The ''device'' was already there in the name of ''PC'' or something....emulation crap, come on Reggie gamers want to play on original hardware with original games, stick a everdrive in it and it's completely soulless.....SHAME on YOU!!
The Virtual Boy!!! i want to be able to play those games without burning my eyes out. it has a very small library so it might not be in Hyperkin's best interest but make it happen Metal Jesus.
MetalJesusRocks Doubt that is happening with how dead the 3DS VC has been outside of Snes games for New 3DS users, and with this also maybe being the last major year for the 3DS as well.
actually this is just a rebranded retro Freak gear converter. the only difference is that the retron versions top will accept USA SMS carts. and yes this will partially work on a genesis/MD. it will work with the SMS slots, it just wont work with the game gear side as the genesis doesn't have the hardware to run game gear games/software. hope this answers people's questions.
Man! I really wish we had this when we made our complete game gear collection video. We had to do the old film the person playing the game gear trick haha. Great video!
This is surreal. Your thumbnail is exactly what my Retron 5 looks like, complete with the Sword of Hajya. I was very scared for a moment that you were spying on me.
Preordered now. Can't wait to get it for my Retron 5 !! I do hope in the future Hyperkin makes a Turbo Grafx 16 adapter. I mean the Retro Freak is cool, but it overheats like crazy.
I love to see a console that plays Sega CD Sega Master System Sega Mega Drive Sega Genesis Sega Saturn GameCube Wii Wii u Switch 3ds DS GBA GBC GB PS1 Ps2 Ps3 Ps4 Xbox original Xbox 360 Xbox 1
Woah woah woah. Hold on just a darn second here. Did I spy a shopkeeper who was a pig with an eye-patch, neckerchief, and striped purple paisley shirt that was smoking a cigarette? "SHOPPING PLEASE" indeed. That's awesome
For some reason this video reminded me of Solar Striker on the original Gameboy. Haven't thought about that for decades, and man that game over music was so good.
I play sega genesis master system and game gear when I was a kid and I still play them I still have all system Thankyou very much for sharing your video thanks again
I never had any desire to pick up a Retron 5 (or any other clone system), as I'm happy playing my retro games on my CRT on the original hardware. That said, I'm going to pick up a Retron 5 & that adapter for the ability to play the Game Gear games. I'm a huge fan & collector of the Master System, and I've always wanted to collect for the Game Gear, but I had no interest in the console itself since they tend to die easily. This will give me the ability to play the games now on my HD tv. I'm sold!!!! :)
Does the Hyperkin 3-in-1 Adapter works with the Mega Retron HD since it came after Retron 5 and plus, I did heard the Sega Power Base Convertor fits in but it blocks the cord?
I realy like the Retron 5. I have a job and i am a father. So time to play video games is realy limeted. The Retron 5 allows me to play for an hour, safe and continue the next day. Its a huge adventage for me. I own a Master system power base converter and it also works with the Retron. Butt its cool to see that Hyperkin made a converter for those who like the Master system and Game gear. Both systems are realy overlooked by most.
I have something like this for my Retro Freak. I've had a lot of fun with it. I can recommend Aleste (Shooter) and Golden axe warrior (Zelda Clone) for the master system.
This is a better idea for Hyperkin. Thanks to them, our retro gaming will be more alive then ever. For one wish, I wish they would make a cartridge for the Sega 32x, and play all the Sega 32x games including Knuckles Chaotix. Nice video as well man. :)
I had all the sega cared games in my original collection that was lost to a house fire . I was so proud when I finally got the last sega card I needed for my collection and I'm hoping that I'll get them back one day.
hey MJR, just a little tip for early PS1 play, avoid the Scorpions when you're low lvl and focus on Swarms until you can buy an IRN SWD for 75 Mesetas in the southern sector of town, below the Spaceport.
You just mentioned my most favourite Master System games, Wonderboy 3 the Dragons Trap, Outrun and Phantasy Star. I only had 1 Master System game on card which was Ghost House and was a lot cheaper than the games on cart.
I met the programmer (Omar Cornut) working on the Wonderboy III remake a few months ago, and I was lucky enough to test the game. The musics are great, some of the original sounds are still here. The graphics are completely different but the physics is exactly the same. The coins are falling exactly the same way as on Master System. Oh and it will be released on the Nintendo Switch :) And most probably on Steam too
I just bougt Sega master system 2. I changed the RF cable with a brand new with ticker wire. It is close to the phono cable in quality as possible. It works perfect on my HD tv. I only have the console for two weeks and i bought 23 games to it. One of the game is Wonder boy "the Dragon`s trap". So far i love this system. Nice converter, it`s sad that this adapter only can be used on Retron 5. So i will not buy this adapter. Because i hate rom hacked consoles. I will make a review of the games i have during the weekend :-) Great review, thanks :-)
I think this will be a HUGE blow for the upcoming Retroblox system. Still...no turbografx so, I´ll probably want to see that for the next adaptor. I love my RetroN 5, been playing it for years now, very convenient for vacations and game capture. I´ll will get one of these for myself for sure. Great review MJ, all the best to you. A big hug from Portugal ;)
@MetalJesusRocks I really enjoy your channel, been watching your videos almost exclusively the last couple of days. Have you ever thought of doing a buying guide for the Dreamcast? Also, what are your opinions on the Dreamcast?
The Sega master system murdered the nes in terms of games & specs but the SNES murdered the Genesis. But the genesis did hold it owns in terms of licensed sports games
Wow.. I wouldn't had thought that with the low pixel count on game gear games, that the dithering filter would look so good... But even as an old folk myself, having grown up on the game gear... I find the filtered variant far superior... like something akin to what they likely wish they could had made back then. Nice.
I wish that this adapter was designed to be inserted over the Famicom Slot instead of the Genesis Slot, that would help players like me get the feel(ing) that 5 completely different platforms are all combined into one single-package console.
I usually don't like to use filters in emulators because they tend to make the graphics look kind of blurry. A year or so ago, I found a page where they had a bunch of different filter examples, including some new ones, where you could swipe the mouse over an image and see the filtered and unfiltered image. Most of them had the typical blurry look, but there were a couple that looked really good. One thing I've always found interesting is that scanlines are usually a separate filter, so you can't select smoothing and scanlines at the same time.
Eventual Systems for Hyperkin has to be the N64, Atari Jaguar, Atari 2600/Intellivison/Coleco, Nintendo DS, Sega 32X and then getting to CD system based games and making a new system for CD game systems.
I would like to see a Turbo Grafx adapter or maybe even a disc drive attatchment like the N64DD. They will probably do the latter with a follow-up console.
So even with the three cartridge and card ports you still CAN'T play Japanese Sega Master System cartridges, UNLESS you plug a second adapter, the Japanese cart to American system adapter into the cartridge port on this adapter. Kinda short-sighted, considering how much effort they put into Famicom compatibility.
So, MJR. I couldn't help but notice the molding is curved to accommodate the rounded shape on the top of the model 1 Genesis. I assume this means you can play Master System cart and card games on an actual Genesis.
It's a great alternative to the Master System Base Converter, especially because you can play Game Gear games on this. Also the FM chip emulation is a very nice addition. As for their next adaptor, I hope they can somehow bring an Atari 2600 adaptor to the Retron 5.
TG16/PCE of course! Atari/Intellivision/Colecovision would be pretty neat as well I have an old collection and these VERY old original 1st gen systems cost a bundle and are a royal pain to hook up to modern TVs.
A turbo grafx 16 adapter would be great. Hope they get a CD/dvd drive adapter for 3do, turboduo, Sega CD, and other disc based games. Also, a floppy drive adapter would be great as well.
so i had a sega genesis when game gear came out. and i was big time into evander hollyfields boxing on genesis. so my gma got me the game gear for christmas when it came out and the boxing game with it. i was so mad it wasnt the same version. but i found alot of other great games for game gear. and got the power cord and battery pack cause it ate batteries so fast. so this retron 5 is gonna be bought soon. so many great games on all the systems this plays.
I had only played Samurai Showdown on GG for years, until I came across an arcade cab back in 01'. I beat it, and any takers, on one quarter. Twas a fine day.
I had a Master System, but man the few games that I had for it just weren't enough for me to keep collecting for it, and pretty much that all applies to the Game Gear as well. Though it's neat that this is made, but if we can get an fpga version of the retron with even more supported systems that would be amazing.
Have you checked if the Sega card slot will also support 3D Sega Glasses along with a 3D game like Space Harrier 3D? Obviously the glasses isn't going to work on LCD, and CRT with HDMI is probably rarer than a gold NWC cart.
Sorry if you already mentioned it; but you know the master system powerbase does work with the retron? That's how I play my carts and cards. I would like to know your view on retroblox.
Not too much into the Master System but I enjoy the Game Gear quite a bit and the 3 in 1 is a good reason for me to pick up the RetroN 5 whenever I devide to get one. Also, a hidden gem for the Game Gear is Tempo jr. A silly game but worth a look if you don't have it. There's also a Tempo game for the 32x
Nice video, but ya seem to have forgotten about the the Segascope 3D glasses and games, they work on this to? Yes, yes I know I would need a much older TV to play the games in 3D, but still like to know if it works with this. Cooler yet would be emulation that allows the use of modern 3D TVs while playing those 3D games. Thanks.
The device we've been waiting for bro!
REGGGGIE!!!!
MetalJesusRocks turbografx 16 adapter :)
MetalJesusRocks Sega CD/32x adapter!
The ''device'' was already there in the name of ''PC'' or something....emulation crap, come on Reggie gamers want to play on original hardware with original games, stick a everdrive in it and it's completely soulless.....SHAME on YOU!!
I love your sarcasm!!! :)
The next Retron needs to be able to play N64.
Yes and Vectrex!
True, hopefully they can do something about it. Its all wishful thinking anyway.
There is fear that a Nintendo 64 clone system or adapter would lead to lawsuits from Nintendo. It is not quite old enough yet.
they are not perfect but i would also go also with the current state
Just get an N64 and the Everdrive 64 v3 and you'll be set for life!
Thanks for showing gameplay. Can't stand when people talk about games without gameplay. Metal jesus u are the man! :-)
I loved the Master System, good to see it hasn't been forgotten :)
Thank you Jason I really enjoyed this episode. I love when you show lots of game play in a review style.
It takes a lot of time to capture all the gameplay footage myself, but it's worth it. Thanks for noticing!
MetalJesusRocks yeah man, you did a great job on this vid. I went out and bought Halley Wars and Sylvan tale thanks to this vid.
Now that they have Master Card support, now we need TG-16 HuCard support.
That would kick ass!
How about a clone console that plays card based games? Like master system cards, PC engine hucards, TG16 cards and supergrafx cards.
The Retrofreak does that.
Game Gear games looks fantastic on this :o
Sega master system has great games
i bet this adapter makes recording gameplay footage WAY easyer, witch is a plus, i want to make a gamegear home console, thats one of my goals in life
This is something I could use for my Master System collection! Awesome to see it in action. Thanks!
still no 32X adapter :(
That would be great....along with Turbo Grafix
TurboGrafix/PC Engine and the 32X are shit!, confirmed by the Angry Video Game Nerd.
That would be nice. There are some great games to be had on 32x.
Get a Mega Everdrive
@@KirbyVanPelt form your own opinion
The Virtual Boy!!! i want to be able to play those games without burning my eyes out. it has a very small library so it might not be in Hyperkin's best interest but make it happen Metal Jesus.
Nintendo should just release Virtual Boy games in the eShop for the 3DS. It would be PERFECT!
MetalJesusRocks Doubt that is happening with how dead the 3DS VC has been outside of Snes games for New 3DS users, and with this also maybe being the last major year for the 3DS as well.
MetalJesusRocks, Nintendo doesn't wanna remind people of their biggest failure, so that's not happening.
Maybe not everyone single one, but at the _very_ least, they should have salvaged Virtual Boy Wario Land.
I've always wanted to play Jack Bros, I'd be so insanely
happy if Nintendo released it in the 3DS VC
actually this is just a rebranded retro Freak gear converter. the only difference is that the retron versions top will accept USA SMS carts.
and yes this will partially work on a genesis/MD. it will work with the SMS slots, it just wont work with the game gear side as the genesis doesn't have the hardware to run game gear games/software.
hope this answers people's questions.
I enjoy the fact that a huge metal dude like MJR loves cute 'em ups. I would LOVE an adapter for the Vectrex. Make it so, Hyperkin!
Sega CD adapter all the way!
sega cd and 32x all in one for the few game that need both
Is possible
Man! I really wish we had this when we made our complete game gear collection video. We had to do the old film the person playing the game gear trick haha. Great video!
This is surreal. Your thumbnail is exactly what my Retron 5 looks like, complete with the Sword of Hajya. I was very scared for a moment that you were spying on me.
they need to do a turbo grafx 16 adapter would have awesome if the card reader on this adapter was able to also read tg hu cards
That was my first though when I saw this.
Would have been the shit lol
Preordered now. Can't wait to get it for my Retron 5 !! I do hope in the future Hyperkin makes a Turbo Grafx 16 adapter. I mean the Retro Freak is cool, but it overheats like crazy.
WOOHOO!!!!! The Game Gear is my favorite handheld, so this is amazing! It'll really help me with reviewing Game Gear games.
I love to see a console that plays
Sega CD
Sega Master System
Sega Mega Drive
Sega Genesis
Sega Saturn
GameCube
Wii
Wii u
Switch
3ds
DS
GBA
GBC
GB
PS1
Ps2
Ps3
Ps4
Xbox original
Xbox 360
Xbox 1
Wow those games look awesome! I really enjoyed the look of the motorcycle game
This my next system that I am going to buy! I love it!
Thanks for ingame videos and short reviews!!!
Silly question time? Does this work on a real Sega Genesis?
It does not. All of the emulation is happening in the Retron 5 itself.
+MetalJesusRocks :(
MetalJesusRocks your kidding !? I have to buy a retron 5 just to play game gear decently?
either that or get a refurbished Game Gear.
The Gaming Paladin I see there is a bunch on 3ds. I might just have to break down and do that instead of $200 for a retron5 and adapter
Woah woah woah. Hold on just a darn second here. Did I spy a shopkeeper who was a pig with an eye-patch, neckerchief, and striped purple paisley shirt that was smoking a cigarette? "SHOPPING PLEASE" indeed. That's awesome
Crazy video game add-ons in 2017....*SNIFF*...SEGA would be so proud
I am not a retro gamer...but I don't know why I love your vids so much.you are awesome.truly metaljesus rocks mann!
Geeez, I still have a Game Gear. Been quite awhile since I played Lion King on it.
For some reason this video reminded me of Solar Striker on the original Gameboy. Haven't thought about that for decades, and man that game over music was so good.
I play sega genesis master system and game gear when I was a kid and I still play them I still have all system Thankyou very much for sharing your video thanks again
My life is so much better with new videos from MJR every Friday!
holy crap 4:14 pig shop is the same as on cuphead
I never had any desire to pick up a Retron 5 (or any other clone system), as I'm happy playing my retro games on my CRT on the original hardware. That said, I'm going to pick up a Retron 5 & that adapter for the ability to play the Game Gear games. I'm a huge fan & collector of the Master System, and I've always wanted to collect for the Game Gear, but I had no interest in the console itself since they tend to die easily. This will give me the ability to play the games now on my HD tv. I'm sold!!!! :)
Does the Hyperkin 3-in-1 Adapter works with the Mega Retron HD since it came after Retron 5 and plus, I did heard the Sega Power Base Convertor fits in but it blocks the cord?
I realy like the Retron 5. I have a job and i am a father. So time to play video games is realy limeted. The Retron 5 allows me to play for an hour, safe and continue the next day. Its a huge adventage for me. I own a Master system power base converter and it also works with the Retron. Butt its cool to see that Hyperkin made a converter for those who like the Master system and Game gear. Both systems are realy overlooked by most.
The filters make it infinitely easier for me to look at the game especially on those float racing games
That filter is unreal. so good.
started saving for my retron 5. I'm big into megadrive collecting but this will increase my future library without having to buy all the systems
I had Halley Wars, Streets of Rage 2, and Shinobi II as well. Many hours were put into each and I always used headphones for maximum effect.
I have something like this for my Retro Freak. I've had a lot of fun with it. I can recommend Aleste (Shooter) and Golden axe warrior (Zelda Clone) for the master system.
This is a better idea for Hyperkin. Thanks to them, our retro gaming will be more alive then ever. For one wish, I wish they would make a cartridge for the Sega 32x, and play all the Sega 32x games including Knuckles Chaotix. Nice video as well man. :)
You can also play Sega Master System games on the Retron 5 before the adapter with the Power Base Converter for the Genesis
I had all the sega cared games in my original collection that was lost to a house fire . I was so proud when I finally got the last sega card I needed for my collection and I'm hoping that I'll get them back one day.
Excellent review. Thanks for showing multiple examples of the filtering impact on games. Quite the effect (positive, IMO) on Game Gear games!
hey MJR, just a little tip for early PS1 play, avoid the Scorpions when you're low lvl and focus on Swarms until you can buy an IRN SWD for 75 Mesetas in the southern sector of town, below the Spaceport.
You just mentioned my most favourite Master System games, Wonderboy 3 the Dragons Trap, Outrun and Phantasy Star. I only had 1 Master System game on card which was Ghost House and was a lot cheaper than the games on cart.
I met the programmer (Omar Cornut) working on the Wonderboy III remake a few months ago, and I was lucky enough to test the game.
The musics are great, some of the original sounds are still here. The graphics are completely different but the physics is exactly the same. The coins are falling exactly the same way as on Master System.
Oh and it will be released on the Nintendo Switch :) And most probably on Steam too
Jaguar and Lynx adapters, EXACTLY what I was thinking!
Watching your videos is part of my daily routine, keep up the great work!
I just bougt Sega master system 2. I changed the RF cable with a brand new with ticker wire. It is close to the phono cable in quality as possible. It works perfect on my HD tv. I only have the console for two weeks and i bought 23 games to it. One of the game is Wonder boy "the Dragon`s trap". So far i love this system. Nice converter, it`s sad that this adapter only can be used on Retron 5. So i will not buy this adapter. Because i hate rom hacked consoles. I will make a review of the games i have during the weekend :-) Great review, thanks :-)
7800, TG-16, and Jag adapters (or built in support for the next Retron) would be fantastic.
would love to hear your thought on the Retro Freak
Awesome video! And on my birthday too! I look forward to getting this!
The filters do make the game gear games a lot more pleasing on the eyes
2d platform games and shootemup and cute em ups are my two favourite genres of video games with fantasy zone being one of my favourites.
Awesome adapter! Thanks for showing!
Looks great! 'The Immortal' John Hancock was showing this off as well.
I think this will be a HUGE blow for the upcoming Retroblox system.
Still...no turbografx so, I´ll probably want to see that for the next adaptor.
I love my RetroN 5, been playing it for years now, very convenient for vacations and game capture.
I´ll will get one of these for myself for sure.
Great review MJ, all the best to you.
A big hug from Portugal ;)
@MetalJesusRocks I really enjoy your channel, been watching your videos almost exclusively the last couple of days. Have you ever thought of doing a buying guide for the Dreamcast? Also, what are your opinions on the Dreamcast?
Funny you should mention that.... ;)
Another great video, MJR! Thanks for checking out mine too. You've helped my approach so much!
The Sega master system murdered the nes in terms of games & specs but the SNES murdered the Genesis. But the genesis did hold it owns in terms of licensed sports games
Wow.. I wouldn't had thought that with the low pixel count on game gear games, that the dithering filter would look so good... But even as an old folk myself, having grown up on the game gear... I find the filtered variant far superior... like something akin to what they likely wish they could had made back then. Nice.
wow that filter does help a lot with the game gear games
I wish that this adapter was designed to be inserted over the Famicom Slot instead of the Genesis Slot, that would help players like me get the feel(ing) that 5 completely different platforms are all combined into one single-package console.
I usually don't like to use filters in emulators because they tend to make the graphics look kind of blurry. A year or so ago, I found a page where they had a bunch of different filter examples, including some new ones, where you could swipe the mouse over an image and see the filtered and unfiltered image. Most of them had the typical blurry look, but there were a couple that looked really good. One thing I've always found interesting is that scanlines are usually a separate filter, so you can't select smoothing and scanlines at the same time.
Eventual Systems for Hyperkin has to be the N64, Atari Jaguar, Atari 2600/Intellivison/Coleco, Nintendo DS, Sega 32X and then getting to CD system based games and making a new system for CD game systems.
I would like to see a Turbo Grafx adapter or maybe even a disc drive attatchment like the N64DD. They will probably do the latter with a follow-up console.
So even with the three cartridge and card ports you still CAN'T play Japanese Sega Master System cartridges, UNLESS you plug a second adapter, the Japanese cart to American system adapter into the cartridge port on this adapter.
Kinda short-sighted, considering how much effort they put into Famicom compatibility.
So, MJR. I couldn't help but notice the molding is curved to accommodate the rounded shape on the top of the model 1 Genesis. I assume this means you can play Master System cart and card games on an actual Genesis.
What about FM sound compatibility for the Master System games?
Thanks for the specification, even though you omitted the 3-D games such as Zaxxon and Missile Defence.
Your buddy John Hancock pretty much just did this exact same video. It's good to hear more than one opinion though.
It's a great alternative to the Master System Base Converter, especially because you can play Game Gear games on this. Also the FM chip emulation is a very nice addition. As for their next adaptor, I hope they can somehow bring an Atari 2600 adaptor to the Retron 5.
Personally I don't care about retro gaming much but your vids are always interesting :)
Thanks so much for watching!
Wow that thing supports a lot of formats. That is cool.
TG16/PCE of course! Atari/Intellivision/Colecovision would be pretty neat as well I have an old collection and these VERY old original 1st gen systems cost a bundle and are a royal pain to hook up to modern TVs.
A turbo grafx 16 adapter would be great.
Hope they get a CD/dvd drive adapter for 3do, turboduo, Sega CD, and other disc based games.
Also, a floppy drive adapter would be great as well.
I've been waiting for this moment
since I was 14.
I might be late, but the Retro Freak version of this adapter supports the SG-1000 cartridges
I had no idea Halley's Comet had a Game Gear version. I'm gonna have to look into that.
so i had a sega genesis when game gear came out. and i was big time into evander hollyfields boxing on genesis. so my gma got me the game gear for christmas when it came out and the boxing game with it. i was so mad it wasnt the same version. but i found alot of other great games for game gear. and got the power cord and battery pack cause it ate batteries so fast. so this retron 5 is gonna be bought soon. so many great games on all the systems this plays.
Hmm, I grew up on pixelated goodness, but that filter makes things look so much better.
Cant wait to pick one of these up!
Ok, so now I'm sure I want a Hyperkin 5. Just to play on my 4K screen. Let's go baby!
Calling Wonder Boy III fantastic is if anything UNDERSTATING it. Good use of the Hyperkin adapter to show off why you'd want it!
I had only played Samurai Showdown on GG for years, until I came across an arcade cab back in 01'. I beat it, and any takers, on one quarter.
Twas a fine day.
I had a Master System, but man the few games that I had for it just weren't enough for me to keep collecting for it, and pretty much that all applies to the Game Gear as well. Though it's neat that this is made, but if we can get an fpga version of the retron with even more supported systems that would be amazing.
In Streets of Rage 2, I liked the background with the filter on, but the characters with it off.
If I had a Retron5 I would def get this, been looking for something to play gamegear in HD
Have you checked if the Sega card slot will also support 3D Sega Glasses along with a 3D game like Space Harrier 3D? Obviously the glasses isn't going to work on LCD, and CRT with HDMI is probably rarer than a gold NWC cart.
The filtering is actually impressive
What I think would be pretty cool (if impractical) would be a CD-ROM addon for Sega CD, Saturn, PSX and the like. :)
Is Wonder Boy 3 a Hudson Soft game? It looks a lot like Adventure Island. Great video btw
Sorry if you already mentioned it; but you know the master system powerbase does work with the retron? That's how I play my carts and cards.
I would like to know your view on retroblox.
Not too much into the Master System but I enjoy the Game Gear quite a bit and the 3 in 1 is a good reason for me to pick up the RetroN 5 whenever I devide to get one.
Also, a hidden gem for the Game Gear is Tempo jr. A silly game but worth a look if you don't have it. There's also a Tempo game for the 32x
Will this work on a Retrofreak?
FOR MASTER SYSTEM, BUY: bomber raid, astro warrior, action fighter. yes transbot is awesome!
Nice video, but ya seem to have forgotten about the the Segascope 3D glasses and games, they work on this to? Yes, yes I know I would need a much older TV to play the games in 3D, but still like to know if it works with this. Cooler yet would be emulation that allows the use of modern 3D TVs while playing those 3D games. Thanks.
you could always use the powerbase converter. but the game gear option is great