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Jeremy H.

Fantastic console with some flaws, some people will love it, some will return it (reluctantly).

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on 4 February 2021

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I really wanted to like the SupaBoy. Despite it's relatively high price tag (another $90 gets you a Super NT, the best SNES ever made), it's almost worth every penny. Unfortunately, it just didn't hit the mark for me. I spent three hours with Super Ghouls N' Ghosts on the hardest difficulty. This is one of my all time favorite games, and probably one of my most played games; I chose this game so I would know EXACTLY how it should be running.

The d-pad is stiff, so your thumb gets fatigued faster than it should. It also has a tendency for phantom presses, mine liked to press up or down easily when trying to press left. The control buttons felt good and pressed will but missed an input here and there. The shoulder buttons felt a bit disappointing when pressed, but not a huge deal. It doesn't feel too heavy in the hands, even with a cartridge in it.

The emulation is alright. It doesn't look amazing, but honestly I was happy with the visuals. I did, however, notice more slowdown than normal. The screen gets plenty bright and has the option for 4:3 or 16:9 resolution. The colors were good but again not amazing. Everything looks like it has a smoothing filter on it. The console has video out, but via a 3.5mm jack to composite only. For this price I would prefer mini-hdmi, but that's not a deal breaker for me.

I didn't try any repros, fx chip games, rom hack carts, or homebrew games (I don't have any of those at the moment unfortunately). The three games I played before boxing it back up were Pilotwings, Super Ghouls N' Ghosts, and Drakkhen. I've read that it can struggle to read some games, and since I just ordered a whole bunch of strange stuff... I figured there was a good chance it wouldn't play a number of my games.

I really, really, really wanted to like this. Despite it's flaws, it is a slick looking console that feels good in the hands and simply oozes "cool." If youre playing mostly RPGs, easier games, or ones that don't require precise button presses and timing, then I highly recommend this. If you're not quite as picky as I am, then I highly recommend this. Of you want something that will--for sure--impress your retro-game loving friends, then I highly recommend this.

It's not for me though, and I am deeply saddened by that.

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A. Stephens

Will not be buying again

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on 4 June 2022

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Product looks good but only half of my old cartridges get recognized and could be played
Not a good buy as I hope it could play all of my collection but no such luck.

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This Item is GREAT...when it works

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on 27 September 2021

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I plugged it in and charged it. It played beautifully for about 15 minutes. I didn't think anything of it, I figure its the emulator, I'll let it rest. A few days later, I try again. It works great for about 10 minutes before the screen blacks out and then goes glitchy. I hit the reset button and get the blue screen of death. I turn it off, then turn it on. It works fine, except all the graphics are very glitchy. Amazon won't let me exchange it for a different one so I'm getting a refund.

Brian McCourt

Great to have a handheld device to play SNES games. Screen not so great.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on 21 July 2021

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Great device to have. Agree with others on here. The stock screen is horrible and must be viewed at the right angle otherwise it won’t appear bright enough or the colors will seem off. I googled what others had done and wound up replacing the screen with a better one.

Brian Salgine

Amazing exept for the screen

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on 15 October 2021

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Everything works as expected and does it well, the screen the comes with the device has terrible viewing angles and unsaturated colors. I unded up having to buy a replacement higer quality screen.

Kevin Zimmer

Viel Geld für ein schlechtes Display

Reviewed in Germany 🇩🇪 on 25 February 2021

Verified Purchase

Was hat mir gefallen?
-Qualität des Gehäuses
-Gefühl der Tasten

Was hat mir nicht gefallen?
-Viel zu schlechtes Display
-L+R schlecht platziert

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動作はするが…

Reviewed in Japan 🇯🇵 on 20 July 2021

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・画面の左端が切れていて表示されない
・ソフトによっては画面が暗すぎて見えない
この2点が残念、不具合ではなく仕様なんですかね？

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もちはこび、出来る

Reviewed in Japan 🇯🇵 on 17 June 2021

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ひまな、時間つぶしに、最適
テレビに、つなげば、2プレイもできて
旅行とかに、最適です

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