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If your old Nes Or Snes consoles no longer work. buy a Retron 2 console. Now. you don't have to buy 2 consoles to play your old Nes & Snes games. Who wants to do that? I received mine in the mail yesterday. It arrived the very next day. First of all, the Retron 2 console is very light weight. I'd say it weighs only 2-3 lbs at least. It even looks like the old Snes consoles of yesteryear. You get 1 nes corded controller & 1 Snes corded controller. They seem to work pretty good. You use the original Snes & Nes controllers if you want to. The controller ports are on the left & right sides of the Retron 2 console. It gets a little getting used to. After awhile, you'll get used to it. The graphics & sound quality is not as good as the original consoles. But the Retron 2 is a nice clone system to have if you don't want to buy 2 seperate consoles. The console will even play the old Nes & Snes game genies, if you have them. All in all, a great little console to play most of your Nes & Snes games. Buy one today, you'll love it!Read full review
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I'm a little confused with most of the 5/5 star reviews for this product; they either give some cons that should certainly warrant a lower score, or they only indicate that it allows them to "relive their past". Those types of reviews really aren't useful and certainly don't help the consumer make a intelligent decision about this product. People should know what they are getting into, so if you're a potential buyer, please be careful when looking at the other 5/5 scores people give this and make sure you get all the facts. That being said, the RetroN DOES work, as in it plays all my NES and SNES games without too much hassle. But it has a bunch of design flaws that are very annoying and some that will undoubtedly lead to trouble during long-term use. I'll break it down with the pros and cons: PROS - Picture is pretty good. (though, compared to a ROM it isn't) - You can use original controllers if you have them. - It works .. for now CONS - Very cheaply made. Sure, it weighs a lot less than an original NES and SNES for easy transport, but that also means it is more fragile too. - The controllers are garbage and feel NOTHING like the original controllers (e.g. the buttons stick out too far); Precision games like Mario are unplayable. I would definitely pick up the original Nintendo controllers if you can; I did and the difference is night and day. - The controller ports are located on the sides of the console, which is a super weird design choice and thus makes for awkward console setup in your TV stand. It has a short cord length as well, so chances are you're going to have to move it to the floor, which sucks because... - Any real impact to the RetroN will ruin your current play and you will need to reset the game. - The eject button only works for the SNES and it REALLY launches it. - Putting the cartridges in the game slots is very weird; you can never be sure if it's connected securely or not. Games connected in so tightly (especially NES) that I'm pretty sure it damages the connectors every time you take it out. Definitely invest in some "dry lube" spay. - For my RetroN, the SNES connector was laid out a bit off center (installed slightly diagonal on the internal board), so it took awhile to figure out why I couldn't get the cartridge to connect. - I noticed that the audio is a bit weird in some cases; for example, the Super Mario Bros. 1 "coin grab" is definitely distorted. The SNES audio seems fine so far though. BOTTOM LINE I'm a bit torn about recommending this product, so I'll give two scenarios: If you don't care about quality and just want something to play your old games (likely just for the short term), I might recommend this. It does work after all. However, if you care in any way about quality and stability, then no, this isn't for you. Mainly because I have doubts about the long-term use of the RetroN 2 based on its connectors and flimsy build. Also, those controllers man.. they are so bad. I would definitely recommend buying the original consoles, which you can get at a slightly more expensive bottom line.Read full review
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I bought this and got the Retron 5 instead thinking I got lucky with something that now takes 5 systems. It lasts a month or so and then completely stopped working. I mean the power would not even work, and slowly each system stopped working one at a time. It was like doomsday or something. It takes forever to load your games, which defeats the purpose of cartridges, and the save option is pointless, as well as sound track feature, some may like it because you can hook it up to a computer and record I can imagine. however, it is impossible to rip out your games at times, and will ruin the teeth. You can only use the cordless controller because if you try yours, it will lag even more than the game does itself at times. You will click to jump on a platform and it wont, or will delay, so playing platform games like mega man and castlevania, becomes a feat. I pretty much bought it to use during the holidays because I had tons of games and no consoles anymore that worked. After I got consoles later, I noticed my games never worked, and needed rubbing alcohol rub down first , but I cold be mistaken as used consoles are no better sometimes, but still far more reliable than this .thing that impresses you at first with enhanced graphics and sound to all your games So buy this for a festivity or temporay use. The graphics are definatly enhanced but if you try using your original controllers, they do not respond well and you end up ruining the bottons pushing them too hard to try to get them to comply. It was an interesting experience to say the least. I will never buy one again though. It self destructs on it's own much like a lot of cheap boom boxes you buy now that suddenly stop working, and eat your tapes or wont play cd's anymore. The fact that the entire thing slowly stopped working is insane. So it was an effort on there part, but they need to fix all these glitches. but...if you are desperate for your old school game fix for a low price, you can consider this a rental that you do not return and expires after a month lol.Read full review
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Will not play most of my super nes games had to pull out the super to play all-star Mario. Smh. I wanted this because it was a dual for both. I already had one for bed, but had a super as well and wanted to eliminate clutter. Every time I try to play snes they will not play long they shut right off. I would not recommend this item.
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very pleased. console is simple to hook up and at least as easy to use as the original--with obviously more features. I have nes and snes games and this unit fits my needs just right. thanks.
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