prong is Irish, the plastic prong is for stability becasue smaller plugs are bottom heavy and fall out
I really love how this system supports a "hot-swap" type game change.
The 3 prong one is UK, the top prong is slightly longer, so it opens up the bottom 2 holes in the plug socket. It's a safety feature :D
That was the best Zelda game! I haven't been able to get into one since.
The three prong one is for the UK and the plastic prong is for ground on items that need it but most don't so they just have a plastic one because of the way the plug is engineered you can't plug in with out the top prong.
Hola Barnacules! Love your channel man.
I'd like to see a follow up review a few weeks down the line.
I'd like to buy one, but the Amazon reviews are pretty mixed.
Jerry, I think you forgot an important aspect. How about emulation of old FX processors on the SNES? Does Stunt Race FX work for example?
Smashing review. So is there something like this without the cart slots for running roms from a memory card? Thanks for any tips.
Hey Jerry,
I just found your videos today and I really enjoy them. I think that you are great and I love your videos. I Love to program even tho I not very good at it, but mostly do get what I want accomplished. I was wondering if you could do a video series on making a 3D printer. Keep up the good work, I am looking forward to your videos.
I would also Like to see a video on building a retro gaming bar-top Cab.
I guess Jerry don't have enough time for all his fans
But that's OK I will still watch your videos, because i think your awesome.
Hello Barnacles, LMAO with your videos , and also with the bat knife, I guess its not sharp because takes a lot of time to cut the tape in the box LOL, peace!, great review of the console.
the one from "Magicland" is actually used in Sweden. Not sure if other countries use it to.
Hey Barnacules, do you use a program like display fusion for your multiple monitors?
that's definitely a console worth it if u are a old school gamer
nice review Barnacules
Hey man I am a HUGE FAN I am a nerd and to see a fellow nerd it great, I hope you are doing well.
Will you ever bring back codegasm? I loved those videos.
greetings Barnacules Nerdgasm, the plugs are for:
imagination land = almost all of the Europe (small variations of the plug in different countries, but that fits "every" country).
and the last one is from UK,
and I am from Portugal xD
keep up the good videos as always and happy retro gaming, god knows I love my Sega Mega Drive II (Genesis II in US) :D
lol the 3 prong plug is the UK. The plastic one is the earth prong and is still needed to have a pin even if its not used as the plug won't go in unless the earth pin is pushed in first to 'unlock' the other two. Hence why its slightly longer :D
I love how the console plays NES,SNES, and genesis games but most of the games in your arms are N64 games. XD
Either way love the videos dude. Great to see someone who actually does some kind of research into what they talk about before they do a review video.
I've been thinking about picking one of these up, but a big gripe that I've heard from people is that the Retron5 has some reliability issues. It tends to freeze randomly in game and then kicks you to the system menu. Have you had any issues with the game freezing/crashing while playing?
the 3 prong plug is for Great Britain (UK) and the plastic prong is for earthing the appliance if needed.
I know the NES System Duck Hunt gun only works with tube TVs (because of the way the pistol reads the optic flashes), and it won't work with flat Hd screens. Does the Retron 5 fix that.
There is no way it could, short of implementing its own light gun system (probably with an IR beacon system like the Wii has)
5:32 These plugs are used in Germany and maybe some other places around there in Europe.
There's also a bigger version which is round with metal strips for grounding
The 3 square pin with one plastic prong is UK mains. The plastic prong is only a blank but serves to open up a safety gate built internally to some wall sockets and extensions. Stops idiots putting screwdrivers or whatever into the live socket and getting zapped. It's normally used as an earth in equipment that needs it so would have a brass pin instead. I think the other 2 round pin one is the rest of Europe
I probably wouldn't use this with the wireless controller if it is laggy. But I'm curious -- could you get a second wireless controller and use them both for 2-player games?
As for filters: scale2x
jerry, my family still uses crts or rear progection tvs with our stuff except for our basement guest room tv which is a "15 - "17 tv so we never use emulators but we still use old old old tv
I understand the space problem but as for inputs i have all my consoles daisy chained together with the cable adapters all going into the cable to antenna adapter on my old tv just keep the nob on 3 and turn on whatever console i feel like playing at that time.
The plug with a plastic prong is a UK plug and there is a plastic pin because you have to have 3 pins, Earth (Ground), Neutral, and Live. If earth isn't needed they use a plastic one
I LOVE DORKLY!!!! I watch them all the time!
Hey Barnacules, can you play reproduction carts on the retron 5?
The audio looks good, lol.
Great video, extremely informative, Ty
Barnacules Nerdgasm This is unrelated to this specific video, but I've noticed you've mentioned a 4th 3d printer, can you answer what printer it is, or if you're doing a video on it?
Wait, can you still put Roms onto an SD card and put it I the console? I'm just curious because I don't have the biggest retro game collection.
does thay device load roms from sd card ?
i have few nes games left on my old collection, but as i recall all of them werent faultless on nes console. meaning they didnt boot every time. had to use the trick to first load zelda and aftee that they booted.
Barnacules Nerdgasm The plug with the plastic prong is from the United Kingdom (Where I live!!!) and the plastic prong is a safety feature to open the socket when plugged in. The socket won't open without it
@Barnacules what do you know about the retro entertainment system. I have the one where it only plays nes. But do u know why when i play my games on it. Y it does a jumping up n down n a scrolling motion. Does that to my
Smb
Smb 3
Tmnt
On map n gameplay
But on my
Tecmo boel
Game during team select.
Its really tight on the pins like ur retron 5
Have you had any save data wiped? I have heard stories where it will delete your save data when it tired to copy it
Barnacules can you give us an update on this console after awhile of use? I have heard the pins that connect to the cartridge in the console start to bend and break after awhile and I want to know if the system will hold up for a long time.
Wittacon Sure thing!
Barnacules Nerdgasm Thank you I really appreciate it!
My buddy got one with bent pins straight from the factory. It still worked, but I wouldn't trust their quality control.
I have owned a Retron 5 since Day one and honestly it's pretty awesome. I admit I only got it for the GBA adapter. The ability to play gameboy games on my flat screen is FANTASTIC (especially at my increasing age lol) One very important thing to know is that Retron is constantly updating the firmware. There is a quickboot I havent tried yet (there's a chance of bricking your unit, which Retron will replace w/o question) that vastly decreases the boot time (I think no more holding the button for 5 seconds). Overall I love it. I use 3rd party SNES controllers because imho they're the best hand design.
Enjoy your new retron 5 guy, despite all the bitching and waiting, it really was worth the wait!
Oh yeah the update site is here:
retron5.in/node/6
Utaku Beta
Lucky you. I bought one and it quit working in a month. Plus Hyperkin won't back up their warranty because I live in Canada. It was not worth the wait in my opinion, I officially got told by Hyperkin I can go buy another one. So I spent money, got a unit that broke down within the warranty period and I get told to go buy another console because they don't honor their warranty for outside the US. That shows how fucking low that company is.
Something new Hyperkin added since this video was added: you can now add translations to your downloaded carts! I can now play my Super Famicom games in English directly from the cart.
My Snes9x on pc crashes after 30 - 40 minutes, and after I troubleshoot it, it says there was an unhandled win32 instance. If you can help me please leave a reply.
Your description below the video says it has AV support. It doesn't. Also, the controller cradle allows it to support the SEGA power base.
Ok I have a question. I want to get either this or the retro duo portable. I really want to know so please help me
Really good review I like your style of your videos,well anyways would you recommend this?
hahaha your outro music reminds me of the Seoul Metro jingles that play when a train is approaching
I'm thinking of getting a 3D printer under a $1000. I'm looking at the printrbot simple metal now. Looks very solid and reliable.
Great videos brotha, I just subscribed I was wondering do you recommend going with this system as opposed to getting the originals?
love the Batknife and love the Retron 5. Awesome video.
I still kinda cheat for hooking up old systems to my LCD tv. I have an old VCR I keep around, so it goes into the Component plugs on my tv, and the old systems go into the antenna hookup of the VCR. Doesn't give me a way to really capture stuff, but does a decent enough job of getting stuff hooked up, and it doesn't look bad actually.
that one with the "plastic prong" is the connector we use in the UK!
Two circular pins are used in Brazil. Idk if they are used anywhere else.
so if I bought one of these but don't have any cartages can down download games onto a sd card ? how do I get the games from the laptop to the sd card?