I bought a $63 bootleg PlayStation 5 thing from Temu... (M5 4K Review)

[@SMOOREZ]

*BONUS DRINKING GAME - Take a shot each time I say "GAME STICK LITE" Hey everyone, welcome back to another Cheapo Game Console review thingo! This serves as the follow up to both the Temu video and the Game Stick Lite one as well. I know I said I wouldn't do a follow up from Temu (unboxing cheapo stuff) but if you want to see it let me know. And also if you want to see a video on the Game Stick Lite with custom firmware and how it runs now, I can deliver that. But I really hope you enjoyed looking at this thing. For the price...it's really not worth it. The GS5 was a fun novelty and a cheap shell for a Pi! TIMESTAMPS: Introduction & Disclaimers: 0:00 Updates on the Game Stick & Powkiddy: 1:12 Current Pricing, ROM stuff etc: 3:04 The Advertising: 4:12 Around the Box & Findings with the M5: 6:46 Controller, Comparison, Console & Instructions: 9:15 It can't do 4K, Initial Boot & User Interface: 10:41 Console Settings, File EXPLARER & Other Functions: 12:19 Plugging in a Keyboard & MiniGUI Settings: 14:52 How you can play Nintendo 64 on this: 16:02 NES Emulation: 18:43 Big Sperker Test & Super Mario 14: 19:52 MAME Emulation: 21:05 Game Boy Color Emulation: 22:18 Game Boy Advance Emulation: 23:11 Sega Genesis Emulation: 24:39 Super Nintendo Emulation: 25:30 PlayStation 1 Emulation: 26:55 Atari 2600 Emulation: 29:04 Conclusion: 29:49 Controller & Console Teardown: 31:05 General Rambling: 34:00 Thank you for watching & Reminders: 35:11 Next Videos & Outro: 36:21 Be good people!

[@mwbgaming28]

Who cares if it comes with a memory card full of ROMs, Nintendo are a bunch of dicks anyway, they deserve all the piracy they get, they're not selling the games anymore, therefore, I consider it fair game (pun intended)

[@reynaroine]

Sir you got me with the custom sounds lol 🤣🤣🤣🤣 thanks for that one love it

[@leelee7334]

If they were going to use a rock chip, why not 3326 or 3566? The only system that needs a PI is the SF2000 if I knew how.

[@michellefernandez3155]

wheres the follow up video?

[@R00kTruth]

uboot switch - a stable in the dark, but this item on various sites display its open source, perhaps it'll boot something from usb.... perhaps a old linux ;) lol

[@DarrenC_1024]

The 4k logic of these things is: You can hook it up with a 4k display and it will output images no problem, but it is not necessary in 4k resolution. Just like some times my friend points at the LCD display on a printer and asked: "Hey! Is this touchscreen?" I'll answer: "Yes it is!" and just when she shows interest in the dang thing, I continued: "You can touch the screen all you like all day, but there's no guarantee that it will respond."

[@johncahill1985]

Game stick light is not bad can play up to ps1 for 20 bucks

[@valliteking1812]

11:56 That artwork is from Contra Returns. Name of the character is Galaxy Alice.

[@lesharkoiste]

Still can't believe Chinese factories pump out hardware that can't play Atari 2600 games smoothly

[@Boogie_the_cat]

That's because people buy them. Online retailers (even Amazon) don't punish false advertising, and there's a sucker born every minute. Also, KZbinrs need content 😂

[@starsINSPACE]

Well our parents bought those Tiger lcd games

[@leonidas14775]

I'm pretty sure the hardware could, but the firmware looks low effort

[@teamofone1219]

@@leonidas14775Or it’s outdated firmware.

[@inout6969]

​@@starsINSPACE We sure did when we had no cash for game and watch. Those were expensive. Think I payed 80 for the original donkey kong double screen. That was real money back then. Ten years later a night at the bar would set you back maybe 50 including cab ride back.

[@mysfiring]

I would *love love love* to see a repair attempt done on the Powkiddy in your style! There's something extremely satisfying about watching the progression of skills on this platform, and honestly I don't think there'd be anyone better qualified. Especially when you're so thorough with your reviews, and talk through your thought processes while dojng so. Please consider it!

[@samueldr]

I have explored the stock image for the game stick lite and pretty much understand the details of how it works. It also helps I'm familiar with Rockchip BSP systems. It should be possible to port the custom retroarch system between the devices, as they both use an RK3032. The technical details for why you can't directly do it don't exactly matter. Though it is possible that given there is only one partition on the SD card, you would have to do a "fishing expedition" and recover the system partitions from the internal storage, and then scarily erase them from the internal storage to make it work from SD card. KZbin likes to eat my detailed comments up, so if you have another place I can (publicly) detail some of the thoughts, please share.

[@the2323guy]

A followup for the game stick would be pretty nice, it'll be an interesting comparison between what you get in the box versus what the hardware is capable of!

[@advang4820]

Good thing that the controller starts to look like a real Dualsense; many PS5 clones out there still have that PS1 controller design.

[@wyterabitt2149]

Normally for these things when it says 4k, it means nothing other than you can plug it into a 4k tv and it will work. It's not referring to being able to output 4k, at least not normally maybe some of them out there can.

[@SMOOREZ]

Oh yeah it's just a marketing thing but meaning yes you can plug thiw into a 4K TV and it will work. But it would be nice if they did do something with 4K but probably not any time soon!

[@Bo-vf8yk]

4:49 "fuzzy caton" is a bad translation for "模糊卡顿", which actually means "blurry (&) laggy". 卡顿 (pronounced as kǎdùn) is translated based on sound as if it's a name for whatever reason

[@mikaelanuzzo4051]

I would guess "UBOOT" refers to U-Boot, the reference manual for which describes it as "an open-source, cross-platform boot loader that provides out-of-box support for hundreds of embedded boards and many CPUs, including PowerPC, ARM, XScale, MIPS, Coldfire, NIOS, Microblaze, and x86." Presumably they used U-Boot to load the system's kernel image. If this is correct, figuring out how to access the boot loader is probably among the first steps to loading custom firmware.

[@samueldr]

About the Powkiddy V90, it is reported (I haven't verified) that it requires a "dumb" old school 5V 1A/2A charger without any smarts to charge. Given some of the hardware problems, and how the USB port is not exactly connected correctly to the SoC, I totally believe that. (USB data connection to a computer only works when there is no SD card connected due to a small oopsie in their design.) So it could be that the battery ran down entirely. If you have other Nokia-style batteries, or an external charger for these, you can also confirm that way that it's only that it's been ran down entirely.

[@DaddyDo-vr7yh]

please do an update i have the same 4k game stick i did find the Russian site but it was confusing i had no idea what to download

[@aheleebreeen]

+1

[@jimnzhasme]

yes please he needs to do it

[@MrJ0mmy]

i agree

[@oneofthecancor]

Noticed when you turned it on, it reported the refresh rate as 50hz. This is probably the frameskip you’ve been seeing, since most of the games ran at 60

[@SummonerArthur]

Nah, check the clock on SMB, there's definetly a frameskip going on

[@OliversTech]

Would love to see that follow up video on the stick lite!! :)

[@NerdPanic]

I'd love to see a followup video on the game stick, about the custom firmware

[@kbbbb7]

Would love to see the re flashing of the gamestick. I think you'd help other randos searching a tutorial if you did it too 👍

[@So1]

I always found it fun doing stuff like that on weird linux crap like this

[@crypto1upteam750]

I dont know if you read comments, but a very neat product is the LG T80, released in 2008 and had a whopping tv player build in, and it actually worked. had a big antenna and could pick up dvb signal. Its an unique mp4 device and Ive never seen a KZbinr talk about it. Its pretty crazy as well as most mp4 players back then were barely touchscreen. But this beast managed to do TV 😮 If i can find one ill happily send it but it seems like its lost too time.

[@kevinwangsaxmusic]

I'm happy every time you upload. You're like my one of the channels I find enjoyment like Dankpods.

[@jakeyyyyyyyy]

14:55 did you try the ctrl+alt+f1-12 combo? It usually switches around linux sessions

[@SMOOREZ]

I did and unfortunately nothing happened. I ended up just mashing key combos hoping something would work but no go.

[@rachagainstthemachine.]

Pls do a follow up on the game stick curious how much better it runs I'm interested in a cheap plug and play arcade device

[@bobn2805]

Should have went for an RG35XX handheld for the same price. I got mine from temu and it's amazing. Can play up to PS1 games and it looks like a modern gameboy. I also have the RG353V Which can play up to psp, N64, NDS, and even Dreamcast

[@blackhorseteck8381]

There ads should be like this:"Forget the Playstation, this is as fast as a BMW!" 😂😂😂

[@sirNemanjapro]

The background1.png file is the island of Bled in Slovenia.

[@replikvltyoutube3727]

Smoorez, if you want to know if it's Linux, then try press compilation Ctrl+Alt+F1-F12 It should switch to other virtual terminal iirc.

[@the2323guy]

pretty sure that's already disabled on most embedded Linux systems but correct me if I'm wrong

[@replikvltyoutube3727]

@@the2323guy I would still give that a shot. It's not that simple of a system.

[@the2323guy]

@@replikvltyoutube3727 i would too, there's still that chance

[@SMOOREZ]

Already tried it, we tried multiple key combos and nothing would trigger anything else.

[@JustAPersonWhoComments]

11:54 Galaxy Alice from Contra Returns

[@meetoo594]

Im thinking that uboot/usb switch enables a serial terminal via those JTAG pads or maybe allows flashing factory images via the usb ports using some sort of inhouse software.

[@shards-of-glass-man]

Strong Antonio Stella Bottom Tile vibes from those packaging blurbs concert in your ears indeed

[@tibortibor2358]

So how is this better than one of those HDMI game sticks? Can you let us know please? Or is this the same games on a different platform which happens to be bigger? I'm confused honestly.

[@Ozzpot]

It's definitely "Teemu". I see their ad a hundred times a day at least. Their song is burned into my brain. 😔

[@Random_person_07]

Very cool how you go though the files in the OS its self you should definitely do more of this

[@crappycreationsandfilms]

Did you get n64 games to run well, cause mine is really laggy

[@wisteela]

It will be very interesting to see this with custom firmware. That speaker really looks good too.

[@ion_X]

in case you didn't know, the "videogame crash" was a local US "crash" whereas everywhere else the videogames industry were doing just fine pretty much all going business as usual I think the US crash has gotten so way too overstated that even people elsewhere doesn't tend to realise that it wasn't really a videogames crash at all and certainly not widespread

[@ion_X]

also I'm pretty sure E.T. didn't actually singlehandedly cause and wasn't solely responsible at all; the problem of mass unlicensed and mostly low quality garbage was already flooding the market long before that it was already on track and inevitable; it was more of just a perfect storm and that E.T. happen to be a big brand and seemed so bad so it was the one name that stuck, scapegoated even in a sense, and so got hit the hardest in both ways, by both sides, financially and publicly always an interesting subject videogames history

[@leoalex50]

i would like to see what updates you can do with the game stick lite

[@SMOOREZ]

I actually did a follow up video to it showing how to install custom firmware but a lot of people had troubles with it so I ended up unlisting the video. People were formatting the original SD card and the game stick has several revisions - at least 10 different ones exist so it was just a bit of a headache.

[@leoalex50]

@@SMOOREZ fair enough though I would have liked if the thing didn’t spit out the sd card into the abyss that is my room

[@ГалинаНиколаева-о3й8р]

​@@SMOOREZHelp please, I need firmware for such a set-top box, all the information from the SD card has been deleted, and I can’t find it on the Internet for downloading

[@salamiwallnut]

on linux systems you can do Ctrl+Alt+(F1 - F7) to get access to different command prompts (virtual teletypes)

[@WMW-82]

Came straight from the unboxing to see this new ps6 😉 genuinely interested to see how it runs for a little mess around gamer

[@der_kluger_gunther8391]

it runs a little better than the stick lite but as you have said it's not worthy for 3d emulation, even my psp has some difficulties with n64 games. so get a decent smartphone/pc and you have done basically. it's just cute for the mini looking ps5 thing tho. ps. i almost died at the custom sound lol, i do use similar things for my notifications as well XD

[@therealdjflip]

given that has JTAG holes, you could try hooking up a serial to ttl or uart adapter, and you may be able to get somewhere

[@Myjacob99]

The Yeee caught me off guard and i died laughing

[@andy_rulz2000]

Keep up the great content Smoorez, please do a follow up on the Game Stick Lite as i have one myself and would love to see how to do it. 😀😀

[@powerfantastic01]

That BG image is Galaxy Alice from Contra Returns.

[@makedaevilmage]

your vids made me buy a game stick lol. can't wait to see how I can mod it with custom firmware, heatsinks, 3d design and print a custom case for it and see if I can put a fan or 2 in there and push it to its limits. It was only 22 euro anyway lol.

[@User1-Paul]

Makes me laugh till I nearly peed my pants! Nice one!! Cheers.

[@kupokinzyt]

That sucks I'm late if you've not figured it out yet, but that PK handheld cannot be charged with a fast charger at all, I'm not sure what voltage you were getting from it but it states in the manual and there are many posts online that it will refuse fast chargers. Your handheld probably isn't dead. Try a cheap slow android charging brick.

[@geoserenity]

1:05 ad block is why i watch youtube on my tablet using firefox instead of that youtube app (which i disabled)

[@DejcoDoesStuff]

That "behind Disney castle" is actually lake Bled in Slovenia. It existed before Disney. Source: I'm from Slovenia

[@plageran]

what happens when you plug a bootable linux flash or sd card in? fyi try ctrl + alt + F1 to 4 to see if it switches virtual screens for terminal

[@Fusion_X]

Pls do a follow up on the Game Stick I'm curious how much better it runs with the new firmware

[@avjaarsveldt]

Thank you! I take it there's no way to access Mame"s cheat menu's?

[@NorthStarBlue1]

What always amuses me about these knockoff consoles is that they all have the exact same dodgy NES romset that's been in all the plug-and-play trash from the last 15 or so years. It's like a trademark at this point.

[@Andoryuuu]

It's good that this thing includes cat eggs, I was starting to run out, I'll have to pick one of these up to replenish my supply!

[@Andoryuuu]

Pokemon Diamond (the bootleg) is called "Keitai Denjuu Telefang" and actually has a REALLY good fan translation you should check out, I'm replying to my own comment so you don't get a ton of comments from one user as separate comments, lol.

[@redwolf92]

can you actually mod this as a mini pc?

[@screwvo83]

Can't you change the buttons in settings to play Mario

[@Rossbrian1]

YT premium, never see an ad again

[@TechTimeWithEric]

I’ve been on YT premium since 2019 and I can’t go back

[@ThaiTie94]

Brave browser/mobile KZbin site for mobile devices and Chrome/ad block on PC. Just saved you some money hahaha

[@So1]

Could you try to use some type of partition manager, or lost partition finder. it could be hidden, i found some stuff that way before.

[@baad1947]

hello there, why these consoles have pixelated screen, only the game image is clear, then when you start the game, it becomes unclear and you feel dizzy while watching. not recommended at all for kids' eyes health....

[@nodorog448]

He says about the cost at $60(Au), and it's price difference over the Gamestick lite, im considering buying it just for the shell to house my RetroPi Raspberry Pi. And as I was typing this he mentioned it would be a good case for exactly that.

[@mdismailhossain2219]

Can we use third party any wireless gamepad with it?

[@tenminutetokyo2643]

That is nuts!

[@eternylbliss2151]

I dunno being a vintage game collector I never had an issue with the E.T. game. It was a bit more advanced than many other Atari games where you had to do a series of things to beat the game. It deserves a redesign and release on cartridge for Atari. I am sure Speilburg and friends would want a cut though.

[@ravenshadowz2343]

Where can I find a list of all the arcade games that are on it?

[@lnmr]

I wonder what would happen if you try to open another TTY session with ctrl + alt + F2 (or different F-key) keyboard shortcut 🤔

[@janostorok7169]

Hi! Does it have dreamcast games?

[@SMOOREZ]

Nah it doesn't. The hardware is extremely cheap in this and it can only play 8-Bit (Famicom) games.

[@Bittersweet344]

Good morning everyone! Wake n bake plus bootleg tech

[@nataliekate2176]

Perfect morning! 🙌🏼

[@RPI79]

Definitely not a fellow Aussie if you think it's morning right now.

[@georged7627]

More handhelds from Temu bro 🙏🏽 plz

[@BURRITO44]

Great video

[@cheesethesylv]

Have you ever thought about making a discord server?

[@chronossgames6463]

have u a link for this firmware ? i lost my sd card :(

[@nativestrengthandironnutri6852]

Does it have pre loaded games on it please

[@mohannadabedalkarim4425]

Hello bro i bought the same game console and my memory card is corrupted can you help me to find the same firmware ? SEGAM-M5 firmware version:v1.0.0 2023-02-16

[@bultronlagore4932]

I went with the Super Console X with the 128GB SD Card which had 95,000 Games on it from like 25 different console emulators. It was only $26 on AliExpress which I received it in 2 weeks and it was totally worth it. The performance of it blew this $63 garbage to absolute shame. I highly recommend people to get the Super Console X. Don’t get the Super Console X Pro as it really is no different than the base model as they both have the same gaming performance while one is more expensive. Cheers 🍻

[@soggybaguette8457]

I’d be down to see a Gamestick video

[@incogninto1124]

Extra technical stuff Part 2 (part 1 is in the video made before that one) TL;DR: You can totally make custom ROMs for this thing with a PC and a bit of technical Linux knowledge using this switch Alright so on ALLWINNER devices when the U-Boot key/switch/contact pins/whatever is pressed/switched/connected to ground/etc on startup it jumps to FEL mode To keep it short FEL mode is a mode on Allwinner chips that gives you low level access to the system and if you have the tools on a Linux PC (I don't know about Windows) (also the tools are public and open source) you can do stuff like load a custom version of U-Boot (hence the name and U-Boot is an open source bootloader something like a BIOS that loads and boots Linux) boot custom files and read/write the SPI firmware chip(s) on the board. (I know this because I have an AnyCaster with an A10 and I managed to put a backdoor in the firmware) And looking at the board of the unit it uses (You guessed it :D) an SPI firmware chip. However this is a Rockchip powered unit so it probably has different tools and stuff but it should be pretty similar (at least I hope so :P) however SPI firmware chips are small so the code needs to be efficient or use something like an SD card or USB Flash drive. So if you need help hit me up and we can work something out

[@banog6049]

Do you have a game list for ps1

[@ungeskriptet]

The U-Boot switch might be for getting into the bootloader and could help with getting custom firmware loaded. U-Boot is a bootloader for embeddded device like these. Many network routers and Allwinner tablets use it for example.

[@Chop43]

This console is Susan's M5 reincarnation 🤣🤣🤣

[@crazyjake2016]

The thing that scares me most about the fist hammer is what happens if I miss the nail. One thing I don't want to have happen to me is a big gouge in my hand from a nail head. It would hurt badly. I would not buy this product.

[@nobeac]

Yes why not put a vid out on how you did custom firmware and what it does?

[@combine_soldier]

We all need E.T The Extra Test

[@JackWillson-p9u]

When will you do another job lot?

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

Wow, that Doom emulation is painful. Can hear the audio stretching when it can't keep up.

[@JOBdOut]

The teh-mu tee-mu argument is futile. Theyve released ads and commercials with both pronunciations

[@benjamintan2733]

Well, I did have one that was on sale, so I guess I score a bargain (get it pretty cheap like USD29 on my local online shopping web)? But yeah, the performance is similar to what you show, mine maybe old version as the GUI is a bit different. For a cheap game console for kids that can easily break your property often, yeah, this is not bad as I don't really have to pound my chest that hard when they pour water into it.

[@aaronwalker1615]

🎶🎵"SHOP like A Chinese Spy on TEMU !!! 🎶

[@AirknightTails]

15:12 Maybe try opening a Terminal with Ctrl + Alt + T and typing screenfetch or cat /etc/os-release

[@mistwolf]

I hate to say it, but be careful about 'approving' of ad blockers. KZbin is really coming down hard on creators who do so

[@SMOOREZ]

Thanks for the heads up. I may just include it as text in the intro now just to be careful. They still make money at the end of the day anyways so, bit silly but it is what is hey.

[@aleksazunjic9672]

$60 is kinda entry point for PS1 emulation. This particular console does not have it fully , although it is technically possible to run the games. Lack of N64 emulation is a big minus, so generally speaking not recommended.

[@leonidas14775]

At $60, you're better off buying a used PC. Even an ultra slim Dell/Lenovo/HP office PC with intel graphics could lap this thing in emulation.

[@aleksazunjic9672]

@@leonidas14775 Well, not exactly. You would first need to find PC in working condition for the price . Most came without SDD/HDD so you would have to buy that, and pair of controllers. Then you will need to find and install Batocera or some other OS with emulators. Finally, you would need to find ROMs. It could be done, but it is not for everyone. And you would need to haul big ugly PC case if you want to play on your TV . Consoles like this are relatively light and simple to use, which is one of the reasons people buy consoles in the first place.

[@holyhelga]

if there is a linux kernel driving the system i would imagine a good deal of general hardware is supported

[@sharpsteel1986]

Some of the new versions of the v90 overheat under the left speaker... Till a point that the plastic starts to melt. It seems likes something wrong with the voltage regulators

[@tylern6420]

is that the endlessly droppshipped thing i even saw a dropship for the game stick lite

[@rollyherrera623]

Bottom Line? Never Buy Anything From TEMU!

[@FiatUno2003]

nah, you can buy stuff from Temu, just don't expect to receive a high quality product

[@lolocaust4967]

Or Wish, or Ali Express or any one of the other cheapo crap websites.

[@anthonymark3126]

It's the actual problem with that rom on mario 64 I had same issue with same rom on pc. Just find another version should work great

[@addas4]

Actually in Middle East & Eastern countries we call the controller a hand in our native language, so they translate it literally 😂

[@omartabaza7561]

I bought the stick lite 4k for the 2 controllers, and honestly for 2 wireless controllers that don't need Bluetooth they aren't that bad, and the stick itself isn't really that good.

[@DarkKnightBatman420]

Hey I would like a video on the custom firmware for the gamestick lite.

[@intel386DX]

12:58 this is in today's Slovenia. Lake Bled

[@CarlosGanhao]

Protugues is a nice language! Loool it’s pronounced Portuguese, A+ for effort!

[@Boogie_the_cat]

I don't know why "fuzzy cat on" is listed as a negative. Fuzzy cats are good. I do like hairless cats too, but they're expensive. I don't care that you say NES and SNES differently to 'Mericans. I listen to enough British and Australian KZbinrs that it doesn't bother me. Even though I have OCD, I don't get OCD about it, because people being different in different regions makes life interesting. It would be the lamest thing ever to visit (let's say) Japan, and find out that all Japanese folks are just like 'Mericans. That'd be boring and depressing.

[@kjriwoutube]

Would like to c the follow up video

[@mattdavis9601]

Mediocre tech + chill, rambly presenter = A good way to kill 40 minutes.