Neat concept but in the digital age we live in now its a niche product.

haha this is so cool if it took european games i would buy this

I might just get this when I have money

Interesting. Great for anyone with a large SNES collection still.

If it works on EU i will get it!

i think if you go on amazon or ebay, they should have old super nintendo games cartridges for sale which are used. you can get them for a couple of bob.

avoid getting the new copies, instead of the used ones if you can because they will set you back a lot of money. i saw LoZ: link to the past for almost £400, brand new!

Oh Shizzle!!! I am not a big portable gamer but Damn Gina, a portable SNES to play on lunch breaks? I think I need this.

drools Would love to have this. I still have ALL of my SNES games (including Earthbound, which isn't on the Virtual Console!!). Just don't have the money for it. sigh Def. have to put this on my "wish list" though. lol.

What does this mean?
"SupaBoy will be compatible with multiple SNES titles including: Super Mario™ World, Starfox™ ..."
I'm wondering how many games it will not be compatible with.

according to the amazon site, it plays japanese super famicom cartridges as well

http://www.amazon.com/Hyperkin-SUPABOY-Portable-Console-Super-NES/dp/B005GSRPG8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1322854626&sr=8-1

Hmm... Does it support Super FX?

@pntjr

it didn't say. however, one person, who reviewed it on amazon mentioned that one of the games he tested which worked on the supaboy was starfox.... and starfox did have the super FX chip built in the original SNES cartridge.

Oh good it has a headphone jack. That woudl be awful to hear the great SNES music through that mini speaker.

@pntjr: SupaBoy will be compatible with multiple SNES titles including: Super Mario™ World, Starfox™, Donkey Kong™ Country, The Legend of Zelda™ A Link To The Past, Super Mario™ Kart, Chrono Trigger™ and others.

Wow, that actually seems like a reasonable price! If I had an Earthbound cart I would totally buy this.

Played with one months ago. A Demo unit at a local game shop. Poor construction, and bulky as heck. The shoulder buttons aren't great either.

I just looked at the link in the article for the Retron3 and I noticed you could turn the SupaBoy into a Game Boy using the Super Game Boy. =)

So buy. All Hyperkin needs to do is make a new NES game-playing portable system with controller ports and they'd REALLY make headwaves!

Now is this a clone system or does it use original SNES parts like that portable NES that was in the other article?

@Tasuki Good question. Nobody wants to settle with something less than the incredibly sophisticated SPC 700 sound I guess...

This would be an awesome oddball gift for someone on Christmas day...
.......if I had $80 to spare.... and only one person to gift to.
Sadly, I'm gifting for two families, and I'd barely have even $20 per person.

WHAT. An affordable portable version of my favorite Nintendo console ever?! I'd totally get this first chance I get!

IT should take any import games. on the SNES only a small piece of plastic prevented playing import games.

More importantly, is this thing sturdy? If so, I'm in.

Just ordered one. Can't pass on this one.

I know a few people who have it, some have already sent it back. I wanted one but I'm going to wait on a repair or revision of it. The audio has this horrible constant interference sound effect going through it once it's turned on(if not muted) the entire time. Other than that, it possibly(I need to look more) won't run various chipped games like the SA1 stuff (MarioRPG, Kirbys Super Star and Dreamland 3 for instance.)

Well, seeing as how numerous reviews have stated the Retron ERASES old save files in many games I am a bit wary of buying this. It looks awesome though.

Remember seeing this during E3. Looks amazing!

@Tasuki re: Now is this a clone system or does it use original SNES parts like that portable NES that was in the other article?

i think it's a clone system. doesn't mention it having SNES parts.

@DiggerandIndy

they sell portable game consoles for N.E.S here on their official site:

http://hyperkin.com/index.php/retro-gaming/nintendo-nes-game-console.html/

Why is this 80$ when the NES player is 500$?

Does it really not work with European games? I've been wanting to try Terranigma.

The SFC version of Terranigma will work, that 2.5 hours of battery kind sucks though

As much as I want this I think I'll sit this one out, at least until a newer, better version comes out. We're setting up a media room in the basement anyway, and going to connect up all our consoles at once, SNES included.

@SMBSS Ah... what does SFC mean? xD

i would definately get one of these. Then i can play Star Fox and Super Mario Allstars all the time!
I wonder how Mario Paint would work on this.............

@Pixel-Perfect Super Famicom, im pretty sure

I want one. Badly.

Thumbs up! I like that you can hook it up to a television.

@coolvw Thanks.

@retroeagle because the NES was a handmade pet project, a one-off: this is a commercially manufactured machine.

Any chance of a review of this from Nintendo Life? I am interested in it but I would like to hear from someone I trust as to whether its worth it or not and if this is a clone system.

Yeah, I'm not sure. It sounds good, except for the battery life, but this is the first I've heard of it.

Oh, that's great because I sold all my SNES games for a 3DS when I found out they can be downloaded to Virtual Console

The 3DS has better battery life!

Hmm... I'd so buy one, but I doubt I'd have enough money to afford the console and games. I think I'll pass.

It takes super Famicom and Super Nintendo Carts. It supports the FX chip first and 3rd party controllers and all peripherals. If you have SNES or Super Famicom carts and you want to take them with you this will work.

2.5 battery life? Sorry unless it comes with a battery charger I'm not buying it, hopefully future models could improve on this with longer battery lifespan (around 7-10 hours is best) and a rechargeable battery pack for the unit. Now if it's like that then damn I would gladly buy it but for now it's an interesting product, it's just not a worthwhile one yet for me to buy. A portable SNES handheld is an interesting idea though, back in the 90s we got a portable Genesis and TG-16 but never a SNES until now.

@46:
You never seen a GBA?

Kinda want. This is awesome.

I would LOVE this. Unfortunately, I don't have a whole lot of SNES carts in the first place, but man what I'd give to play a few of those games on-the-go. Super Mario RPG, Super Mario World, and Tetris Attack, especially.

Or you could just go out and buy a gameboy advance!

wow interesting and its kinda wierd y they makn this but o well

Is there an AC Adapter for it? In my experience, there have been Mario Kart sessions lasting longer than 2.5 hours, which is the promised battery life. Also, any word on what batteries this will take?

Other than that, it looks like a neat little machine. Kudos to Hyperkin!

I'm definitely getting this.Ben waiting for one for a while. I hope Corbie posts a SupaBoy review.

@RetroEagle The nes was hand made this is mass produced

does it support NES cartridges?

@milkman12: It supports everything the original SNES supported, which unfortunately does not include NES games. Get the Hyperkin FC Mobile II if you want a decent handheld NES.

@Thomas, the hyperkin site doesn't say it does. however, the gamegavel site says the console does come with an AC adapter here:

http://www.gamegavel.com/reviews/2011/12/01/supaboy-portable-snes-in-stock/

actual console price= ok.
SNES game prices=HOLY F*CKING SH*T!!!!

Cool I want one so badly!