Additionally: The console also doesn't emulate sound/music properly on the bulk of the games I played. This video didn't use the audio from the games because it sounded totally awful and annoying.

The console itself seems pretty horrible, but adding Flappy Bird to it? That just devolved to insulting.

Not just Honest, but knowledgeable and informed with experience. Consumers need more real reviews like this.

I now wanna get Avenging Spirit because of this, might look at the arcade version instead of the Gameboy one though

"They didn't realize" you and me both know that they just didn't give a shit.

I remember having Super R-Type on SNES and it had some MAJOR slowdown issues. I was sometimes happy when it happened because there would be so much on screen that the extra reaction time was welcomed.

Getting a Rasberry Pi with Retropie installed is a good but not so legal option to play all of these games.

This seems rather unfortunate. I sincerely hope the company take on board these points and learn from them.

Why don't you do positives and negatives anymore? That was your best series.

Closing in on 100k!

I Really Like How Ambitious Retro-Bit is,But Sometimes Ambition Can be a Bad Thing

When he looks to the side, take a shot.

"These cables are as long as my c-" That scared me. Lmao.

"they didn't notice" "they didn't realize" actually they just didn't care.

Or better yet,just get a raspberry pi running retro pie.

People who want to play these games all in one package should get a Wii and throw some emulators on it via hacking + homebrew.

I was out christmas shopping here at home in Finland and found the RetroBit Generations for sale in our local Prisma shop. Merry Christmas y'all

hey man, just found your channel. Nice content, I subbed

excellent review! I was on the fence about this system but thanks to your review I won't get burned!

For me, emulation on pc is the way to go. My pc is plugged to my tv and I have many of the original console controllers and I have usb adapters for them (n64, saturn, xbox, ps2, ps1, game cube, etc). No problems with frame rate, upscaling, gameplay, plus fillters, texture mods, mods (like perfect dark 60fps on multiplayer, Ocarina with texture mod to look like Wind Waker cell shading, Super Mario 64 for two players simultaneously, with player 2 playing as Luigi, mouse and keyboard gameplay for goldeneye and perfect dark, man, the list of excellent mods goes on and on...).

RetroBit's stuff has never really thrilled me, but I'd never heard of this device before. Great video!

Baseload was missing the umpire voice. I returned mine back to amazon the following day. Great review

I was just thinking about this channel, and oh look a new video. Shane plz stop monitoring my brain

Thank you for actually playing this and not giving it a glowing review based solely on the games it includes.

Awesome video Shane, thanks for checking this out. BTW, What's that gameboy game where you're playing as a car?

Please post more, you have good content!

Really neat detailed review! Also, Avenging Spirit is a great arcade original, and you might like Hammering Harry (also for the arcade) if you liked it.

Thanks for this video, Shane! I had been debating with myself about trying to get one of these, but the emulation issues have scared me aware. I'll wait until the February "update" Retro-Bit says is coming, but I'm not holding out much hope.

I had to stop autoplay and run this one back to leave you this compliment but here it is -- thank you for doing a video where you criticized the flaws of this system without screaming that it's HOT GARBAGE every three seconds. I'm not saying I mind gamer videos where people scream a lot - Game Grumps are funny - but with reviews I'd like a reasonable and rational explanation of why something is or isn't good. This was it.

I think the input delay can be fixed on your TV, most modern TVs have a gaming setting, if you set it to that it will disable all the filters and stuff and thus reduce the delayed inputs, I used to have crazy delay on my Raspberry Pi too, but on my tv i found a "Use no postprocessing techniques" setting, wich is basically the gaming setting :) now theres no noticable delay Oh well i would recommend the PI to anyone tho, i have loads of DOS games on it, Lucas Arts games like monkey island, and all the famous emulators like NES, SNES, PS1 and genesis

Thank you for the honest review. I shall not be wasting my money. Also you got yourself a subscriber!

You can buy the controller on Ebay for $5.29 if you really wanted to, Stay away from this guys, theres a million other devices that will emulate games way better than this and alot of them are probably already in your house. Even a really old computer is a better option.

Cannot wait for the updated version, the Retro-Bit Retrocade!

Fantastic review sir! I tore this product apart on my channel in a video that was uncharacteristically ranty for me. The video's done very well for my struggling channel but it's also kind of a bummer because it's not the kind of content I like to make. I will say, I wish I had the money to have the kind of production values you do. :) You articulated all the issues with this thing far more eloquently than I did. I do have to disagree with you on the controllers. While it is nice to get two in the package and have them be USB, they're both small and very cheaply made. You can do a lot worse but honestly, I think if you want two USB Genesis controllers, you're better off buying two of the others on the market for less money, and also not supporting this junk machine in the process. Tons of detractors in my comments kept screaming "They'll patch the firmware, just you wait!", even though there was no evidence that was even possible, much less that Retro-Bit cared to do it. I guess they confirmed to you that it's not possible. On top of that though, some people at AtariAge did a teardown and said the CPU they used was so weak and not designed for this, that there's probably no way to fix many of the core issues with a software update alone. I suppose it's good to hear that they're planning a hardware revision but if they don't offer a free trade-up (which I'm sure they won't), that's a colossal slap in the face to everyone who bought this thing and got burned on it. I was lucky enough to get a refund from the place I bought mine from but I'm done with Retro-Bit because of how awful this is. I definitely won't be buying an update with my own money for coverage, that's for sure.

Great review! I wonder if these timing issues show up through composite, on a CRT TV? Because I still have one. If the issues mentioned in this video are fixed with the upcoming February release, I'd love to get one of these.

Wait a sec, I saw a few homebrew games in there! Zooming Secretary and Lawnmover for the NES, Creepy Bird for the Genesis, and the one you were discussing is actually a modded version of a SNES fanmade port of Donkey Kong.

Seems like it'd be better to just stick with an Everdrive or emulators

Great video, Shane!

I own it and love it a lot and the sd card slot runs a good amount of nes,snes,gameboy/advance and genesis, play it alot

I totally just clicked on this because the thumbnail was so eye catching

Thanks for being honest in your review. There are some reviewers out there that aren't noting the faults in this thing, and that's a bit of a shame.

Well at least they got the controller length right, whereas Nintendo totally fucked up on that.

One reason that I took the wait and see attitude with this was because when I played the demo unit, it exhibited pretty bad frameskipping on the Capcom arcade games, or just ran slow. I'd rather they just make a new super retro trio with component and HDMI output.

It's almost impossible to find Genesis 6 buttons controllers in a good state today, so, yes, just the controllers themselves worth the purchase, specially for being usb, is amazing! It's on my shop list from now! I hope the directional is good, responsive and soft as the Genesis original 6 button controller.

Anodyne @11:28. It is a Zelda-like game that was homebrewn for GBA & DS that actually has a small-batch hard copy release for GBA with an extra dungeon.

Feels like Retro-Bit Generations rushed this out to compete with NES Mini Classic. I think it would be best to wait for their next iteration in February.

If this is just a Linux box with Linux emulation software on it, can we re-flash it with our own Linux distribution of choice and emulators?

I like that he measured but never said how long the cord is

Here's a tip: Raspberry Pi 3 + Recalbox + some nice usb controllers and there you go. A relatively cheap emulator console that actually works really well. I recommend getting a good case for it with a fan so you can overclock it a bit for more advanced emulators.

Hi there!new subscriber here,I just wanted to say that i really like your review and the content you put out,You´re awesome! I finded you thanks to Figure it out productions.

Will you be doing any more POSITIVES? I always enjoyed those segments.

Reminds me of my Capcom CPS Japanese only console, similar design, a bit of a supergun esq unit. Plays Capcoms CPS carts on my TV! AWESOME piece of kit! The CPS not the Generation! :)

Fun side-note: Bit-Generations is a collection of games for GBA which are awesome. Check em out.

It's pretty telling when the bundled accessories are the strongest selling points of a product...

The problem you described with Super R-Type reminded me of a long while back when I tried to play R-Type Final, but the TV I had my PS2 hooked up to was giving me nearly 0.25 of a second of input lag. It was MISERABLE.

Sup Shane! Nice Video!

As bad as the Generations console was\is, they definitely redeemed themselves with the release of the Super Retro-cade. If you haven't had an opportunity to review the Super Retro-cade, please check one out. You'll be pleasantly surprised how well they addressed the shortcomings you mentioned in your review. Thanks for the review and for taking the time to do a really comprehensive analysis for all of us who love our classic games.

new video! finally :D Flappy Bird emulated? really??? hahaha

Are your eyeballs made of metal? They look amazing!

2:16 DANKPODS MUSIC!!!

Those remake make games reminded me of Action 52 lol

yay! I preordered mine in amazon and now I'm stuck with the inferior version since they will release another in february yay!

Sad to see how this console turned out. Any chance you've gotten hold of or heard if the later revisions of the console addressed the issues you mentioned?

3:48 I count the Super Nintendo Entertainment System and Genesis having the same amount of buttons I'm counting MODE!

oh shit, Super Noah's Ark is on there? xD

the R-type one upset me cause it's such a good game and it works better on the arcade cabinet which I have one in my basement

thx for the info saving a few dollars and sticking with the originals

So Apocalypse II appears to be a Super Nintendo version of Mad Planets by Gottlieb.

Well I still want it because of the selections of games it has.

Great review as always, dude. Wish I could be as positive about the "Generations". Master of none? These emulation issues show a clearly slap dash approach to the titles that they could place on the console. Clear focus on quantity over quality :( ... and, I mean, who is this console for if not for someone that would notice even minor flaws in their favorite classic games? Who is buying this? Is this supposed to be a stocking stuffer or last minute chain store pickup?

i'm a big fan of reto-bit and that i love the game products and game consoles

So what is the SD card slot for?

well at least it wasn't composite over hdmi, did you try putting this through your fraterniser to clean it up?

You mentioned the two 6-Button Genesis controllers have me a bit stoked. But can other USB controllers play on this system? I have some old SNES style controllers I got for $3 way back when. So I'd like to get this for the controllers and give the system with my old controllers laying around and give it to someone else.

I have a USB arcade stick, do you know if it would work on this RB system? Thanks for the review REREZ.

Fair warning. One of my controllers does work great, but one has a sticky right directional button. I have to push it twice as hard to get the input to register.

I can't believe they put Super Noah's Ark 3D and Free Fall on this thing, especially as Free Fall never made it past the prototype stage (unless you count Sunday Funday).

We want positives and negatives series back

never a good idea to limit a emulation box games to only a preset amount thats preset by the maker of the system.

Does anyone know if they released a newer improved version with the games fixed? I’ve seen online 2 different packages of this system with 2 different sets of artwork, also the old one says 90+ games and the newer says 100+ games?! Does anyone know the difference and if the newer one is worth getting, or has the same problems?

TG-16 = Shortest controller cables!

These Capcom games were released on the Capcom Classics Collection Vol.1+2 on the original Xbox and PS2.

The Super Retro Trio is great!

6 button on top works better for fighting games vs using the shift keys.

And me and my freaking luck. I ordered this for my dad for Christmas. One day before this video came out. Oh well. We can point and laugh at it together...

Just saw this at one of the danish electornics store today. Glad I watched these kind of reviews so I don't fall into the traps they push onto us!

Super retro cade comes out 12/15! Are you going to take the plunge?

try to put your tv on game mode or play on an old school tv will that fix the input lag?

I don't care what anyone thinks, it was worth it enough to me for Knights of the Round, and to be able to play it again with my dad. We had a great time. (I guess if i didn't care what anyone thinks, I wouldn't be here for the review..... but always love Rarez!)

One thing that stuck out is that some of the games that you pointed out are freely available homebrew games for the different platforms that were basically repurposed for this product. Some of these games are, for example, available for download in the multi-platform emulation application for OS X, OpenEmu, including Anguna, Broken Circle, Sumo Slam, Lawn Mower, and Zooming Secretary Just to name a few. I agree that it feels just, well, wrong to pad out the listed number of games you have on a device by including titles that are literally available for free elsewhere (and possibly even play better in other sources).

"Console Change in February" Well, it's April and it seems nothing has happened. God damn it, seems the RBG might go down as the worst christmas gift I've gotten in years...

is that a retro city rampage poster behind you?

One small criticism which may or may not be a criticism but one thing to look out for. On the snes version of ghouls and ghosts many times there was intense slowdown in many sections of the game on the real hardware. To the benefit of the player actually because it sometimes made some parts easier. An interesting tid bit related to this is that the capcom classics for ps2 rectified this issue and as such that version of Super Ghouls n Ghosts is actually harder than the original snes version.

If I want the controllers included with this system I can probably find it on Ebay on it's own for a cheaper price.

To quote Paralax Abstraction " VARTH PLAYS SIDEWAYS"

Hi. I came to point out that THIS is how you do a thumbnail. None of that "le surprised fayse and maymays XD" Thanks Rerez, for not being a damn sellout.

*"While we were limited to only Nintendo games on the Nintendo Classic, on this system there was no limitation"* _Earlier in the video..._ *"There's no way to expand the system to get more games, and that means you'll be limited to whatever games they've included in this box."* To make things extra ironic, Retroarch can be installed on the NES Mini which means non-Nintendo games. To be fair, this video _was_ done before Retroarch became installable through hacks on the NES Mini, but still.

I've been trying to purchase the retroN 5. Seems legit. Your thoughts Rerez?

Did that February revision ever end up happening? Was it any better?