Back in the 1980s I had a magazine that joked that someday our computer storage devices would become so small, we could lose them under the couch cushions.
This is what I tell all the time to the new generation. In terms of information storage, we live in Star Trek era right now. Com'on, my first computer (still have it) is 2K memory storage. It's a few A4 pages !
"Tune in next week when I review the NEW tinniest console with over 100,000 games installed on a 1TB micro sd card!!" =D I personally use to do this with burnable CD's and flash drives mid 2002 with the goal of being able to play retro games on other peoples computers that have never seen any emulators or retro games with NO set-up whatsoever, plug-and-play. no front ends though, just open the CD or flash drive and all you'll see is 1 folder plus shortcuts to emulator executables. and these setups were always the old cartridge systems, no disk systems. that was GREAT in 2002.
@@TechDweeb Not gonna lie, I felt pretty boss in 2002 when I did this, people's minds were BLOWN when they saw me play these old games on their PC. it was one of the contributing factors that made me a Windows XP guru in everyone's eyes back then. =P Keep pumpin' out the great content TechDweeb ^_^
@7:27 omg - thank you for reminding me I own Gargoyle's Quest! I've been rebuilding my retro collection piece by piece. While I realize there is a "convenience" factor in getting a pre-built Batocera, there is a lot of joy [for some] in building your own collection from scratch and learning what to swap in & out of that 128GB!
True, when you have the time, it's a nice hobby, I even created my own artwork and stuff in the old days, but alas time has become scarse... Still thinking fondly about all that time spent, but nowadays if I can save some time using a prebuilt thing, I surely will... I'm especially tired of complex and complicated stuff, like the whole hacking and compiling nightmares... yeah, there's fun in that too, but at my age, I wanna have things working without tinkering too much with it and once that it works, to find out it broke due to an update, so thanks but no thanks, I'm too old for that stuff, lol.
I made my own Batocera flash drive recently. It started as a 128GB drive but soon, I cloned it to a 256GB drive and will be moving it to a 512GB flash drive soon. I've simplified the theme as much as practical so no bezels, music or video snaps. These bells and whistles are not my thing. It currently has Yuzu installed and running Switch games great on any medium powered PC. Game Cube, PS2 and Switch games take a lot of room thus the need to expand it further to 512GB. The process is simple. Image the 128GB drive, write the image to a larger drive and expand the share partition to the full size of new drive. Same process would work for upsizing this one as well and given the low price, I may do just that.
Good vid! I have been messing with Raspbery Pi's and RetroPie for about 6 years. I have about 20 images that I have saved for backup, which never get used, and take up storage space. I also have done builds on portable Pi 0's/ W 0's, 3's\3 Pluses, 4's, etc..... About two years ago I just got sick of it all. I may have to get back into it this way, then I can add my own ROMS and build from there. Oh wait, that is what I did last time and it burned me out, lol.
The future is here. If someone had told me back in 1977 that I could carry nearly every game I wanted to play on a little keychain I would've said "your tripping dude". As always I love your content Dweeb.
@@TechDweeb Dude your channel is boss. Orange is the colour of truth. Stuffed cats may like getting beaten by bananas. You're getting there Dweeb. I can see your beautiful channel being massive. It's the best decision you ever made. Love your art. Nice one bro. Keep it up.
Lol just found this channel and his voice is hilarious I don't know if he's actually sounding like that or if it's just a play because of his channel name and what he does but keep at it. Honestly it's fitting. You're doing a great job!
I literally drove to the store to buy these for this video, and as I was buying them I had that kid-again feeling. It's been many years since I walked into a convenience store, went straight for the candy aisle, and bought nothing but a box of Mike & Ikes.
5:02 something that comes to my mind when seeing all these combo emulation box drives, is what USB controller would work for the most consoles with the least amount of configuration? For example, I own a USB Xbox360 controller because that's the style of controller I played with the most, and also it's fully compatible with pretty much any windows game that supports controllers. But would that work for something like N64 for example? Or, would I need to spend hours dicking around with settings? I would much rather use ONE controller.
Yeah I think any xinput controller is going to give you the best compatibility. Xbox 360/one/series controllers are probably the best choice. N64 always requires dicking around with the settings. Any N64 game that uses the C buttons as face buttons will be annoying, you'll have to remap those to face buttons. But any game that uses the c buttons as a 2nd stick (like for camera movements) will work properly. N64 is such a weird controller so you gotta customize the controller mapping on a per game basis if it doesn't feel right.
Wait, this has Jet Set Radio Future, and it runs better than putting the physical disc into an Xbox 360? I have been hurting to play JSRF at its proper frame rate, the Xbox 360 causes significant slowdown when trying to play it.
It does fill the hole in my hart, lol, even though I do care about the higher end systems... but being on a low budget, I'm a patient guy.... by the time I'll have a more powerfull gaming station, botacera will be supporting PS5 and I'll be happy if my system can emulate pre-psp5 games, lol. As a retro gamer I'll be behind in time, always, per definition, so yeah, this pendrive completely fills that hole in my heart! My actual system will run PS3, so this Botacera 37 image will be the starting point for my own build. Amazing little thing! ❤❤❤
Aliexpress had a 2TB Pawkey drive for $45, first time I've ever bought from them but watching these retro channels it looks like I'll get everything I want from it at a pretty good price (if it turns up).
I'm kind of sad that there aren't many games for the Gamecube, it was my favourite console. OH, I 'Like'd the video and 'Subscribed' , so see you next time. 😺
Awesome gaming thing. I never expected to see something like this in my time. But one question keeps coming to mind, Do you have a cold?. 🤔? Your voice sounds kinda funny. 😂
I was wondering the same. So plugging it into my Snes mini should work then? I guess then it's a question of getting hold of the right emulators and these working correctly. I've had some fails with MAME stuff
In theory, yes! The steam deck uses x86 architecture, which is the only requirement for this. I don't have a deck to test it but I'm 99% sure it would work
Hey man, I just wanted to say, great channel! I subscribed. I started watching your RP3+ videos, and it's helped me out with deciding whether or not to purchase one. I plan on purchasing one soon, but I'm going to go "all-out" with it, meaning I plan on buying accessories and stuff. I'm even going to buy some accessories that let me watch free OTA Television on it, and an accessory that will let me listen to FM radio. If you're interested, I can share how I plan on doing this with you! I think it'll be a fun experiment. Again, thank you for your awesome videos! I think this device would make a great gift for someone with a PC (which is most people)! Oh, also, thank you for the humor in your videos! I love the personality and the humor, it's what keeps me sticking around. God bless you!
@@TechDweeb (A quick note: This is probably one of the longest comments I've ever made. I'm sorry for it's length, I hope I don't take up too much time, but I tried to explain what I plan on doing and how to do it). Ha! Thanks for that. There was a point in my life where I thought being a mad scientist would have been the coolest thing ever! Thanks for hearing out my ideas; I actually just got another one today too! I don't have an RP3+ yet, but I hope to try this stuff out when I do get one. If you want to try it out for yourself, go for it! I'd love to hear your thoughts on my ideas, and I'd love to know if you're going to try them out. Here are my ideas: 1. How to watch free television on the RP3+: There's a device called the MyGica, which is a portable OTA (Over The Air) antenna. All you need for it to work is an Android phone, an app, and a micro USB-C. The RP3+ is an Android device (which can get apps), and it has USB-C, so I don't see a single reason why it wouldn't work. All you need to do is purchase the MyGica, download the PadTVHD app, plug the MyGica into your device, and launch the app. The PadTVHD app is currently being updated, so it's not in the Google Play Store at the moment, but I do have an APK for it. Hypothetically, you should be able to watch free OTA television with this method! Here's the APK: mega.nz/file/1DViWbqB#q5IX0yc7WSagf-uqer7yuGhp7ADsiQa11uN_l6Enptk (It's safe; I got the APK from Antenna Man's UA-cam channel. It's in the description of his most recent video, "A Portable TV Can Save Your Life in a Weather Emergency). Here is an Amazon link to the MyGica: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08R5D5Z9D/ref=ox_sc_act_title_2?smid=A2FK89ZO9NY4PJ&psc=1 If you cannot or do not know what channels you'd pick up in your area, I recommend checking out www.rabbitears.info and going on the "Signal Search Map" section. It's very easy to use, and you can see nearby channels. I also do not know how strong this antenna is. I live 30+ miles from my nearest tower. Thankfully, the MyGica comes with not just one, but two antennas! One is stronger than the other. The only issue I see with this idea is that it may not be easy to carry around. I personally plan on getting a bag of sorts to carry around all of the attachments and controllers I plan on getting for the RP3+. 2. How to listen to FM radio on the RP3+: The RP3+ has a built-in FM Radio app, which makes me assume that there is a chip in the RP3+ that works with FM radio, which is amazing because it's so rare for modern technology to include this stuff. From what I have heard, all you need to do is launch the app, and it should work fine. I did hear some people say that you need headphones to work as an antenna, but it depends on how far you are from your tower for whether or not you need to do that. Let's just say you are a bit far out from your tower, though. You can buy a radio antenna and just put it in your RP3+! There are two issues, though. I don't know if using this antenna will actually draw the signal in better. Like the OTA antenna, though, I don't see why it shouldn't. The second issue is that the RP3+ will think that the antenna is a pair of headphones, so it will try to play the audio through the antenna. My fix for this is to either just connect to a Bluetooth speaker or download an audio switcher app. I personnaly plan on using the audio switcher app, so I looked on the Play Store. I found an app called "Audio Switch & Audio Test". Again, hypothetically, this should work. Here's an Amazon link to the antenna I am looking at (there may be a better antenna that might work for this, but this is the first one that came to mind): www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08G18VM72/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?smid=A2X7IHOFTAZ9BA&psc=1 ------------------------------------------------------------------- These were my original two ideas. Why would someone want to do this? Because you'd want to watch TV and listen to the radio! Seriously though, it could come in handy in case of emergencies. Not only would you have a portable TV, but you'd also have a portable radio. You'd think your smartphone could do both of these, but most Smartphones don't have the chip to run an FM radio, some do, but it's rare. They might not be the best working antennas, but they would work. Both are good enough for emergencies or on-the-go use. The RP3+ could really help you out in an emergency. It could provide you with useful information in an emergency and then entertain you with games! Like I mentioned though, you'd probably need a carrying case for all of the dongles and attachments. I have a bonus idea that I thought of today also. I think this is something more people might be doing, but I tried to find some videos on it and I haven't seen anyone do it. ------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. How to play PS2, GameCube, and Wii on the RP3+ with it running good: I don't know all the details for this one yet, so I'll keep it simple. Download Retro Arch on Steam, get your emulators and roms on it, and just stream the emulators via the Steam link to your RP3+! I plan on downloading everything up to PS1 on the RP3+ and then downloading PS2, GameCube, and Wii on my Steam. So I can natively play everything up to PS1 on the RP3+ and then just stream everything else to the RP3+. This would only work depending on your connection, of course, but hey, you could get PS2 games running on your RP3+. I don't know all the technicalities of this either, but for a casual person, it would work. Again, I'd love to hear your thoughts on this. I'd really love to see you do a video on this stuff, assuming the ideas work! Thank you for your time, I appreciate it a lot. God bless you and keep up the great work!
This should be called "World's smallest multicart" rather than "World's smallest console". This device is really just a USB flash drive preloaded with games.
I can definitely see myself buying this USB thumb drive just to easily plug into the PC or Android box / stick (provided with USB-A port) and play the games. Who knows, I just want to play a couple of retro games while staying in a hotel & not bringing portable hard drives, just an Android stick, wireless controller & USB thumb drive would do.
you cannot do that unfortunately, people seem not to understand what this is, it basically is a linux rom flashed onto a usb drive with some pirated games already in, so it uses your existing pc for the hardware
You said it boots to this storage device. I just wondered about compatibility with any GPU other than Intel. Drivers are surely required to get proper performance.
Batocera comes with Nvidia, AMD, and Intel drivers pre-installed. They're stripped down versions of the drivers, very barebones, but you get the right level of performance.
I have the world's smallest car you can drive. I know, it's just a steering wheel but if you have a car laying around you can just mount this steering wheel on and there you have it... the world's smallest car.
This is so cool dude. I wonder... I don't know much about batocera but would it be able to run through one of this drives in something like the gpd win 4? If so, how do you tell the computer to boot into batocera and not windows ?
Yup. The GPD WIN 4 is x86 architecture based, so this should in theory work. You can choose the boot device like this: Insert your USB drive. Power on the device. Mash the DEL key, go to boot, and press Space on the first slot until the device listed is the USB Drive you want to boot it from.
It looks retropie with a new brand logo, I like the idea of using my current system and not having to learn raspberry pie but If it's using my laptop to run its own OS can it utilize things like network adapters and graphics cards for Xbox/ps/GameCube etc Also I'm sure you can add games for the other systems, drag and drop iso file
Yes it can utilize your network adapter and graphics card while booted, that's the main benefit for something like this, you can use it with the hardware you already have. And yeah, it's easy to drag and drop your rom files onto this drive if you just plug it into your PC in windows.
I suggest one of the first things to do is attach the keychain or something similar!!!! This thing is tiny. I've lost/found mine 3 times since I got it yesterday!!!
@@TechDweeb That sounds great, i was looking like an affordable 3 or 4 Terrabytes of Wii GC PSP PS! PS3 Xbox Xbox360 & other games if not with or without emulators, Thanks for the similar contribution
I wouldn't say "any" wireless controller. If you have a controller with a 2.4ghz dongle, that should work. And it does allow you to use your bluetooth, so your bluetooth controllers should work. Generally any controller that works in windows should work, but I'm sure there will be some that are the exception and won't work. You might be able to find your answer if you search for the name of your controller with "batocera", because that's the OS that's on here.
Considering the source of this lil thing I dont mind asking how would one go about cloning this thing? Ive had issues with USB drives not being recognized if ones doesnt remove it correctly.
Great video again, dude sadly as far as I know. there is know way to boot batocera from a Mac m1 :/. Maybe If I can ask you, do you could suggest me a affordable mini pc for batocera to connect to my tv?
I actually have a mini pc review in the works. It's the AMR5 mini pc. I think it's a great value for the price it goes for. The review will be up probably early next week.
@@TechDweeb Thank you I will watch your review about it. Would be awesome to have a small retro station on my tv. Playing the old games with now old friends.
That’s actually a great deal for people who don’t want to risk getting viruses by downloading games on shady websites. And although I do enjoy some Mike and Ike’s, I prefer Good & Plenty a bit more. Tastes great with an ice cold A&W root beer! 😊
If you press F1 on the main screen (using a keyboard) you'll get to a file browser where you can transfer roms from your hard drive or an external drive.
There is a product I have in my 'stuff to make videos about' pile called the Hyper Base Mix. It's 5tb of games. It has the most higher end 3d games of any collection I've tested. That's probably what I'd recommend if you want Gamecube, PS2, 3ds, etc. amzn.to/42G9V2a
I would remove the Wii Xbox PS2 and add more GBA PS1 maybe Dreamcast and some more Saturn and N64. Great little device I may have to pick one up. Again keep up the great work, great video.
@@TechDweeb oh, nice! Definitely worth looking into. It's tiny enough and with a switch sized device, this is the perfect little piece for retro gaming.
i've got a laptop i can't change the contents of, but i'd like to use freely. i really want a USB HDD or SD card i can live-boot windows 10 from, is that possible?
This product is a 2tb USB hard drive that you can boot to: amzn.to/3GvhVcQ And this one is a 2tb hard drive that is a program you can run from windows: amzn.to/3A5L6Qt
Nope, this only works on x86 devices. There is a different version of batocera you'll need to use if you go with ARM devices like the Pi4 (aka not this device).
In theory, yes! The steam deck uses the x86 architecture, which is the requirement of this version of Batocera. So it SHOULD work (I don't have a deck, so I can't test it, but I'd bet with 99% odds that it'd work). TO BOOT FROM EXTERNAL USB: Shutdown the Steam Deck fully, then enter the bootloader holding volume down and pressing and holding power until the startup sound. Select your USB drive from the boot list.
If it doesn't boot by itself you will need to get into your bios and set this as a USB boot device. Usually you can change the boot order in your bios very easily. I can't walk you through it because every bios is different. Usually you press f2, f11, f10, or the delete key on your keyboard while the computer is booting to get into the bios. Feel free to stop by my discord, there is a computer help Channel there and we could help you out if you can't figure it out.
Back in the 1980s I had a magazine that joked that someday our computer storage devices would become so small, we could lose them under the couch cushions.
No way THAT would ever happen 😏
@@TechDweeb I mean, technically you could lose an old hard drive under the couch. You'd have to remove it from the computer, but you could.
This is what I tell all the time to the new generation. In terms of information storage, we live in Star Trek era right now. Com'on, my first computer (still have it) is 2K memory storage. It's a few A4 pages !
@@marielizysurourcq My dad's first computer didn't even have a hard drive. WE ran the OS off of a floppy.
@TechDweeb in a way its kinda true like that raspberry pi which use a sd card to storages the os
"Tune in next week when I review the NEW tinniest console with over 100,000 games installed on a 1TB micro sd card!!" =D
I personally use to do this with burnable CD's and flash drives mid 2002 with the goal of being able to play retro games on other peoples computers that have never seen any emulators or retro games with NO set-up whatsoever, plug-and-play. no front ends though, just open the CD or flash drive and all you'll see is 1 folder plus shortcuts to emulator executables. and these setups were always the old cartridge systems, no disk systems. that was GREAT in 2002.
Oldschool emulation!
@@TechDweeb Not gonna lie, I felt pretty boss in 2002 when I did this, people's minds were BLOWN when they saw me play these old games on their PC. it was one of the contributing factors that made me a Windows XP guru in everyone's eyes back then. =P
Keep pumpin' out the great content TechDweeb ^_^
Thumbs up for Mike & Ikes. Also I support Mike & Ikes becoming a standard unit of measure.
more proof that Americans will use ANYTHING but the metric system. 😉
you would fit perfectly as a character in the cartoon Ed, Edd and Eddy
Ed, Edd, Eddy, and Dweeb.
@7:27 omg - thank you for reminding me I own Gargoyle's Quest! I've been rebuilding my retro collection piece by piece. While I realize there is a "convenience" factor in getting a pre-built Batocera, there is a lot of joy [for some] in building your own collection from scratch and learning what to swap in & out of that 128GB!
True, when you have the time, it's a nice hobby, I even created my own artwork and stuff in the old days, but alas time has become scarse... Still thinking fondly about all that time spent, but nowadays if I can save some time using a prebuilt thing, I surely will... I'm especially tired of complex and complicated stuff, like the whole hacking and compiling nightmares... yeah, there's fun in that too, but at my age, I wanna have things working without tinkering too much with it and once that it works, to find out it broke due to an update, so thanks but no thanks, I'm too old for that stuff, lol.
I made my own Batocera flash drive recently. It started as a 128GB drive but soon, I cloned it to a 256GB drive and will be moving it to a 512GB flash drive soon.
I've simplified the theme as much as practical so no bezels, music or video snaps. These bells and whistles are not my thing.
It currently has Yuzu installed and running Switch games great on any medium powered PC. Game Cube, PS2 and Switch games take a lot of room thus the need to expand it further to 512GB. The process is simple. Image the 128GB drive, write the image to a larger drive and expand the share partition to the full size of new drive. Same process would work for upsizing this one as well and given the low price, I may do just that.
Good vid! I have been messing with Raspbery Pi's and RetroPie for about 6 years. I have about 20 images that I have saved for backup, which never get used, and take up storage space. I also have done builds on portable Pi 0's/ W 0's, 3's\3 Pluses, 4's, etc.....
About two years ago I just got sick of it all.
I may have to get back into it this way, then I can add my own ROMS and build from there.
Oh wait, that is what I did last time and it burned me out, lol.
I might be a "small package" at 5'6, but big things do indeed come from this small package. ;)
The future is here. If someone had told me back in 1977 that I could carry nearly every game I wanted to play on a little keychain I would've said "your tripping dude". As always I love your content Dweeb.
Haha same. It's nice living in the future huh?
@@TechDweeb Dude your channel is boss. Orange is the colour of truth. Stuffed cats may like getting beaten by bananas. You're getting there Dweeb. I can see your beautiful channel being massive. It's the best decision you ever made. Love your art. Nice one bro. Keep it up.
You stll need a PC, that is bigger than any console ever released sooooooo....
I'm still waiting for the Tech Dweeb video game. I can see that happening one day.
That would be a freaking dream come true 😍
Lol just found this channel and his voice is hilarious I don't know if he's actually sounding like that or if it's just a play because of his channel name and what he does but keep at it. Honestly it's fitting. You're doing a great job!
I love the consistency , keep it up man !
This isn’t a console. It’s a thumb drive
I'm always a little surprised it's legal to buy these.
Surprise, it's not.
Made in 🇨🇳
Dude, the Mike & Ikes 😂😂 I havent seen those in years. If youtube started advertising candy I'd love it 😂 made me feel like a kid again
I literally drove to the store to buy these for this video, and as I was buying them I had that kid-again feeling. It's been many years since I walked into a convenience store, went straight for the candy aisle, and bought nothing but a box of Mike & Ikes.
As a kid my dream was to own every nes and sega game so I really like this.
I'm with ya!
This is amazing. I've considered the Retrobat drive for a gift this year... but this may be even better. Great pointer TD! Love your videos as always.
Glad you found it helpful!
5:02 something that comes to my mind when seeing all these combo emulation box drives, is what USB controller would work for the most consoles with the least amount of configuration? For example, I own a USB Xbox360 controller because that's the style of controller I played with the most, and also it's fully compatible with pretty much any windows game that supports controllers. But would that work for something like N64 for example? Or, would I need to spend hours dicking around with settings? I would much rather use ONE controller.
Yeah I think any xinput controller is going to give you the best compatibility. Xbox 360/one/series controllers are probably the best choice.
N64 always requires dicking around with the settings. Any N64 game that uses the C buttons as face buttons will be annoying, you'll have to remap those to face buttons. But any game that uses the c buttons as a 2nd stick (like for camera movements) will work properly. N64 is such a weird controller so you gotta customize the controller mapping on a per game basis if it doesn't feel right.
Bro Sour Mike and Ikes are where it's at!
Another great video, Game on everyone and be safe ! Thanks
I can't wait for a box that will emulate gamecube, wii, ps2, xbox well.
Totally.
marvel vs capcom is in the naomi emulator in case you werw wondering
Hard agree about the PS1 list though. The PS1 is such a good rabbit hole
Wait, this has Jet Set Radio Future, and it runs better than putting the physical disc into an Xbox 360? I have been hurting to play JSRF at its proper frame rate, the Xbox 360 causes significant slowdown when trying to play it.
✨EMULATION✨
It does fill the hole in my hart, lol, even though I do care about the higher end systems... but being on a low budget, I'm a patient guy.... by the time I'll have a more powerfull gaming station, botacera will be supporting PS5 and I'll be happy if my system can emulate pre-psp5 games, lol. As a retro gamer I'll be behind in time, always, per definition, so yeah, this pendrive completely fills that hole in my heart! My actual system will run PS3, so this Botacera 37 image will be the starting point for my own build. Amazing little thing! ❤❤❤
Aliexpress had a 2TB Pawkey drive for $45, first time I've ever bought from them but watching these retro channels it looks like I'll get everything I want from it at a pretty good price (if it turns up).
Are you sure the drive isn't a fake with 32 gigs of storage reprogrammed to look 2 terabytes big to the computer? I'd run h2testw on it to verify.
@@nyanpasu64 beat me to it.
literally no way this drive is legit
Mike & Ikes better than Jelly Belly?
That's just crazy talk...
Watch it. One more outburst like that and you're getting banned. 👮
I'm kind of sad that there aren't many games for the Gamecube, it was my favourite console.
OH, I 'Like'd the video and 'Subscribed' , so see you next time.
😺
Welcome!
nice one, good friend advice too
Love me some Mike and Ike!! Swedish Fish, too!
Totally!
Awesome gaming thing.
I never expected to see something like this in my time.
But one question keeps coming to mind,
Do you have a cold?. 🤔?
Your voice sounds kinda funny. 😂
That's a cool little device.
I wonder if you can plug one of these in to a hand held console and have access to the rom folders?
Yes you can! It has the games on an exFat partition, so it should be accessible from any device.
I was wondering the same. So plugging it into my Snes mini should work then? I guess then it's a question of getting hold of the right emulators and these working correctly. I've had some fails with MAME stuff
Would this work on a steam deck connected via dock to TV, if played in a USB slot? Hmm... 🤔
In theory, yes! The steam deck uses x86 architecture, which is the only requirement for this. I don't have a deck to test it but I'm 99% sure it would work
Nevermind, I still give a thumbs up on having PC fx but it's a shame they don't have Der Langrisser FX, my favorite PC fx game!
Never heard of that one. Looks good.
Unfortunately I'm already spoiled with a full install of Linux and lutris with libretro.
I just purchased this the other day and have already upgraded Batocera to v38. 😊
Hey man, I just wanted to say, great channel! I subscribed. I started watching your RP3+ videos, and it's helped me out with deciding whether or not to purchase one. I plan on purchasing one soon, but I'm going to go "all-out" with it, meaning I plan on buying accessories and stuff. I'm even going to buy some accessories that let me watch free OTA Television on it, and an accessory that will let me listen to FM radio. If you're interested, I can share how I plan on doing this with you! I think it'll be a fun experiment.
Again, thank you for your awesome videos! I think this device would make a great gift for someone with a PC (which is most people)! Oh, also, thank you for the humor in your videos! I love the personality and the humor, it's what keeps me sticking around. God bless you!
Thanks buddy! I'd love to hear about what you've got planned for the RP3+. You sound like a mad scientist and I love it!
@@TechDweeb (A quick note: This is probably one of the longest comments I've ever made. I'm sorry for it's length, I hope I don't take up too much time, but I tried to explain what I plan on doing and how to do it).
Ha! Thanks for that. There was a point in my life where I thought being a mad scientist would have been the coolest thing ever! Thanks for hearing out my ideas; I actually just got another one today too! I don't have an RP3+ yet, but I hope to try this stuff out when I do get one. If you want to try it out for yourself, go for it! I'd love to hear your thoughts on my ideas, and I'd love to know if you're going to try them out.
Here are my ideas:
1. How to watch free television on the RP3+:
There's a device called the MyGica, which is a portable OTA (Over The Air) antenna. All you need for it to work is an Android phone, an app, and a micro USB-C. The RP3+ is an Android device (which can get apps), and it has USB-C, so I don't see a single reason why it wouldn't work. All you need to do is purchase the MyGica, download the PadTVHD app, plug the MyGica into your device, and launch the app. The PadTVHD app is currently being updated, so it's not in the Google Play Store at the moment, but I do have an APK for it. Hypothetically, you should be able to watch free OTA television with this method!
Here's the APK: mega.nz/file/1DViWbqB#q5IX0yc7WSagf-uqer7yuGhp7ADsiQa11uN_l6Enptk (It's safe; I got the APK from Antenna Man's UA-cam channel. It's in the description of his most recent video, "A Portable TV Can Save Your Life in a Weather Emergency). Here is an Amazon link to the MyGica: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08R5D5Z9D/ref=ox_sc_act_title_2?smid=A2FK89ZO9NY4PJ&psc=1
If you cannot or do not know what channels you'd pick up in your area, I recommend checking out www.rabbitears.info and going on the "Signal Search Map" section. It's very easy to use, and you can see nearby channels. I also do not know how strong this antenna is. I live 30+ miles from my nearest tower. Thankfully, the MyGica comes with not just one, but two antennas! One is stronger than the other. The only issue I see with this idea is that it may not be easy to carry around. I personally plan on getting a bag of sorts to carry around all of the attachments and controllers I plan on getting for the RP3+.
2. How to listen to FM radio on the RP3+:
The RP3+ has a built-in FM Radio app, which makes me assume that there is a chip in the RP3+ that works with FM radio, which is amazing because it's so rare for modern technology to include this stuff. From what I have heard, all you need to do is launch the app, and it should work fine. I did hear some people say that you need headphones to work as an antenna, but it depends on how far you are from your tower for whether or not you need to do that. Let's just say you are a bit far out from your tower, though. You can buy a radio antenna and just put it in your RP3+! There are two issues, though. I don't know if using this antenna will actually draw the signal in better. Like the OTA antenna, though, I don't see why it shouldn't. The second issue is that the RP3+ will think that the antenna is a pair of headphones, so it will try to play the audio through the antenna. My fix for this is to either just connect to a Bluetooth speaker or download an audio switcher app. I personnaly plan on using the audio switcher app, so I looked on the Play Store. I found an app called "Audio Switch & Audio Test". Again, hypothetically, this should work.
Here's an Amazon link to the antenna I am looking at (there may be a better antenna that might work for this, but this is the first one that came to mind): www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08G18VM72/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?smid=A2X7IHOFTAZ9BA&psc=1
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These were my original two ideas. Why would someone want to do this? Because you'd want to watch TV and listen to the radio! Seriously though, it could come in handy in case of emergencies. Not only would you have a portable TV, but you'd also have a portable radio. You'd think your smartphone could do both of these, but most Smartphones don't have the chip to run an FM radio, some do, but it's rare. They might not be the best working antennas, but they would work. Both are good enough for emergencies or on-the-go use. The RP3+ could really help you out in an emergency. It could provide you with useful information in an emergency and then entertain you with games!
Like I mentioned though, you'd probably need a carrying case for all of the dongles and attachments.
I have a bonus idea that I thought of today also. I think this is something more people might be doing, but I tried to find some videos on it and I haven't seen anyone do it.
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3. How to play PS2, GameCube, and Wii on the RP3+ with it running good:
I don't know all the details for this one yet, so I'll keep it simple. Download Retro Arch on Steam, get your emulators and roms on it, and just stream the emulators via the Steam link to your RP3+! I plan on downloading everything up to PS1 on the RP3+ and then downloading PS2, GameCube, and Wii on my Steam. So I can natively play everything up to PS1 on the RP3+ and then just stream everything else to the RP3+. This would only work depending on your connection, of course, but hey, you could get PS2 games running on your RP3+. I don't know all the technicalities of this either, but for a casual person, it would work.
Again, I'd love to hear your thoughts on this. I'd really love to see you do a video on this stuff, assuming the ideas work! Thank you for your time, I appreciate it a lot. God bless you and keep up the great work!
This should be called "World's smallest multicart" rather than "World's smallest console". This device is really just a USB flash drive preloaded with games.
Real question for me is, can you add/remove ROMs, because then, I wouldn't care what's on
You can definitely do that. It's easy to do too, just plug it in with windows booted and you can access the rom folder.
I can definitely see myself buying this USB thumb drive just to easily plug into the PC or Android box / stick (provided with USB-A port) and play the games. Who knows, I just want to play a couple of retro games while staying in a hotel & not bringing portable hard drives, just an Android stick, wireless controller & USB thumb drive would do.
you cannot do that unfortunately, people seem not to understand what this is, it basically is a linux rom flashed onto a usb drive with some pirated games already in, so it uses your existing pc for the hardware
"Big things come in small packages!" that is NOT what she said 😢
I feel your pain
You said it boots to this storage device. I just wondered about compatibility with any GPU other than Intel. Drivers are surely required to get proper performance.
Batocera comes with Nvidia, AMD, and Intel drivers pre-installed. They're stripped down versions of the drivers, very barebones, but you get the right level of performance.
Basically a pen drive with RetroArch and several roms in it.
Pretty much. Seems like it's just about the convenience of not having to put a Batocera installation together.
I have the world's smallest car you can drive. I know, it's just a steering wheel but if you have a car laying around you can just mount this steering wheel on and there you have it... the world's smallest car.
The Simpsons is the one Arcade title I always search for.
It's the most important one.
This would be perfect if it was 512gb or even 1/2tbs and had 100 games from each higher end 3d system as a "best of" collection.
This company does make a 500gb HDD version, but it's not much cheaper than the 2tb version I mentioned.
@@TechDweeb that's weird. I'd imagine that the 500gb option is a good amount cheaper than the 2tb option (usually like 1/3rd or 2/3rds the price).
0:38 Oreos, double stuffed.
I'm an Oreo 'thins' kinda guy.
Is this your real voice?! Just wondering, if so you could definitely be used it a movie etc.
It's like 75% me, 25% extra dweebed up version of me for the character.
Great video review as always. Quick question... How do you run Commodore 64 games on the 2tb hard drive that looks like a cassette tape?
This is so cool dude. I wonder... I don't know much about batocera but would it be able to run through one of this drives in something like the gpd win 4? If so, how do you tell the computer to boot into batocera and not windows ?
Yup. The GPD WIN 4 is x86 architecture based, so this should in theory work. You can choose the boot device like this:
Insert your USB drive. Power on the device. Mash the DEL key, go to boot, and press Space on the first slot until the device listed is the USB Drive you want to boot it from.
@@TechDweeb awesome! thank you so much
Jus subbed to your channel and loved this video! All I want to play is 1st Gen Pokémon and not do any DL/Hack stuff. Something to just plug n play!
It looks retropie with a new brand logo, I like the idea of using my current system and not having to learn raspberry pie but If it's using my laptop to run its own OS can it utilize things like network adapters and graphics cards for Xbox/ps/GameCube etc
Also I'm sure you can add games for the other systems, drag and drop iso file
Yes it can utilize your network adapter and graphics card while booted, that's the main benefit for something like this, you can use it with the hardware you already have. And yeah, it's easy to drag and drop your rom files onto this drive if you just plug it into your PC in windows.
9:58 personally, I'd like to see more DOS games.
100%!
I frikkin love mike & ikes
Same bro
@@TechDweeb whats your fav flavor? The correct answer is all of the flavors
WTF, that is just an USB flash drive with Batocera. What a click-bait!
I suggest one of the first things to do is attach the keychain or something similar!!!! This thing is tiny. I've lost/found mine 3 times since I got it yesterday!!!
Thanks for another informative video Mr. Dweeb!
My pleasure good sir.
@@TechDweeb That sounds great, i was looking like an affordable 3 or 4 Terrabytes of Wii GC PSP PS! PS3 Xbox Xbox360 & other games if not with or without emulators, Thanks for the similar contribution
Alr, so does the USB run the game or the pc?
I'm loving how the script veers off to controlling wife. Oops. Gotta go as wife just reached home😢
Nice. Over 2600 Amiga 500 games included. KickRoms included?
That is an awesome device!!!
Yeah I think it's a great choice to get started with emulation!
does it work with any wireless controller? doesnt mention that anywhere on Amazon..
I wouldn't say "any" wireless controller. If you have a controller with a 2.4ghz dongle, that should work. And it does allow you to use your bluetooth, so your bluetooth controllers should work. Generally any controller that works in windows should work, but I'm sure there will be some that are the exception and won't work. You might be able to find your answer if you search for the name of your controller with "batocera", because that's the OS that's on here.
i feel like this will be pretty nice if you wanted to slap this on a steam deck
Totally
Would it work on the Steam Deck?
@@Roy-mx2bz it should, just go into the bios by pressing power up and the power button, then boot off the usb
A video about how to make your own u s b game console would be much better.
I found a Razor Kishi V2 controller for 40.00 used :)
Solid!
with this usb thumb drive, do you have to change the boot settings on your pc like the batocera hard drives that you have reviewed?
Yup that's right. I just use the boot menu of my motherboard (on my mobo I just mash the delete key to get to that menu).
Any chances this would work just plugging into an Xbox series S/X?
Nope. No way to boot to custom OS's on those devices unfortunately :(
Delete all the 8 bit and 16 bit crap, fill it with PS1 games.
Considering the source of this lil thing I dont mind asking how would one go about cloning this thing?
Ive had issues with USB drives not being recognized if ones doesnt remove it correctly.
I was thinking this thing is so damn small that it NEEDS a keychain to not get lost.
Haha yeah pretty much. Wouldn't be the first time I lost a thumb drive!
Does this have Runahead Latency? zero button lag setting
Yes, you can configure that through the settings in retroarch.
Great video again, dude sadly as far as I know. there is know way to boot batocera from a Mac m1 :/. Maybe If I can ask you, do you could suggest me a affordable mini pc for batocera to connect to my tv?
I actually have a mini pc review in the works. It's the AMR5 mini pc. I think it's a great value for the price it goes for. The review will be up probably early next week.
@@TechDweeb Thank you I will watch your review about it. Would be awesome to have a small retro station on my tv. Playing the old games with now old friends.
What do you think it tastes like?
Mike & Ikes
Probably like any other USB thumb drive.
So it's not a console at all. You still need hardware to play.
That’s actually a great deal for people who don’t want to risk getting viruses by downloading games on shady websites.
And although I do enjoy some Mike and Ike’s, I prefer Good & Plenty a bit more. Tastes great with an ice cold A&W root beer! 😊
When I went to make this video I told myself I wouldn't eat the whole box of candy in one day. Guess what happened?
No regrets.
If i have this booted to my pc, how can i install roms on the hyper base mini?
If you press F1 on the main screen (using a keyboard) you'll get to a file browser where you can transfer roms from your hard drive or an external drive.
What would you recommend for the best complete “library” for up to ps2, gamecube, dreamcast, 3ds, ds and below. Im flexible on the price.
There is a product I have in my 'stuff to make videos about' pile called the Hyper Base Mix. It's 5tb of games. It has the most higher end 3d games of any collection I've tested. That's probably what I'd recommend if you want Gamecube, PS2, 3ds, etc. amzn.to/42G9V2a
I heart you! I’ll be waiting for that video, thank you.
did you voice kyles cousin kyle in southpark?
Yes. I'm Kyle.
I would remove the Wii Xbox PS2 and add more GBA PS1 maybe Dreamcast and some more Saturn and N64. Great little device I may have to pick one up. Again keep up the great work, great video.
Yeah I agree with that. Although no need to add more n64, this has the whole library.
@@TechDweeb oh, nice! Definitely worth looking into. It's tiny enough and with a switch sized device, this is the perfect little piece for retro gaming.
i'd rather have fewer foreign games and a bit more of the dreamcast, gamecube, &c.
I would prefer to pay for a complete 1g1r set that I could put on any os or system.
I'm with ya. That's what I use as my personal rom library.
What if you lose it?
That's what the keychain is for!
like calling a car with an aircraft engine and spoiler wing a "plane".
Are you able to play splitscreen with these drives?
Yup!
@TechDweeb that's pretty awesome, Imma have to give this a go immediately!
Can you recommend a good plug n play that has everything from arcade to like 360 ps3 era?
Buddy the thing works on Raspberry pi 4 B... How better can you get?
but its not a console, its just a preloaded usb stick... you can easily make your own for nothing except the cost of the drive.
Yup! This isn't for people who have the skill and time to set this up, this is for people who want to pay for a shortcut.
i've got a laptop i can't change the contents of, but i'd like to use freely. i really want a USB HDD or SD card i can live-boot windows 10 from, is that possible?
This product is a 2tb USB hard drive that you can boot to:
amzn.to/3GvhVcQ
And this one is a 2tb hard drive that is a program you can run from windows: amzn.to/3A5L6Qt
@@TechDweeb will it both let me boot from the drive, and also run the emulators from a folder from in windows?
Any space left over on card
Yeah. Like 5 gigs I think.
What PC specs do i need to run this?. Can i run this on a Raspberry Pi4? Can i run this through any other system? i.e, Android?
Nope, this only works on x86 devices. There is a different version of batocera you'll need to use if you go with ARM devices like the Pi4 (aka not this device).
Will this work with steam deck?
In theory, yes! The steam deck uses the x86 architecture, which is the requirement of this version of Batocera. So it SHOULD work (I don't have a deck, so I can't test it, but I'd bet with 99% odds that it'd work).
TO BOOT FROM EXTERNAL USB:
Shutdown the Steam Deck fully, then enter the bootloader holding volume down and pressing and holding power until the startup sound. Select your USB drive from the boot list.
@@TechDweeb thanks 👍
Can you add and remove games though?
Yup! Easy to do, just do it from windows.
Will it work on a Chromebook OS please respond I need to know 😅
Probably not.
shocked at how many obscure old consoles they packed in! btw im a new viewer, great channel you got here.
Welcome!
Can you remove and add game's??
Yup! Plug it into a windows PC and you can access the drive contents.
Awesome thanks 👍
VR emulators are things
Would this work on the Nvidia Shield ?
No, this only works on x86 architecture, the shield uses an ARM chip.
need help anyone know how to boot this little USB system please 🙏 make a video 📹
If it doesn't boot by itself you will need to get into your bios and set this as a USB boot device. Usually you can change the boot order in your bios very easily. I can't walk you through it because every bios is different. Usually you press f2, f11, f10, or the delete key on your keyboard while the computer is booting to get into the bios. Feel free to stop by my discord, there is a computer help Channel there and we could help you out if you can't figure it out.
Nayobi?