WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.960 This ShortCircuit is as much for me as it is for you because I have one of 00:00:03.600 --> 00:00:09.120 these in my shopping cart right now and by the end of this video I'm going to 00:00:07.080 --> 00:00:13.480 decide if I'm going to press checkout and freaking buy this thing. This is the 00:00:11.280 --> 00:00:21.200 Super Station one which is basically an amalgamation of a PS1 and a mister pie 00:00:18.040 --> 00:00:23.440 put together into a one of a kind just 00:00:21.200 --> 00:00:27.240 really nice little package that should provide everything that I'm looking for 00:00:25.200 --> 00:00:32.279 out of a retro console. If you don't know mister pie is the knockoff version 00:00:30.040 --> 00:00:36.240 of the mister FPGA selling at a significantly lower price with all the 00:00:34.280 --> 00:00:44.320 functionality and what they've done is they put that inside of a semi recreated 00:00:40.880 --> 00:00:47.320 PS1 shell so that you have the full 00:00:44.320 --> 00:00:50.880 functionality of a mister pie but it's 00:00:47.320 --> 00:00:53.640 preconfigured for PS1 and it has extra 00:00:50.880 --> 00:00:58.040 features and it looks so freaking good. But before we get to that let's see what 00:00:54.840 --> 00:01:02.600 else is in the box. In the box we have a 00:00:58.040 --> 00:01:05.320 just over 6 ft USB-C-to-C cable for 00:01:02.600 --> 00:01:11.480 power. We also have a little included 3-ft HDMI cable. This looks much less 00:01:09.200 --> 00:01:14.680 nice compared to the braided type-C cable. These are weird measurements. 00:01:13.040 --> 00:01:19.120 Anyways, it doesn't include a power adapter but I think at this point in 00:01:17.120 --> 00:01:24.680 most people's homes there's a lot of type-C adapters kicking around if not 00:01:21.360 --> 00:01:26.800 one already at your TV that you can use 00:01:24.680 --> 00:01:29.840 without adding more things to plug in. Before we even move on I want to 00:01:28.000 --> 00:01:34.280 appreciate that they put the effort into this box to style it like a PS1. It's 00:01:32.880 --> 00:01:38.840 not close enough that I think Sony's going to be coming after them but even 00:01:36.000 --> 00:01:42.080 the font, the colors, the photo all looks really good. I like that the logo 00:01:40.120 --> 00:01:47.600 has the sort of PS1 colors. Are you ready to FPGA? Oh buddy am I ever. I'm 00:01:45.080 --> 00:01:51.920 so ready. We also get over 70 homebrew games preloaded on this thing. No 00:01:49.600 --> 00:01:54.880 official really released titles which makes sense that's just a copyright 00:01:53.400 --> 00:01:58.080 nightmare but that's actually going above and beyond in my opinion to 00:01:56.480 --> 00:02:01.520 include something out of the box so that if you don't have games already 00:01:59.480 --> 00:02:04.440 downloaded, you can get going on this thing. And I bet some of these homebrew 00:02:02.880 --> 00:02:11.080 games are really cool technical showcase. Let's get to the freaking device. The 00:02:07.720 --> 00:02:14.959 device itself is PS1 shaped and I'd say 00:02:11.080 --> 00:02:17.560 that as P S O N E not PlayStation 00:02:14.959 --> 00:02:22.320 original. PS1 is the later revision that's smaller. So it's about that size, 00:02:19.840 --> 00:02:26.240 about that shape, but it is this really nice matted blue transparent plastic 00:02:25.000 --> 00:02:30.680 like this. This looks [music] extraordinary. 00:02:28.560 --> 00:02:34.880 The build quality is really nice. Like this looks like a 00:02:32.160 --> 00:02:39.400 high-end device. Wow. We have the logo on top with the 00:02:37.120 --> 00:02:43.720 one O N E like the PS1 so that kind of makes sense. We have our power button. 00:02:41.640 --> 00:02:47.280 It is not great. We have our menu button which 00:02:45.880 --> 00:02:51.959 would be the eject. It even has the eject icon, but this just brings you 00:02:49.840 --> 00:02:55.280 back to your menu. That's really nice. Um I've had misters where you don't have 00:02:53.840 --> 00:02:58.440 access to the button so getting back to the menus is is kind of annoying. So 00:02:57.160 --> 00:03:04.160 having both those things right on the top is a beautiful. On the front, we 00:03:01.680 --> 00:03:09.440 have two snack ports. If you don't know what snack is, it's something you eat in 00:03:06.000 --> 00:03:12.080 between meals or it's a protocol used to 00:03:09.440 --> 00:03:16.959 adapt retro controllers to modern systems. So basically what this does is 00:03:13.720 --> 00:03:18.400 adapts the PlayStation controller to the 00:03:16.959 --> 00:03:22.519 mister. So that means that you can plug in your original PS1 controllers. You 00:03:20.760 --> 00:03:26.400 also have memory card slots. Uh you have a USB so that you can plug 00:03:24.120 --> 00:03:32.080 in a USB controller or dongle. Uh and then we have our micro SD slot which I 00:03:28.880 --> 00:03:33.640 believe has both our games and our OS on 00:03:32.080 --> 00:03:37.959 it if it's anything like the analog systems. On the bottom, we have four 00:03:36.000 --> 00:03:41.640 little rubber feet. Uh although we don't need to take them off to open it up 00:03:39.720 --> 00:03:46.360 which is really nice. We also have this port because you can buy an optional 00:03:43.239 --> 00:03:48.200 dock that has more USBs on it but also a 00:03:46.360 --> 00:03:53.600 disk drive so you could actually put in your original PS1 games. I'm a big 00:03:50.800 --> 00:03:58.440 believer in emulation as a way of getting you into playing games and in 00:03:55.800 --> 00:04:02.560 fact sometimes can be superior in terms of visual fidelity or game experience to 00:04:00.880 --> 00:04:08.480 playing on original hardware, but there's something really magical about 00:04:05.400 --> 00:04:12.320 going to a shelf, grabbing a cartridge 00:04:08.480 --> 00:04:14.040 or a CD case, opening it up, putting the 00:04:12.320 --> 00:04:17.280 disc in. That's not the end all be all, but seeing as I have some PS1 games 00:04:15.680 --> 00:04:21.680 kicking around, I think it'll be really cool to be able to 00:04:18.959 --> 00:04:26.240 get modern conveniences while also putting in my actual discs. Uh and if I 00:04:23.800 --> 00:04:31.560 like this thing, I will be buying both. There's so many extra things compared to 00:04:28.720 --> 00:04:35.640 just a regular mister already built in. On the back we have 00:04:33.320 --> 00:04:40.480 two USBs, we have HDMI, we have a DIN 10 port as well as VGA, as well as a 00:04:38.240 --> 00:04:44.840 headphone jack, and [music] Ethernet. None of that is particularly out of the 00:04:42.919 --> 00:04:50.168 ordinary. We also have our power. What is nice compared to the default mister 00:04:47.520 --> 00:04:54.919 packages is that we actually have extra [music] analog video outs 00:04:52.760 --> 00:04:59.520 on both sides. So, we have component on this side. David from the future here. 00:04:57.440 --> 00:05:04.240 As pointed out by one of our great fact checkers, Nene exists. The unit that we 00:05:02.080 --> 00:05:08.200 have here has different outputs than is advertised currently on the Retro Remake 00:05:06.240 --> 00:05:12.760 website. Although our unit does match Takky Udon's own video, uh the 00:05:11.000 --> 00:05:17.678 differences seem to be no dip switches on the component output. As well, on 00:05:15.480 --> 00:05:21.919 this side there is no S-video and [music] this uh CON port is replaced by 00:05:19.919 --> 00:05:26.560 a tosslink port, uh which is actually quite useful. I think the biggest change 00:05:23.760 --> 00:05:32.200 being no S-video ports, but otherwise video away. On this side we have our 00:05:28.880 --> 00:05:34.760 composite video, we have our CON port, 00:05:32.200 --> 00:05:39.320 which looks like another RCA jack, but I'm curious if it's not what that is. 00:05:37.560 --> 00:05:44.200 Takky Udon, let us know. And then we have our S-video port. That is pretty 00:05:42.040 --> 00:05:49.760 much every like consumer analog video format that 00:05:47.440 --> 00:05:52.640 you can get by default [music] out of this thing. That's wonderful. 00:05:51.320 --> 00:05:57.200 Normally you have to add an add-on board or get an accessory. So, the flexibility 00:05:54.880 --> 00:06:01.000 that's offered by this machine right out of the box freaking rocks, man. But, 00:05:59.560 --> 00:06:06.760 none of that matters if it doesn't play well. So, why don't we plug it in and find out after we tell you about our 00:06:04.000 --> 00:06:11.360 sponsor, UGREEN. For all your charging and data transfer needs, the UGREEN Maxi 00:06:08.880 --> 00:06:18.240 Dock Thunderbolt 5 docking station is the ultimate solution. It packs 17 ports 00:06:15.720 --> 00:06:24.000 and up to 240 watts of power to charge your laptop, phone, and everything else 00:06:20.960 --> 00:06:26.320 all at once. 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But, I know for myself before I 00:07:06.560 --> 00:07:11.360 made my first Mister, I was a little bit overwhelmed. So, the fact that this 00:07:10.000 --> 00:07:16.360 comes out of the box, works preconfigured, has all these cores 00:07:13.280 --> 00:07:18.600 already freaking installed, huh. 00:07:16.360 --> 00:07:22.280 This is amazing. And the fact that it comes in such a great little package, 00:07:20.120 --> 00:07:26.600 huh. I'm actually so hyped about this thing. Let's play a PlayStation game and 00:07:24.880 --> 00:07:30.000 see how the actual playing experience works. Spoilers, 00:07:28.200 --> 00:07:33.320 it's going to be great. It's a Mister. They're freaking fantastic at this. I 00:07:32.200 --> 00:07:38.120 still get overwhelmed by this menu sometimes. Give me over pad, snack 00:07:35.840 --> 00:07:42.000 memory card, virtual. We can put on a multi-tap if we want. Video and audio is 00:07:40.440 --> 00:07:46.040 always an important one. So, aspect ratio, you can stretch if you're a 00:07:44.760 --> 00:07:52.080 psycho. Uh you can scale. We're going to stick with the normal default one. We have all 00:07:49.840 --> 00:07:55.800 these visual options including fixed H blank and fixed V blank. Uh we have 00:07:54.200 --> 00:08:00.280 horizontal crop, black transitions, deinterlacing. So, we have bob and 00:07:57.800 --> 00:08:04.080 weave. I prefer weave. Rotate, which is nice if you're doing some kind of weird 00:08:02.320 --> 00:08:07.560 system that has a TV on its side. It's nice to have that option right here. We 00:08:05.520 --> 00:08:10.960 have dithering. That's super important. Render 24-bit. 00:08:09.320 --> 00:08:16.320 Uh we don't need that right now. We can force 480p. We're going to try that. 00:08:13.520 --> 00:08:21.160 Widescreen hack is kind of fun. So, it's not just stretching. Uh it's actually 00:08:18.360 --> 00:08:24.320 supposed to make the games render in widescreen. Uh I haven't 00:08:23.045 --> 00:08:28.480 [music] really tried that on MiSTer. So, I don't know how well that works. Uh and then texture filter. We can 00:08:27.160 --> 00:08:32.360 actually add an additional texture filter. The PlayStation one was very 00:08:30.280 --> 00:08:35.200 primitive. And so, anisotropic filtering was not a thing. So, you can actually do 00:08:33.880 --> 00:08:41.039 that with the MiSTer, which is really, really cool. We also have our miscellaneous options. So, our fast 00:08:38.400 --> 00:08:45.480 boot. Um we can basically tell the console that the the disc lid is open or 00:08:43.320 --> 00:08:48.360 closed depending on the kind of games you're playing. You might need to do a 00:08:46.920 --> 00:08:52.040 disc swap mid-game. So, it's nice to be able to do that. And then you can turn 00:08:49.920 --> 00:08:55.600 on that the MiSTer menu will pause the game, which is really nice. We have 00:08:54.400 --> 00:09:00.240 other options that we don't really, really need. But, they can be good quality of life things. I've had mixed 00:08:58.880 --> 00:09:04.080 experiences with messing around with this kind of stuff, but it is great. 00:09:02.560 --> 00:09:07.760 MiSTer MiSTer just rocks. It's so much better. Like you can 00:09:05.760 --> 00:09:11.280 spend the money, get the PlayStation Classic. No. Then you're locked with 00:09:09.520 --> 00:09:17.120 this crappy console. Even if you jailbreak it and modify it, it's still 00:09:14.280 --> 00:09:22.240 half No. 10% as good as a freaking MiSTer. MiSTer freaking rocks. I don't 00:09:18.880 --> 00:09:24.200 need to sit here and exalt the wonders 00:09:22.240 --> 00:09:27.560 of MiSTer. I have other videos for that. Go check them out. But, trust me. If 00:09:26.240 --> 00:09:30.960 you're a retro gamer, this is the freaking peak. Let's just play some kind 00:09:29.520 --> 00:09:34.400 of game. I don't care which game. I just love PlayStation. 00:09:32.640 --> 00:09:37.440 There's always the period when you first get a ROM where you're like, is it going 00:09:36.040 --> 00:09:42.960 to work? Looks like it's going to work. One thing I find always very frustrating with 00:09:40.080 --> 00:09:46.760 emulating older games is how A and B are often reversed depending on if you're 00:09:44.400 --> 00:09:49.760 playing a Japanese primary game or an older system and then inside the mister 00:09:48.640 --> 00:09:52.360 menu sometimes it's flipped around itself. 00:09:52.560 --> 00:09:58.560 Cool. Is that how you spell David? Yeah, it's uh, it's Ukrainian. Ah, it doesn't feel 00:09:56.920 --> 00:10:02.606 right without the music. Want me to hum for you? Yeah. Okay, 00:10:00.520 --> 00:10:06.520 there's >> [laughter] >> Beautiful. One thing that I've noticed 00:10:05.160 --> 00:10:10.360 is that it seems like there's fewer visual options than I'm used to uh, on 00:10:08.720 --> 00:10:14.480 my mister. I don't know if that's by default or if that was manually disabled 00:10:12.600 --> 00:10:19.440 or maybe it's just the PSX core. Um, but there's no shadow masks that I can 00:10:17.640 --> 00:10:23.440 use. That being said, pixel perfect looks pretty dang amazing if that's your 00:10:21.880 --> 00:10:27.200 kind of thing. I like a little bit of scaling in my retro game, but your 00:10:25.520 --> 00:10:30.680 mileage may vary. In terms of input latency, it's 00:10:29.280 --> 00:10:36.240 uh, pretty damn perfectly. I couldn't really tell you that there was any additional input latency. Feels very 00:10:34.280 --> 00:10:39.560 precise. Feels very good. Looks really sharp. The sound sounded good when we 00:10:37.880 --> 00:10:43.400 were sounding it before, but uh, we turned it off for fear of copyright and 00:10:41.480 --> 00:10:47.920 also editing troubles. The nice thing too is you can get the Requiem version 00:10:45.480 --> 00:10:52.760 of this game on Sony consoles, [music] hopefully soon PC and everything else, 00:10:49.760 --> 00:10:54.880 but it is the modernized text in this 00:10:52.760 --> 00:11:01.480 beginning, which is absurd. The whole joy of this is how 00:10:58.560 --> 00:11:05.920 terrible this dialogue is. Tribute, you steal men's souls and make them your 00:11:03.640 --> 00:11:08.800 slaves. Way better than whatever the they tried to fix it. They tried to make 00:11:07.080 --> 00:11:13.240 it less cringe. We were having a little bit trouble getting our snack ports to 00:11:10.760 --> 00:11:19.480 work with a PS1 controller and it turns out that the solution is to enable both 00:11:15.839 --> 00:11:20.560 snack ports in your mister menu. Now 00:11:19.480 --> 00:11:26.160 it's working, no problem, no configuration needed. You will still need another controller or a keyboard to 00:11:24.120 --> 00:11:28.920 navigate the actual mister menus. This freaking rocks, let's play one more 00:11:27.160 --> 00:11:31.800 game. This feels 00:11:30.160 --> 00:11:37.160 pretty much exactly as I remember it. Playing with an actual PS1 controller is 00:11:34.720 --> 00:11:40.840 the way to play these kinds of games. I love this thing. This feels great. I I 00:11:39.680 --> 00:11:48.040 know we've kind of glossed over some of the mister features, but there's just so much you can do. It truly is sort of the 00:11:44.880 --> 00:11:49.440 ultimate retro emulation platform. And 00:11:48.040 --> 00:11:53.520 there's so many people using it that there's all kinds of options, all kinds 00:11:51.120 --> 00:11:57.200 of additional features you can add. And so what I'm evaluating today is just the 00:11:55.000 --> 00:12:00.440 PS1-ness of this. The fact that you have the snack adapters built in is 00:11:58.640 --> 00:12:03.640 fantastic. Yes, you you can get individual snack adapters for like $10, 00:12:02.440 --> 00:12:08.160 but if you want like a comprehensive solution, they can start to add up. I've 00:12:05.600 --> 00:12:11.640 seen some that cost upwards of $100. And here it just freaking works. Having 00:12:09.960 --> 00:12:16.680 memory card support out of the box, having everything preconfigured to just 00:12:13.560 --> 00:12:19.200 work, this is one of the easiest ways to 00:12:16.680 --> 00:12:22.120 get into mister gaming. And the nice thing is that all the work that they 00:12:20.280 --> 00:12:27.800 did, they're not charging a huge premium for this. When you consider that like an 00:12:23.680 --> 00:12:30.280 analog console is $300 plus, the fact 00:12:27.800 --> 00:12:35.080 that this is $220, this is a fantastic value. Just the 00:12:32.920 --> 00:12:38.520 board used to cost over that, back before they started making the mister 00:12:36.320 --> 00:12:42.720 pie boards. So the fact that you get the shell, the extra functionality, 00:12:40.800 --> 00:12:47.520 everything tweaked to work with PS1 out of the box, this is an extraordinary 00:12:45.680 --> 00:12:51.680 value. And like I said at the beginning of this video, I'm going to go to my 00:12:49.040 --> 00:12:55.400 computer and hit buy because I want one of these. This is awesome. This is 00:12:53.240 --> 00:12:58.400 great, it's simple, it's it works. There's so much tweaking you can do if 00:12:56.680 --> 00:13:01.560 that's what you're you're into, but out of the box you have a good PS1 00:12:59.839 --> 00:13:06.200 experience on top of the other cores that you get to use, even though you're 00:13:03.560 --> 00:13:10.520 using a little PS1 shaped thing. I am very happy, just like I'm happy to have 00:13:08.560 --> 00:13:14.839 you keep watching more short circuits. Why don't you check the time that we did 00:13:12.040 --> 00:13:17.320 the mister pie unboxing? That was a couple years ago. 00:13:16.120 --> 00:13:22.240 That's another great product that if you're more into tinkering, that might 00:13:19.200 --> 00:13:22.240 be more up your alley.