My brother bought the pong system when it came out in stores in the late 70’s. I have literally started out gaming from the very beginnings to now. There have been so many good games on different systems I have been fortunate enough to experience in my life. This is extremely interesting for me.
Let them talk Mike.....those are the young stupid ones who will never know the feeling to have been there from the start.......let them play Call of duty number umpteenth.....the dummies. 🤣🤣🤣
The classic arcade Spy Hunter, nothing compares to the actual steering wheel in the arcade. Luckily, a local arcade has the original stand up arcade so my daughter was able to experience it too. :)
The first game I ran to at the arcade as a kid. If I remember correctly, there were certain ones that had a turbo boost button by the gas pedal. Good times! Shout out to Gauntlet as well.
Spy Hunter was one of my favorite games when playing games at my local 7-11 back in the days. I keep checking whether Xbox or PS have any version of it but haven't been successful in finding anything so this might be my only option. It was such an awesome game and hopefully I'll get a chance to play it again soon. Thanks for featuring it on this video...
It's on the Namco arcade origins compilation with 29 other games. I have it on my Xbox series s. It's an awesome selection of games with Spy Hunter 1 & 2, Gauntlet 1 & 2, Rampage, 720 and a bunch of others.
I have had an 'light' PS2 controller knock off. It actually played very good. The problem was it was utterly broken and unusable after playing trough one game! The Analog stick was stuck at an 45 degree angle to the upper right and wouldn't stay centered on it's own anymore, the X button needed to be pressed very hard for activation and one of the shoulder buttons didn't work at all anymore.
with knock off its matter of luck really i had countless ones some stood up for years others for hours the only reason i get them is because there are no originals where am at
It's so funny that I can picture the entire first level of ghouls and ghosts in my head 30 yrs l8r, but any level past is a blur. I love everything about that series but the difficulty.
This is nice. I have some emulators on my PC and maybe like 200-400 games. I had about 1000, but thinned it down to the ones I would actually play. I am now in my late 40s and grew up on arcade games. I pretty much lived in bowling alleys, malls and any pizza parlor or laundry mat I could enter without an adult, which there were many. Like most kids my age, I played everything from Atari 600 to NES, SNES and Sega Genesis (Now I play Xbox series S). I love old school Jrpgs and Arcade classics. This seems like a nice one stop shop for those who don't like messing with emulators (like me) and just want a plug and play system for what seems like a low price in a small form factor. Nice video and thanks for sharing.
I’m 44 only difference is I live in the UK so like you had to go to places they allow kids but I did experience the American life as I got a summer job in an American base when I was around 13 and completely different way of life as getting used to quarters for the arcade machines and there was good places which we didn’t have my favourite being donut land or something like that. Good times…!
@@XiahouJoe I'm in Silicon Valley and work in the industry. I don't know a single person that could stand to play video games once they got past 40. Whatever, who cares. I don't particularly want to argue about this. Video games are a complete waste of your time, everybody realizes this in time. They are especially awful today, decades ago, games were puzzles that required you to learn and think in order to defeat them, today, they just waste your time.
Maaan, this looks great! Alot of these libraries are criminally underrepresented on modern platforms so this would be dope to get. I wish I could splurge on it already, haha
@@johnhancockretro nice. I have older system by the same company. It had lousy mame support. After getting a premade image from RUclipsr by name of Galisteo it fixed all my issues.
@@wolffactor56 Hi. I’m trying to upgrade from a 256 gb memory card to 512 gb and I am having an issue with finding the Disc Image. Would you know how to find it or if someone has posted it for the Super Console X King?
I'm looking to buy a system like this. I'm an old dude that grew up on Atari 2600 and pretty much stopped gaming after Sega Genesis, but would love to check out games I've never played. I admit a novice and I don't know much about this stuff, but wanna play old games on a system that plays all the games correctly that I can just plug and play without messing with anything, because I don't know how. I heard about these units that play 50,000+ for cheap. I know there are many different emulators you can get. As of March 2022 which one should specifically should I buy??? Thanks! *Also what is the best size/type of TV should I get for playing games? And what controllers should I get? Can you use a joystick to play the old Atari games?
I'm a young 42 and use an original modded Xbox which has all the 2600 games on it. It was the console the mother bought me first and only. Like going from the simple games then gradually go up through the generations. Feels weird to do in a day.
When it comes to off the shelf android powered emulation these boxes really only come second to the Nvidea Shields though.. If you have the equipment already then Yeah.. Go the Cheaper route.. But bang for buck these GT-Kings are sweeeet little powerhouses
Yeah I've had a Nintendo Wii U with every Wii U game every Wii game every GameCube game every 64 game SNES/NES, all Sega Genesis CD and some Saturn games.. also the neo Geo, turbo graphics 16,woderswan, and Al Gameboy/Gameboy systems, for over 10 years now.... The only games I have a problem with is every once in a while one of my Nintendo 64 games doesn't want to cooperate but being able to play them on the Wii pro controller and the super Nintendo Wii controller it's been a blast and even has all the arcade games too from back in the day 80s and 90s plus Atari games which were a little after my time since I was born in 80 and started off on the NES in 86.. I would like to try this system out just to see how the game's perform on it. I really don't see nothing wrong with him relation though because I had a collection of 600 NES games about 250 on the super Nintendo and at least a hundred of every other system I had and I started getting rid of them once I seen what they were worth because I could emulate them and turn the frames up for a second and graphics so it's a sweet deal if you can get one of these systems and everything works on it no matter what system it's modded to whether it be a Wii U a ps3/4 or one of these new type computer systems they have. I agree with you these things are blast and allows you to get rid of some of those older games and systems that sometimes are more hard to maintain especially the CD drive systems where the CDs burn out but nostalgia was I always love playing mine all the old school 32 and 35 inch VGA or component cable TVs where you can get 480 or 240p something about those scan lines man I love them to death lol ..
Could do this for less with a Pi, sure, but this is plug and play… no need to assemble libraries of roms, fiddle with settings… some people don’t feel comfortable doing those things. I love my Pi game station, but you do have to put in time to set it up.
It's expensive this is basically a $40-50 android box and the controllers are about $10 each so you are paying for all the games. $200 I would pickup an old pc or Pi system.
Perfect for me, especially because of the Saturn and Dreamcast games. As someone who grew up with a C64 and a Master System the fact to have all these systems with all the games in one little device always amazes me again.
@@simons4474Alex Kidd is one of my all time favorite video games, I also like the new Alex Kidd on miracle world DX. Alex Kidd was the first video game I played in my life. Bruce Lee on the C64 was nice. I was lucky to get a second hand C64 with a ton of games in beginning of the 90th. Bruce Lee was one of my favorite games, too, together with Maniac Mansion, Punk Killer, Boulder Dash, World Games, Winter Games, and some more.
@@STP.83 Yeah I had winter games and summer games. I had it when it first come out so I can’t remember all the games but a lot were games of films like Rambo ghostbusters etc.
Great review. I have a Box Arcade running Emuelec but only 64gig. I just ordered the 256 gig Super Console X Cube for only $68 shipped which is very similar to this minus 10k games and the Saturn. Im looking forward to getting it. Can't go wrong for $68!
Oh, man. Here in Brazil...I grew up with MSX 1 and 2. One guy did a kit to convert our brasilian MSX 1 into 2+. I had hundreds and hundreds of games in disks.... Ys 1, 2 and 3...Metal Gear...lots and lots.
Definitely the best soc system on the market. But it's a ton of money that will have a hard time emulating GameCube games. But the system takes all the hard work of trying to add your own games. This is a lot faster than a raspberry pi 4, but slower than a a intel NUC.
This is very cool. However, I was able to duplicate this by downloading the entire library of my favorite emulators onto my desktop. Get yourself some decent controllers and a decent size monitor and man is it fun..👍
seeing as theres no actual video of the system operating, im guessing ad. they can edit these vids to make these systems look much better than how they actually fxn
I've wondered for a long time if at some point all the old consoles and their games would be put into one device like this, it looks like it has been done well. Spyhunter, epic arcade game. There are some arcade games that didn't translate to consoles too well. Cyberball was a great arcade game but meh on console.
I have my 3 OG Xboxs I all saved from Goodwill and souped up with temp LCDs, 320 GB HD, new dvd drives, etc. All them I have CoinOPs8 with a ton of games and videos I added for total of 11k + games....but then I always miss things like 3DO,Saturn, Wataravision, CDi, GP32 and all those weird oddball systems that only my PC can run through Retro Arch and others (with Launchbox frontend). But I'm a console guy, like to sit in a recliner in front of big tv with my surround sound and one controller....so this is a great option to get all those! I wonder if it would be more powerful than a Retro Pie 3b+ that I own but hardly use (or whatever number they're on now, 4?)
One of my favorite side-scrolling games of all-time is Tail of the Beta Lyrae (Atari 800XL). I loved the music that it played, too. It was an addicting game for me. It'd be cool if that game is on that system.
I want this for the Panasonic 3DO emulation mostly,is their a better alternative? I wouldn't mind everything else but I've been after a good way to play 3DO for some time now.
Hi John. Thanks for the video! The device you're showing is the Beelink, not the King. The Beelink was the previous iteration of this console but on the surface, they look exactly the same.
Beelink is the brand. The android box that appears at the beginning of the video is the gt king, first version, the X king is merely a gt king with emulators and games on it.
Amazing, John, 2 things I like most about your channels, you, well, seem to be not only put up with sports video games but actually seem to be a fan and mention them in videos also you bring to light obscure emulation devices like this, what a treasure for so many games the average gamer can’t afford and may never see but can have and play at the read on HDMI…. if I runs Netflix HULU and other smart apps… what a home run…. $200 a little pricey for a Chinese toy, but 80,000 games you say with Saturn and Dreamcast emulation…… wow… thank you so much for the video my firend
I LOVE these wireless controllers. I bought 1 like 3 years ago and i use it every day and i drop them like 2 times a week and they still work great. Just put 2 AA lithium battery in it and they last a very long time.
That GUI looks surprisingly well made. I wonder if this uses libRetro as a base? Either way, looks like a great option for those who are looking for a pre-configured Emu station.
The big question for me would be, could you upgrade settings as you can on PC emulators. If not, I wouldn't bother, personally. While I have only 14 emulators and a couple thousand games (which I doubt I could even check them all out for being so many), the thing is that I can play games on older systems like the PS1 in full 4k at 60fps. If I can't have that, then I don't won't none of it. The upgrade is the selling point for me. Not all those old games, but rather the upgrade of them. Of course this is just me. I'm sure this would be great for those who just wanted to play their past, but I've played my past. It order for me to want to go back, it has to be something to be something extra to make me feel the re-experience would be worth my time.
That's somewhat sad to read to be honest. To be that hung up on the visuals means that you have either forgotten about, no longer take into account, or no longer care about the things that made the games good to begin with. You don't need current era tech bootstrapped to these games to make them good and you sure as hell don't need it to have good atmosphere and strong engaging gameplay (the actual important part of the games and the part from which the majority of enjoyment is derived) . A visually flashy but ultimately mediocre game is not the kind of game that gets hundreds or thousands of hours thrown at it over the years, rather it will be be briefly entertaining then unceremoniously forgotten when the next shiny but derivative replacement falls out of the mould to replace it. It feels like you have forgotten that the operative part of gaming is playing the games, rather than obsessing over pixel count and framerate. If that is your hang up then the emulation of old titles seems like it would be worlds away from something that would appeal to you. You don't enjoy it for what it is, so you effectively want to turn it into something completely different, to make it better mesh with your subjective preferences. I hope that at some point you rediscover the thing lost in the mists of time that made you become a gamer in the first place.
This is something that would be perfect for me. I have no trouble setting up simple emulators like dolphin or snes9x, but I struggle with figuring out how to properly set up mame. Its so confusing to me finding like certain files that only work with certain games, and which set you need to get and how to make it run. I've tried like 2 or 3 tutorials but just havent been able to figure it out. I want to play all the arcade titles mame has so bad though, it looks like this is all set up and ready to go. That alone is worth the 150-200 dollars for me. I've wasted so many hours trying to set up mame. I'd like to eventually have EVERY console emulator on my laptop on some like monster 20tb drive so I can just load anything from like ps2 to atari. Not to mention the ps3 and 360 emulators are already making huge progress and good lord we are going to need huge hard drives to store all that. But this looks like a great way to enjoy the older non 3d games without going through all the trouble of hunting everything down and setting it all up. Probably gonna grab one of these in the future.
I just bought an X-Cube this very week, and frankly it's a stunning piece of kit. From added achievements to certain games to running Dreamcast games fine apart from the occasional shading issue. I have found it to be a apin somewhat to get certain things working and fiddling with stuff involves a fair bit of menu diving. I had an issue where saves would happen once and never again, and it was only down to some reddit thread that I got it fixed. But besides that for £40 it was excellent value. The joysticks are surprisingly good too.
@@user-sw4qd2up2s Honestly I can't tell you as I don't know the differences but I doubt there'd be much between them. The Xcube does exactly what I wanted. It plays all the games on it fine, although there are plenty of settings you can tweak and in some cases you will have to. For £40 it's a bargain.
Thank You John...Loved this vid fella I didn't realize emulation had come this far under one central hub...This seems very cool, so thanks again fella! 💯🔥🙏🐪🐪🐪
This looks pretty amazing! Thanks for sharing John! I wonder if I could use my usb Xbox 360 mortal kombat arcade sticks with this🤔 Also is there a complete list of the games included somewhere? Thanks
A complete games list of 60,000 games isn't practical. Know that this system is awesome , I have one. The only thing I don't like is that my favourite Amiga game , has horrific graphical glitches. Don't know if it's the emulator or a bad copy of the game included. I thoroughly recommend
@@FantasyVisuals true. I guess I was just hoping to get more highlights from the arcade titles included. Games that other emulators seem to struggle with like the midway games. NFL blitz, mortal kombat 1 and 2, possibly nhl open ice? Killer instinct arcade would also be a welcome addition:) thanks for the reply;)
right off the bat, the PS2 style of controller - i personally believe that was the epitome of console gaming controller design: took everything that was great from SNES and PS1 and perfected it.
@@Nathan-is7li Still a fanbase out there for it and great to see it getting emulated. A Mini 3DO would be amazing featuring the following: Gex Total Eclipse The Horde Wolfenstein 3D Return Fire Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo BattleSport Captain Quasar Alone in the Dark The Need for Speed Road Rash Killing Time Theme Park The Incredible Machine Escape From Monster Manor Fifa Soccer Slam N Jam 95 PGA Tour 96 Crash N Burn Cannon Fodder Lemmings Space Hulk Off World Interceptor Pheonix 3 Demolition Man Star Control 2 Pataank
There are many excellent games for the console. It failed mostly due to high price and actually had some decent software for it. Just because a console failed does not mean there isnt anything good on it. Look at the Dreamcast...
@@johnhancockretro I couldn’t agree with you more John. I bought it around launch for $699 I believe and enjoyed many hours playing so many games on it and I still have it to this day. IMO underrated console but expensive at the time fir sure.
John I loved Trip'd! Is that on this?? I bought my 256Gb from Aliexpress. Is that a guarantee 3DO is on it? It says China but my package said New York on it.
The presentation looks great, I love the game selection screen with the cover art and the short description. A question: if you add your own games to this, do you get the same detailed description, or how does that work?
@@Amer6421 It's called "scraping." All the Chinese console and handheld emulator devices have this feature. You open the main menu, select the scrape option, and specify what kinds of game representation data you want to include for your game(s). You can scrape for a single title, or batch scrape for a whole console, handheld, or old computer's folder of game roms and images. You can even scrape preview videos of gameplay for the game(s) you're downloading representation data for. Make sure you have enough disk space! 🙂
I guess the interface is nice and its compact, but unless you're just too lazy to go "acquire" a few ROMs and ISOs for yourself, there's not a chance this is worth it. Most of these will run on an old office pc you could snag for 50 bucks. And that obviously works as a pc too. This thing is overall a terrible value.
Big difference on being "too stupid and lazy" as in what your downloading is someone's attached malware, viruses, cryptomining and randsomware. Not only are you a child because ADULTS do not abuse their ISP contracts just to get a free broken bad version of an old game from the 80's...
That's a standard android box that is commonly sold for iptv services. They generally sell for about 80 bucks CAD, cheaper if you don't mind waiting up to 60 days for delivery.
I do a nice build for Umbrella Arcades with over 10,000 games, and an upgraded CPU for even smoother gameplay on the most difficult to run systems. Its a J4125 processor, with a 512GB SSD.
Nice video and review JOhn...as far as technology got, I still a retro gamer....nostalgia is unbeatable! I am looking for a device to play exclusively SNES, Sega Mega Drive and Sega Master System. Any suggestions? Cheers
I need a link to the best emulator console that has everything ready to play like ps2 Saturn GameCube! Love the channel so much John!!!! Immortal fan for life love the positive vibes!
wow! that looks really cool. i like that he showed little tastes of each of the consoles with his honest takes even negative (looking at you, gauntlet n64!) kind of an impressive device TBH. i mean i'm on raspberry pi for this but this looks much better (and less setup time lol)
A game I grew up playing in the arcade was Victory Road. I'd love to be able to play that game again but it had a funky controller system where the joystick also spun. I wonder if there's a specialized controller I could buy so I could play it.
@@volvoguy804 absolutely does NOT play fine with the included controller! Lol. There is no easy way to spin the player to shoot or swing the sword in all directions like in Akari Warriors which needs a spinner too. Try it out and you'll see how bad it plays without the spinner. Thumbs up if anyone agrees 👍
I bought an Xbox a while ago with a 1 terabyte HD and one or two games on it. Its amazing how many games one can fit with a 1 terabyte HD. I mean, its almost like you could fit every game up until the Xbox on it. That being said its a blast playing ps1 games on an Xbox. Just saying for a friend.
i keep watching these videos and want to get a system then remember that i’m a terrible gamer…oh well, one day i’ll finally give in and play a retro system like this
You don't have to be proficient it's really all about maximizing your interest and enjoying the content. Honestly, I'd rather these games just still hold my interest than be good at them 😟😣
I bought one that was positively reviewed and I bought it off amazon hoping it wasnt what i thought it was. I got it and couldnt even turn it on and the manual was completely different than the console they sent lol....NEVER AGAIN. nothing beats PC emulation
I purchased this and it worked fine. Now the controllers are not communicating with the console? Anyone know how I can pair them back up to the console?
Thats the only thing i care about, is there lag or latency with controls... I bought an emulator box for my sis in law last year and we found the control was god awful even with a wired controller.
Wow its got everything that i can think of for retro consoles except for atari jaguar, ps2, GameCube, and xbox, Fairchild channel f, astrocade, and arcadia 2001
This looks really cool, i just wanted to plug and play and not worry about setting it up , is this the best option out there? Some games i always wanted to play as kid, never got to and never been able to emulate Warzard Arcarde Samurai showdown RPG neogeo CD Jurrassic Park 3DO
Why was psp 30 fps on a 60 fps game (metal slug). How does the neo geo cd emulator run? Friend of mine has one of these boxes, the neo cd had input delay. It sucked.
well, at first i thought "just another cheapo emulator piece of crap". but this thing actually seems to be pretty interesting. great selection of games with from a wide variety of classic devices. also solid hardware and a decent price. big thanks & greetings from germany! :)
This console is real and been around for a few years now . It's been selling online some people might now even know about it . I'm purchasing mine in April of this year . It's the Kinhank super x king console with 2 wireless Play station controllers. I have my own collection of wireless controllers of different game consoles ever made .🎮🎮👌🏽👌🏽👍🏽👍🏽
I’m not a gamer and a lot of this is total Greek to me. One simple question: if you buy this thing and just plug it into your tv, do you then immediately have 60,000 games? Or do you have to have a bunch of other stuff to play them?
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O man i want this console! thank u john for showing us this
are there alote old rpg games?on this?
My Blink went almost dead after 1 year of use so ve careful, quality is not good IMHO
Was wondering if it had house of the dead, point blank, and some other shooters like time crisis??
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90’s kid here,I can remember playing a lot of these games.Great content John.
X King developers: How many copyrights you want us to infringe?
CEO: Yes.
Doesn't exist in their country of origin.
My brother bought the pong system when it came out in stores in the late 70’s. I have literally started out gaming from the very beginnings to now. There have been so many good games on different systems I have been fortunate enough to experience in my life. This is extremely interesting for me.
We don't care really
Don't speak for us Joe, ya f wit
@@joejoe2530 Right?! Like what a massive accomplishment ffs
@@joejoe2530 Who is We?…..Your comment, is YOUR comment! ……which means you would say….. “I don’t care”…
Let them talk Mike.....those are the young stupid ones who will never know the feeling to have been there from the start.......let them play Call of duty number umpteenth.....the dummies. 🤣🤣🤣
Looks like my whole childhood in one tiny little box. I need this in my life
you need a brain!
this is what you really need!
watch the movie "Network" from 1976!, and "Wag the Dog" from 1997!
...maybe then you'll understand!
@@wsmith580 I do have the entire collection. Over 100k games
What you need is to get ouy of the house and live life for once
@@tucosalamanca7037 what you need is to find a life
@@tucosalamanca7037 yeah no one asked you never know who is on the other side of the computer or what their quality of life is like.
The classic arcade Spy Hunter, nothing compares to the actual steering wheel in the arcade. Luckily, a local arcade has the original stand up arcade so my daughter was able to experience it too. :)
Oh God I remember spending so many quarters on that game. I remember the theme music for it. Remember the fog and oil slicks. The memories!
The first game I ran to at the arcade as a kid. If I remember correctly, there were certain ones that had a turbo boost button by the gas pedal. Good times! Shout out to Gauntlet as well.
More of a handle than wheel but yeah. Shifter and pedal was great
Spy Hunter was one of my favorite games when playing games at my local 7-11 back in the days. I keep checking whether Xbox or PS have any version of it but haven't been successful in finding anything so this might be my only option. It was such an awesome game and hopefully I'll get a chance to play it again soon. Thanks for featuring it on this video...
I actually have the N.E.S version
I remember the green screen computer version and the PS2 game.
It's on the Namco arcade origins compilation with 29 other games. I have it on my Xbox series s.
It's an awesome selection of games with Spy Hunter 1 & 2, Gauntlet 1 & 2, Rampage, 720 and a bunch of others.
@@stevehorspool2969 Could it be Midway Arcade Origins? I'm trying to find it now and Namco doesn't come up with anything like that buy Midway does..
@@Bug13 Yeah, I'm sorry. My brain said Midway and my fingers typed Namco. 🥴
I have had an 'light' PS2 controller knock off. It actually played very good. The problem was it was utterly broken and unusable after playing trough one game! The Analog stick was stuck at an 45 degree angle to the upper right and wouldn't stay centered on it's own anymore, the X button needed to be pressed very hard for activation and one of the shoulder buttons didn't work at all anymore.
with knock off its matter of luck really i had countless ones some stood up for years others for hours the only reason i get them is because there are no originals where am at
It's so funny that I can picture the entire first level of ghouls and ghosts in my head 30 yrs l8r, but any level past is a blur. I love everything about that series but the difficulty.
This is nice. I have some emulators on my PC and maybe like 200-400 games. I had about 1000, but thinned it down to the ones I would actually play. I am now in my late 40s and grew up on arcade games. I pretty much lived in bowling alleys, malls and any pizza parlor or laundry mat I could enter without an adult, which there were many. Like most kids my age, I played everything from Atari 600 to NES, SNES and Sega Genesis (Now I play Xbox series S). I love old school Jrpgs and Arcade classics. This seems like a nice one stop shop for those who don't like messing with emulators (like me) and just want a plug and play system for what seems like a low price in a small form factor. Nice video and thanks for sharing.
You have about 5 years max before all these games will become unplayable to you.
@@richardwicks4190 due to.....
I’m 44 only difference is I live in the UK so like you had to go to places they allow kids but I did experience the American life as I got a summer job in an American base when I was around 13 and completely different way of life as getting used to quarters for the arcade machines and there was good places which we didn’t have my favourite being donut land or something like that. Good times…!
@@richardwicks4190 so you're just going to throw an unsourced five year timer on it based on nothing. Ok.... troll much.
@@XiahouJoe I'm in Silicon Valley and work in the industry. I don't know a single person that could stand to play video games once they got past 40.
Whatever, who cares. I don't particularly want to argue about this. Video games are a complete waste of your time, everybody realizes this in time. They are especially awful today, decades ago, games were puzzles that required you to learn and think in order to defeat them, today, they just waste your time.
Maaan, this looks great! Alot of these libraries are criminally underrepresented on modern platforms so this would be dope to get. I wish I could splurge on it already, haha
And also criminal.
Looks exactly like coin ops I'm running on a $30 pc with a 500gig hdd. Nothing can beat the power of pc emulation in my opinion.
its not about beating it its about having neat fun toys that make your friends jealous.
I have one of these , used it for a couple of hours.
It is absolutely awesome. Though my favourite commodore iga game glitches terrible
Can you add your own Cores to the emulators? After using DuckStation/SwanStation for the PS1, I can't go back! :D
This should be running emuelec and you could upgrade to version 4.3. Which has Duckstation on it.
It is running 4.3, I did not add cores.
@@johnhancockretro nice. I have older system by the same company. It had lousy mame support. After getting a premade image from RUclipsr by name of Galisteo it fixed all my issues.
@@wolffactor56 Hi. I’m trying to upgrade from a 256 gb memory card to 512 gb and I am having an issue with finding the Disc Image. Would you know how to find it or if someone has posted it for the Super Console X King?
@@Nick_Nightingale largest I seen is 256. You could always make your own and add games. I did that with Batocera, made a 1tb image.
Kinda cool to have John C Reilly reviewing retro consoles.
I'm looking to buy a system like this. I'm an old dude that grew up on Atari 2600 and pretty much stopped gaming after Sega Genesis, but would love to check out games I've never played. I admit a novice and I don't know much about this stuff, but wanna play old games on a system that plays all the games correctly that I can just plug and play without messing with anything, because I don't know how.
I heard about these units that play 50,000+ for cheap.
I know there are many different emulators you can get. As of March 2022 which one should specifically should I buy??? Thanks!
*Also what is the best size/type of TV should I get for playing games? And what controllers should I get? Can you use a joystick to play the old Atari games?
I'm a young 42 and use an original modded Xbox which has all the 2600 games on it. It was the console the mother bought me first and only. Like going from the simple games then gradually go up through the generations. Feels weird to do in a day.
P.S sorry for being little to no help.
Going with Super Console King.
Still dunno what is best tv to buy for it. I'm guessing a smaller screen HD...
@@user-sw4qd2up2s any screen should work
@Armor King Not sure what that is. I'll look it up...
lol john your voice sounds like Dale from stepbrothers :) ive just got a visual of Dale giving a games review
Its going to literally take hundreds of lifetimes to finish all those games.
No one is playing these games LOL
@@MASK69 Certainly not all for sure is what you meant.
Seems to emulate very well. Tons of games. Two controllers. Very reasonably priced. Nice review. Love your videos!
@Ultimo Boss and most are easy to emulate on pc
@Ultimo Boss True
I am thinking of getting this console. I was considering the Super Console X Cube but this looks even better.
I think just getting the hard drive version of this is a better more affordable option if you dont need the streaming or video capabilities.
or the actual hardware to emulate? This is an Android TV box.
When it comes to off the shelf android powered emulation these boxes really only come second to the Nvidea Shields though.. If you have the equipment already then Yeah.. Go the Cheaper route.. But bang for buck these GT-Kings are sweeeet little powerhouses
I have the 1900AD arcade box and it's a great value at over 33 thousand games at a price of $40!
Yeah I've had a Nintendo Wii U with every Wii U game every Wii game every GameCube game every 64 game SNES/NES, all Sega Genesis CD and some Saturn games.. also the neo Geo, turbo graphics 16,woderswan, and Al Gameboy/Gameboy systems, for over 10 years now.... The only games I have a problem with is every once in a while one of my Nintendo 64 games doesn't want to cooperate but being able to play them on the Wii pro controller and the super Nintendo Wii controller it's been a blast and even has all the arcade games too from back in the day 80s and 90s plus Atari games which were a little after my time since I was born in 80 and started off on the NES in 86.. I would like to try this system out just to see how the game's perform on it. I really don't see nothing wrong with him relation though because I had a collection of 600 NES games about 250 on the super Nintendo and at least a hundred of every other system I had and I started getting rid of them once I seen what they were worth because I could emulate them and turn the frames up for a second and graphics so it's a sweet deal if you can get one of these systems and everything works on it no matter what system it's modded to whether it be a Wii U a ps3/4 or one of these new type computer systems they have. I agree with you these things are blast and allows you to get rid of some of those older games and systems that sometimes are more hard to maintain especially the CD drive systems where the CDs burn out but nostalgia was I always love playing mine all the old school 32 and 35 inch VGA or component cable TVs where you can get 480 or 240p something about those scan lines man I love them to death lol ..
Great review John...however this thing is going for upwards of 300 dollars (US) right now...quite an investment!
Pretty neat device. For all it does, $200 isn't a bad price. Thanks for the video, John.
for less you can just do this with a raspberry pi
you can accomplish this much cheaper
Could do this for less with a Pi, sure, but this is plug and play… no need to assemble libraries of roms, fiddle with settings… some people don’t feel comfortable doing those things. I love my Pi game station, but you do have to put in time to set it up.
You don't need to bring your car to a garage. You can checkup your own car, buy parts and do the repairs yourself.
It's expensive this is basically a $40-50 android box and the controllers are about $10 each so you are paying for all the games.
$200 I would pickup an old pc or Pi system.
Perfect for me, especially because of the Saturn and Dreamcast games. As someone who grew up with a C64 and a Master System the fact to have all these systems with all the games in one little device always amazes me again.
Same here I had c64 and master system . Loved Alex Kidd in miracle world. And Bruce Lee for the c64.
@@simons4474Alex Kidd is one of my all time favorite video games, I also like the new Alex Kidd on miracle world DX. Alex Kidd was the first video game I played in my life. Bruce Lee on the C64 was nice. I was lucky to get a second hand C64 with a ton of games in beginning of the 90th. Bruce Lee was one of my favorite games, too, together with Maniac Mansion, Punk Killer, Boulder Dash, World Games, Winter Games, and some more.
@@STP.83 Yeah I had winter games and summer games. I had it when it first come out so I can’t remember all the games but a lot were games of films like Rambo ghostbusters etc.
Great review. I have a Box Arcade running Emuelec but only 64gig. I just ordered the 256 gig Super Console X Cube for only $68 shipped which is very similar to this minus 10k games and the Saturn. Im looking forward to getting it. Can't go wrong for $68!
I ordered one of those too after John's review. Not disappointed, it's pretty neat!
I got an X Cube as well. Had it a month now. It’s gotten me into other emulation. I also got the RG351P and now I’m totally hooked.
@@JayPlateFaceVideos Yes it has save states as well as pages of other options.
I got the 1900AD arcade box that has 33 thousand games and was under $40. Works well!
Oh, man. Here in Brazil...I grew up with MSX 1 and 2. One guy did a kit to convert our brasilian MSX 1 into 2+. I had hundreds and hundreds of games in disks.... Ys 1, 2 and 3...Metal Gear...lots and lots.
Definitely the best soc system on the market. But it's a ton of money that will have a hard time emulating GameCube games. But the system takes all the hard work of trying to add your own games. This is a lot faster than a raspberry pi 4, but slower than a a intel NUC.
Oh man.. RYGAR!!! I am in my 50s and I grew up with all of the games you are sharing.. But Rygar and Rastan were always my favorites...
Wow seeing some of these games brought back a lot of old memories 👍
If features a skull, it's good 😎
This is very cool. However, I was able to duplicate this by downloading the entire library of my favorite emulators onto my desktop. Get yourself some decent controllers and a decent size monitor and man is it fun..👍
Actually thinking of getting it because it would save me tons of HDD space for emulation
@@lazyskb HD space is dirt cheap..
@@HacksawJimThuggin could easily buy hard drive space just for emulation instead of something like this. If you already have a pc, not worth imo
@@silenceyoufear7127 agreed, I'd just run it on my PC or Tablet before spending $250 on this.
@@HacksawJimThuggin some people say the same about changing their own oil, for others the time saved setting this all up alone is worth the expense.
If I could get modern era sports games on this I wouldn’t need anything else forever.
It runs PSP and DC beautifully. There are other similar systems that allegedly run PS2 . That's pretty awesome
i can't tell if this is a big advertisement or a legit review
seeing as theres no actual video of the system operating, im guessing ad. they can edit these vids to make these systems look much better than how they actually fxn
yes
I got mine today, but I can’t start a game. It says to press A. I press A and it just takes one step back to where I started. Help!
@@thomasturner3583 lol 😆
Worst review ever!
Thks..keep up to date with the best and biggest consoles that have it all.
I've wondered for a long time if at some point all the old consoles and their games would be put into one device like this, it looks like it has been done well. Spyhunter, epic arcade game. There are some arcade games that didn't translate to consoles too well. Cyberball was a great arcade game but meh on console.
This one is amazing
I have my 3 OG Xboxs I all saved from Goodwill and souped up with temp LCDs, 320 GB HD, new dvd drives, etc. All them I have CoinOPs8 with a ton of games and videos I added for total of 11k + games....but then I always miss things like 3DO,Saturn, Wataravision, CDi, GP32 and all those weird oddball systems that only my PC can run through Retro Arch and others (with Launchbox frontend). But I'm a console guy, like to sit in a recliner in front of big tv with my surround sound and one controller....so this is a great option to get all those! I wonder if it would be more powerful than a Retro Pie 3b+ that I own but hardly use (or whatever number they're on now, 4?)
One of my favorite side-scrolling games of all-time is Tail of the Beta Lyrae (Atari 800XL). I loved the music that it played, too. It was an addicting game for me. It'd be cool if that game is on that system.
My whole childhood before my eyes! 80's baby that needs this console
thats nothing i once bought a cd that had 75,000 games for a nickel at a yardsale
Because of this awesome video I get my Super Console X pro tomorrow in mail I'm excited
I want this for the Panasonic 3DO emulation mostly,is their a better alternative? I wouldn't mind everything else but I've been after a good way to play 3DO for some time now.
It’s an android box, so anything running android on a stronger processor will do. Might be your phone.
Hi John. Thanks for the video! The device you're showing is the Beelink, not the King. The Beelink was the previous iteration of this console but on the surface, they look exactly the same.
Beelink is the brand.
The android box that appears at the beginning of the video is the gt king, first version, the X king is merely a gt king with emulators and games on it.
@@cihaniboule4708 You're right. Thank you for that clarification!
Amazing, John, 2 things I like most about your channels, you, well, seem to be not only put up with sports video games but actually seem to be a fan and mention them in videos also you bring to light obscure emulation devices like this, what a treasure for so many games the average gamer can’t afford and may never see but can have and play at the read on HDMI…. if I runs Netflix HULU and other smart apps… what a home run…. $200 a little pricey for a Chinese toy, but 80,000 games you say with Saturn and Dreamcast emulation…… wow… thank you so much for the video my firend
Coolrom
thank me later when you're saving 200 dollars.
I LOVE these wireless controllers. I bought 1 like 3 years ago and i use it every day and i drop them like 2 times a week and they still work great. Just put 2 AA lithium battery in it and they last a very long time.
That GUI looks surprisingly well made. I wonder if this uses libRetro as a base? Either way, looks like a great option for those who are looking for a pre-configured Emu station.
Emuelec / Retroarch
We picked one up. A LOT of the arcade games don't work. It is fun though. Overwhelming.
The big question for me would be, could you upgrade settings as you can on PC emulators. If not, I wouldn't bother, personally. While I have only 14 emulators and a couple thousand games (which I doubt I could even check them all out for being so many), the thing is that I can play games on older systems like the PS1 in full 4k at 60fps. If I can't have that, then I don't won't none of it. The upgrade is the selling point for me. Not all those old games, but rather the upgrade of them. Of course this is just me. I'm sure this would be great for those who just wanted to play their past, but I've played my past. It order for me to want to go back, it has to be something to be something extra to make me feel the re-experience would be worth my time.
That's somewhat sad to read to be honest. To be that hung up on the visuals means that you have either forgotten about, no longer take into account, or no longer care about the things that made the games good to begin with. You don't need current era tech bootstrapped to these games to make them good and you sure as hell don't need it to have good atmosphere and strong engaging gameplay (the actual important part of the games and the part from which the majority of enjoyment is derived) . A visually flashy but ultimately mediocre game is not the kind of game that gets hundreds or thousands of hours thrown at it over the years, rather it will be be briefly entertaining then unceremoniously forgotten when the next shiny but derivative replacement falls out of the mould to replace it. It feels like you have forgotten that the operative part of gaming is playing the games, rather than obsessing over pixel count and framerate. If that is your hang up then the emulation of old titles seems like it would be worlds away from something that would appeal to you. You don't enjoy it for what it is, so you effectively want to turn it into something completely different, to make it better mesh with your subjective preferences. I hope that at some point you rediscover the thing lost in the mists of time that made you become a gamer in the first place.
This is something that would be perfect for me. I have no trouble setting up simple emulators like dolphin or snes9x, but I struggle with figuring out how to properly set up mame. Its so confusing to me finding like certain files that only work with certain games, and which set you need to get and how to make it run. I've tried like 2 or 3 tutorials but just havent been able to figure it out. I want to play all the arcade titles mame has so bad though, it looks like this is all set up and ready to go. That alone is worth the 150-200 dollars for me. I've wasted so many hours trying to set up mame. I'd like to eventually have EVERY console emulator on my laptop on some like monster 20tb drive so I can just load anything from like ps2 to atari. Not to mention the ps3 and 360 emulators are already making huge progress and good lord we are going to need huge hard drives to store all that. But this looks like a great way to enjoy the older non 3d games without going through all the trouble of hunting everything down and setting it all up. Probably gonna grab one of these in the future.
Bought an old Xbox that had been converted. It works perfectly and has a whole lot of games. Beautiful system.
I just bought an X-Cube this very week, and frankly it's a stunning piece of kit. From added achievements to certain games to running Dreamcast games fine apart from the occasional shading issue. I have found it to be a apin somewhat to get certain things working and fiddling with stuff involves a fair bit of menu diving.
I had an issue where saves would happen once and never again, and it was only down to some reddit thread that I got it fixed.
But besides that for £40 it was excellent value. The joysticks are surprisingly good too.
Just ordered my 256 gig X Cube today.
where did u buy it from
Which one is better? Price difference? I'm torn between this and the x cube.
@@user-sw4qd2up2s Honestly I can't tell you as I don't know the differences but I doubt there'd be much between them. The Xcube does exactly what I wanted. It plays all the games on it fine, although there are plenty of settings you can tweak and in some cases you will have to. For £40 it's a bargain.
@@TripAces Ali Express
Awesome video! So many great games I remember playing! Bomberman was so good!! Liked and Subbed.. Keep up the great work!
This box also allows screen rotation so is good for an Android virtual pinball machine.
Where would I find an Android virtual pinball machine software
@@THEJIG-IS-UP Google "Sharpin"
@@THEJIG-IS-UP sorry about that, missed the software part of your question. You get pinball apps on the Google Playstore.
Thank You John...Loved this vid fella I didn't realize emulation had come this far under one central hub...This seems very cool, so thanks again fella! 💯🔥🙏🐪🐪🐪
This looks pretty amazing! Thanks for sharing John! I wonder if I could use my usb Xbox 360 mortal kombat arcade sticks with this🤔
Also is there a complete list of the games included somewhere? Thanks
A complete games list of 60,000 games isn't practical. Know that this system is awesome , I have one.
The only thing I don't like is that my favourite Amiga game , has horrific graphical glitches. Don't know if it's the emulator or a bad copy of the game included.
I thoroughly recommend
@@FantasyVisuals true. I guess I was just hoping to get more highlights from the arcade titles included. Games that other emulators seem to struggle with like the midway games. NFL blitz, mortal kombat 1 and 2, possibly nhl open ice? Killer instinct arcade would also be a welcome addition:) thanks for the reply;)
Would be retro af to rock a sets of sticks on that badboy
@@bigmansavagedan81 try a good brand new SD card that fixed some issues for some people.
right off the bat, the PS2 style of controller - i personally believe that was the epitome of console gaming controller design: took everything that was great from SNES and PS1 and perfected it.
3DO 😀!!! Now we are talking. Curious how the games run for this console
ew, 3D0 failed for a reason...there's not much good about it
@@Nathan-is7li Still a fanbase out there for it and great to see it getting emulated. A Mini 3DO would be amazing featuring the following:
Gex
Total Eclipse
The Horde
Wolfenstein 3D
Return Fire
Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo
BattleSport
Captain Quasar
Alone in the Dark
The Need for Speed
Road Rash
Killing Time
Theme Park
The Incredible Machine
Escape From Monster Manor
Fifa Soccer
Slam N Jam 95
PGA Tour 96
Crash N Burn
Cannon Fodder
Lemmings
Space Hulk
Off World Interceptor
Pheonix 3
Demolition Man
Star Control 2
Pataank
There are many excellent games for the console. It failed mostly due to high price and actually had some decent software for it. Just because a console failed does not mean there isnt anything good on it. Look at the Dreamcast...
@@johnhancockretro I couldn’t agree with you more John. I bought it around launch for $699 I believe and enjoyed many hours playing so many games on it and I still have it to this day. IMO underrated console but expensive at the time fir sure.
John I loved Trip'd! Is that on this?? I bought my 256Gb from Aliexpress. Is that a guarantee 3DO is on it? It says China but my package said New York on it.
Once upon a time, the Pi was king. I'm glad android systems like this are dominating as they should always have had.
The presentation looks great, I love the game selection screen with the cover art and the short description. A question: if you add your own games to this, do you get the same detailed description, or how does that work?
That is custom and has to be added separately.
@@johnhancockretro would you explain how you make it please
@@Amer6421 It's called "scraping." All the Chinese console and handheld emulator devices have this feature. You open the main menu, select the scrape option, and specify what kinds of game representation data you want to include for your game(s). You can scrape for a single title, or batch scrape for a whole console, handheld, or old computer's folder of game roms and images. You can even scrape preview videos of gameplay for the game(s) you're downloading representation data for. Make sure you have enough disk space! 🙂
Pretty sweet. Thanks for this review. I just found out about these. Thinking about getting one.
I guess the interface is nice and its compact, but unless you're just too lazy to go "acquire" a few ROMs and ISOs for yourself, there's not a chance this is worth it. Most of these will run on an old office pc you could snag for 50 bucks. And that obviously works as a pc too. This thing is overall a terrible value.
Big difference on being "too stupid and lazy" as in what your downloading is someone's attached malware, viruses, cryptomining and randsomware. Not only are you a child because ADULTS do not abuse their ISP contracts just to get a free broken bad version of an old game from the 80's...
This thing darn near fits in your hand instead of a bulky old office PC.
I’ve been playing since Atari in the 80s. I need this
Breakout,berserker,pit fall!
Is it possible to save state with these games?
That's a standard android box that is commonly sold for iptv services. They generally sell for about 80 bucks CAD, cheaper if you don't mind waiting up to 60 days for delivery.
i have the super console cube, has everything except saturn. i was blown away when i seen that it had wizardry: bane of the cosmic forge!
9:45 That game is Goonies !!! and i have many memories with it.
I do a nice build for Umbrella Arcades with over 10,000 games, and an upgraded CPU for even smoother gameplay on the most difficult to run systems. Its a J4125 processor, with a 512GB SSD.
All i want nostalgic game, but when i have it, there's something missing, and you know what is it? The TIME TO PLAY 🥺😢
Truth!
Awesome…. I’m surprised nobody has made a modern Turok…. Loved those series
I subbed because I like the way you put together the video super professional and I like the super console in the video so all in all pretty good 👍
How's the sound reproduction? I'm especially curious about the Genesis.
Nice video and review JOhn...as far as technology got, I still a retro gamer....nostalgia is unbeatable!
I am looking for a device to play exclusively SNES, Sega Mega Drive and Sega Master System.
Any suggestions?
Cheers
looks amazing!....does this have the nba live series on the sega genesis/super nintendo?
I need a link to the best emulator console that has everything ready to play like ps2 Saturn GameCube! Love the channel so much John!!!! Immortal fan for life love the positive vibes!
wow! that looks really cool.
i like that he showed little tastes of each of the consoles with his honest takes even negative (looking at you, gauntlet n64!)
kind of an impressive device TBH. i mean i'm on raspberry pi for this but this looks much better (and less setup time lol)
I like how they upped the price triple over other android tv boxes (even their own) because it's "GAMERZ" and has a preinstalled rompack.
Awesome little system dude! It looks like a Pi4 in a custom case, still pretty cool tho 😎👍✨
Great video just discovered your channel 👌👌
A game I grew up playing in the arcade was Victory Road. I'd love to be able to play that game again but it had a funky controller system where the joystick also spun. I wonder if there's a specialized controller I could buy so I could play it.
I think the arcade cab of Guerilla War used the same type of joystick. It plays fine through Mame using the controllers for this system.
@@volvoguy804 absolutely does NOT play fine with the included controller! Lol. There is no easy way to spin the player to shoot or swing the sword in all directions like in Akari Warriors which needs a spinner too. Try it out and you'll see how bad it plays without the spinner. Thumbs up if anyone agrees 👍
With retropie and raspberry, i have made a system with 110 systems and more of 40.000 games, nothing can beat my creation. =).
What's the most recent system it can emulate?
I used to love ‘super hang on’ where you could hit the opposing racers with chains!
I bought an Xbox a while ago with a 1 terabyte HD and one or two games on it. Its amazing how many games one can fit with a 1 terabyte HD. I mean, its almost like you could fit every game up until the Xbox on it. That being said its a blast playing ps1 games on an Xbox. Just saying for a friend.
i keep watching these videos and want to get a system then remember that i’m a terrible gamer…oh well, one day i’ll finally give in and play a retro system like this
You don't have to be proficient it's really all about maximizing your interest and enjoying the content. Honestly, I'd rather these games just still hold my interest than be good at them 😟😣
Does it have the Tomb Raider series or Doom series ? How about kinetica from PlayStation 2 ?
You got me up in marvel vs Capcom 2 and alien versus predator I gotta save my cash to buy this!
I bought one that was positively reviewed and I bought it off amazon hoping it wasnt what i thought it was. I got it and couldnt even turn it on and the manual was completely different than the console they sent lol....NEVER AGAIN. nothing beats PC emulation
Ya, if you already own a pc, no point in trying to buy something like this.
@@silenceyoufear7127 saves a ton of time and effort. too late for me - but ive got barebones - no menus or art etc, just load up from a list or w/e.
I purchased this and it worked fine. Now the controllers are not communicating with the console?
Anyone know how I can pair them back up to the console?
Thanks for the great video! Did you find there was any controller latency using the console? Also, are there built in scanline options?
Thats the only thing i care about, is there lag or latency with controls... I bought an emulator box for my sis in law last year and we found the control was god awful even with a wired controller.
Did you guys find out if there was latency ?
Do you know one that contains the portable "LYNX"? If you do please reply
Wow its got everything that i can think of for retro consoles except for atari jaguar, ps2, GameCube, and xbox, Fairchild channel f, astrocade, and arcadia 2001
Does it overheat?
Torn between this and the x cube. Which one is better? Price difference? I wish someone would do a comparison video.
Yes I'd like to know as well, thanks!
Wow, that price tag is sooooo reasonable!
Nice video
This looks really cool, i just wanted to plug and play and not worry about setting it up , is this the best option out there?
Some games i always wanted to play as kid, never got to and never been able to emulate
Warzard Arcarde
Samurai showdown RPG neogeo CD
Jurrassic Park 3DO
due to budget you said, damn straight it was budget I missed on a lot.
Why was psp 30 fps on a 60 fps game (metal slug).
How does the neo geo cd emulator run? Friend of mine has one of these boxes, the neo cd had input delay. It sucked.
well, at first i thought "just another cheapo emulator piece of crap". but this thing actually seems to be pretty interesting. great selection of games with from a wide variety of classic devices. also solid hardware and a decent price.
big thanks & greetings from germany! :)
is there any way to hook that up to arcade controls? usb fightsticks or such
This console is real and been around for a few years now .
It's been selling online some people might now even know about it .
I'm purchasing mine in April of this year .
It's the Kinhank super x king console with 2 wireless Play station controllers.
I have my own collection of wireless controllers of different game consoles ever made .🎮🎮👌🏽👌🏽👍🏽👍🏽
Just got one. Mine boots with a blank screen when SDcards are inserted but the title music plays. Any suggestions for troubleshooting?
I’m not a gamer and a lot of this is total Greek to me. One simple question: if you buy this thing and just plug it into your tv, do you then immediately have 60,000 games? Or do you have to have a bunch of other stuff to play them?
Its plug and play