Retro Gaming Hard Drive Loaded With 111,000+ Games!?

[@cooltoy]

Kinhank Retro Gaming Hard Drive Amazon: amzn.to/3AajKJI AliExpress: bit.ly/3BXwkNF

[@stgaming3417]

Can we plug and play in any type of tv because i have low end pc (windows 7 32 bit) So can i be able to play games by plugging in to my tv ?

[@dennisveneman9469]

@@stgaming3417 offcourse not..did you watch?

[@jasonaragon2766]

Is there any way to delete games so there's no multiple games with the same name?

[@cooltoy]

@@jasonaragon2766 yes

[@onewizzard]

I saw recently that CoolToys and RGT85 review some KinHanks on KZbin and decided to give these virus-carrying Chinese "no-care-about-IP" retro gaming consoles from Amazon. I got the device to work on my Lenovo desktop (i7+32GB_ram) and Lenovo laptop (i5+16GB_ram). However, I couldn't get my 2019 i9 32GB RAM 16" MacBook PRO or the 2021 m1 16GB RAM 13: MacBook PRO to fire up the KinHank. I used the restart for the Intel MacBook and tried holding Options, or CMD+R and CMD+P+R. For the m1 MacBook, I used the hold the power button to go into Options. Does anyone out there know how to boot the KinHank Retro Gaming 2TB External Hard drive from Amazon? This is helpful.

[@SuperLex2012]

It’s cool to watch batocera In every channel, the best front end in my opinion

[@TiltingT]

I need one of these loaded with Future Pinball , Pinball X , Pinball Arcade , and all the others for a virtual pinball machine .. would be an instant buy

[@cooltoy]

There’s a few people out there that sell that sort of thing. Never tested one myself but I see them advertise in Facebook groups from time to time

[@TiltingT]

@@cooltoy Wpuld love to see one in action.. and I dont have Facebook..seen them anywhere rlse?

[@cooltoy]

@@TiltingT nope, just seen them there in passing

[@MrEd20901]

Honestly, a drive with pinball will probably be more headache than its worth. Pinball is nothing like arcade/console emulation. And a lot of tables will probably be outdated.

[@TiltingT]

@john plumridge Thanks for the info , I will look into that. I enjoy virtual pinball to help me learn the rules and code set on actual tables.. I travel allot for qork so it gives me an opportunity to prepare for pinball tournaments on games that I do not have access to, code knowledge in the tourneys rely helps when you are competing becausee you can bet money that some of the people you are plating against know the code to that particular game.. but thanks again for info

[@jskjellman]

@CoolToy nice review, I bought an earlier version of this drive and while it has it's problems it is nice to not have to download and set all this up yourself.

[@cooltoy]

For someone looking for lots a game files in one spot, it's a huge time saver for sure!

[@robertk1049]

I’m holding out for a console with a million games and will settle for no less, I tell ya.

[@cooltoy]

Why be a thousandaire when you can be a millionaire!

[@smokingbeetles5793]

So you will spend like 1 second per game in your life time?

[@don.c.1056]

​@@cooltoy🕹🕹🕹Hey Cool ... Would the True Blue Minis and preloaded Batocera or KinHank hard drives plug n play when plugged in to a Fire Stick, Fire Cube and Apple TV box?? That would be a game changer if we could get a video showing it would work!!!🕹🕹🕹Thanks my guy!!

[@monishmanjunath3432]

@@don.c.1056it wont unfortunately

[@don.c.1056]

@@monishmanjunath3432 ok, thanks

[@gregghernandez2714]

You actually don't need to spend a ton of money to get one of these hard drives up and running and pretty much playing anything on this drive. I wanted to try one of these hard drives and didn't want to tie up my main system so I bought a used HP Elitedesk 800 G3 with 16 GB of memory pretty cheap on Ebay, added a SWFT105 Radeon graphics card (new) for about 140 bucks. All I did was take some alcohol, clean the CPU, put some new thermal paste, add the low profile GPU. It doesn't look like a sexy gaming PC or anything but it runs like a dream.

[@onetruekeeper]

Hopefully high end fully installed games in the future will come in cartridges using SSD that can plug into a PC that has a external SATA cartridge port.

[@bubsy101bchips8]

why? is that hdd is too slow.

[@onetruekeeper]

@@bubsy101bchips8 Not the SSD but downloading and installing a game on the hard drive takes a long time. Better to have games already pre-installed on the SSD in order to plug the cartridge in and play.

[@alpmaster0076]

Windows 95 computer 🤣 Thats a throwback i had a Pentium 1 i loved it.

[@jonathan2260]

You went through all that list of emulators and yet one glaringly missing emulator was the Amiga.

[@shiningphantasy1393]

It has three or four Amiga systems included.

[@lorenexus4917]

The only issue I have with your video. You state it just plug and play, which I think is a bit misleading. I own the higher model (2G version) and it requires you to do this and that, then you can play it. Other then that decent video showing what HD has to offer on it.

[@jment34]

It's relatively easy to make one if you have a small external harddrive or even a usb drive. There are many guides on yt.

[@chuckanderson8144]

My only complaint about Batocera Linux is that it does not contain the Microsoft secure boot key which means that sucure boot must be disabled for it to boot up. There are other Linux distros that do have secure boot in their boot loaders. It's not really an issue except on some systems, secure boot must be turned on again in order to get back into Windows. Shame on Microsoft for trying to break Linux for all PCs

[@josembueno-ll1tn]

Fue un lío configurar los bios,aunque para el que sabe hacerlo es muy fácil,pero hay muchos juegos que o no arrancan o van muy lentos,pero por el precio merece la pena,los clásicos si que funcionan y vienen montón

[@shiningphantasy1393]

Thanks for the review; a question for you if you know the answer. How do you quicksave on this thing? Is there a key command that will do it like esc lets you exit? Depending on how I map the controller one of the random buttons prompts the quicksave but it is tied to an action button and will thus save over and over while I am playing. Most of the time though there is no button that will quicksave if I have the controller mapped as advised. Setting the Hotkey also does not seem to be reliable.

[@erikkristoffersen7170]

Select + Y (West)

[@shiningphantasy1393]

@@erikkristoffersen7170 Thanks for the reply; I had figured it out that it all depends on how you set the home button and then in game holding that button while pressing another one for various prompts. So setting the home button to one that isn't going to be used for in-game play or the select button as a general default is best.

[@CompleteGeekTV]

What games will it play? Jk. I like that they went with a cassette tape look for the design. Seems like a fantastic option for someone that has a decent PC.

[@YoshiIsCool1]

This was Cool Mate

[@robertwarf3316]

Sweet stuff. I have most of what I want already downloaded but I guess for anyone that doesn't want to download the games, emulators, configure settings, etc it's good for them

[@ultraspinalki11]

I want something like this to mod with my Arcade1up cabinet, but the issue is that there are some hardrives or rasp pi or etc with different capacities. Some only include early arcade games (pre-3D) while others go all the way to late dreamcast era. I wish there was a seller who could customize the hardrive based off our own personal list.

[@chuckanderson8144]

Not only do you get a boat load of roms and emulators, this thig is all set up with screen shots and animations (some) in the loading menus

[@andrewlee3037]

@@ultraspinalki11 , i just bought an Arcade 1up cab and was thinking about getting one of these cuz i don't like fiddling with retroarch, but sadly i dont think the 1up can handle most games, so i'd have to get a mini pc with a decent graphix card..at that point, im seriously considering building my own arcade cab with crap parts from goodwill and plywood from homedepot..this hd would definitely be a time saver for interface/downloads (mostly) but would still take alot of work in other areas

[@ultraspinalki11]

@@andrewlee3037 yeah in the long run, I regret buying my Arcade1up. Should have used the money to buy a custom made, full size cabinet from one of the many online stores that sells them for a living.

[@andrewlee3037]

@@ultraspinalki11 i dont regret buying mine, as i DO eventually plan on eventually having an entire mini-arcade...however, i do agree that a custom cab would more appropriate. At This point, im genuinely considering getting one of those 2-TB Botocera hard drives, a cheap used pc and monitor, sanwa buttons, and building my own cab out of plywood. would be an awesome project if i ever get the time

[@paullefur6213]

Great review thank you

[@cooltoy]

Glad it was helpful!

[@ravkiran876]

I was just wondering what games you tested on it in the video. Curious about the xmen game at the beginning. I have a mini pc bat overs set up. Not gone through the massive amount of games on it yet so it may have them on there

[@ABCD-iz3bl]

Can this be easily updated to Batocera 35? I’m interested in that version because it’s supposed to have excellent light gun support.

[@unassailable6138]

I just bought this bad boy to play on my laptop hahaha I hope the review is good 2TB, it's gonna be a beast with my RTX 2070 laptop

[@marcusdisse]

How was it

[@unassailable6138]

@@marcusdisse pretty good but there is a 3tb kinhank game drive now on aliexpress and amazon better than this one

[@cooldjicevideogames]

Nice video. Does this have ColecoVison installed? I didn't see it when you scrolled through the systems? Thanks.

[@flawedguyAA]

Is there any place you can see the games list?

[@TheCornerCade]

Awesome video! kinHank reached out to me for a review unit on this and I’m excited so get into it! My first review unit, LETS GO! 👊🏼

[@DjGezaa2405]

My question is what a Gpu you used? I have a GTX 1050 and GameCube and Wii and the other hard things doesn't go well 😅? Which Gpu you prefer?

[@gregorypetka8799]

tried to make one myslef, but Batocera, is a tricky Operating system to make run, so i have like a bunch of emulating program all on a 4TB, with plan on moving to a 8TB Drive i bought used for $50, hopefully will last me a lifetime of low end gaming.

[@britishwordplay4335]

You not tried Retrobat?. I have that on my PC

[@cwafflestx]

So I’m curious. Of the one you reviewed the other day and this one do you prefer one over the other?

[@cooltoy]

This one had more advanced emulators preloaded vs the previous one so it has a slight edge in that aspect. Assuming someone values that sort of thing

[@cwafflestx]

@@cooltoy Cool. I’m wondering if I could get this hard drive one to work on the LG TV in my game room. I can’t post a picture here in the comments but my game room started with a single A1U machine that I modded through your videos. I bought the same PC you used in yours, etc. Now I have a total of 5 A1U machines (some modded some not) and this little drive or console would be a great addition to the TV in that room.

[@unassailable6138]

It's 2TB of downloadable games + batocera configs + artwork , etc. NOT easy bro, lol. It's easy to duplicate it after you buy it.

[@hnguyen500]

Your Dell Optiplex can play Switch & PS3?? What's the specs of your pc, especially what graphics card do you have?

[@cooltoy]

GTX 1650 lo profile graphics card, windows 10, 24gb ram

[@carlos21626]

What happens to the window software? And can I copy this external hard drive to and internal hardrive?

[@db336]

Nothing happens to windows but don't trust these chinese images. A lot of them have backdoors. Yes you can clone the drive to another drive.

[@vegeta1677]

Hi, can I use it on xbox series x in developer mode? it would be very interesting.

[@thehelpinghand8001]

Can you??

[@XxWaNt5oM3xX]

I just ordered this same hdd from Aliexpress. Curious if it comes with Zelda BOTW for either Wii U or Switch?

[@PikaStu666]

Looks like an easy way to get going with emulation. Ideal for plugging into an Xbox Series console running Retroarch!

[@murraywright7959]

Oh wow will this plug and play with my Xbox s? I have retroarch downloaded on it. Very new to emulation, just wanted to play old games on the Xbox

[@PikaStu666]

@@murraywright7959 I assume so, just plug it into the Xbox and tell Retroarch where the ROMs are (D: drive if you’re in Retail Mode)

[@chuckanderson8144]

In order to run the emulators and have access to the roms oh this HD, it must be booted in the Batacera (Linux) environment. Something that is not currently possible on the XBOX series X or series S. You must plug it into a standard PC/laptop. Also that PC must support legacy Bios and the ability to turn off secure boot.

[@mechamania]

Yeah.. “looks like... “ Wanna act like...

[@edwinyulianto3660]

Nintendo Switch emulator still does not exist on Retroarch

[@Mykoledavid]

I am as naive as they come. I’m venturing to getting a steam deck and it is officially my first time into PC gaming and the like. Been a console Gamer. That being said: would this be ideal to getting and can these roms be extracted and run through Steam?

[@cooltoy]

You could technically add them to Steam via the file structure but there isn’t really any reason to. You’d be creating way May work for yourself as you would be essentially bypassing the Batocera user interface and forcing yourself into manually reorganizing all of the game files etc. Steam is more of a game store first, with a lite user interface option built in. Launch box, is more of what you’d want to look into if you were just wanting to use the files off this device to set up your own customized game build.

[@Mykoledavid]

@@cooltoy thank you for this. I will look up launch box.

[@chuckanderson8144]

You could probably boot this directly on a steam deck. It would run Batocera Linux instead of steam OS. Then just unplug it when you want to switch back to Steam OS

[@Mykoledavid]

@@chuckanderson8144 that’s an interesting thought. I didn’t even think of that. I wonder if any one will try it. Ive reserved my steam deck for later this year and originally wanted to run the retro games on a SD. But I like your suggestion.

[@andydavidson1278]

Could you dock the Steam Deck, plug this HDD into the dock as well and use the SD as a normal PC to boot this up and run it as intended on Batocera?

[@slliks67]

How much space is left for adding games or roms that is?

[@jasonmiller270]

I wonder how well it would work on the Nvidia shield

[@iroast9640]

I have this, it’s ok but seriously lacking roms for the newer consoles like Xbox,switch and wii

[@ChumbaWumba]

It’s $70 tho, what emulator has switch and Xbox games????

[@ls-prez6125]

Looking good!

[@kyles8524]

so does this drive have to be booted from an OS like Windows or can I boot this just from USB as a separate drive that runs Batocera just by itself?

[@josembueno-ll1tn]

Ya compre este disco duro,espero no tener problemas para que lo lea mi pc y que solo sea enchufar y jugar como otra consola ojalá.

[@jacobbaranowski]

That hard drive looks like a Caset Tape

[@FPChris]

I guess RGH3 is still the best way to get all of this and 360 running.

[@riquealfonso]

It’s dirt cheap now in 2024. Hope it works on the Ally.

[@haroof]

A little weird that they wouldn’t pack in a cheap usb gamepad.

[@elvis723]

if i plug this in and install it, will i still be able to use my I mac for other things or will it just become a gaming pc? Forgive my ignorance, I'm new to this.

[@SoLCollectR]

I have retroarch on my series S. Getting all the roms has become a chore. Is the a way to buy a hard drive with just the roms?

[@gogoarcade]

Sorry to ask what's the game difference between the blue and red I bought the 2tb red one

[@RighAlban]

The difference is 1.5TB the blue one is 500Gb

[@lionheartfitness4876]

Very helpful video good work sir, quick question would it be possible to plug this into my MVSX respect from the UK 🇬🇧 keep up the good work 💪🏾🫡👏🏾 I know you probably get asked something like this 1000 times.

[@barryklinedinst6233]

I would like to see if it really works.

[@mechamania]

I might get that, just for the case, if I can’t get that case, alone... 🍺😃👍

[@french851000]

Hello Hello thanks for the info....wanted to know is it possible to play the games with an Nvidia shield...????

[@A5h3n.]

I found a 2tb red cassette version. Hopefully it has more Xbox games.

[@curvewave4339]

Will it run off of a Xbox Series X or PS5?

[@sammy61187]

Does this need the keyboard for Commodore 64 etc plugged into the hdd or the pc ???

[@dsantostv3711]

Batocera boot up but then a blank screen, why?

[@cooltoy]

Sounds like you need to reach out to the manufacturer for support.

[@dsantostv3711]

@@cooltoy the problem was the computer, it wasn’t that powerful. I changed to another computer and it works.

[@josembueno-ll1tn]

Buenas,se puede jugar en el pc a la batocera con el teclado del ordenador sin necesidad de añadirle un mando, espero respuesta,muchas gracias.

[@MiKeFish2012]

Hey broski shot in the dark but can u access the file system etc reason being to add or remove games etc and "if" its batocera like what in used to in the Raspberry pi's then its got its own scraper too soo can ya!? Have you tried!?

[@_exploretheworld_]

Nice video, how to update from Batocera 33 (deliver version) to Batocera 36?

[@im2hastyle]

Is it the size of an actual cassette tape? I have a case of multiple devices disguised as regular cassette tapes that I want to add this to.

[@cooltoy]

the drive about a 1/2 inch taller and wider than a standard cassette tape

[@ecantu2301]

Does it have shadow the hedgehog, sonic riders, sonic riders zero gravity, tekken 4 and tekken 5

[@marccaselle8108]

I liked barocera, I tried the windows version and run it from a flash drive. I only had one problem. When I scraped data for games and stuff I got a copyright strike from my isp lol

[@Noobtubeguy]

I have an old jtag RGB chipped Xbox 360 will this work?

[@damiaocostadeoliveira8151]

Hello... if I connect the HD to the XBox Series/X will the games run? It cost!!!

[@NoMastersNoMistress]

This is self contained Batocera isn't it? So you boot it up on it's own?

[@danielsanchez848]

Buenas, a ver si me podías ayudar por favor. No consigo que me funcione en el imac. Con el Macbook si puedo ejecutar el disco duro antes de iniciar el sistema, pero en el iMac no hay manera de que salga el disco duro al iniciar. Si que me lo reconoce una vez que estoy dentro del sistema operativo pero no se como se puede ejecutar. No se si me explico.

[@g.abzilla7665]

Nice! How much PS3 and Switch Roms does it have?

[@cooltoy]

just a few, but you can add more if you wanted

[@carlrichieukmusic]

​@cooltoy forgive me if this is a stupid question 😆, but can you plug and use this gaming system straight from an HDMI port in the television, rather than from a PC?

[@rushmore3927]

Hey CoolToy, can this run Crysis? ;) Added: Could you be a homey and list how many games are loaded for each system?

[@vfletes1]

Does it run on Linux I do not own any win OS systems also does an execute from .exe or how can it be boot by choosing

[@jdubb2400]

Just bought a PS5, would this be playable on that specific console?

[@Anthony-s9m]

Can you do a video on how to set it up on pc

[@roycelt9694]

Can I connect to my game boy with this thing 🤭🤣🤙

[@andydavidson1278]

Do you know if this would work with a docked Steam Deck?! Thanks

[@toddkollar4166]

Would you take this over something made by Hyperspin Systems? I am trying to put together a bar top system but I have less than ideal time constraints because of a degenerating eye condition. Thank you

[@cooltoy]

never used an Hyperspin system myself so I couldn't answer that

[@scottiepal3029]

How do you add roms to them because there’s different stuff like that hard drive but looking for a video how to add roms to it

[@cooltoy]

You just drag and drop your game files into the appropriate game emulator folder

[@shadowgaminguk8624]

what is the ultimate money no option emulator to plug into a pc ?

[@mrko88]

how can use the screen record like this?

[@cooltoy]

I connected a capture card to my PC that I had this hard drive plugged into to capture the footage

[@mrko88]

@@cooltoy so you use 2 pc, 1 for record and 1 for playing?

[@cooltoy]

yeah 1 laptop for recording and a desktop to play

[@mrko88]

@@cooltoy oh man, i only have 1 pc

[@mrko88]

@@cooltoy do you know any good capture card?

[@BlueHasia]

so many of these reviews barely show of the N64 sections and thats all i care about

[@cimbakahn]

I wonder if you can run it on a laptop that has a Linux based operating system on it?

[@CaptainRex332]

2:53 IT EMULATES WINDOWS?

[@cooltoy]

No, those are just pc games in that category

[@CaptainRex332]

@@cooltoyit………….was a joke……….lol

[@jan-eriksandli6221]

can you use this on the SeriesX or a hi-end phone??.

[@douglarsen4801]

Laughed out loud at 7:52 I remember that vividly in the arcade. Does anyone know what title that is at 8:04?

[@cooltoy]

Dynamite Deka Ex

[@douglarsen4801]

@@cooltoy Thank you! I forgot about Dynamite Cop

[@joepenn8466]

Does this have all the video game arcade games from the 80's and the 90's?

[@cooltoy]

the vast majority of them yes

[@sharptoothtrex4486]

111,000 games is too misleading because it is nothing like that. I am better off sticking to a MAME Emulating Arcade console instead with all the MAME Arcade games.

[@tomfoolery2964]

What's the game at 8:06? Looks like Dynamite cop (or Deka), but has Bruce Lee..

[@cooltoy]

Asian Dynamite

[@user-xs3dj5zv2f]

Is Zelda Twilight princess HD on the wii u sistem?

[@josembueno-ll1tn]

Tengo un Windows 7 espero que sea compatible este disco duro,pues me lo voy a comprar si Dios quiere.

[@mtfam6]

ok so It comes on a HD not a SSD? correct? I ordered this today I will be cloning drive to SSD... Prolly run lot better on some newer games.....:)

[@cooltoy]

Correct it’s not an SSD

[@mtfam6]

@@cooltoy Do the EMUs need to be updated b4 playing any games? and what about the biso in batocera?

[@Gaming-Enthusiast]

So cool 👍👍

[@hamzahahmad153]

Hi there can you plug this on a PS5?

[@bigjoe8001]

Does it work on a smart tv or a actual xbox one series x?

[@cooltoy]

@@bigjoe8001 nope

[@erickfuentes8493]

but iu did not show us how to set it up on the computer

[@cooltoy]

@@erickfuentes8493 there is no set up, you just plug it into the usb port of your pc and launch the desired application/emulator

[@seby_wgf_ita3859]

This thing have Assassin's Creed 1 and i can connect to my TV?

[@HistoryMapsMaster]

Idk but its Hard drive maybe pluggable in tv

[@hazard1319]

Can you plug it in a tv

[@danielchitwood6984]

is there a cheats option in any of the menus?

[@cooltoy]

@@danielchitwood6984 cheats are available on some of the emulators, not all

[@bluesea2023]

Just bought it for 21$ usd (shipping included) I am looking for a handheld that can play PSP games, any idea? I will buy it with your link if you can make a few $$

[@timthorpe7582]

is there a setup guide anywhere cuz i bought 1 but don't have the instructions?

[@billphil4441]

I bought one too and having issues setting it up and starting it

[@Solidlevel]

Are there any classic lego games on this

[@cooltoy]

there were some on the unit I tested yes

[@diegomissoli1328]

Si può attaccare anche alla tv?

[@evenbest4952]

If I wanted a true plug and play with everything configured, What would you recommend ?

[@kyles8524]

a LaunchBox build, but launchbox has to be ran over the top of an operating system. more or less Windows 10 at minimum. this drive can be ran by itself right into batocera by using it as the boot drive when you start a computer but launchbox is a program itself from windows.

[@evenbest4952]

@@kyles8524 so windows would be fully functional after boot up from batocera ?

[@kyles8524]

@@evenbest4952 if you want to switch and use windows on the fly but you technically dont even need a drive with windows on it if you have a batocera drive. Batocera runs on linux your technically booting a modified version of linux when you launch batocera. to answer your question more clearly if you launch batocera from inside windows you will be able to switch back to windows immediately, if you launch batocera before windows from a usb drive or usb hard drive or whatever then no you cant switch back right into windows, but you have to remember when launched as a VM in windows its still going to use linux based emulators, as opposed to launchbox which will use windows based emulators which are simply better. they just run games better when it comes to gamecube wii. wii u / switch and stuff

[@britishwordplay4335]

Super Console X. Runs up to psp

[@Jadencapone-_]

Can u use it on a tv?

[@kimpool3495]

Kan er ook Nintendo Switch op...