China's New FAKE GameBoys!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ก.ย. 2024
- The latest offerings from aliexpress are in. What do you think? 3 Different price points for 3 different audiences. Which one would you go for?
Cheapest- bit.ly/3M5ReNJ
Middle- bit.ly/3M5iPi0
Expensive- bit.ly/3RI16y5
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UK- amzn.to/3e52GfQ
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Video about it- bit.ly/3rCTHWd
(The prices mentioned in the video are from Ali so are cheaper than the links above)
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“If you love your kid SLIGHTLY more, but this one instead” lmao ouch
The love for a child is measured in "slight" increments. Depending on the day. Lol
But this one?!...
@@seeps9353 spoken like a parent
😂
Less funny when it says "but" when you meant "buy"
Damn you autocorrect
Elliott going feral over the Powkiddy build quality when he thought it was £14 was delightful.
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The second one might have the 50-in-1 thing to hide the fact that it ships with the ROMs pre-installed.
That second game boy for 14 lb is an incredible buy for that amount of money that is awesome
14 lb 💀💀
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I see what you did there! 🤭👍
I might get one.
@@ericpode6095 the pound sign for currency and the abbreviation for the archaic weight unit both stem from the same Latin word 'libra'.
It's nice to see Elliot back on the main Channel.
You need a long term review on stuff like this because if it breaks after three weeks, it doesn't matter how cheap it was, you still just threw money down the drain. Especially when really good budget handhelds like anbernic can be had for 60 euros
That £14 one surprised me. That's some really good GBA emulation. Only real differences I saw in Mario Kart compared to the real thing were the _slightly_ off aspect ratio, and that the screen is significantly better than on an AGS-101. Most notably the background stays crystal clear instead of smearing into a motion-blurred mess when you turn quickly. Some colors looked washed out compared to what I'm used to, but backlit Nintendo LCDs before the 3DS oversaturate colors. I did have one gripe though: The little buttons below the D-pad are start and reset. What are you supposed to do for games that use the select button? Besides, putting reset that close to start is bad design -- I know I would accidentally reset it all the time, either accidentally when trying to pause in a hurry with start, or by muscle memory when I want to push select. Reset should really be up next to mode or down below the screen like a 3DS home button.
I do think I see some screen tearing, but not nearly as bad as on the more expensive Powkiddy one.
Also, I'm curious what's in the "retro" folder.
BTW you should really drift in Mario Kart. It makes going around tight corners without slowing down or hitting walls much easier once you get the hang of it.
Very impressed with the purple clone. Especially with whatever they used for the Mega Drive emulator.
For the price of the most expensive one, you can find a used DS Lite and get an R4 card and have a perfect GBA player with a good screen. The middle one is definitely more bang for your buck. And the cheap one is just a nice little toy to keep around in a travel bag or something. Play it when you get bored, if it gets stolen, who cares? And with the size it's actually perfect for introducing a little kid to video games. They'll be able to hold it easier, and again, so cheap who cares if they break it?
Or you can download a emulator for free…
@@malfaroangel3896
Controllers also cost something, and it's kind of shitty on a touchscreen.
Heads up to anyone going this route - GBA emulation from an R4 card on the ds lite isnt perfect. There are compatibility lists you can check to see how well a game will run on an emulator off the R4 card. Generally though its not suggested as a GBA emulation machine unless youre gonna get a flashcart for the bottom port of the DS and a decent one of those alone tend to be more expensive than some of the options in this video
Or a PSP if you want the PS1 games also
I ordered the mid-grade one for my daughter, she’s still young so I don’t trust her with my modded gameboys haha. $12.55 with free shipping isn’t bad
For that kind of use, I can see it, but normally I just tell people to save their money, and just get a bluetooth controller with a phone clip, then load up a bunch of ROMS, and Emulators on Android if they don't want to mod a system.
@@CommodoreFan64 true, emulation on your phone is usually the easiest. I used to be really into modding gameboys, as well as having many fond memories of my gameboy growing up haha, so that’s why I don’t really use emulators
@@CommodoreFan64 most people won't do that. If u can order this for $13 and never think about it
@@CommodoreFan64 For $12 this thing is cheaper than most Bluetooth controllers, even more so if you want a decent one that isn't crap.
All links are dead, can you post a aliexpress link please?
the links to buy them are 404 error, that's a shame i wanted the £14 one
I wish more of those generic handhelds made it easy to wipe the crappy games they come with and add your own...they're cute, affordable and typically work well enough, but it doesn't take long before you get tired of scrolling through 490 crappy bootleg games to get to the 10 that are actually worth playing!
I have a really crappy one and i just plug it to the computer and get my shit inside. I assume most of this are compatible with the same or have an sd card
I mean it's super easy, connect them to you computer, they appear as a USB device/thumb drive and look for the folder where the roms are and just delete everything and put your stuff instead, just make sure to not delete the folders, just delete the roms inside of them.
@@AJ-po6up That's what I wish more of them did. I realize some are that simple, but the ones I've owned have been protected and require some kind of hack to access. When plugged into a computer, they'll charge, but that's it; they don't open right up like a thumb drive.
@@army103 Oh, I'm sorry to hear that, the 4 that I've owned are the simple ones so I thought they were all like that. At least the powkiddies act like USB drives, but who knows how the cheapest one and the middle one are like since like you said, they're pretty generic.
aaaand the aliexpress links are dead lmao
I think instead of the last one, the better option for £50 would be a PSP. You can load a custom firmware and have all these emulators, and it plays PS1 games anyway.
For sure, I still have my PSP and PSP Go and they are just about perfect for most things I would want to emulate on the go.
It way better to play on the real thing
PSP fanboys need to shut up.
The emulators and build quality of the psp are mediocre at best. I would rather play that £14 one
@@homerc9101The PSP is objectively a good system in every way. He's not a fanboy.
That red one looks so small lmao
17:37 you missed the opportunity to say "but is it Gameboy Advanced?"
That first one for £6 is particularly remarkable. You have to think of these things from the perspective of yesteryear. Imagine if something like that had hit the market say around 1990. See it in the Argos catalogue, alongside Game Boys and Game Gears retailing between £60 and £100. And this thing sits there with an alleged 400 NES games for £6. If you put aside the fact that Nintendo would have ripped the beating heart of the company out and shut down the operation before bedtime, that thing would have been the fastest and highest selling game console of all time, no question. Pocket money gaming of that standard. Nobody would have minded the odd bit of screen tear now and then, the odd glitch. And as long as you're not overly picky today, still an absolute bargain for a bit of gaming fun on the move. SMB and Galaga seem to play perfectly well enough.
True enough. I'm only 32 y/o, and it still blows my mind sometimes, how far emulation has come. Like, I can play up to Gamecube and PS2....on my Xbox. I still remember going to stores and buying games based entirely on if the box looked cool or not. Or going to blockbuster to rent N64 games. I remember having entire boxes full of cartridges and disc cases, and having to swap them out if I wanted to play. And then there were those PS1 games that came on more than 1 disc. And nowadays you can buy a tiny little handheld with old those old 2D consoles pre-installed on 'em...for next to nothing. Or have a tiny external harddrive filled with thousands of games (like I do). Or even hundreds of games on a tiny fingernail sized Micro SD card (which I also do, on my Retroid). It's kind of bananas to me.
Honestly, between $50-80 I would consider the Miyoo Mini instead. It's a powerhouse in the sub $100 market. Once you buy a GBA, a flash cart, a screen and a battery, you are probably in $150-200, or a Miyoo Mini for $65-75 with a laminated IPS screen, USB c rechargeable, and compatibility with up to and including PS1 (it's compatible/playable with over 100 PS1 titles) its an easy choice to make.
Read this comment , went off and ordered a Miyoo mini v2! 👍
Yeah I've been on the Miyoo Mini train for ages, and honestly it's SUPER hard to beat for the money! Hell, I enjoyed it so much I ported Duke 3D and Blood to it, and both run fantastically!
Any ghosting miyoo mini?
Problem with miyoo mini is that there harder to find these days and the new V3 seems not a good.
The best emulation system is a Steam Deck, lol. Seriously, it runs Linux meaning any Linux-compatible emulators will work with it, it's easy to use on the go, and you aren't stuck with firmware that can emulate only a handful of games released for the system.
I'd never buy any other handheld than a handheld PC (which Steam Deck is) for emulation. What I would buy though are ones that are clones on the hardware level such as GB Boy Colour (not sure if there is a hardware GBA clone).
Ali express links aren't working? Great video! Love these
that joke was never alive, hell it was never a joke.
"I'm not making that up it really says playinging." LMFAO
That diagonal “screen tearing” isn’t screen tearing in the traditional sense of the phrase. It means you’re playing on a portrait-mode screen that they wired in sideways.
Probably had ‘em laying around, were intended for cell phones but then cell phones got more advanced.
This leads to the diagonal line, and in some cases where it’s really bad, different RGB levels for your left and right eyes (which really screws it up!)
That Neo Geo game you played was Metal Slug, a lot less graphically demanding than a PSX game. TBF, most Neo Geo games were.
These knock off videos are always so much fun.
Anyone else getting errors on the Ali links? Trying to buy the middle option
Getting to the point that the slowest processors available can run NES “Well”
just a heads up, the links for them are dead
Interesting to note that the last most expensive device has the same menu as the TrimUI Model S'/PowKiddy A66's stock firmware
It's even using Gambatte for running Game Boy games
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None of the purchase links for the 3 work.
I recently bought a DS cartridge that had a bunch of DS games downloaded and I honestly really like it.
Probably an R4 clone with a bunch of DS games on it. A cheap R4 is probably the best buy you can make with a DS
Links dont work
Dude I laughed right off my chair when you went ...." this is what we like to USB-see *pause for effect* ...I will see myself out" straight face-laugh under the mustache british humor kills me. And then bang second botched screen peel...funniest clip ever Elliot...cheers from Belgium.
The tearing on that last nes gameplay was terrible for $50
i missed hearing your lively voice, elliot. thank you for making my day and my whole week prolly
glad to have you back! powkiddy is okay and you might be able to improve it but def better options in the 40-60 range or closer to 100. i think miyoo mini is like 60ish and its fantastic. older solid emulators could be had for well under 100. i think powkiddy has an SP clone that is fairly solid for about 40 bucks and occasionally cheaper!
Or just download the shit onto your phone or laptop or tablet. It's free you mfs are just stupid. It ain't rocket science it's a simple matter of going to the RetroArch website downloading it. For the Wii and GameCube isos. Just use dolphin. For psp use PPSSPP. you can find these games online free y'all are chumps paying for what's free
I own the Powkiddy SP clone, it's a surprisingly solid handheld. Handles GBA and Genesis like a dream and the screen is really nice. Haven't tested most of the emulators on it though.
the link for the middle 1 doesn't work
Can't get the first three links to work, 404 error. Good vid though.
I’ve seen these fake PS Vita‘s with those fake 300 games in one cartridges
They are in every cheap Chinese plug-and-play system
@@Blood-PawWerewolf I know 😀
Links are 404 already lol
Famiclones are too common, but I know a company maned LExibook who made 16 bit, more-original-than-famiclones bootleg consoles called after the company's name.
The versions I'm aware of are JG7400, JG7410, JG7415, JG7420 and JG7425.
I hope you can make a videos using those Lexibooks and yes, each one is a different Lexibook model.
Yesssss, Lexibooks are so underrated!! I actually have one (idk which model) which is a red portable that promotes Ferrari stuff
I‘m seriously surprised about the price. Great deal!
For a bit more money you can buy a Miyoo Mini and it's definitely more worth than Powkiddy A30, but that beats the purpose if you want to buy a GBA "clone". Anyway glad to see you back in action Elliot, keep it up.
The Powkiddy probably would be a lot better with custom firmware, but alas, it doesn't seem like anything's available for it. :( A shame, that translucent red shell is lovely.
It seems like a lot of these handhelds have weird stock firmware - even the Miyoo Mini had some questionable choices and weird emulation right out of the box, but a custom OS such as Onion and a good quality MicroSD card will absolutely bring it to the next level in terms of both performance -and- range of what you can play on it.
Id buy it in a heart beat if there was a compatible CFW.
Miyoo Mini is right around the price range of that powkiddy device and seems better
I was gonna make fun of this, but after seeing that it has a bunch of emulators with little to no problems, I might want one
In the past few years, cheap emulation handhelds like this have gotten way better
The sheer analysis of will be superb indeed. Cheers on the gameboy coverage man!
Those are some heavy gameboys
Bri'ish pounds
Well SMB has graphical glitches on the original hardware so its no surprise.
You should check out the rg353v. You're gonna love it. The miyoo mini too. You need a miyoo mini.
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The GB 30 almost looks the same size as the box those gba gummies came in.
Honestly for £6 where as an actual NES costs £50 for the console alone you could hook this up to a CRT and have some retro gaming fun with the flexibility of being able to take It with you
And a 6 hour battery Is really decent
My favorite time when there's a new "Clone Report" of fake Game Boys :D
404 on the Alibaba links
3:45 Oh that sounds familiar. Rerez had the same manual in a fake PSP video
0:44 "Lots of words, China always loves all of the words," hilarious Elliot. You won the internet today!
i just bought a PSP 1000 for 40 euros with 8 games. So happy I did. The build quality is great and the emulation is fantastic. You probably have done so before but would you consider doing a video on the best upgrades available and what is possible with the PSP. Downside is internet access as no one wants basically open internet routers.
You can use your smartphone to bridge the wifi from your router to the PSP via Wifi hotspot. I have done it and left the wifi open on the phone and it connects and works online that way!
I know the song that played on the GAME STATION menu.. it's a royalty free song from the 90s labelled as "HOME". I might upload it soon.
What's ironic is that it has a Backlight by default. Whereas the OG officials lack them; and, unless you just so happen to wield some incredible godly engineering skills to mod your handheld console, I gotta say, for a Chinese handheld, that's really mint!👍
I think they are pretty cheap nowadays.
When the original game boys came out led's were too big and mostly only red or green (blue became a thing in like 2002) so they would have had to use a flourescent tube like a lynx or an old laptop, which are expensive and use alot of electricity to run
@@Colt45hatchback Game Gear style lol.
@@Thelango99 yeah haha
Instantly bought the second one. Great little device
They are going to wonder why the orders are flooding in!
Just post the links without the tracking bullshit Elliot.
Item number for middle is 1005004802670389
Not sure what version of the Powkiddy that is, but there is a slightly more expensive one i got, with analog sticks, that even emulates n64 and playstation rather well. They are also very customizable, since it's pretty easy to put a better OS on them and also put tons of roms on there. If you take the time to look up what's possible to do with emulation handhelds like that, they can be absolutely nuts.
Heck yeah, Elliot's back to show us that he has the skills to pay the bills! keep it up man!
Kinda like that purple one, just because of no bullshit menu :D
great to see you back doing these fun reviews Elliot! 👍👍
Waking up and watching this video has set me up for a day of playing retro games.
That probably wasn't TH-cam's intention in presenting this video to me, I'm sure they wanted to keep me watching and scrolling all day. But my plan is set. Great video.
9:36 For future reference can you please tell us when you are able to push the dpad down all the way? Like if it has a pivot or not? That alone let’s us know if it needs to be modded or is just a plain shit dpad
It may not LOOK like Contra is more advanced but the main problem is it's a 3D game. The other games like the NEO GEO game are 2D so they run a lot better.
I like the way you hold on tight, like your trying to play in that Florida hurricane or something
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that second one actually looks cool. think i might pick it up
The crash who ripped his bubblegum
I haven't seen many of your videos... But I was totally distracted and paused the video so I could go around my house and tap my teeth on all my screens to find out the difference if it's glass. Lol. I learned so much more than I expected from this video.
After all this time, they still haven't made a better (at a reasonable price ofc) option than the PSP for emulation. That thing is a beast.
Anbernic has several and much more appropriate than the PSP.
The rp3 is pretty good, can emulate anything Dreamcast and below (you can play psp games on it too), runs on Android, which gives you access to play store games such as Minecraft, and has one of the best screens on an emulation console I've ever seen.
If Gandalf and Frodo had been trading Pokemon in Fellowship of the Ring, Ian McKellen would have been holding one of these while Eilja Wood was holding a real GBA.
If we can get custom firmware for that second purple GBA knockoff we could have another great economic customize-able handheld like the $40 CAD Powkiddy V90, that's what I paid for my black one and for $45 dollars it's was a killer deal!
EDIT: I think the 3 links to these devices are dead, I got the "sorry, we could not find that page." page. =(
Does anyone remember when Tweeterman would do these kinds of videos on here many moons ago? DAMN....anyway...awesome video dude! Game Station here I come :p
Had to sub after I saw the tooth test. I've never seen such a professional technique used by anyone else
I'm so excited to watch this I love when you do these videos
I’m so glad to Elliot back! This video was awesome! Keep up the awesome content!
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Words to live by
My question is always can you plug them into the computer, take off the games you don't want, and load up other roms/update with patched or fixed versions?
Yes, they'll be in the TF card menu
I LOVE how you did not completely re-shoot everything because of the switch-a-roo of the last 2 clones :P And that PowKiddy one probably could even run that alternative firmware like for that Powkiddy GBA SP clone you once showed and which has become one of my absolute favorite low-cost multi system clones. But it seems this GBA clone here might not be powerful enough for the SNES and PS1 emulators again, sadly. But hey, if everything else runs fine i could not really complain. I really love that red-translucent case though. The second clone in this lineup here looks interesting enough to me because of the 4:3 aspect ratio screen which is perfect for everything except the GBA titles. pretty sure the aspect ratio ratio can be changed too with a different button-mode combo.
I've just watched a couple of your DS videos before this one, and you've made me wanna play my 3/DSi again. Thank you so much for the amazing content.
backlit gba for $15? thats a huge deal.
I forgot about Christmas crackers 😂 my British friend introduced me to them when I was visiting south Yorkshire Donnie area lol I thought they were actually crackers you only get around Christmas time 😂
Crackers as in the food 😂
Love this series so much
It’s getting to the point that the slowest processors on the planet can’t at least run NES “Ok”.
@@TommyVinMI true
The links aren't working!!! OMG!!!!!!!!
Holy the 14pounds one is killer. I'm surprised how well it runs mario kart. Even the powekiddy v90 struggle to emulate that
Fun video, not in the market for anything like these handhelds at the moment but still interesting to see them.
I was watching this video while having a 💩 I laughed so hard when the little guy running and crying came up on the loading screen that I almost dropped my phone 😂
that Mario game at the end was the weirdest port i have ever seen lol
😀👍 / 😲
The PS1 Contra game does look the same, but on an actual PS1; It runs so much smoother for the it's standards back in the day...
Wow. Favorites and a playlist on that last one? It solves lot of problems.
If the second devide says TF card, then most probably there is a micro SD inside, where you can load your own games onto..
All the Ali links from the description are dead / 404 error btw!
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The third one looks like a viable device for cfw
I bought the middle quality one a few months go and it's ok. The battery life isn't great but it does have pretty awful screen tearing. It plays almost all GBA games at full speed though.
13:59 he says 14 when the video length reaches 14 minutes lol
I actually own a physical copy of C: The Contra Adventure for the PS1. I can assure you that the emulation on that Pow Kiddy isn’t what it’s supposed to look like when you are playing that game on original or PS2 hardware, but that game really isn’t one of the best in the series in my opinion. Still at least it’s somewhat playable to an extent.
The link to the middle device posted in the description appears to be a scam (all negative feedback starting to be posted on the seller's page) if you've ordered I suggest you open a dispute as soon as it becomes available and order from the other seller which is what should have been linked in the description in the first place