Bootleg Consoles General Thread

[SpectreOverflow]

What would these be? Never heard of them?

The Model 2 and 3 are arcade systems made by Sega. They were home to a number of notable Sega arcade titles like Daytona USA, House of the Dead, and others. The Model 3 had mostly sequels to existing Model 2 games, but it's also home to one of my favorite Sega arcade gems, Emergency Call Ambulance!

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As for bootlegs... I don't know if it's really classifiable as a bootleg, but I have the non-HD version of the Classiq N. It's like $20 on Amazon, and honestly, for the money, it's really not the worst. Video quality isn't great (but really, video quality on these Famiclones is always a bit poor), but they come with two pretty alright controllers and they work pretty well with most of the NES and Famicom games (the latter through an adapter) that I've thrown at it.

 

[Rebecca]

Oh! I should post my bootlegs here!!!

 

[ThunderBoy]

The Shellnes is cool

It's a NES with NES cartridge form

 

[Xdqwerty]

I used to own a "powerstation" and one of those Sup consoles

 

[Bakuma1997]

The Shellnes is cool

It's a NES with NES cartridge form

 

[HyperNelson01 HyperNelson01]

The Shellnes is cool

It's a NES with NES cartridge form

That concept is very good.

 

[pingugaming]

i bought a second hand "gb boy colour" a couple of years ago from a guy for like 10€ and damn... the aspect ratio of the screen really pissed me off

 

[Deleted member 132407]

That concept is very good.

The pal/ntsc switch is very considerate for those who have different model television sets.

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I have a Retro Shabba Box but can't find the connections but here is a video demo
Gotten it a year ago from a Jewish guy selling it at my local mall. Really funny & nice, down to earth people.

 

[thumbsdown's iconthumbsdown]

old pic (guess 2021), but still have this baby n-joypad bought some time around 2005/2006... it's working lol

some games surprisingly got a leaderboard page on speedrun.com

 

[ookamij64]

Honestly traversing this thread makes me want to find the old NES Classic Ripoff console a family member gifted me. Even though I know it's a bootleg and a bit rough with the Engrish in the manual which to me is almost always the best part of it, I still liked it.

 

[KaiserMk7]

Does an Android Smart TV OS box that came with a MicroSD card full of ROMs and Emulators in a USB adapter count?

 

[thumbsdown's iconthumbsdown]

Does an Android Smart TV OS box that came with a MicroSD card full of ROMs and Emulators in a USB adapter count?

sure, as well as DVD players with built-in emulators (overall nes emulators) imo...

 

[HyperNelson01 HyperNelson01]

Selectron Console Game 76-in-1
What is a Famiclone in the form of a Nintendo 64 Controller.
It came as a Gift for the purchase of any Digicel Phone (Like The Coral Line) and that was in 2009.

Sorry for the Lowest Image Quality.

 

[HyperNelson01 HyperNelson01]

Game Quest

 

[Vardalis]

Honestly these bootleg consoles always fascinate me. They're never good and I'd never buy them, but I spend way more time than I'd like to admit watching people review or test them. I blame Ashens and his Pop Station series from back in the day.

 

[TamagotchiTamaHero24's icon TamagotchiTamaHero24 TamagotchiTamaHero24]

No matter how illegal or poorly made they are, these systems often make childhoods. They make dedicated gamers. They’re one of the prime examples of “just give people games and you’ll get them to understand gaming”.
Also, they genuinely have their own deep lore like any other system.

 

[MegaDrive1987]

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I had this one as a kid, but it did not have those 1000 in 1 in rom it was more like 60 in 1, all different games and fairly good selection without clones, since I was born in the 90s it allowed me to play arcade ports of classic arcade games from the 80s

Wow I had one of these, got it from a car boot sale for about £2 or something.

 

[Luxfin]

My family had things like the Power Cracker and Power Player back in 2009. I remember coming from school one day back in elementary school and my uncle was playing Super Mario Bros on my CRT (Note: This is was back when I like 5 years old).