Why Are Mini Consoles So Important? - Retro Bird Featuring DreamcastGuy!
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- Опубликовано: 10 сен 2024
- We've all seen how popular Mini consoles have become, but let's take a deeper look at why they're important for video games in the bigger picture.
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DreamcastGuy yes he does
I love having my mini consoles. I went to the midnight releases for both the NES and SNES classics. Our town's Walmart got 6 NES classic editions, I was 5th in line for it. We got 20 SNES classic editions, I was 4th in line for it. The Sega Genesis mini was way more easy to locate. I enjoy all 3. I play with with my wife and son. It's convenient and way more affordable than getting the actual hardware and games. Plus, they look great when displayed. Now I'm waiting for Nintendo to release a N64 classic edition.
Super informative! I actually didn’t know most of this information regarding mini systems and now I want one, of course. :D
Good to hear. Glad I could fill you in :)
Hows it taken me 2 years to find my two favourite gaming youtubers collab! Great job guys hope you do more in the future!
Cool to see a big youtuber doing a collaboration with you and paying some respect to the small channels. The small channels are the best IMO.
With that said why did he call you "retro" and not retrobird?
It's just like a nickname sort of thing. Glad to hear you got a kick out of the video!
Accessibility. They allow people like me to relive the 16 bit glory days on a budget without sacrificing a ton of quality. They also allowed me to show my kids that there is more to videogames than RDR 2 and Minecraft!
Amazing guest, good of him to do this!
I thought this would be a nice treat for all my viewers. It's been great to see everyone's reaction.
A really intelligent and well researched video. I’ve come across a lot of obtuse snobbery from some retro gamers online concerning the mini consoles. Personally I think the mini consoles are incredible and so convenient. Sure it’s emulation but it’s official emulation on proprietary software. Better still, both the SNES and NES minis use SLC NAND which will pretty much last forever
Nice! Dreamcast guy is one of my favorite video game RUclipsrs. Looking forward to the Genesis mini!
Good to hear. Yeah, I'm excited for the Genesis mini as well!
When I filmed this I actually had the Genesis Mini just off camera and was so tempted to hold it up and be like "OH AND SOON WE WILL ALL HAVE THIS THING" haha
That video reminded me of how many rad games are on the minis. I need to spend more time playing them.
Totally. I always mean to show Thomas and James some of the classics when I'm over there.
Well done as always. Cool to see this colab. I gotta say I’m a sucker for these mini consoles. Yes even the PS Classic.
Thank you for watching as always! I just hope the TG-16 classic turns out well.
Great video. Next up we need a Dreamcast Mini, or a Saturn mini!
Yes. Those would be very handy to have! Especially for the Saturn and it's expensive library.
I need me the holy trio of mini consoles
Where's our Sega Saturn Mini?
Love the Minis. So far got. Playstation,Megadrive,The C64,Nes and Snes.
I love the mini consoles and actually, one of them got me into collecting for a console. So there! They aren't just useful but fun as a mofo to play when you drag one of those heavy things over to your friends to play.
FYI, the Turbografx-16 Mini is currently in stock on the US Amazon site strictly through Amazon at $100.
Love the integrated humor 🙌😆
The dangling system due to short cord lol
I liked when the earthquake was throwing games of the shelf and one hit his head. That was gold. I've been watching all of his videos the past two days and a lot of his stuff is gold.
What’s interesting is that I’ve never heard of the Dreamcastguy but subscribe to you. So you must be doing something right!
LOL -- "They could release a console called 'The Nintendo Turd Box' and people would still be lining up to buy it. ... Take the Wii U for example ...."
Wait, you are friends with DC Guy? Credibility DESTROYED
He's a nice guy! I'm guessing you don't like him?
While I get what you’re saying, AtGames did clean up their act. The 2018 version of their Sega Genesis isn’t bad. It came with 85 pack-in games (which is more than the company brand minis ship with) and with the firmware update, you can use a 16GB SD card for thousands more games. Most of those 16-bit games seem to require kilobytes of data so 16GB is a HUGE number of games. I’ve added nearly 90 games to my Genesis via the SD card and I have hundreds more to add. Yes, AtGames earn a bad reputation, but that newer version of the Genesis is good. The Bluetooth controller links immediately and is responsive and the system seems stable. Either a game runs or is doesn’t boot up, but I haven’t had any crashes.
Nailed it once again Retro Bird! The mini consoles got me back into gaming and the price was a major factor. Sixty to eighty bucks (100 for TurboGrafx) but hundreds to thousands of dollars worth of games with quality emulation and ready to plug in to a modern TV. Any problems are mostly nitpicking (not enough games, people want different games, controller cords too short for NES and I'd say the SNES as well, only 1 controller included for NES and Turbo, etc). Genesis mini is my favorite. I had never played Beyond Oasis or Gunstar Heroes and now they're two of my favorite games. It's a shame Playstation mailed in their console but a True Blue Mini stick makes it pretty awesome.
Glad you got to finally experience Gunstar Heroes. Such an amazing game.
I wish there was an organization like GOG but for console games. In fact I wish GOG themselves would just start doing console games too. Getting these old games to run on modern PC hardware with no DRM headaches, you could preserve them forever. They would get permission from the content owner, like GOG does, to open up a small revenue stream that stopped existing for them decades ago. Then you have a real organization and the content owners responsible for the quality of the games, and not have to rely on a fragmented emulation community with convoluted workarounds.
That would definitely be a really popular service!
I like most of them. I would say The Astro City Mini is my favourite. Maybe Turbografx mini second, Mega Drive mini third, NES mini fourth, PlayStation mini fifth, SNES mini sixth, C64 mini seventh. Others I don't have, unless the Capcom Home Arcade counts, but that one is really big. Really dislike the choice of games in the SNES mini. I heard others praise it for exactly the same, but I guess tastes differ. It is at least not that varied.
What the hell your a fellow Californian I am from California to
I shit myself when he pulled out half life on the Dreamcast
Wow. Looks like the snes classic turns yellow too.
It may just be the lighting but I'm not sure.
Retro Bird yeah. Mines actually looking a little yellow too. Is the plastic any different? If it isn’t then it should. I think my nes classic too. People talk about the snes turning yellow more then the nes, and I don’t know why.
@@xXSpongeBroBrownPantzXx I thought they had said it's a different plastic. The Dreamcast is another console that I feel like suffers from yellowing in a lot of cases.
Retro Bird it does look and feel like different plastic, I don’t know. My snes is getting yellower and yellower everyday. One day it will grow eyes, a nose, wear brown pants and go to work. Also Nintendo turd box is already out and I bought super Mario toilet simulator 1964 (it was a canceled game by miyamoto when he was 2) I’m sorry.
Retro Bird also that half life Dreamcast game looks awesome
Because tornados can’t de-preserve these mini consoles 😊
I love the idea of mini consoles. Its kitschy. However, I have actually never seen a Nes or SNES mini. There were none here. I would buy both... but can't find them.
I got my Genesis mini by accident. I think. Long story.
But I love it. It's cool as hell.
It would be nice to have the Nintendo versions, but.. again, limited production runs, scalping... I can emulate. Which is too bad, because a mini NES would be awesome. Or I can just buy a shell for my Pi. Nobody wins here Nintendo. Reminds me of ordering Amiibo from Japan. Just send them here!
Perhaps they will release the NES and SNES mini again at some point down the road.
@@RetroBirdGaming That would be nice. It's not even about the games, it's about collecting. I love collecting Pac -Man stuff for instance. Since this is a Retro channel, have you ever covered points or a timer? Are they outdated concepts? Are trophies or achievements the new version? I like unlocking stuff, but sometimes I am just not good enough. So I don't get to experience the full game. But I didn't earn it either. Currently playing Hydro Thunder, and I have 3 tracks open. Out of around 12. Time is a factor, but what if by grinding enough I could earn a score to unlock new tracks?
I phrased this poorly, but the evolution of games interests me. Maybe a topic to look into.
You're from where?
@@matttherrien9608 Missouri. I used to live up north in Louisiana, then St. Charles and St. Peter's. Now I live in Troy. They are essentially spokes of STL.
Very French and German influenced. Boulevards, beer breweries, and of course Italian food. Got off point there, but I have never actually seen a mini Nes or SNES in person. It's like Momo. Look that up. Probably real, but who knows? Got a Genesis mini pretty easy though. Why? And I had to order a Little Mac Amiibo from Japan. That's ridiculous. Nintendo could have probably sold tons more units if they tried. This ain't exactly the sticks. Have a good one!
@@andrewt6338 Was just wondering where the scarcity was. Did you hack your Genesis mini and what kind of good brews do they produce there so I can check some out up here in Canada where we are quite fond of beer?