Retrolink USB SNES Controller Adapter Unboxing & Overview
Linus Tech Tips
·Linus Tech Tips
·2014-05-07
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619 words · ~3 min read
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Corsair.com/benancegaming to learn more. This will be an extremely short unboxing
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for what is a very simple product. So, I bought one of these because on our
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weekly live stream, I want Okay,
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then. It's very durable though, which is good. On our weekly live stream, I want
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to play Super Nintendo games. I want to play them off of a computer because that
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just works better for me. I own the cartridge, but you know, gray area
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emulation, whatever. Uh, so this thing is going to allow me to do that. This is
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the Retro Link. Very descriptive. Dual
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controller port adapter. Compatible with original and third party S. It looks
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exactly like that. Look at that. It's almost like the picture is supposed to
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be of the product. Uh, dual ports for two player gaming. Check that out. Dual
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ports. Connects to a PC or Mac via USB
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cable. Check that out. That is a USB cable. Three foot long cable. That is a
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three- foot long cable. Compact and easy to use. And it is USB 2. So it both
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connects to a PC or a Mac via USB. And it is USB
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2. Unbelievable. Okay, so let's go back to the product itself. Player one is
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clearly labeled. Player two is clearly labeled. So, the alpha male plugs in
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here and the beta male plugs in here, but not at the same time.
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That's This, my friends, is how hard the setup process is. Plug your controllers
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into the Retro Link. Plug the Retroink's USB plug into a port on your computer.
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Then, without any driver installation whatsoever, it automatically detected
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everything. You can see there's two different controllers in there. And you
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can also uh Oh, which one? There we go. You can also see your D-pad's working.
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all your buttons are working for both of the controllers. Then you fire up your
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favorite game, whatever it happens to be. And of course, you own the original
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console game because uh as much as emulation may be a gray area, I
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personally feel it's not nearly as bad as long as you own the original game to
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dust off before you play. And then hopefully you're going to win. I think
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I'm going to win this one. I'm up 32. So, as always guys, don't forget to
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subscribe to my videos, like this video, leave a comment on this video. Let me know what you think of this product. We
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don't generally do that many videos of this kind of stuff. We're more focused
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on computer gear. But this was something that I bought for myself, so I thought I
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might as well show it to y'all. And if you want to get one for yourself, the
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link to Amazon is in the video description. That's where I got mine from. So, thank you for watching. And
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I'm going go ahead and try and run out the clock here because we got 40 seconds
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to go. 40 seconds to go for the stunning conclusion. Ah, but the camera is
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probably going to turn off so you're never going to see it. Oh no.
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Can you believe Jagger's still playing in the NHL? There he is right there.
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Yer, no. Buzzer beater, go knock over the other
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guys. I won. Oh no, it's a third period.
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There's three periods in hockey. Well, I think we're done here.