The BEST Emulation Drive is EVEN BETTER!

[@TechDweeb]

Sword of Convallaria is available for FREE to download from the 31st of July. I had a ton of fun trying this one out. Use this like if you want to try it for yourself! tap.io/1GD3bpn #swordofconvallaria #tacticalrpg #trpg #rpg

[@deathsnitemaresinfullust2269]

This game looks really nice, it reminds me of a mix of Final Fantasy Tactics with a bit of another game I can't quite put my finger on. Any chance someone might be able to point me in the direction of the cheapest PC I can get to run the stuff on this game drive? I don't need 4K or 1080p perfection if that's going to make a difference in price. Thanks for making this video 😅👍

[@X862go]

I use this 12tb as cold storage of my roms

[@jonathanbriu]

Damn this is a gacha game with a mobile game energy system. Disappointing

[@magis123]

@TechDweeb - So I have a serious question, did you do a deep dive check on your PC after running the drive. Because when I purchased it and opened it on a VM; I noticed even just plugging it in it tried to make changes to Windows due to rootkit and trojans on the drive itself. It gets worse, yes, if you run any of those cracked PC games but in reality the number of keyloggers on it are scary in and of itself. Yes several of the warnings are for the cracks to break DRM like you said but there is much more malicious stuff on here than just that. There are even hidden files that are PW protected that can't be scanned. Just worried that you might have done some serious damage to your gaming PC if you ran it raw.

[@justsomebody-1665]

Damn, you were getting me really excited for Sword of Convallaria until you said "free to play". Then I checked and yup, its a gacha game. No thanks!

[@turnbasedtoddy7664]

I could get this and never buy another gaming console for the rest of my life and be happy I think. I’m old enough now that I just want to play retro games most of the time anyway. What a time to be alive!

[@mrcannonfodder23]

I totally agree with you about the modern systems and modern games. Emulation is not about piracy, it is about nostalgia, memories, good times and preserving and protecting the past.

[@Balalaika74]

If buying games isn't owning them then piracy isn't stealing. I have no problems with people ripping off these companies.

[@mrcannonfodder23]

@@Balalaika74 I used to "download " games illegality before and realized that if there is no money going to the artist to make them (note I did not say sell them) systems would die. A good example of this is the Dreamcast, a system that was literally hackable on day one. They could have kept the system alive a bit longer by selling licensing to produce games. Give a system or a game a chance to run it's live cycle so it can become a classic. Let indie dev's get a chance to make some cash off their hard work. As far as buying games isn't owning them, this is the nature of the digital market place, just buy physical copies when you can. The only exception I see to this is "vaporware" that can no be reproduced or is out of production or the hardware is not accesble.

[@Balalaika74]

@@mrcannonfodder23 Even if you buy physical copies most of the time you have to download some stuff or run them via Steam. I see your point but i simply will not go along with this. If i buy a game i want to own it.

[@tomkruk2585]

i agree except I want to play Switch games on a PC instead of the uncomfortable, unergonomic console.

[@mrcannonfodder23]

@@tomkruk2585 Unless you want to play switch exclusive most of the stuff can be had on PC usually at a cheaper price than the switch. I would say 98% of indie and AAA games on the switch can be found on the PC.

[@Jack32X]

What's so annoying about the PC junk being on there is that that space could have been used for a more complete ps2/3 romset.

[@Jack32X]

Also this is currently £150 on aliexpress.....a 12TB HDD over here is £130 so £20 for all those roms and setup to be preconfigured is absolutely worth

[@bigemugamer]

Yup, it should at least have had everything from the 6th gen so every X-Box and PS2 game.

[@TechDweeb]

Exactly!

[@X862go]

Agreed, the ps3 games are pretty large.

[@bigemugamer]

@@TechDweeb I've always wanted to play Crimson Skies High Road to revenge on X-Box, the first CS game was awesome.

[@stevealms4971]

So I found out that the reason the 3ds didn't have scrapped data on the front is is because... they are all in zip files. Apparently, in the previous version of the drive, when everything was under Hyperspin, the front end was able to access the files from inside the zip folder including the scrapped data. When they moved it over to retrobat they kept them inside the zip files and retrobat can't read the zip files, so they don't load or show their scrapped data. I went into the folder and unzipped everything (Took a while) but afterwards all of my 3ds games worked just fine lol.

[@ryanbrancel]

RetroBat will unzip the archive for you and prompt if you would like to leave the extracted file. So if you want you can leave the games zipped, and then it will just unzip as you need to. I also chose Lime3DS as the Emulator to use in Retrobat for 3DS files. Citra version on the Kinhank is very outdated and I couldn't get it to update, also it's deprecated.

[@stevealms4971]

@@ryanbrancel Nice! I'm glad there is an easier workaround that what I did lol.

[@antiantifa886]

Is there anybody who has done a KZbin vid about this?

[@DovahZeux]

I love watching videos that help to validate my already delivered purchase decisions.

[@BulldogBadger]

😂😂😂

[@edwardfredericks4609]

Curious,does it have Sly Cooper 1 2 and 3 on either PS2, Orr collection on PS3 by chance?

[@edwardfredericks4609]

I love those games lol

[@markianclark9645]

Dovah...so that translated means it's acceptable to have Pirated games when top KZbinrs like Techdweeb showcase HDD's full of them...that seems just wrong...I don't need approval to steal Nintendo and Sega ROMs... I've been at it for a decade...took me years to build my library of Romsets...now you can just buy a drive...even Amazon has sold Kinhanks...probably still does...that's like buying drugs from the Police station

[@plugwalk9237]

Keep crying nobody cares I just got mines yesterday and it's amazing 😂😂​@@markianclark9645

[@oldtools]

What a deal. This is so much easier than downloading a car.

[@TechDweeb]

I would totally download a car.

[@delresearch5416]

3d print files

[@oldtools]

@@delresearch5416 how the what? the files are in the computer.

[@AlistairBrugsch]

​@@TechDweebbut would you take a dump in a policeman's helmet?

[@AlistairBrugsch]

​@@oldtools "oh *IN* the computer!" - Tosses computer on the floor and it smashes apart. "Hey, where are the files?"

[@Seamoorif]

That mom joke caught me off guard 😂😭

[@OldAbio]

This drive looks like what I want. Not focused on the "aaa"- pc games, but more of the RETRO. Keep up your nice work!

[@UnwittingSweater]

Only way I would ever use this would be an an air gapped machine with no personal information on it.

[@DaMichaelViews]

devices are legit , i own 4 of therm

[@PlayingItWrong]

In fairness, they would at least work like that. Novel to have a system that doesn't need the internet.

[@mattparker9726]

Crimeny! Paranoid much?

[@Bobny989]

Qucked for 20 years, never had personal information leak issues or viruses. Just be careful. Save $$$$$

[@UnwittingSweater]

@@mattparker9726 air gapped is just short form for not on the network and not connected to the internet. No personal information as it I don't think it's wise to be logged into gmail on that computer. He literally says it has loads of viruses on it.

[@kmastamine]

Had mine for a month or so, awesome drive. Totally worth the money

[@qchtohere8636]

You know what you can fill that 1TB space with? GOG installers.

[@Mega6468]

yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes

[@TechDweeb]

100%

[@X862go]

Nice idea 💡

[@bobcharlotte8724]

I was somewhat of a collector until a few years ago when I returned back home for a holiday, broke out my rare Sega CDX and my, even rarer, copy of Hideo Kojimas "SNATCHER"... Only to find out it has disc rot. It's now useless. From that second I stopped becoming a collector. So something like this is extremely attractive.

[@michaelgreen245]

Yay, that's the 12tb version I ordered to go with my minisforum hx99g! Hadn't made the trip from China yet..no matter how hard I stare at the tracking order. A watched pot never boils I guess 😄

[@Tom2112Tom]

I've spent the last couple weeks of my spare time assembling, curating, cleaning, organizing, scraping, and all the other tasks necessary to build a ROM library. It's a LOT of work and time consuming. To get it all done for you, and done well: that's worth a LOT. Tech Dweeb is absolutely right. This is a great value, especially with his discount code for $40 off! Thanks Tech Dweeb!

[@BuffAndStuff21]

Can I have your rom library ❤

[@Tom2112Tom]

@@BuffAndStuff21 LOL, I gave up and just ordered one of these 12TB drives! I'm done working. Time to play these games!

[@BuffAndStuff21]

@@Tom2112Tom anything helps bro !

[@Bentmetal13]

Literally lol’d at the pictures of my mom on your hdd, but in all seriousness my dad is pissed and is coming after you if you don’t delete those

[@zombee38]

This would give me Choice Paralysis for sure...dang probably i will never leave my PC again ever !

[@CuttinInIdaho]

I remember watching you when you were under 10k subs. You are killing it Dweebus!

[@Grimlo9ic]

I agree TechDweeb, ArtBook is the BEST EmulationStation theme.

[@thelocalfortuneteller]

"With few there is attainment, with much there is confusion" - Lao Tzu

[@beowolf410]

This thing is spam packed with tons of games. Such a huge rom library.

[@captainwasel8377]

This is amazing and the outro is the cherry on top 🤣

[@ElAlex214]

You sold me on it, would've liked more like 200 but with your code it came out to 260 which is a decent value proposition. Thanks!!

[@marekprochazka1284]

Amazing video, thanks for making it. I think it's an amazing value and would love to get it, but sadly, 300 bucks is just too much, life is too damn expensive these days. Will make an effort to save for it, though :)

[@ericlanglois2501]

It’s on sale half price on the link in the description through October 7th!!!

[@STR82DVD]

I would NEVER use this on any system connected to the internet young lad. Great review TD.

[@qchtohere8636]

Is just a drive, delete the folder indicated and you're safe. You can always simply use another OS.

[@STR82DVD]

@@qchtohere8636 An alternate OS is exactly what I do.

[@plugwalk9237]

Just run your antivirus it's that simple mines was clean

[@antiantifa886]

Just got it yesterday and I’m loving it so far!

[@fullyproblematic]

Dang, I got the older version, and even bought another drive and enclosure to clone it to just in case, and I wish I had gotten this version with RetroBat. Dweeb, per your previous video on the subject, I set up a couple of Samsung SSDs and a GMKtec PC with RetroBat, and I love it!

[@TechDweeb]

Yeah that's the thing about emulation toys. There's always a new thing around the corner! :P

[@fullyproblematic]

@@TechDweeb You got that right! Seems like a five or ten minute window to enjoy a new handheld before the next version comes out. RG40XXH PLUS in 3...2...1...

[@voiceboxdrummer]

@@TechDweebI’m in the same boat. Any easy way to add retro bat? I’m finding hyperspin really is a bit much. Also, anyone else having to e issue of the system not recognizing your controller? Because my laptop recognizes my Xbox controller perfectly. But the drive does not.

[@joemopar2716]

did you check the settings menu?

[@fullyproblematic]

@@joemopar2716 Mine is from about 6 months ago or so...I'm assuming it's the older version.

[@CitizenRPG]

I've been making my own using Emulation Station Desktop Edition, would be nice to get one of these drives for the roms but I doubt I'd play them all.

[@Destide]

Worth noting Launchbox and hyperdrive need windows so you'll need a to use Emulation Station or another front end if you're penguin/fruit based

[@edtuckerartist]

Your Mom looks lovely in those pictures!

[@tongoso]

I love this, I wish I could afford it to plug it in my compooper

[@solracrod]

Great review! I have one of these, the one before the new release, and it’s awesome! I ran a scan on the drive, no malware or viruses, it works great!

[@justjoshininjapan700]

Any idea on how extensive the jp region systems are? I wanna pick it up if SNES, GBA, DS, PS1 and PSP would be near complete in JP.

[@DarksolStuff]

Hey Tech Dweeb! This device looks AWESOME! May you tell me what kind of computer I'd need for the high end stuff? My specs are Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-10750H CPU, 16GB ram, and an NVIDIA 2060.

[@ravencorb1354]

Hey TechDweeb, I've got this hard drive and been using it a fair bit. Just some advice to anyone who get this and has any issues. The "Wii U" emulator has a lot of crashing when playing the roms, there's a missing file needed to be added to the emulator itself to get them working correctly. It's a semi easy fix but definitely worth pointing out if someone's buying this for Wii U. Second big issue I've had with the device is the arcade side (tekno parrot and hyperspin). Loading the games is extremely hit or miss... Best fix I found is to open the emulators separately from the harddrive it's self. Like load the individual emulator and select the games rather than going through the front end itself. Other than these problems I've had a lot of fun with the system. If anyone has any questions I'd be happy to try and help. Thanks for the content TechDweeb 😊

[@TechDweeb]

Solid tips 👍

[@voiceboxdrummer]

I have a question. Have you encountered the drive not recognizing a controller? I’ve tried multiple, Xbox series x, Xbox one, ps5, all are recognized by my computer and play just fine in steam, nada for the drive. It only recognizes input from the keyboard.

[@ravencorb1354]

@voiceboxdrummer I use an xbox series x controller (wired to my gaming laptop with usb 3). That seems to pick up pretty easily on the emulators I've used. The Wii U emulator had a few issues originally, so I went into the emulator itself and changed the input. Some odd games just don't work on any input either (mostly the arcade stuff tbh) Have you tried any other controllers?

[@voiceboxdrummer]

@@ravencorb1354 I have. Both wired and wireless.

[@ravencorb1354]

@voiceboxdrummer hmmmm... odd it's not picking it up then... You could try loading the emulators up separately from the front end on the drive. You can then configure your controller from the native emulators and see if that corrects the issue

[@shattercross]

Picked up one of these to have copies of all the stuff I grew up with. I too could do without the switch and PC stuff. Wish I knew you reviewed the updated version, I would’ve used your promo code.

[@Raintiger88]

I did buy this from your earlier video. I'm not much of a video game player, though. It's just nice to walk down memory lane once in a while and I do think it's worth the money. The pirated stuff doesn't bother me, but I also wouldn't play them anyway. It was the retro collection I wanted.

[@exklimexklim]

Just for those that don’t know what a COMPUGER is. “COMPUGER” is a mix of a BigMac + DDR1 RAM and buggers are used as sauce.

[@GiSWiG]

What I like about Launch Box above ES/RetroBat is the ability to add custom consoles. I can add Famicom by typing the name I want to use for the console, point it to a separate ROMs folder with Famicom games and tell it to scrape from there. AFAIK, you cannot do that in ES/RetroBat. Famicom and Super Famicom go into the NES/SNES folders respectively. Launchbox can get tricky when trying to keep size down of scrapped artwork. Makes no sense to have gigobytes of art work for a collection only a few hundred megobytes in size.

[@biggie01taws6]

Retrobat is my favorite frontend too TechDweeb😁 It just doesn't get enough respect imo. I put together my own 5TB Retrobat build (which I recommend everyone do if you can) and I have this 12TB drive too but I feel the way you do, they should just leave those pirated pc titles off, it's just not fair to the developers.👍

[@ShawnRaz87]

I'm glad that you at least commented on the system that shouldn't be on here because it's still a currently sold system. But for the same reason PS3 and Xbox 360 shouldn't Ruby on here either because those games are playable on the current systems as well. You can play tons of PS3 games through PlayStation now there are also lots of PS2 and PS1 and PSP games available on the PS4/5 so people have a very easy way of playing these games legally. Same for tons of Xbox 360 through backwards compatibility The only time I think emulation is okay is on systems that are not manufactured anymore to play games that cannot be played through any other means

[@joemopar2716]

yeah, but when your consoles start getting the RLOD or YLOD then you are just stuck with a bunch of beverage coasters.

[@olliepoplol5894]

@@joemopar2716lol! Remember the Xbox 360 “just put in the freezer bro”

[@porcupinetree3033]

Pics and video of your mom 😂😂😂😂😂 You got a subscription

[@collectibles4u]

I started out with the last hyperspin system and there was so many problems that I decided to make my own drive bought a La cia rugged five terabyte hard drive and now I have the perfect emulation setup for me. Now I still have my other 12 terabyte that I have wrong sets that I could put on my new one. But I didn't do it so there is an air of the accomplishment of setting your own up but I understand too when your first getting into it man it can be really stressful in the beginning.

[@stevealms4971]

So I have a question. I've had mine for half a month now and I've been mainly using Retrobat for my console games and haven't really felt the need to use Big Box for anything. Is there a any systems that seem to work more fluidly for Launch Box than in Retrobat? Or was it just set up for personal preference?

[@saranglee7011]

Ordered mine a little over 1 month ago, seems I got lucky I got this updated version then. When I got it I was confused when the boot and menu stuff did not look like the previous video. Got mine for $185 and came with a Western Digital HDD.

[@Reddison]

Being a pirate/preservationist means having a whole setup dedicated to holding and seeding all forms of media. Almost 19 years old and I'm seeding 20.8T of media and counting.

[@MrViral20]

(KNOCK KNOCK!!) uh-oh 🤣

[@Reddison]

@@MrViral20 well i don't think the government cares much about abandoned ware games and almost lost media being free on the internet.

[@MrViral20]

@@Reddison Tis be facts....I made my own library using Retrobat front end.....love it, 512gbs of gaming goodness and it took me a while to set up too to make sure the games work, no missing BIOS either, idk how I managed to do that, finding the correct BIOS set was difficult to be sure....scraped the games and all....boy it took a while but it was sooooo worth it.....and Retrobat is the best because I dont have to boot in to an OS just to play games, it's a simple program double click and play....

[@stephenxs8354]

@@Reddison But Nintendo does.

[@peterstaklis3712]

Keep sailing the 7 seas matey.

[@Akulious]

How much of a difference between this build and the previous kinhank 12tb drive? Would the newer build be worth buying?

[@thiagoflima420]

It became really hard not to drop a like after you said you put 1 TB of images of my mom

[@antiantifa886]

I ordered this today! I can’t wait!

[@justin-hurd]

Hey @TechDweeb, love your content. Have you run any scans on this drive? I'd love to know your process for checking them when you get them.

[@TechDweeb]

Yup. 11:29. Found several warnings, but they were all on the cracked PC games.

[@VladlustTV]

I watched that end bit several times, poor Wall-e but it was hilarious lol

[@regis.pessolano]

If you are worried about viruses, you can boot this HDD on a Linux (live CD or regular Linux installation) and use some services to verify if there any. It’s not difficult and made you more in peace before you put this in your main PC

[@DovahZeux]

They're false positives. After following Kinhank's virus exclusion guide to exclude the drive's drive letter, you're good to go. Got this drive last week (July 2024 21-27), and had an auto-virus scan on the 29th. Nothing wrong. I've taken extensive virus protection measures before. It's perfectly fine to use if you know what you're doing. Even if you don't, the drive comes with help text files a-plenty.

[@olliepoplol5894]

@@DovahZeuxhow’s this thing been treating you a month later? Played it a lot?

[@CornyPuddle]

This looks super cool. I haven't purchased anything like this yet. Thinking about getting the powkiddy TV stick to see if I like something on the cheaper end first

[@bforster2237]

My first dedicated retro system was the Anbernic RG353V it's a great little system Playstation, PSP, N64, and all the 8 and 16 bit stuff, convenient to have it all in my pocket add anything whatever I want as well. I'm now building a mini PC with everything upto PS3, Xbox360 and some Wii/WiiU games more Gamecube for Nintendo basically this but catered to my preferences eventually I'll try to get complete US collections of PS, PS2, XBOX, Xbox360 and Gamecube thats my top systems for now, I want to complete collections of NES, SNES, Gameboy, Genesis, 32X, CD, N64, gamegear, and some others.

[@hidan8292]

Hey Mr.Dweeb I love your videos, I’m looking for a pocketable handheld with some decent performance. Should I get a rg405m, rg cube, or do you think I should just wait for a new device? Thanks!

[@presidentsnow7315]

I have a question. At 13:04 you mention another video where you show the process of adding roms to frontends, but I am not seeing a link. What is the video called?

[@TechDweeb]

Here ya go! kzbin.info/www/bejne/g6e6kKWEgJh_gq8

[@presidentsnow7315]

@@TechDweeb Thank you very much!

[@garethevans2499]

Turns out i drunkenly purchased either this or the previous version a month ago. Relieved about the malware being on the cracked stuff and will stick to the retro sections when i finally get to plug it into my mini pc!

[@dragon2knight]

Pity it doesn't work on Linux...but then again I have all the roms I'll ever use so this would be nothing if not a nice thing to have, not a necessary one. I agree 100% about the Playnite garbage, just delete it and enjoy the rest of it. Please keep on reviewing these drives, they are a great idea and they keep on getting better all the time! Great video as always Mr. Dweeb!

[@angryretrogamer7313]

I just about creamed my pants when I saw this. I have super console x from years ago and I still play It all the time. If I knew how to use a computer or owned one I would definitely buy this. It looks worth learning about computers to have all the higher end stuff but it took me 6 months to learn the super console x so it'll be years before I can know how to use something like this. I really enjoyed seeing this product and it's like the coolest thing I've ever seen. Thanks for the video

[@neoxbomb]

I too enjoy setting this stuff up and every once in awhile I erase it and do it all again but this is still highly inviting to me. I might just pick this up (using your link and code, of course).

[@Zeuss155]

Awesome video! I’m new to emulating and am interested in this, few questions though. (1st) If there isn’t a game that’s on the list can it be added manually? And (2nd) when deleting the playnite pirated games, does it interfere with anything? I went to the website and they said not to delete anything so I’m wondering how it’s working for you since you did.

[@iReturnV1deotapes]

Ok but why cant they spruce up the enclosures a little bit? Make it look like a VHS tape. Put it in a Seagate enclosure with RGB. SOMETHING to make it look even half way pretty on my desk or living rom tv stand.

[@TechDweeb]

YES! I 100% agree with you there.

[@crystal_is_cozy]

Sword of Convallaria is _very_ pretty!

[@boiyonetta]

Love the way you say compooper

[@retropug]

Hey Tech Dweeb! I have a full blown arcade cabinet that's dedicated for emulation but it has a monitor for the marquee as well. And it has order style light guns like amtraks but I have send in and gun for IR as well that I've never hooked up if I wanted to use this drive to take advantage of the active marquee and let's say the sending light guns do you think it would be a hard thing to configure with a drive like this?

[@TechDweeb]

It would be no more different here than if you set the system up yourself. Yeah you'll have to configure it, but it'd be done the same way you did previously.

[@retropug]

@@TechDweeb Thanks TD! I appreciate you taking the time to respond. Love your channel!

[@unlazinessboyo]

I don't have a pc, can you recommend something like this but plug and play to tv?

[@TechDweeb]

This is what I'd suggest: kzbin.info/www/bejne/ioeaaGSYib6in5o

[@porcupinetree3033]

I ordered this today Luckily I ordered this new version

[@phonzeh]

Have they sent you any updates on your order at all?

[@manuelrodriguez9972]

Can I use this with my 4-player cab? How to map the controls? I have an Arcade from Xtreme Gaming Cabinets.

[@TechDweeb]

Yup! A 4 player cabinet is just 4 usb inputs that need to be accounted for. It's likely not an issue with the retroarch systems, but for other stuff you may need to map the controls. Easy to do, shouldn't take long.

[@gregghernandez2714]

Hey TechDweeb, I plan on getting one of these this month. I really want it for the ROM collections which appear to be getting harder to find. I think you should contact Kinhank and ask them to send you one of these drives so you can do the following: Show everyone in a comprehensive tutorial that you can remove the Playnite stuff, and it will completely remove the viruses that most people are concerned about. I plan on using this on a dedicated PC that will not be hooked up to my network. After your tutorial you could give the drive away in a giveaway contest, like Retro game guy does. BTW loved your guest appearance on his show. I wasn't the only one either. There were people in his recent chat session who were really sad they missed it. Anyway, great review, and yes I will be removing Playnite.

[@peterstaklis3712]

The pc files aren’t viruses they are false positive cracks.

[@gregghernandez2714]

@@peterstaklis3712 I see, but I believe that most people are freaked out, because they are picked up as viruses by anti virus software. I hope that makes sense.

[@aaronhynes7858]

Is the Games library any different than the original version?

[@BURRITO44]

Excellent video ! Problem is --way too many of questionable quality !! Why are you saying --compooper !!! You are funny !!! You do have the best opinions !!! Love your funny words -- like - sneaky peeky !!!

[@chimrichalds81]

I've been wrestling with either purchasing this or the retro pocket 4 pro. I ended up doing the rp4 pro. My hard drives are starting to pile up to be honest

[@Blood0ftyrants]

Where is the amazon link for the updated version 12tb with retrobat?

[@ericlanglois2501]

Can’t find it on Amazon. Only aliexpress. It’s safe if that’s what you’re worried about. I’ve bought a few things from that website with no issues (long transit time though! 1 month+)

[@juansotelo3996]

New sub here, I will buy this drive and please remember not everyone around the world has money to buy games, check out how much we can buy in Venezuela with 3 dollars as minium wage every month, sorry man but the world is harsh for many many people and games are luxury around here

[@mjdf122]

This is a good hardrive I have it this has all consoles and games 5 in 1 operating systems about $200-300 got this a while back

[@CuttinInIdaho]

You can complain about the PC games, but we can at least agree that any R* game should be this way...installing BattlEye and giving kernel level access is the biggest joke in gaming outside of forced initiatives.

[@busterizow]

This is tempting ... Does it have slow downs with it being an HDD and not an SSD ? Also, being european, i would like some story driven games to be available in my native language instead of english.

[@GentielioGaming]

I have a 4tb Retrobeast that makes good use of the 4tb space but it is a pain to setup when you change to an other pc. If i didn't have the the retrobeast i would have bought this.

[@TechDweeb]

Yeah I'm with ya there. Wish the RB was more plug-n-play.

[@GentielioGaming]

@@TechDweeb I do also have the cassette thing called batocera that i keep as it has japanese games, especially the saturn jap games that appeal to me.

[@4dchessplayer516]

Question. What date did you get your first nintendo? Store? City? Just you know....curious

[@nthnglsn]

I like the look of launch box but i really like playnite. That's what i use for my emulation frontend

[@edwardgreenjr167]

I mean, the older us geeks get, the more we value our time. Do I want to spend around $50 on top of the hardware cost to save dozens of hours in doing this myself? Or do I want to spend those hours playing games?

[@ryanbrancel]

I think you answered your question, it's worth it to save hundreds of hours.

[@bestsleep4380]

I’ve been planning for a while now to buy a mini PC for my living room to play everything. I saw you had a link for a mini pc but would you say that with the Beelink SER6 Mini PC W11 Pro, AMD Ryzen 9 I should be able to play everything from this hard drive smoothly? Also am I able to use any Bluetooth controllers?

[@iTube481]

Hi, what budget mini pc would you recommend to buy to play everything on this? I would only use the mini pc to play the games on tv. Thanks in advance for the reply.

[@TechDweeb]

Something like this would be what I'd choose: amzn.to/4ceAK0X If you were okay with playing MOST stuff on here (but maybe the hardest PS3 and Xbox 360 games would not perform 100%) then this would be the choice: amzn.to/3A7uyuo

[@iTube481]

@@TechDweeb Thanks.

[@jasonkniep7804]

These 5 in 1 newer versions are also selling on AliExpress for around $185. Is there a reason they are not linked to? Am I missing something?

[@__EMULATIONPROS__]

Amazon is more expensive they take out percentage so they have to higher the price to make up the difference

[@Proverbman]

I'm coming to this late, but I'll try asking. Do these games have the cheat codes/Action Replay/hacks/Game Shark etc etc feature? Also, what are the chances they will make a SSD version of this? I still have all my old games and systems since Nintendo (And I fear when I get access to them again, the games may have disk/cartridge rot or become warped from being kept in a non-airconditioned room), but one thing I appreciate is I still have the cheat devices. For example, I like to play Xenogears every couple of year to remember the story/game. But, unlike when I was young and had summer/xmas breaks, I don't have the time to grind levels. Or in other games, try for hours to do a timed achievement to unlock a cheat (example Goldeneye 64). I just want to replay the game for the fun, nostalgia, or the story.

[@flitemode2177]

Maybe a dumb question, but can u use 4 controllers for the roms that support it, from just 1 dongle (the little dongles that come with them) ?

[@deathsnitemaresinfullust2269]

I am getting this one. I don't have anything to run it but getting a PC will be a possibility for seemingly ever but I worry a drive like this won't always be available.... I'm at least gonna keep Elden Ring 😅👍

[@piojosoafull]

Just got it, great deal! thanks!!

[@wolfmelody2787]

I really been seeing alot of videos but please answer me these questions 1. Does dlc come included with ps3 and xbox games? 2. Ive seen games that are missing from there can i add my own roms and boot it up? Please answer me

[@TechDweeb]

1. Nope. 2. Yup.

[@SimSpeedsterSal]

My question is, what you with so many emulation drives. Do you keep them all or give them away?

[@TechDweeb]

I've given several away. Several of them I've converted into video storage for my projects. The best ones I keep and customize and use.

[@SimSpeedsterSal]

@@TechDweeb when’s the next giveaway. I been looking buy one

[@munozmm88]

Serious question to anyone who deleted the playnight folder, did it affect the performance of the hard drive in any way? Did it just remove the playnight option on the front end screen and did everything else runs fine? I'm looking to delete it but i just want to make sure nothing else will be affected. I'm the noob demographic this is target for so any help would be great.

[@TechDweeb]

Nope, no improved performance, but it didn't affect anything negatively. I ended up adding on a bunch more Xbox 360 and DOS roms to fill the space.

[@davidjacobo5637]

Hey techdweeb I got a berlink ser 6 max with a ryzen 9 6900hx, will I be able to run some higher end stuffz? Thus druve looks better then the last one, the new ui is so clean

[@TechDweeb]

Yup! You should be good for almost everything on this drive. MAYBE the hardest to run PS3 and 360 games will give you some trouble, but I doubt it.

[@davidjacobo5637]

@@TechDweeb thx Mr.Dweeb🖐👍

[@wooordwooord4712]

Any of these preconfigured drives that would work with a Mac?

[@satellitelazarus]

For your game rec videos, will you be doing PSX anytime soon?

[@wvob3183]

My biggest concern with these drives are malware or backdoors to my computer Scanning the drive will show "viruses" from the cracked games Any piece of mind you can share that these aren't locked with keyloggers ECT?

[@TheTaxCollecta]

Never thought I would watch a KZbin video and then walk away -$324 out of my bank account.

[@Belemrys]

I have a 1060 mini with 6gb video ram and 16 gb ram and gen 1 ryzen 7…will I be able to play the high end games and systems? If so this is very tempting!

[@TechDweeb]

Hard to say. You may struggle with the harder to run PS3 and Xbox 360, but you might be fine. You're right on the edge for the high end stuff, but you'll be fine with everything from gamecube and earlier.

[@DemocracyJones]

After credits action scene! 😊

[@Call_MeJay-1]

What are the chances of getting an outdates version of the drive if I do should I return it and buy. A new one?

[@mattflin5171]

Ali express, ordered it for the equivalent of $190, pretty good.

[@Thrawn.]

@TechDweeb, does this drive have NHL 2003 from EA Sports on the PS2 and Gamecube? Thanks!

[@nassbeajj1094]

just purchased this would you mind helping me with a couple questions ?

[@weebmatic]

Did yours ship out yet? It’s been 5 days so far nothing for me

[@nassbeajj1094]

@@weebmatic yeah bro, mine took the whole two weeks , 14 days. Dont be worried just gotta have a little patience. I will say, when you do have it you need to adjust a lot of the controllers but not all of them. And i recommend using retrobat to start most of ur games.

[@weebmatic]

@@nassbeajj1094 okay cool! I just got a notification saying it’s shipping soon so fingers crossed it doesn’t take 2 weeks. And cool! Thanks for the heads up. I’m super excited to play these games😭🙏

[@weebmatic]

@@nassbeajj1094 cool thanks bro! And quick question did your dhl shipping get stuck Too? It’s been on the same thing for 9 days

[@antiantifa886]

I just got mine Monday. Two weeks.