I Bought Bootleg Game Consoles from AliExpress

That Hyper Base FC is a really neat idea that definitely feels like a work of passion by someone. I'm really impressed by the laptop hard drive cartridge idea

Trying to use that HyperBase FC as some kind of actual computer would be pretty interesting I think LMAO

In Latin America, the NES was like a hidden treasure: expensive and hard to find. Nintendo didn't sell it here, so clones appeared: cheaper "pirate" consoles full of Spanish-language games. Why didn't Nintendo bring it? Maybe they thought there wasn't enough money here. Wrong! The clones were a total success and millions of people enjoyed video games for the first time. Were the clones bad? Some were, but others were great and even had their own games. In addition, thanks to them, a Latin American video game industry was born. In short, NES clones were a creative response to Nintendo's absence in Latin America. They brought us joy, fun, and taught us that with ingenuity, anything is possible.

Honestly that Hyperbase seems like an insane deal. $30 is worth it for the drives alone, considering i've seen similar emulation drives on amazon for twice the price.

The FC compact and similars were sold in countries like Argentina. In the 90s we have a lot of bootlegs like that, and that product was to give some nostalgic to the people who bought it.

one time my dad bought 2 crappy dropshipped bootleg consoles that barely worked because he fell for a facebook marketplace ad

The Hyperbase seems like a good deal if you just want retro games.

I think Nintendo has no grounds to be grumpy about pirated ROMs. They don’t sell most any longer, they don’t maintain, or update them anymore. It’s abandonware, plain and simply.

Hyper Base FC: To quit a game with no confirmation, select+start. That's default in retroarch

I have a Hyperbase FC (got it for a similar price) a while ago and ironically it is something I still play with today lol.

Probably every Brazillian knows the PolyStation 😂

The Hyper Base FC is amazing

As an aside, that 60Hz option on Sonic Adventure 2 is for European owners to output the game in PAL 60 on compatible televisions. Nowadays with the days of analogue television and CRT's behind us, everything runs in 60Hz or above in Europe (though television broadcasts still run at 50Hz).

Common mistake with Retroarch based systems and performance. You can change cores and options in Retroarch, you have to try around a bit with what works best for the games but you can get a lot of games playable and more with some effort.

The ribbon cables on that GS4 evidently have heat insulating peanut butter on the ribbon cables inside it, very ahead of it's time

ahhh, this is so nostalgic, I love so much those Famicom clones. I remember that (at least here in Chile) back in the day was needed to buy a separate power adapter because the one in the box overheated so much that just starts to melt itself and the console powers off

I like the part where the power adapter uses an American power connector when it requires European voltage. Very well thought out.

Those mario graphics from the FC Compact hurt me so bad...

That "GS4" reminded me of that "NANICA STATION 4" that I got back in 2018, but later got thrown away 3 years later

The Hyper Base doesn’t look too bad. I’d buy this for retro gaming