Retro Video Gamer

Hi everyone, I am new to the forum. I want to re-live some of the fun that I had with my sons and pass it on to my now 13 year old grandson. Can anyone tell me please what I would need in the way of cables etc for pal if I went ahead and imported a retro3 console from America. amongst other games I have this urge to play might & magic 2 which I never finished due to a fault on the game or console. Please respond because there is so much conflicting info out there.

Hi Peter and welcome to RVG!

Is this the console you are talking about?

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forgive me while I find my way around.   yes it is

Thank you for the welcome.

Firstly you need to know that these machines use emulation so not all games will work on them and some will have glitches. The sound will also be very poor on Mega Drive games.

It is also likely that you will only be able to use North American/NTSC SNES and NES games on them if they are an American product, Mega Drive games should be ok though.

To use one of these in the UK you will need to buy either a step down converter for the power supply or find a universal power supply that matches the required voltage and polarity of the machine.

If space is not a concern you are better off picking up the real hardware.

Thank you, looks like I will have to make space. It all sounded to be to good to be true anyway. Just bought a pc version of might magic 2 from e-bay only to find that a 16 bit game is not compatable with a 64 bit comp. what a learning curve this is turning out to be.

Quote from: "peterray"Thank you, looks like I will have to make space. It all sounded to be to good to be true anyway. Just bought a pc version of might magic 2 from e-bay only to find that a 16 bit game is not compatable with a 64 bit comp. what a learning curve this is turning out to be.

You can probably still play it via DOS Box, we have a few PC experts here so they will be able to tell you better than me.

You can always pick up a cheap Sega Mega Drive off eBay and get the cartridge version, it won't cost much.

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LOL LOL, Oh what memories. Will take your advice and look on e-bay. ty and look foreward to picking your brains in the future lol.

Quote from: "peterray"LOL LOL, Oh what memories. Will take your advice and look on e-bay. ty and look foreward to picking your brains in the future lol.

No problem.

Also if you pick up a Mega Drive then make sure to pick up the superior first version of the console, not the crappy Mega Drive II.

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Welcome to the site    I've looked at these retro consoles and most people who have tried them have the same opinion. If you are used to the original hardware these just don't cut it. I have been very temped to buy one of the portable ones they make though.

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Anybody try one of these?

Haven't owned either of the ones mentioned, but....

I've used a SNES clone before and it was rubbish. It had RGB output but it still looked crap. Really blurry. I had to replace the PSU wire, which meant replacing the power socket on the actual console as well because it had a rare kind of connector. It had a 50/60hz switch that was just glued to the case (and came off, obviously), so I had to change that as well.

Long story short..... always get the real thing. 

Yeah, i have thought about grabbing these as a collectors item.. but that just doubles what i actually want to own..

I really like the looks of that handheld.