Atari Gamestation Pro SUPER SD EXPANSION! | Add Console & Arcade Games!

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The new Atari Gamestation Pro has an SD card that allows for expansion. In my review of the GSP, I sampled a few games and system that work, so here's the update I promised where we walk through tons of expansion possibilities via that little bonus SD slot!
Founded in 1972, Atari® changed the way we approached gaming - from the way games were designed to the way they were played. Atari’s iconic games, including Asteroids®, Centipede® and Missile Command® have been played by many millions. Half a century later, Atari® ’s legacy endures. The Gamestation Pro has over 200 games, including Atari® 2600, Atari® 5200, Atari® 7800 and Atari® arcade games.
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• Packed with over 200 built-in Atari® + bonus titles.
• System connects directly to TV.
• Two 2.4 GHz wireless joysticks, inspired by the original Atari joysticks, include paddles for paddle games like Breakout®, Warlords® and many more.
• Intuitive user interface
• Game save options.
• Dynamic RGB LED lights.
• Includes USB power cable and HDMI® cable.
• Joysticks require 4 AA batteries each (not included).
• Titles include Asteroids®, Centipede®, Pong®, Breakout®, Missile Command®, Crystal Castles® and many more
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00:00 Gamestation Pro SD Slot
01:15 Things to Know
02:37 Boot-Up Preview
04:14 Where are the ROMs?
04:54 Atari 2600 Expansion
06:55 Atari 5200 Expansion
08:10 Atari 7800 Expansion
09:30 Gameboy
10:32 Gameboy Advance
12:09 NES
13:08 Sega Genesis
14:00 Arcade Games
18:00 Loaded SD Boot-Up
19:43 Summary

[@GenXGrownUp]

🚨 UPDATES 🚨 Additional information that you may find useful: • Some users have reported that their GSP prefers the "games" folder to be capitalized as "Games". If one doesn't work for you, try the other. • If your SD card is not cooperating, try reformatting it as exFAT. • Firmware V1.20 (seen in this video) will also support Sega Game Gear ROMs. • When grabbing 37b5 for samples, click on the oval button labeled, "⬇2276 files" - not the source zip I click in the video. • I'm getting reports that the 2003 arcade ROMset has more working games, so if one your favorties doesn't work, try the version in this collection: • archive.org/details/MAME2003_Reference_Set_MAME0.78_ROMs_CHDs_Samples • Firmware 1.30 has been released adding functionality and more consoles are supported. • How to update your GSP to 1.30 » kzbin.info/www/bejne/oqrcmZ2lgsRkjck • New SD Card features in 1.30 » kzbin.info/www/bejne/m3m6eJydhJWAbbM

[@elinscheid]

I assume Master System will follow then.

[@davidmarks6612]

Indeed, "Games" worked for me, but "games" was not found. Thanks for the tips! If it can find the Samples folder, I wonder if other standard MAME folders like "NVRAM" or "CFG" might carry over too... Lots of experimentation ahead!

[@legendsflashback]

:)

[@manuelmoscati1137]

Master System?

[@joezar33]

Wonder why they don't add *The Atari Jaguar* ? I mean it is a Atari theme Plug N Play , neat seeing Atari trying too make a come back with Atari VCS and 2600+ , now only if Sega made a New streaming console like the VCS 😅

[@ctbinary42]

Once I get mine no one will see me for 3 months! Thanks a bunch for this, Jon

[@RCfromtheNYC]

"3 months later....🕹️🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪"

[@lydiakossow]

Awesome!!! showed me everything i wanted know, plus some. 👏 Thanks so very much for your time and expanded effort!

[@GameFreak1976]

Great Video! I’m pretty excited about getting this. I’m also EXTREMELY happy they listened to the customers….that’s a rarity nowadays. I was pretty pumped about this back in January, but with the things they’ve added, I’m even more pumped! Thank you for this update!👍

[@JRthepyroguy]

Who knew this little thing was going be a beast. I have about 50 different roms saved ready to go. Great video Jon.

[@gilsthyname256]

My dad got this to feel his old memories back but it didn’t have the original games he liked THIS AND YOU made me stop him from returning it and now I can help him fully appreciate his games he always wanted to thank you 🙏

[@ULTIMATEPATCHES]

Man, gotta say, your presentations are enjoyable, crisp, to the point, professional and precise. Thank you Jon!

[@GenXGrownUp]

You are very kind, and I appreciate your viewership. 🥰

[@1bigoptimus]

Really great video! Thanks for doing all of the research and providing great information.

[@bwware]

Thank you for all that you do! Your videos are very informational and I will be using this as a step-by-step when setting mine up when I finally get one tomorrow night! Thanks again!

[@GenXGrownUp]

You're very welcome, and I'm glad you're finding some value in my productions! 🥰

[@melcrose]

Great comprehensive vid. Thanks for doing this.

[@GenXGrownUp]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@RandyWaage]

This is awesome! Great video!!! I hadn't originally planned to buy this, but being able to bring your own roms is a game changer. Plus honestly I always feel much more at home playing onan Atari 2600 style joystick. Costco has a good price on these. Def gonna pick one up soon. :)

[@robbieadams9837]

FANTASTIC VIDEO REVIEW! ❤️

[@Brianybug]

Costco in Plano, TX has a stack of them and we just picked one up for $79.99. Good initial impressions but I am loving all the new info you are providing!

[@robnelson8706]

Thanks so much for this video Jon! Very informative.

[@GenXGrownUp]

Glad it was helpful!

[@mandorama1]

Costco is already selling this system for 80 bucks. I purchased 2. I’ll be adding some games this weekend. Thank you for the video!

[@josephbartol7302]

Thank you for this video and all your videos and hard work

[@GenXGrownUp]

My pleasure. Thanks for being a viewer! 😀

[@MikeS-el6vd]

Nice! Thanks for posting this. I’ll probably just add 2600, 5200 and 7800 roms to mine

[@jayme69]

Great video as always Jon and very comprehensive. I think adding another 100 favourite ROMs via the SD card would be more than enough! Let's face it, there's only so many hours in the day and like most GenXers, my free time is limited :-) Keep up the awesome work!

[@trekkiejunk]

I think the idea of having thousands is more about having more choices, not the idea that anyone wants to play that many games. Maybe someone loves Pac Man, but grew up on the ColecoVision version, so that's the one they want. For me, i had a couple different systems with probably 30-40 games when i was a kid. I can't remember what they all were. But to looks through a huge list and find them...that would be awesome.

[@NicooRico]

Really good video for the newbies. I appreciate the breakdown ajd the drawbacks to the topics you listed.

[@GenXGrownUp]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@TheMultiGunMan]

Thanks for this video. Great content!

[@Tollbooth]

Thanks for this very helpful video. I'm having a great time with my GSP!

[@GenXGrownUp]

Glad it was helpful!

[@b.o.4492]

Got one today. Will be setting it up with Atari ROMs and MAME games and that's it. Nice small device to use. Thanks for the EASY to follow instructions.

[@GenXGrownUp]

Glad I could help. 😀

[@tmarti866]

Thank you Jon for the work you did here

[@GenXGrownUp]

My pleasure. 😀

[@captaintripps7354]

Well, there goes my sleep time. ..... Great instructions here and the firmware upgrade video. Thank you for your work on these excellent videos.!

[@flohough1870]

Awesome! I like your suggestions on file organization. Beats my husband's old C64 "filing" system by a mile LOL! Looking forward to tracking down some old favorites to add for ours.

[@GenXGrownUp]

That is awesome!

[@rpratts9636]

Thank you for doing this video. Great Birthday gift!!!

[@GenXGrownUp]

You're welcome. Happy birthday!

[@DarkPitTheFallenAngel]

​@@GenXGrownUp do I need custom firmware to add games?

[@GenXGrownUp]

@@DarkPitTheFallenAngel I promise I would've mentioned it in the video if required. Later firmware versions extend functionality, but not required for anything you see here.

[@OGHUGO]

Great tutorial video, can't wait to try it out ! Thank you !

[@GenXGrownUp]

You are so welcome!

[@johnzacharakis1404]

To keep indexing times down, I will probably set up a few separate SD cards and use them as multi-carts, e.g. one for 2600, one for 5200, a third for 7800. Inexpensive enough, and in keeping with the "cartridge" user experience, so no big inconvenience there

[@ritualdelo]

That’s an excellent idea

[@AtariWizard]

Great idea! I too plan on doing that.

[@djdickey]

Yeah but you have to go through the hassle of blowing on the sd card before you insert it. I know I will for complete emersion.

[@MrComacine]

​@@djdickeyhaha, now that is a great notion!

[@fermp3690]

@@djdickey this comment wins.

[@b.o.4492]

Best news today! Awesome to hear.

[@GenXGrownUp]

Yes indeed!

[@55pepetube]

Thank you for this great video, lots of good information. 👍👍

[@GenXGrownUp]

Glad it was helpful!

[@michaelsweeney4508]

Good video. Thanks! It might be worth having some discussion of microSD card formatting. My GSP didn't recognize a FAT32-formatted microSD but when I reformatted it to NTFS, it worked.

[@owenbosetti1593]

I reformatted mine into NFTS and it still doesn't work

[@Chris_Longstreet]

I'm going to try this, that might be my issue

[@michaelsenko3177]

I had this same issue, reformatted it to NTFS based on this comment, and it then worked. Thank you!

[@andy2more475]

I've been having good luck with "internet archive" for finding games. Great video, thanks man!

[@GenXGrownUp]

For sure. Thanks for watching!

[@wesleybilly8097]

I have one of these. The games were fun. I had no idea you could add more. I did not read that in the instructions. I am gonna go look right now. Thank you for this video. I appreciate you.

[@GenXGrownUp]

Glad I could help!

[@wesleybilly8097]

I also noticed that the on line user guide says in one sentence to go to the website to learn more about emulation. Nowhere on the website is that talked about. I think they just wanted people to put two and two together and figure it out. The guide gave you one example of how to create folders on your SD card for another purpose but I feel like that is as close as they were gonna get to helping you think outside the box. It even tells you how to format the card and the max size of card.

[@steviegrafx1616]

Thanks for the very informative video.

[@GenXGrownUp]

Glad it was helpful!

[@deadmeat1240]

This is awesome! Sounds like getting a bunch of smaller SD Cards night be in order. Should make finding what you want easier.

[@MrJimboberusky]

You mean like sd cartridges

[@RlsIII-uz1kl]

Print stickers of the imagery that best represents each system that's able to be placed on the SD card container.

[@mechamania]

@@RlsIII-uz1klSounds like a lot of “micro-management” - and I’m also wearing an ugly Christmas sweater. 😅

[@daviddevoucoux8661]

Battlezone supported? I'm an old phart who remembers dropping many a quarter during lunch hours! Loved that game! Thank you, Jon. Enjoyed the reviews!!

[@GenXGrownUp]

You can run Battlezone, but the controls aren't really available to play it properly. 🥲

[@abyra1723]

Nice to see Space Rocks works (6:45)! Very promising for homebrew fans!

[@scottmccauley5945]

I followed your instructions and was able to add a lot of games I was looking for AND some games I completely forgot about. If I can find Donkey Kong, that make it perfect. Thanks so much!!

[@GenXGrownUp]

Great to hear!

[@d.aardent9382]

Thanks for the info. Im new to having these new emulator players and have no idea where to start exactly other than doing research on the subject which I started with KZbin first and then was going to My Arcade forums if I can find official one. I just ordered a GSP after watching your videos and other Atari fans and game creators were saying really good stuff about it.

[@d.aardent9382]

PS: also I am keeping up on the firmware updates info, so I am for sure going to do all the updates to it before I do anything else.

[@Bootyhunter1971]

This looks interesting, and I will probably end up getting one, not sure why as I have LOTS of ways to play atari games lol, basically every console I own ai have Atari compilations for, psp, ps1, ps2, ds, switch etc etc etc plus I have a modded wii and have tons on it for the different atari systems. I do wish the added games were polished with box arts and save states like with the Snes Mini. That would be alot better imho. But I love this controller and the built in paddle is sweet! I LOVE warlords and this looks to be the way to play it. I think as others have said, the way to go with this is a microsd card for each console. Nice job on the review and this video btw.

[@littletom1978]

Excellent work on this channel. Haven't gotten chance to watch whole video yet, just scrolled along bookmarks, assume still nothing on Coleco Vision rom games being able to play on it I guess.😕

[@GenXGrownUp]

Welcome aboard!

[@TheChcltdlux1]

So f'n glad i came across your video. I ordered it yesterday & soooo hope its the right one like yours! 🤞🏿🤞🏿

[@GenXGrownUp]

I'm glad you found us, too. Thanks for watching!

[@TheChcltdlux1]

Wellp! I got mine (actually 2 but thats another story) 😂 they work. Now my question is did you download roms to a created file on your computer then transfer them all together to the sd card? Also do you have to download multiple emulators or just one? & which do you recommend? Thanks

[@GenXGrownUp]

@@TheChcltdlux1 Give the video a re-watch. There's no need to download any emulators, and you can see exactly how I named & transferred the ROM images to the SD card.

[@TheChcltdlux1]

Ok thanks. Once i get my windows OS laptop i will get to adding roms!

[@TheChcltdlux1]

Also i have watched this many times n every time i notice something else. So i will keep watching till i am 100% sure i can get it done as easy as you did! Thank you so much! You are the BOMB with this gsp info & videos. You keep my attention & have a awesome vibe! You get 5🌟 no 10 🌟 review from me!

[@johnmarty2966]

Thanks for the video! This looks all astonishingly easy if you played around with emulation before, and way more fun than playing games on a computer monitor!

[@GenXGrownUp]

You're very welcome. It's really as simple as moving some files around! Thanks for watching. 😀

[@Dwish7669]

Thank you so much for this video! Hopefully Amazon emails us soon on if they’re going to honor those 7/31 preorders.

[@thumpersquid]

Excellent work! GenXGrownUp has become my favorite channel. I also enjoy your Twitch content. Game on GenX internet Brother!

[@GenXGrownUp]

Thanks for the high praise, Thumper. We'll work at continuing to earn your viewership!

[@EarthySpeedpaints]

17:05 oh THAT made my day! Honestly all of your vids make my day!

[@GenXGrownUp]

A Popeye fan, eh? Me too! Thanks for the kind words and for watching. 😁

[@EarthySpeedpaints]

@@GenXGrownUp and thanks for showing us how to do this! And anytime! 😊

[@UltraKryptonian]

Well done tutorial! I easily understood everything you said, because I used to do a lot of emulation gameplay, back in the day. I’m not sure if I’ll pickup this console yet, because I bought the Atari VCS on sale for about $170 (w/ joystick and Gamepad). The Atari VCS is supposed to be usable as an emulation machine, but I haven’t even hooked it up yet, because I’m super busy during the holidays. Definitely subscribing! Keep up the good work and Merry Christmas!

[@GenXGrownUp]

Thanks, and welcome! 😀

[@PCKid32]

Great review as usual. Those are my MAME sets for my Retropie. Not many would know that MAME started in 97 by an Italian called Nicola Salmoria. It was only Pac-Man. I was so excited to be able to play the actual arcade rom of Pac-Man. Now look at it.

[@GenXGrownUp]

I was there for the origin of MAME, too. The year before my daughter was born, I was sitting in my TV station's newsroom, downloading files over dial-up just to try it out!

[@PCKid32]

@@GenXGrownUp OMG Dial up. Shudder. We were lucky as I worked for Creative who made the sound blaster so I had access to Compuserve for free to download. Supposed to be doing support but mainly used it for dling.

[@marccaselle8108]

I dndt discover mame until I was in college in the fall of 2000. Loads of fun was had. I used the colleges network and burnt CDs to put games on . 🙂

[@yu21722]

Ciao Nicola ho un problema con il boot se mi potessi aiutare te ne sarei grato In pratica ho fatto l'installazione del pacchetto zip che fa vedere nel video, e lo ho scaricato nella cartella appositamente creata chiamata (games). Dopo ciò inserisco la micro dentro l'atari ma quando vado ad accenderla non mi esce fuori la possibilità di visualizzare la micro ... Grazie ancora

[@alejandrovigil]

@@yu21722same here… found what’s wrong?

[@wesleygriffin9071]

Great vid and thanks for the info. I now have the console but have not had time yet to play with it and add games. Couple of questions, which advanced file renamer did you use, the zip one or the other one? Also how easy is it to use the renamer? I have not messed with it yet or ever used anything like that and wondering if you need to make a short video on how to rename the files with it? Thanks again for all your hard work on this and this vid, it is greatly appreciated!!! Oh yeah, I forgot, have you any info or info leakers telling you if Nintendo plans to release a Gamecube classic? A console like the snes classic, etc etc.

[@Woodwerker]

Thanks for the tutorial. It seems like this console is running something like a pi zero or similar. Reminds me of the Super Retro-Cade that came out a few years ago.

[@smittyt414ify]

Wow!! Thanks Jon!! I suppose if one can afford it, you could have an SD card for each type of system. Card for 2600, another for NES, etc. Easier to choose your platform and then games. Edit: darn I saw where someone already mentioned this already. Apologies for that.

[@GenXGrownUp]

Nah, all good. A great idea is a great idea! 😀

[@liveandlearn304]

I got mine a few days ago, and it's been a delight! Also my 1st dive into NES games. Had a 2600, C64 but then nothing until the SNES. The NES is impressive! Particularly with regard to many of the arcade ports! I've got so many great games to explore! But you sure appreciate the poor button placement in the games that require B and/or C as the primary button. Makes many virtually unplayable. Got my USB - USB C converter on the way. Thanks for the great videos, Jon @genxgrownup 😁

[@GenXGrownUp]

Thanks for sharing your experience! 😀

[@robert_roland63]

I had a feeling it would be relatively not too difficult to do, but yeah folder support would be ideal in this situation. Thanks for the follow up!

[@GenXGrownUp]

You're welcome!

[@josephbartol7302]

Heck with the folders….game saves would be sweet

[@robert_roland63]

@@josephbartol7302 Oh I love the game saves don’t get me wrong, but I have to have things put where I don’t forget what they are. The renaming with a prefix for the console is a step, but I would get a little overwhelmed if I see 1/25000 for example.

[@legendsflashback]

@@GenXGrownUp game gear roms work too !

[@GenXGrownUp]

@@legendsflashback Yes. Already added to the pinned update comment.

[@RCfromtheNYC]

Thanks so much for this how-to video! I am recommending to have separate SD cards based on what system one wants to play (Atari on one card, Arcade on another, etc.) That will make loading and running games much easier. Jon, did Atari Lynx games work on this console?

[@GenXGrownUp]

You're very welcome. I tried Lynx, but couldn't get them to work.

[@SpareChangeGamer]

Great video. I picked mine up at Costco earlier this week. Got a chance to put ROMs on a card today. For 2600 games, I tested Tapper and Wizard of Wor with no problem. For a few of the home brews, Defender Arcade and Donkey Kong Arcade worked well. Draconian and Wizard of Wor Arcade did not work. Halo 2600 worked as well. Tried NHL 94 Rom hacks and Tecmo Super Bowl hacks that worked as well. Lots of fun trial and error coming.

[@SpareChangeGamer]

UPDATE: Using the ROM list provided for the 2600, I was able to get most ROMs working. Some homebrews/hacks did not have sound though.

[@jdscarberry9699]

I am trying to open the SD card on my Atari GSP but it goes straight to the normal start screen upon start-up. Do you have any advice for me to get this to work?

[@GameJunctionMedia]

Have the same shirt. 🤘🏻Great video man!

[@GenXGrownUp]

Thanks! Geek Fuel?

[@GameJunctionMedia]

@@GenXGrownUpWere you at SFGE this year? I got invited out to do a panel and grabbed a shirt there.

[@GenXGrownUp]

@@GameJunctionMedia Oh, yeah - the SFGE shirt! I forgot which shirt I was wearing in this video. Yes, of course we were at SFGE. We held two panels as GXG and I was also on another panel with the 1980s Now podcast. We love SFGE!

[@popegreg23]

Very cool video, I just subbed. Would this work for Colecovision or Intellivision games that don’t require the keypad?

[@GenXGrownUp]

Thanks! In my initial testing I couldn't get CV or INT to be recognized, but never say never! 😀

[@mknightstalkerx]

Thanks for the video. Me. I would only put atari games on the sd card. Hopefully a firmware upgrade will let us have folders. Would also loke the firmware to have a save feature for these games.

[@ridiculous_gaming]

From your last review of this console, I preordered this machine online, which will start shipping at the end of October.

[@GenXGrownUp]

Hope you enjoy it!

[@ridiculous_gaming]

@@GenXGrownUp I hope so too. Since they only ship to the US, I have to use a US shipper to Canada company, which can be pricey going across the border. To get an Atari VCS last year, I had to do the same thing.

[@aflacdudeI234]

You're awesome for making this. Hope this comment helps the algorithm, I'm going to play so many childhood games again!

[@GenXGrownUp]

My pleasure! I hope you have a blast. 😀

[@thomascolucci4815]

Bro followed you direction every atari game is on it incredible an they all work thanks now if i can just get the sound to work

[@GenXGrownUp]

Nice. If you need more help, hit up the nice folks in the #retro-gaming channel of our Discord server. genxgrownup.com/discord

[@thomascolucci4815]

@@GenXGrownUp Just getting no sound out of it, got it hooked to my monitor nothing

[@FaxiiChannel]

Bel video spiegato bene ho seguito le tue info ed è perfetta anche io ho dovuto formattare in exfat e la directory rinominarla Games e non games grazie Like👍🏻👍🏻

[@GenXGrownUp]

Sono contento che abbia funzionato per te. Godere!

[@marquinhoboy]

Good afternoon and Happy New Year to you from México. By chance do you suggest any particlar sd card? (brand, speed, anything in particular) Thanks in advance for your video and tips

[@GenXGrownUp]

Hello there. I have a links in the video description, including the SD card I am using.

[@starguy39]

I decided to purchase a gamestation pro after watching the SD super expansion video. Thanks

[@GenXGrownUp]

You're welcome. Have fun!

[@wncbrian3673]

John, you’re the best my friend! I just got the GS Pro and have an SD Card with Atari 2600 games on it from an older Dollar General handheld. Any luck with the Roms playing on the GS Pro with a .bin on the file name or do they have to end in .a26 ? The .bin is what the handheld uses. Thanks!

[@GenXGrownUp]

Haha! The .bin files might work - no harm in giving them a try. But if they don't, it's very easy to rename them all with Advanced Renamer, linked in the video description.

[@aaronthompson1745]

Picked one of these up today at Costco, and the controllers are pretty laggy when I use them wireless. Plugged into the USB-C ports in the front of the console, and they’re amazing. Now I just have to get some longer cables so I can sit on my comfy couch and play. It’s great to play Atari 2600 and 7800 games with a proper joystick again, as I sold my 7800 system a few years ago. I was also able to sync my 8bitdo Pro 2 controller using my 8bitdo wireless adapter 2 with a USB to USB-C adapter, and it worked flawlessly. You just have to set the controller to x output.

[@GenXGrownUp]

Oh, really. My Arcade reported that the joysticks would always talk wirelessly whether plugged in or not, but your observations suggest otherwise. Thanks for the info! Also, can you share your 8BitDo setup with me via email? I tried one and it didn't work, but I'm still looking for the best possible solution. Does yours do button remapping/swapping? Hit me up, please, at [e-mail]

[@aaronthompson1745]

I put the wrong setting in my previous comment. The switch on the bottom of my 8BitDo controller is set to “A” when using it with the wireless adapter 2. Sorry!!🤓

[@fortknoxguy]

Can't wait to get mine. Yeah, I have a VCS and it can run circles around the GS Pro, but it's unique, cool, and I just want one. Good deal for 80 to 100 bucks.

[@MrJimboberusky]

Can you tell us if the vcs controller works on the gs pro

[@fortknoxguy]

@@MrJimboberusky I don't have my GS Pro yet. On preorder from Game Stop.

[@retro_reflections]

Great vid, Jon - and given that MSDs are so cheap, it'd probably be easier to buy a heap of 2Gb cards and have different ROMs on each one!

[@GenXGrownUp]

Thanks. Good point! 😀

[@mechamania]

Great idea. I did that with different combos of my PSP games - along with creating a set of cards with duplicates of all my games, in the days before the PS Store shut down the PSP servers. I put those in a small, zip bag from some gadget’s one foot-long USB-C cable, and I put that in one of those foil/bubble wrap sleeves, to keep out light and cushion them. That way, I can get them out of my safe, in 25 years, and take them to the nursing home with me, to play in my bed all day. Those Capcom collections are gonna be seeing a lot of action, amidst beating a bunch of JRPGs (e.g., Jeanne d’Arc) and many, many playthroughs of Twisted Metals and Tomb Raiders! Hoping my collection of the four Battlefront UMDs holds up... physically. They’ll never not be awesome games.

[@kaiitalia623]

Good video, thank you. I had the issue of the SD card not reading when I plugged it in. You have to format the SD card to exFAT- That's what worked for me. Thanks

[@GenXGrownUp]

I'll add that to my list of tips in the pinned comment. Thanks!

[@evergreenefc1888]

Thanks for the video! Tried all the different formats, nothing worked. Tried different size cards, no luck. The card was recognized the first time I tried, but will not be recognized after trying every option I could think of. Any ideas?

[@GenXGrownUp]

@@evergreenefc1888 Sure. Did you check the list of tips in the pinned comment already?

[@evergreenefc1888]

OK, figured it out. I needed to save the state, of one of the original games on the SD card and then load the games in the games folder.

[@errollleggo447]

This is kind of a must have system if you don't want to mess with setting up a pc configuration. Pretty freaking cool.

[@xxnoxx-xp5bl]

I mean, a micro PC with RetroArch isn't much more work and offers far better results.

[@jfroco]

Almost any TV Box/emulator box sold on Amazon nowadays, can run easily GBA games with a nice user interface instead of a list of ROMs.... this can't.

[@xxnoxx-xp5bl]

@@jfroco Yeah, people really need to wise up and stop dropping money on trash because of the name on the case.

[@thecan80an33]

I'm for sure waiting for a firmware update that will allow subfolders. Would also be nice to be able to access them from the main GUI and not select on startup.

[@errollleggo447]

Pole Position on the 7800 looks great.

[@GenXGrownUp]

Yeah, it does.

[@OrneryMurderWeasel]

10:17 omg I never owned a game boy but that song was in my head for decades! Omg this video cracked the case! I thought it was from an NES platformer!

[@MaximumRD]

Got to admit being able to add our own roms significantly increases the desirability and value of this product imho.

[@robertliguori8327]

Thanks for all of your work sharing the information Do i need to format the sd card in fat 32 for it to work? Can i connect a different joystick to the console? Last question i promise What is the name of the program you used to rename the files?

[@GenXGrownUp]

You're very welcome. 😀 I didn't format the card - just used it right off the shelf. Joystick compatibility: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oHWUg4SVaNR-apI Link to my renaming tool is in the video description. Good luck!

[@majeedahmed46]

Thanks for the nice explanation I have the same device. I want to add only the Atari 2600 games, along with pictures of the games Do you have a KZbin video explaining how?

[@GenXGrownUp]

You're quite welcome. I sure do: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pILVh5eQf5aXZq8

[@JustinEmlay]

Arcade High Scores save over time? Billy Mitchell approves!!!

[@daveyoung9484]

That is so cool i wish i knew what u were saying so i could mod my atari pro dam

[@GenXGrownUp]

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[@kornip]

hello gen x grown-up i love your videos. i recently got a game station pro for christmas. Your rom videos worked great for me so far but i have controller problem. my xbox controller doesn't seem to work. i think its a usb cord problem. im curious which one u recommend? thanks!

[@GenXGrownUp]

Thank you for watching. I have updates & troubleshooting info for most of my GSP videos in a pinned comment below each video. In my controller compatibility video I talk about wired controllers and power considerations. That being said, the link to the controller I'm using is in this video description.

[@kornip]

@@GenXGrownUp thank u.

[@CapnCavMan]

Great video, thanks! Seems to get better and better. Not sure why so many people out there are trashing it. Would be nice if the stretching was addressed for accurate representation. Anyone know if this supports ColecoVision?

[@marcgainey5377]

That was my question - fingers crossed that ColecoVision is supported!

[@Zaxbox]

I picked up one today and I was wondering the same thing. I'd love to play some Colecovision games!

[@ultimatemaitai]

Is there a source for Mario Brothers (arcade) and Galaga (arcade) that run on the GSP. The ones from the linked resource don't work for me.

[@ravenstarretro4445]

Did anyone notice Guybrush Threepwood on the title screen? Very cool!

[@TriangleGuy6644]

Hey jon! I did this and it was super good! Can you recommend some games i should install?

[@GenXGrownUp]

Good to hear! Game taste is up to personal preference. I'd suggest adding the full 2600 library, and then browsing google for "best games on x system" to see what some of the most popular titles have been historically.

[@theparader310]

Hi Jon, I'm in the UK, do you know when this might be available over here?

[@patrickdoyle2124]

Thanks so much!

[@GenXGrownUp]

You're welcome!

[@VideoGameTriviaChannel]

Thanks!

[@GenXGrownUp]

You're welcome!

[@honolulublues5548]

Great video - just wondering if you could use C64 roms on this. I'm thinking of items that did not require keyboard input of course.

[@GenXGrownUp]

Sadly, no. Some industrious users over on the GenXGrownUp Discord server have continued to test. Nothing beyond the 16-bit console era seems to be recognized.

[@JohnK060404]

Excellent video! Thank you Jon! Am I just blind, LOL! I don't see a folder titled "samples" included in that first m37b5s set after I unzipped. Thanks!

[@GenXGrownUp]

In the video I think I actually click on the source archive, but what you want is the full zip of files. It's an oval button labeled, "⬇️2276 files." That will confuse other people, so I'll update my pinned comment, too. Thanks!

[@JohnK060404]

@@GenXGrownUp Thank you! That did the trick! I made the mistake of downloading the first file on the list... should have caught that it was only 4.1MB!

[@GenXGrownUp]

@@JohnK060404 No worries. I was just clicking on whatever for my b-roll and should've made sure to click at the appropriate place. Appreciate the heads-up!

[@robertshaw5914]

Pitfall 2 😁😁 the first game I was bound to beat. One of the best!

[@atworkstation]

I got mine last week. Upgraded latest firmware, so far I added the Atari 2600 games on the SD card and Nintendo is next.

[@CP-ih6zq]

Great video. I am new to a lot of this so maybe an obvious question but can a firmware update set it so the paddles will work with some games. I really want to play kaboom on it.

[@GenXGrownUp]

Thanks! There's no reason that couldn't be done in the future either by a industrious hacker or by My Arcade themselves if they are so inclined. Just be sure not to make your buying decision based on what MIGHT happen, but what works today.

[@urbanknish]

This is a good find and it's interesting information. Personally, I'm going to stick to retropie on a Raspberry Pi because of the menus, artwork, etc. I am looking forward to the Atari Plus.

[@ElderKai555]

Pi is better supported

[@joezar33]

Isn't the Raspberry Pi mostly for people who like too tinker and build their own emu consoles ? This more of a plug n play with a SD slot. Raspberry Pi seems like it would be more work for a Noobies.

[@wolfshanze5980]

The Atari Plus is a far more limited system than this... no SD slot, cartridges only, no homebrew support... why would you look forward to a more expensive, more limited system?

[@urbanknish]

The limited nature of it *is* the appeal. Cartridges, controllers, good time@@wolfshanze5980

[@darkridearts]

I’m getting the 2600+ also and the new carts and paddles. Stoked.

[@HawgWyld2]

Full subfolder support in latest firmware update (1.30). Setting a folder for each system and then alphabetized subfolders for games makes everything manageable.

[@OrdoNekro]

I noticed you have some 5200 games added. Would you please test out "Space Dungeon" for Atari 5200? Its a twin stick shooter like Robotron and I'm curious to see if both joysticks would work the same way.

[@GenXGrownUp]

It's one of my favorites from the Atari 8-bit days, too. I played a LOT of games over the last few days, and I seem to remember finding it to be unplayable, but I'm not sure it was a joystick problem - maybe it needed the keypad for game selection or something? I don't entirely recall. If that's a mandatory one for you, probably a no-go until some sort of community firmware comes along.

[@videostash413]

I want to get this just for Atari games only. Hope they improve compatibilty though.

[@sithlordst32]

Excellent work Sir! Any idea how to play PS1, PS2 etc?

[@GenXGrownUp]

Not on the GSP. Even if possible, I don't expect it would have enough horsepower to play them at anywhere near full speed.

[@TEYDERK]

Genial, gracias.

[@Xiy114]

I guess I'll have to come to Florida some day then😊

[@krillen64]

What about Arkanoid on NES and the paddle controller it came with. Does it control dine without it on the Gamestation? It's one game I think could give any problems playing like any of the older Atari that may have needed a keyboard with.

[@GenXGrownUp]

As I mention, the paddle isn't observed for files added via the SD card slot at this time.

[@MrTacoman77]

Do you know if the Atari VCS controllers work on the pro system???? I want to get a modern wireless controler that matches the system.