Hyperkin RetroN5

FAT$TACKS · Jul 27, 2013

http://hyperkin.com/blog/2013/03/retron-5-details-revealed-from-the-midwest-gaming-classic/

Anyhow, anyone have any thoughts on this. I'm kind of looking forward to it. I hope it's as good as they make it look.

I've no experience with any of their other products though.

GoosehanX · Jul 27, 2013

I'm taking a "wait and see" approach to this. On paper it seems awesome for the HDTV owner, but none of the clones has ever managed to get everything quite right, not once. I was looking forward to the Retron3 when it was released as well, and although it got a lot of things right there were still issues that kept me from buying it. I was looking forward to the Hyperkin Supaboy too, but it had quality issues as well.

That sounds really negative, but I really do hope the Retron5 turns out great. Original carts+controllers, HDMI input, selectable video options, Gameboy Advance and Famicom support, it's all good on paper. Hell, now that I think about it it may be worth the price of admission if the GBA part works well and I can use the Super NES controller with it.

cdamm · Jul 27, 2013

i was there for the reveal. its not perfect, but it is 95% close to real hardware.

i am getting one myself. if only to have a 'go to' game testing system that can handle everything.

i really dig the thing. and the (supposed) price is right.

SNKorSWM · Jul 27, 2013

Sounds good. But I'd rather wait for some customer reviews first.

RabbitTroop · Jul 27, 2013

The reviews of heard of their older products have been basically that it's cool, but has lots of little issues. The hardware is all emulated, so sound isn't always perfect, the games don't always play 100% correctly, but it works. I know there were issues with the Retcon3 where not everything worked using the same video out... Some people were miffed about that, but for a single little console that can play just about anything retro you throw at it... It's damn cool.

Ralfakick · Jul 27, 2013

The article in the Master System issue of Retro Gamer Magazine says they will support the console with firmware updates, so here's hoping that they can fix any glaring issues with the emulation and not "brick" the RetronN5 a la Tommo.

I'm interested after reading the article, hopefully it can serve all of its purposes well.

Also, after reading the posted article I'm interested at gameboy emulation as well, BUT I would never put Platoon on the NES in any of my systems what a @#$* game, that is one game I don't care if they can emulate properly.

Jon · Jul 28, 2013

I had one of those Yobo consoles myself that played NES games. Fired up Crystalis and, it was missing at least 2 sound channels. Put that back in the box.

It sounds interesting but, I want to hear what the "issues" are before I buy it. The ability to firmware update does sound promising, though.

Jon

scrubsy · Jul 28, 2013

This is one of those cases where it is too good to be true. I know the 3rd model had a ton of issues and the emulation was poor. Hopefully they hammer them out because it would be nice to have an all in one system to save space.

theMot · Jul 28, 2013

Horrible looking tart of a device. The only thing marginally interesting about it is the gba support.

lantus360 · Jul 28, 2013

i wonder which open source emulator they stole without permission to incorporate into this

Moon Jump · Jul 28, 2013

I think I'm in the same boat as well. I want to wait and see how it is before I decided to dip my feet in. They sound like they've listened to all the complaints and I really like the on board save states since I don't want to risk breaking any carts trying to replace a battery. I really hope it does most of what their saying and they have better sound emulation. I know it won't be 100% accurate but if you can't get the jumping and coin sound effects in the first Super Mario Brothers to work right then you gotta get back to the drawing board.

SNKorSWM · Jul 28, 2013

Firmware updates? Am I the only one having a bad case of deja vu here?

Marek · Jul 29, 2013

lantus360 said:
i wonder which open source emulator they stole without permission to incorporate into this

qft

FAT$TACKS · Jul 29, 2013

I really hope it turns out to be good. I want to enjoy some NES again. I've been looking into other options but am waiting to see how this turns out.

ki_atsushi · Jul 29, 2013

I'm gonna wait for the reviews as well. I don't care how many different systems are incorporated... If the sound's not right I don't want it.

FAT$TACKS · Sep 16, 2013

From all the different videos and such I've seen I really have high hopes for this.

Anyhow went ahead and preordered a black one.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00DZIX3CQ/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Honestly looking forward to this more than any of the next gen systems.

Tripredacus · Sep 16, 2013

I agree, I'm looking forward to it also. The only thing I care about is if the HDMI out looks good, but I'll wait for reviews when it comes out before I pull the trigger on it. I don't really "need" the system since I have the ability to play all the games it supports on a CRT, but being able to play on the HD TV is what I'm really interested in.

bartre · Sep 16, 2013

I actually got a hands-on with this thing at MGC last year.
it's pretty damned cool, but i didn't get the finished product, so things can still change.

by far though, the thing that impressed me most was the damned controller; it's actually really good.

ki_atsushi · Sep 16, 2013

bartre said:
I actually got a hands-on with this thing at MGC last year.
it's pretty damned cool, but i didn't get the finished product, so things can still change.

by far though, the thing that impressed me most was the damned controller; it's actually really good.

How accurate is the sound?

Also, how well do GBA games play?

bartre · Sep 16, 2013

I didn't get a chance to test the GBA side of things, they had Street Fighter Alpha 2 running on the snes side, and Kirby's Adventure running on the NES, but that was it.
but both of them seemed to run damned near perfect, if not completely so.

(alpha 2 is still a crappy port though)

fickmichcommander · Sep 16, 2013

I have never understood buying something for emulation purposes... no matter how close they get it to the real thing, a PC emulator is going to do a better job and you presumably already have a PC.

My philosophy is, if you're going to pay you may as well get the real thing. If you're going to emulate you may as well go for the best emulation possible, and do it for free.

I had to talk a buddy of mine out of dropping 60 bucks on a Genesis clone the other day. I told him to either buy a real Genesis or, if he wants an approximation of a Genesis, just emulate the damn thing on his PC.

FAT$TACKS · Sep 16, 2013

Famicommander said:
I have never understood buying something for emulation purposes... no matter how close they get it to the real thing, a PC emulator is going to do a better job and you presumably already have a PC.

My philosophy is, if you're going to pay you may as well get the real thing. If you're going to emulate you may as well go for the best emulation possible, and do it for free.

I had to talk a buddy of mine out of dropping 60 bucks on a Genesis clone the other day. I told him to either buy a real Genesis or, if he wants an approximation of a Genesis, just emulate the damn thing on his PC.

Thats pretty much how I used to feel about the subject for quite a long while.

However emulation on a pc is really not for me. I want to play console games on a console. The knock off systems have not been that impressive to me either.

This new retron setup up though looks to have a lot of promise. Still hardware emulation, I'm kind of hopes that it wil be the best features of emulation with console ease of use. The hdmi improvments are really what I'm looking forward about.

Also it looks to be rather kid friendly. I kind of feel like this system will fill a bit more of a need than the other third party setups so I have high hopes for it.

though it could just be the next neo geo x. I'm glad I cancled my preorder for that thing.

Kid Panda · Sep 16, 2013

Famicommander said:
I had to talk a buddy of mine out of dropping 60 bucks on a Genesis clone the other day. I told him to either buy a real Genesis or, if he wants an approximation of a Genesis, just emulate the damn thing on his PC.

Why in the hell would he spend 60 bucks on a genesis clone? You can get a real one for 15 bucks all day long.

GoosehanX · Sep 16, 2013

C'mon, Scoops! The clone has TWENTY built in games! Classics like Altered Beast and Sonic Spinball!

Kid Panda · Sep 16, 2013

GohanX said:
C'mon, Scoops! The clone has TWENTY built in games! Classics like Altered Beast and Sonic Spinball!

15 bucks and and 6pak cart is much more fun and bang for the buck

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