NES and SNES Classic Alternatives - Scott The Woz

Scott takes a look at consoles that are considered competition against the NES Classic Edition and SNES Classic Edition.
Twitter: @ScottTheWoz
Consoles Covered:
Atari Flashback 7
Sega Genesis Classic Game Console
Retro-bit Generations
Atari Flashback 8
Sega Genesis Flashback
Music Used:
"Breakout" from 3D Dot Game Heroes
"Menu Theme" from SNES Classic Edition
"Stonecarving City" from Wario Land: Shake It!
"Menu Theme" from NES Classic Edition
"Strike Man" from Mega Man 10
"Castle and Fortress" from Yoshi's Island
"Title" from Journey to Silius
"Blues in a Hurry" by Cecil Norman

[@miku4977]

That green hill theme from the mini Genesis sounded like it was gonna sneak up behind me and steal half my spine

[@ExtraThiccc]

omg its miku

[@ScottTheWoz]

What’s poppin everybody? I recently started using an official Scott The Woz Twitter account so if you want to stay up to date on my latest videos follow @ScottTheWoz

[@jaipoulton8413]

Scott The Woz wus pippin' 🅱

[@MidStick]

Scott The Woz owned a mini genesis

[@kuby64]

Scott The Woz Quick question: What's with the blue border?

[@Riley-ye3gf]

Hey, ill lend you my extra third kidney, if you'd like to have two again.

[@badhermit7717]

Scott The Woz maybe the title "console rip offs" instead of nes classic rip offs would have been better

[@molgorp7199]

Holy shit, I just remembered one Christmas when I was younger, I had gotten the Atari Flashback 5 I had wanted. It was getting late and my dad and I just played it for hours, he had grown up playing atari and I just thought that it was cool, I specifically remember us playing a lot of Basketball. What I wouldn't give to go back to that night

[@arcrisgonzaga7324]

That's nice.

[@koblosrga42]

Same, I had the exact same thing happen to me lol

[@vobsvids]

My dad got a Flashback X a while back, and we played space invaders quite a bit.

[@beyondobscure]

I had a similar experience with the 6. Many a thumb was worn out over Asteroids.

[@MrTheMasterX]

I love that the kidney joke went full circle.

[@Erik-zd2oi]

His jokes allways do that...

[@sable.11]

I just found a refurbished kidney online

[@wasimzamanwasimzamanwasimz814]

@MAD Alchemist goto his about section

[@littleguystar]

1k likes... I was the 1kth..

[@flyingtoast27]

Darn, the about isn't accurate anymore

[@aniinas3393]

“all here, hey Scott”

[@Rose-ez7yn]

Congratulations, you can hear!

[@aniinas3393]

A duck okay then

[@Liggliluff]

But to make sure it's consistent, he made sure to say "hey all, Scott here" first at the start.

[@lexidavis3602]

Hey scott, all here

[@connorsucksatgames2263]

@@Liggliluff you do realize he always says "y'all" not "all"

[@Matt16006]

Other KZbinrs intros: "Hey there everyone, this is your boy [KZbinr name] and TODAY we're gonna be looking at ALTERNATIVES to the NES and SNES Classic!" Scott's intos: "I need a kidney transplant, I have 3 days to live"

[@masonwarner6853]

It's "Hey, all."

[@WTXYN]

@@masonwarner6853 i thought it was "hey y'all"

[@Yicama]

3:35 I'm dissapointed we didn't have this play in the Sonic Movie...

[@Marshallhorton1748]

No it's perfect sounded

[@Marshallhorton1748]

You know what, Fuck you I only hear with my right ear

[@lonkzelda7871]

@@Marshallhorton1748 Yeah wtf is going on with it

[@Bagel_Le_Stinky]

I can't hear it my headphones are broken

[@KamepinUA]

Yeah my left year loved it

[@SuperPaperPokemon]

Aren’t you glad Sega released an oficial Genesis mini now? With good emulation and an ok menu?

[@wumpus976]

Yes I am very glad, but I still wish it had the ability to play physical cartridges.

[@Cr3zant]

@@wumpus976 Just buy an actual Genesis at that point bro.

[@wumpus976]

@@Cr3zant fair point.

[@autismandgaming4532]

The AtGames systems are definitely nightmare fuel

[@mctriplefatal]

No. I miss the shitty atgames stuff

[@Adino1]

Peter Parker is doing console reviews now?

[@mozardthebest]

Your friendly neighborhood game reviewer.

[@pokemonchase9876]

No you big dummy that’s Scott Pilgrim.

[@benjaminsteel893]

Hold up, that's jontron

[@Rabi_battles]

nah that AVGN

[@WH250398]

Pizzatime

[@SkullyMegaTen]

The AT games doesn’t even let you combine Sonic 3 and Knuckles.

[@bangerbangerbro]

SkullyMemes Do you have one?

[@Nicholaskgaming]

No one You know. I have one, and only let you play Sonic and Knuckles

[@bangerbangerbro]

NicholasKAnything//Alaskiandevil49 Ok

[@SkullyMegaTen]

No one You know I used too. It stopped working.

[@bangerbangerbro]

SkullyMemes Oh, haha. Then it must be truly crap with that quality.

[@PBCollects]

I'd trade my kidney for a SNES classic

[@The_Real_DCT]

Make it your soul and we can talk

[@odeiup]

Smallfry it came out tho

[@leehaden1]

odeiup Yet no one can get their hands on one.

[@mettle4565]

...or y'know, _emulate it._

[@deathpixelgaming]

Smallfry ehh no you wouldnt

[@pourgoi_6100]

I used to play the genisis firecore so the horrible sound is nostalgic to me

[@JeremyValdezYGO]

nt mega yooooo same

[@basiltheleafeon]

I got one in 2013, but that version was way worse than the one mentioned in the video. The audio was worse and there was an awful puke green filter over everything. It had pretty bad input delay too and sometimes would drop inputs, even when I was next to the console and the IR sensor was right in front of the console. I’m not sure if I am alone on this issue, but my 2nd player controller would constantly randomly turn on and press random inputs. It was pretty much impossible to play anything because it was seriously that bad

[@mrpapagiorgio5404]

@@basiltheleafeon make a video about it!

[@ps4fan794]

Same

[@lynestrotheconqueror5010]

I have one of the older Atgames Sega Genesis models with Streets Of Rage and Ecco The Dolphin (which I'd sacrifice in a heartbeat for Mortal Kombat) and while that sound is different I wouldn't call it bad. Maybe because that little piece of plastic is the only way I've ever played Genesis games but I digress.

[@G1Requiem]

3:38 my right speaker is all lonely lmao

[@caracalcontinuum3118]

Same

[@parapparappa3578]

Fun fact: for the atgames handheld genesis you can put an sd card into it to play more genesis games.

[@fitterrhappierr3289]

how do you shove your arm knee deep into something?

[@skinhead-ej8ff]

dingus the knee of The arm

[@brandylim5398]

Perhaps shoving your whole body in starting with your arm until only your legs down your knees stick out?

[@seiyuokamihimura5082]

@@skinhead-ej8ff that's called an elbow. Not "that"

[@mrpapagiorgio5404]

With force

[@MrGEORGETHOMPS]

Wolfy Kaname no

[@raelogan]

THEY HAVE KICKLE CUBICLE??? THAT WAS MY FAVORITE NES GAME WHEN I WAS A KID! I had a notebook that I would put level pass codes in every time I beat a level, so I could keep playing later.

[@illswitch86]

I remember having my mom call the Nintendo hotline for help. I loved this game so much when I was a little kid.

[@hydrog.]

Me: types AtGames. My Autocorrect: Awful.

[@jamstuff1423]

Mine just autocorrects to at games

[@jamstuff1423]

Does saying that my autocorrect is different than his really mean I don’t get the joke? I know it’s a joke, but I was just saying that mine autocorrects to at games.

[@bad_atgames]

I feel ya pal

[@jamstuff1423]

@Bad at games I just wanted to say I love your Adachi profile picture

[@thescorpionpalacios]

@@jamstuff1423 No it does not mean you don’t get the joke, I don’t understand why people do r/woosh isn’t that for reddit???

[@scottoleson1997]

You gotta believe at 3:05 I immediately noticed the Wario Land Shake It music. I just subscribed for that

[@StafkiGTN]

shit, how do i subscribe twice?

[@thesparrow1116]

3:36 Headphone users R.I.P

[@xxnoregretzxxzzz4389]

Wait I couldn't hear anything Edit: might b because my left ear don't work

[@Mii.2.0]

Only my right ear is suffering. My left ear is lucky. 😎

[@dialga236]

@@Mii.2.0 Must be wearing your headphones backwards lol

[@triangleanempire5481]

i can not hear anything, I dont know if this is a joke or not please tell me

[@EmCeee411]

@@triangleanempire5481 It only plays in the left ear, so yeah, you might wanna get that checked. Not a joke.

[@catholiccontriversy]

3:30 "the sound is terrible, just take a listen," get an ad for a ps5 game with an orchestral backtrack with full English narration. Jeez Scott, how high are your standards for sound quality?

[@Ellivation]

Lol it was mono instead of stereo

[@mastercat381]

The Atari Flashback 2 - specifically the 2 - was actually a really solid mini console; mainly because it actually ran on a scaled down version of the 2600, rather than an emulator or a weird "console on a chip." It was even planned to have a cartridge port, and while they didn't actually add it, all of the hardware required to add one yourself is still on the board; it's even marked so you can easily do it yourself. Games were also pretty good, it had all the actual good games plus a few prototypes that were never actually released.

[@Oliver-hh6hy]

😆Is "actually" your favorite word or something? LOL

[@graysonl1231]

Is that Christian Doom at 7:03 ?

[@maanasshah4909]

Definently.

[@ChadIsBad]

Yes

[@bangerbangerbro]

Grayson L. You never seen super 3D Noah's ark before?

[@michaelswitzer2121]

No one You know give him a break it was super rare who ever had that thing the first place I herd of it was AVGN lol

[@subzerotheiceninga8254]

Grayson L. It is more Christian Wolfenstein.

[@TrumpLester]

*What can you expect, it's a Plug And Play!* -Vinny Vinesauce

[@consumetrousers9512]

3:36 my left ear is loving this!

[@davidscritchfieldds]

If you want a truly good emulation console, go with a raspberry pi, or buy a used Wii, install Homebrew on it, and play all the old games ever. Both of those will work just as well as an NES or SNES classic.

[@Azea98]

nextlastgengamer and if you want to go portable the PSP is a pretty decent emulation machine for NES, SNES, GBA, Genesis, etc. With a microsd adapter you can fit all their ROMs and have plenty of PSP games as well.

[@davidscritchfieldds]

Hansbald I absolutely love my Wii. It plays pretty much every ROM I throw at it, even a lot of PS1 and 64 games. Plus it does GameCube ISOS. You honestly have nothing to lose by buying one. I tell anyone who talks about wanting a classic nes or SNES that they should look into a Wii instead.

[@TommyTom21]

My favorite emulation console is my computer.

[@chungman6167]

TommyTom A cult classic

[@clickbait3753]

I have an old Wii, but how do you get homebrew...

[@Gatitasecsii]

This is like rating snake oil salesmen based solely on how giddy they made you feel as they conned you.

[@lssjgaming1599]

I wish the Flashback Genesis was good. I’m just gonna get a Japanese MegaDrive with a region switch instead

[@jlcrproductions301]

It's good that sega finally released a great definitive genesis plug and play console that is actually good

[@spartanipods]

My uncle has the Atari Flashback and it's one of my favorite consoles. A lot of the games run really well, and it's really easy to use

[@harukami912]

I just noticed you can easily differentiate an old Scott video by the saturation.

[@leighdappa]

6:55 The 'Retro-Bit' had "Rival Turf" TWICE!

[@M1st3rm1g00]

I'm glad you noted that most of these were out WAY before Nintendo's offering. The atari flashback helped on long trips to grandmas as a kid and definetly launched my love for retro games.

[@csdgay]

Ive got the 2014 model of the Genesis, and its basically the one you reviewed, but instead of bad wireless controllers included, there are actually good 6-button wired controllers

[@Sirmeatwad]

Really like your channel, man. Never lose the authenticity and personality you put into your videos. It really sets you apart from the loads of other video game channels on here I can barely stand to watch

[@prodigydigit]

even nearly 4 years later with a bigger budget and audience, scott has kept and arguably improved the charm hes had since the beginning

[@TailwindZ]

I still have the original Atari Flashback console & live it to this day! The controllers are really comfortable to use as well & it definitely made my childhood! Warlords was my favorite!

[@AbsoluteDigitalPictures]

In the 1st grade, I had a Colecovision Flashback that I was OBSESSED with playing.

[@PopplioDoesPokemon]

"all here, hey scott!" wow. hes just every person lmao

[@ALDONueve]

4:51 Mr. Testicles.

[@MrASM78]

Omg, the “analogy alert” has got me rollin! 😂

[@aarongamin2783]

That intro was funny. Also nice use of the Thomas and friends intro on the 21/2 days later time card. Also the hey Scott all here thing.

[@shawnwicker7275]

0:08 all here hey Scott

[@actuallystuff]

Scott didn’t want to be attacked by waves of people saying that the consoles aren’t wannabes, so he changed the thumbnail and title. And I would have done the same

[@michaelrhett4958]

2:50, I actually HAD a genesis classic when I was little! Specifically the 80 games in one version. Just got hit with a wave of nostalgia when you showed that.

[@Orangienblue]

6:58 that’s no way to store ringking

[@ddragonwhistler]

8:54 I'm dead.

[@calistoyew1313]

the black rayquaza the hell are you on about?

[@WH250398]

Hello, Dead.

[@ratter7106]

Hi dead I'm dad

[@Cybercymbre]

Hey Dead, Scott here

[@ProBatman51]

I own the Atari Flashback 8 and it’s epic I love it so much

[@SimmyBassline]

Hey all!! I love your uploads Scott, channel is going from strength to strength. Keep it up pal.

[@Inervals]

My dude growing so fast been subbed since a little before the sonic 2 vid

[@skittlesilly]

I have one of the Sega Genesis ones.

[@mr.nicktheboy1030]

Mr. queen I have the one showcased in the video and a portable one with an SD card.

[@foz7949]

Mr. queen explains your profile picture

[@alphabetsoup1868]

Mr. queen same

[@FilthyCasual27344]

Spaghetti Yeti me 2

[@hrodriguez561]

It fn sucks

[@rasmushedamkrogh-jensen1184]

6:12 *composite

[@GLATRONIUM]

6:08 *composite component are the 5 cables, red white for sound and red, green and blue for video :)

[@bigbabatunde1218]

Composite can be spread across any number of cables as long as they carry separate components of a signal's composition.

[@BenjaminEarlMusic]

I still have my og atari flashback. It was probably the best of the mid-00's plug & play craze.

[@SJC82]

When I heard the Genesis classic sonic theme, I got scared

[@autismandgaming4532]

Jokes on you I have a pal model with the games & music slightly slowed down... I’m only glad I own this because someone else doesn’t have one.

[@alfro12]

Mom, I want a Snes classic! Mom: we have Snes classic at home. Snes classic at home:

[@derekm573]

I know this video is 3 years old, but I will say I have the 2018 AtGames Genesis, the AtGames legends flashback with 100 games and the Super RetroCade(the follow up to the retro bit system reviewed here) and all seem greatly improved over what was in this video.

[@jason8841]

the intros of your videos are so good

[@AceJackWagon885]

Scott:"Everybody wants an NES &/or SNES Classic." Me:"Hold my Cartidges."

[@patrickmartin3322]

3:41 hey you got one of the good sounding atgames ones on mine all the games sound like pouring rocks down a pvc pipe. (Although mine is the handheld version)

[@ezequielgomez7083]

I had my first Sega Console was Genesis AtGames that I got from my 13th birthday present back in December 2013. And I got Atari 2600 Flashback 8 that I got for Christmas Present 2017.

[@MrPooPooJohn]

You had me at 5:12 - _analogy alert_ . Fancy officially tickled.

[@TheFlyingTurtleArchive]

*ALL* *HERE* , *HEY* *SCOTT*

[@Nyasyaa]

6:24 look at the top left player name.

[@MegAmi24]

funny

[@Spider-Man-257]

I find it funny that me and my friend love the sound of Sonic 1 on the Sega Genesis mini, it has something I really can't explain, but when I hear it, I can't help but shake my head to it.

[@CurlyChop]

Is it perhaps raw fear? I hear a lot of that when I listen to it...

[@bencicaballero8986]

How did it take me my 8th time watching this to finally realize the brilliance behind "All here! Hey Scott!" after the head transplant bit

[@Crlarl]

That Retro-Bit Generations has composite video, not component. The difference? Component is actually good.

[@MrPAULONEAL]

Composite is red, yellow, and white while component is red, blue, and green.

[@muitnecsa3489]

@@MrPAULONEAL Composite is just yellow.

[@Sheepy765.]

I’m getting a PlayStation Classic on December 3rd.

[@pink_plasticbag]

did you get it? is it good?

[@a.k.8195]

Oof

[@a.k.8195]

I feel SOOOOO bad

[@I_sued_walmart]

I have the genesis one and it got me into retro game collecting

[@IHaveAName]

"Refurbished kidney" is an underrated joke and I don't want it to go unnoticed.

[@TubbyJ420]

8:49 my workplace had a Varth machine in the breakroom i used to play every day. I almost bought the Retro Bit machine solely for that game, then it turned out to be the most disappointing part of the system.

[@gobussmearnoff]

Came here after seeing the PlayStation classIc announced

[@appleboy5878]

I did have the handheld version of the genisis classic, that I can't find anymore...good!

[@firesparks4761]

When I was younger I did own a Atari plug and play and played combat and basketball with my little brother alot.

[@robinhouse4799]

AT Games has a way you can fix the sound by plugging in headphones

[@fresh_fallen8635]

But it's only for the portable version, this is really sadly

[@CoralCopperHead]

That's not a fix, it's a band-aid on a bullet wound.

[@EmolgaGaming]

3:45 Depressed hill zone

[@doctorhino8736]

Modern PC plus BigBox and you are in game heaven, sometimes I wonder why I'm so interested in these when I have something 100x better.

[@fossildynacommiecephalo3563]

funny because in Australia and Europe we got an atgames Sega mega drive (genesis) remastered which came with double the games a cartridge slot and the sound is perfect.

[@FrankllinU]

0:08 Lol

[@massivemonky606]

Oh boy do I love hearing AT games’s weird audio with my left ear

[@WH250398]

So that's why i didn't hear anything... I was listening with the right speaker of my headphones

[@autismandgaming4532]

That’s probably why the music is so funky. It mono, not stereo

[@drfault1731]

The greatest start to any video in history

[@REPVILE]

I know this is quite a few months since your video was released, but the Retrobit SuperRetrocade is absolutely outstanding. A huge upgrade over the Retrobit Generations.

[@Jethammer117]

My genesis flashback has echo 1&2

[@DracoXdragon]

11:09 subscription earned

[@faultyvideos2215]

I just noticed that the background music cuts out when Scott says "I have three days to live"

[@JJisntHere.]

There's multiple versions of the atgames sega genesis as you mentioned, but some come with wireless controllers and have an ir sensor and some actually have wired controllers and dont have an ir sensor.

[@fd0894]

3:36 and thus, my right ear died on me 3:48 that felt nice... really nice

[@deikay5414]

5:12 I'm saving this for later

[@patchesmcadams1587]

Im really glad I never got the Retro-Bit Generations, I did get the newer Retro-Bit 'Super Retro-Cade' though and it's so good. The Controllers are completely different and original and feel really nice and the game selection is really good, much better than the previous console (Generations).

[@Cyberbrickmaster1986]

I have an Atari plug n play console that comes included with Pitfall. It was the main reason I bought it, because those Atari collections on consoles didn't have it due to licensing reasons, which is a shame because it was the best game available for the system. I also own the only Sega Genesis plug n play console that doesn't suck, but for some reason I still haven't gotten around to using it. Now I currently have too many plug n play systems as it is, and will probably save up for a mini PC as an all in one device for emulation and PC gaming on the TV.

[@justinj_00]

They're not wannabes if they came out first

[@sodapinez2598]

I guess he meant that they forced their classic consoles down our throats but hey idk

[@cartoonworld27]

He metions that they came years before.

[@justinj_00]

Jordan Benton, my point still stands

[@brennancollins8103]

They wannabe official but aren't

[@PS-qg9hn]

Yeah but Nintendo still did it best.

[@Low_Zones]

0:08 It’s confirmed... *He says “all” in his intro*

[@sirincompetent758]

5:11 this sounds to monotone yet i love it so much

[@tekknking]

you have one of the best gaming channels on youtube bro. Your nerdyness and corny jokes just click. subbed !

[@autismandgaming4532]

Today, Scott get's a working kidney.

[@FnFTokyoDrift]

6:34 ohh Irem Oh yeah IREMember them. Oh wait no i don't.

[@DenDenDenDenDen13]

👌🏻nice

[@Beengus]

Wat games did you do remember then? Becuz how do you not know them? Seems sad.

[@turtosie]

PotatoAim Animations it’s a joke, that’s amazing

[@RayLombardo]

My flashback makes weird noises and refuses to work

[@BennyTehWicked]

This is exactly what I needed.

[@ryobevins56]

The day I can’t play eco the dolphin is the day the sun explodes

[@DocHollidayGames]

At 6:12 you said component output, but that device doesn't have component out. It had composite out, which is massively inferior to component. If it was component, then there would be incentive to use it on my Sony PVM.

[@user-eh3dn4rl7d]

Do your research. Composite has one cable. Component video has three cables. Component can be plenty of colours.

[@WH250398]

@@user-eh3dn4rl7d Not true. Composite has three cables (one video, two audio), Component has five (3 video, two audio). The inputs on the back of the unit is definitely composite.

[@user-eh3dn4rl7d]

@SQ38 My TV has both Composite and YPbPr, both on the same three yellow, white and red ports.

[@user-eh3dn4rl7d]

@SQ38 Here is the model number: Hyundai 32HYN3206. I've been able to connect both a VCR that supports component to it (without sound) and a crappy bootleg console with Composite and Mono sound.

[@WH250398]

@@user-eh3dn4rl7d And how exactly do you get component video and audio out of three ports?

[@VinchVolt]

The analog video output on the Retro-Bit is composite, not component. "Component" as it's most commonly used in regards to video output refers to the Y/Pb/Pr output method, signified by the use of separate red, blue, and green RCA cables and jacks (representing the red color balance, blue color balance, and brightness, respectively).