Notice the black lines that appear on the right side of the screen on the Classiq 3 HD when playing SNES games through HDMI. The Retron 3 HD and Super Retro Trio Plus don't have that problem. Their older model, the Classiq 2 HD also has the same problem. The audio for SNES/Genesis on the Classiq 3 HD is mono through HDMI and stereo through AV (with the left/right channels reversed). The Retron 3 HD is stereo through both HDMI and AV and has correct left/right channels. Everdrive N8 doesn't work on Classiq 3 HD, but does work on Retron 3 HD. The PAL region setting for Genesis doesn't work correctly on the Classiq 3 HD (screen blinks and scrolls vertically). The Retron 3 HD's PAL region settings do work. They have labelled the Genesis slot "GES" on the Classiq 3 HD. The Classiq 3 HD does work with Master System games in NTSC (Retron 3 HD can only play SMS correctly in PAL mode) and the NES color palette looks better than the Retron 3 HD's NES color palette.

There's a few reason to include the 16:9 option on these like this. One of those is some TVs have their own ability to 4/3 the screen ratio, and do them decently well enough, this helps with certain megadrive games so they're not looking odd due to weird resolution differences. Another one is older lcds that aren't 16:9 and will squesh the 4:3 to be even narrower. So a 16:9 will just make it 16:9. ... This is very edge case. I think I know like six people personally who have those sort of lcds, 5:4 lcds are more common than 4:3.

Nice. Thx for this! 😁

Great video! Love to see video game youtubers that don't have to swear. This was really informative and made me want to purchase my new retro clone console. i am leaning towards the Classiq only because it seems the carts fit better into the slots, and i also like having all the controller ports on the front for my set up. Well done video, God bless, and keep it up! I can't wait to play some Ken Griffey Jr. Home Run Derby!

Since ive been playing clone consoles i started preferring the reverse duty cycle sound on the nes in some games like castlevania on level 2. Retroarch has the option to use that now. Pretty neat.

I am happy with my Hyperkin Retron 3 HD ! Thanks a lot 😎👊🏻

I have a Hyperkin Retron 3 and I LOVE it!!

Great video! I have had the same space black retron 3 hd since it released and love it.

on the retron 3 I've everything set up as Ntsc USA version, and I've gun star heroes Japanese version and it plays the game without me switching between religion

I know this video is old but now with retro 3 now, they have Bluetooth controller so you don’t have to worry about the cords bending

Would you go Retron 3HD SoC, or Retron 5 HD rom dump emulation but more system cartridge support?!?

I thought that people blowing into their NES cartridges was a thing we outgrew in the 1980's, but in case your customers haven't all been convinced... for pete's sake, can you please stop blowing into the cartridge connectors? I'm going nuts every time you're doing that! - Yes people grew up doing that, but speaking as a retro/vintage gamer AND as game store repair guy, I promise you that Nintendo's old cartridge systems are pretty much rock-solid, and as long as you NEVER BLOW ONTO THE CARTRIDGE CONNECTORS, and instead use swabs and alcohol/window cleaner, you'll rarely if ever have problems with the carts. If there's tons of build-up of green on the connectors, like you got the game at a pawnshop or flea-market and it's been ages since it's been clean, you might try using a pencil-eraser to rub off the corrosion (open the cart with a security-bit if needed to make doing the overhaul easier), but basically if the cartridge connectors are clean and shiny, and the console's connectors are in good shape and clean too, then everything should be making good contact, and you should have no playback problems. ------ Blowing on the cartridge gets the moisture from your breath (like a toaster in the bathtub) gets a temporary electrical (communication) connection going, BUT it dries and starts to corrode the connections. And if you keep blowing, the corrosion gets worse, and you're in a downward cycle of making the corrosion get worse and worse and eventually the cartridge won't work anymore, and what's worse is that the corrosion gets from the cartridge connectors and into the console itself AND then from there it gets onto the other cartridges. It spreads. --- Eventually you'll have problems with all of your games and consoles, and you may have to overhaul your entire collection and clean EVERYTHING out, and the consoles too, and clean each cart every time before you insert it into your consoles to make sure there's no more corrosion ever. --- I had to do that once when I began collecting... I was buying "broken" consoles and the nastiest cheapest Nintendo cartridges from pawnshops and flea-markets... at the time, I was re-building the collection I had lost, and after EVERYTHING was clean, EVERY cart was having perfect shiny connectors, I never had any problems again, everything worked. ------ SO DO NOT BLOW, CLEAN THE CARTS PROPERLY AND KEEP THEM CLEAN! --- even Nintendo's customer service told me a moist alcohol swab (not dripping wet) will keep them maintained, small amount is all you need. - Hope this helps keep your games working. I built up a collection, and out of HUNDREDS, I only had one cart that refused to work... took it apart, and a few of the connections had literally corroded away and no longer existed. - STOP BLOWING, thank you

The most crucial part of the review is missing, how do the coins sound in super Mario bros and do these consoles suffer from reverse duty cycle audio

The Retron 5 has lag issues so I’m wondering if the Retron 3 HD has the same latency lag issues on tvs ? Any noticed issues there ? Thank you

I think the retrobit trio plus is also an option

I will be surprise if some company release a 4in1 console which combines pce console.

Any recommendations on a plug and play HD console if I'm not concerned about a budget option? I was considering the SupaRetron HD, as I really only want to play SNES on my television, since I can get Super Mario All Stars to play the NES Mario games. Is there are better third party "HD" console for SNES which is more expensive?

does the ClassiQ 3 play flash carts? I know the Retron 3 plays flash cartridges which is a game changer.

I notice the colors on my retro pie builds look kind of dull compared to the retron5 also

re: Retron 3 looking better than the Classiq on SMB1? Mario looks all brown-ish on Retron 3. I'd take the Classiq no question for that game.

Difficult choise..maby the price can do the difference..Is possible save the game anytime in one of this console?

Would the classiq play megadrive or is it just genesis?

Will duck hunt work though

Do these clone consoles say play 100 percent of the library or are there going to be some comparability issues with some game. Very informative video

Looks good shame shipping to UK if want to buy one is price of console itself making it impractical

It's called the Classic 3 hd, it's just they spelled classic with a q instead of a c so no it's not called the classic q hd 3, it's the classiq 3 hd.

Just got the classiq 3 and all the nes carts display the wrong colors.

Your wrong. 👎