Talk me out of buying a Retron 5....please

[Omoplata]

For $99 this thing plays NES, SNES, Genesis, GBA and Famicom games and supports HDMI. I am so tempted to get the damn thing. I used to just play these on my PC, but I mainly use a laptop now and this seems more convenient for me at this time. Thoughts?

 

[Ghostsong]

I've been eyeing this since it was announced. Do they have a release date now too?

 

[xIx EDGE xIx]

Talk you out? Son of a... damn it you just talked me into it! lol sorry, but this thing looks amazing and I don't even want it now, I want it yesterday.

 

[Omoplata]

I've been eyeing this since it was announced. Do they have a release date now too?

No, I don't think so, but they make it sound like it will be soon. It sounds amazing. I have been wanting to play through FZero, Mario Kart, Super Mario World, Punchout, Phantasy Star IV and A Link to the Past on the original systems again for a long time now. The Retron 4, which is out, supports everything the 5 does except Famicom games.

@Edge lol yeah that is what just happened to me. My friend just got his old SNES and NES back from his brother and now I am super jealous.

 

[borstarhymes]

the only thing that should stop you is do you still have the games

 

[Omoplata]

the only thing that should stop you is do you still have the games

I do somewhere, but most of them can be had for under $20 each and you can do lots on Ebay and get amazing deals.

Correction- They never made a 4th version. Apparently it went right from 3, which played NES, Genesis and SNES, to 5. The 4th was in the works, but they scrapped it.

 

[Ghostsong]

I'm just excited the thing has an HDMI out. I have my NES and SNES in my arcade cabinet right now and they look terrible because they're connected using those old RF switches. I have multiple RF switches and every one of them has a short in the wire somewhere. Plus this thing is going to eliminate a huge mess of wires.

 

[carnageX]

I'm just excited the thing has an HDMI out. I have my NES and SNES in my arcade cabinet right now and they look terrible because they're connected using those old RF switches. I have multiple RF switches and every one of them has a short in the wire somewhere. Plus this thing is going to eliminate a huge mess of wires.

They still won't look that great.

They still only have certain quality they can go up to, and they'll be resized to 4:3; if you force it to 16:9 or 16:10, it would look stretched and not as great.

I'll just save myself the $100 and keep playing them on my laptop/tablet .

 

[Omoplata]

I'm just excited the thing has an HDMI out. I have my NES and SNES in my arcade cabinet right now and they look terrible because they're connected using those old RF switches. I have multiple RF switches and every one of them has a short in the wire somewhere. Plus this thing is going to eliminate a huge mess of wires.

Exactly. You either have to put them away to avoid the clutter or have a big(ger) tangle behind your entertainment center/game cabinet. I'm really considering getting this damned thing and putting modern games on the back burner for a bit. It would be fun collecting the rarer games and playing them. We have several retro gaming stores in our area that sell the games and system components too.

 

[Omoplata]

They still won't look that great.

They still only have certain quality they can go up to, and they'll be resized to 4:3; if you force it to 16:9 or 16:10, it would look stretched and not as great.

I'll just save myself the $100 and keep playing them on my laptop/tablet .

+100 points for trying, but I'm still not convinced Carnage You are right, they don't look great, but compared to modern systems, they never will. I play the Genesis collection on the Xbox and it looks fine! It's more of a convenience thing and emulators just don't get most games right. Sometimes that detracts from the experience.