We bought CHEAP Gaming Consoles From Aliexpress….Do they Suck?
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- Опубликовано: 5 дек 2021
- Today we are taking a look at something totally outside our comfort zone, handheld consoles from Aliexpress. Are they any good?
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"I feel like you can pick up a PSP for like 10 bucks" Lol says someone who clearly hasn't looked at used video game prices in over 5 years.
They never gone under $50 in SoCal, since they came out.
As someone who knows A lot about these Chinese fake consoles this video hurts me
lol that's what I was thinking. Anbernic makes some decent devices
Same..
Agreed. I wouldn't really mind if it weren't for the fact that they confidently evaluated them as if they knew what they were talking about, and people new to the retro handheld scene could be misled. The $10 device is definitely not what I would reccomend as a "bang for your buck" retro console. It's going to feel very cheap, and only a fraction of the games will be unique and playable. If you spend a bit more you can get something that functions leagues better, supports more complex emulators, and has an expandable library of games.
@@overthinking1843 Products don’t have to be perfect (or even great) in order to be fun. Good enough is a thing. Ten dollars is nothing compared to $200-300 for something like a Nintendo Switch/Switch Lite plus $60 for game. Naturally you get what you pay for, though.
How does it hurt
It was painful to see them plug in into the TV OUT and then wonder why the screen was off.
You should do more research on these devices before you review them. The Anbernic 351p is leagues above the other two. Thus why it costs more. At the same time PSP / Dreamcast emulation is really where it tops out at.
Agreed. I've delved into a bit of an obsession with retro handhelds and I don't think this review did the Anbernic justice. The processing power, quality control, build quality, and community for Anbernic devices are much much better than the others. It is difficult to run PS1 games and I find it surprising that they claimed the cheap and generally shitty $10 one was better, especially since I'd bet that there aren't actually 400 games and it repeats games several times. Playing a single game of Super Mario Bros doesn't say much about the device. Not to mention that they are highly underestimating the worth of this kind of the device. A used PSP does NOT go for $10... in fact in good condition they can cost twice the amount the Anbernic did. I think the reason they rated some of the nicer ones worse is because they incorrectly assumed that you can get mid-range Anbernic level processing power and quality for an impossibly cheap price.
I liked the video's format and I don't mean to bash them, but I wish they did a bit more research before confidently reviewing products negatively.
@@overthinking1843 I would be surprised if Anbernic’s products aren’t making a fair bit of profit, though. If they were sold for $75-85 instead of ~$100 they probably wouldn’t be losing money.
Yeah, they seem biased, the game they played isn't the best on the device.
But you could already tell apart the quality build from the get go already, even when they have the device on their hands.
I mean come on the UI already worlds apart.
i mean to be fair they called the vita psp and left the video cable in and wondered why it doesnt work
😂
The Anbernic is actually the best one, you don't know how heavy PSP and Dreamcast games are. It runs PS1 perfectly fine, and it's not easy to find a 100$ device that is able to do it.
A psp can run all that and n64 for 30 usd
Does the anbernic come preloaded with all the games? I have no way to get them on there
@@johnduncan7718 yeah they give you a 64GB micro SD card loaded with a bunch of ROMS, if you ever do get a SD card reader, it’s also really easy to load more games onto it, and the community support for the device is crazy when it comes to custom firmware
Psp can run every emulator (except capcom 3) perfect fine.
@@aqwsderxz
The cheapest PSP I can find is $100.
He seriously put the best retro handheld out right now in last place🤦♂️
Fr bro 🤦
You do know that cheap 10$ handheld can only play preset games right?
The other two, you can download the games somewhere and put it there.
That's already worth the money rather than the 10$ one, but I guess you can just throw 10$ anytime.
it shows that you do not care about these handheld device and it hurts to see.
8:04 "It has a insertable Micro USB."
... go on, I'm listening...
lol prepare to be disappointed.
I don't think you can buy a second hand switch for 100 dollars.
Or a secondhand PSP for $10.
Lol they had no clue about any emulation handheld...
the first "gameboy" I have one like it and when the battery is low the screen dims more and more so charging it makes it pretty bright
Same and I like it to
Me too
That Anbernic is actually a really good device If you're Looking for a retro gaming machine they're awesome And it's nice because they work out of the Box
Anbernic is actually quality and now becoming a trusted brand
Please I have a question to ask does these Anbernic Game Console Support Mk Mortal Kombat
Was that first “game boy” thing playing a midi version of Despcacito?! Lol.
the 100 doller one is probably the best bang for the buck you just gotta upload the custom firmware first.
Yeah I’m sure you can play around with settings to make it run smooth
@@casketman14 100%
@@overthinking1843 the RG351P has custom firmware and a micro SD slot
@@keithbiz85 oh oops lol, I must have replied to the wrong comment. I was talking about the crappy >$10 one
So it doesn’t work well without uploading?
Hi guys i have a question i am buying a gaming machine and having trouble on what to choose a i7 11gen laptop with a 3060 or a ryzen 5 3600 and 1660ti desktop.
Yeah buy it 👍
Didn't see a lot of content about them? There are entire channels, such as Wicked Gamer and Collector, that are pretty much dedicated to devices such as these.
@Alexander TM-290 Retro Game Corp and Taki Udon to mention two more.
This is the first Toasty Bros video I've watched where they've clearly put no effort into it.
Exactly. This is the wrong lane for these gentlemen.
Where are the $10 psps ? I want one
Same
The Anbernic RG351P looks really similar to the Retroid Pocket 2
How?
Video idea: mic and boom arm kit on amazon under $50
i have that bm-800 what is cheap mic + arm set on amazon wish ebay etc. its pretty good sound actually but it take every sound in room. arm is little bit broken i dont know did i got only bad luck or what but it work still and i believe that i had only bad lucky cause it is metal arm
buy the sudotack st-800. best mic/arm combo at that price that I've found. I have a mic comparison video where you can hear it
If I wanted to see somebody review these who didn't know anything about them I'd gift one to my cousin. Also a psp for $10 is absolutely insane.
Agreed. PSPs go for ~$150 to $200. I wish the reviewers did a bit more research.
@@overthinking1843 Can be less than that, honestly. My guess would be $75-150 as a common range, depending on condition. - The PS Vita is a different story.
Plus the dorky gasp when they saw the rudimentary Pokemon games. The noob sauce was too thick here
I like what you guys are trying to do ..but you both have a lot to work on these videos
When sellers are new they often sell products at lower prices just to get their feedback up. As soon as they do they’ll return the price to normal.
How could you make a video about something you know so little about. I enjoy your budget P.C videos. You could have watched at least a 10min youtube video about handheld gaming before admitting that you don't know stuff.
now you gotta doo a video on sub 200 handhelds that are actually good
You can tell when someone’s spent less than an hour of effort making a video. Literally 30 seconds on ebay would’ve shown that a $10 PSP straight up doesn't exist
lol anyone who watches ETAPRIME, Taki Udon, Retro Dodo, Wicked Gamer & Collector, etc. can easily tell these guy have never... NEVER handled a retro gaming device in their life.
But... the guy who bought the RG351P KNEW what he was purchasing, he was like, "so we're doing a video on CHEAP ass retro gaming devices? Ok, I'll find and buy 2 crappy ones then just... toss the +$100 RG351P in there cause I REALLY want that handheld as someone once mentioned it to me as a great device." considering the title of this video they should have bought the powkiddy v90, IMO one of the best CHEAP devices out there.
NOBODY does a "cheap" retro gaming device video but then goes out of their way to buy quite possibly the best bang for your buck in an RG351P.
Of ALL the "cheap retro gaming device" video's on You Tube, and there's quite a few, nobody just "randomly" tossed a $100 device in the mix... that just doesn't happen. =P
So you bought 2 crappy devices and one ballin' device.... WHO IS THIS VIDEO FOR and why does it exist?? =/
i actually have a gameboy like that but its white and thinner. it has 500 games, got it for christmas 2 years ago .
FIVE HUNDRED? Dude i wish i had that
Hi I would like to know if I buy 2 of those and wanna do a multiplayer game those consoles require wire? Or any of those are wireless? 10:51
That 10 dollar one that plugs into TV is a 2 player setup that's why you get extra control and one player uses the Gameboy thing itself but both watch the TV I know this was some time ago but yeah.
I'll be watching your videos long after I've stepped away from RUclips.
If anyone reading this is interested in cheap Retro Gaming watch Taki Udon, ETA Prime or Wolff den they know way more than the brothers of toast LOL!
That first console was probably old stock of 8-bit consoles made around 2010 for Third World countries. Cheapest plastic and speaker, inside you would find "logic" in epoxy blob, all that was needed to put 8-bit processor and games from 1980s. They would usually come with cinch (RCA) TV cables for old cathode ray TVs that could be still found in those countries (also dirt cheap by that time) . They would also sometimes include controller(s) and/or charging adapters, so they could be used as home console. Overall, kinda sad end of 8-bit era, today they are not interesting to many people, shady merchants on Aliexpress or Wish sell them for few bucks although they probably bought them in bulk by weight.
I don't see these $10 devices as a sad end to the 8-bit era as i don't believe many people see these $10 gaming devices as the final step in 8-bit gaming, I personally don't even consider these devices lol, imo any device that when you boot it up you are forced to choose between Engrish or Chinese with NO ability to add roms or a different firmware thats loaded with clones of games and repeats are just junk, If you can't change the firmware or add new roms to it it's not worth the headache or money, save that $10 and invest it in an RG300 or a V90 if you can't afford more than $40-50, THOSE are the devices that bring back to life and are a testament to the awesomeness that was 80's gaming.
@@bigemugamer Well, unfortunately, like it or not , they are final step in 8-bit era. Since they do have 8-bit processors and architecture, and they do run native 8-bit code . After that no one produced 8-bit gaming machines on industrial scale, all that came was emulation. As I said, they were not meant for US market, they were sold in Third World countries around 2010. Today they are mostly junk sold for few bucks, and collector's items since even the poorest kids would have some kind of Android device with better games than this.
Was this just an ad for the anbernic rg351v??
Anbernic and powkiddy are straight up fire can't wait to get one
Get the RG405M from Anbernic, may cost a bit, but you will not regret it.
I’ve been looking for this video! I watched it on my different device.
Tbh this is top five retro handhelds :
RGB30
RG35XX H (it's good because it's pocketable and has 2 analog sticks which the RG35XX PLUS doesnt have)
ROG Ally.
10:44 this is a japanese Famicom controller knockoff, the Famicom also known as the Family Computer was the NES for japan. it came with these.
Hope everyone is excited for Christmas 🎅
Not really. Just another working day for me.
PSP is like 100
"it's probably like $10" obviously hasn't done any research, just talking
And often ~$200 for one in good condition
The ANBERNIC is an amazing system, but these do struggle with psp, N64 and Dreamcast, the rest work great.
The Anbernic has an great following and these things are plug and play, for those who feel setting up a retro system and software is a pain and complex.
Retro gaming, either stuck with these or go expensive pc's to play everything.
It's s bit much for these to play the later systems, like n64, Dreamcast and psp, which are hard to emmulate at the best of times.
The anbernic you showed are very popular systems and out of the box are not really optimized and stuff just slapped on, but with better emmulators can run better than out of the box.
Even if you used an nvida shield some of these games still struggle.
$100 the anbernic is a good system. I have the RG351V by ANBERNIC and a great little retro box and a good 95% of the games work well.
Even if 90% or 80% work it's a great system, but these are using low powered chipsets afterall
You have to check out the RG405m, it is a huge improvement over the 351p. I compaired the boot times of the RG351 and RG405 and the RG405 was a full 15 seconds faster just booting up. I do run custom software on both units and have tweaked them to get the best performance possible. PS2 emulation is near flawless , Gamecube runs well and any generation before will run perfectly. As a bonus the RG405 has a different form factor and the screen "appears" much larger than the 351. With Anbernic models the numbers are the screen size and the letter is construction type eg. (P)lastic or (M)etal. The V with your unit is for (V)ertical format. I have a 280v, 280m (for camping), 351P and the 405M.
The only thing I learned after watching this video is that you have no ability to recommend these kind of devices. You don't even know what each one is doing. The $10 is a device that can only run 8-bit games from the first NES (Nintendo Entertainment System) Wich control is replicated from Japanese version of it called Famicom. And that's because it's practically a piece of hardware that has a NES ROM chip inside. It's an inexpensive device whit toy materials. It's crosshead is terrible quality, so complex game mechanics are difficult to achieve. The other buttons are decently responsive but nothing remarkable. The other $15 device, depending on its version, either does the same thing or expands it to 16 bits, i.e. Super Nintendo games or similar and it's the same crap build quality (both of them are made for little kids). And the Anbernics is an emulator system, that is, it doesn't have dedicated hardware. It has a hardware with enough power to run different game system through software. From the oldest consoles such Atari 5200 to Nintendo 64. It's a little gem with you can enjoy almost more than a half games history and is not for little kids, it's for teenagers to higher.
“This thing is spinning around on my finger”
*DUDE! YOU ARE RUBBING YOUR FINGER ON IT, WHAT DO YOU EXPECT IT TO DO?*
Also bro seriously?
You used a 4/3 screen to play PSP?
You could've played dreamcast or Playstation the performance is actually great in the anbernic devices they have good quality controls, also I recommend buying the RK2023 (it's good for a starter handheld.
Can we get Android gaming device testing
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Well you probably won't be able to play Xbox one games at max graphics settings so these guys would put it at the bottom of the list. Lol
I saw the title cheap I was like ok but then I saw anbernic
God that first one for 1 euro and 50 cents on aliexpress 😂😂
hey can you guys review the Super Console X PRO Classic Retro Game Console
PSP for $10???? Someone doesn't live in reality.
If only everything said in this video was true... Retro Gamers would have it real easy 😅
I didn't realize Seth Rogan does product reviews. 😂
Just bought a portable console for about 200$ (with 4k+ games, 4500 mAh battery, 4GB RAM, 256 GB memory + up to 2TB with card) from Aliexpress…waiting to arrive :) 400$+ for a Nintendo Switch is a bit expensive for what it offers; not to mention that you’ll need to get an SD card and buy each game you want to play; you better get a PS5 for that money lol, but a 100-200$ console is great in terms of what are you paying for and what you are gettin’. Congrats for this clip folks.
Great video, guys. Nice to see you expanding. BTW, Rush'N Attack is an NES game.
PSPs around me are expensive to 150 is the lowest so I honestly would have this just based on me not wanting to buy games after buying the psp
Review something you know something about
Where do i get the batterys for it
All these consoles are rechargeable, but only consider the Anbernic, the other two are crap.
I can feel the Anbernic fanboys descending on your comments section as we speak…
Given the quality of this video I'd find it hard to blame them. The TB usually give decent consumer advice but their efforts here are just laughable as they've clearly put so little effort into looking into what the devices can do.
I don’t think people should be labelled “fanboys” for trying to correct blatant misinformation…
Yep, Just watched them and gave them a good hard whack with the Anbernic stick
The 10$ gameboy ko is not the best value.
The controls do not work well, making it virtually impossible to beat even one level of a game.
If the control's weren't so bad than it would win hands down, with controls that bad it's a glorified video paper weight.
On that so called 'SUP' Gameboy the control are unusual, NES B=Y, NES A=B. I have one and modded it to make sure controls are correct
Also those stuff suffered from 2nd player control problems
Anbernic products are high quality I'd even say a step above powkiddy and nothing like the first 2 cheap crappy handhelds you show.The market is flooded with these because nobody wants them especially the black lookalike Gameboy with the same set of repeating NES games that are programmed onto 100 other variations of dirt cheap Chinese handhelds.
Does the kings reply?
Good Lord unplug the freaking video cable already lol
the 10 dollar gameboy type item is something i would actually buy
I bought that for my wife … izzzz a ok
@@seetheanimal5867 WOW, you must hate your wife. Hundreds of options out there and she gets the cheapest which in this case IS also actually the worst.
if the $10 price tag is the only reason you would buy a portable retro gaming device, then why would you buy one? do you like being disappointed with cheap purchases, would you actually play with it. or is it because as a teenage you don't have a job and your allowance is like... $5 a week (that was mine back in the day lol) well don't worry my young friend, when you turn 18 and get a job and actually start making money you can get something better. I'd suggest a Q90 or V90 (just bought new black V90, GREAT budget device with mature custom firmware and TF card slot) you'll discover a WORLD of distance paying $40 for a V90 over the $10 abomination you'll hate after 10 mins. ;)
@@bigemugamer losers worry about being cheap. Winners get love for any gift they give 🤷🏽♂️
@@bigemugamer you're fun at parties
I just bought your first one for $2.38 and shipping. Yay!
The bros coming in Clutch!!
Nintendo switch still sells for $300 LOL 🤣 not even remotely close to $100, unless the seller does not know what they have.
If anyone reading this is interested in cheap Retro Gaming watch Taki Udon, ETA Prime or Wolff den they know way more than the brothers of toast!
And a used PSP definitely does not go for $10! I wish it did though...
@@overthinking1843 Me too! lol
This dude called a micro sd card a micro USB -_-
Anbernic is the best of all and never buy that x12 plus it's gonna have lot of crap happen stuck on boot menu or bad btry it better add some new firmware but don't recommend
try removing the rca cable from the fake gameboy
the micro sd being called an insertable micro usb, this video hurts
I don't want to see adverts. That's why I have a blocker. Put at end
Yep
Ouchh! Hurt to see this video for some reason. Device like this was treated so much better from channel like Etaprime
I'm guess this channel JUST discovered portable retro gaming handhelds
@@bigemugamer i think, its pretty niche for mainstream viewer
You guys saved me a hundred bucks thank you!
The gameboy type consoles (the cheap ones) they show are not even close to the rg351p. They struggle with 8 bit games, 16 bit is not even close, the Rg 351 can handle most 64 bit games and all 32 bit games. This is like compairing a old model T ford with a Telsa.
U guys videos are just getting better and better👌
If you want a good semi cheap portable console I have 2 words:switch lite
At $50+ for a switch game where I am, I much prefer the Anbernic emulators. With around 5000+ different games avaliable It will take me a lifetime to complete them all. My partner has a switch lite and it is not for me I find a lot of the games to be repetitive and downright boring, perhaps it is her game choice, but it has put me off. I have been a gamer for a while, starting with the Apple 2 Europlus in the dim dark days of home computers.
Why did this have to be a first impressions video and not a review?
Trying to remember the proper name of Russian Attack but I had it on my Commodore 64. 😁
It's call Rush'n Attack, not Russian attack, or Green Beret by Konami
@@Ritzrfx Green Beret! That's the name!
Lol I just wanna know if it plays the old school pokemon
The Anbernic will with no problems
I think by now, everyone knows the games lists are stupid and just want to know if you can add your own roms.
No just no.
My top 3 would be exactly the opposite...
Real ones remember the original title
What was it
@@hamzaelhamouti4769 it was along the line of "PC gaming is expensive buy these instead"
@@bunb5728 probably changed for clout
Imagine reviewing something you know nothing about. He wasn't even sure how to pronounce Anbernic so obviously hadn't done any previous research.
wow, this is a big L.
i found a console that was 50 cents.... no joke
best gaming setup in 400$ amazon
I love how bro said an anbernic product is not worth 30$ dude most retro emulation consoles can’t even do ps1 much less psp or GameCube research before you make som bold claims like that
Did this dude heil Hitler at the beginning? 🤣
Shilling grey market Windows licenses, I'm out
That's a Vita shape, not a PSP bro.
Fake gamers. This hurts alot to watch.
Lol anbernic is the best one. This guys are jokes not even a gamer.
a play station portable is 200 dollars 💀
Anbernic rg405 plays psp games happily (with a change of OS and some tweaking), then you have all the other consoles and games to enjoy
cheap 20€ console is cheap, more at 12
Micro SD....Micro SD.....Not Micro USB. How can you be a tech channel and not do any research or knowledge.
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Toastys are the beast
10-20 in your dreams
Lol, you know nothing.