NES, Super Nintendo, Genesis, and Game Boy Advance in one, how could you go wrong? I feel like I'm the only one that is launched for this thing! For those unfamiliar, the Retron 5 is coming out on the 10th of December, for $100, and allows you to play NES / Famicom, Super Nintendo / Super Famicom , Genesis / Mega Drive, Game Boy, Game Boy Color, and Game Boy Advance games from any region.
Yes, it is a clone system, so I understand that many doods might approach with caution, but I believe the features this thing has should be said!
Graphics smoothing
Wireless controller (Allegedly much better than the 3's controller)
Ability to use original controllers
Controls can be fully customized (and you can mix and match controllers, SNES controllers for Genesis games for example)
Save slots
Overclocking games (To grind through old-school RPG's like a breeze if you want)
The Retron 5 in action
Or if you want, you can turn on scan lines and play them in their original format.
Irregardless of how you play the games, this many systems in one for $100 is unbeatable value! 5000 games from day-one, with no DLC or DRM! I am so hyped for this system! The only question is, is what does the Retron 5 not do?
It can also play Master System games via the Power Base Converter or equivalent they've confirmed. They even redesigned the system casing a while back to accommodate a Power Base Converter after deciding to support it.
You are right indeed! I believe it can use the Super Game Boy as well (If you really feel the need ).
@Tasuki
Fair enough. Clones just aren't gonna cut it for some people I suppose. For me, the features and having it all-in-one convinced me.
The original save functions of cartridges surely must be intact. Do you perhaps mean if you can load your save on your cartridge, create a save state via the Retron 5 saving it to SD card, then replace your battery on your cartridge or load up an identical cartridge. then reload the save state and proceed to restore your save to the cartridge's internal memory?
It should be possible but until the community gets their hands on this, there are tons of details we won't have. I also assume it should be possible to utilize a save state created by the Retron 5 elsewhere by plugging in your SD card to your PC or take someone else's save state back to your Retron 5 (Such as if you wanted to enjoy the extra sidequest and dungeon in the GBA Link to the Past port but don't have a way to play Four Swords in multiplayer to unlock it all to gain access).
As long as the batteries still work, you can use them just like you would on the original hardware. You should be able to load up a save state and save it to the battery if you wanted to. I don't know anything else, though.
and then theres people like myself who have a lot of original systems, and want to preserve them, so we use a clone system instead.
eat dirt.
the_shpydar wrote:
As @ogo79 said, the SNS-RZ-USA is a prime giveaway that it's not a legit retail cart.
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