Cyber Gadget Reveals The Retro Freak Basic, For All Your SNES And Super Famicom Needs

So... still need SNES or NES cartridge to play ?

They are truly living up to their "Freak" namesake.

You can play roms on the retro freak already, this is a little bit pointless.

I'm glad this has been announced. I was just think there aren't enough clone SNES/NES consoles being announced lately

Crazy expensive.

Hm, that's a snazzy arcade st- waitaminute. What the heck is going on around the sides? Screws on the control panel? It's kinda looking like a Nintendo Vs. control panel, but I really don't want my skin to get inevitably caught in the hardware. It'd be better if it was wider, like a Hori RAP or Madcatz (RIP).

Looks kinda clumsy with that second box attached at the back.

That's a very DIY looking arcade stick.

What IS this? Attack of the clones? More and more of these keep popping up left and right...

When I saw the picture on the front page, it looked like a printer with a floppy drive attached at the back.

Weird contraption, and "ever so slightly" overpriced, if it is no more than a System on a Chip, which is highly likely. And that arcade stick could have done with some nicer finishing. Screws shouldn't have been on top, for one.

@SLIGEACH_EIRE A case where we're in total agreement. As that old US mayoral candidate said many years ago (which fits) 'The rents too damn high!' Seriously that much for a RF with ONE compatible format. Or, you can swing by amazon (US, etc) and pay like $180~ and get the unit that plays like 10 more things. So stupid and wasteful.

The joystick though, that works if you're in need of that.

I agree with many here, that say it's expensive. For that price, it's reasonable to expect that if it only plays SNes/SFc, that it is a fully-functional SNes/SFc, either as a clone circuit board, or at least soc(system-on-a-chip). If it has the functionality to play other formats via adapters, then it is very likely a soc, just a circuit board with lots of different socs, or a circuit board with a broad range of capabilities. Jack of all trades, master of none.

Again, for me, I can just be patient, save money for some time, purchase a real SNes, & games.

My argument for clone hardware, & emulation hardware is the same: Cycle-accurate low-level emulation, that can perform all the standard performance behaviors, of genuine hardware, even how genuine hardware performs with official add-ons(games that had special circuitry, & chips), with an performance accuracy of 95%, or preferably higher. The same thing with an actual circuit board intended to mimic genuine SNes internals, except an even higher expectation, since it is an actual circuit board, & not emulation.

Why should I bother when I could just get the actual Retro Freak itself for $190 ($65 more)? If you bought this thing for $125, you deserve to lose your money. C'mon there's already a ten systems compatibility hardware for $190 and you're willing to a buy a two system compatibility hardware for $125, that makes no sense. This product at least should had been $20 at the most. Also the fact that it's just emulation is another failed, emulation system which came with no games shouldn't cost as much as an FPGA system.

@GravyThief yeah really. the price is too high too. I can get a snes clone that looks exactly like a snes that plays snes cartridges that is brand new for 40 usd on ebay. 90+ dollars for that is stupid money.

Nope

Damn, I thought it was a 4-player multitap option opening up (because of the small wii-like output on the back of the two normal super nintendo plugs) for the SNES Classic Mini at first, but no.