Hyperkin’s RetroN 5 is unlike other game consoles, as in it includes a number of early video game systems into a single system, with NES, SNES, SEGA Genesis, Famicom, Super Famicom, Master Disk, Game Boy Color, the original Game Boy and Game Boy Advance cartridge slots. That’s right, this gives gamers the ability to easily switch between consoles, complete with a Bluetooth wireless controller designed to be compatible with all games. For those who want zero lag, there are also ports on the system to plug in original controllers. Forget having to restart entire games after losing all your lives, savestates let you save at anytime, while upconverted HD audio and video, ensure a smooth gameplay experience. Hyperkin’s Retron GUI enables one to modify settings, assigning functions to macro buttons, and there’s a built in Game Genie for cheat codes. Get one here now. Continue reading for another video review and more information.
“The ROM-dumping system lets the RetroN 5 use a wide variety of tools previously limited to computers with emulation software. Besides cheats, you can use save states to freeze games in exact moments, and continue from those moments later. It’s a useful function for very difficult games and games with no save method, even if it can be considered its own kind of cheating. You can also take screenshots at the touch of a button and save them to an SD card. The included Bluetooth controller has dedicated buttons for save states, but you can also map these emulator-specific features to button combinations on any of your classic gamepads,” reports PCMAG.
