HDMI game console for old games (rec)

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9:29a, 5/1/23

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has anyone bought on of these? I saw some ads on Instagram for them.

its kind of like a Firestick. you plug it in and have access to Mario, Donkey Kong, etc.

I wanted to buy one but seeing if anyone has used something similar that they liked? thanks

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9:36a, 5/1/23

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You're going to get a bunch of recommendations for building a Raspberry Pi. It's fairly straight forward if you want to try and DIY it and you'll get access to a bunch of different games and systems. I made one about 5 years ago and it was a fun project.

That being said, the standalone systems like you are talking about are plug and play. I bought a PS1 version a while back. My experience is that the nostalgia makes me think i'll play it, but the truth is I think I've fired it up maybe twice. The system works fine, though.

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9:44a, 5/1/23

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This thread on the Nerdery has several pages of folks talking about their retro gaming setups, so might have a good answer for you

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In reply to MW03 • 9:48a, 5/1/23

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MW03 said:
That being said, the standalone systems like you are talking about are plug and play. I bought a PS1 version a while back. My experience is that the nostalgia makes me think i'll play it, but the truth is I think I've fired it up maybe twice. The system works fine, though.

Good point. I bought one of these SNES retro systems and ended up selling it. The nostalgia couldn't compete with newer games on my Series X.

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In reply to gigemJTH12 • 12:58p, 5/1/23

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gigemJTH12 said:
has anyone bought on of these? I saw some ads on Instagram for them.

its kind of like a Firestick. you plug it in and have access to Mario, Donkey Kong, etc.

I wanted to buy one but seeing if anyone has used something similar that they liked? thanks

I've got a 'firestick' dongle type think that has ~300 games on it. Lots of nintendo, and lots of japanese stuff I've never heard of. And lots of mega man. I think it's mega man 1 through like 12.

RC pro am, baseball, bubble bobble, zelda/link, castelvanias, marios, on and on. Maybe 60 nintendo games?

Bought it when covid hit, it was like $75.

I also have a nintendo classic, and switch with the free nintendo/SNES selections.