The $30 "4K" GAME STICK LITE can play some classic games...kind of

[@SMOOREZ]

Hey everyone, welcome back to another Cheapo Game Console review thingo! Hope you all enjoy this one, next up will be the GS5 thing I got from Temu. Also thanks so much for the interest in that Temu video, I don't think I'll do a follow up from it. It was more a once off with the thumbnail. I'll go back to the old style again :) If you know about Custom Firmware for this, let me know. Not sure about the GS5 but we will get to that. Let me know what you thought of this one and if you think it's worth the $30 AUD? TIMESTAMPS: Introduction & Disclaimers: 0:00 Where I got this from & Current Pricing: 1:15 The Listing & Advertising: 2:38 Around the box: 6:56 The Controller & Accessories: 8:32 Around the Game Stick & MicroSD Card Files: 9:57 It can't output in 4K & Menu Functionality: 11:50 MAME Emulation, Mode Settings & Turbo doesn't work: 13:17 NES Emulation: 16:51 Game Boy Color Emulation: 18:35 Game Boy Advance Emulation: 20:14 Sega Genesis Emulation: 22:56 Super Nintendo Emulation: 24:32 Atari 2600 & 7800 Emulation: 28:12 PlayStation 1 Emulation: 29:44 GS5 controllers work & Conclusion: 33:30 Controller & Stick Teardown: 35:42 Thanks for watching to the end & Rambling: 38:11 Outro: 39:10 Be good people!

[@UserT5959]

Thanks a lot

[@hudson_orr]

depending on the SoC on the board you can definitely flash your own images but you would be playing around recompiling linux kernals to get it work, the rockchip IS REALLY UNDERPOWERED, i have a rockchip rk3399 SBC (Raspberry pi ripoff) and theres certainly rockchip linux oses, give me a message with the image of the sd card and i could try see if you can atleast get some custom roms on it

[@Audi-ku2ut]

Liebe Grüße aus Deutschland 🇩🇪

[@samueldr]

Given the "GS5" name refers to many different products (with and without pro) it is impossible to know more or guess without cracking it open. Even model numbers are likely to be inadequate here. One of the different GS5 products online show menus basically identical to this stick, so *if* it is of the same lineage, it could be somewhat related. Though it may also be an entirely different system.

[@MrJ0mmy]

there is a video on yt where a guy modded these that use firmware version 4.0 or 5.0 to be able to play more emulators and even use the real ps1 bios as i just uses the HLE BIOS built into retroarch

[@emilianotechs]

I appreciate your extremely generous interpretation of "runs pretty well" 😂

[@parkerlreed]

Yeah I found one of these once and just the complete lack of aspect ratio adjustment and performance issues ruins this entire thing.

[@JustAPersonWhoComments]

This console is like a box of surprises. You accidentally bought it, it accidentally plays games and you accidentally had fun

[@bedrockbetter386]

😂😂😂😂

[@chromic666]

I accidentally shat myself

[@darling_yext]

Oh the Eclipse batteries, recognize them from some DankPods videos.

[@s6edge7]

At least they don't blow smoke

[@Tazza81]

AAA!!!!

[@FiatUno2003]

oohh my pukcelks

[@Boogie_the_cat]

My cat toy said "batteries not included" on the box, yet inside the box were 3 eclipse batteries that felt like they were filled with feathers.

[@LoxOP]

Na no

[@bmwJay]

Smoorez is the best KZbinr he says you can block his ads if we need too😂 I wouldn’t cause I would be supporting his channel :)

[@ScorAXE007]

With the "bloke" and the "game" in there got me 😭love the aussieness

[@incogninto1-1]

37:37 THAT unpopulated area with 3 holes is probably a UART bus (from the R and T probably referring to the TX and RX of the bus). It's a simple protocol that gives you a behond the scenes look on what the device is doing. Assuming this device runs Linux if you were to hook it up to a USB TTL adapter to the computer and running a tool like PuTTY you will be able to see the Linux boot log and if you are lucky you will probably get a root shell where you can interact with the device behind the scenes. I mess around with UART constantly with stuff like routers and cheap miracasters. TL;DR If you see this (labeled T R or TX RX) chances are you can easily hack this device

[@reviewsfornoobs]

look up youtube channel Augusto Cavalca videos not English tho but has links in the comments to download the FW that was modded to run other system and it runs ps1 much better too will work if your stick uses V4.0 or V5.0 FW

[@3rdalbum]

A very small number of CRT-TVs had HDMI ports. They were very rare, but they existed. So it's not technically a lie.

[@icebergmm]

Was just about to mention the last CRT TV I owned had an HDMI port. Too bad it only supported 1080i, 480p, and 480i.

[@DanielMcLaughlinMarriedMan]

@@icebergmm thats still pretty cool tho

[@remley8877]

Yes, the Sony Vaio t.v. my wife and I bought in 2003 hadn't hdmi input

[@airmicrobe]

HDMI input is no matter, because 2 dollar adaptor HDMI to VGA you can buy, I bought 2 of them and working fine. Two different model. One is Female VGA and one have male VGA. So later I use for all other devices. and That one I put on a old Monitor which have VGA only. It now has HDMI port and I can use this monitor as a current one. As like this you can buy HDMI to AV converter. I bought this one and the counter way one also which AV to HDMI one. Old CRT TV I can use NTSC mode and HDMI port it has now. Pal also can work if you use these 3 type of converter mixed. Pal version is way better of course.

[@Kat_Pines]

I love how the knife just despawned at 11:03 😂

[@jamesmichael561]

I find these little gadgets interesting. Thanks for the review!

[@FiatUno2003]

I know some people that actually bought this and I gotta say: the game list is actually good. There's some classic games in there that you can play with your friends. But the image quality is awful on a modern TV (idk if it is supposed to be like that or if it was just bad configured), but I think it will actually look good on an old TV. I would recommend it if you want to play some old games with your friends and just have fun

[@airmicrobe]

You can buy cheap convertible adapters, HDMI to VGA, HDMItoAV, AvtoHDMI, and then mix them properly, you can see the PAL quality on a VGA Monitor, because Adapter can receive the PAL signals.

[@airmicrobe]

720p is good on modern TV. This console is not that powerful to play 1080p native

[@martin0499]

Can you load your own games on the SD card?

[@Walruz1000]

The video quality is ok buy most games flicker really badly

[@Kitt96]

I had a CRT by Sony, I believe it was a trinitron and it had HDMI ports on it. Got it for free from a TV repair place that said it was junk, found a break in the power cord so I replaced it and the TV worked fine for years. I believe I got rid of it in 2020 when the power supply board went out.

[@HomeOnTheRanges]

First Dankpods and Now SMOOREZ, Australia really putting out the best KZbin content nowadays!

[@tigersusyt]

ty for this, we have this stick! First thing from smoorez vid we got! yay

[@AkaiAmeUltsch]

Commando was a NES game, I remember playing it as a kid and I had found a small glitch in it. at the Boss of the first level, if you died just before you killed him and the door to the next level opened then your commando would literally get back up and walk into level 2 and you'd just continue to play the game as if nothing happened. Not sure if this glitch also worked with every boss/end level enemies since I had only ever beaten the first level.

[@JakalairVG]

Just stumbled upon one of these and thanks to your video I left it there for someone else to use. While neat, I already have many ways to play these games already. Thanks for the information and saving me some money. :)

[@k.m4061]

im exited for you to reach 100k subs

[@PowerVegetal]

alien double stupid was toejam and earl which is honestly a pretty damn good alternative name for it lmao

[@F1Guy1]

11:54 yes it is an s4 look at ''3d'' settings icon

[@jantuulol]

yoo i gonna get this for my christmas just brings back memories i miss those games and i can get from temu for 25 with two controllers over 10k games so cool i gonna hav fun with it!

[@Dragonfire511]

You know about that bootleg Pokemon Diamond. I see you are a man of culture. I love that game and the music is SO good.

[@SMOOREZ]

Before Diamond actually came out, I was playing that on emulators and it just had this really janky vibe to it being passed off as "official" but just a reskin of another game. It was pretty good for the time. Haven't played it in AGES!

[@Dragonfire511]

@@SMOOREZ I actually have been playing it since like the year 2002 on the same emulator (Rew) and i still love to play it. The music is so good because is the same composer as Castlevania 1 (Kinuyo Yamashita) and i was gifted the game guide too and it has very nice art. The mangas are expensive though.... Its a reskin of Keitai Denjuu Telefang Power Version and Jade of Speed version. Both games are pretty good and the monsters even have a personality and friendship mechanic. Also, thanks for your reply, you are one of my favorite youtubers. Salutes to you and Ripley (She is adorable).

[@VaultBoy-kz6ed]

Planning on getting one of these for my 7 year old brother for his birthday 😂 he wants to play like Mario and stuff so I figured for $25 might as well

[@baperacks-com6801]

Update

[@caralynx]

It looks like the non-volatile storage is just the microSD card, which you should be able to image with something else.

[@LeoTech11]

To change the OS a good option is postmarketOS, linux for mainly phones but also other devices, seeing it has a Rockchip SOC it could be possible to make a port. Also try hooking up a USB keyboard and trying CTRL+ALT+F(whatever) which on most linux distros should bring you to a terminal.

[@gadgetmadlad6691]

To add a custom firmware of some kind would be possible for something like emuelec as the dongle stick thing seems to be a glorified android box in a smaller form factor. So if you followed an install video of how to do it on a similar spec android box would most likely work on this. Would be cool to see if it works.

[@synnastyrkuhr]

I had this for a bout a year before finally setting it up. I bought this for games like Final Fantasy 3 for the SNES, but was happy to find MAME for some of the arcade games I grew up with. Was happy to see Flashback for the Sega on there. Be nice if they had Shadowrun and Beavis & Butthead. Find out as soon as I figure out how to get my headset to work with the tv I have this hooked up too. Might be another year hehe. However, maybe you'll answer a question? You turn off the tv this thing turns off? I can save my game and turn off the tv and walk away? Except for having enough power to maintain saves for games? Instructions are kind of trash.

[@dfnkhff4jbg7]

Would copying the data to a good sd card help?

[@HeyYo8]

yes

[@artbencomo]

"street fighter, I don't play street fighter" had me rolling lmfao 🤣🤣

[@salcuzzy]

this product really feels like the definition of "it tries". not terrible. not great. but relatively cheap and you'd probably get a laugh out of it.

[@HardWhereHero]

My boy has a family pocket GP-40 that he connects to his TV. I bet this is much better for his use case and actually runs more games.

[@InZoid]

This is my first retro console. I wonder if i can take another memory card and install another console os with more emulators.

[@freebird6591]

I got mine afew months ago but never set it up til now after seeing all the diff reviews and started thinking i had a dud on my hands but dude... I must be one of the lucky ones. The sound was tinny as but i had no problems after trying 30 games over diff emulators and no issues whatsoever.

[@adrianramsey2934]

Same. Ps1 for me a bit laggy but all others work great

[@cathyhaora967]

Didnt have n64..did u get them please ?

[@Letstalkbusinesswithgeeta]

I’ve purchased this for my husband, the controllers do not sync, everything else connects well but the remotes do not work. Can anyone tell me why?

[@FlameOn24]

Did u plug the usb thing in the stick

[@lcd8927]

I take it ur massive doom fan 😁

[@sharkymsm]

How did you turn off the background music that loops while you’re in the main menu ?

[@gregalss]

Great video more like this

[@tomwaters5651]

Saw these in a toy store in Northern Jordan. Had no idea they were available in the first world

[@piyarabegume-qv2vq]

How to charge remotes? and can I install other games?

[@amdintelxsniperx]

as long as the boot loader is not encrypted and what not that rockchip can hum along at 1.3 ghz with an overclock . and it helps ALOT

[@itsonlyHOWARD]

Do you know how I can find the full list of games please?

[@smartgamerai8680]

Does it have rewind function?

[@fitnessabcvideo]

Just got mine today for £12, the capcom and snk games run almost perfect. So of the really old arcade side scrollers don't run well, so it's a hit and miss, most snes and mega drive is fine. And the PS1 is not really worth mentioning, But for that price it's fine, plus playing Simpsons arcade with my daughter is golden. So I'd say 70 percent of the games work fine. And at that price it's great, especially if you're on the move

[@Beatlesfanize]

Hello I Ordered one of these.. How were you changing The aspect ratio. On Your TV? or The Game it self.. Thanks.

[@nenobrown1974]

They have def jam fight for NY on there ? Please reply I need to know

[@gatitomono47f77]

Maybe if you manage to plug in a keyboard and also have plugged a usb with a low resource Linux distro and make it boot form the usb you could maybe install the linux distribution that's in the usb (i'm think of this because if it runs retroarch so maybe it can run linux)

[@1phantomedge]

just wondering is there a way to swap out the controllers?

[@Glenjimen]

I brought one from Temu and goes ok if you can ignore the stuttering sound and gameplay at times. Hard to find the game you want and have been able to find some using the search function . Tried to add a PS1 game but can’t seem to find it in any of the lists

[@MrJ0mmy]

there is a video on yt where a guy modded these that use firmware version 4.0 or 5.0 to be able to play more emulators and even use the real ps1 bios as i just uses the HLE BIOS built into retroarch

[@narutogen13]

​@MrJ0mmy I know this is an old comment but what's the name of that video I got a gaming stick for christmas

[@cedrik25]

I bought this and it loads on my TV but the image flickers to black and back again. I tried different cables and chargers but still happens. I connect it to a 55 inch phillips ambilight tv.

[@Blockie]

Good stuff!

[@FR4M3Sharma]

This things costs 12 USD for me, my friend bought one the other day. 😆

[@Khinh-xq6lx]

you go into retroarch and change controls settings for kof set the buttons for a=b b=a c=y d=x once set all the games should work, i think the game stick default was that

[@ericalger2288]

Have any button layouts for the different consoles??? So confused

[@GameTechGeek68]

I got this for 80pln tought one day is this gon be dog water but when it arrived i got so excited and went to play my fav adventure game

[@ArthurCallahan389]

I’m looking for one with a working 1998 Star Wars Trilogy Arcade. Don’t know if it’s included? Thanks for any info

[@Codeb-p5o]

Can you play foot ball on that thing

[@cooltaylor1015]

It seems like you're trying to be Rarez. That's okay. It's a wonderful channel that doesn't put much content out anymore. And there was always room for more people to cover the topics. Good video. Liked and subbed.

[@CapeRides]

Want to get it for my 3 year old and it's a steal of a price. Would you recommend it

[@paulprestage6529]

I have one of these and its not too bad.A lot of crappy old games but plenty to keep you happy with some of the Nintendo/PS1 games.I paid $38 for it on Ebay and its a good buy..I just bought this for a bit of fun 👍

[@davidthorpe364]

I just got mine from Ebay and ......it doesn't work

[@paulprestage6529]

@@davidthorpe364😔

[@calvintanner7897]

Are Amazon gaming controllers compatible with this gaming stick?

[@jachu1899]

On this Device we can playing im Gran turismo, MGS and other best games? Or we have always only games from begin library ?

[@xt--reegaming8592]

Can i connect arcade stick box with it because i don't like wireless controller i have two arcade stick wire . Please tell me

[@oldmanandguitar]

I just ordered one, I am going to be using a plug to power the device because both my firesticks play up if I power by tv USB, no problems on a plug. So fingers crossed.

[@Mikethebeard64]

I have one and it's stuck on the logo screen. After multiple resets, it will go to a screen that says Empire Storm and then back to the other ..

[@jerriosborne9310]

Urgent question. Idk if this ever happened to any of yous. But my controllers don't want to connect at all. The red, green lights just stay flashing. Idk what else could be the problem. How can I connect them back. Sucks I can't play my favorite games anymore. If anyone can help Please comment.

[@akosm6310]

can we use different pads for this? like any classic knob joystick?

[@chanchah1]

Compared to the apple tv 1st gen is it worth it?

[@Xeliman-24]

Hi, what CPU it has?? Do you have the link that you bought it? Thanks

[@mattdavis9601]

I did a Google search of the RK 3032 and I found a dude on Reddit who had one of these chips in an old TV box. He said he was able to get Debian and Ubuntu to run on it. However; it was a giant pain in the rear to do as there's nothing for these so he had to build the images himself. I enjoyed the video. The stick itself seems worthless; but, another commenter said that these controllers can do real analog on the sticks by fiddling with the Mode button. It might be kind of fun if you have a Dex dock, or an equivalent like a Steam Deck dock, to wire your broken Galaxy Fold, or any old Galaxy from the S8 up, to the TV and plug the dongle into a spare port on the dock. I assume it would connect to an Android phone over OTG being it was recognized by Windows, and if so you'd have a neat TV emulation console that could actually run things for next to nothing.

[@seikosantana2313]

I tried to enable to analog wuth the mode button but no luck. Any clue how to enable it?

[@slybunda]

what hardware does it run?

[@drumcovers8269]

whee can we find directions? I spend more time trying to figure out things when my son is not here. Ha! I love it! Wish we could get a joystick for Ms Pacman instead of the circle.

[@ilidiocalado]

Hi!!! Do you think its possíble ro add the zx spectrumgames / rom to it ?

[@JesseHumphries-l3e]

Where do you find the game to download and the instructions I got none were in English, so I feel like I was scammed out of my money because I don't know how to get the games on this thing or how to hook it up

[@ReginaldHSloanIII]

How do you player 2 player mode or find the multi pak

[@gameswithprawno7007]

Hi I just got one for my wife and she wants to play together but don’t seem to work playing 2 player? Any ideas?

[@無名-l3b]

would it work with a third party wired xbox series controller instead of the included ones?

[@harryewer1366]

Ho Smoorez you did a video on custom firmware for this tick retroarch could you send a link to me please.

[@BURRITO44]

Excellent video !! China is well known for selling lists of clones ( knock-offs) with poor quality !! Most game sticks -- sooooo not good !!! Lots of serious issues !! Poorly curated !! Frame rate , lag , sound , player control issues !! After 2 hours , stops working because it gets too hot !!! You are way more detailed than most !!

[@megamanexe1987]

So can you plug in a multi USB dongle to the stick to connect arcade sticks or would it not work

[@megamanexe1987]

Kinda like a usb multi tap

[@rnader4370]

I was given one of these but I can't even get the menu screen to load. Are these known for being problematic that way?

[@thebrownlizard3988]

doies does it have a filter that smoothes cthe gprahics? on the pixel games and over all liek sega and aall i jhave the x2 plus but i hate the filter that they forced on it

[@eFQchiu]

What resident evil do this thing have?

[@Spottedfeather]

Is it possible to change the aspect ratio ? The video being stretched out is really annoying.

[@HardWhereHero]

So if you found one at a return store for $8 would it be worth giving it to your kid or something for Christmas or something?

[@JausonTheysa]

Please help me I buy that years ago but now the SD card is curropted I tried buy new sdcard but it won't work cause it doesn't have any files can you please teach me or upload the inside of the sdcard

[@YungWaves-gq2so]

Do it have crash bandicoot or mortal Kombat

[@Puremindgames]

Does anyone outside the US say S-N-E-S? It was always SNES growing up, I didn't hear S-N-E-S until the internet.

[@tallestlalafell2345]

From US, always called it Super N-E-S.

[@DanTheMan221]

Super Nintendo Entertainment System SNES yeah that's what I say, have seen both used!

[@maguwee]

Almost bought this for my stapdad, but thanks to an honest and fun review I chose not to

[@TheDaggerman30]

So mine comes in on Saturday...I am kinda leary on it ...

[@oldmanandguitar]

I have ordered one of these, I intend to use a plug to power it rather than the tv, I have to do this with my firesticks or I have issues, so j am hoping using a plug will reduce or remove some of the issues people having. Seen somenine use a plug, load street fighter, it was perfect.

[@danielfratarcangelo3873]

I'm really confused my game stick lite won't show up when I put it in my hdmi port

[@dr.papadopolis7171]

I was surprised how good the device I ordered similar to this actually was ..

[@steve_en5903]

My dad got me one, and I’m hoping to mod it, just gotta wait till someone figures it out and does it for me

[@Zandian]

Neither of my controllers came paired with the system. Any idea how to do that?

[@nepaleague5aside]

Is there any way to save games? The save state option seems to do nothing

[@IzzyInvasion]

Mine saves but if I turn the stick off, all my saves are gone when I play again. Very frustrating.

[@WAlliyaNovember]

So the 3d PlayStation games r slow ?

[@JacquelineGuillory-d3b]

Where can you get the instruction because when I scan the code it just take me to yahoo

[@happyfinnva]

Do you think the item have long lifespan?

[@reviewsfornoobs]

CFW can be installed on this

[@Tina-df9pj]

How do you save on Mario?

[@MrJ0mmy]

i can find the video of where you put a custom rom on it did you delete the video?

[@SMOOREZ]

Yeah had to unlist it because too many people were reporting problems since there are so many hardware revisions of this and also people were deleting the original sd card contents so it was easier to unlist it.

[@markross7359]

Hey how do you get your pc or laptop to read the SD card when you put it in cuz my is not show the drive when putting it in

[@markross7359]

Can you make a video on how to do this would be so much help for anyone having the same problem