I Bought Bootleg Game Consoles from AliExpress

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I found myself on AliExpress a while back, and ended up purchasing a handful of bootleg game consoles. Naturally, most of them are pretty bad. So let's see what I ended up with!
Bootleg Nintendo Games Video: • I Bought Bootleg Ninte...
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00:00 - I bought more stuff
00:31 - The FC Compact
07:33 - The GS4
12:12 - The Hyper Base FC
26:03 - The Fake Sega Genesis
30:31 - Outro
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  • @DevynCairns
    @DevynCairns2 ай бұрын

    That Hyper Base FC is a really neat idea that definitely feels like a work of passion by someone. I'm really impressed by the laptop hard drive cartridge idea

  • @pikachuchujelly7628

    @pikachuchujelly7628

    2 ай бұрын

    Highly illegal, but awesome nonetheless.

  • @asteroidrules

    @asteroidrules

    2 ай бұрын

    I've got a Raspberry Pi case that works very similarly, shaped like an NES with a "cartridge" slot that takes an encased 2.5" SATA.

  • @D0SMIC

    @D0SMIC

    2 ай бұрын

    ​@@asteroidrulesdo you have the link for the raspberry pi case? I would love to get one as well!

  • @asteroidrules

    @asteroidrules

    2 ай бұрын

    @@D0SMIC It's called a NESPi 4. They were on Amazon but last I checked they're currently out of stock. The company that makes them is called Retroflag, they make a few Pi cases shaped like Nintendos but only the "4" version uses the hard drive cartridges.

  • @LowKeyContender

    @LowKeyContender

    2 ай бұрын

    id buy it. i cant find it tho

  • @vanhoteen
    @vanhoteen2 ай бұрын

    In Latin America, the NES was like a hidden treasure: expensive and hard to find. Nintendo didn't sell it here, so clones appeared: cheaper "pirate" consoles full of Spanish-language games. Why didn't Nintendo bring it? Maybe they thought there wasn't enough money here. Wrong! The clones were a total success and millions of people enjoyed video games for the first time. Were the clones bad? Some were, but others were great and even had their own games. In addition, thanks to them, a Latin American video game industry was born. In short, NES clones were a creative response to Nintendo's absence in Latin America. They brought us joy, fun, and taught us that with ingenuity, anything is possible.

  • @Metal_Maxine

    @Metal_Maxine

    2 ай бұрын

    I know that Brasil had tariffs on non-Brazilian consoles and electronics, it's why Tech Toy produced Master Systems under licence rather than importing them. Nintendo liked to control its entire manufacturing process (carts were built by Nintendo and publishers/developers had to buy them off Nintendo).

  • @mint_kyuu99

    @mint_kyuu99

    2 ай бұрын

    Chilean here, the NES officially came out in 1991, and the SNES came the following year. They were expensive, but they were officially here. They couldn't release the NES earlier due to the dictatorship, but some consoles were imported from the USA since the late 80's. Bootlegs also appeared around the same time those imported consoles started appearing in here.

  • @vanhoteen

    @vanhoteen

    2 ай бұрын

    @@Metal_Maxine y la única megadrive con hdmi

  • @matrix255

    @matrix255

    2 ай бұрын

    I remember having an OG NES not a clone when I was kid here in Venezuela. It was like 93-94 I think

  • @Cooe.

    @Cooe.

    2 ай бұрын

    80's Latin America couldn't afford real NES prices. 🤷 Bringing it over wouldn't have made sense for Nintendo with how small the population that could actually afford it would be. They'd have to dramatically cut their prices & thus margins to get it to sell, making the operation pointless. Cheap Famiclones could be manufactured and sold at much lower costs to Nintendo's first party hardware, especially later on in the early 90's.

  • @Tesinpan
    @Tesinpan2 ай бұрын

    The FC compact and similars were sold in countries like Argentina. In the 90s we have a lot of bootlegs like that, and that product was to give some nostalgic to the people who bought it.

  • @AlejandroRodolfoMendez

    @AlejandroRodolfoMendez

    2 ай бұрын

    Yeah I feel the same

  • @dantevito1193

    @dantevito1193

    2 ай бұрын

    So that explains people talking about the "Family" console, always thought it was strange for a Famicom to come here

  • @Sairot247

    @Sairot247

    2 ай бұрын

    Yeah, famiclones in the 90's had a surprisingly good quality in Argentina, often having components that the original Famicom had. This is a cheap NOAC

  • @Nadia1989

    @Nadia1989

    2 ай бұрын

    ¡Aguante los sabados de Street Fighter en la Family, vieja! 🥲

  • @jeromedado7416

    @jeromedado7416

    2 ай бұрын

    I have this console almost 2 year old I play it to this day this is my only console I have but man its work original cartridge all of my cartridges includes my double dribble.

  • @MsMarco6
    @MsMarco62 ай бұрын

    Honestly that Hyperbase seems like an insane deal. $30 is worth it for the drives alone, considering i've seen similar emulation drives on amazon for twice the price.

  • @RyzesTechZone
    @RyzesTechZone2 ай бұрын

    Trying to use that HyperBase FC as some kind of actual computer would be pretty interesting I think LMAO

  • @aleksazunjic9672

    @aleksazunjic9672

    2 ай бұрын

    They are usually based on some kind of Android TV box, i.e. unused chips for cellphones. Definitely would run some tiny linux distro.

  • @Calajese

    @Calajese

    2 ай бұрын

    @@aleksazunjic9672 It's running EmuELEC so it's definitely ARM-based, a minimal debian or just raspbian would most likely work

  • @HappyBeezerStudios

    @HappyBeezerStudios

    Ай бұрын

    @@Calajese and with a more open platform the newer consoles might emulate a bit better after going through the settings.

  • @KingNikolai
    @KingNikolai2 ай бұрын

    one time my dad bought 2 crappy dropshipped bootleg consoles that barely worked because he fell for a facebook marketplace ad

  • @RBXLayout

    @RBXLayout

    2 ай бұрын

    Oof

  • @archytype.mp3

    @archytype.mp3

    2 ай бұрын

    drop shipping is literally the worst

  • @FabioGnecco

    @FabioGnecco

    2 ай бұрын

    Do you still have the consoles ? XD

  • @rikkisan1

    @rikkisan1

    2 ай бұрын

    I mean at least his heart was in the right place but yeah that sucks

  • @rzzcp

    @rzzcp

    2 ай бұрын

    the playman

  • @kenhill3230
    @kenhill32302 ай бұрын

    The Hyperbase seems like a good deal if you just want retro games.

  • @lasskinn474

    @lasskinn474

    2 ай бұрын

    well you can buy any android puck/stick or if you have a newish tv just run the emulators on the tv itself. if you just want to buy a bunch of roms on a disk you can do that too, but you could just torrent them yourself too(possibly on the tv itself even)

  • @Kwpolska

    @Kwpolska

    2 ай бұрын

    Why would you buy that if any PC manufactured in the past 10 years can handle those games better?

  • @mootwo_

    @mootwo_

    2 ай бұрын

    ​@@Kwpolska1. you'd be surprised how slow some computers made in the past 10 years are 2. it's cheap, small, and already set up for the average consumer

  • @jamesborb4255

    @jamesborb4255

    2 ай бұрын

    ​​@@Kwpolskapcs are much bigger, heavier and power hungry than a raspberry in a famicom plastic shell

  • @godofwar1995100

    @godofwar1995100

    2 ай бұрын

    WHAT IF YOU LIKE HARRY POTTER GAMES?

  • @TheAceWolfe01
    @TheAceWolfe012 ай бұрын

    Hyper Base FC: To quit a game with no confirmation, select+start. That's default in retroarch

  • @FelipeSucksAtTech
    @FelipeSucksAtTech2 ай бұрын

    Probably every Brazillian knows the PolyStation 😂

  • @dad_hoc

    @dad_hoc

    2 ай бұрын

    the GS4 immediately reminded me of my PolyStation. I wonder if the Spanish manual means the primary target of that console was the Paraguayan border town trade, and not the US / English speaking part of the world

  • @23kijek

    @23kijek

    2 ай бұрын

    PolyStation was also very popular in Poland.

  • @0ka354

    @0ka354

    2 ай бұрын

    What about PCP?

  • @AlejandroRodolfoMendez

    @AlejandroRodolfoMendez

    2 ай бұрын

    Most Latin America too

  • @krzysztofpiskorz5876

    @krzysztofpiskorz5876

    2 ай бұрын

    @@23kijekYou mean clone of an "original" clone - Pegasus?

  • @michaeledmundgutierrez
    @michaeledmundgutierrez2 ай бұрын

    I have a Hyperbase FC (got it for a similar price) a while ago and ironically it is something I still play with today lol.

  • @Vednier

    @Vednier

    2 ай бұрын

    But does it have network support?

  • @michaeledmundgutierrez

    @michaeledmundgutierrez

    2 ай бұрын

    @@Vednier Good question. I have not attempted to use the android part or connected to my network.

  • @fortitudevalance8424

    @fortitudevalance8424

    25 күн бұрын

    Hyperbase A1 is a 256GB version with 46k games that’s available now. It’s like a memory bank mot than the ADV displayed in the video. £158 in UK on eBay. Literally just bought one now. Great value and no messing around with looking for old consoles.

  • @anonamatron

    @anonamatron

    24 күн бұрын

    @@fortitudevalance8424 You do know you can just get Retroarch for any android tablet or phone or your laptop or any other device you already have, and play anything you want, right?

  • @tgheretford
    @tgheretford2 ай бұрын

    As an aside, that 60Hz option on Sonic Adventure 2 is for European owners to output the game in PAL 60 on compatible televisions. Nowadays with the days of analogue television and CRT's behind us, everything runs in 60Hz or above in Europe (though television broadcasts still run at 50Hz).

  • @talibong9518

    @talibong9518

    2 ай бұрын

    Isn't PAL 60 pretty much NTSC though? It's the same resolution and refresh rate as NTSC and the colours look a little different compared to PAL. We should just switch to 60fps in Europe, no one watches broadcasts anymore and on demand content is all converted to 30 fps for some stupid reason which makes the playback all jittery, even 24fps video is sped up to 25fps for PAL and then converted to 30fps for on demand when they could just leave it at 24.

  • @tgheretford

    @tgheretford

    2 ай бұрын

    @@talibong9518 It is the same resolution and refresh rate but the colour coding is that of PAL. We use 60fps (60Hz) in Europe for computing and Internet content, the 50fps/25fps interlaced we use for digital television is just a hangover of when analogue televisions matched the output of the power grid. In Japan where they have both 50 and 60Hz grids depending on where in the country you are, they standardised NTSC and its field rate. When regular TV broadcasts were introduced in Japan, electrical engineering had progressed to a point where you wouldn't get screen flicker with the wrong frequency so a TV could happily work on either 50 or 60Hz. Europe waited until the Internet and Plasma/LCD/LED TV to make a switch for media content.

  • @CuteSkyler

    @CuteSkyler

    2 ай бұрын

    ​@@talibong9518The most watched broadcast in the Netherlands here on TV was in 2021, so people are definitely still watching broadcasts, even if you aren't.

  • @ZipplyZane

    @ZipplyZane

    2 ай бұрын

    @@talibong9518 PAL60 is a hack that worked on some PAL CRTs. It uses the NTSC scanline resolution, but still uses the PAL color burst frequency. (If it didn't, you wouldn't get color at all). I don't believe PAL60 was ever used for broadcast. It was just a hack that certain VCRs used to play back NTSC VHS tapes, and later used by consoles to play 60Hz video games on a PAL television. And the standards use 25 or 50Hz for digital broadcast to retain backwards compatibility. It meant TVs could retain compatibility with older analog broadcasts. It makes it easier to digitize old content, without needing to worry about adding in extra frames. And no increased bandwidth from doing so. Sure, that's less of a concern today. But then every TV you guys use is set up to use PAL, so changing it now isn't really worth it. Especially as broadcast TV is declining in favor of watching content online.

  • @RatzaChewy

    @RatzaChewy

    2 ай бұрын

    @@talibong9518 The jitter on 24p is on most US apps too. It's called the 3:2 pulldown, every third frame is held for 2 frames to make 30fps. A few devices and apps offer a match frame-rate mode (my Chromecast with Google TV does) but it's depends on the TV and the app on whether it works and it depends on the original files being stored at the correct frame-rate too. Many people prefer sped up films over judder, so there's no way to please everyone. Plus, programmes have been archived at 50fps for years. The only way it could be possible is if we drop all support for SD broadcasts and the switch-off of has only just started here in the UK (and there's no timeframe for when it should be completed either, the BBC have but the majority of channels on Sky still broadcast using low bitrate MPEG2).

  • @MrJack-cq2dc
    @MrJack-cq2dc2 ай бұрын

    Common mistake with Retroarch based systems and performance. You can change cores and options in Retroarch, you have to try around a bit with what works best for the games but you can get a lot of games playable and more with some effort.

  • @YuutaTogashi0707
    @YuutaTogashi07072 ай бұрын

    The Hyper Base FC is amazing

  • @neumaticimpact

    @neumaticimpact

    2 ай бұрын

    Agreed

  • @Weneedaplague
    @Weneedaplague2 ай бұрын

    One thing sould be noted about the ones like the hyper base fc. Do NOT connect them to your network. And make sure you're scanning usbs you take from it before you use files you've had on the device.

  • @toonfoxart
    @toonfoxart2 ай бұрын

    ahhh, this is so nostalgic, I love so much those Famicom clones. I remember that (at least here in Chile) back in the day was needed to buy a separate power adapter because the one in the box overheated so much that just starts to melt itself and the console powers off

  • @munxcorp
    @munxcorp2 ай бұрын

    I like the part where the power adapter uses an American power connector when it requires European voltage. Very well thought out.

  • @talibong9518

    @talibong9518

    2 ай бұрын

    It's obviously made to work off of a British shaver socket so you play it while pooping! Seriously though I think they're made for 200v Japanese outlets, probably got them super cheap and just threw them in the box without checking the input voltage.

  • @clebbington

    @clebbington

    2 ай бұрын

    Cuba has outlets that fit north american plugs but are over 200V. I don't know what region that thing was made for but it sure wasn't the US 😂 Most generic AC to DC power bricks are multi-voltage nowadays so I was pretty surprised by that

  • @baseddoggie

    @baseddoggie

    2 ай бұрын

    Its for latin american markets

  • @humidbeing

    @humidbeing

    2 ай бұрын

    Other countries use that connector with different voltages. It's not just a US connector.

  • @arnod23

    @arnod23

    Ай бұрын

    Latin america uses same outlet but higher voltage so it's because of that

  • @marxisttheoryandlore
    @marxisttheoryandlore2 ай бұрын

    The ribbon cables on that GS4 evidently have heat insulating peanut butter on the ribbon cables inside it, very ahead of it's time

  • @tawagotoCage
    @tawagotoCage2 ай бұрын

    the FC compact is my main nes device, it works extremely well for its price, not to mention the cartridge slot

  • @tawagotoCage

    @tawagotoCage

    2 ай бұрын

    it's very hard to find quality nes alternatives in poor countries

  • @AguevadoConCaraDeSonso29
    @AguevadoConCaraDeSonso292 ай бұрын

    That "GS4" reminded me of that "NANICA STATION 4" that I got back in 2018, but later got thrown away 3 years later

  • @Vista0279

    @Vista0279

    2 ай бұрын

    Why did you throw it away? Lol

  • @AguevadoConCaraDeSonso29

    @AguevadoConCaraDeSonso29

    2 ай бұрын

    @@Vista0279 The reason why I threw it away is because it broke right after I unplugged it while it was still powered on, but I can't remember the date of that event

  • @DevynCairns

    @DevynCairns

    2 ай бұрын

    Nanica lol... it's something.

  • @grishka212
    @grishka2122 ай бұрын

    The first one doesn't look *too* surprising to me. It's kinda similar to those Dendy consoles we had in Russia in the 90s. I was relatively adult when I found out that NES and Famicom were a thing.

  • @Takoto
    @Takoto2 ай бұрын

    Someone has probably pointed this out already, but if not; with the Sega Genesis bootleg, it's very odd that they've named it as a Sega Genesis on the box, considering here in the UK and EU/PAL region, it was known only as the Sega Mega Drive, and it definitely seems to be giving a PAL output. Just, really odd.

  • @mikey9462

    @mikey9462

    2 ай бұрын

    And it's especially odd given that the Model 3 was only released in North America.

  • @janMakeliakesisuli

    @janMakeliakesisuli

    Ай бұрын

    It’s not a bootleg!!!

  • @StreamCon.
    @StreamCon.2 ай бұрын

    Those mario graphics from the FC Compact hurt me so bad...

  • @mfmr200

    @mfmr200

    2 ай бұрын

    it is so crispy.. 🤣

  • @heavensgate2245

    @heavensgate2245

    2 ай бұрын

    ​@@mfmr200 Jesus Crisp

  • @Philfluffer
    @Philfluffer2 ай бұрын

    I think Nintendo has no grounds to be grumpy about pirated ROMs. They don’t sell most any longer, they don’t maintain, or update them anymore. It’s abandonware, plain and simply.

  • @Mirellarecords
    @Mirellarecords2 ай бұрын

    Fc compact got the tight slot and that is good because don't glitch if you move the cartridge. Greeting from Argentina

  • @youssifmansour
    @youssifmansour2 ай бұрын

    Thank you so much for these fantastic videos, MJD! I love them so much you are my favourite youtuber!

  • @R0DBS
    @R0DBS2 ай бұрын

    The Hyper Base doesn’t look too bad. I’d buy this for retro gaming

  • @addiesworld1855
    @addiesworld18552 ай бұрын

    The sequel we needed!

  • @dylanlindsay1993
    @dylanlindsay19932 ай бұрын

    that hyper base fc i would probably actually buy! the other ones on the other hand are crap!

  • @GaryBeltz
    @GaryBeltz2 ай бұрын

    "Just be prepared for Nintendo to come knocking at your door." Me: You'll never get me Nintendo; I'm not coming out, see? I have a vast supply of snacks and drinks in my bedroom!

  • @Smarttube01
    @Smarttube012 ай бұрын

    Nice vid like always Micheal! I am a huge fan of your channel.

  • @TweeterMan287
    @TweeterMan2872 ай бұрын

    The AliExpress bug bit you too, huh?

  • @JendaLinda
    @JendaLinda2 ай бұрын

    In 90s, Famiclones were extremely popular in East Europe. You could buy them everywhere, including cartridges full of pirated games. Nintendo didn't care at all. Famiclones always used 9 pin Dsub connector for controllers.

  • @hm-wg9ei

    @hm-wg9ei

    2 ай бұрын

    The connectors was also 15-pin. My first famiclone used 15 pin connectors and the joysticks broke very quickly, but the joysticks bought separately never worked. So we bought another Famiclone with 9 pin connectors

  • @xGMV
    @xGMV2 ай бұрын

    Love how these are so common to a good part of the world but not first world countries where they're starting to become collectable, even. And I'm also surprised not many outside of these low cost devices niche know about EmuELEC, or these SBCs. I own one and it was simply terrible, PS1 ran terribly slow and no games had music, so in the end I discovered it had come with Android 8, and from that point I knew I could do something more. I wiped the 64GB SD card included and installed AArch64, which is Arch Linux for ARM devices, and use it as a little server, since those specs are so bad for anything other than that. The controllers it came with serve as backup USB options, because imagine deadzone, now think thrice as much. Cheers, and take care :)

  • @Syntax.error.
    @Syntax.error.Ай бұрын

    The SD in SD card stands for Secure Digital and its a trademark. The TF stands for Trans Flash and that is the generic name for a SD card.

  • @GTXDash
    @GTXDash2 ай бұрын

    I got the FC Compact famiclone (I live in South Africa where you can buy famiclones in retail stores since the 80s), and it was great at helping me fix my real Famicom since some of the plastic components are identical 😄

  • @philtkaswahl2124
    @philtkaswahl21242 ай бұрын

    The Family Computer was my original console since that's what they sold here in the Philippines in the 80s and early 90s instead of the NES version. Seeing one always makes me smile.

  • @doomgamer8599
    @doomgamer85992 ай бұрын

    I'm a big fan of your channel and I never thought you would do a bootleg console review

  • @ChloeKenobi
    @ChloeKenobi2 ай бұрын

    between the tetris cartridge nearly getting stuck, the chopped audio from sonic adventure and the PAL graphics issues on the last one, this might be one of the scariest mjd videos there is 😆 very fun to watch tho!!!

  • @RetroBruno89
    @RetroBruno892 ай бұрын

    Here's some info about the compact fc and that sega clone. The compact fc is more or less popular in south america, in my country (argentina) it was a very popular option for how cheap it used to be. That's why the power brick is 220v. And the sega clone, that box and model in particular (lol even the yellow-ish buttons on the gamepad) was very, and i mean VERY popular in the late 90's and early to mid 2000's. only difference is the game cart that used to come with it was a 4-in-1 with usually 3 shit games and one good game. It brings back some memories man. Brazil and other countries have always consumed clones due to nintendo and sega not oficially releasing their products in our region (well, brazil had an official deal with sega that allowed them to produce oficial sega consoles and games).

  • @badiiin
    @badiiin2 ай бұрын

    You should check how used are those hard drives with the program Crystal Disk Info

  • @zedtronic
    @zedtronic2 ай бұрын

    Ah, yes, the perfect birthday present to end my birthday with, a new MJD video!!!

  • @clashblaster
    @clashblaster2 ай бұрын

    I definitely wouldn't trust those drives for long-term use. Not only are they older mechanical drives (which isn't always the end of the world, but you can never be sure, and that inconsistency is the problem) but using them as if they were cartridges will definitely introduce unwanted wear on the connections. Internal connections like the ones on hard drives are tested and rated for far fewer insertions than actual cartridges or cards that are designed to be removed and plugged back in over and over like that. I wouldn't be surprised if the connectors on the drives start having issues after only a few dozen or so insertions.

  • @racingdrifter
    @racingdrifter2 ай бұрын

    Seeing the F.C compact reminded me of the one my dad bought me, Remembered asking him for a SNES & NES and getting that bootleg. Oh well finding genuine ones are hella expensive and hard when barely exist in third world countries😭

  • @j.w.techchannel
    @j.w.techchannel2 ай бұрын

    This video was great. That Hyperbase FC console surprised me as well, it's actually pretty good considering you got it for just $30

  • @DouglasFish
    @DouglasFish2 ай бұрын

    your videos are a lot of fun; it's weird how I've seen some of these before

  • @sebastian19745
    @sebastian197452 ай бұрын

    I had the first console, way back in the 90s. In time I bought many cartridges, originals and bootlegs, and few more consoles when they breaked. At a moment, I had many games but I did not had any console because they broked and literally dissapeared from the market. Now I wish to have those games because I see that these clones came back again.

  • @asteroidrules
    @asteroidrules2 ай бұрын

    The "Hyper Base FC" is a very interesting little mix of ideas. Its running EmuELEC which is a common operating system for handheld emulators, but the case design with the hard drive bay is very similar to the NESPi 4, a Raspberry Pi case that mimics the formfactor of the NES and uses a cartridge slot as a bay for 2.5" SATA SSDs. For $30 it's pretty decent, but for $100 it's absurd.

  • @lightguard1
    @lightguard12 ай бұрын

    HyperBase FC reminds me of my old retro console project on Raspberry pi 3, even the interface is kinda samey. So it is basically a box with retroarch in it as it's shell.

  • @jort93z
    @jort93z2 ай бұрын

    You might be interested in some of those "retro handheld"s they have on there. RG35XX, R36S, Miyoo Mini Plus and so on. They can play a bunch of retro consoles.

  • @attack0nmem0ry
    @attack0nmem0ry2 ай бұрын

    MJD! Love the collection of janky console emulators. Hope to see more in the future. Cheers, man. 🍻

  • @evergaolbird
    @evergaolbird2 ай бұрын

    Tengen Tetris remains my favorite version in NES, used to own a legit cartridge of that game but it was sold by my family a long time ago.

  • @alisharifian535
    @alisharifian5352 ай бұрын

    I have a famiclone that looks like a famicom but its brand is "home computer system". It had the same chips as a famicom (four 74lsxxx chips and a ppu and cpu) but i managed to fry them 😬. I replaced the board with a epoxy blob board from "Ending man terminator" and i sometimes use it.

  • @woofy1988
    @woofy19882 ай бұрын

    9:29 My AuDHD thanks you for putting the right channel audio in the left channel. That would have driven me crazy otherwise

  • @redcoder09
    @redcoder092 ай бұрын

    I'm certain that Hyper Base FC was running Batocera as a frontend.

  • @gluttonousmaximus9048

    @gluttonousmaximus9048

    2 ай бұрын

    EmuElec, which is CoreElec, except with an EmulationStation frontend instead of Kodi

  • @Funnyperson-jz3ut
    @Funnyperson-jz3ut2 ай бұрын

    Nice thing you uploaded this, here comes the Nintendo police to shut these down lol

  • @pacifico4999
    @pacifico49992 ай бұрын

    I wonder if you can install regular Linux on the FC and use it as a Raspberry Pi alternative

  • @xGMV

    @xGMV

    2 ай бұрын

    You can, I run AArch64 on a SBC with the same exact specs after the device turned out to be... well, you watched the video.

  • @fallwitch
    @fallwitch2 ай бұрын

    I quite like that third one. Thanks for the video.

  • @talongregory4375
    @talongregory4375Ай бұрын

    The hyper base fc concept is honestly intriguing. It would be fascinating to see a modern "cartridge" console utilize ssds or hdds as physical media

  • @lulprumpt4696
    @lulprumpt4696Ай бұрын

    love the dry af "definitely my favorite mario games" lmao

  • @weok-doing-things
    @weok-doing-things2 ай бұрын

    If someone know the Miniso chain of stores in China (which also available in Asia in general in some places) they have their own handheld consoles too. So I bought one just for collection and it have the same loader as consoles in the video - same music, more or less the same games collection

  • @adamsfusion
    @adamsfusion2 ай бұрын

    3:50 China's "Type A" power outlets use plugs identical to NA ones but run at 50Hz/220V.

  • @ArinTv999
    @ArinTv9992 ай бұрын

    i was 100% down to watch you finish that game of Tetris my guy

  • @SRMkay
    @SRMkay2 ай бұрын

    Boxes similar to the Hyper Base FC are actually fairly common. My friend had one that was functionally about identical but came in a smaller form factor.

  • @Lando00100
    @Lando001002 ай бұрын

    I have the retroflag case for my pi. It looks like a mini nes but the Cartridge bay works and fits sata, and Cartridge cases for the drives. It really is a pain to set something like this up yourself but far far better. Either way its best to atleast Google the O.S. so you understand how it works.

  • @ZgadywankiTV
    @ZgadywankiTV2 ай бұрын

    Aaah... Famiclons are pure childhood nostalgia in countries where Nintendo had no official distribution in the past. Legends say that the best one was "Pegasus" sold in Poland in the early 1990s. Interestingly, it was sold legally, because after the fall of communism there was no copyright law yet. (later the distributor invested all his money in the food industry and became the largest producer of soda drinks).

  • @CDJAM-webm
    @CDJAM-webm2 ай бұрын

    woah that was early usually your videos release at 9pm my time!!

  • @radzs9939
    @radzs99392 ай бұрын

    17:44 Eggman: IM BACK IN THE EXHIBIT AGAIN, OMG

  • @thegamingconnoisseur4151
    @thegamingconnoisseur41512 ай бұрын

    Because of course you bought bootleg consoles MJD for Science! I'll just look forward to hearing Bet on it as I always do ❤

  • @nemesisnine3297
    @nemesisnine3297Ай бұрын

    I had a famiclone as a kid who grew up in a small town in Mexico and i have alot of beautiful core memories of it.

  • @NcWcN1
    @NcWcN12 ай бұрын

    5:06 "Mario on crack" as referred to by another KZreadr (can't honestly recall) when reviewing another Famiclone 😂

  • @proxy1035
    @proxy10352 ай бұрын

    love how the box for the GS4 said "2 joysticks" while refering to controllers, and then the controllers don't even have any sticks on them. also i would've loved a close up of that board at 11:32. i mean it is very likely emulatation but doesn't seem like a regular modern ARM SoC as even the game select is done within what seems like NES limitations.

  • @jordanl5444

    @jordanl5444

    Ай бұрын

    Famiclones often have an SOC that is more capable (by some metrics) than original hardware. Look up the VTxx series of NOAC hardware for some examples. Wouldnt quite call it emulation, kind of a weird in between situation

  • @thardump859
    @thardump859Ай бұрын

    Honestly I was kind of hoping for you to take apart the bootleg genesis. I really wanted to see it's insides.

  • @willaimkazer9754
    @willaimkazer97542 ай бұрын

    So, Copy/Paste all of the content on the drives to your pc and run games at full speed. Nothing illegal here.

  • @windowsnt63official
    @windowsnt63official2 ай бұрын

    FC Compact is such a terrible name.

  • @clementpoon120

    @clementpoon120

    2 ай бұрын

    i have the exact same console, it's a near empty plastic shell with a small piece of circuit board in it

  • @killerbee2562

    @killerbee2562

    2 ай бұрын

    @@clementpoon120Nes on a chip?

  • @clementpoon120

    @clementpoon120

    2 ай бұрын

    @@killerbee2562 *in a blob

  • @godofwar1995100

    @godofwar1995100

    2 ай бұрын

    SHOULD BE CALLED THE HARRY POTTER GAME BOX LOL

  • @Alesiopdv
    @AlesiopdvАй бұрын

    the FC compact was one of the many models that were popular in latinamerica. I´m from Argentina and had that model as a kid. It can run famicom cartridges but is designed with the chinese cartridges in mind which are shorter and bulkier. Theres also the format and power output to consider so yeah basically is not meant for the USA market. Here? Man I want that, literally my childhood.

  • @Rafielo
    @Rafielo2 ай бұрын

    I have one of the first famicom he showed off. The regular cartridges do eject if you put pressure on the eject button, harshly but it does eject, but at all costs try avoiding using Namcot collection cartridges (Pacman/Mappy/ect). Theyre too heavy and bulky for the thing to eject properly. I swear the console was gonna break from them. I'd suggest to just get a few of those 500 in 1 cartridges on this thing.

  • @gamevidsnstuff5805
    @gamevidsnstuff58052 ай бұрын

    That Hyperbase is awesome. I'm so getting one.

  • @solomonsgamingchannel367
    @solomonsgamingchannel3672 ай бұрын

    The Hyperbase FC console’s interface looks like the Retrobat PC emulator interface.

  • @ripjaw1212-9
    @ripjaw1212-92 ай бұрын

    i remember having an nes labeled “entertainment system” and the controller ports looked like vga output ports (they werent tho) and it worked via aux cable

  • @nickvirgili2969
    @nickvirgili29692 ай бұрын

    Definitely pi based, those power plugs always come with pis, the switch plug. They work great.

  • @Dragonfire511
    @Dragonfire5112 ай бұрын

    The first Famiclone ones have the exact same music as my cheap "gameboy" Famiclone that i bought from AliExpress. 😂. Also, Sonic Adventure 2 running slow could be because of that DC emulation core that is included in the system, maybe changing the core could help.

  • @ericwood3709
    @ericwood37092 ай бұрын

    The Hyper Base FC is a clever one. I don't know which SBC it is using, but I assume it is off-the-shelf or near to it, and then they are presumably recycling old spinning hard drives to serve as the "cartridges." I like it. That's the kind of bootleg mini console I would want to make and sell. Too bad it apparently lacks the processing power to emulate the Dreamcast properly, though. If it can't do it right, they just shouldn't include those games, I feel.

  • @cellohm
    @cellohm16 сағат бұрын

    That fc compact used to be so good quality in the early 90s.

  • @JustinEmlay
    @JustinEmlay2 ай бұрын

    That site needs a random button. Input a category, input a dollar amount then just click random and enjoy the box that comes.

  • @dator36
    @dator362 ай бұрын

    Would love to see a series reviewing retro emulation consoles

  • @shinrin4152
    @shinrin41526 күн бұрын

    That first console, I recognize that boot screen. If you had chosen one of those Mario games you would have found GRAND DAD!!!

  • @prawny12009
    @prawny120092 ай бұрын

    Hyperbase fc remote control looks like a typical android box remote. probably worth that for the storage media, an android tv box is probably $30 on its own too.

  • @valoroushell
    @valoroushell2 ай бұрын

    We need more videos like this!

  • @Stunseed
    @StunseedАй бұрын

    hyperbase FC is kinda nice. i mean you could just plug those things into a pc and see what happens 2 new external drives that looks like game cartridges.. pretty em up with some game stickers lol.

  • @CrashFan03
    @CrashFan032 ай бұрын

    i find it funny that the fake genesis uses the exact same clone hardware as official genesis clones made by atgames. makes me think that atgames bought the clone hardware on surplus and rebadged it themselves with an official sega license

  • @TheRailroad99
    @TheRailroad992 ай бұрын

    I wonder file rescue software like Recuva could still find files on these drives. That would be very interesting to know, if they at least clean them up properly (and not just a quick format)

  • @mikez.6309
    @mikez.6309Ай бұрын

    The MegaDrive one would have definitely fooled me. The logo, the 90's style artwork on the box,....I don't know how they got away with it.

  • @kellychristus2496
    @kellychristus2496Ай бұрын

    Definitely want a Hyperbase FC for those Amiga games!

  • @ScrambledAndBenedict
    @ScrambledAndBenedict2 ай бұрын

    It's interesting how many of those knockoff consoles use com ports instead of USB or anything like that. I'd really love for you to crack open one of those controllers to see if they're using the same 4021 shift register chip the NES used. They're probably using nothing more than an NES emulated on a chip, with a X-in-1 rom, to keep costs as low as humanly possible.

  • @SpicyTuna94
    @SpicyTuna942 ай бұрын

    The hard drives are interesting to me- if they were actually recycled out of old laptops or wherever I wonder if there is remnants of past user data. Would be an interesting experiment to run a data recovery program on them. I doubt the plant assembling these things has procedures in place to zero out the drives. Or maybe they just buy a bunch of NOS 2.5" drives.

  • @GeteMachine
    @GeteMachineАй бұрын

    The hypebase is surprisingly legit. I wouldn't even be mad if someone bought me that. Its menus and how it looks on screen ironically should have been what the GS4 was tbh but its nor.

  • @meetoo594
    @meetoo5942 ай бұрын

    Are the playstation games missing the cd audio? I have come across a few of these consoles that have hundreds of games without soundtracks to save space, which is a bit naughty tbh.

  • @squidjam
    @squidjam2 ай бұрын

    Avoid running normal android apps on the Hyper Beast (or any of those Android devices) unless you know they don't have malware or rootkits... And clone those drives before they expire!

  • @damegataco
    @damegatacoАй бұрын

    You should have chose the hero story... That first sonic level is THE BEST Edit: Awwww.... That song is the best. Sucks the emulation struggled with it.

  • @mattelder1971
    @mattelder19712 ай бұрын

    It should be fairly easy to reconfigure the buttons on the Hyper Base FC to act however you like. Just dig through the menus.

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