Super Retro-Cade Review - Rerez

Retro-Bit sent in the Super Retro-Cade their new plug 'n' play arcade console. Is it good?
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[@rerez]

I'm now wanting an HD remake of Boogie Wings & Armoured Warriors!

[@Zestypanda]

It's not MERKS it's MERS, like how you pronounce mercenary. Unless you say merkanary

[@cron205]

why didn't they fix the button issue the power button always breaks after a few tries it should be a power switch not a button this power buttons are garbage

[@ledzeppelinsucks]

I'm now wanting a hd remake of boogie nights.

[@ootwii]

Are u still enjoyin your super retro cade??would u recomend this over a ouya??

[@FemboyCommie]

no

[@JohnRiggs]

Ken-Go was a surprise to me. I hadn't heard of it and it's now my new favorite game I've never heard of ever.

[@TheRosswise]

The Boogie Wings slowdown was in the arcade game too.

[@marksaile6419]

What? That's odd :!

[@deadsouI]

@@marksaile6419 well zelda breath of the wild has slow downs on switch, and i realise some ppl dont notice them. But that game drops to at least 25 fps at some times for sure. Sometimes they just push hardware to hard

[@yellowblanka6058]

@@marksaile6419 I can think of more than a few arcade games with noticeable slowdown on the original hardware - the Metal Slug series (moresoe the earlier games, the later games generally run better) and Double Dragon were particularly good examples of this. Arcade hardware was generally far more powerful than home consoles, but developers could still push it a bit far/release not-so-optimized code on arcade boards.

[@nayyarrashid4661]

@@yellowblanka6058 True. I actually thought it was a feature in these games like the slow mo in the movies or like bullet time effect in Max Payne and other shooting games.

[@yellowblanka6058]

@@nayyarrashid4661 Well, it does give you a bit more reaction time in those hectic moments. It was definitely a side-effect from arcade devs trying to get their games noticed by being more and more bombastic - even arcade hardware has limits to how much it can process and still update at 60hz.

[@GrumpyTy34er]

How to tell if a video about a controller is by Rerez: he will always talk about the D-Pad, and he will usually find a problem with it, especially on cheap controllers where they don't have a pivot.

[@rerez]

What can I say, I really pay attention to controller designs. :D

[@GrumpyTy34er]

So then, how would you rate the All Controller's D-Pad?

[@Riz2336]

The obscure arcade games is the biggest appeal to me of it.

[@alexipetrovski7868]

Play them and realise why they're obscure. Apart from The Final Fight games and the Mega Man games, this plug and play ain't up to much.

[@Riz2336]

Sometimes it's cool when stuff like that is released like say red earth by capcom on the capcom fighting collection sure it's not the best fighting game but it's nice it's available on a console now

[@alexipetrovski7868]

@@Riz2336 I like plug and play consoles but not too keen on this due to the sheer random titles and dodgy emulation with some games.

[@quatro2732]

i lost a lot of quarters playing armoured warriors. i missed that game!

[@CoinOpTV]

looks cool

[@markarnold8014]

Digging the Channel, Man. Just found it. I've been watching non-stop. Awesome Content.

[@chrisnizer1885]

I love this thing! I know LESS about computers, programming, gaming, etc, than anyone else in the ENTIRE WORLD. And even I have loaded nearly 2,000 classic games on SD cards and play them with a Super Retro-cade. There's even a joystick controller that's readily available and works on the Super Retro-cade right out of the box. Which is great because I can't stand those Nintendo style controllers. Thanks for the review and for helping me get on the retro gaming bandwagon! Semper Fi!

[@nortonman5238]

Thanks for your service brother 🇺🇸

[@bigbabatunde1218]

Not the 1st choice product for illegal hackers I would have thought.

[@Sponty84]

Loving the videos man. Keep up the good work.

[@Zobbster]

Love these reviews - keep 'em coming please! :D

[@johnhall2483]

That was a awesome video man, damn good job and I can't wait to get mine. I love the arcade versions of Double Dragon and Bad Dudes and now I'll have them!

[@chrisnizer1885]

I've had my Super Retrocade since June, 2018 and it has worked like a champ. I've got a library of HUNDREDS of classic games with artwork saved on SD cards. Ditched the D-pads for a pair of Sanwa JLF-8YT USB joysticks and buttons which was simple with the KZbin tutorial. That thing is an incredible value! The only issue I have is that it won't play games that originally used vector graphics. Just using roms from the late 70's to 1989 I've got about 700 games saved on SD cards. The retro gaming forums were there EVERY time I had a problem or a question when I was getting started with ROMS, artwork, and upgrading the controllers.

[@StopDropRetro]

Does it still have the SD card slot in the back? Does it... y'know.. "work"?.. ifyouknowwhatImean. Add to the games list?

[@nievasdario]

StopDrop&Retro hey cool to see you here. I love your channel!

[@TheLastLineLive]

StopDrop&Retro yes ir does. RewindMike did a review of this a couple of weeks back and showed how to do it. He was able to get Neo Geo and CPS2 games running on it.

[@StopDropRetro]

Thanks! I love Shane's content. Nice to see you have good taste too!

[@rerez]

Officially it's just for game saves. However you know as well as I how our game community works when they get into things.

[@shutitdown9829]

StopDrop&Retro just make a folder named "Retrobit Games" on your SD card and add your arcade roms. I guess it plays Game Boy games too.

[@grungyperry7530]

Can't wait to get this as Christmas present to myself.

[@Minibac]

just checked your channel to see you reach 100k, congrats mate

[@chedarmentosbrown5922]

Such detailed review. Thanks man.

[@SuperFromND]

I recognize that font when saving a state; it's the same one that RetroArch uses! This thing looks to be just a simple RetroArch-in-a-box setup, kinda similar to a RetroPie setup, just with a custom theme and many of the options removed.

[@swordcrafted]

- it’s roboto mono or something lol

[@bigbabatunde1218]

Not the best emulation device to load up on illegal ROMs I would have thought.

[@thebearstigamecatscarvern6032]

Awesome review once again my fellow canadian

[@FallicIdol]

Can’t believe this is 3 years old now

[@julianfricke6427]

The Slow Saving Loading does also happen on my RetroPie and the cause of it is a fully used/limited memory. As soon as there is a lot of free memory space it should load ans save way faster

[@jeanv2246]

Those controllers are actually re used from retro bits portable SNES console. I don't quite remember the name, but those controllers could be plugged into the handheld for two players action.

[@patchesmcadams1587]

I love this thing. I was gonna get the previous console but after the reviews I didn't and im glad I waited for the RetroCade

[@TunaCakes163]

Not bad for $60 bucks! Wow

[@Gamesrob]

Thanks great review, you’ve made up my mind now, it’s definitely worth picking up 👍

[@KetwunsGamingPad]

I'm so glad the company grew up a little bit in maturity and actually QUALITY TESTED and put in some freaking effort into the emulation AT LEAST! Always annoys me when companies make a profit from LACK OF EFFORT! It's very likely though they just hired better engineers for the job this time!

[@fonarte]

Ketorulz you mean stolen emulation? They didn't hire anybody, retro bit subcontracted some Chinese company to steal. And they didn't even steal mame proper because that would require actual work to Port. So they stole mame cores for Retroarch since it is already running on Android without issue.

[@KetwunsGamingPad]

So they stole right this time then.

[@bigbabatunde1218]

@@fonarte It's both amusing and ironic to hear you lot complaining about stealing when it's a licensed product and how you lot can't wait to load it up with stolen ROM's via the SD card slot.

[@ChitChatGaming]

Great review, I love mine!

[@CrazyRiverOtter]

Anyone else notice the default Retroarch HUD?

[@user-qg7ve7bb3z]

CrazyRiverOtter yes

[@Tailslol]

yea obvious retroarch on a old android version sadly.

[@SunkythePootis]

Yeah I noticed that. If this is another case where they used Retroarch's emulator cores without permission like the Retron5, Bubsy Two-Fur or the RetroFreak then I don't see this ending too well.

[@MartellThaCool]

Great upload dude!!!

[@kotlolish]

Interresting seeing you review more :) Your indepth analysis and honesty is refreshing. Especially your proffesional side.

[@Maxizio]

This is the first video of yours that I've seen in my subscription feed in over a year

[@rerez]

That's pretty strange, there are a BUNCH of videos that have been released over the past year!

[@MatthewCobalt]

Hey Armored Warriors. Haven't seen that game since my uncle emulated it on his Computer. Thanks for showing it off, I completely forgot the name of the game before until now.

[@romancingtheimpulse8380]

Awesome video! 🤘

[@spookydonkey42]

After the generations not doing well i have been eagerly awaiting this sequel too hope that it would be worth it, cause i am all about these little plug n play boxes. glad u r able to review it so quickly!

[@_barry_]

spookydonkey42 Tru

[@GatorRay]

+spookydonkey For some reason your comment is the only one being displayed right now. It's a KZbin bug I assume because it's only occurring on videos that just came out.

[@jjjoshiii6659]

tim5fl happening on mobile to.

[@spookydonkey42]

how weird. I just so happened to catch the video like seconds after it uploaded and wanted to make a better contribution than first, and i am legit curious about this little device! i hope they get better and keep coming out. i would LOVE a neo-geo one

[@RetroGamerBB]

its an android tv box with a modified gui. the android logo was a dead give away.

[@xxmega__chronicxx3768]

Keep em coming Shane.

[@A..D..D]

Looks pretty cool, I have been wanting a MAME plug and play home console.

[@sintiendomevivo]

8:06 thank you very much! I've been looking for this arcade title for more than 15 years (last time I played it on a real arcade) also... Armored Warriors and Boogie Wings are new great recommendations to try on MAME. Best regards from Argentina!

[@Colorband]

Nice video, man!

[@ApplesauceNinja]

Amazing video, man! That said, I think I will stick to my plans of picking up a Raspberry Pi 3 model B for my retro needs! :) This thing seems shoddily built.

[@TheAndrew808]

I appreciate your researched honest opinion👏

[@jdjackson04]

Great news about the system being much better than the Generations!! Was excited to hear about the release of this one but was nervous after getting the Generations. Still preordered it the Retrocade now just waiting till next Friday to get mine. Any news on the DLC or firmware updates they mentioned in their latest press release?

[@TheDorkKnight5419]

Literally just got this in the mail an hour ago and I love it so far. So good had to comment. I bought it after watching this review

[@TheDorkKnight5419]

Also found a way to add mame roms to it and it's even better now

[@TheDorkKnight5419]

And even better at running sega roms

[@bigbabatunde1218]

The emulation on some of the games makes those games almost unplayable. Too slim or too stretched screen ratio makes the vertical shmups horrible to play also.

[@Waynestarr]

Just ordered mine! I'm sure it won't be perfect, but I'm sure it'll be good enough. Love retro games, especially the arcade version of Double Dragon...which is the main reason I bought it!

[@joepecor3083]

Theres many originals that are kickin like chicken,Kicker,Gauntlet,Street Fighter 2 in several flavors,Galaga,Robotron,Centipede,Galaxian,Gorf,Defender,Wizard of War,Bump & Jump, and Joust

[@WildVoltorb]

I like your love and respect for DPads

[@wildbilltexas]

Great review. I wonder how well it plays classic late 70's-early 80's arcade games. And I wish they would have included the ability for it to play roms from older consoles like the Atari 2600 and 7600, Colecovision and Intellevision.

[@opponenspericulo]

Those games were horrible and are best placed in our memory; my introduction to Atari was 'Adventure'. Today its unplayable. I wanna remember it like a kid, as 'the best game I'd played'.

[@TheDorkKnight5419]

I just ordered one of these

[@zombiecrusher1100]

Great episode.

[@HvnWasHere]

Watching this video makes me wanna buy this and i will, thank you

[@shanecopher5781]

Quick question... Do you think a preloaded sd card meant for the retrocade..would work on the retro bit generations?

[@willpumice1348]

FYI - it looks like this is just another unlicensed Retroarch box (the same thing that powers Pi emulation). The games are licensed, but they just ripped off the software - you can see it in the UI for the savestate. They haven't put more effort in, sadly.

[@AuroraNemoia]

yep, my pi1b does a better job than this. and can output 1080p60, with super crisp pixels and proper scaling.

[@willpumice1348]

kackiz it's open source under a license that doesn't allow it to be used in commercial products like this

[@GeoNeilUK]

"kackiz it's open source under a license that doesn't allow it to be used in commercial products like this" No, it's not.

[@willpumice1348]

GeoNeilUK no, the Libretro team specifically disallow these kinds of products, they had Sen Pi take it out and the Seedi guys really pissed them off using it as well. Their stance is it should never be used as a commercial product.

[@GeoNeilUK]

"GeoNeilUK no, the Libretro team specifically disallow these kinds of products" And the GPL means they can't do jack shit about it. "they had Sen Pi take it out and the Seedi guys really pissed them off using it as well." Who cares? It's under the GPL, thay can't stop them from using it. "Their stance is it should never be used as a commercial product." So why did they licence it under the GPL? It wouldn't be to get a load of programmers working on it for them for free, now would it? Programmers that might not have worked on it had there been restrictions on commercial use? *REEEEEEEEEEE* all you want about businesses using open source software in their products (and isn't it strange that RetroArch only seem to go after small startups?) but the GPL *allows* that.

[@Phreal95]

Who else just got done watching the retro bit gen and now this is on your subscription feed.

[@tcehaus2600]

What is that spy style game at the end? I remember it being like james bond but its not caled that.

[@lurkerrekrul]

Sly Spy.

[@geebeepman]

thanks for mentioning the title of armored warriors. I used played it back then in arcades but could never remember what it was called nowadays and it has been bothering me everytime that game comes to mind.

[@MartellThaCool]

It's on Capcom classic arcade collection

[@nayyarrashid4661]

Gun smoke. One of the first ever games I encountered at an arcade. A guy used to play it and he was pretty good at it but I even forgot It existed. I just remembered looking at the footage. Some 27/29 years later

[@TXFDA]

FYI, the NES version is surprisingly good too.

[@JohnnyCapss]

That robot game looks pretty cool.

[@the1ucidone]

I love this channel.

[@milczyciel]

Hey Shane! I was wondering about that full-screen bit: maybe it was aimed towards users, that just like me, are willing to tilt their screens in 90 degree? I guess it still do not perfectly fit to the original arcade aspect ratio, but have to look much better than this stretched abomination :D At least that's (with screen tilted) how I play pretty much every arcade port I bought on Steam on my 16:10 NEC. Either way you're right: it's still better than no choice at all :)

[@Awakeandalive1]

Knights of the Round?! SOLD! I loved that game back in the arcade days...

[@gtfafm1036]

Was the cable you used with the controller that flat grey one in the video? It looks like an 8bitdo cable which I'm pretty sure only carries power and no data, which is why it wouldn't work. Did you try any other cables?

[@skykitchen992]

Thank you for your great review! I preordered it right away when I saw that the arcade version of Kickle Cubicle was on it, one of my favorites. Really glad to see that it runs better than generations. Thanks again

[@vicious-pi3rd]

Will a SNES controller that also has a USB port work on it also besides the original ones it came with?

[@RazorfaceYT]

How can you play games like Heavy Barrel & Midnight Resistance which both used the rotary joystick? Is there a special rotary joystick usb controller that you can buy to play all those rotary joystick games on MAME like Ikari Warriors, Victory Road, etc.?

[@markm4033]

The two NES games I test to see how well the D-pad is are Ninja Gaiden and Contra. Those two games pretty much give me an idea on how well it will be. Button layouts just need getting use to. Oh yeah, I also like testing it out on Street Fighter 2 and MK

[@chadballew]

Would like to see a review/update of the newer version 1.1

[@Imgema]

I mean, all these games could run perfectly 20 years ago , on my Pentium 3, using an old ass MAME build. There's nothing special about this device running them fine today. I don't know what they did wrong with the previous version but even a cheap phone from 2011 should be able to run these full speed. It's nothing to brag about.

[@subzero8679]

Yeah thousands of dollars worth of bulky computer equipment vs a 3"×5" box that costs $60 bucks and you can add tons of games to it as well. Some people like console gaming. So what? Don't buy it if It's not for you, it's that simple.

[@yellowblanka6058]

I used MAME ~20 years ago, and you definitely weren't playing all those games "perfectly" on a Pentium 3, and that was even taking into account that the MAME version back then was WAY less accurate than the more modern versions. MAME has gotten more accurate, and thus, more demanding over time.

[@samos8367]

Imgema- LOL sure thing and good luck having actual fun playing these on a damn phone.

[@Imgema]

@@yellowblanka6058 Shitty emulator "consoles" like this don't use modern MAME builds anyway because they can't run it at full speed. They use older builds from 2003 or 2010.

[@yellowblanka6058]

@@Imgema and mobile/Raspberry Pi etc. releases of MAME are just as out of date because they don't have the CPU horsepower for the more accurate emulation in newer builds of MAME. Regardless, my point stands that early MAME versions were anything but "perfect" when it came to emulation, I know, I used them - this was a time when just emulating these arcade games at ALL was exciting. Slowdown, graphical glitches, sound skipping and mandatory frame skip were the order of the day.

[@nicholsjoshua15]

Boogie Wings looks like my kind of game. I mean, damn, it looks fun!

[@VOAN]

I'm glad it's better than the Generations, looking forward to mine soon too.

[@caden3306]

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS, ima big fan of your vids man, keep up!

[@BrianWalstad]

I saw on another video there is a way to play other games via the SD card. Also I'm hoping the internal hardware on the Dreamcade is identical to the Generations. That way maybe us Generations owners that were disappointed can hopefully upgrade at some point.

[@justanotheryoutubechannel]

Upscaling doesn’t always lead to soft edges. Look at the Framemeister or the OSSC.

[@waferion474]

Also the NES Classic obviously has to upscale, too, so that's a good example as well. I actually think that the blurred upscale is better. Pixels never were too sharp on real oldschool hardware. Even if the transfer to the CRT would have been perfect (which it wasn't), the CRT itself would round pixels and blur things a bit. Many games look quite frankly pretty horrible with sharp pixels, in my opinion.

[@brandonjameson1]

Nice video!

[@user-iz6py4xy7j]

Basically from the saving state and loading state font it reminds me of the retroarch

[@EuropeanMapper]

It probably is.

[@geoserenity]

I think I saw retro core or game sack cover ken-co, cool game

[@jasongooden917]

i used to love Armored Warriors in the arcade

[@joepecor3083]

I bought me 5 of these Super Retro Cade,Im very happy for buying them.Whats up with that working Food Fight rom?

[@maxibash]

11:47 “Warning: Not found save state.” *“Yes”*

[@valarrrr]

The name of the isometric game at ~11:29? Have been looking for this in ages... Thanks in advance!

[@bizcuitz3556]

"The ones that came with the counsel did work" lol I sure hope so buddy

[@stofopdenaald132]

To play Final Fight, Secret Agent, Double Dragon and Vigilante's arcade versions was reason enough for me to buy this thing. Got it for €40,- not a bad deal 👍

[@johnprim]

pretty damn cool for the prce

[@ClexYoshi]

Armored Warriors is notable for being the prequel to Cyberbots: Fullmetal Madness, which DID get a japanese saturn port. Although Jeff Perkins never got to see the light of day in other capcom titles, the man who inherited the AEX-10M BLODIA certainly did, as Jin Satome got to bump fists with some of Marvel and Capcom's finest in MVC and MVC2

[@StarmenRock]

holy crap man, youre goin on a streak now, huh? that's amazing, your videos are very good.

[@judgemario]

Is the controller decent for the fighting games? Can you pull off special moves easily? And in Final Fight 3?

[@judgemario]

Great review, btw.

[@hjames78]

I'm still trying to get an NES classic! I got the SNES one. But I will get the retrocade!

[@louskunt125]

It's funny. Your last 5 uploads continuously remind me why just hooking up PC/Laptop to the TV is 1000x better than any one of these garbage products pushed out by people trying to make a quick buck. I get the convenience of having a little box, though. I just can't get behind products that package games on hardware that can't actually run them at full speed.

[@19822andy]

What isnt convenient about plugging your laptop into your TV?

[@waterheart95]

You know must laptops and pc from the past eight plus years have a hdmi slot on them and most people have at least a ps3, ps4, or some type xbox controller. So doing the free thing seems a bit easier and saves time and money.

[@ObbyTheBird]

I wonder if I can get this thing to work with my USB dance mat so I can dance my way to retro victory.

[@grimmations9603]

I’m still waiting for them to restock the super retro boy advance

[@MoonSpiritChannel]

I love Armored Warriors! This deserves a console release, or Steam at least!

[@mrmadmight266]

Does the controller work when you try to plug it onto a PC?

[@EpicEmberOriginal]

I actually thought you'd already covered this. I was almost right.

[@RandallStevenson]

have you tried any generic pc gamepads on it? I'm pretty certain that microsoft gamepads require special drivers

[@timothyhowe51]

Do they have the simsons? Only arcade game I miss that took to long to get to console.

[@YoshiIsCool1]

I want this

[@O-Funk]

Hi where did you get that hooded jumper from?

[@SPac316]

Well, I think I'm sold on this.

[@sumdood8563]

I’m wondering. If I were to use a Sega Saturn controller to USB converter, would that actually work?

[@ivoryscratch6000]

Armoured Warrior's home release was Cyberbots

[@MrAndy193]

The problem isn't that the resolution is being upscaled but rather that they're using android with retroarch as the emulator and it has bilinear filtering enabled by default making everything blurry

[@StephanS]

I cant wait for a console filled with LJN Games