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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 ก.ค. 2024
- This is the all new Super Console X2. It plays all your old favourite retro systems, and it comes with over 100 000 GAMES! It comes with complete collections of MAME, Atari, NES, SNES, Gameboy, GBA, N64, and a ton of PS1, Sega Saturn, Dreamcast, Nintendo DS, and PSP. But... what's the catch? Is it really as good as it sounds? Well that's what we're gonna answer today!
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- CHAPTERS -
00:00 Too good to be true?
00:41 Important Stuff
01:24 Super Console X2 review
01:56 What's in the box?
03:15 Setup
05:02 The Game Lists
07:42 Performance
10:50 Should you buy it?
13:11 The End
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Someday they'll be digging up ancient relics and wonder why we were obsessed with the letter X since like 1992.
Good point. We are strangely fascinated with that letter.
cause it's XTREEM!
@@mattparker9726 *crushes a Mountain Dew can*
I just ordered one of these. I really love retro rpgs from snes-ps1 era. I figure something like this will play those with ease while getting some ps2, gba and assorted handheld systems gems to boot.
Solid. Enjoy!
I have one of these(Arcade Box),and for the price of £40 it’s fantastic. I grew up in the arcades in the 80’s and early 90’s so to play most of my favourite arcade games is amazing.Also going back to the SNES is also amazing.
This new one I bought doesn't have Punch Out for arcade...Very disappointed
Nice video!
Great videos! I’ve watched two of yours now. Love the style of your videos and reviews.
I have a question: I’m new to the HDMI plug and play emulation boxes. Which one would you recommend for 2023? There are so many to choose from and seems like a bit of a minefield.
What’s important to me is:
- User interface.
- Little to no duplicates.
- I enjoy the tinkering of specs and settings if I need to.
If you could suggest one to have a look at that would be appreciated.
Thanks for your videos!
Can't lie, I've had my share of these android game boxes and have finally switched to the respectively priced mini PCs where I add RETROBAT to boot from Power On. My old android boxes turned out to only end up being good for all the roms that came with it . 🤷🏾♂️💯
I find the Hyper Base Mix more appealing to me to get a sense of having a rather complete list of game preservation on a drive but this is nice for being able to actually play them at a friends house. Wish it had a dedicated micro-sd slot for the drive though as playing two player games will get annoying with a dongle... The Doom Test is good, but for Arcade game lists I do the "Numan Athletics" test. A cyberpunk futuristic olympics game with super human characters. It's so extremely obscure, that if the list has it, it means it's probably going to have many, many others. --
Zombies ate my Neighbors reminds me visiting my family playing this with my cousins. Also Grabbed by the Ghoulies was very underrated as well.
Burger time was one of my favorites on the game boy as well but Final Fantasy Legend was my most favorite. I got stuck at the end boss and had tried everything, except…the “saw” I was like eh, what the heck, nothing else has worked and it cut him right in half lol.
I recently discovered Ninja Golf for the 7800. A genre mashup 30 years ahead of its time. It's not a great game, but it's worth playing at least once.
Alien Brigade is also good on Atari 7800, plays like Operation Wolf but with aliens in it.
Happy Friday TD! Chrono Trigger (snes) is probably still my favorite retro game. But any Paper Mario game is probably tied for second. Lately, I've been playing Paper Mario Stickerstar on my new-to-me 'New' 2DS xl.
You to BFFF. I'm playing through Chrono Trigger on my Miyoo Mini right now actually! Loving it of course. I've never played through an entire paper mario game. I should try the one on the 2ds, I have a 2ds that doesn't get much playtime.
@TechDweeb Ooh, in Chrono Trigger on the Miyoo mini, watch out for the year 2300. When you have to put in the code that the rat gives you into the computer. I couldn't get the miyoo to let me do it. I ended up loading the save file on bsnes9x on my pc to get past it. Then, I moved the save back to my sd card.
1. Chrono Trigger
2. Earthbound
3. Final Fantasy 3
in that order 😊
Chrono Trigger is good, but I was always a PC kinda guy.
1:22 also you have dice on the best toy.
Best Retro games ever (IMHO) are the Metal Slug series. I never had one of those Arcades in my area, so I never played it. I also would have never dreamed of asking my parents to get me a Neo Geo system for Christmas. They were crazy expensive and I never knew a single person who ever owned one.
Most fun Arcade game I ever played was the Tempest game. That thing was so addicting!
Oh I've loved the metal slug series for ages! I used to play those back in high school actually. I've played through them all and I still play them. Have you tried Demon Front?
@@TechDweeb Denon Front? No I can't say I have. I will have to do a search for that one on my Botecera hard drive. You know since you are so knowledgeable on retro gaming, I think it would be super cool to discuss certain games on your channel. Like who the developer was, what platform it was on, why it was so popular and why people like yourself still love it. Sort of like mini history lessons on retro games. If anyone could pull it off, it would be you.
The retro game I go back to is Code Name Viper, on Nes.
Never heard of it, I'll check it out!
Great review! This doesn't have the games or the performance I want. The x 5 pro does, But it's a bit too expensive. Is there something in between?
is there breath of fire 3 on this when yes i buy it ! good video over all !
really very nice
Hello can you tell me if Goldeneye on N64 runs well? I never played it and always wanted too without buying original N64 console. Thanks
For Mario 64 what setting can I use in order to have it look more smooth? Like what resolution should I have it on?
Wouldn't it be an idea to make a version that were more powerfull than the others, without having to be way more expensive ?
Pretty sure there is a market for it.
13:32 For me, once again, it has to be the 1987 DOS PC version of Sid Meier's Pirates!. #1 BABY! After that, it's a toss up for second place between Cosmo's Cosmic Adventure, Ninja Turtles (THE FIRST EVER Turtles game, I forget the name right now.) And probably Dangerous Dave.
Oh man Pirates! is so good. Never heard of Dangerous Dave, I'll check it out!
"SOULJA BOY CONSOLES"
Can you tell me how to upgrade my controller? A bought a usb bluetooth adapter and thought I could connect my PS5 controller, but its not working. I was looking at the bluetooth 8bitdo SN30 pro, would that work? Or what controller would you recommend? Thx in advance.
I wanted to try such a retro game console machine last year like this in the video, but if my desktop computer's CPU (Intel Core i5-9600KF) is powerful enough to run and play almost any game published from any game console generations, Ihad to let go of the idea of buying it.
However, after one of your videos about "Hyper Base Mini", I became interested in the Linux-based operating system called Batocera, which can be used to better organize retro video games, even fan modifications (such types with new levels, graphics elements and sounds). I recently got a Kingston Datatraveler Max 512GB USB Stick and I thought that would be a very good idea for playing some PS1/N64/Dreamcast/Gamecube/Wii games. :)
My all-time favorite games are the first three Sonic The Hedgehog games, I really like the music of all Sonic Zones, even the least good Labyrinth Zone's music is chilling. :D
Nice! Building your own custom emulation setup is definitely the way to go, if you have the skills and the patience.
Still waiting for the video of the 5tb gizmo, in the pile of things you have to review. 🤩
On the way very soon!
Check your network traffic for the strange traffic after powering up this box
Hey, great review! I'm torn between buying this one or Y6 Powkiddy one, which one do you think is better to have? I would appreciate your opinion, thanks
This one is much better than the Powkiddy Y6, but it's substantially more expensive. The y6 is great but it's a budget device and this one is full featured.
@@TechDweeb Thank you!
Just kick all the rubbish under the bed. I wonder if the spectrum games are configured for a controller.
I like the tutorial videos. Nice touch.
I want one to get into the "Dangerzone"
What's the danger zone?
This is great and all ... but does it come with shadow tower?
This would work on the Ultimate Legends Arcade perhaps?!
The most famous Canadian geek had a show about TV boxes preset with Kodi, malware included. My gripe with that video was, he never actually showed these boxes that don't come with Kodi preconfigured, or devices like this one. Did you maybe see that video? Maybe there's malware on SCX too? Or maybe not?
You have SCX in your DIY cabinet, did you take it out of the shell to increase cooling maybe?
Love your cheap box videos
you are safe as soon as you dont start your google account on them. This device in specific loads by default Emuelec, no need to log in on the Android interface
Yeah I saw it. Like he said in the vid, all of those boxes had the same chip, and the same build of android, so the info is not directly comparable with these emulation consoles. And like he said it may just be that these companies are all using the same image without intent on making use of the exploits, rather than them specifically trying to steal your info.
The difference here is that these emulation consoles aren't meant to have your netflix or google password on them, you don't buy them to use as android boxes. They boot a custom image of emulation station and you don't need to connect them to your network or put in any of your personal info. I'd be weary of putting my google password into a box like this, I'm weary of that on most cheap emulation consoles including handhelds, but for emulation, nah, they're benign.
No I didn't mod my SCX in any way. It performs as well as I need it to in my cabinet, I don't even bother with 3d stuff there. I just play old arcade games mostly, with a smattering of gameboy and snes stuff.
I'm aware of the Emuelec, but some people will try and use it as an android box. Even for emulation, Drastic is still the best on Android - and still paid. I don't care about ds on TV, some people might though. This was just one example.
I see the listing now says 82,000 games... I wonder if they de-duplicated it or just counted better? It would be interesting to see how many there REALLY are, but de-duplication is tedious, even with a tool to do checksum compares and *make sure* they're duplicates before deletion.
What sage cd satin and dreamcast games you get with it and easy to copy SD card
My advice for the PS1 games --
Get the 2TB SD card and download all the NTSC-U/C PS1 ISOs...
Honestly, I am sure if one takes the time to delete all duplicates and any games you really don't like or see yourself ever really playing that would free up a lot of space to add more of your favorites.
It would make your game lists cleaner but it wouldn't free up much space, the duplicates are all on the older systems, and those systems barely take up any room on the drive. The storage hogs are the bigger games like PS1, saturn, dreamcast, etc. I think you'd be better off deleting the larger games that don't run well (like the psp games that don't perform well) and putting on more PS1 & Saturn etc.
@@TechDweeb if nothing else it would make it less annoying.
Hey Dweeb, are there any emulators consoles that play old pc games from the late 90’s?
Not really. These do support DOS games but the implementation isn't great. I'd suggest a Mini PC with Dosbox for old PC games.
Is ther anywhere to get all 100% english rom sets? If not then what is the best value product to get the best roms set?
Are you a cop? You have to tell me if you are.
@@joshsadowski8869 No I'm not a 🐷
Look up '1g1r' sets. That should be exactly what you're looking for ;)
Chy-na says hello to your network
No need to connect to this to your network
old Laptop are best for playing games retro
Can you use other wireless controllers with this using the usb port?
And can you save progress in games?
I'd really like to own something like this. After using the RG35XX for a bit, I'm thinking I'd like something similar that I can hook up to my TV and use wireless controllers without having to build a PC. What are the competitors to this thing?
There's a whole bunch of versions of this sort of thing. The main companies are Kinhank (they make the Super Console X series) and JMachen (they make the Hyper Base series). My personal favourites are the Super Console X Cube at the low end (amzn.to/41FCr32) and the Hyper Base King at the high end (amzn.to/3LuMUIV). I've reviewed both, check em out on my channel if you want to know more. Hope this helps!
You CAN hook up the RG35XX to a TV with a hdmi cable.
I want the best I can get for the money in gaming. Any recommendations for mini PCs that might be better than these android boxes? Like if you want up to ps2 or gamecube games? what would you need? What is the cheapest option? And how could you take these ROMs and put them on to a PC?
This is the only Mini PC I've tested, but I think it's a great product for the price. In this video I have a suggestion for an emulation drive you can pair with it. th-cam.com/video/_vir-A4j1E8/w-d-xo.html
Is it possible to completely remove all games that you don't like? And would any deleted games come back if you did a factory reset?
Yes you can remove the games yourself (either using the computer, or on the device itself), and no a factory reset will just reset the operating system itself
The Tecmo bowls/super Tecmo bowls. Tmnt. Castlevania. MK. Nba lives.
Hello. I use Kinhank super console x cube. While Neo Geo was opening the games automatically, it suddenly stopped opening and gave a blue screen error. It continued to open when I selected the emulator from the game settings. I didn't use any emulator settings before. Just the neo geo console is generally broken. I fixed it, but in general, how can I set it as the default from the emulator to the emulator named mini geo? Is there anybody who has an information.?
Ninja baseball batman
Do you have to use the controllers that come with it? Can I use Bluetooth controllers?
Anything that connects to USB.
Yes, you can use your own controllers. I can't GUARANTEE it'll work, but every other controller I've tried has worked. And it does have Bluetooth 5.0.
Does it have Zelda for 64 and Mario 64?
How many times can KinHank sell yet another S905 chipped box. lol
11:03 CHALLENGE! The Hunt for the Perfect Emulation Android Box Now in TechDweeb Theater!
The problem is that what's perfect for one person might not be perfect for another. What if I WANT to have EVERY version of Adventure on the 2600, because it makes me happy to have a 'complete' rom set? Or what if I want only ONE copy of Harry Potter on the GBA, just the english north american release? But then someone from europe would say the EUR version would be better because it has multiple languages. One guy might prefer to have 500 ps1 games without music, rather than having only 40 with music. That's why the only way to really get a 'perfect' device is to make it yourself.
Should I get this or Powkiddy Y6??
This is a lot more feature rich than the Y6, but it's more expensive. Performance is pretty similar. If you'd be happy with the y6 and not miss the scaling and aspect ratio options then go for that. I personally would rather have the SCX2.
I just got mine in and the controllers didn't work at all. It only had 1 USB receiver and neither of the controllers worked with it lol. Other than that I love the system
Sheesh. That's weird. Hope the seller replaced the controllers for ya. And at least we can use our own controllers. I usually use my Xbox One controller on these things anyways.
Gunstar hero for GBA👐🏽
Is it as good as the King console emulator that you had in one of your videos a few months ago?
No, this one uses the s905x2 chip, the king uses the s922 chip. The king is significantly more powerful, it could handle the higher-end systems with upscaling better than this. But it's also more expensive so it's a trade off.
@@TechDweeb Thanks mate for the info I think I'll purchase the king I find the more power the better.👍🏽
Pbtd sandwich is good
I like your content.
Thanks for saying so!
Oh what, your bed broke, nooooo, I hope it's fixed by now 😂. Reality is bonkers. I hate beds that break... 🛏☄️
Something like this should at least be able to do 2x upscale for PS1. I hope this isn't expensive. Great video though. 😊
It probably can handle 2x ps1 on the easier to run games. I only tested the hardest to run game (Bloody Roar II)
I am just tempted to just buy a box and do it myself :)
Please, record your work ad post it on your channel.
We'd all really like to see that.
@@michaelb4538 don't even know owwhere to start yet!🤣🤣🤣
You need to have some experience with ScreenSkraper, EmuELEC and Recalbox or Retropie, or you should have at least a concept of what you're doing. It's not that hard, but it's all in the fine details.
@Gordon Buch loads of step by step videos on TH-cam. Nice little project to get in too :)
Yeah you can totally do all this yourself. Just make sure you get a box with a chip that is supported by software you're hoping to install.
Boulderdash C64
This voice makes me feel I can't breath!!😢
I fixed my lunchbox build on my gaming PC. That's way better than this. But if u just starting out, this is good for just plug & play
And Bubble bobble
Just order one to play on TV just got xu10 to go with it
Does it need separate computer ???
Nope!
mr do !
How come some systems don't have some games like arcade Punch Out?
you should, if you haven't already, watch Linus tech tips. he recently did a video about why you should not buy these android boxes. it's very interesting
Yep I've seen it. I don't think that applies here, there's no reason you need to connect these things to your network or put in any of your Google Play or Netflix or whatever other login info. I would be wary of doing that on any cheap Chinese piece of tech tbh.
How can I sync a Nintendo 64 controller
You'd need a USB n64 controller.
Is there a android box that I can buy that I can use my Xbox controllers with?
Yeah! Any of these support xbox usb controllers, and as long as the system has bluetooth it'll work with wireless xbox one controllers. Xbox controllers are super compatible with all these emulation consoles.
So...hypothetically speaking. For a newbie that doesn't tinker with this stuff. Could you purchase this unit for home and use the the same SD card in a handheld Android device?
Not directly you could probably copy the sd card then use a copy for you handheld. I think
I enjoy your videos. Linus tech tips recently put out a warning about these things, saying they are filled with Chinese spy software. Have you found any programs like that on this device? Thanks.
I don't think it's a problem here. Those boxes all used the same custom build of android. This isn't booting to android, it's booting to emuelec, and you don't even need to connect it to your network or put in any of your passwords etc. If you were going to boot into android and then login to google and netflix or whatever, then yeah I'd say be worried. But as an emulation console, nah, it's fine.
How trb?
I can't play games with my game controllers..I can sonly use my remote control!! The system won't read the controllers even though they are set up to Bluetooth...Anyone have any ideas?
Put it in the trash like i did👍
I'd rather do a batocera HDD and use it on an old system lying around
Street fighter?
Is there any delay in controller? I'm also pissed cause I see this has Sega cd... I bought the Game Grid 2 and has 50k games yet it doesn't have Sega cd.. my favorite system.... Wtf
If you need all them cables just use a android phone at that point lol
I want to get something like this, but I’m afraid that there might be Chinese spyware on it to grab info off if my home network.
No need to connect this to your network or put in any of your personal info. This can easily be an entirely offline device.
@@TechDweeb thx 4 info. I only want a few of the games, like cps 1, 2 and 3. Neo geo. Genesis snes.
Oh man favorite retro games? I'll skip the easy ones like the never ending list of jrpgs , Zelda titles and go for some Sega classics like dinosaurs for hire, dragons revenge and revenge of Shinobi.
Never heard of dinos for hire or dragons revenge. I'll check em out!
@@TechDweeb dino for hire is a side scrolling contra like shooter where you play as 1 of 3 dinosaurs in a leather coat with sunglasses. Dragons revenge is a risque pinball game with lots of hot chicks and dragons
Pretending to be a kid - lol 🤣
For me a bench mark for those android consoles is are they better than a raspberry pi 4 with retropi installed.
Totally. I wish the raspberry pi 4 was more widely available and cheap like it's supposed to be :(
Seems to be a new one of these released every week. Yet to see one thats actually any good. They're all basically the same. Get an old cheap low end android box. Throw in some generic 3rd party controllers. Chuck in a MicroSD card with a preconfigured emulator retro front end build full of pirate roms. Chuck it in a box and call it a day.
Yeah, if one came along that was PERFECTLY configured and had completel 1g1r rom sets without dups it would be a top seller.
How are these allowed to be sold on Amazon? Lol
That's what everyone thinks. I guess they really don't care. All those chinese Consoles/Handhelds come with preloaded SD-Cards full of ROMs. But hey, they are Amazon, they do whatever they want. 😅
I think they're just a pretty niche product in the big picture. They're just kinda flying under the radar.
Does conkers bad fur day work good?
Nope. Not on this one.
Hows the controller response? Any lag?
No lag, but I always tweak the RetroArch settings so that there's minimal latency.
It probably gets better frame rates at 720P on some cores and none of these games are even 720P native so why lower your performance by setting 1080P? Pointless to change those settings.
Because it makes the menu & UI items all blurry. Emulation frontends and systems should be run at native resolution and the emulated games themselves can be run at their lower (native, on their platform) resolutions. No better framerates running games at 720p resolution vs 1080p (as long as the cores are emulating the games at the same resolution).
EHH I mean all the android based stuff is cool, form factor wise, but WAY underpowered when I can pick up an old office PC for like 100 bucks and emulate anything I freakin want. Even Root Beer 2000 simulator. Oh wait. That doesn't exist. But it *should*
I like the portability and the work of acquiring the old games is worth the price alone.
But can it run Xenogears?
On PS1? Yup!
@@TechDweeb awesome! I play it on the RP2+ and its good 90% of the time but during the cutscene in the beginning with the town on fire the frames drop to single digits
Do You have a cold?
How is this legal?
A super console (2) for a super dweeb!!! I have a question, are the PS1 games in PAL format?
I'm drowning in emulation boxes! That's okay though, I love playing with these things.
PS1 is a mix, but the majority are US roms.
By the way, I may be a miserable piece of garbage but... Wait God doesn't make no garbage!
Wait... are you telling me you DIDN'T click like? 🥺
@@TechDweeb I did 🙂. I just couldn't resist the chance to pull out an old religious meme from the 80's. 😂
I just delete and add my faver game and Broken
I don't know wat I did wrong
That sucks man. You should look thorugh some Tech Dweeb tutorials.
You're saying you added a game and it broke the system? If you get in touch with the company they can send you an image of the system so you can re-flash it, or they'll sell you a new SD card.
I’m surprised you are still suffering from your flu. The audio is slightly uncomfortable listening to your blocked nose. Try some Viks vaper rub. Good luck
Same crap, either same specs, most likely using e waste, so get the chips for nothing or next to nothing
I'm interested in the content... Click on the video...and realize the nerdy act still isn't funny. It's just cringe.
Why do you talk like that?
Linus recently uploaded a video about Android TV boxes having backdoors and such. I'll never buy any of this cr@p. ☣️
Don't need to hook this up to your network at all.
Well streaming requires accounts and passwords, used strictly as a emulation streaming box there really nothing much of importance at risk here. 🤷♂