The BEST Budget Friendly Plug & Play Retro Gaming Console PC
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- Опубліковано 25 лип 2023
- In this video we demo and review the Retro Rager Plug & Play 500GB PC Gaming Console.
It appears this exact setup is no longer available however the PC portion can be found here...
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This is fantastic. I love that there's a wide range of classic consoles up to ps2 and game cube. I love the idea of funding a c64 library and adding it, since the emulation is already there. I'll have to learn how to make additions to this... But definitely a great plug and play option. This is the first one I feel confident in purchasing.
Ty, sir. You deserve a follow for all the work and time you put in your videos and review.
Thanks for the support! Much appreciated
We’re I can get one
@@LeahsDejesusdo it yourself
Awesome review
Congrats on 30K🎉
Hope your viewers keep growing. I love this channel.
Been following you since
Retropie guy days. Bought a similar pc 2TB build from you awhile back. Keep up the good work 🤙🏻. We appreciate the honest reviews.
Thanks for the support as always!! Much appreciated.
@@RetroGamingGuy Happy youtubing.
I really like your videos you give the system a chance before critiquing it and a short walkthrough which leads to very informative and trustworthy reviews.
Thank you for your kind words!
Wow!
I literally just spent the last week installing these into offices at my work. I work IT and it's a means to prep the facility to upgrade to Windows 11 in the next few years.
Anyway, I got myself the slightly upgraded silver trimmed one that I Velcroed to the back of my T.V. in a spare bedroom with wireless keyboard and mouse.
Obviously great for native emulation, but all around perfect for simple streaming services and even streaming from my main PC with Moonlight Game Streaming!
I bought one of these pcs and set it up myself with Batocera. I also designed a 3D-printed stand for it to stand it vertically. It's smaller than a Wii and I hooked it up with a USB Wii bar and a Sinden.
That's awesome! Good thinking printing a stand too! I like it vertical as well
I've converted a lot of my old, unused laptops to Batocera. It's literally a game changer.
@@RetroGamingGuyhey just wondering if you can tell me since it has the original PlayStation does that list of games include diablo if so I'd love to get that how did you get it.
Finally someone that knows these systems and says he's gonna test out N64 games for sure.....+subbed
You can emulate n64 on a shitty phone or tablet even at a better resolution fine. Why is it so hard on pc?
Do you know if this is Bluetooth compatible?
N64 games where designed different like all of Nintendo they don’t play about their license
The whole interface with the video previews, game boxes, descriptions etc. are fantastic. Seeing it being able to emulate the Wii U so well is pretty mind blowing too. It takes a pretty damn powerful CPU to do that.
How do you do that ? I would really l8ke to no
and its no longer available
@@edwinflowers1479 lake if you wont to no lake I no
@@shadwell749 Way to be toxic
This actually isn't a bad deal for someone who doesn't have a ROM collection. It's even tempting to me because i hate setting up a front end and downloading all the boxart and stuff.
I do love the interface screens of this build for sure!
Same!
We used to use these at work awhile back and we are replacing them! I have been grabbing some and taking them home. I should do this as well!
Well worth installing Batocera on a USB stick to try it. It only uses about 300mb ram on boot so the boot media speed is almost irrelevant.
@@Coffee_Scrollso Batocera is like an OS to run emulators?
Neat idea for a product. Good vid!
Best for camping
I love the very gentrified adapter option, or VGA for short.
Super great to see you having fun with the Sinden . 😊
Yes! 👍🏻
A few questions if you don't mind me asking.
#1 - Pretty obvious but i didn't hear you mention it we can use a bluetooth controller with this device right?
#2 - Is HULK Ultimate Destruction in either the XBOX or PS2 emulators/roms?
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#3 - Does if have any kind of Retro Achievements or is it possible to download/install them. I've never heard of this particular OS so I'm curious to know.
Great video, subbed and liked!
It's a stock HP elitedesk 800 G2 with Batocera installed, yes they have Bluetooth natively and are a great little machine.
If it doesn't have a game just put it on there yourself. Batocera shows up in your network and the roms folder is shared by default. Just click on the computer called BATOCERA and copy the game into the PS2 folder.
Batocera has retroachievements built in, just log into your account from the menu.
Ty for showing me exactly what I need on the road because I don’t want to invest in something expensive
These repurposed office PCs are underrated emulation monsters. I have a Dell small form factor PC running an i7 CPU with the Batoceeo front-end, and it plays PS2, OG X-box and even Sega Model 3 perfectly.
I have almost the identical model of HP as in this review and I was amazed that many of the Sega Model 3 games work fine on a 5th gen i5. My primary game device is a MiSTer FPGA.
@@ganjaguy930 Yes you can. I have my Dell plugged in to our living room TV.
Very much this. I have an Optiplex 7040 micro. Bumped up the RAM and installed a 1TB SSD and 256GB m.2 drive, then dropped a prebuilt 512GB Batocera image on there before I started customizing the heck out of it.
Only issues I have with it are minor, because when it's working, it's working beautifully!
The issues are:
* When connecting to a 4k TV, using custom boot videos is troublesome, because Batocera plays those videos before the video drivers are up and running, meaning it's using the more generic, raw Linux core that autodetects the TV's capabilities and plays the videos at that resolution. These little micros aren't keen to play 4k video, so it's very choppy. :D
* Batocera v37 seems to have some kind of bug in it, where running the console more than an hour or so without inputs will cause some kind of freeze. If the freeze happens when the TV is off, you won't get a display when you turn it back on. You have to hard-boot to get functionality back. I think this might be a bus sleep bug of some sort, but that secondary m.2 drive is how I get around it.
That m.2 drive has a Linux Lite installation on it, so I can use the box as a full desktop or stream Netflix/Disney+/Amazon/etc on it. That LL installation also does not suffer from the input freeze issue, so I usually let the system run that, then reboot to Batocera when I'm up for some gaming fun.
I'm not sure I'm really on-board with those Retro Rager folks making money off this. I mean, these little HP and Dell micro systems are all over the place on eBay and Facebook Martketplace, and it doesn't take any real effort to upgrade and install these buggers with Batocera and the games you REALLY want on there. (Hey, if you're okay buying one of these, you're okay downloading your own game ROMs and rips. Where do you think THEY got the games from??)
All these "entrepreneurs" are really doing is driving up the price and scarcity of these decommissioned systems.
@@weaselsworld Sorry to hear about your video issues. I have my Dell plugged into my Samsung 4K tv and never had any problems.
@@weaselsworldI think ur issue with output display not working after an hour can be fixed by changing the output display from AUTO to HDMI 1 for instance. That way its set to HDMI 1 only and not trying to find an output.
So this is my brain wondering lol, but batocera is probably installed on the internal drive and set in the bios to start up automatically from there when you power up the pc, correct? Also, you could plug in an external drive with additional games on it and play them from that, correct? Another great video though!👍
You certainly could yeah. Thanks.
Nice setup. Thanks for the rundown of emulators on this system. But would of loved seeing the Mame arcade emulator. An also Castlevania Symphony of the Night for PS1.
Last week I bought a refurbished Dell Optiplex 3060 mini PC (i5, 6 Cores, 8Gb) by $130 USD (here in Chile). No problems with WiiU, PS2 and XBOX, and no problems with lightweight XBOX360 and PS3 games (like Dead Space, Call of Duty, Assassins Creed or Race Games... heavy games like Red Dead Redemption or Last of Us, are unplayables).
what about switch games???
I'm looking for a plug and play system to play light gun games. Will this one do, or are there better options out there? Also what guns do you suggest? Thanks.
Like Thomas said I watch it just to see what it had then hopefully purchase it. Are there any similar pre loaded hard drives available? Specifically with good working Blitz games?
I need this in my life
I have a somewhat similar HP tiny form factor PC for emulation. Mine has the particular model number as the very last text on the back of the PC, it is really small text that you may need a magnifying glass to read. This will let you know which one it is. Great video BTW.
I love Medal of Honor Underground (PS1) ❤
great video. great find. you have yourself a new subscriber! 👍👍
Thanks man! Much appreciated
I still love my nVidia Shield Pro w/ Nostalgia.
I am new to emulation units though interested in Nintendo, ps1&2 and Xbox games. Can you recommend a unit that will run these games?
Looking into buying elite desk for emulation. Will the performance be ok with a stock gpu
So where do you get a laser gun to work with this system? And a Wii controller?
What controllers would u recommend buying...?? Thank you..🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
The fact that a light gun AND Wii controlers work on this system is more than worth the price!!!
Can anybody explain how a light gun works with this type of system?
@@danmorley6517you have to use a Mayflash sensor dolphin bar(you can get an off-brand one at a cheaper price). They pair with a Wii remote and you can use them as light guns
@@danmorley6517looks like he's using a sinden lightgun.
@@danmorley6517similar to a Wiimote the sindon has a camera in the unit and led lights on the tv like a sensor bar. Batocera has documentation on using it. Functionally it acts as a mouse, clicking points on the screen which the emulators receive as lightgun inputs. The sindon used here is great but expensive, a Wiimote in a gungrip has almost the same accuracy. Google "Batocera lightguns" for further info, they have a great support page.
Subscribed! Can you add OG consoles controllers to this. I.e. n64 controller with some sort of adapter?
These mini PC's are the best if you are looking to upgrade your Arcade 1UP or Arcade Legends arcade machine. They play MAME well and truly give you an authentic experience. I don't use Batocera personally, I use Win 10 and Maximus Arcade. But as far as an emulation beast goes, these do very well.
Have you used these in arcade 1up machine yet. No HDMI I'm basically interested in GameCube and PS2 games a few Wii u games but that probably it for an arcade 1up set. Otherwise I'd buy an Intek switch fighting stick and a brooks encoder like I played mortal Kombat 1 on it and it's excellent but Intex switch fighting stick but if you're looking to do that and I'm just looking to mod like somebody's arcade one up they're going to have to spend the money you know but would you recommend this for a couple little ones I got like for $200 arcade went up mortal kombats and whatnot
@@jacobtoombs9206 I have, but honestly? I just basically "gut" the game boards from the Arcade 1up, purchase an HDMI mini board to still use the monitor, and use an Arcade Tankstick for the controls as they are prewired and have a built in USB encoder. I tell people if you don't feel comfortable installing a small motherboard on the Arcade 1UP monitor, you can use an old VGA or HDMI monitor. You will have to sand the monitor mount area as most regular monitors are slightly too large. But an older monitor will work. As for speakers, I use a set of Logitech USB speakers as they can be mounted at the top of the Arcade 1UP and give good sound and don't protrude. I always suggest the mini pc's as they have the grunt (Intel I3 and up) to do most arcade and console emulation. Now for PS1/2 id use an I5 based with 8GB RAM as the 3D can be demanding.
Do I need a PC or can I just set it up to my tv
@@kylelewis540The HP demonstrated is a PC that has an HDMI output. So it can hook up straight to an HDMI TV.
Can I move my dolphin game saves to this pc? And did you have to set up the wii controllers or did it come ready to plug in a USB adapter? I'm a big gamecube fan probably won't play much older than that other than some 64 I would like to get into more wii and never played a wii u is this a good setup for things I listed I would love to be able to play gamecube in high resolution same with wii how high were you able to get? 1080p 4k? 720p? I can currently only run wii and gamecube in original 480p on my laptop so I want more.
You should have gone into the BIOS to check what processor and how much RAM it came with
The website he purchased from shows Intel I5 6500T and 8gb ddr4
What is a ps1 collection without final fantasy, resident evil, or metal gear solid?
Best one i have seen. I wonder how much it was before it disappeared
How much space it left over available? Can I add games? And is it easy to add games on something like this.. I would like to add in 3 wii u games..
Insta-subbed. Watched your other two recent P&P reviews like Gamestick and Game grid, but your video reviews steered me away from them due to various performance issues. This seems like a terrific budget console.
Thanks! Yeah definitely the better option
I'll buy one after watching this.😊
As a huge fan of tekken tag, i noticed the slow down immediately, it seems the game runs at about 70% speed ish.
So maybe dont get it for ps2
How much was it sold for, out of curiosity? (Now it's hard to find..seems sold out) has anyone found one for sale lately?
Love the video, What the name of that light gun you had? I really want a system like this maybe up to PS2. I really want those light gun games and Wii games.
Sinden light gun
Holy crap, I thought no one loved janky gauntlet legends. I play it through at least once a year, favorite version is ps2.
That's my favorite game. I have such fond memories playing it through in the arcade multiple times as a kid. Loved how the cabinet would allow you to save your progress through your initials.
Great video!!! I’m looking to get one but in uk.did Tony hawks have music? And ps1? Many thanks
Yeah there's ps1. Didn't bother with it in demo because it's not hard to emulate so everything works perfect there. Tony hawk has music I just muted the music because of copyright claims. I love that soundtrack but if I don't mute the tracks I get a copyright claim on my video from the hands that play.
Ahhhh yeah that makes sense I thought it might be,I think this might be what I’m looking for looks great!!
"Not seeing a model number" Model number is directly above your thumb to the left of the Windows Logo sticker it's an HP EliteDesk 800 G2 mini 35w.
Nice theme. Is it possible to install this theme to a Piboy DMG with retropie?
Hi RCG, fascinating "How to" 👍Just a quick question, I have an unused Lenovo ThinkCentreSFF i5 12th gen, with Windows 10. Is there a way to get back to Windows, if I install Batocera for a while, then want to get it back to Windows based?
Hey not if you overwrite the windows drive. You could get a secondary drive and just swap it out though and then you can always reinstall the windows one back in later on
Does this thing have the full story gameplay or is it just a small segment of the game?
This has probably been asked and answered but, how do you add or remove games?
Is there maybe a video on this?
When you connect any Batocera PC to your network it shows up as a network drive with the ROMs folder shared by default. Just open it and copy your roms from any PC. There is a file manager on it to copy from a connected drive but it's often easier to just use the network share.
I am very curious about the 48 Xbox games on this item.
How did you use a lightgun on this?? I want to know that info
How did you stream this old game play content tho .. ? Stream card .. capture card ? 23:24
Thanks for the review of this system. Question, & I apologize if I missed it but where can this be purchased? Thanks Again
Hey no problem there's a link in the description of this video
Performance wise how does this compare to a series s running retroarch?
Is there any Gundam games that's on the PlayStation 1 & 2 and DreamCast? I'm an old Gundam fan and love to replay those games. Wish I never got rid of my PS2 along with the games and hoping something like this would have those Gundam games on it
Can you tell me if this system has these games it’s nice that has all those games but am only looking like 3-4 games that work well with a reto a system. Looking for
1)Paperboy for Nintendo
2)Super Mario for Super Nintendo
3)Donkey Kong for Super 4)Nintendo
Just looking for those 4 games on a system thank you the rest of the games are great. Thanks for the help hoping to buy a retro system to play James I played when I was little.
Does this have Ms. Pacman? Do any of these mini systems have Ms. Pacman? I never see that as an option. Also, do you know where I can get Space Ace on one of these? Thank you in advance.
Are you able to add emulators to this batocera system? Like project 64 for example?
Every time someone does these videos, the consoles, preloaded are no longer avail. 😢. This one looked like the most promising one, but its not available anymore. Is there any plug and play consoles like this readily available any more? Because i would of bought this today based off this video lol.
Can probably be done as a DIY, get the mini pc, os, and controllers.
@@bkThund3rthe whole point is wanting the plug and play tho. I work alot and am not a tinkerer. I want something to literally plug in, connect a controller and play. I will pay extra for the convenience. I feel OPs frustration.
Just don’t let it link to ur internet! People aren’t paying attention that these items from China are connecting to wifi
@@biglock74That... doesn't seem to have anything to do with the problem. It's that people simply want to buy a device, NOT have to put it together themselves from either hardware or software perspectives, and just play the device.
Same I was getting all excited until I read the description. Goddamnit
Stupid question but I’m not great computer wise but does this plug into a flat screen TV and incase I miss it in the vid how much is this set up thanx .
I own one of those sitting in a tote in my garage definitely gonna try and recreate this. TY for the vid! BTW The model number has been removed with acetone from the sticker I don't know why??
I was thinking maybe in an effort to hide the info but the site actually has it posted so that can't be it.
LOOOOVE THE RETRO!
Can you add your own roms? There some games there i would just remove and add the must ones like Illbleed or such.
Yeah I've started to do that myself actually
I want one of these BAD . My favorite games are on here and I see it’s no longer on Amazon where can I find one ?please help new to retro gaming
What gun are you using for the light gun games?
Do you any plug and plays that give a lot of ps2 games? I miss playing the ps2 games
Thanks for the video! Looking for a system. This or Game Grid 2? What is your recommendation? I want everything preloaded
This isn't available anymore but I'd run from the game grid 2 these days. They have two parties fighting over the product so there two websites selling it now. Quality has been horrendous lately from what I hear. Shoot me an email on my site through the contact page I'll make a recommendation
I will try to email you too. I am computer illiterate and need something plug and play pre loaded with the 2000s systems like this has
What is the name of that Theme being used?
So I see you say it’s not available any longer.. I really want something dang close to this, I just want a plug and play stand alone one. Can you please lead me in right direction with some links.. I want this one so bad 😢 because I’m not savvy enough to know what to download, where to put it and all that jazz. Please help me get the ultimate setup for my kids and I 🙏🏼
might be a stupid question but does the PS5 And Xbox One controllers work on this system ? if so can they be used wirelessly ? thanks
Yes and yes
Can you plug in original gaming system controllers like n64 one?
That would make all the difference. Obviously with an adapter
Yes you can. Just need the usb adapter and set up the controller buttons.
Is this console able to Download Xbox 360 & ps3 games???
Does it have built-in cheats like some of the emulators you can download??
I’m new to retro gaming. Can you get anything with like John Madden 92 football?
hey Retro game guy have you ever found a game console with Dark Wizard in it? A Sega CD game from 94 I believe.
21:02 luckily that restaurant uses bulletproof tablecloths.
Thanks for showing original XBOX and Project Gotham Racing. I was disappointed but not surprised this system struggled to run it. Original XBOX is one of my favorite consoles and PGR one of my favorite games. I can't wait until most original XBOX games can be emulated to near perfection. It feels like it's getting close.
It's definitely come a long way from where it started just a couple years ago. I think it'll be there in 2 years max
I am horrified that this is considered retro....
It looks to me that the Wii U Mario Tennis was running slow. I appreciate your videos, but I would appreciate them more if you add the performance overlay and maybe checking upscaling the games.
😂😂😂😂 was waiting waiting for "wats up everybody, my name is scott" at the intro
Is there anything similar available? I am new to this whole retro gaming emulation. I have a super gaming computer. But I would much prefer a straight forward plug and play ready to go gaming console? or something with games all setup ready to play... Any help would be great. This looks like it had pretty much all the main console games etc. that I am after. Budget is not an issue.
Also advice and links for good controllers and guns etc.... Would love a list my friend and some link. High Quality. But this looked great. Not sure if there is something I can plug in and run off my current PC?? Hope to hear from you soon!
???? Anybody??
Or sites to get reliable Emulators and Roms?
Star Wars Rogue Squadron ll would sell me on any system. They remastered to perfection with Metroid: Prime they need to do the same with RSll.
Totally agree. Even the original I was a fan of too.
Decent. One using a PC inside instead of a raspberry pi 3 !
I wish there were a conroller compatible with Wii games. And a peripheral to emulate also Kinect.
Is there place you can get the ISO of the package that was on this machine?
Nothing yet, hope they have more soon so I can buy one
Just wanting to know if anyone can help me. I've just gotten this and I was playing streets of rage remake, I wanted to change the controller configuration in the settings of the game and now the controller doesnt respond to the Game. Any suggestions?
Using this Platform with Batocera, can MAME titles be added to the setup? If this had mame items already on board, I'd buy it today
Yeah idk why they aren't in there already but can be easily added
What is this dolphin sensor you mentioned for Wii games? Where do I go to learn more?
here it is....
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Where can I buy the application with the roms? I would install this in my PC!?!?
lol 260 is a lil steep to be labeled a budget emulater but ill def check this out thanks for the upload!
Hello there I was wondering if you could tell me,what i need to play the light gun games do I just need the gun or do I need that dolphin sensor you were talking about like the Wii games,what light gun do I need many thanks,great video
Pretty sure the dolphin sensor is for if you are using original wii motes. The other guns that would work with this (Sinden, Aimtrak etc.), you'll have set up based on their req's. I've got an Aimtrak and it came with a light bar sensor that I since replaced with something much better that works for a 65 in. TV.
@@bmash23 thank you so much,definitely gonna get myself a retro set up,can't wait to play house of the dead and time crisis with a actual light gun again
What’s the specs on the HP? CPU and RAM?
HP EliteDesk 800 G2 Mini Business Desktop PC, Intel Quad-Core i5-6500T up to 3.1G,8G DDR4
damn missed out, hope one day i get to retro game on something like that but with how fast days are going who knows.
Project Gotham Racing was running slower than the PS2 version of Burnout 3 does on my 2.4Ghz Core-2-Duo system in PCSX2.
Hello new here! can u sent a link where we can buy this i know is no more in amazon but some website we can buy it ? Thank u love u videos
That a lot of consoles and games everything on one console can I get this console is it on Amazon??
I don't know if I'm looking in the right places but I'm trying to find the Mattel intellivision games .Any help would be appreciated
Intellivision archive romset would potentially give you what you are after.
Have you gotten around to deleting and adding games yet?
Is this pc have the game on it or what hard drive have to use or sd card