The best retro gaming experience ever?
Linus Tech Tips
·Linus Tech Tips
·2017-05-06
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1,297 words · ~6 min read
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so I'm a bit of a stickler when it comes to controllers there are so many on the
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market that it's hard for them to impress and easy for them to just piss
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me off perfect example let's take a trip down memory lane and check out some of
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the highlights from my hyperkin Retron 5 review from 2014 speaking of the
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included controller it's garbage mushy acceptable straight up puke worthy it
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squeaks when you spin it obstruction grinds against the stick
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unpleasant horrible feeling abysmal latency funky latency issues comes with
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a controller which will just add Mass to land fills so yeah make a shitty
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controller and I'm not going to shy away from calling you out especially if it's
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wireless but make a great controller and an impressive Wireless solution and you
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have my complete and undivided attention this is analog an 8bit doze retro
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receiver for NES and SNES along with 8 bit doze matching controllers and let me
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tell you they've got my attention and they should have yours too let's find
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out
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why cooler Master's master case maker 5 features their free form modular system
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allowing you to customize adjust and upgrade make it yours at the link below
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input devices are like tools you should use the right one for the right job when
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you can a keyboard or Mouse isn't generally the greatest experience for a
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racing game and a racing wheel while it would be fun in a silly way if you can
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get it to work is just an idiotic pairing for a game like Counter-Strike
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GO continuing this theme I prefer to play Platformers with smaller retro
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inspired controllers that don't have extraneous things I don't need joysticks
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specifically I really like nests and sest controllers now both of the 8bit do
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controllers which we'll cover more deeply later on can officially con with
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iOS macOS Android and Windows through a simple Bluetooth connection which will
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allow you to play new Platformers various d-pad based games and more
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including the morally gray area of emulated games but first I want to take
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a moment to look at their retro receivers for both the NES and the SNES
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these compact little devices look like someone just clipped the cable off of
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the plug end of a controller and added a little micro USB port a sync button and
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a light which in my opinion looks great
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functionality wise they're surprisingly flexible they can be plugged into a
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PlayStation 3 a PC or a Mac through micro USB and used as a highquality just
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straight Bluetooth adapter or they can be plugged into an original NES or SNES
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unit an analog NT or some other form of
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aftermarket Nest or SNES that uses the original plugs cool once you've got all
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that hooked up you can then officially pair it with PlayStation 4 controllers
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PlayStation 3 controllers rers wiimotes Wii U pro controllers and various 8bit
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do controllers and arcade sticks they transmit data over Bluetooth 2.1 plus
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EDR Class 2 and the experience is I'm
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happy to say fantastic with minimal latency unlike that terrible terrible
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Retron controller let's jump back now to a more in-depth look at the 8-Bit dop
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controllers along with the wicked connectivity options that I mentioned
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above most importantly the nes30 and
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SNES 30 do something that many have failed to achieve they feel right with
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the perfect retro inspired gray ribbon cable attached I think you could
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convince most people in a blind taste test that this was the real thing and if
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you're any good with ness or SNES controllers this helps with more than
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just pseudo authenticity I mean the classic controllers made by Nintendo
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were good for a reason not just because they were original but because they were
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responsive and felt right like the games were specifically designed to be played
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with them and it helps that they were relatively hard to break too something
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that I don't intend to Benchmark but seems to be true with these replicas as
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well but back to New functionality in order to cover all of the bases 8bit do
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has included a variety of modes in which the controller can run including a
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touchscreen emulation mode where you can drag and drop input passrs so that your
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inputs to the controller translate into input to the game which can be a huge
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benefit because I hate playing anything but turn-based games on mobile due to
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crappy touchscreen input and you get some other goodies like multiplayer
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support on iOS and the nes30 even including a clip on the back called the
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Xander which you can remove to prop up your phone this shouldn't be confused
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with the other Xander which Clips onto
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your controller and your phone sort of mimicking an NVIDIA Shield this product
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with the exact same name is totally
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different obviously but if lonus tech
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tips was going to let crappy product naming hurt our overall rating of a
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product the razor blade would be the worst laptop 3 years running and it
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isn't so all in all I wasn't even sure
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if I was going to review these but after spending time with them they just work
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they feel like nest and Nest controllers they can be wired or wirelessly
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transmitted with the Retro receiver they can even be used with the original
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or aftermarket Nest Source Nest devices which I like to use along with modern
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computers smartphones and even a PlayStation 3 if you're more into that
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so great work analog and 8bit D there isn't really much more I can think to
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ask from these products so I guess I'll end with that today we're talking about
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iFixit prote toolkit it's been completely reimagined but it's just as
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rugged and portable as before it includes the new 64-bit driver kit which
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replaced the former 54-- bit driver kit
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and there are tons of magnets the 64-bit kit itself is held to the front roll
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using magnets and as the shell is able to be taken off with magnets as well it
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can be used as a like Parts tray there's also a newly redesigned swivel top
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Precision driver which I personally like a lot and the flex extension that you
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know from before for hard to reach places there's Precision ESD safe
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tweezers including a pair of reverse tweezers and a wider variety of plastic
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opening tools and picks to safely work on tablets and smartphones and certain
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iOS devices and whatnot and you're backed by iFixit lifetime warranty and
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if you're like whatever man I already own one just go check out their guides
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they have tons of guides on tearing down a huge amount of electronics so I
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checkout to save $5 on your purchase of $10 or more thanks for watching guys if
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you like this video like it if you dislike this video dislike it if you
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want to buy product like these checking on Amazon I don't actually know if these
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are on sale on Amazon but they might be I'm not entirely sure uh if you want to
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see some links description down below of like where to buy a shirt or something
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those should be there as well and uh check out this video if you want to see
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the old Retron 5 review thanks for watching and I'll see you next time