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

[@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?

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@markarnold8014]

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

[@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.

[@CoinOpTV]

looks cool

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@FallicIdol]

Can’t believe this is 3 years old now

[@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.

[@RetroGamerBB]

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

[@quatro2732]

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

[@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.

[@grungyperry7530]

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

[@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

[@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.

[@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

[@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.

[@TunaCakes163]

Not bad for $60 bucks! Wow

[@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!

[@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

[@maniaque37]

this is the best retro system i tried. it plays so many console games and works awesome. you can put your own games on sd card and play them. there is some slowdowns mostly with music on some games. the loading of all the sd card games does take some time. i must have over 1000 games installed like nes snes genesis turbo grafx gameboy. awesome system. the controllers also work great. the review here is good but dont talk about the option of having your own games on sd card.

[@bigbabatunde1218]

This is by far the weakest plug and play I've had. It's okay (ish). All the other mini's are way better.

[@Sponty84]

Loving the videos man. Keep up the good work.

[@Phreal95]

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

[@thebearstigamecatscarvern6032]

Awesome review once again my fellow canadian

[@mattsephton]

This system is (illegally) using RetroArch. To speed up save state saving/loading make sure to pause the game before choosing those options.

[@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.

[@AngryCalvin]

This review underestimated the Super Retrocade badly and what it's really capable of. This device is awesome especially if you have a dual arcade stick. I legally own hundreds of Nintendo, Sega, Atari, and other 80's and 90's arcade games. I put all the games I own in rom form. It's much better than my emulation station/retroarch combo on my laptop. More options and better compatibility. Plus I can play everything through smooth hdmi and full screen on my curved monitor and plug in some gaming speakers. I also put everything from my Famicom Mini on it. Awesome device.

[@TXFDA]

If you mod the hell out of it, and use a bunch of peripherals and accessories that didn't even come with it, sure, it's great. But at that point, you're not even using the device. You're using your own stuff on this device's hardware. I'd say it's still fair to say this thing kinda sucks overall, as is.

[@bigbabatunde1218]

I don't know why those who hack and load would bother doing it to this device? They seemingly just want to hack and load everything. They'd hack and load a toaster if they could.

[@HitManTPanda]

Save money and time go to the Google Play store and download arcade classic 2 it has most if not all these games and its free

[@subzero8679]

Not everyone is cheap and lazy.

[@CDRiley]

Cheap.

[@Herobrine100x]

Been delisted

[@ChaseMC215]

Boogie Wings is like Indiana Jones, but it's all action

[@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 👍

[@ErnestJay88]

I thought you gonna review "super bad console" but this one is actually decent

[@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

[@Zobbster]

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

[@Minibac]

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

[@Awakeandalive1]

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

[@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

[@ivoryscratch6000]

Armoured Warrior's home release was Cyberbots

[@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.

[@jasongooden917]

i used to love Armored Warriors in the arcade

[@TheDorkKnight5419]

Sega controllers work really well with this console and the bundled controllers aren't that bad. I bought this console from this review and I love it. I've added over 50 snes and sega games that all run perfectly. The loads and saves also run faster when the game stays paused as opposed to still running

[@TrainmasterCurt]

My Retro-Bit Street Fighter II Ryu SNES dual-link controller works perfect for the Super Retro-Cade!

[@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

[@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!

[@YourFunkLord]

The ability to add Roms Is a Huge Plus. 😊👌

[@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.

[@maxibash]

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

[@samuelchurch5124]

Armored Warriors got re-released on the Capcom Beat-Em Up Bundle on the Switch and PC.

[@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

[@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 :)

[@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.

[@Gamesrob]

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

[@A..D..D]

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

[@someguy2302]

Hold the phone YOUR NAME IS PRONOUNCED RE-REZ?

[@tba6]

Some Guy yah lol

[@rerez]

Yup! "Ree-rezz"

[@Bro-cx2jc]

Did you think it was "rare-rez" like me? XD

[@None17555]

@7:00 a lot of NES emulators purposely wash out like that. CRT screens would blur and round out the pixels, making the now-nostalgic 8-bit art a bit of an anachronism. You'd never have seen Megaman 2 as crisp as the NES classic outputs on an original setup.

[@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.

[@JohnnyCapss]

That robot game looks pretty cool.

[@WildVoltorb]

I like your love and respect for DPads

[@MetaSynForYourSoul]

Armored warriors?! That must be the first Cyberbots game!

[@pierredelectojr6340]

This thing is awesome if you have little kids and you want to allow them to explore and enjoy the classics but don’t want them to ruin your pi. I personally really like my Super Retro Cade. The only down side is having to scroll through every game to find the one your want. That isn’t so bad if you are only playing the 90 games it comes with. But if you play games off the sd card...hoooboy.

[@Dimensiom]

So... it is a RetroArch box. That save-state load is a giveaway.

[@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

[@ΑναστάσηςΤσαμπούκος]

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

[@EuropeanMapper]

It probably is.

[@OnlyEpicEmber]

It's more visually interesting than the standard text list.

[@Frisket]

I admire your appreciation for a proper D-pad

[@Frisket]

GamingDude800 You’re not wrong

[@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.

[@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?

[@austinreed7343]

I do think they should add Banpresto and IGS to their selection of developers.

[@kotlolish]

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

[@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'.

[@josefuego2347]

if this dude dyed his hair blonde he'd look like the adoring fan from oblivion

[@StephanS]

I cant wait for a console filled with LJN Games

[@danxepha4535]

Those companies officially licensed their arcade titles to be sold on a system that also includes pirated console games? I find that very surprising.

[@BAZFANSHOTHITSClassicTunes]

I prefer the blurry look, just like the good old days

[@bigbabatunde1218]

Image smoothing can be turned off.

[@TheLastLineLive]

11:28 anyone know what that game is?

[@RFLCPTR]

downphoenix nyet

[@StopDropRetro]

Dark Seal 2 by Data East

[@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!

[@TheDorkKnight5419]

I just ordered one of these

[@OnlyEpicEmber]

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

[@bizcuitz3556]

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

[@MoonSpiritChannel]

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

[@LuigiBlood]

Did Retro-bit ask for permission to use RetroArch? I recognize that save state font at the bottom. I have a lot of doubts on the licensing of that.

[@supermariobros423]

LuigiBlood The interface looks like the Retron 5 as well, which did rip off RetroArch...

[@nilz91]

they should stop promoting these kind of stuff, specially if they are sold with the non-commercial use software.

[@GeoNeilUK]

RetroArch is released under the GPL, Retro-Bit don't need the developers permission.

[@nilz91]

that does not state anywhere about selling software though!

[@GeoNeilUK]

The GPL does not prohibit commercial use. From the emulation shown here... NES emulation is GPL'd, RetroArch packs in a GPL'd core (FCEUmm) Arcade emulation is GPL'd, RetroArch packs in a GPL'd core (several versions of MAME) I don't know that console the console version of Mercs is, if it's the SNES, then AFAIK the only GPL'd emulator that can do SNES is MAME (as MESS) though I've personally never used MAME for that, I preferred it when MESS was a separate project.

[@annoyingorangeamongusandst3361]

Fun fact these retro usb consoles only work with 8 buttons usb controllers

[@kitestar]

Ah well I’m glad this version was better

[@ProtoMario]

Why White tho? Who...has a white 55 in tv in their living room?

[@mr.createnewcomposition5770]

Then don't buy it.

[@GeoNeilUK]

When did Nintendo ever make a black console?

[@marksamson9702]

GeoNeilUK, N64 was dark grey, almost black if I remember correctly. There was a black model of GameCube, the Wii and Wii U. The Switch is also mostly dark grey or black.

[@GeoNeilUK]

"GeoNeilUK, N64 was dark grey, almost black if I remember correctly." There were several coloured models of the N64, the most common colour being grey, not black. "There was a black model of GameCube" There were several coloured models of the GameCube, the most common colour being purple. "the Wii and Wii U." Whose white models are far more common, especially the Wii. "The Switch is also mostly dark grey or black." First proper example. Being lightly coloured or even white has never stopped Nintendo being successful, in fact their most successful consoles (NES, SNES, Wii) were lightly coloured (as I said, the white Wii was far more common than the black Wii) and out of those three the SNES (at least the European/Japanese SNES) was the best looking.

[@franciscopina2899]

There were black Wii's and Wii U's

[@ThatRetroGuy2005]

I'm pretty sure they used retro arch code look at the save state message it looks identical to the old ps3 looking ui version

[@NewportBox100s]

Pandora Box 5 is all I want now that I know it exists!

[@SomeOrangeCat]

Well, consider me part of the "pleasantly surprised" crowd.

[@ericfresh]

Wow $60 is not bad.

[@chedarmentosbrown5922]

Such detailed review. Thanks man.

[@jackrider4309]

I'm going 2 try a load of controllers with this retro cade right now il be back

[@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.

[@VOAN]

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

[@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.?

[@PEACEWALKER1992]

9:22 Sounds a lot like "The Surge" 9:47 Sounds a lot like Boogie and Wings of Redemption. Ah the irony

[@nicholsjoshua15]

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

[@bigbabatunde1218]

I got this 8 months ago and haven't had the time to get around to playing it until recently. It's a bit odd. Some of the games like R Type are I think the arcade version as it's a lot better than the much touted PC Engine version so I actually liked that considering I thought I was a person who didn't like R Type BUT there are a fair number of games on this thing that clearly don't run or present themselves right. Crude Buster, Burger Time and Renegade are a few of the games I have noticed experiencing bad slowdown or terrible controls. I also have a NES clone system on a chip that has a few of the games that have popped up on this which is good as the Super Retrocade's versions are presumably licensed correctly. I'm not a hacker type and accept these mini consoles for what they are but I really don't know why someone would want to go to the bother of hacking this as there are presumably more sleeker menu systems, emulators and controllers on other mini consoles for those who are seeking that type of thing. It's a bit cheap feeling with its on screen presentation and some of the games are too niche. I'm not trying to put anyone off but it's looking the least appetising of all the plug and play"s I've had. The amount of vertical orientated shmups on it where the screen ratio is too slim to play with any sort of enjoyment is a real letdown also. Stretched to full screen is worse for those games. I'll persist and I'll probably get used to it but first impressions are a bit of a letdown to say the least.