An Emulation Drive PACKED With Games - FOR WINDOWS!
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- čas přidán 31. 07. 2024
- This is an external hard drive that comes preinstalled with thousands of roms, all the emulators to run them, and a nice looking emulation frontend, that you can buy, and start using to play your old favourite retro games. And it runs FROM WINDOWS! Today we're looking at the Hyper Base RB2, an emulation drive FOR WINDOWS that comes with 100k games. Supposedly...
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00:00 Intro
00:24 Emulation hard drive FULL OF GAMES!
01:49 What is this thing?
02:19 Hands-on
04:05 Super easy setup
04:37 Retrobat tour
05:56 Included systems
06:37 THIS is why emulation devices are AWESOME!
07:38 Benefits of a WINDOWS based system
08:35 What sort of PC do you need for emulation?
09:59 The game lists (the good news)
14:05 The game lists (the bad news)
15:48 Adding your own games
17:18 The SECRET game system (SHHHH!)
17:52 I really like it!
19:31 Using it as a portable system
20:17 Buy it here
20:32 What do you think?
** DISCLAIMER: This was sent to me for review, but all of the opinions are my own. ** - Věda a technologie
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Was on the fence with the Linux cassette version, but you have sold me. My 1tb sandisk extreme pro for my steam deck will finally be filled !!!
Subbed & congrats on 10k. Love the vids and your unique style. Keep up the good work!
Great video, TechDweeb! Love your shtick, adds a lot of flavor to your already high qualitative content. Keep it up!
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Congrats on the 10K!! Massive achievement kinggg
Thanks buddy!
@@TechDweeb🎮🎮🎮 I thought i heard that these preloaded Batocera or KinHank hard drives plug n play when plugged in to an old Xbox or PS2. Is that true? Would this work with other comsoles or Fire Stick, Fire Cube and Apple TV box?? Can you show us please? Thank you 🎮🎮🎮
Awesome video! Thank you for showing this
Glad it helped you IE
Just ordered! Great comprehensive video of the product…it pushed me over the edge to pick one up! At that price point, it just makes perfect sense! 🤗
Nice! Enjoy!
Another great video TechDweeb, you do a great blend of info and humour. As you said these drives are great but not for the OCDers among us, they will work "out the box" but contain duplicates, even found some on BIG roms, so you are literally freeing up GBs, coupled with countless Japanese language games which in most cases are hard to play, to say the least! All this means you have some work ahead, but hey part of the fun ; ) Got a Batocera drive at Xmas, but then also started a separate Retrobat build on my own drives, so that the Batty drive is now essentially a backup, but also allows a non windows boot if you want it. Going ahead though i can see Retrobat being the preferred option, and it is a lot easier starting base then Launchbox, etc. These drives are not just for nostalgia either, as my OG Xbox no longer reads discs and my dreamcast works when IT wants to, so my collection is gathering dust, so this way i can once again enjoy Kung Fu Chaos or hunt for sailors in a Japanese town ; ) Keep up the good work Dweeb! next stop 100k
Thanks buddy. Yeah the only way to get a good rom collection is to make it yourself. Hand pick your rom sets and save your collection. I think one of the benefits for these emulation consoles & drives is that you don't have to download anything, I think lots of people buy them just to get the roms because they don't want to have to deal with getting them on their own.
@@TechDweeb Yes, saves a lifetime of downloading, even in modern times! That is exactly why i got the Batocera, as a good base for organising, helps that i have a spreadsheet of all that i own from 36 years of gaming lol, not so secret uber nerd ; )
Got one delivered yesturday, love it!
thanks for spreading happiness!
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@@TechDweeb Thanks man, I really dig your channel, when you showed me and explained this device, I immediatly had to get one myself.
A great recommendation and presentation!
I can testify that it's a great device!
Over the last week i've been building a Retrobat built onto a 4tb internal hard drive mounted on a docking station. Been using Batocera before and got bored with having to boot up via 'recovery options' or changing the boot order. Found out about Retrobat after watching one of your wonderful, entertaining and informative video's Techdweeb and the build is coming on really well. Now adding the big stuff like PS3 and Xbox360, 2tb isn't nearly enough if you want to include these and big libraries of Wiiu, Wii, PS2, Gamecube etc
Yeah I think we get spoiled when we have a collection of ALL the snes or n64 or whatever games, but then realize we can only have like 10% of the library of gamecube and ps2 and xbox at the same time. I'm sure in the near future we'll all have 100tb HDDs and gigabit internet and will laugh at these primitive days when we couldn't download an entire gamecube romset and slap it on our drive in just a few minutes.
@@TechDweeb i just saw 14tb 3.5 drives for $209 cant wait till they make 100tb sdd but ill be 65 before they are affordable 😆😆
I purchased a different hard drive that ran on Retrobat, and I had issues with no sound on systems that ran under RetroArch. Games running under standalone emulators such as Gamecube and PSP ran fine and sounded great, but Genesis and Vectrex were muted, even though I didn't see my system muted anywhere. I just watched this video. Coated with the glorious aura of the TechDweeb, I returned to my half sound/half muted monstrosity for another go. Turns out that I needed to go into RetroArch while Retrobat was running (any game is fine), and I set the audio driver to dsound. I saved the configuration, and voila! Glorious sound! Now I did run a Gamecube game, and then discovered the audio driver got somehow knocked back to xaudio (Hey!), but I changed it back to dsound for glorious Thunderforce II (Genesis) opening music. Love that game. You didn't have to help me with my issue, you only needed to share your presence. Love your channel, and especially your humor, which is why I'm providing my own tongue-in-cheek in my actual experience. Oh, one other thing. My system (Beelink GTR5 5900HX mini) seems to run Gamecube/PS2 better under Batocera than Win11.
Yeah, I picked this up a month or so ago, after seeing Tech Dweebs other video on the cassette one. It's really cool. Needed a bit of tinkering, and I did go through and delete a lot of the copies, but it wasn't so bad, especially since I could have a techdweeb video on and while deleting the copies lol. I LOVE that you can "random" the games, and find games I never thought of, or even having a friend over, and then having them random the systems and then the games and then they HAVE to play that game for a little bit haha. Lots of fun.
I like the way ya think, watching TechDweeb while you tech like a dweeb 🤓
I love the random function too! I use it all the time on these things!
Very excited to see your channel growing! I really appreciate how you deliver content and you have quickly become one of my favorite content creators. I am curious about your take on a few things.
1.) If cost was no issue what single controller would you get to pair with the JM gaming hard drive you revieiwed? Also with that have you tried other brand wireless controllers VS USB controllers?
2.) Have you considered a preferences/setup/tweak video as far as settings that you use for each console?
3.) In lieu of the harddrive mentioned above, what handheld do you consider to be the best balance of performance and value (ideally with video output)?
Particularly related to number 3 I have been looking into getting another handheld (got the RG35XX largely in light of your reviews for it) and am looking for something that could comfortably go up to the GC era to where it can still be portable but I can easily plug it into an external display.
Thanks for saying so!
1. A really nice xbox controller. I've heard good things about other controllers (like the 8bitdo pro2 controller), but I can't say from experience because I don't have them. I think the official Xbox one/series controllers are great quality and work great on pretty much any device.
2. Good idea! I'm going to do an emulation station beginner guide, that would probably be a good idea to add.
3. Probably the RP3+. I love several other handhelds for various reasons, but the RP3+ is the king of price/performance. Gamecube isn't perfect, about 20% of the games won't play well, but the next best option would be something like the Odin and that's much more expensive. We get a lot of power on the RP3 + considering the price.
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Hell ya Baby 10K! You're in the big time now DweebMan!
Thanks buddy! 10k special coming soon!
I love this stuff. Emulation is - by all means - the way for the future of these games, but most people are looking for a simple plug-and-play experience. As a proof of concept I made a pendrive with a bootable FreeDOS environment and filled it with lots of DOS shareware titles and game demos. The challenge was to make something completely legal contentwise (for those who care about this) and just to have a fun time in the office after hours.
Oh cool! I love that idea!
@@TechDweeb I mostly use it in a laptop that lacks a hard-drive or a screen, so it's plugged into a CRT monitor.
If you could sell these legally the price would go through the roof.
Incredible. As I commented on the Batocera drive video, having this pre-set up and the ability to add your own roms (or swap regions) is absolutely amazing. The thing holding me back there was the boot requirement, and being unable to stream it to my RP3+. But with this on Windows, I imagine it should be a simple setup to get it running on Moonlight!!
I am a little bummed that it is a HDD, and not a SSD - to keep price down I am sure. Did you experience any loading issues or excessive noise on it? Might be possible to copy the image to a mobile SSD. This is just an awesome device, and great gift idea, perfect for taking on the go. Thank you so much for the review!!
It's definitely easy to stream! I stream my emulators from my PC to the RP3+ all the time. Works great.
Actually. If you wish clone the HDD to an SSD or clone any drive, I highly recommend Macrium Reflect. It's free! It has helped me in all my PC builds with Windows. I used it for backups for all the PCs in the house from the gaming to the editing to the office ones. And I also use it to copy over my gaming and recordings.
Only issues I've had where when copying over my all in one solution 4tb drive that's portable with multiple different programs, games, and videos files to a 6tb enterprise HDD. Instead of corrupting my files by just doing the automated copy. It just sent a "this won't work" every time. Which is good for the program. Yet when I was doing it manually one by one(which tool 3 days!), I had corrupted OBS recordings of shows that wouldn't copy over.
So, I recommend Macrium Reflect if you ever want to copy any drive on windows or any windows os. It even has the ability to fix corrupted drives which I've done a couple of times, yet don't remember which forum I got the help from.
Congratulations on 10k subs!!! Happy to be on the dweeb-team!
You're an OG dweeb 🤓
Hey bro.. I really love your videos keep going ❤❤❤
Thanks for saying so! Will do.
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Just discovered your channel, your Funny!! and I just bought this unit for my son (as an excuse its really for me) what with the Freddy Krueger shirt? anyway , your content is very satisfying good job friend, keep it up🍻🍻
Hey there, great video. Retrobat definitely has its advantages. Like many others I wish someone would build a 4 TB drive that doesn't have all the duplicates, but then again, I am sure these Chinese companies are trying to please as many people worldwide as possible. Congrats on your 10k subs. You need to do a video of your cat and your plaque from CZcams once you get it. I sure he will be happy.
Many thanks! I'm working on my 10k video, but I have another video I need to finish first. Sit tight my friend!
There is no "build", this is literally a cheap harddisk in an USB enclosure and all that's on it can be found for free online. We all know about ROM piracy but even selling the Open Source frontend and emulators is a violation. It amazes me that people are willing to pay for this kind of stuff
@@MrJonline It takes forever to set up and download every game. There's also setting up certain games to run properly. Getting PS3 games to work for the first time will take hours for the uninitiated. I'd pay for a custom build but I'd make sure someone actually went through and configured it. It would also need to be at least 5tb or over so I won't feel the need to buy another drive with almost all the same games in it.
@@MrJonline When I say build, I mean that these emulation hard drives need to be built, starting with the front end, then adding the emulators. It can take forever to add these games that number in the thousands. I don't have any problems buying these hard drives. In my lifetime, I have bought a a couple of Dreamcast consoles, A Wii Console, A PlayStation 1 and 2 an Xbox an Xbox 360, and I can't even begin to tell you how much I spent on both DOS and Windows games for my PCs in the past. Not to mention how much I spent on graphics cards and hard drives.Believe me, Nintendo, Sony, MSI, Nvidea and Microsoft has made plenty of money (thousands) off of my hobby as a gamer.
@@gregghernandez2714 I guarantee you there is no "build". Even the video addresses this when he talks about the uncurated roms selection. This is literally "thrown" together and as for configuration there is no "one size fits all" since the end-users have different system anyway. You probably need to tweak a few things yourself anyway depending on your system and GPU. PS3 emulation nowadays is super easy. Hunting the roms if you know the right spot are mostly 1 click downloads for complete collections for cartridges, but maybe separated in parts when it comes to huge media like blurays. Things like Batocera and Retrobat are simple installs that contain all your needed emulators. You just point to your rom/iso folders and all gets added and scraped automatically. It's not the ROM piracy that bugs me, it's the fact they sell Open Source software that others worked on for free. It would not be the first time a great emulator got shut down by the dev(s) because some random is making huge profits on those and that's bad for us the end-user no matter if your a pirate or legally backup your game. This harddisk is just an off the shelve disk and a simple copy paste job. Why you think the PS3 emulator had to be hidden? It's because NO work went into this and it's slapped on as an afterthought to quickly fill some space.
This is awesome! Now this is what I would want to get for my brother as a gift. He loves using his PC for emulation. And this would be the thing. I might even get one and copy it over for myself too.
Yeah that'd work. This is basically just an easy way to buy a rom collection after all.
@@TechDweeb It's essentially the "I'll pay you $100 to do all the work for me" game drive 🤣👏
congrats on reaching 10k
Thank you so much 🤓
I agree for these external hard drives they just look so much radder when designed as something else like the cassette tape. Like it doesn't have to be something retro tech, but lean into the design as being something that can be displayed and stand out
Yeah. At the very least slap a sticker or something on it. I know we're buying a HD here but maybe TRY to make it a little bit fun!
You are the foremost authority on these emulation products
Haha, I don't think that's true but thanks for your confidence!
Techdweeb...very entertaining video...fast and furious commentary...just found your channel recommended by algorithm...over in London England...i already bought the Batocera version...mine days Hey Now on it from a seller on AliExpress...same sort of Cassette label as yours...the Windows one I think I'll pass on...at least for a while...my PC is setup now dedicated to the Batocera Linux...i upgraded specially for that purpose...I also did the copy to SATA HDD...so it boots no longer from USB and copied all the games over and boxart... definitely one of my best purchases from China
Yeah good call. I think the Batocera drive makes more sense if the computer is going to be used as a dedicated emulation console. It would just save some steps to have to boot up Windows and then let retrobat run, might as well just boot right into the operating system. I think Batocera also has better performance without the windows overhead in the background.
Hey 😃 Thanks for the video. I just ordered this and wanted to ask how exactly do I set this up? It says something about installing retrobat first or something? Throughly enjoy ur channel Always makes me smile 😊
I have an 8TB gaming setup period. Has retro games and newer games up to now. I use LaunchBox as my frontend for all of it. Been building it for 5 years now. I got about 10,000 games and still adding more. And I have media to running through kodi. All windows based. I'm gonna include a video to my friends tutorial ad he will show u how to turn ur pc into a full fledged game console
Great 🔥
@TechDweeb I have only discovered your channel two day's ago I love your videos. I also have a couple of questions about this drive. #1 would you still recommend this drive even if I had to go through and delete all the junk and duplicate games and add better ones that I Like? #2 since this is retrobat can I also update the retrobat system by clicking update inside the system menu without breaking anything? and one last thing please do not stop making videos
I love the niche you have dived into here man. The low budget tech nerd gamer niche. thats where i find myself, Dell i5 SFF desktop 😊
I'm just glad there's an audience that is obviously into the same stuff that I'm into. This is the funnest side of tech, IMO, and I'm surprised that there aren't larger channels talking about it more.
Wow... plug and play as that ... seem so nice. Ill need to get that.
§ Best with these disks is select "show full file name" and delete all the unneeded files. Some games have more then one disk, and there will be different language versions next to demos, sample and beta files. But sorting and adding missing games will still take you a full 5/6 weeks of work. Of the 74k "games" on batocera around 37500 are left. These disks seem to be made with rom dumps. Its a nice base to start with but its far from finished. Nice vid as always!
Yeah that's what I figured. The devs are grabbing 'complete' rom collections without caring that a 'complete' collection contains multiple versions of the same game (even though the versions might be identical. Maybe a completionist would appreciate having access to every version of a game, but for regular people who just want to play games it's obnoxious.
@@TechDweeb By now i own a fully sorted list. Problem for us here is how it's not legal to sell a fully sorted disk with all the media added, when you do not actually own those games. Even when the internet is full with downloads. Otherwise no one would buy the Chinese made disks and just pay a bit extra for a fully sorted one. After deleting all the unneeded files you get like 400/500gb of free space to add missing games on a 2tb disk.
another question: retrostation PC4U requires a password, but this password is just one time or you need to log in every time you play?
Is there a big difference between the 2tb en 5tb HD. Is it worth the dubbel price ? A lot of more games on the 5tb?
I started watching your video then stopped. I thought to myself what a dweeb 😂. Since then I've watched a number of TechDweeb videos. Awesome job, awesome reviews.
that is so cool
I like the externa case with the built in cable and adapter. Handy.
Yeah that's a nice feature. I wish more hard drives had that tbh
Hi, new to the channel. I actually created my own batocera thumb drive. It works great however, booting back and forth is a pain. I noticed that there isn’t a Wii U emulator, is that something that can be added? And will it show up on the game emulator list or do I have to go and search for it? I like to play the “The Wind Waker” Zelda game and others from the Wii U. Thanks for the review! It was very informative.
Hey - Games list link is broken. Could you re-up?
19:36 ok, so I have questions, do you think that the padding on older systems was done maliciously, or simply as a marketing blerb for their packaging? Either way it's pretty scummy, I'm still looking into these types of devices. Can you run this on Linux? MacOS?
Honestly I think it's just laziness. I think they are downloading ROM sets and choosing the biggest ones because they assume that's what people will want and not caring about the duplicates.
Got this and UI runs great, problem is when I start to play a game it runs very slow, it seems like this for all systems, as soon as I exit the game the UI is perfect. My pc is i5 7500T with 16 g ram so it should run smoothly. Any ideas?
Having an external hard drive dedicated to emulation sounds more convenient to me since most of my favorite games are available inside the drive. Granted that there are game systems that I'm not familiar with such as Amiga, C64 & ZX Spectrum because those were unknown to Asian citizens like me. I would definitely replace duplicates, crappy games & ports as well as sport games (except for a few such as Madden 08, NBA Street series, SSX Tricky, Rumble Roses, NHL 2K8, WWE SvR 2007 etc) with overlooked & hidden gems + Japan-exclusive titles (Sega Ages 2500 collection particularly Virtual On & Fantasy Zone + Bulk Slash etc).
Yeah I think getting something like this and then customizing it is definitely a great way to get started.
Thx TechDweeb!! Can you suggest wireless (BT or wifi) controllers to use with windows&this gadget?
Have you tried switching the cases between this and the batocera ones ??
I haven't but that's a good idea!
what would be the best value mini pc that would run these games well? Also, a beginners guide to how to use the best emulators would be great, thanks for the great reviews!
If you want everything up to gamecube & PS2, go for something like this amzn.to/3pvpKdw
If you just want up to n64 and ps1, pretty much any $100-$150 mini PC would work (and might handle some gamecube as a bonus).
Can we talk about how cool that cassette styled hard drive looks tho? Like is so pretty!
Love it! It's CAMOUFLAGE! czcams.com/video/aKb-MK7gIYg/video.html
Will this hard drive work on Windows 11?
Yo! Sup Dweeeeeeb? Say, I was thinking the other day that your channel, as awesome as it is, it's lacking content about a tech device that even though we use daily it feels neglected. What's worse, it's totally capable of emulation as well as watching your videos... at the same time! What's this awesome device you ask? Why, it's our humble phones of course! You know when we upgrade our phones and buy a fancy new one and then we leave the old one somewhere in a box alone and forgotten? Well, I believe we need a guide on how to turn these old phones to portable emulation power..things! Why not go even further? Review them the same way you do with GPUs or portable emulation consoles, or even gamepad accessories, what works best and whatnot. Anyway, that's about it. Cya!
OMG I have half a video script written already on exactly this topic! I have a phone controller and everything ready to go! I have a bunch of videos in the works and this is definitely one near the top of the list. Sit tight my dude!
@@TechDweeb Damn! I'm glad to know that the online mind-reading course I took hasn't gone to waste! I can't wait.
I would love to have this though. The Batocera model you showed isn't available on Amazon Canada. Otherwise I'd scoop that up. Due to having a high end gaming laptop now, the fact it comes loaded with newer PC games is definately appealing, making it more of an "all-in-one" for me.
Unless there's a way to snag the Batocera model you reviewed, in Canada. This actually would be a good fit for emulating consoles. I've been into emulation and making my own builds since the early 2000's. But... lol I'm kind of bored/tired with setting stuff up from scratch over the years. So I've been looking more into "plug-and-play" drives like this for myself. While still making emulation devices for others.
In stock here: amzn.to/3FXn7WE
Hi I'm new on emulators, I just ordered the kinhank 5x pro 4TB and can't wait to try it. I was wondering if I could plug in my pre loaded 4tb on a mini pc to play is it do-able or a hyperspin 12TB
This is cool and all but my main problem with these external hard drives are the duplicates. This is why I prefer to manually select games that I like and make it into a personal collection of games.
I messed around with a Retrobat a few years ago. I need to revisit it and do another custom build.
Yes you do.
8:38 looking at the game in the background, I see you are a man of taste.
I'm playing it for the first time on my MiYoo mini right now! I started it on vacation over Christmas and couldn't put it down. It's my current play-in-bed-before-sleeping-but-accidentally-stay-up-too-late-playing-games game.
@@TechDweeb YES! It's probably the best JRPG of all time, IMO.
Would it be possible to simply copy and paste the folders from this external drive to my internal hard drive and have everything work?
Yup 👍
Hey td!! ( bro, ((are you A RUSH Fan??!!)) I totally got ( The Alex Lifeson, Rock N' Roll Hall Of Fame Acceptance Speech, in the last outtake td brother??!!!) or was I wrong???)
Is your game list the 2TB list?
Great Video! Love the Games list......Would you happen to have a "control list"... ie. I find that the hot key never works when after playing the game , I can't return to the main menu? Maybe its my Controller? Thanks !
USUALLY the controls are START + SELECT exits the game, and SELECT + (one of the face buttons) is open the retroarch menu. You can change these yourself if you can get the retroarch menu open, under settings > input > hotkeys.
Oh sometimes opening the RA menu is L3 + R3. It's hard to say because each company sets these controls up slightly differently.
@@TechDweeb Cool Thank you !
If I deleted a bunch of games and copied the rest of the files over over to a micro SD card, could I use it that way? Would it still work? I hate bulky portable hard drives.
Yup!
Would you be willing to do a video of you curating the roms on one of these harddrives
Haha no way! I wouldn't take the time to do that. I have already made my own rom collection, and for that I downloaded rom sets that are already the way I want them (without a ton of duplicates or alternate regions). It would take a long time to go through this many games and delete dups. But it CAN be done, if you're gonna do that I'd recommend doing it through windows, just go through the rom folders for each of the systems and select and delete the files you don't want.
Does this work on Steam Deck? Has it been optimised for that as I know there is at least one other type of HDD that has
It should work on any device running Windows. It hasn't been specifically optimized for any one config, it's running generic emulators which should perform well on any PC.
@@TechDweeb shame, I haven’t installed Windows on my Steam Deck and that is running SteamOS
if i plug this into a mini pc thats set to boot from usb drive will it auto boot up or would i have to go into windows everytime to start it??
This drive only runs from windows. If you want a bootable drive this is the one you'd want amzn.to/3CZUQ0v
@@TechDweeb ok i see...thanks...i already have a mini pc that's set up with a batocera hard drive full of games but am always on the look out for better ones....but they never seem to exactly have what i want...you can review as many of these as you like for me, i love em!!
I'm fighting with a copy of Retropie right now, Just isn't nearly as easy as windows launch box is.
I bought it, but don't know how to set the emulator for N64 games, gamecube or PS2 games on my new laptop.
Since this is windows based, can it be plugged into a Xbox one x, series x/s?
Nah, it's a native windows application that can only run on a Windows PC.
You can always put a cassette tape style decal/sticker on the new hdd case. If it really matters that much.
It does. And I will.
Emulation is the way to go
Does it bring any atari?
This being a 2.5 inch sata drive, has anyone moved the hard drive to a case with a longer cable? Cable looks pretty short.
I don't see why you couldn't. Yeah that tiny little cable is actually kind of annoying
What do you think is the best Retro gaming OS for Windows external hard drives? I'm asking because I'm planning to make one. I'm leaning towards it being a fast and accurate performance especially for low end PC. I'm only planning to play up to PlayStation One. It's a bonus if it can run more than that.
For Windows, I'd go with Retrobat, which comes with retroarch installed and several PS1 cores. Quick, easy, looks great, and great performance. The default ps1 core should work great but you can try the others if you want more options.
@@TechDweeb Thanks a lot!
Hope soon we get a Retrobat for macos!
hey man my pc is around 2015 windows 8 and has amd a8 would this be suitable for all this or most?
Hmm. Hard to say. I think most of the stuff on here would run fine but if you're looking to upscale PS1 or N64, or if you're looking to play higher end stuff than that, you might not be able to.
@@TechDweeb hey again i now have this it loads fine but every game just bounces back to the games menu, i think im missing something,bios or something ? can you help?
so, basically just a pc, plug in and then you can play? No other installations or passwords?
Yup that's right.
@@TechDweeb great! Thank you! I think I'm going to buy it, I don't like complicated things, just plug and play...thak you!
Does it emulate AMIGA 32?
What kind of pc case do you have there? I like it.
It's the Metallic Gear Neo - amzn.to/3GLjpz4
Yeah, is there a difference between the two HDDs that you have? I have the cooler audio cassette looking one in my cart. So I'll stick to that one if it's just looks.
The audio cassette one is a Batocera drive, so you need to BOOT to it. This one is a RetroBat drive, which is just a program that you run from WINDOWS. Both are similar products, just one you run from windows as a program, and the other you boot to as an operating system.
@@TechDweeb I kinda like the idea of booting into the drive, I assume it's faster, and lighter than windows, and you're still using your PC hardware to render the games, I have a ryzen 7 3800X, a 3060TI, and 32GB of system ram at 3200mhz. what can I run in the higher end 3d stuff?
You got a Seagate drive. My version is a Toshiba?
im really thinking to get this one for my sindengun
I just got up and now I wondering if it does majority of the Pokémon games
Yes!
Is there a way to export games for my retroid pocket handhled?
Yup. This drive is full of rom files which can be used on the RP handhelds. Unless you're talking about save games, in which case it will depend on the emulator and the format of the save files, but yes it likely will be fine to transfer those, you'll just have to dig them up on the HD and make sure to put them in the right spot on the RP with the same file name as your rom.
Do you know if you can hook this up to an Xbox series X?
Nah, it only runs on windows.
Can you dump the rims onto say a handheld device?
Yup!
I ordered this game drive but it didn't include any instructions. How do you pause the game? How do you return to main menu while playing a game? Also having to use a PS3-4 controller to play the older games definitely sucks. Honestly I prefer to just play the older games (Genesis, NES, SNES,) on their console with the original controllers. I have a PS2 with lots of the SNK, Arcade, Taito collection discs to play the older games in hi-res, and this seems superior to using this game drive. Other problem is that this system frames each game with a fake tube-tv looking surround which cuts off the left and right sides of some games.
Select + one of the face buttons (usually A, but try them all) to pause the game and open the Retroarch menu. Select+Start to exit the game. You can disable the TV frame by pressing start at the system selection screen, going to 'games settings', and set "decoration" to "none". If that doesn't work then you'll need to open up the 'advanced system options' for each system individually (press select when you have the games list for that system open), and turn off the decorations from that menu. Enjoy!
@@TechDweeb I have tried the select + A, Start and other buttons but its not pausing or exiting. Weird. I'll keep trying. Thanks
I'm wondering if the reason PS3 isn't included in the list. Might be due to PS3 emulation being fairly new. So wherever they are pulling metadata from from wherever they get their game library info, might not have PS3 included yet as PS3 emulation itself has only really recently been taking off.
I it's likely just that PS3 games are freaking huge and would eat up the space quickly.
You said you can add your own games. How much space is available on the drive? And I guess you'd probably want to make a backup copy of this thing just in case you screwed up configs too bad... so yeah for that, you'd need another drive and a hard drive imaging app like Acronis True Image. Or at least copy the config folders or whatever IDK.
I don't think you'll screw anything up as long as you're just adding and removing roms from the game folders. Mine had 100gb free, so you could add a handful of higher end games right out of the box, and then delete some larger games you don't want to make more room.
@@TechDweeb I'm talking about say screwing up the input schemes in MAME or something, which is quite easy to do by accident... but I suppose that's easy enough to back up without having to image the whole thing. Wow, only 100GB free? They did a pretty good job packing it.
You can just go download any version of Coin-ups and put into an drive.
Tons Of Fun With Play Issues & Glitches As Well . I'm Using A Beelink SER5 MAX Mini PC .
I bought this . . . Over 103.000 games & most arent games they are slot machines and memorabilia that can't be played Or Mahjong Games In The Many Thousands If Thats Your Thing .
In The ARCADE Folder Alone I've Deleted 19.000 Duplicates & I Am Still In The Roms That Start With The Letter M .
At Present I've Broght This Hard Drive From Over 103.000 Games To 70.121 Games Total And IM not Even Close To Being Done Deleting .
This Hard Drive Is A Mess But With Alot Of Work I'm Getting It Cleaned Up .
I Just There Were An Easier Way To Delete Roms From The Arcade Folder Because With That Folder I'm OnlynAble To Delete 1 Game At A Time .
I didn't have time to watch the whole thing. But what stops someone from uploading this as an iso and then just downloading it to your own drive for free?
Nothin! I think one of the main appeals of this is that the user doesn't have to download anything. You can actually download this sort of thing already, from torrents or whatever. But those are big 2tb downloads. For people who don't want to bother or can't because of their internet, this thing arrives in the mail and is ready to play.
I was going to try to switch a anlog ps1 controller case with the PS3 board to make it wireless
Good luck with that!
Can I use the roms to my nvideashield ?
Yup!
I NEED HELP I got a rtx 2070 super 8 + 6 pin yesterday in the Mail and I am whating for a new psu because all I have is one 8 pin conecter couldI use that one 8 pin only when I am whating for the new psu
You need to know what to do while you are waiting for your new PSU? Have you considered... retro emulation handhelds? :P
@@TechDweeb steam deck but my steam millibar is so small
Could I seemingly add this as a boot drive to my older PC and connect to an arcade1up cabinet that has been outfitted with USB encoded buttons and joysticks and a HDMI conversion board? Total noob here...😅
Yup!
Thanks man! Love your videos.
I updated my es to 5.1.0 and now es cant find any systems. My es_system.cfg files are all gone, is there a way to get these back? Kind regards from belgium
Hmmm. I've never tried updating emulation station, so I've never had to deal with this problem. Did ES create new rom directories that are different than the ones made by Retrobat? (check the drive folders to see if there is an empty ROMS directory). If that's the case then you can move your roms over to the new directory. If you can't figure that out then a simple solution would be to reinstall retrobat, just download the retrobat installer from the website and install it on your drive (install it to a unique directory). Then you can move your rom files from the old directory to the new one. Sorry I can't give you an easy answer, there might be an easy answer for you if you ask on r/emulationstation.
@@TechDweeb cant you send me an e-mail with a copy off the es_systems.cfg file that is missing on my drive? Than I Can paste it in my retobat/emulationstation/.emulationstation folder. Otherwaise I have to make the cfg file by hand and I am no computerwizard by no means. I have the same jmdrive do the file should be the same
@@TechDweeb this Would help me a lot
Hey sorry missed your reply. Email me at thetechdweeb at gmail dot com and I'll send it to you if you still need it.
@@TechDweeb thanks for the files man.
I got mine from a torrent. It was free on a popular retro game store and still is. It was 2.1 TB image, tool over a week to download cause it wouldn't download for more than 3MBps and to unpack once downloaded that took another two days. Life is good now, but I wished I had simply bought from places like you bought it. Totally not worth your time going through all that.
Hey where’s that game list link?
Sorry, it's added now
thousands of retro games in a hard drive that cost less than 1 modern game
Can we safely update to version 5.03 of retrobat ?
Yup
@@TechDweeb thanks!
They should have made it look like a Betamax tape to keep with the theme
I was thinking they could have put a sticker on the hard drive inside the case, and then a different sticker on the back of the case, to make it look like a beta or cassette tape in a player.
can you plug this up to your tv?
Nah. You need a PC. If you want something you can plug into your TV you'll be looking at those android based emulation consoles (I've reviewed quite a few of them).
@@TechDweeb thanks
can we access the folders somehow?
Yup! You can open it like a regular external hard drive on your PC.
Are you able to add games to this thing?
Yup!
Oof, just realised you said you could add them in the video lol. One day ill find one of these things that actually has Breath of the wild on it. The hunt continues