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.

[@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

[@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?

[@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.

[@CuttinInIdaho]

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

[@Seamoorif]

That mom joke caught me off guard 😂😭

[@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?"

[@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 !

[@Goldwelp]

"Yes, you can buy this just to use the game library" Instant like and sub. Thank the gods someone finally just to right to it.

[@captainwasel8377]

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

[@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 💡

[@MrSamadolfo]

🙂 sure, i recommend PC has its own dedicated hard drive of 20TB, just to give you an idea 1000 installers takes up about 6TB

[@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.

[@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.

[@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 😄

[@kmastamine]

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

[@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.

[@NekoSmash]

That is a quite a painful story! Amazing game that made me and a friend fall in love with Sega CD :)

[@MrSamadolfo]

🙂 the only way to preserve video games for future generations is regular backups of local hard drives or SSDs, and keep them in a safe, ideally we need Museums like the Smithsonian to do this preservation and its gotta be open to the public to download, but thats what we need local backups and Museums

[@thelocalfortuneteller]

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

[@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.

[@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!!

[@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.

[@GentielioGaming]

There is also a 100000+ games 12tb hdd from kinhank instead of the 86000+ one mentioned here but it only has hyperspin to boot.

[@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.

[@MrSamadolfo]

copy what your going to play onto a new hard drive or SSD

[@kernsanders3973]

For PC Games, it would have been cool if it had eXo DOS, which is almost all the DOS games ever. There's some real timeless classics there that has yet ever to be matched like Heart Of Darkness. This would keep in line with the Retro theme of the setup. Also eXo DOS wouldnt even take up half of that space of the 1TB space from the deleted PC stuff. Possibly opening up more PC games from the earlier Windows days which you cant buy anymore

[@MrSamadolfo]

🙂 agree but i think the chinese are selling mainly the games that buyers want, but yeah all the DOS games would be kinda cool too for its own hard drive

[@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.

[@MrSamadolfo]

congrats 🎅☃💿📀

[@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.

[@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!

[@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!!!

[@totoroben]

Still on Ali express for $155

[@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

[@edtuckerartist]

Your Mom looks lovely in those pictures!

[@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.

[@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.

[@patrickfielding3752]

I literally live amongst the amish, and my only internet option is to use my phone for hotspot. This hard drive is AMAZING for people like me, who don't have the option to download their own roms. Thanks for the review!

[@MrSamadolfo]

🙂 sure, its the perfect gift for children in poorer countries, simply copy the games to a gaming laptop and gift them the laptop and a controller and a mouse

[@adamburges4807]

So would you benefit from multiple controllers or just say one decent DPad and perhaps arcade stick? Does multiplay work ok? What a neat package

[@TechDweeb]

Yup multiplayer works. You can use any controllers that are compatible with your computer.

[@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

[@Grimlo9ic]

I agree TechDweeb, ArtBook is the BEST EmulationStation theme.

[@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.

[@feasttree]

Finally got mine! Anyone know how to make it stop blacking out your second monitor when you launch the core . Exe?

[@Akulious]

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

[@MrSamadolfo]

😀👍 I think its great. I don't know why it has taken forever for people to come up with this? Drm Free arcade / console / pc video games on local drives is the way to go. What I still dont see is Gaming PC rebuilders and flippers and resellers, Why is no one mentioning about adding a hard drive to the system and setting this all up for the new buyer with a nice sized library already preloaded and ready to go? Do everything for them, install windows, drivers, updates, then add all the gaming shortcuts to the desktop, test and launch all the games and make sure they all work for them. Also you could build a custom arcade cabinet and setup the cabinet with a system like this. Or open a ciber cafe and have all the computers preloaded with games for the kids to play.

[@beowolf410]

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

[@zombee38]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@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

[@odd4824]

On such a huge collection, does it save high scores in games? In the longer game play games, can you save the game within the game or game state type deal? Saving to game state with so many games might be easy to lose saved games…? I guess what I am getting at, do you like the way it saves games?

[@supergluehotty]

I'm pretty sure retrobat does good with saves. I don't have this, but I made a little guy, and it saves stuff.

[@antiantifa886]

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

[@albertbickel2585]

Just got it yesterday psh. This comment is 2 months old! Liar

[@antiantifa886]

@ it’s still awesome! Was worth it for the Roms alone.

[@albertbickel2585]

@@antiantifa886 could I use this in my tablet S7 plus?

[@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.

[@antiantifa886]

I ordered this today! I can’t wait!

[@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).

[@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+)

[@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

[@MrSamadolfo]

🙂 neat, i didnt know that

[@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?

[@Error_4x5]

Learning to do it user self is the best way

[@GhostWarriorZa]

Would a 750 ti 2gb gpu be good enough for the switch and stuff

[@DanielEsparza-zs5hm]

I think it would be a struggle for it. I have a 3070 and I get stutters here and there. But maybe with some configuration it would be somewhat playable. I could be wrong tho.

[@arashjahn]

Is there a guide anywhere that shows you how to flash the last year 12 TB drive to run this new front end?

[@andrebradley1924]

What is the best mini pc for this unit

[@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 !!!

[@israelarocho9434]

Need help. I have a 12t emulator with retrobat. I cant play any ps2 games. When i try and play. It tells be that both memory cards are unformatted and ask me to formatted them but doesn't let me. And i cant continue passed it to play the game. Please help

[@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!

[@joelgarcia3907]

questions: Can you essentially connect this to a legion go, connect the legion go to a TV and run the Kinhank front end? I'm thinking the legion go should be able to run ps3 etc right? I agree with you. As a guy who tinkered with emulation on steam deck and legion go here and there, I the process very time consuming. So this hard drive can be the answer for me since I mostly game at home or a hotel when i travel? I got handhelds mainly for that remote situation where I can play on the go with the same game and saves I had on the couch. And I always wanted to play retro 3ds and psp on a big screen. So this should work right? Can i can always take the hard drive on travel. Thoughts?

[@Vickdamonsta]

Hey bruh, I just bought this hard drive, so what kind of mini pc should I get without breaking the bank to be able to play all these games without hiccups?? Please help 🙏🏼

[@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) ?

[@iTube481]

Hi, Can the retro shooter lightgun be used with this harddrive? Thanks for the reply.

[@nightsquats]

Hey, I think batocera connects to the modern light gun hardware - just throwing it out there because I didn't see any other reply yet. There are other vids from other makers that verify this, so dig around to make sure if you like but if nothing else the dolphin bar can be hacked like crazy too so no reason you can't enjoy them! Happy gamin brah!

[@iTube481]

@@nightsquats Ok. Thanks.

[@rell127]

I use to use emulators over a decade ago but this seems like a good way to go about it now. I for one don't want to risk having my internet provider know what I'm downloading. I'm also having my lady buy me a Retriod Pocket 4Pro or a Odin 2 not sure which, but she's getting me one of them, and I plan on moving a bunch of those games to that. I'd figure hey buy that and just wt it over.

[@fintan9218]

Anyone know the best one of these that focuses on having the best and biggest libraries for everything up to PS2 gen? I just got a new Dell i5 laptop with 16gb ram, and im thinking of getting one. Id love whatever has the most complete ps1/gamecube/ps2 library. Some 90s- early 00s PC games would be big bonus too. This one is kid of expensive and has a ton of things a I cant run.

[@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.👍

[@johnra1394]

Would it be possible/easy to copy roms off of this and put them on a handheld like the rg406v? (I’m totally new to this world)

[@aaronhynes7858]

Is the Games library any different than the original version?

[@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!

[@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.

[@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!

[@someguy760]

I bought one of these recently. Does anyone know how to resolve the following error: None of the Nintendo 3DS games work. The side bezels for the game appear but then the games crash and an error message appears. This happens using Retrobat. Is there a way to update the emulator?

[@__EMULATIONPROS__]

Extract all the games

[@someguy760]

@@__EMULATIONPROS__ For anyone that is wondering, I did finally fix this error. I swapped out my AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT video card with a GeForce 4070 Ti Super. Somehow, this solved the problem.

[@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.

[@JoshStewartmakesmusic]

So i bought the mini pc and the harddrive should it be a plug and play now when i get it?

[@davidjacobo5637]

@@JoshStewartmakesmusic you have to install sone stuff like directx unless you have them already, takes like 2 min, they are all in a install folder

[@tongoso]

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

[@deano-qj9tj]

Question: if my mini pc I had been flashed with batocera i:e no windows, will this drive still work? Can I boot it from the bios ?

[@deanwinfrow1438]

Hi , just got drive anyone know how to enable scan lines on hyperspin component ?

[@wooordwooord4712]

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

[@deathsnitemaresinfullust2269]

Is there an easy way to remove multiple games at a time? For instance are you able to choose a console collection folder and search NFL and have all the titles with NFL highlight or pop up? There aren't more than maybe 10 sports games I can think of wanting and the space seems like it'd be a lot to free up for stuff I do want that maybe isn't included.... If that's even possible. Still it would also clear up a lot of clutter as far as I'm concerned. 😄👍

[@ryanbrancel]

Just remove the ROMs you don't want from \CORE - TYPE R\collections\COMPUTERS oms\RetroBat oms. Then go in to RetroBat or LaunchBox and re-scan (or it might update on launch anyways). I purged a bunch of PS Vita Japanese titles, and also found some duplicates.

[@deathsnitemaresinfullust2269]

@@ryanbrancel ok, so you can just like search "NFL" and it will highlight all the NFL Titles in the folder? That's what I want to know, I'm sure you can go through one by one, but there's just a Lot of sports titles I won't want or need. 😅👍

[@porcupinetree3033]

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

[@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

[@ruggerovasques]

How you can play wii games if you don’t have the right controller?

[@ryanbrancel]

Use Wiimotes and a Dolphinbar. Configure it the same as a normal Dolphin set up.

[@thiagoflima420]

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

[@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

[@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?

[@MrSamadolfo]

🙂 cool, thanks for the tip

[@burntvirtue]

Wait, so I can't just plug this into my TV and play the games? I have to buy a mini PC or use my own tower to run it?

[@supergluehotty]

Yep. Super console x 5 might be your guy.

[@alecweiss5471]

Does anyone know how to add new roms and display them on the front ends? Thanks

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@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

[@MrSamadolfo]

🙂 yup me too, planning on buying a few 20TB Hard Drives and reducing the number of drives

[@gillsimo5610]

Ok...but where do I get one of these compooper's?

[@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 😅👍

[@Nunohadadream]

Great video Does anyone know if it is hard to get sinden light guns paired and working?

[@boiyonetta]

Love the way you say compooper

[@gtagta8912]

I watched the video and followed the steps written in the catalog and it did not work. I need help

[@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?