Classic Game Enthusiast's DREAM?
Linus Tech Tips
·Linus Tech Tips
·2018-05-06
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613 words · ~3 min read
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thank you to dbrand for sponsoring our ces 2018 content check out their six
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skins in the link down below we're here at hyperkin checking out three awesome
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up and coming projects the first one however is project ultra gb which is a
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current name not a final name but we'll use that for now it's an all aluminum
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game boy that includes a ton of awesome features like type c charging an RGB
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switching wheel to change the color of the included backlight an included audio
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amplifier left and right audio channel output and potentially lsdj software
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coming from the start we're not 100 sure on that yet this is all because it's
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being made with chiptune fanatics in mind my favorite feature however is the
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og dot matrix display it looks awesome when you actually do things on the game
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boy it looks fantastic i like that they went that extra step and made sure that
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it was that much of an original product it is going to come in at hopefully
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slightly under 100 but it looks great it sounds great it feels great i just i'm a
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fan next up for the atari 2600 fans out there we have the retron 77 this is a
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modern console so you have HDMI 1080p out uh 16x9 aspect ratio or 4x3 but then
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it has the nice things that you'd expect from an atari 2600 like difficulty
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changing a black and white switch the option to have save states which i guess
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wasn't in the original but you have now which is very nice because it'd be really frustrating to not have those in
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terms of firmware it's officially licensed stella emulation so you'll load
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the rom from the cartridge onto the drive and stella will make sure that it
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all works okay and there will be updates from hyperkin themselves but you can
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also load your own firmware onto the device if you would like as it is open
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source and last but not least we have the mega retron hd which as you may
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guess is for genesis and mega drive systems although it's not emulation this
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is just straight up standard hardware with 100 compatibility across the board
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in terms of modern features you have 720p output over an HDMI connector 16x9
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and 4x3 aspect ratio switches and an ntsc power switch to make sure that
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it'll work for you also there's a controller in the box just like with the
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retron 77. now as you guys know i'm a nintendo and gameboy fanboy so i'm
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pretty excited for project ultra gb but if you're more of a sega or atari nerd
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let me know in the comments down below thank you to dbrand for sponsoring this
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video and all of our ces 2018 content they have awesome 3m vinyl skins that
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can go on your phone your laptop many other devices as well they have a bunch
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of different textured stuff like their dragon skin or their wood and they even
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have marble finishes as well it looks awesome and it also protects your device
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from scratches or dents which is cool it's not quite a case but they also have
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those if you're interested as well again check it out dbrand.com forward slash
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ces 2018. like the video if you like it dislike it if you're like why the heck
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did the light just turn off and stay subscribed to see all the rest of our ces 2018 content i'll see you next time