Posted 18th Apr 2023
I'm after a retro gaming console, I've seen this console , looks good but only 1 review, just don't know what to look for , is this a decent system/price ?
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Is there something better out there I don't know about ?
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Is there something better out there I don't know about ?
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sorted byIf you own a laptop and are capable of following simple instructions (which I assume you are!) your best option would be to buy a Raspberry Pi and a couple of controllers, and load RetroPie OS. That's capable of running roms for all of these systems. Just check out /r/Roms on Reddit to get hold of the games, loads of links and guides there, it's a great community.
You can even get cases to make your Raspberry Pi look like a tiny Nes shop.pimoroni.com/pro…BwE
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e.g. "retropie" other opinions may vary. (edited)
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It's an old office desktop PC tower from around 2012 that normally comes with Windows 10. Most of the time you're looking around £50-£90 for it depending on where you get it from.
Adding the right graphics card you can run any modern game you can think of at high settings including Cyberpunk (which I completed on High/Ultra on that very system) even though it's not advertised that way. Without any graphics card purchase on top at all you can run Minecraft, World of Warships etc so its no slouch even with what's in the box by default and thats modern gaming.
For retro just combine that system with the free USB stick tutorial video above and you have something thats a lot more powerful than you'll ever need. All you need to do is buy a controller after you're comfortable with.
Plug in the USB stick and it loads up as a retro gaming machine.
Remove the USB stick and it works as a regular PC.
Bargain really. (edited)
I've a picade running a pi4 with a 1tb drive. Also got a pc with virtualmans retrobat which is amazing, and also a low spec pc with coinops. All have their pro's and cons though.
I personally wouldn't pay the £180 for the system you sent a link for. I did recently purchase a super console x from Ali Express for about £50 - the older games work well (snes, megadrive etc) but it struggles/doesn't play some of the more demanding games but for the price, I wasn't expecting a lot - get a decent catalogue of games.