Game Boy On Your Phone? / Hyperkin SmartBoy Review - Rerez

Hyperkin SmartBoy let's you play Game Boy games on your Android Phone but does it work?
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[@LaskyLabs]

How is it piracy if it's a game you own? They're your own damn rom dumps!

[@generalgrevious815]

I believe according to nintendo, making roms of games you own is still technically illegal. Theyll never persue an individual doing this though, they only go after rom sites and even then they dont do it often.

[@swordcrafted]

EXACTLY

[@LaskyLabs]

Why is it illegal to make backups?

[@generalgrevious815]

@@LaskyLabs its in nintendos copyright. Again though its a legal grey area. Nintendo has never actually persued anyone over making personal use rom dumps. Only the sites that provide free downloads of them.

[@teneesh3376]

It doesn't make sense. Since laws about emulating are confusing. It's somehow illegal and legal to emulate the physical game. The only clear legal way to play any game is to play it on the original console or backwards compatible consoles. But I personally don't care, and so shouldn't hyperkin

[@codygranrud6212]

...so it's still just an April fool's joke.

[@thisthingmint250]

Mr Heck true

[@kerade_real]

Lol

[@arfansthename]

...yes?

[@mysticmisfit777]

April fool's!

[@peggyk606]

before watching: this is one of the things i need!! after watching: oww... never mind

[@RainbowGalaxyMatt777]

Same too because sue not portable on apple IPHONE

[@RedCLR]

same

[@uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh0]

Haynes _Blue the app they use is a emulator, emulators is not allowed on the app store

[@geniedumal2974]

I have one in my hand right now. I got it working perfectly with John Ness (NES emulator). Don't have any GB carts to test on it. I mostly got it because I want to play NES and Sega MS/GEN games on it. Haven't got a single Sega emulator to work on it. It's very frustrating having half the screen blocked, but that would not be a problem if this thing connected with Bluetooth because it would load automatically and you wouldn't have to scroll through menus. I'll probably end up sending it back to Amazon and see if I can build my own bluetooth cradle controller for it.

[@JetteroHeller83]

@@geniedumal2974 Pro Tip: uninstall the smartboy app. Download my boy and my old boy. Configure the buttons within the app. Then to remove the annoying pop ups that appear when you connect the phone to the smartboy you have to pull down the top menu and change the usb settings. This will allow you to play GB, GBC and GBA roms.

[@TwoFacedGentleman]

*After 7 minutes of increasing anger, impatience, sass, and confusion.* "So I think the SmartBoy is a pretty mixed bag..."

[@canaanadriel9646]

I know I am kind of off topic but do anybody know a good site to stream newly released tv shows online?

[@iramemphis4968]

@Canaan Adriel Flixportal :P

[@canaanadriel9646]

@Ira Memphis thanks, I signed up and it seems like they got a lot of movies there =) I really appreciate it!!

[@iramemphis4968]

@Canaan Adriel Happy to help =)

[@ODeltan]

But... if you make a rom of a game that you physically own... that's not piracy. On top of everything else in this clusterfuck, what the hell is Hyperkin smoking?

[@VexAcer]

Yes IIRC you're allowed legally allowed to make backups of media that you own. It just has to be only for personal use when you do so, you can't distribute them.

[@Dev-tw1og]

@ Alexander idk but what hyperkin is thinking but even the cheapest Android game controllers support Bluetooth because the person who plays retro games typically needs the USB ports for charging and people playing retro games often use Android tablets.

[@rileymack1489]

@The SNES Man what about the game boy classic?

[@AlexS-sc3gb]

They be smoking *VIRTUAL BOIS*

[@PunakiviAddikti]

True. Maybe they did it for fear of illegal distribution. Still completely unnecessary because these ROM's are accessible to anyone online, for free.

[@DustyTheKitty]

This thing really needs it's own software to reach its full potential, such a awesome idea let down by lack of support.

[@Blur4strike]

Good idea in theory but botched in execution. It just needed more time and care in development.

[@Dev-tw1og]

@Blur4strike The my old boy hardware needs a hammer. If the hammer dose not work you might try putting it your trash can so the garbage man will burry it for good.

[@sonoda944]

Welp its an April fool after all

[@SuperEekie64]

"We went out and got a Galaxy S8" I know you meant that you borrowed someone else's Galaxy, but I love how the phrasing implies that you went and bought one specifically for this review

[@threebrick8125]

Yeah imagine if he paid the phone for the review and then he left it lol.

[@elephystry]

That’s something Ashens would do.

[@lionellerichee]

Rerez angry review stepping into AVGN territory.

[@Acorn212]

He's the Angry Hyperkin Nerd!

[@UFOhunter4711]

What were they thinking!

[@dashwolf8057]

Nah... Nerd is funny. This guy is shrill and whiney

[@EireProductions]

Sort of, except Shane goes a bit more into the technical stuff.

[@TheRenegadist]

Really, a piracy warning? I get piracy isn't good but I don't need Big Brother Hyperkin telling me that especially when it's a dump of the game I physically own. Doesn't even look that impressive anyhow, I can get better mileage and a more comfortable feel with an Xbox One controller with all the buttons mapped and all the benefits of the controller's very impressive D-pad.

[@paradoxzee6834]

You know what be better? If while removing the card it would just back up in the menu, it would make switching games easy

[@kingck101]

or just not install the hyperkin software and it never gives you the warning

[@Bro-cx2jc]

Hyperkin got sued for making the Retron 5, a device that uses illegally distributed emulation software taken from SNES9X and other sources. I really don't think Hyperkin gets to warn us about piracy when they're guilty of it themselves.

[@mattjindrak]

Hey, just want you to know I bought the 8BITDO SF30 Pro Bluetoot Controller based off your review and I love it! I'm actually playing Smash Ultimate right now! Thanks!

[@spartanretro]

I bought the N30 Pro controller and it works really well

[@Fate263]

Same, but in my case it was the 8BitDo SN30 Pro wired.

[@thebackstabgaming4375]

"I don't think they even care about the rom files, because you can download them pretty much everywhere!" Nintendo: Hold my beer.

[@fawzanfawzi9993]

Oh great. Another very original "Hold My Beer" comment.

[@EireProductions]

Unfortunately for Nintendo, if it's on the internet, it's on there forever.

[@justanotheryoutubechannel]

This is what happens when you make an April Fools Joke into a real product.

[@amuzulo]

My iCade would agree with you!

[@kjetilfrugard8395]

Why doesn't the piracy warning pop up when you are ripping a CD in iTunes? It's almost like it's legal to copy your own digital stuff. Even with the Analogue Super Nt you can dump your ROMs... :-p

[@diddledude5422]

I swear sometimes while watching your videos, I expect to hear you say "What were they thinking?!" -AVGN

[@BillyBob125]

At least it's good for one thing, dumping ROM files.

[@FloreyXE]

but only for gb and gbc roms since gba games dont work

[@RetroMario]

Okay, here's the thing nobody says and it's kinda unfair for the device. First of all, at least at my case, there was a cable that came with my SmartBoy that you can connect your phone to the SmartBoy without having to put your phone inside the bay. That allows you to re-assign buttons to any and all emulators that allow you to do so. I don't know why NOBODY says it in their reviews. Are they NOT receiving theirs? Are they getting older versions? Do they really ignore it and just shove a phone inside? I don't really know but it solves, like, half of the problems everybody seems to have with this device. Secondly, why isn't anybody use the float button. You know, that little white nub android has and you can toggle on and off right from the notification area. You can pretty much control all basic interface like app switching. Yeah, there'll be a little shitty white nub but you can half-hide it under the controller and still be accessible. So you can pretty much switch apps and control interfaces much easier. So I don't know why is this device so misunderstood. It's not perfect, don't get me wrong, but it's not half as bad as the whole internet made it to be!

[@stevesmith1496]

RetroMario Kinda pointless to have to be tethered to it the entire time. Gameboy is supposed to be about portability. Having to connect the phone and Smartboy via cable defeats the whole purpose of the thing. With all due respect.

[@anonymousidea9119]

Still then you could change the settings and then plug it normally?

[@FormulaFanboy]

RetroMario Right??

[@RetroMario]

Oh no, you don't need to have it tethered all the time with the cable. Just for the initial setup and the key bindings. Once the settings for your emulators are saved you just tuck the cable in a drawer and you're ready to enjoy your games on the go. You'll only have to use it again if an app update takes your settings away or you're trying a new emulator.

[@RetroMario]

I received mine as a present last January and it included that cable. I also tried to connect it to my PC only to find out that it's recognised as a usb NES controller and a serial port device. :P

[@TsukinoAzura]

Guys, just use RetroArch and download GBA and GBC emulator cores. It's free, and is regularly updated!

[@MartellThaCool]

@6 GORILLION same here. Retroarch is so confusing

[@DeathStriker5168]

I've been using the old boy app for years its great and I'm Glad to see one of my favorite acknowledge it

[@RemoWilliams1227]

So 4 years later it's still available and works perfectly, don't even have to unzip the roms..... Wow!!!

[@justanotheryoutubechannel]

Designed for Samsung? I have an old Samsung flipphone from the early 2000’s, and I’m totally trying that with one of these.

[@EuropeanMapper]

I also have a 20 dollar phone from Samsung. Hell yeah i will buy this.

[@Dylan-jp9mr]

So how it go?

[@0Synergy]

@@Dylan-jp9mr Since they never responded I assume well because they are probably playing Pokemon

[@kingvent5005]

Anon Anon epic

[@natecw4164]

Doesn't have it's own emulator, not buying it. Thanks, your reviews are always very fact-based and non-biased, even when the product doesn't live up to expectations.

[@louskunt125]

Nate C W Go Avs 👍

[@HoneyMike]

That looks a lot bulkier than the design art

[@KuruttaKoibito]

LinkToo Well the design art was originaly a april fools joke. So i mean you cant be too mad

[@HoneyMike]

Meme The Fox I think there was one after that too

[@kagenlim5271]

So was the original gameboy

[@FormulaFanboy]

Finally time to sit back with a grape soda and watch some Rerez on my tv! :D

[@retotar1]

can't believe I have contemplated buying this.

[@CraftyMatt]

Interesting. I've seen this contraption advertised on Facebook to hell and back. I've been wary on investing. Thanks for doing it for us, Shane!

[@Hikarmeme]

"Dur hur piracy bad you no pirate 25+ year old game" -Hyperkin

[@zombiecrusher1100]

Hey Shane, are you still going to do THE HOOK? or is that over with? I loved watching you guys talk games and whatever else.

[@chakrazoo]

"swing and a miss" decent idea

[@stridermt2k]

Summed up: Hyperkin will always shoot themselves in the foot somehow. Avoid. However; thank you for a great video! Always happy to see another video love the channel

[@Michirin9801]

Wanna play Game Boy games on-the-go digitally without the "guilt of piracy"? Get them on the 3DS!

[@Michirin9801]

Just the way I like it!

[@Kryasil]

And for those who don't know (I didn't until I saw an article online) If you hold the start or select buttons on the 3DS while starting a non-3DS game, it will play it in it's native resolution, with for at least the game boy games, a game boy border art. Though it might work better on the 3DS xl.

[@Michirin9801]

I didn't know that, thanks for the info!

[@GatorRay]

+Kryasil Yeah I think I found out about that thanks to Nintendo Show 3D back when that was a thing.

[@cosmicjenny4508]

+Michirin9801 Well, no, because not all 1,600+ games for the Game Boy and Game Boy Colour have been rereleased by Nintendo on the 3DS.

[@paulcastillo1880]

I don't need it. I don't need it. . I don't need it. . . I *definetly* don't need it. . . . *I NEEEEEEED ITTTTT!!!*

[@Acorn212]

No, You want it because it looks cool. It's not.

[@kristymccauslin2378]

No

[@jan_h]

Perhaps try using RetroArch? It's designed to be used with only a controller and you can set a custom viewport to only use the visible part of the screen. Also, you might be able to remove the SmartBoy's overlay permissions to remove the warning.

[@justjoeblow420]

Well honestly the Android emulation scene outside of RetroArch is kinda on the scummy side anyways.

[@offperception]

I have good experience with GBC.emu, all the way when KitKat was the going version of Android.

[@ajthem554]

Eh retro is general but separate emulators have different features

[@otaking3582]

Even when it was an April Fool's joke, I just thought "What is the point of this thing?"

[@fawzanfawzi9993]

Another episode where Rerez suffered from bad product.

[@xXxZGixXx]

Am I the only one who didn't have any problem playing snes nes gbc or gba games. Heck I even played n64 with it but I have a Samsung maybe that's why haha

[@guestaccount1801]

Get an SN30 Pro+. It's the same price, but it's a wireless controller that is mainly for the switch, but it CAN connect to android or PC. It also has all the buttons a standard controller would now. Also, there is a gameboy styled version, if you like the colors or the style of the dpad. Edit: I forgot to add one thing, this is the same controller shown at 8:36, but with handles. It's been shown off on this channel before I'm pretty sure.

[@Skatedudeguy]

I can fully understand your fusturations. Using my own ROMs and the .emu emulators, I have personally had a great time, including using the shoulder buttons for GBA games. It isn't absolutely perfect, but it is a definite "consider if the cons are worth it" to me. Nicely done video Shane!

[@firestarter6488]

But thanks anyways for helping me avoid another dud product I was curious about!

[@stevesmith1496]

Firestarter Same.

[@oldcommodoremediacorporati3005]

Just get an original Game Boy. That's it. Oh, and obviously you need to get some games.

[@JoeyJ0J0]

Or an everdrive cart filled with roms

[@WednesdayMan]

a solution to this is easy, use a switch Playstand (the hori one) put your phone there, get a USB type C extension and BAM you've got yourself a gamepad that doesn't obscure the screen, although anything else will work as long as it props your phone up.

[@WednesdayMan]

yeah seriously, who doesn't have a USB C extension cord?

[@zerocks88]

the frustrated acting in this was like in those info-mercials lol

[@chaowingchinghongfingshong3109]

Srsly, how much did you pay for that flatscreen behind you? 😂

[@stevesmith1496]

Chao Wingching Hongfingshong PingPangPong Seven Thousand Dollars!

[@IkesDaddelbox]

I'd rather say it's a green screen. You can also improvise them with a large green blanket or just a green wall in the background. The rest is editing.

[@kbbbb7]

No its a TV, they showed it in another video

[@IkesDaddelbox]

kbbbb7 Holy crap, I need that one in my living room.

[@hellomiakoda3782]

They should have made that plate with the buttons flip down so you could access the screen when you need to.

[@NobleAbsinthe]

This device seems like a waste of money, it's clunky and too gimmicky. You're better off just using on screen buttons for the emulator, use a Bluetooth game pad, or just mod a psp, pspgo, vita, 3ds, switch.

[@luigiq2861]

Remember the time when Nintendo ROMS were easy to find. The good times.

[@chrisakaschulbus4903]

well it's still pretty easy... there are just so many stupid people who actually double click files like SuperMarioBros.gb.exe -.-

[@PixelGameSquad]

Keep up the good quality man ❤️

[@TheOriginalNett]

hay did you know that they said if there is a pop up on the screen they said do down and b button

[@davidchoeun]

As always. Another great review and a save for my wallet

[@The_Laser_Channel]

It's an April Fool's prank turned into an actual prank..joke's on you for buying the POS! LOL

[@stevechavez83]

My wallet smiled while reading this :)

[@mikemiken1963]

He is a big enough channel that he prob got it for free.

[@falcolom]

@@mikemiken1963 He literally said he bought it at the start of the video

[@phatdookie4207]

*I use multi-emulator to play everything from PS1 games to really old school NES games and handhelds from original Gameboy to DS. The biggest issue I have is that some games don't feel right with the digital controller but I'm sure the emulator has compatible controllers but I've only tried to find them once at Walmart with no luck.* *But for the most part it plays a lot of games find, especially turn based games like pokemon.*

[@MrMoofisAwesome]

it is a super nice emulator. I have a few controllers that work with it, mainly through usb dongles.

[@oniontatos]

Emulators anyone..................

[@littlemacisunderrated412]

Me before watching: This is gonna rock! Me after watching: No....

[@SonGayku]

"we went out and got a Galaxy S8" Is this some rich joke I'm too poor to understand?

[@nthgth]

They're pretty cheap these days, like budget phone cost

[@cuttyzonthebeat9634]

I wish they had a SNES controller that you can just use for roms like this one

[@Junomaster2006]

It looks bad even before i knew it actually exist.

[@SamuraiMotoko]

What about having an extension cable coming out the damn thing and use it as a controller. Still terrible but is an option

[@detroitfettyghost8492]

I wondered the same, anybody tried it?

[@jetstreamvik9570]

To be honest, I don't blame Hyperkin for being iffy about piracy regarding anything Nintendo related, hell I'm surprised they didn't get a lawsuit just for making this thing with how up in arms those lawyers get over just about anything that even breathes in the direction of one of their ips.

[@OmarAlikaj]

Thanks for the warning. I was considering whether to get it or not at one point.

[@madlipzmichaeldubs8516]

This is the single most disappointing thing I’ve seen lately. Should have been awesome, full blown hardware that just needs your phone as a screen. Not a romdumper with controls slapped on it

[@PsychomachineryEBM]

Lol I prefer to get a gamepad for Android/PC instead, way better than that crap. Hyperkin is like the modern MadCatz, shitty stuff after shitty stuff lol

[@NonsensicalSpudz]

its pretty, it was mainly aimed at the galaxy s8 and s9, but does work with quite a lot of devices

[@nctrnlmjsty8719]

My old boy is amazing Purchase an 8Bitdo Controller Enjoy! You're Welcome

[@ElectrifyXD]

Tbh the rom files are important in video game industry. If a game is unknown to be found, or unplayable, or extremely rare, ROM files are meant to play the game that you cannot find locally in your area or globally, whether it is due to rarity, or quality, or just a myserious unknown gem. Legit theres no point in having that Piracy Novice, especially when they are technically pirating AND selling a pirated clone for the Gameboy. :/

[@RedVGFox]

Just buy a real Gameboy, or a cheap chinese clone. Seriously, you can find a GBA or a GBC for like 10 bucks nowadays.... hell, you could play GB/GBC/GBA games on a PSP, you don't even need to hack it to play emulators on it nowadays anymore, and it's way cheaper than this crap.

[@Mystical_owl]

I think it would be better if they made a Nintendo switch instead of a game boy, because then you can have a full screen, and Bluetooth features.

[@grizzlehatchet1]

If you open up the device, you'll see the triggers arent even wired to anything. Theyre FAKE lol 😂

[@whatamalike]

Hyperkin are really showing what a tat factory they really are. Honestly, the only clone/repro systems I trust these days are those of Analogue...and even then i'm not prepared to dump $200 on a fancy SNES or $400 on a fancy NES!

[@HavenMarches]

The Retron HD was the only thing they made that was halfway decent. Still a shit company.

[@eggsamillion]

You're too critical on your input with this device. Looks at price* What a fucking rip off.

[@demi6765]

I looove the game boy. I also love this new all controller that I bought when it released a year ago on schedule. Oh wait.

[@JediMage]

Hmm, have you tried rotating your phone 180 degrees to get to that bottom half of menu screen?

[@iamtheflu]

Luckily, it comes with a USB extension cable now, so you can set up the bindings in your emulators before using the device. Also, Nintendo does care about piracy and as we know now isn't above suing hackers and websites over old ROMs they don't support anymore, so I don't blame hyperkin for the anti piracy measure.

[@MatejGames]

I think its total crap why they would create this not working piece of crap? They can make a cheap cartridge dumper/flasher! It is so easy

[@FlyingAce1016]

It emulates button presses on the touch screen tho doesn't it? Better to get an android bluetooth controller to hold the phone.

[@colbyfink]

No, its connected through the type C port. Its sending inputs over that. He could have used an extension cable to set up the emulators with the phone out of the controller and then popped it back in with everything working fine but he didn't think of that, I guess.

[@regular_steam_user]

tldw: ssmartboy is great idea horrible execution

[@littlemacisunderrated412]

Fax

[@purrbox7514]

This is a nice idea but it leaves me asking one obvious question. Why didn't they just make it a seperate stand alone bluetooth controller, no fiddly cage for phones and thus it will work on all phones.

[@Bro-cx2jc]

Because then all it would be is a bluetooth controller. They wanted to make something that seemed like its own unique standalone product.

[@RetroStylz]

I have never run into any of those issues. Mine works great with the my old boy and the my boy emulator. I use roms for both of those emulators and I never get that piracy notice. As long as you close out the smart boy software. You can use those two emulators and run your roms with no problem at all. I enjoy mine and did two videos on this product on my channel as well. To each his own though.

[@pika23]

k, but what if you get a phone call or whatever. kinda is a pain to take it out and put back in right?

[@mikemiken1963]

It came with a cord. Its not so bad.

[@brycevo]

This device is pretty cool. I just wish it wasn't so buggy

[@AkayAkamay]

Is there anything that Hyperkin makes that you can legit recommend ? Everything they did as far as I know is "just ok" and there is usually a better option out there in the market.

[@kevinfightsbears]

Thanks for this review I just saved 40 dollars

[@cherubin7th]

How stupid that they used a proprietary emulator. If they would have used an open source one, they could have modified it for this job.

[@offperception]

Emulator isn't theirs. You can use any GB/C/A emulator with this. Hyperkin only supplies a companion app to read the cartridge.

[@judychen1038]

Well if you watch AVGN gameboy accessories video

[@Alex-wq1hp]

My favorite portable by Nintendo is either the DSI or the Switch

[@kokonbini]

I personally really liked this, it's my preferred way to play my gameboy games. It's frustrating to use at times, but I enjoy it. I feel like it would be improved if the control pad could be swiveled to access the full touch screen when necessary. It is mostly a novelty item, yes, but I'm very prone to nostalgia purchases

[@pigeonette1]

U are 666 th comment

[@skycloud4802]

Has any company released anything since?

[@kokonbini]

@@skycloud4802 nothing like this, but there's plenty of dedicated retro gaming handhelds on the market rn

[@cbrosentertainment1806]

When you see your console on rerez and you realize before watching that you made a mistake 🤣

[@terranovarain6570]

By "your" console do you mean you bought it or made it lmao 🤣😂😆

[@Modtro64]

I feel the SmartBoy is a good idea, but Hyperkin fucked up the execution of it. Now if some other company Were to try this idea but do it better, I feel it could be beneficial to the Retro Gaming community.

[@duhmez]

If this thing let u copy your csart to rom fle, and let u move save data back and forth between the memory and cart, it woulfd have a purpose. But as easy as roms are to get,, thi is stupid and useless. I hate when these kinds of products pretend roms dont exist.

[@Trimint123]

About the trigger buttons, you have to manually customize it. My Boy! (and My OldBoy!) emulator has a button mapping for controllers and for some reason, the L and R button for this device was Y and X and not L1 and R1 (according to My Boy! emulator). Is on the Settings menu, by the way. Then "Input" and then "Key mapping". You can also customize virtual controller here. When customize, you don't need to worry about cropping from the attachment device.

[@yjk_music]

I thought that something like that would be super cool, but after watching... yeah, you are right. It's not really good. I think they should have designed an emulator for that thing, because like you said, device makes half of screen invisible and makes you can't use any menu behind the device. And for piracy warning, I initially thought it was not bad, but after thinking for a while, I thouht "Yeah, He's right. Who cares about pirating those games? I think anybody would care about pirating old games, unless something like SNES classic edition comes out, which contains legit copy of classic games.".

[@gapedandamazed6988]

Why even buy this when you can download an emulator on PC and just play there

[@benjaminvlz]

Maybe some people would want want play Game Boy games on the go, like if they're on an airplane or long car ride and they think it would be cool to play their games with something that feels like they're holding a Game Boy.

[@alecpanic]

The frustration make sense but you're really agghh on the subject of roms and piracy. Hyperkin isn't some random chop shop ass company in china selling sketchy ass soulja game consoles, they need to be in good standing in the industry. like if they sold a product where people could just suck out nintendo games from the original cartridge and chuck them onto their phones, nintendo would be pissed. How the hell do you think nintendo just doesn't care about roms (and by extension use of thier ips) at all? Dude they have sued people to hell and back over that shit. I get that the solution they came up with is frustrating but maybe the whole idea from the start just didnt work out with this particular company

[@nokiot9]

This thing is such a solid piece of garbage. DO NOT buy it. If you want a portable game boy for your roms just get one of those 40$ dedicated ones from Amazon. It doesn't have a slot for games. But it's still way better than one of these.

[@Katzelle3]

Why not buy a standard USB or Bluetooth controller for you phone instead?

[@assholian3225]

@@Katzelle3 ikr, I rather just use my joycons on my phone, play atari up to some ps1 games

[@KetwunsGamingPad]

Anyway, it's your own cartridges, you should be able to do what you want with them. Why would a developer care if all you are doing is ROM dumping your own games in your own device? That's not even piracy. Piracy is downloading off a website, not dumping your own roms. They only care if you freely distribute them, and even then it depends which system it is. Old ones they will turn face, and newer ones they will get more antsy pansy. I am not sure what Hyperkin was concerned with here.

[@ABlob]

I'm pretty sure Nintendo would care about people pirating Game Boy games since they're selling them nowadays on 3DS Virtual Console on Nintendo eShop.

[@whatever4053]

Hey guys so I have one of these and you do NOT need a cartridge to play games with it, you just need an emulator where you can Configure control input and Roms, just plug in your smart boy (configure the controls before hand) and you're good to go. Edit: those things where the L and R buttons are supposed to be ARE L and R buttons.

[@ZomB-0ne]

This sounds like an AVGN review. It's hilarious!

[@MikeRetroModz]

I like how they're worried that we are going to pirate our own cartridges of games that are decades old meanwhiles the roms are literally everywhere on the internet... that piracy thing is just highly unnecessary and kinda breaks the fun from this little device.

[@cdgames69]

"I don't think Nintendo cares about the original Gameboy games" 3 years later, a pirating website is shut down by Nintendo themselves (probably a couple times in between, too)

[@cheesypasta-salad4472]

Just get an 8bitdo bluetooth controller and a phone clamp and your golden this is nice for the novelty but if your seriously looking to play classic games on the go then get a blue tooth 8bitdo controller and a clamp so you don't have to have your phone on your lap or just get an otg cable for a few bucks and an usb controller and your golden.

[@Jasonmf123YT]

*Or you can just get an emulator....*