@@jamesbevan4479 I didn't add one to the inside.. there are 4 screws under the grips on the bottom.. I pulled it apart drilled small holes from the inside out and glued a small usb fan on top. I got it cheap on Amazon and plugged it into the 4th controller port
@@ScottTuckerATX ideal thanks for the help. I'm assuming that months later its still working good after this? Also, did you have the fan air flow going in or out?
@@jamesbevan4479 there's a metal heat sync in the center under the cover. I have it blowing directly on it.. it's a complete fix we played 3 player mario kart64 last night for several hours, that would have been impossible before the fan
If you are of a certain age, these little boxes are pure nostalgia. For the price this is incredible value for money as an all in one retro experience. C64, Amiga, NES, SNES, Master and Genesis. Shame they've not set up some of the systems correctly, particularly the handhelds but otherwise an incredibly cheap way to Retro Game. Thanks for the little technical bits as well.
I think a bigger heatsink would be viable, same with improved ventilation, but supplying power to a fan would be quite a challenge. I may tackle it in the future but given the availability of other options out there, not sure if the juice is worth the squeeze!
I’m going to first try just setting the system on small, plastic encased ice pack like for lunch coolers. If any condensation forms that’s as easy as putting a dry cloth in-between. Or just leaving the screws out soni can pop the top off the console should help cooling considerably. Another very simple solution is adding an inexpensive (5Below or even Dollar tree) USB powered fan they sell for “self cooling” with soft blades pointed at the opened case during play. Another option is simply cutting more vents or holes into the casing too, maybe sides or bottom if needed and affixing a fine-mesh dust screen over the holes. Or yank an old heat sink from an old computer CPU or graphics cards with fresh thermal paste. There’s dozens of ways to cool this down if needed for between $0.00-$3.00. Not worried. I understand that some prefer to keep everything looking tidy, which is always nice, but I didn’t order one to gaze at the shell, but to play the games, so function beats form in my book.
Sweet! Has FF Tactics. I'm unable to play my disc version on my burned out OG Playstation. I'll be ordering the Super Console X Cube this weekend. Thanks for this review.
Awesome video like always, The Cube yeah better cooling would give it better performance. In the end.. more of the same when it comes now with these Android Box / EmuElec machines 😑
It has been a while since Amlogic came with new CPUs. S905 and S922 have been around for years now :( I also wish Kinhank or any other company would put a system like this in a real sized SNES console. Basically like a clone console, but with a better GUI. Some stickers from Sakura modding on it and it would look amazing :)
Depends how you want to look at it, most of these games are so old that they really should be public domain and a lot of people treat them as such. As for the rights and wrongs about that, personally, I have no guilt in playing games that are over 10 years old for free, the real guilty ones are the companies trying to profit on something decades later.
Thanks for this excellent review. I am still waiting for one of these boxes that hit the sweet spot between performance, price and content. Each seems to have issues, from overheating to a ton of duplicates, to no sound to save space on the SD card. I was even willing to pay for the console X king, but even that box has issues. That really surprised me, considering the cost. I just I will just have to wait. So far the best solution for me has been to buy a used PC, put a fairly decent GPU in it, and run a Botecera hard drive. Thanks again.
Best version of Back to the Future... I made a literal laugh out loud. You're dead pan delivery is freaking hilarious man! But compared to the LJN version?... I guess you were actually being dead serious.
Did anyone else purchase this and not have the controllers work correctly whatsoever out of the box? I know I am not the only one. Some people on Reddit were saying their super console x cube had to be factory reset OR a USB keyboard had to be used to navigate correctly to the controller configuration menu in RetroArch.
The PS1 library actually seems a bit bleak, but I guess it's nice to have it at all, though my main interest in one of these systems is getting a full library for the Super Famicom, but I don't think it's on this system...
Hi. I just ordered one of these after watching this review and a couple others. For cooling, I was thinking about getting a laptop cooling fan,and sitting the console on top of it. I hope that will help. Thank you for the great video, I love your channel.
I have a problem. All worked but not now. The Super Console X Cube won't boot up fully. It gets to green screen. I turned off display video on Boot which was the developers video intro. The music plays. EmuElec won't load up. How can I reset force to Default settings. I don't have a PC.
Mine didn't come with a remote control, i got the 256gb version. I modded my Final Fight Arcade1up machine with an Intec Deck and connected my super console x cube to my arcade machine. Cheap modification, added over 50k games that i can play on my arcade machine! I added the diablo file also.
I watched your older vid about the pocket go s30 and I love it thanks for the help with the software Guide video it run sweet as nut it’s all my old Pokemon games and rom hacks
Hello, has anyone paired a 8bitdo N30 to the Super Console X Cube? I can’t seem to get it to recognize the controller. Admitted I’m not the best informed or experienced with this technology. Thanks in advance for anyones time!
Can you remove the sd card from this device, insert into your pc and boot the sd card as startup. Would Emulec, Retro Arch run on your pc as if from this device, albeit with better performance? Edit: Nevermind, apparently you can't run Emulec on a pc.
Great review- PLEASE NOTE: The game list links ARE WRONG! They are for Super Console X Pro (which is a tvbox) not for Super Console X CUBE! There is BIG difference as X CUBE has up to 685 of PS1 games with the option of download more and the X Pro has ONLY 63!
thank you for the list. Ordered one yesterday without knowing the full system list, unfortunately no Colecovision. Does anyone know if a emulator can be loaded on to it?
Hi, can you help me? I just bought a console and I have a very silly doubt, I don't know how to exit the game and return to the beginning, when I don't want to change the console I have to restart the on and off, can you tell me how to exit the game and return to the beginning? thank you and I hope you can help me, thank you
EmuELEC is a frontend that allows you to navigate through and launch your games, but the underlying emulator cores that most consoles use is RetroArch. So EmuELEC is like a skin over RetroArch.
First thing I do when a machine is pre-loaded is delete all the games. It's pointless, overwhelming and makes navigation a chore. That's just me though.
I take the card out, put it in its box and keep that as stock. Then use a brand name card and flash your own OS, I prefer Batocera, and set up your own build. Ofcourse the point of these preloaded systems are plug and play so its an alternative for those that dont know how to set up their own, or dont have time etc..
Sure, that's exactly what I do as well. I like starting from clean firmware and my own ROM library. But we're not the target audience of a device like this :)
Is there a way to get the handhelds to do the "core provided" full screen scaling by default so you don't have to change it every time you launch a game?
I was interested in this sort of machine for a long time but came to the conclusion that setting up your own emulation front and set of emulators, backup game rom library and so on was half the fun. Plus, if you use your pc or build a dedicated machine for it you can plan ahead and make sure it can run the stuff you like. Still enticing to see if there ever will be one of these that'll match what you can do yourself with RetroArch + Launchbox on pc or even handhelds like PSVita.
Indeed! And much at this point is more about tweaking the emulators and software than needing to change the hardware anyways. The speed and ease at which he entered the settings and downloaded that smoothing filter (which didn’t affect performance at all but made for better graphics) looks nice to me. I’ll also be running it through my Marseille MClassic HDMI external graphics card which is feature packed and makes a huge difference on many platforms with zero added lag despite reprocessing all the graphics in real-time. I have one connected to a powered 5-way HDMI 4k/60HZ splitter I feed all my consoles through before it outputs to my TV. Works great!
Yes, they were all set to 480p when doing my testing. You couple probably play the N64 games at 320x240 with no issues, but to me it's too fuzzy to be playable on a TV at that resolution.
Is there any work around to connect ps5 controllers for these things? I am thinking of gifting this to my nieces and nephews but i am assuming they would want to use the ps5 controllers they already have. Is there an adapter i can plug in so they can use the ps5 controllers?
I would go with this one, unless you really want to use the mediocre Android on the Pro (streaming is not bad, though). This one has better performance, so long as you manage the thermals. Might as well go with the more powerful one even if you have to watch the CPU temp for certain games/systems.
Thank you for the review. I just received one today. Having trouble connecting controllers. Even the ones it came with. Also, the Dreamcast section only has 3 games. Is this normal?
Thanks for this review, really helps me on deciding on which super console I should get. Can you also connect the 8bitdo adapter w/ xbox one controller? Or can you connect bluetooth controllers on that device?
Between this cube vs the super console x pro, which is greater in your opinion? I've heard the king is top tier and price on the list but out of the two lower level ones, it seems they have comparable number of games, emulators, and specs just different console?
I'm looking forward getting this one day, it affordable play there many games I want to play again and never played. I got the super console x pro, ps classic with 15000 games, plus a retro gp430 handheld. I need to fix those consoles plus I love to add more games on my gp430 like Spyro.
Kinda wish KinHank started using TV boxes with bluetooth included, they're just a couple of bucks more expensive than the ones that don't have it from the same manufacturers so there's little excuse for them to keep chosing the cheapest option all the time... Going to something that could emuelec 4.0 or higher would get a noticeable price hike for that extra ram, but that's totally not the case for bluetooth and it would make those cheap controllers something we could skip more easily.
How in the name of hell are people able to play NES games from the get-go, but when I try them the button inputs don't work and I am stuck on the start menus? The controller works fine on the console list menu, but whenever I fire up an NES game none of the buttons work?
My superconsole X cube just suddenly stopped working... It wont load system config always gets stuck at the end on 'sony PlayStation portable minis' can someone help me fix this issue? I only played a few games before it stopped loading past system config 😢
Hi Russ, great vid... Question, did you ever find a way to get the sm64 port working on emuelec on one of these boxes? I've tried a few different builders and tweaking config files for my s905x3 but had no success... Can get the 351elec version running but like you experienced its scaled small.
I have a question. I bought the same system. I see that the Game Genie is a game option to apply cheat codes for the NES games. How do I apply the Game Genie cheat option to the NES games on the console?
Just received this thing, for 50$ it seems worth it. When I boot it up it runs, but the green power light comes on red. Also, having issues with wifi and controllers 3 and 4.
Russ i need help. So i have been having a hard time deciding my birthday gift and im between the rgb351p and the v90, so i whould appreciate a little help
I'd say it depends on what you are looking for. You're going to get better performance and comparability out of the 351p. The V90 will still play anything up to 16-bit and even some Playstation. Obviously the V90 doesn't have any sticks so anything that requires those is a no, but the actual usable screen for anything other than GBA is going to be larger on the V90, due to the 4:3 aspect ratio versus the 3:2 ratio on the 351p. Also, the interface on the V90 is less user-friendly than on the 351p. Personally, I like the clamshell design of the V90 over the design of the 351p, and the fact that the V90 costs about half the price of the 351p. So for me the V90 is the better option, but I don't play much past SNES on these handhelds. You might also consider the PocketGo S30 as sort of a middle of the road between the V90 and the 351p, both in price and performance.
Everything KrazyK said :) I would also add that in terms of battery life, the V90 is pretty poor (about 2 hours). The RG351P can give you 4-6 hours depending on what you're playing.
Looking to get an emulater like this for my kids to play old Nintendo etc games on theyve been wanting to play. Is this worth it or what would you recommend thanks
