You guys are quite the retro duo yourselves, har har har. :) I'm not sure about the system itself, but I'm definitely gonna get those awesome adapters, turn my SNES into a one stop system for Nintendo and Sega games. Rad!
I wasn't sure where to post this but screw it. Huge fan, keep up the great work. Love the pickups videos as well as your hidden gems videos, you really got me back into collecting :)
Aside from being a good two-perspective review of this product, I loved this video because of the humor involved. You have a great chemistry and it's amusing to me to see you each take a few playful digs at each other in this manner-- not to mention the funny epilogues for each of your vids which make me laugh almost every time. With the RetroN 5 delayed 'til spring, this is tempting as a purchase... though the issue with the trigger button placement does put me off a bit. Also... Rad Racer II is incompatible? BOO. The RetroDuo is a neat concept, and certainly is one that I wished for 20 years ago. I just don't know that I'd be interested in it now as a portable, given that I have the original hardware to play the games on as I choose at home and don't have many situations to game on the go when I'm not home. Hopefully we'll see more product reviews from you in the weeks to come. Happy New Year-- and continued success in 2014!
Honestly this is the best review of this product I have seen so far, most others have glossed over NES compatibility and you guys have been much more extensive in add-on compatibility. Great job.
That was the funniest moment in all of Game Sack. XD When Joe said, "This is as comfortable as holding the balls of God!" I had to stop the video because I was laughing so hard.
I have the original (non portable) retro duo. I love it! Though my only major qualm is that it can often significantly distort colors on the NES games and mute them a bit on the SNES games. Still, as you mentioned, the sheer quantity of games it's capable of playing is impressive. I'd be interested to see if the GBA and Gen adaptor work on their previous models.
I also have the original retro duo and I agree. The NES games sometimes are in black and white. Or have a bunch of static on screen. SNES seems to work pretty good.
i have an older model retroduo as well as the gensis adapter it works perfect with every game i own except evander holyfeilds boxing for some odd reason i have a hand full of these carts and not one worked
Apparently the buzzing in the headphones is because it has composite video on the 3rd lead of the minijack, so that's what causes the buzz on a 2-lead headphone minijack. I think if you use a 3-lead jack (ie a headphones with a microphone) that should isolate the noise away?
With RU-vid-ageddon in full swing, it's great to find channels that are still putting out vids (most of my game related ones have dried up). I've been watching your vids for a couple of weeks now, and they just keep getting better. Thanks! :)
Happy New Year, GameSack! Loved the review, you guys are getting better each episode. Definitely decided against getting that portable, despite wanting one.
I love your guys' on-screen schtick, but I'd like to see a little more of the natural interactions between you two... sometimes the whole "frienemy" thing seems a bit forced, but it's still fun.
If you have "piano" (really long) fingers like I do, the button layout is a bit more comfortable in the hand. Yes the adapters can be a bit hard on the budget, but give the system a much larger library that goes backwards and sideways which if you're into classic gaming, this is a perfect console then.
I've had good experiences with mine. I spend a good couple hours commuting by bus each day, so that's quite a lot of extra playing time in a given week. I also took it to a friend's place while housesitting and hooking it up to the tv worked great.
I watched so many RDP reviews during the past few weeks but Game Sack's review is the definite one to go for, for anyway's who's really interested in purchasing the system and/or a good laugh.
I bought one spur of the moment and I have to say I was really impressed! you guys brought up some real solid points and you will really get some bang for your buck with all the adapters at a relatively low price. Plus who doesn't want to play the original versions of ffII and ffII on the go
RetroBit makes a different NES adaptor for the SNES. I'm guessing this adapter was made specially for the RDP to help hold the cartridge in place on a portable device.
The Tower of power, so hilarious. Another great episode guys! Thanks! I always love the possibility to get more out of a gaming console with adapters. But I never feel they have a good quality. The retro duo is no exception for me :(
I love how the RetroGen adapter is not just a Sega Genesis on a chip but also a Sega Master System on a chip adapter as well so basically Retrobit just gave us two systems in one adapter for the Super NES, you just need to plug in the Power Base Converter to get SMS compatibility. That to me is awesome on Retrobit's part, even some of the actual Genesis brand systems doesn't had Sega Master System support like the Genesis Model 3, Sega Nomad, and the AtGames Sega Genesis.
Okay, I'm just gonna be straight-up honest here, guys. I love your stuff and always find it very informative, well-edited and professionally-made, and get enough entertainment value out of it for those reasons... but as you often acknowledge, it's rarely all that *funny*. But man, in this ep... oh my god, the Tower of Power bit and everything around there... I was on the floor. Absolutely had me in stitches -- I'm really glad you finally did it! I'm so proud! Keep it up!
As far as I know the reason the GBA and Genesis adapters have their own AV outs is that all the actual guts is in the adapter. It doesn't use any of the SNES' hardware to output the video. It merely draws power from it. I agree it's clunky but probably the easiest way of doing emulation on a SNES, especially when you consider the SNES is 16bit and the GBA is 32bit.
Great video like usual, I was thinking about buying that console, but now Im more interested into the GBA adapter for SNES, I had no idea such think existed.
I lost my shit laughing at this review. "Holding the balls of God" my favorite quote ever. I love that you guys threw everything including the kitchen sink at those adapters. This was the review I never knew I needed.
Maybe 8 or 9 years later, there will be a portable Xbox360 and PS3 combine gaming machine...Play all digitally downloaded 360 and PS3 games on the go..
I've been subscribed to Gamesack for a long time and I generally find this show quite entertaining... But this is probably my favorite episode so far, especially the bit at 4:50 :)
I wonder if any homebrew efforts will ever take advantage of lock-on technology. It seems like it could have tons of potential; physical DLC/add-ons or mods.
