@@TechDweeb I was wondering if you wouldn't mind dropping a short video on how we can add retro emulators of OG Xbox, Wii, WiiU, PS3, Xbox360, NDS, 3DS etc to this "Hyper Base Mix" if it is even possible? This would be awesome for us TechDweeb subs. I have a more than capable PC and want a drive that is awesome! Deleted the shady PC pirated stuff. I just need pure retro bliss.
I can honestly say, this is by far my favorite channel on TH-cam! I love your sense of humor, your passion for gaming, and the attention to detail in every video. Keep up these amazing videos!
This is quite a large collection of games! I was really impressed with the amount of GameCube and PS2 games on it! This is perfect for those who just want to just plug it in and start gaming.
Just bought mine. Was a little worried about dropping this much cash, but after watching your review and reading the comments. I think I made the right choice.
@TechDweeb awesome really glad to hear it. I can see this becoming my primary device. You seriously cant go wrong with the old school systems. I've already challenged the wife to street fighter 2.
Yo @ Techdweeb you are the goat!! Bro thank you for taking the time to answer my question... But bro not gonna lie I hear Mini-PC, and get a little nervous about my my low-low tech abilities.... I just want to play Genisus, PS1 PS2 Maybe get into Dreamcast as a new thing.... Period......
No prob! A mini pc is very easy to setup, it's just like a laptop or whatever. Not as easy as an android based console, but still pretty easy. Especially with a drive like this that comes all setup. You're not gonna get PS2 and dreamcast if you're not on a PC. THe android consoles are great for the old stuff (genesis) and up to ps1/n64, but none of them can do ps2 or gamecube. For that a mini PC is the best low-cost choice. If you do want to go the easy android-console route (keeping in mind you'll only get up to Ps1, n64, and dreamcast) then the most powerful version of those is the Super Console X King. amzn.to/3WMIDEK . FYI, in my discord server, discord.gg/RfhFFcvazY , you can always get help with any pc or retro game problems you come across ;)
I saw this too on Amazon and I had to do a double take when I saw Witcher and Cuphead as part of the collection. I thought "here comes a lawsuit." I am with you... I have spent so much cash on PC games but always thought "hey this isn't something I need, but something I want for entertainment." It was always money well spend and like you say the developers deserve the support.
How is a lawsuit from CD Project Red for 1 game any different than lawsuits from Nintendo, Sony, Microsoft, Atari, Capcom, Taito, Commodore, etc etc for 10s of thousands of pirated console roms?
Awesome video. !! Just appeared for me. But it’s one year old !!! Great product !! Has 63,139 games !!! Your video should have been way longer !! There is. 96 TB hard drive that has every game ever released. But it cost $5,000. I agree with you regarding Playnite !!!
Yeah, I’ve been hoarding my own collection, with a combination of standalone emulators and RetroArch, and I don’t really see the point in paying for someone else to do it for me. This did give me the idea of putting that collection in its own separate 5TB+ drive, though.
hey man, sorry about my previous comment - I didn't realize that the nasal voice was all part of your youtube persona. I get it now. Just wanted to say thanks for the review. Much appreciated.
I have 4tb build that I put together myself. All using RetroBat (Emulation Station) from the oldest stuff up to the Switch, one program can be configured to do it all. There is no excuse for them to use separate programs. It's just laziness IMO.
Do you by chance sell that 4TB build you made? Does ypur build include PS2 game NHL 2003? I know nothing about this, just want to install the drive on my PC and start playing. Let me know if this is something you can build and sell to me. I can pay for the drive and your time to prep the drive. Thanks!
You're the reason I'm going to be updating my PC and getting my hands on one of these :) love the channel and your content is so good, as well as funny!
The only concern I have is how reliable the drive is. If you made a rom collection and put it on a drive I would gladly buy it from you. You're the retro master.
If ssds hit 30tb be expensive but seems like the future of gaming playing old console exclusives like kill zone but next generation wants to move away from these old anti woke games we used to love when games were fun when call of duty was call of duty and medal of honor aswel those are the good old days shame medal of honor is no longer now which means we have to go back to the good old days of rainbow six aswel Rainbow six patriots would of been a great gamw but woke peaple decided to get rid of it for a crappy multiplayer
This was the dream of every 80's kid, every game ever made at the click of a button! Makes me wonder if I live another 40 years (hey I'd only be a spry 87!) if they'll have 6 Petabyte drives (or holographic crystals or whatever the storage medium of choice is in 2063) and be advertising 1 million Games! Every game for every system up through the Playstation 10 and X-Box Series XVX .
That is still an insane collection, even before looking through the actual list! But, yeah, I completely agree on the Xbox front! I love that old big black box, with its big green splodge that does nothing but sit there... being green... it had some great games on it and a lot of better looking than their PS2 counterpart games as well! I would definitely grab the LMA Manager games as well and it did indeed appear that Tag Force was on there! That, if anything, is even better for my channel and future Let's Plays... I have an Alienware 17 R4 Gaming Laptop and Desmune is insanely fast on here, too fast even, I really ought to sort that out, but either way, this should not have any issue even with the higher end hardware emulation! And I wouldn't mind, but I've been looking at softmodding an Xbox recently as well... Did I mention I love that system? Though, I would certainly ditch the Grand Theft Auto Definitive Edition, I refuse to buy that on principal, although, no doubt Pokémon is going to be on there, I should imagine Digimon as well as other Yu-Gi-Oh!... Also, Final Fantasy VI was missing from the PlayStation Library and that was the first Final Fantasy I owned and played and it was the PlayStation version at that, though, I believe I did spy the GBA version that I've been doing an Anniversary Let's Play of!
I've had two of these, and they both failed. The first one lasted about two weeks. It showed "unable to access, directory corrupted" or something like that. I emailed the company, and they said, "No trouble." We'll send you another; you can keep the first one. Great! The second one lasted about four months. Again, it showed "unable to access, directory corrupted." If you have one of these, make sure you shut down the computer or hit the "eject media" for the drive before unplugging. For me, I'm done with this drive.
@@jensbekaert166 Well, that may have happened on the first drive, but I was careful to properly disconnect the drive on the second drive. I've had some power outages, which may have caused the second drive to break, but it didn't affect the other drives I had plugged in. This is just a word of warning to let you know this can happen.
This was a great review and I like how you mention how many games for each console as well as notable exclusions. Could you review the 5tb kinhank drive or one of Chris Shaw's drives because I only hear shady things about the guy?
Thanks for posting this and showing all of it. I've been looking for this, but little to steep in my opinion... Of course, I don't like that the current games are on it that's a deal breaker.
Great video! One question I have is if you checked to make sure they didn't put a pirated license of Launchbox on there. This is a thing I have read about from the developer of Launchbox is that some of these drives have the full license on it and they shouldn't.
Great video Tech Dweeb! One thing worth mentioning is that pirated pc games often contain virus' as well so might be worth scanning the drive before using it?
Actually I did a scan (I probably should have mentioned that in the video). No detections. But like I suggest that folder should just be deleted anyways so that should sort out any issues.
THIS THING LOOKS AMAZING!!! Made up my mind as to what I'm going to buy. Never going to need another console again with this it has everything I could ever want to play and the best part is I don't have to buy any of them individually or have the console to play them!!
One complaint I've heard from someone on a previous video is that they couldn't start launchbox for some reason is this true and if so how would I fix that? Any help would be great!!
Thank you for convincing me to get this emulation drive. Im new to emulation and this thing is truely amazing. I can't get Sega Saturn to work wich is kind of a bummer, but other than that this thing works perfectly. I highly recommend it to anyone who's new to emulation unless Sega Saturn is really important to you.
Oh yeah? I wonder why it's not working for you. You can probably get it to work if you tinker, try starting up retroarch by itself, loading up a Saturn rom, and then when it asks you which core try several different options.
So I would not worry about the pirated PC games. 1) For 1, pirating tends to increase sales of a piece of media. When someone tries something and they like it, they are more likely to buy it. This is likely more true with the old/incomplete versions of the game. It is essentially like a long demo. 2) Pirating does not hurt devs. In many cases the person was not going to buy it anyway. And in reality, sales do go to the dev's profits. They go to their employers profits i.e. the people who steal the dev's labor. 3) Not everyone can afford a lot of games. A one time purchase of a 5 tb drive or systems like it (i.e. pirating) may be the only way some people can afford to experience a game and will be the only way of access for them to be able to do so, and I don't believe in gatekeeping people because they are too poor. So all in all, I think the devs won't be hurt from this piracy
@@eduardopatricio The basic desktop version of LaunchBox is free. I use it with my setup with thousands of games. As far as i can tell the only thing that is paid is the BigBox mode and some customization options like themes and stuff. If you look at the LaunchBox segment in the video you can see it denotes "free version" in the upper right.
As a newbie to this retro game emulator world… this video was phenomenal not to mention all the useful links you left in the description. HUGE THANK YOU!!!
How are you getting on navigating it all? I'm completely new to it too and doing as much research as I can but it's kind of intimidating. Mostly because of the ROM situation and worrying about viruses etc lmao. Should probably be fine 🤞
People, just curate your own collections. You never know what craziness you're putting in your PC if they're willing to straight up put pirated modern PC games on it... 😂 Messing with emulation settings can be daunting, but it's a fun learning experience if you're into tech. I curate my own collections for my emulators by ripping my own games and other "archives" 😉 And I still find time to do that working two jobs. And best part it's free and won't give your PC a Trojan. 😂
@@JetSetTyler then spend the money duh. U pay in labor or you trade your labor for cash then trade cash for someone else's labor. Depending on your income it might cost less to just pay the professional and work your job but for lots of us poors out here we dont make enough money to pay someone else so we do our own labor. Its not a choice when you are broke or just like diy stuff
@Generic Name ok. I'll just go home and stare at the wall after work today.... 😂😂😂 Boi, I work 2 jobs, GTFO here with "If you had responsibilities..." 😂😂😂
One thing that is bad about it if you buy it you could end up in prison. Its unlikely but most first world countrys have laws against buying stolen stuff.
This is the first box, well usb drive, I am impressed with and tempted to buy. I have gathered a bunch of roms before, but I never set them up like this because it felt a bit tedious. For my pc, that I use as an arcade, I downloaded bundles of roms that were set up for CoinOps. It had a good arcadey selection. This one looks well done. I would probably keep playnite, delete the pirated pc games, and add some legal copies of easy to run games from GOG. The launchbox and emulationstation split is still weird. I am assuming it has to do with emulators and ease of use? Anyone can correct me if I am wrong. Emulation station is controller friendly, but it relies on emulators runnining in retoarch. Most of the emulators are good, but some are not. I see most people use the standalone versions of PSP, Saturn, and PS2. I have never used launchbox.
Honestly I think the only reason they are separated is out of laziness, they probably downloaded two separate ROM libraries that were pre-configured with these applications. There's no reason you couldn't just have both romsets featured under one single application..
@@TechDweeb @TechDweeb I was wondering if you wouldn't mind dropping a short video on how we can add retro emulators of OG Xbox, Wii, WiiU, PS3, Xbox360, NDS, 3DS etc to this "Hyper Base Mix" if it is even possible? This would be awesome for us TechDweeb subs. I have a more than capable PC and want a drive that is awesome! Deleted the shady PC pirated stuff. I just need pure retro bliss.
Hi guys!! How does this compare with the 2TB JW hard drive you reviewed before? Does it still have as many retro Sinclair , C64, Mame games on it as the other hard drives aswell as all the high end stuff aswell?.... I'm impressed with all the PS2/ Gamecube games available on this one!! It looks amazing!! BTW, great Utube channel Tech Dweeb!! 👍👍
Yeah a lot less dups. Check the game lists in the description if you want to know what's on here, I'm not very knowledgeable when it comes to those old retro computer systems.
Your Oreo technique is chaotic and unformed. It's an obviously passionate engagement but lacks proper Oreo-corum. To be honest it's refreshing. So many people follow a rigid Oreo eating regiment. They use techniques they learned from their parents or in commercials involving complex pre-dunk algorithms and post split tonging. The whole thing feels like a ballet that's been over presented. I like your style. You eat that which appeals to the eyes next, combining the ingredients as an almost afterthought to the cravings of your pallet. Keep being you, Dweeb.
I already have a near perfect retro rom collection from 3do, Jaguar, TurboGrafx, Cave, CP, Konami, Atomiswave, all Sega consoles, all Nintendo consoles and Virtual Boy, PS1, PS2. Right now I'm working on getting PS3, 360, and a nice collection on Nintendo Switch roms :) I'd definitely buy this just for the PC titles.
As if 2TB emulation hard drive alone is still not enough, now we have a 5TB hard drive. Pretty shady that they put 1TB of current Steam PC games into it but at least you can delete & replace those with more PS2/GC & Wii/OG Xbox stuff + a few of my fav PS3/X360/Wii U and DS/3DS games.
@@TechDweeb Full rom set of DS, that's pretty neat! Now, I have to aim for 3DS ROMs with DLCs included (pointing at you, Fire Emblem 3DS games & those developed by Level 5 & Square Enix).
The reason they added the PC games is because they most likely have crappy emulation on the PS3 and Xenia emulator. The performance difference between RPCS3 and Xenia compared to the PC versions is huge. I'm guessing new 5-6 year old pc games people wont buy for there consoles because they have updated to the newer consoles.
I personally, would have a PC game, but the requirements are that they're not sold anywhere except on eBay. (Old need for speed, 2d GTA (also 3d GTA that's not defective edition since they got delisted), Richard burns rally, some DOS game that's not available anymore (which means Doom doesn't count)
Dragon's Lair arcade is on his video at 6:36, yay. The linked list link doesn't work for me. I agree with you on the actively-sold-games shouldn't be on the HD. I buy all my emulated games from the licence holders as re-releases become available, plus I have a ton of original hardware and their games. I just HATE dealing with the rom setups and the front ends. I really wish Gauntlet II and Spy Hunter could be bought for current hardware (they did sell on old HW like PS1,PC). When they can be sold again, I will buy them. Looking for a spy hunter and gauntlet arcade machine. Please everyone, support the companies that sell re-releases.
Loved your video very interested on this harddrive. Is it really plug and play though? As someone who is not really tech savvy i'm hesitant to spend that kind of money and then not being able to use it because like I say I don't know a lot about this kind of stuff.
Really hope to find another Emulation Pack like that - just with more real Oldschool titles and international shipping (this only does ship to US). Though sometimes I think it's a bit overwhelming having all these options - some pre-made favorites/top50 games per console would be great for starters.
The thing is top 50 for you is not the same top 50 for another person. Each retro gamer likely have their own individual top 50 retro games. If there is too many games, you can just go into the rom folders and delete all those games you don't like. This is exact meant for that, i.e. for individuals to make their own favourite games collection.
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Dude this is exactly what I needed to get my little Niece up and running on old school games. Thanks
Wow, this channel will be huge. Definitely the next retro game corps.
Niche gaming with a cartoon like persona. I love it.
Tech dweeb is my favorite by far
Haha I hope you're right! Thanks for saying so 🤓
@@TechDweeb I was wondering if you wouldn't mind dropping a short video on how we can add retro emulators of OG Xbox, Wii, WiiU, PS3, Xbox360, NDS, 3DS etc to this "Hyper Base Mix" if it is even possible? This would be awesome for us TechDweeb subs.
I have a more than capable PC and want a drive that is awesome! Deleted the shady PC pirated stuff. I just need pure retro bliss.
I can honestly say, this is by far my favorite channel on TH-cam! I love your sense of humor, your passion for gaming, and the attention to detail in every video. Keep up these amazing videos!
I really appreciate hearing that!
Been using launchbox and a 8TB HDD for 7 years and it never gets old
god is that u 😧😧
Forgive me of my sins father. Sins of ripping games on the internet
@@danielesparza2480That is not a sin... My son..
@@oplefirem Mocking God is a sin however
It's so cool to see Mclovin reviewing emulation tech
lol
I don't want to offend you at all, but I think you should use your real voice as the filter I find abit hard to listen too.. excuse me for saying
I don't mind at all, I honestly appreciate your feedback.
This is he's real voice
Hahaha.. keep it up...
@@TechDweeb I enjoy your voice is amazing
I like the voice too, please don't stop
This is quite a large collection of games! I was really impressed with the amount of GameCube and PS2 games on it! This is perfect for those who just want to just plug it in and start gaming.
Like they used to do with plug n play games of old.
@@josephcontreras8930 ahh the good old days where we didn't have to wait for a stupid update to fix the game.
Just bought mine. Was a little worried about dropping this much cash, but after watching your review and reading the comments. I think I made the right choice.
Nice! I'm still happy with mine, I've used it a ton. It's super handy to have so many games ready to go.
@TechDweeb awesome really glad to hear it. I can see this becoming my primary device. You seriously cant go wrong with the old school systems. I've already challenged the wife to street fighter 2.
Can anyone provide a game list?
@@jimr6846 it would honestly be easier for you to ask what game is not listed on the system.
Yo @ Techdweeb you are the goat!! Bro thank you for taking the time to answer my question... But bro not gonna lie I hear Mini-PC, and get a little nervous about my my low-low tech abilities.... I just want to play Genisus, PS1 PS2 Maybe get into Dreamcast as a new thing.... Period......
No prob! A mini pc is very easy to setup, it's just like a laptop or whatever. Not as easy as an android based console, but still pretty easy. Especially with a drive like this that comes all setup.
You're not gonna get PS2 and dreamcast if you're not on a PC. THe android consoles are great for the old stuff (genesis) and up to ps1/n64, but none of them can do ps2 or gamecube. For that a mini PC is the best low-cost choice. If you do want to go the easy android-console route (keeping in mind you'll only get up to Ps1, n64, and dreamcast) then the most powerful version of those is the Super Console X King. amzn.to/3WMIDEK .
FYI, in my discord server, discord.gg/RfhFFcvazY , you can always get help with any pc or retro game problems you come across ;)
The best value miniPC on sale right now is the Beelink SER5 Pro with Ryzen 7 5800H at below $400.
The Oreos for the videos!! Haha. Love your videos. Amazing sense of humor. Extra points for LSP.
Awesome. Your Mum sounds nice, bless her for going to the shops for cookies while you talk to yourself ;-)
Ain't she a sweetie?
I just ordered mine! Frothing!! Years of retro gaming goodness comin to my door from China in about 14 days!! 😎
I saw this too on Amazon and I had to do a double take when I saw Witcher and Cuphead as part of the collection. I thought "here comes a lawsuit." I am with you... I have spent so much cash on PC games but always thought "hey this isn't something I need, but something I want for entertainment." It was always money well spend and like you say the developers deserve the support.
Totally. Emulation is a victimless crime. PC piracy certainly isn't.
@TechDweeb Emulation isn't a crime dude. It's in how you get the roms that Nintendo et al comes a sniffing.
Its very clearly advertised lol
@@TechDweeb 15:53 15:53
How is a lawsuit from CD Project Red for 1 game any different than lawsuits from Nintendo, Sony, Microsoft, Atari, Capcom, Taito, Commodore, etc etc for 10s of thousands of pirated console roms?
The best reviewer of hard drives with pre-installed software
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This was very interesting. I might actually consider buying this.
Everytime you upload i tune in
You're my favourite.
Haha first video of techdweeb i see. Love your style, funny, informative and hard-/software curation! Subbed!
Thanks for saying so! Welcome 🤓
Awesome video. !! Just appeared for me. But it’s one year old !!! Great product !! Has 63,139 games !!! Your video should have been way longer !! There is. 96 TB hard drive that has every game ever released. But it cost $5,000. I agree with you regarding Playnite !!!
This rom set is insane, damn you, I need one now.
Love your content. I just got nasal surgery and it was the best decision of my life, highly encourage!
Yeah, I’ve been hoarding my own collection, with a combination of standalone emulators and RetroArch, and I don’t really see the point in paying for someone else to do it for me.
This did give me the idea of putting that collection in its own separate 5TB+ drive, though.
You pay for the service, if you have slow internet, if you don't have time-expertise to hunt down all the romset online, etcetera...
It's very tempting on saving time with just paying a premium to download all the games.
hey man, sorry about my previous comment - I didn't realize that the nasal voice was all part of your youtube persona. I get it now. Just wanted to say thanks for the review. Much appreciated.
All good, thanks for saying so!
I have 4tb build that I put together myself. All using RetroBat (Emulation Station) from the oldest stuff up to the Switch, one program can be configured to do it all. There is no excuse for them to use separate programs. It's just laziness IMO.
Agreed.
I am doing that on Ps classic. It takes time but it worths it
Do you by chance sell that 4TB build you made?
Does ypur build include PS2 game NHL 2003?
I know nothing about this, just want to install the drive on my PC and start playing. Let me know if this is something you can build and sell to me. I can pay for the drive and your time to prep the drive. Thanks!
You're the reason I'm going to be updating my PC and getting my hands on one of these :) love the channel and your content is so good, as well as funny!
What a guy!
Thank you kind sir. Also love the onion os theme on the miyoo mini. I just got a plus and slapped it on.
Nice! I love that my theme is par to the official Onion skins :D
Ordered through your link. This looks fantastic! Thanks for the review!
Nice! Enjoy!
Thanks for letting us know about the last section. I was so close to buying it until then.
I gave the company my feedback directly, and told them I mentioned this in my video. Hopefully they listen and make the change I've suggested.
The second pinch! 😂 Great vid! 🫡👍🏽
I almost bought a 5tb drive at costco yesterday, now I'm buying this one. Thanks Dweebie!
Just don't get caught with it
you and techdweeb are part of a problem with retro gaming preservations...dont get caught
@@fade2black001 its unlikely the feds will bust down @yodareat 's door to grab that 5tb drive of roms.
Cisco sells a 5 GB retro game drive?
I'm sure you would want another 5tb drive to back it up incase one day it doesn't work anymore.
>When I switched from my mobile phone to my desktop to continue watching and the desktop mode picks up exactly at @0:31
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Looks nice! And yes, I would rather have a bunch of Xbox games instead of a small selection of PC games.
You talk as though you convinced me to buy this. I just received it in the mail. Love your stuff! Thank you, for the recommendation!
Cool! Enjoy :D
The only concern I have is how reliable the drive is. If you made a rom collection and put it on a drive I would gladly buy it from you. You're the retro master.
Since it's a normal USB drive, you can just copy out the files and backup onto another drive.
It would be interesting to know the manufacturer's brand, could someone who has it see it with some HD program?
@@jimbotron70 I saw in another video that it was a seagate drive
Great video. Does this drive include arcade classics like Sega Rally, Daytona, Outrun, Afterburner?
If ssds hit 30tb be expensive but seems like the future of gaming playing old console exclusives like kill zone but next generation wants to move away from these old anti woke games we used to love when games were fun when call of duty was call of duty and medal of honor aswel those are the good old days shame medal of honor is no longer now which means we have to go back to the good old days of rainbow six aswel
Rainbow six patriots would of been a great gamw but woke peaple decided to get rid of it for a crappy multiplayer
This was the dream of every 80's kid, every game ever made at the click of a button! Makes me wonder if I live another 40 years (hey I'd only be a spry 87!) if they'll have 6 Petabyte drives (or holographic crystals or whatever the storage medium of choice is in 2063) and be advertising 1 million Games! Every game for every system up through the Playstation 10 and X-Box Series XVX .
A dweeb can dream...
That is still an insane collection, even before looking through the actual list! But, yeah, I completely agree on the Xbox front! I love that old big black box, with its big green splodge that does nothing but sit there... being green... it had some great games on it and a lot of better looking than their PS2 counterpart games as well! I would definitely grab the LMA Manager games as well and it did indeed appear that Tag Force was on there! That, if anything, is even better for my channel and future Let's Plays... I have an Alienware 17 R4 Gaming Laptop and Desmune is insanely fast on here, too fast even, I really ought to sort that out, but either way, this should not have any issue even with the higher end hardware emulation! And I wouldn't mind, but I've been looking at softmodding an Xbox recently as well... Did I mention I love that system? Though, I would certainly ditch the Grand Theft Auto Definitive Edition, I refuse to buy that on principal, although, no doubt Pokémon is going to be on there, I should imagine Digimon as well as other Yu-Gi-Oh!... Also, Final Fantasy VI was missing from the PlayStation Library and that was the first Final Fantasy I owned and played and it was the PlayStation version at that, though, I believe I did spy the GBA version that I've been doing an Anniversary Let's Play of!
I've had two of these, and they both failed. The first one lasted about two weeks. It showed "unable to access, directory corrupted" or something like that. I emailed the company, and they said, "No trouble." We'll send you another; you can keep the first one. Great! The second one lasted about four months. Again, it showed "unable to access, directory corrupted." If you have one of these, make sure you shut down the computer or hit the "eject media" for the drive before unplugging. For me, I'm done with this drive.
i'm guessing you didn't "make sure you shut down the computer or hit the "eject media" for the drive before unplugging" ?
@@jensbekaert166 Well, that may have happened on the first drive, but I was careful to properly disconnect the drive on the second drive. I've had some power outages, which may have caused the second drive to break, but it didn't affect the other drives I had plugged in. This is just a word of warning to let you know this can happen.
I'd be worried about malware if they're gonna pack in pirated PC games w/ it.
Yeah that's always a possibility. My virus scan didn't show anything. And if you just delete that PC games folder you should be fine.
Forget that, The most important thing is the OREO cookies. 😎👍💯
This was a great review and I like how you mention how many games for each console as well as notable exclusions. Could you review the 5tb kinhank drive or one of Chris Shaw's drives because I only hear shady things about the guy?
Another banger, sir. Good stuff!
Thanks for posting this and showing all of it. I've been looking for this, but little to steep in my opinion... Of course, I don't like that the current games are on it that's a deal breaker.
Thank you for including the game lists
Great video! One question I have is if you checked to make sure they didn't put a pirated license of Launchbox on there. This is a thing I have read about from the developer of Launchbox is that some of these drives have the full license on it and they shouldn't.
I thought Launchbox was free, but Bigbox was paid, unless I'm mistaken?
@@TechDweeb correct uts the free version
Hiw is Sarurn running on your system.wont run well on mine, yet my retrobat Saturn games on the hdd I made works
Itsca priated free version, as normally the free version is limited to 50 tiles only, so they have hacked launchbox free version
The pc games are great. Lunchbox is also prated
14:08 YARR MATEY! IT'S A PIRATE'S LIFE FOR ME!
Great video Tech Dweeb! One thing worth mentioning is that pirated pc games often contain virus' as well so might be worth scanning the drive before using it?
Actually I did a scan (I probably should have mentioned that in the video). No detections. But like I suggest that folder should just be deleted anyways so that should sort out any issues.
That's very impressive to see all those games on one drive 😅😮
THIS THING LOOKS AMAZING!!! Made up my mind as to what I'm going to buy. Never going to need another console again with this it has everything I could ever want to play and the best part is I don't have to buy any of them individually or have the console to play them!!
Nice! Hope you love it!
One complaint I've heard from someone on a previous video is that they couldn't start launchbox for some reason is this true and if so how would I fix that? Any help would be great!!
Also would you be able to make a video on how to add games?
@@deconstructingnarcissism3062 You can still use the frontend of your choice with these roms, you're not locked to the ones in the disc.
Thanks for your video! This collection is bananas!! I appreciate you bringing this to us!! Cheers!!
I love tech dweebs voice it makes the videos fun
Thank you for convincing me to get this emulation drive. Im new to emulation and this thing is truely amazing. I can't get Sega Saturn to work wich is kind of a bummer, but other than that this thing works perfectly. I highly recommend it to anyone who's new to emulation unless Sega Saturn is really important to you.
Oh yeah? I wonder why it's not working for you. You can probably get it to work if you tinker, try starting up retroarch by itself, loading up a Saturn rom, and then when it asks you which core try several different options.
@TechDweeb I will try that, thank you TechDweeb! 😊
WTF with the oreo XD
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So I would not worry about the pirated PC games.
1) For 1, pirating tends to increase sales of a piece of media. When someone tries something and they like it, they are more likely to buy it. This is likely more true with the old/incomplete versions of the game. It is essentially like a long demo.
2) Pirating does not hurt devs. In many cases the person was not going to buy it anyway. And in reality, sales do go to the dev's profits. They go to their employers profits i.e. the people who steal the dev's labor.
3) Not everyone can afford a lot of games. A one time purchase of a 5 tb drive or systems like it (i.e. pirating) may be the only way some people can afford to experience a game and will be the only way of access for them to be able to do so, and I don't believe in gatekeeping people because they are too poor.
So all in all, I think the devs won't be hurt from this piracy
Dumb question. Did you have any issues hooking up controller's? Like xbox or ps5 controller's via blutooth? Thanks
Nope
Keep it up Dweeb Lol love the theme of the channel. Brings me back to old cartoon network show.
Thanks buddy!
Great vídeo, thanks a million! ✌🏼😁🎮
What about the Launchbox license? I doubt these drives hold genuine ones. It's a current product and this would be undercutting the developers.
I thought Launchbox was free, but Bigbox is paid?
@@TechDweeb it's free only up to a certain number of games. 100 maybe?
@@eduardopatricio The basic desktop version of LaunchBox is free. I use it with my setup with thousands of games. As far as i can tell the only thing that is paid is the BigBox mode and some customization options like themes and stuff. If you look at the LaunchBox segment in the video you can see it denotes "free version" in the upper right.
@@killswitchscar1060 Ah, right. So the 100 games limitation must be on the Android version then. 👍🏽
I finally got mine and it’s amazing it does feel like a dream
Hey mate, you forgot to add the link for the list of games on the drive
Doh! Thanks for letting me know, they're added.
Great overview!
Hey man thanks for the videos,
Can I copy the entire drive into an NVME super fast drive ?
No reason to really, but yeah
Yup!
I was thinking the same thing or to just put everything in launchbox
As a newbie to this retro game emulator world… this video was phenomenal not to mention all the useful links you left in the description.
HUGE THANK YOU!!!
How are you getting on navigating it all?
I'm completely new to it too and doing as much research as I can but it's kind of intimidating. Mostly because of the ROM situation and worrying about viruses etc lmao. Should probably be fine 🤞
People, just curate your own collections. You never know what craziness you're putting in your PC if they're willing to straight up put pirated modern PC games on it... 😂
Messing with emulation settings can be daunting, but it's a fun learning experience if you're into tech. I curate my own collections for my emulators by ripping my own games and other "archives" 😉 And I still find time to do that working two jobs.
And best part it's free and won't give your PC a Trojan. 😂
What if I have two toddlers and work 40 hours and don’t wanna do all that tho
@@JetSetTyler then spend the money duh. U pay in labor or you trade your labor for cash then trade cash for someone else's labor. Depending on your income it might cost less to just pay the professional and work your job but for lots of us poors out here we dont make enough money to pay someone else so we do our own labor. Its not a choice when you are broke or just like diy stuff
This is a very good point. I hope everyone runs Bit Defender.
@Generic Name ok. I'll just go home and stare at the wall after work today.... 😂😂😂
Boi, I work 2 jobs, GTFO here with "If you had responsibilities..." 😂😂😂
Get the streetfighter sticks out yo nose. -liked
... *opens up the massive 5TB drive to find a near empty plastic box with a 32GB micro sd card inside*
One thing that is bad about it if you buy it you could end up in prison. Its unlikely but most first world countrys have laws against buying stolen stuff.
This is the first box, well usb drive, I am impressed with and tempted to buy. I have gathered a bunch of roms before, but I never set them up like this because it felt a bit tedious. For my pc, that I use as an arcade, I downloaded bundles of roms that were set up for CoinOps. It had a good arcadey selection. This one looks well done. I would probably keep playnite, delete the pirated pc games, and add some legal copies of easy to run games from GOG.
The launchbox and emulationstation split is still weird. I am assuming it has to do with emulators and ease of use? Anyone can correct me if I am wrong. Emulation station is controller friendly, but it relies on emulators runnining in retoarch. Most of the emulators are good, but some are not. I see most people use the standalone versions of PSP, Saturn, and PS2. I have never used launchbox.
Honestly I think the only reason they are separated is out of laziness, they probably downloaded two separate ROM libraries that were pre-configured with these applications. There's no reason you couldn't just have both romsets featured under one single application..
@@TechDweeb @TechDweeb I was wondering if you wouldn't mind dropping a short video on how we can add retro emulators of OG Xbox, Wii, WiiU, PS3, Xbox360, NDS, 3DS etc to this "Hyper Base Mix" if it is even possible? This would be awesome for us TechDweeb subs.
I have a more than capable PC and want a drive that is awesome! Deleted the shady PC pirated stuff. I just need pure retro bliss.
Musashi47 here have the same controller too 😅 great video
Hi guys!! How does this compare with the 2TB JW hard drive you reviewed before? Does it still have as many retro Sinclair , C64, Mame games on it as the other hard drives aswell as all the high end stuff aswell?.... I'm impressed with all the PS2/ Gamecube games available on this one!! It looks amazing!! BTW, great Utube channel Tech Dweeb!! 👍👍
Also, it looks like a lot less duplicate ROMs on this hard drive?
Yeah a lot less dups. Check the game lists in the description if you want to know what's on here, I'm not very knowledgeable when it comes to those old retro computer systems.
From the video looks like no retro 8/16-bit computer games?
Your Oreo technique is chaotic and unformed. It's an obviously passionate engagement but lacks proper Oreo-corum. To be honest it's refreshing. So many people follow a rigid Oreo eating regiment. They use techniques they learned from their parents or in commercials involving complex pre-dunk algorithms and post split tonging. The whole thing feels like a ballet that's been over presented. I like your style. You eat that which appeals to the eyes next, combining the ingredients as an almost afterthought to the cravings of your pallet. Keep being you, Dweeb.
oh nice vid too
I think this might be my favorite comment ever
Nice sir it's super expensive in india
Ah that's a bummer. I know you guys often have to pay more for things that are cheap in North America :(
Don't let the price get you down. You can always make this yourself. I know it can take a while, but can be fun to make it the way you want it.
@@joshsadowski8869 ok sir thank you for your advice i will try
I fully agree with you. Retro games are okay, but current Steam games are absolutely not.
voice dubbed by a smurf?
I already have a near perfect retro rom collection from 3do, Jaguar, TurboGrafx, Cave, CP, Konami, Atomiswave, all Sega consoles, all Nintendo consoles and Virtual Boy, PS1, PS2. Right now I'm working on getting PS3, 360, and a nice collection on Nintendo Switch roms :) I'd definitely buy this just for the PC titles.
Man that hard drive is cool but I like this guy more! Glad I found this channel! I subscribed!
Is that a madcatz controller I see?
Thanks for saying so! This is an "afterglow" xbox one controller. Cheap but I like it.
@TechDweeb o ok cool! I miss the good ole days
Clicked for an emulator, ended up with Oreo asmr
As if 2TB emulation hard drive alone is still not enough, now we have a 5TB hard drive. Pretty shady that they put 1TB of current Steam PC games into it but at least you can delete & replace those with more PS2/GC & Wii/OG Xbox stuff + a few of my fav PS3/X360/Wii U and DS/3DS games.
Actually DS is already on here, they have the full rom set. I'd love more 3DS & Wii games for sure.
@@TechDweeb Full rom set of DS, that's pretty neat! Now, I have to aim for 3DS ROMs with DLCs included (pointing at you, Fire Emblem 3DS games & those developed by Level 5 & Square Enix).
No clue how did i get here, but nice video!
Good review. THANKS
pretty cool, i hope one day it will come with a pc
Just get a MniPC and plug this into it?
Like the Freddy Krueger shirt
The $4 McDonald's Chicken Nugget Handheld is Wild!
you know he went straight to that recycle bin after the video lmao
I’m having issues launching launchbox, any advice?
Dude this is like the wild west. I'm going to take this as companies really no longer care, outside of the Nintendo Ninjas of course.
The reason they added the PC games is because they most likely have crappy emulation on the PS3 and Xenia emulator. The performance difference between RPCS3 and Xenia compared to the PC versions is huge. I'm guessing new 5-6 year old pc games people wont buy for there consoles because they have updated to the newer consoles.
usually if they include older games back in 2002 to 2009 its ok. im sure many poor people wants to play this and dream about this many years ago.
I personally, would have a PC game, but the requirements are that they're not sold anywhere except on eBay.
(Old need for speed, 2d GTA (also 3d GTA that's not defective edition since they got delisted), Richard burns rally, some DOS game that's not available anymore (which means Doom doesn't count)
You can buy many old PC games from GOG.
I had a library of classic RPGs that I bought from there.
Huh, this is a product I never would've thought of.
Dragon's Lair arcade is on his video at 6:36, yay. The linked list link doesn't work for me. I agree with you on the actively-sold-games shouldn't be on the HD. I buy all my emulated games from the licence holders as re-releases become available, plus I have a ton of original hardware and their games. I just HATE dealing with the rom setups and the front ends. I really wish Gauntlet II and Spy Hunter could be bought for current hardware (they did sell on old HW like PS1,PC). When they can be sold again, I will buy them. Looking for a spy hunter and gauntlet arcade machine. Please everyone, support the companies that sell re-releases.
Loved your video very interested on this harddrive. Is it really plug and play though? As someone who is not really tech savvy i'm hesitant to spend that kind of money and then not being able to use it because like I say I don't know a lot about this kind of stuff.
It is just a USB HDD where you plug into any Windows PC and run the apps.
You Sir, rock! Thank you!
Thanks buddy!
Wow this looks too good to be true, I would gladly downsize my game collection and get this
I just got mine in packaged in the classic aliexpress bubble wrap tape combination. 😂
From Amazon?
@@recce555ify yup
@@recce555ify everything works prefect click the link in the show more info tab above .
Those things are really awesome! Is there a 12TB one that is compatible with Mac?
Really hope to find another Emulation Pack like that - just with more real Oldschool titles and international shipping (this only does ship to US). Though sometimes I think it's a bit overwhelming having all these options - some pre-made favorites/top50 games per console would be great for starters.
I agree! The US gets all the fun toys (I'm in Canada). I like the sound of a top 50 pack!
The thing is top 50 for you is not the same top 50 for another person. Each retro gamer likely have their own individual top 50 retro games.
If there is too many games, you can just go into the rom folders and delete all those games you don't like. This is exact meant for that, i.e. for individuals to make their own favourite games collection.
@@TechDweeb ur CanadiaN? UNSUBBED :(
They ship worldwide if you shop at some known Chinese websales portal...
This is probably the best one I’ve seen
Great video. Will this work on Mac M1?
The emulation frontend is a windows program, so you'll need to install your own emulators, but you could use the roms off this drive with your Mac.
I'm glad Zach Hadel decided to branch out his content type
Dude I love the voice! You remind me of Chucky’s dad from the 90’s Rugrats. Nostalgia! Keep up the awesome work. 🤘
Yup that's me. Mr. Finster has a TH-cam channel now! 🤓
Great video subbed
Welcome!