Random: Forget The Switch OLED, PS5 And Xbox Series X - Transparent Retro Consoles Are The Must-Have Item Of 2021

There were already Clear PS2 Fat, Clear OG XBOX, Clear 3DS XL, Clear N64, etc.

You know, I don't think they are. Especially not if they're aiming for 500 units.

That doesn't look appealing to me at all.....

I used to have a clear GameBoyColor back in the day. It's something you don't really see these days though.

Love the clear concept, but shame they have done it to a disgusting US SNES.
Still have my purple Gameboy Colour and my purple N64 controller.

I will personally never buy a device for which the innards are visible. It's like posting your X-Rays for a dating site.

After seeing the excibition ‘body worlds’ I am of the opinion that it’s good that a lot comes with a nice concealing cover around it.

Seglass Mega Drive
Super Famicolourless

I've modded my Switch Lite with a transparent shell, looks great! And I've matching transparent joycons for my normal Switch. I'm all for transparent shells.

I want transparent innards too!

I used to like transparent consoles/controllers when I was younger. I just think they're a bit tacky now. I like custom designs/vinyls on my consoles, not so much transparency.

The witty title made me think this was written by Kate Gray!

In all seriousness these blend new and old like never before.

"Forget the Switch" is the most atrocious imperative I've heard since launching Don't Starve on the console and being unceremoniously told to...

I had three proper GC controllers and accidentally bought a transparent fourth one (easier mistake to make than you might think, it was an official version where the top looked normal but the bottom was see-through, so not obvious at a glance from the packaging). By the time I'd opened it and realised my mistake my uni flatmates were already set up for Double Dash and it would have taken the best part of 2 hours to go back to town, swap it and get back, so I decided to live it. Otherwise I agree with the above, not appealling at all and I very much doubt this will be 2021's must-have game hardware.

this make me remember of my clear Game Boy Color.

Blimey, they managed to make the US SNES look sorta pretty 😂

Could do with one for my US SNES seeing as it's a bit yellow and has a ruddy great hole in one side 🙄

I want a clear toilet

I'm waiting for consoles that can play gamecube disc's

Sorry its ugly and not like clear consoles are anything new, maybe most unwanted item

I would totally get this for one of my snes, if it wasnt over 100 dollars American haha

the pro controller is see through!

That Super Nintendo looks hideous

My joycons are translucent atomic purple with a d-pad and they are awesome.

the only transparent console that appealed to me is the This is cool Sega Saturn. although that is more translucent rather than transparent. not really a fan of transparent consoles in general

Needs some RGB!

Look forward to scratch and scuff city👍😀

I had an atomic purple GameBoy Color (translucent purple) and a glacier GameBoy Advance (translucent blue) back in the day. So a few months ago, when my joy-con started drifting, I decided to replace the joysticks. I figured, while I have the joycons apart, I may as well swap out the shells. Of course, my only real option was to make my Switch atomic purple, just like my old GameBoy Color.

@TheJGG although I do love a transparent console, you can tell when things are definitely not written by me if they show any amount of knowledge on hardware or old consoles 😅

I don't really like the American SNES, but I think that transparent system above is a thing of beauty.

Transparent hardware is hideous. Was it Apple that started the trend? I know they made it commonplace, but I always detested it. It looks cheap and nasty. My current PC has a big transparent window, it looks so tacky, but it was free and I didn't have the cash to work from home when lockdown hit otherwise. There would have to be no alternative before I'd actually buy a transparent system.

This isn't atomic purple.

Get it away from me!

I really don't get all the hate for the US SNES. It's boxy and I have always loved it over the JP/EU SNES. Even the purple was cool even now. Plus 60Hz, snap the tabs inside out and you had a console that'd play US AND JP carts. What's not to love? I'm in the UK and have only ever owned US SNES's. And still have one hooked up to my CRT.

I've spoken to Retro Six in the UK, and not only do they now have replacement shells for Nintendo controllers such as GameCube, but they plan on creating replacement shells for the consoles themselves. They're the ones to keep an eye on. 👍🏻

I actually like this but NOT better than atomic purple. I'd happily spring for an atomic purple device over a completely clear one.

Transparent SNES is ugly.

Clear consoles. SO hot right now.

I loved my clear Game Boy Pocket. The only downside was the yellowing from sweat/sunlight/age, but that happens with white and gray hardware, too.
The Atomic Purple series was my favorite. I still have my N64 controller, complete with an upgraded joystick.

@neolestat
I was completely unaware of this US SNES vitriol until today. I was a little surprised for a second, but then I remembered that this is the internet and that people on the internet like to complain about things that don't matter at all.
Like the people who make a point of commenting that Sega Mega Drive is a much better name than Sega Genesis every single time the latter is brought up.

Personally I just love Nintendo consoles in all their forms, SNES included. Sometimes I do wish the SNES controller had the colorful buttons of its SFC equivalent, though.

Yeah... The originals look much better, and definitely not "must-have".

I'd get a master system. That would be pretty cool.

Having a transparent Gameboy, i love such transparent Devices :>
Would have loved to have a Analogue Super NT, but they're long gone.

Idk man that thing is ugly

@San_D Hey, if all you want to do is bone, maybe posting X-Rays on a dating site isn't a bad idea...At least then you're being transparent about it. heh

Forget about transparent consoles, let's go for transparent cartridges so our rooms can smell like burning plastic, like Action 52 and Cheetahmen 2 on the NES.

Nothing about those systems says "must have" to me, in any way. It's kinda cool I guess? But trust me, as you get older, the things you thought were "must have" end up being a complete waste of money.

Awesome, so the horrendous U.S machine version is now available in England where almost nobody has one.

Wow those case look super clear and makes that North American Super NES feel like a skeleton system.

@NEStalgia Seeing that Crystal Pepsi post again and now I remember it wasn't that bad, the only time I had being when it was briefly available a few years ago.

Give me stock any day

When you want to make your authentic SNES look like a clone. Not sure why anyone would want to do that though.

While I was never particularly a fan of transparent system housings — I would always choose solid colors whenever that was an option — I like the clear SNES and think it's an improvement, especially when the SNES is yellowed. I saw a video of this case recently and it looked better in the video than the photos here. I wouldn't pay that kind of money for such a case though. If mine was yellow, I'd probably try painting it.

I like translucent electronics and will treasure my Atomic Purple GBC forever, but this is not attractive to me at all. Different strokes for different folks, I guess.

One way of renewing a yellowed beyond redemption US SNES I guess. I recently tricked out my battered grey Joy-Cons with aftermarket clear shells and they look incredible (especially next to my clear Game Boy Classic).

@InvisiBulbasaur If you ever want to swap your boxy purple SNES for a SFC with colourful buttons that plays NTSC U/C carts as it's been professionally nodded including the cart slot which now takes the square US carts AND the EU/JP rounded carts and looks identical to a normal SFC I'm always up for taking. Preferably yours would be boxed?

@sdelfin OMG! If your's ever gets yellowed check YT for the method of restoring using Hydrogen Peroxide and sunshine. Back to perfection!

@neolestat
Actually my SNES has also been modded so that it can play my SFC carts, and I have a SFC controller to match.
It is boxed, in excellent condition, and has been well cared for since I got it in December 1996.
I wouldn't trade it for anything. It's practically a family heirloom at this point.
Thanks anyway!

@InvisiBulbasaur It’s easy to mod the US/C SNES to play SFC carts. You just snap off two tabs inside as it’s already NTSC. Far harder to mod a PAL SNES to play NTSC carts but that’s irrelevant. I can imagine how much you love your SNES especially as the box has been cared for. Unfortunately for me it’s exactly what I’m looking for 😂 Never give it up!