Anyone purchase the FC-16 GO (portable SNES)

I have yet to purchase a clone system, but I have become interested in them a little after hearing some of the positive reviews regarding the gen mobile and may check that system out in the future. Anyone try the newly released portable SNES? What do you think?

The d-pad looks like it could be shat though ...

http://stoneagegamer.com/fc16goportablesnes.aspx

Fucking hate this shit ds design. The DS is one of the worst designed portable systems. Hold it and you understand.

No Clessy, No.

Clessy said:

Fucking hate this shit ds design. The DS is one of the worst designed portable systems. Hold it and you understand.

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Given the size of the snes carts and the worldwide popularity of the ds system I don't blame them for the design and layout of the system at all, personally I'd like to know how the d pad handles especially for fighters and platformers and how the screen looks in motion. I'm still tempted to give this thing a shot soon.

Scroll down on that page, there's a video review that covers both points.

Nesagwa said:

Scroll down on that page, there's a video review that covers both points.

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I did watch the video, I was hoping to maybe hear from people on this forum to see if they've given the unit a shot and what their impressions are. Thank you though.

Tbh, just looking at the machine it looks very poorly designed. and the plastic looks cheap.

Most clone console do not have 100% compatibility with games. I know the FC Twin has issues with some games.

the FC Twin was trash. i made the mistake of trading some stuff in for one at eStarland thinking it would be convenient to have both games on one system. the sound is poorly emulated on the NES games, and several NES games had video problems. Castlevania 3 was missing half of the things on screen. after that fiasco, i'm never buying any of these bootleg systems again.

There's only one Famicom "Twin" and it's the Twin Famicom from Sharp.

Mines on the way. Not too hyped about it tho. More or less curious. If its not frickin awesome its goin right back up for sale. I don't have the highest hopes for it tho as most clones I've seen in action fail miserably. The only one I have personally been impressed with is the newest revision Retro Duo. NES side still isn't perfect but the SNES side is frickin spot on.

ulasamosa said:

Mines on the way. Not too hyped about it tho. More or less curious. If its not frickin awesome its goin right back up for sale. I don't have the highest hopes for it tho as most clones I've seen in action fail miserably. The only one I have personally been impressed with is the newest revision Retro Duo. NES side still isn't perfect but the SNES side is frickin spot on.

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Give us your impressions when you receive this. Thanks

I never bought mine, it was given to me as a gift from a friend for Christmas... It's ok, as a gimmick. I've been playing FF III on it and SF Alpha 2. Plays ok. Screens ok. Wireless controllers are ok. All in all, I wouldn't have bought it but it's still kinda neat. Battery life sucks though. Like maybe four hours. Apparently Yobo doesn't like that design and they'll be redoing it.

edit: Not worth $60... maybe $30, but not $60 imho

Concerning the D-pad on this system. Thankfully it is all one piece underneath. I was experimenting yesterday morning. I took a blank DVD case, cut a disc the size of a penny, US currency. Took some tape and centered this over the four buttons. This creates a better gaming experience. It gives you the sense of more control and accuracy. If you are like me, I use the center of my thumb on a traditional cross button D-pad. That is why I find the four button atrocity so awkward.



Games like Star Fox, R-Type, Gradius, Space Mega Force, play so much better now. Now I need to figure which type of glue would be best to make it permanent.

The plastic build reminds me of the Caplet, if anyone remembers that small portable from several years back. The battery is a Nokia cellphone battery that you can eBay for something bigger than the 1300 mAH that comes with it. 2600 mAH would be much better in play time. I'm having a great time with mine just bumming around the house. On the portablity side of this thing, you would need a suitcase to carry very many games with you.

Hmmm... I haven't been around here in a long while.

I really disliked the design: clamshell, fake stereo, residual L & R and does not play imports.

At least it has a removable battery, I barely play portables and having an almost never played system dead cos of the permanent battery kept me from buying a mega drive clone handheld.

Innex and hyperkin are working on their own versions of the portable snes so I´m going to wait for their solutions.

Is this an unofficial console? and if so wouldnt nintendo have some issues with it?

not unofficial.
nintendo and sharp were tight back in the 80s.

Neo Alec said:

There's only one Famicom "Twin" and it's the Twin Famicom from Sharp.

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You know, I already own an AV Fami and a FDS, but man...I want to own a Twin Famicom some day. What a cool console.

AncientFlounder said:

You know, I already own an AV Fami and a FDS, but man...I want to own a Twin Famicom some day. What a cool console.

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Actually, that's exactly my situation. I already have an AV Famicom and FDS for it, but then I saw the Twin Famicom for sale and couldn't pass it up. Gave it to my brother.

All of those clone systems look like garbage. You're better off just buying a cheap netbook and throwing emulators on it, and maybe build yourself a usb nes/snes/genesis pad.

I've got an fc-16 go, had it for about two weeks. It's superb. I've been pleasantly surprised by the build quality, the screen is very nice and the snoac does a very good job (far more accurate than the emulation used by the genmobile and retrogen from what I've read). The battery life is indeed around 3-4 hours, if it was 6-8 I would be much happier. The design may look horrible, but once you actually get one in your hands it's fine. The form factor is comfortable and you get a nice adjustable viewing angle. It's comfortable to hold and I've not had any issues with the shoulder buttons mentioned in one or two reviews. I also find the d-pad is comfortable and responsive, but then I'm used to playstation controllers and I guess this is a matter of preference. Either way I think it'd be very simple to mod the d-pad if it bothered you.

One note for europeans and import game fans, the fc-16 go appears to bypass lockout chip issues, but runs games at 60hz ntsc. This means any pal games which perform a 50/60 check will not run (on a modded snes you can get past this by booting at 50, then switching to 60 once the game is up and running). Jap carts should be fine, however both pal and sfc carts won't physically fit in the slot unless you remove the cart location tabs on the unit (a very simple mod), just like the original usa snes!

Overall the console pretty much does what it sets out to do and does it well. If you want a handheld which can play real snes carts, I really recommend it. Until they release an improved model that is...