ATTENTION: PEOPLE ARE SAYING THERE ARE VIRUSES ON IT. I DID NOT GET ANY WARNINGS FROM MY ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE. I DON'T SEE HOW RUNNING BATOCERA AND SOME EMULATORS AND ROMS CAN NUKE THE COMPUTER. I DIDN'T OPEN THAT "INSTALL FIRST" FILE, SO IT MAY BE THAT. WORST CASE, BUY THIS AND JUST TRANSFER THE ROMS/EMULATORS TO YOUR COMPUTER AND BE DONE WITH IT. BE WARNED AND BE SAFE! THANKS FOR WATCHING!
I'd just run everything off the hard disk. as long as you don't install anything, I don't see how this could "infect" your computer, if they even are viruses at all
The "Viruses and Trojans" that people are claiming here are FALSE POSITIVES due to the PC games they have installed. To run those games without thier launchers (aka steam), you need to run an altered .exe file. These files will show up as viruses from time to time, and are usually false positives. I don't think you;d have anything to fear as far as viruses go.
The only issue I foresee is this being just an external HDD. It has everything you may need but cannot run emulation self contained you need a pc powerful enough to play wii, PS3, Switch, or those pc games.
One review claims 20. The other review with a photo attached as proof claims it's 11. So either 11 or 20, take your pick. LMAO. I prefer ZERO, so I'm not ordering this thing.
I read the reviews on Amazon quite few people bitching saying they scanned it first and over 20 viruses were found and more than one buyer bitching about it why I bought a 1tb usb harddrive n made my own batocera build,it didn't come over night alot of downloading however I know mine isn't one giant trojan horse drive.😮
They're never 100% but Windows comes pre installed with spyware. Best to use these with dedicated off-line hardware emulation boxs. Aka, build a mini PC and never go online with it
Batocera is a known Linux distribution to do exactly that: organize your roms and play them with built in emulators. Its higly customizable and runs on any machine - even old Think clients for 30 bucks. (You will need a BT-Dongle or USB-Controller though)
BIOS killer it's a great setup for people who are PC savvy.. don't try this if you're not!!! You'll brick your PC if it doesn't boot up or down correctly!!!
Hey guys....Saw this on Amazon: There are MANY great retro game options out there, but this solution included 11 viruses and malware. Running these executables puts your system at risk, and you should not hook this hard drive up to your computer. It is compromised.
Read this in their multiplayer description section: "At the same time, it is definitely a good gift. If you give it to your children, you can play with them to bring the distance between parents and children; if you give it to your friends, you can play classic childhood games together and recall your childhood together; if you give it to your family, you can increase the happiness of the family Entertainment show. Definitely a good holiday gift."
Batocera is actually a Linux-based gaming OS that uses emulation station as a front end. It boots directly into the OS, does not run in windows or virtual boxes. Retro-bat is a branch of batocera, apparently designed to run inside Windows, like Launchbox. This will be my first time trying it, excited to see how it works out...
If you’re worried about malware, and have a powerful enough computer, with modern virtual machine software you can make use of the GPU there too and run this inside a virtual machine. That way if the system gets corrupted you just delete it and reinstall.
TURNED INTO SCAM!! I ORDERED THIS THING WEEKS AGO USING YOUR LINK AND THE SELLER HASN'T EVEN MAILED IT!! THEY TOOK A BUNCH OF MONEY AND RAN IS WHAT IM THINKING...SMH... NOW I GOTTA START A REFUND CLAIM WEEKS LATER!! THIS SUCKS MAN, IF YOU HAVE CONTACT WITH THESE PEOPLE TELL THEM TO FILL THE ORDER!! BOOOOOOOOO!!!👎
Easy way to get batocera and a huge collection of games on a PC without internet connection? I'd definitely not plug it into anything connected to my home internet let alone something with personal info. Honestly windows is likely to get viruses regardless of what you download off the net so having your emulation system quarantined from everything else just makes sense anyways.
I'm looking and searching the comments, has anyone "backed up" the Roms from this HDD to another HDD, or even transferred the Roms to an actual Batocera Mini PC Linux system..? I don't want to run the Roms off this sold HDD. Any info would help..
I seen double dragon on there near the end i use to play that on the first ever sega master system which you could only hire and couldnt buy here in nz had some great memories and punchups with my brothers on that game😂
Going through these comments deeply saddens me. Its crazy to think that these very same peope could be standing besides me while im buying my groceries.
Ok, so here's my question; I recently purchased this because of this video. But Considering the low quality of the Hardware, Can i flash all these emulators (and Files) to another, more reliable HD?
to be honest, the "trojans and viruses" are probably false positives on some parts of the emulators and bios files, or the fixed exes that bypass steam on those PC games.
@@padblaze7750 Copying your purchased games to use with an emulator is legal. Buying an emulator device with stolen games on it is a grey area and making one IS illegal. The company that made it is stealing the game roms. Amazon is selling stolen merchandise.
I ordered one and then canceled it. I saw the reviews. It has viruses on it I didn't want to risk anything. Unfortunate because it is such a great deal.
Use a separate computer. There's ones you can buy cheap that are just for this that you can have separate from your main so it doesn't affect your good computer
The last thing I'd ever plug into my computer is some pre-prepared external hard drive or USB thumb stick loaded with illegal software from [insert any major online store here]. Even if I don't run Windows so the malware risk is not really there--but then, you probably can't even run any of the included software without Windows anyway, so in that case I guess I'm outside of the target market anyway. I'll just get the ROMs myself and set them up on a system with RecalBox or Batocera... which is actually what I've done.
A lot of the roms that come on stuff like this are no good (not verified or compressed), and you risk viruses like one I’ve encountered that disables your wifi card at startup, mostly killing your favorite old laptop. Seen it happen more than once. I have some retro handhelds and I say get one, but throw away that sd and put custom os on it and verified roms. The sd that came on the miyoo refused to be formatted! That tells you everything. If you’ve ever copied unverified roms from these collections a lot of them don’t even work later. They’re considered bad dumps for a reason. Good roms will usually tell you the region they’re from in the file name too. I can’t download games for anyone, but I have downloaded a lot of verified roms for myself. All I can say is if you never get started you’ll never get finished lol
@@FerinaAryele deceivingly marketed so ignorant people will buy it thinking its an actual stand alone emulation device. its a cheap hdd and this is just bad advertising.
Been wanting to try true crime New York. I got the first game with my GameCube back in 03 and absolutely loved that one. I downloaded both of them for my ps2 emulator but haven’t tired NY yet
They probably aren't trojans...it's most likely false positives because of the cracks they used for the pc games, Fixed exe's will commonly show up as viruses or trojans.
Too be fair, Amazon isn't selling it, it's not sold by Amazon warehouse, it's being sold by a chinese 3rd party. People forget Amazon is just like eBay. Saying that though I do believe the title was meant as clickbait. Lol
Clearly if you watch the video by can’t he means they shouldn’t. The guy just told you how to get a bunch of games for super cheap. If someone buys one because of him let him make a dollar for it.
@morrius0757 yeah, the title is made for views, but it's also a tongue in cheek way of saying, "I'm not liable for influencing people to buy it. I'm just reporting on illegal activities," just in case Nintendo is watching.
Everybody's favorite Nintendo UA-camr Link didnt work but i got it ✅ 40 bucks?! worth it just for those PC games Definitely should have shown one of those
Get them. Get the awesome higher-end Beelink Mini PCs that can run through Switch and your Steam games. I'm just counting down the days til TTYD's demake leaks and gets a 60fps patch
ATTENTION: PEOPLE ARE SAYING THERE ARE VIRUSES ON IT. I DID NOT GET ANY WARNINGS FROM MY ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE. I DON'T SEE HOW RUNNING BATOCERA AND SOME EMULATORS AND ROMS CAN NUKE THE COMPUTER. I DIDN'T OPEN THAT "INSTALL FIRST" FILE, SO IT MAY BE THAT. WORST CASE, BUY THIS AND JUST TRANSFER THE ROMS/EMULATORS TO YOUR COMPUTER AND BE DONE WITH IT. BE WARNED AND BE SAFE! THANKS FOR WATCHING!
I'd just run everything off the hard disk. as long as you don't install anything, I don't see how this could "infect" your computer, if they even are viruses at all
@danusty -- if you run an infected executable, it doesn't matter if you 'install' it or not -- it can and will infect your computer.
My man don’t tell me you just did a windows scan 😂
@@flexingmecha rob braxman says that's all you need and he's an expert in those security topics
@@mr.dueezy lol
Just got mine in the mail today! Working absolutely mint! Thanks RGT! Very much appreciate u telling the world about this!
Hey, can you do us a favor? Run a virus check on it and let us know what you see on your end?
Thanks!
The "Viruses and Trojans" that people are claiming here are FALSE POSITIVES due to the PC games they have installed. To run those games without thier launchers (aka steam), you need to run an altered .exe file. These files will show up as viruses from time to time, and are usually false positives. I don't think you;d have anything to fear as far as viruses go.
"What's your last name? Pad?" That one got me. lol
Yeah that was hilarious lol
And here you are, player hating.
This screams "I love to swim in dirty, infected waters" but as long as I have FUN.😂😂😢
The only issue I foresee is this being just an external HDD. It has everything you may need but cannot run emulation self contained you need a pc powerful enough to play wii, PS3, Switch, or those pc games.
I couldn't control my laughter when you got to the PC games
How many spyware files come on the drive to make this cost $40?
11
One review claims 20. The other review with a photo attached as proof claims it's 11. So either 11 or 20, take your pick. LMAO. I prefer ZERO, so I'm not ordering this thing.
I read the reviews on Amazon quite few people bitching saying they scanned it first and over 20 viruses were found and more than one buyer bitching about it why I bought a 1tb usb harddrive n made my own batocera build,it didn't come over night alot of downloading however I know mine isn't one giant trojan horse drive.😮
@@anthonyleone2744 will Norton get rid of them?
@@TheAutumnWind_RN4L Do not use Norton as an Anti Virus.
When your favorite youtuber went from gamer to Non-confidential Informant 😂
The coolest game he didn’t mention is “worm” as in the worm that’s going to destroy all of his local files making the PC unusable. lol
Very unlikely.
That wouldn't make it unusable, just format and start new, I do this every 4 to 6 months....don't ask. 😂
Lol, the Amazon reviews say there are a bunch of viruses on the files in the drive.
Lol
You know these are false flags right? Do you expect to run cracked games and not have the antivirus to go haywires?
@@h.a.6790he is someone who doesnt pirate at all
@@h.a.6790 There is absolutely *no way* this thing is 100% clean... 🤦🏻
They're never 100% but Windows comes pre installed with spyware. Best to use these with dedicated off-line hardware emulation boxs. Aka, build a mini PC and never go online with it
Batocera is a known Linux distribution to do exactly that: organize your roms and play them with built in emulators. Its higly customizable and runs on any machine - even old Think clients for 30 bucks. (You will need a BT-Dongle or USB-Controller though)
BIOS killer it's a great setup for people who are PC savvy.. don't try this if you're not!!! You'll brick your PC if it doesn't boot up or down correctly!!!
Hey guys....Saw this on Amazon: There are MANY great retro game options out there, but this solution included 11 viruses and malware. Running these executables puts your system at risk, and you should not hook this hard drive up to your computer. It is compromised.
I'd worry about this. Brand new games that are out now, someone's getting sued hardcore.
They can’t do anything to us
bought one of these just to check it out a few months ago, people could also buy the bigger space one and copy everything and refund it through amazon
Read this in their multiplayer description section: "At the same time, it is definitely a good gift. If you give it to your children, you can play with them to bring the distance between parents and children; if you give it to your friends, you can play classic childhood games together and recall your childhood together; if you give it to your family, you can increase the happiness of the family Entertainment show. Definitely a good holiday gift."
Im sold. My family entertainment show could really use the help.
Is there a way you can just buy the viruses and worms without the games?
😂
🤣🤣🤣🤣
Why doesn't ANBERNIC / POWKITTY / ETC make tiny consoles? No screen, no buttons, no battery. They have the reputation and experience.
Broooooo!!!! I'm sold! Getting it before it's taken down. This thing looks incredible! Can't wait for it to come in.
Illegal beagle
I wasn't familliar with Batocera, but it looks like an awesome front-end. Maybe I'll grab it as a great way to organize and build my own collection.
It's great for light guns
How tf do you have that many subscribers with low views?
Batocera is actually a Linux-based gaming OS that uses emulation station as a front end. It boots directly into the OS, does not run in windows or virtual boxes. Retro-bat is a branch of batocera, apparently designed to run inside Windows, like Launchbox. This will be my first time trying it, excited to see how it works out...
Damn, have you never used Batocera and EmulationStation before? Nothing new at all 😁
If you’re worried about malware, and have a powerful enough computer, with modern virtual machine software you can make use of the GPU there too and run this inside a virtual machine. That way if the system gets corrupted you just delete it and reinstall.
Or just find the roms yourself so you don't gotta deal with this nightmare.
@@MrSamuelAdam4it’s not the roms that are the issue. It’s getting the emulators and bios files and whatnot that are hard to find and kinda confusing.
Buy it transfer the Roms you actually want to a separate drive is what I do
TURNED INTO SCAM!! I ORDERED THIS THING WEEKS AGO USING YOUR LINK AND THE SELLER HASN'T EVEN MAILED IT!! THEY TOOK A BUNCH OF MONEY AND RAN IS WHAT IM THINKING...SMH... NOW I GOTTA START A REFUND CLAIM WEEKS LATER!! THIS SUCKS MAN, IF YOU HAVE CONTACT WITH THESE PEOPLE TELL THEM TO FILL THE ORDER!!
BOOOOOOOOO!!!👎
Whats the point of this if you already have a pc? Especially if everyone is saying it's full of viruses
Easy way to get batocera and a huge collection of games on a PC without internet connection? I'd definitely not plug it into anything connected to my home internet let alone something with personal info. Honestly windows is likely to get viruses regardless of what you download off the net so having your emulation system quarantined from everything else just makes sense anyways.
I'm looking and searching the comments, has anyone "backed up" the Roms from this HDD to another HDD, or even transferred the Roms to an actual Batocera Mini PC Linux system..? I don't want to run the Roms off this sold HDD.
Any info would help..
I seen double dragon on there near the end i use to play that on the first ever sega master system which you could only hire and couldnt buy here in nz had some great memories and punchups with my brothers on that game😂
Going through these comments deeply saddens me. Its crazy to think that these very same peope could be standing besides me while im buying my groceries.
How is your computer doing today? Did you see the reivews on this product? Multiple people were talking about viruses and malware from this device.
"im not the drug dealer, im just the middle man... although you can find the drugs right here in the description box below" :D
Ok, so here's my question; I recently purchased this because of this video. But Considering the low quality of the Hardware, Can i flash all these emulators (and Files) to another, more reliable HD?
Zevia needs to come on board and sponsor your channel. People that have never had one, go grab a cola flavor and thank me later.
They’re selling it for the equivalent of $63 USD in Canada right now at $87 Canadian.
Buddy it's $35 Canadian on Ali express...
@@Hydro-Ponik cool if true
Worth
Would’ve been cool if they had Xbox and Xbox 360 titles like KOTOR, Halo, Fable, Morrowind, Splinter Cell, Gears, Forza etc
That requires the hard drive to have it's data storage in Terabytes, not Gigabytes. You want the modern roms, get the pricier drives.
Is killer instinct on there?
“I’m not the DRUG DEALER!”
I’m the drug user 😎
🤣🤣🤣
I'd love a plug and play with GC, Dreamcast,cand PS1/PS2 games. Never had a Dreamcast, the other two would be for nostalgia.
Enjoy those Trojans on your PC, bro!
His PC seen worse
Then will infect all of your iot devices so even if you remove the virus they're still in.
to be honest, the "trojans and viruses" are probably false positives on some parts of the emulators and bios files, or the fixed exes that bypass steam on those PC games.
@@DerivitivFilms I guess you are right.
false postives relax
How do you play? I've always wanted 1 of these I was gonna do the kinhank but this looks dope with newer systems .. all I have is a Chromebook
RGT85: Amazon can’t sell this!!!!
Amazon: *sells it*
Amazon seller is just an RGT85 sock
I wonder if this is still working...? I would love to get one..
With this device, Shawn doesn’t have to worry about his dumper all video.
Goblin commander was awesome
Upvoters still owe me apology for ratioing me 2 years ago on this channel
You can exactly be mad at spawnwave for putting "cancelled" in his thumbnail if you put a jail cell on yours 😂
I now have wohong herpies on my laptop.. fair enough 😅
Do you need to buy a controller too or can you use it with a computer? And if so can you tell me what controller you’re using?
We can save the progress in the games????
Can you run this unit using windows 10 and can you use any controller for this unit?
How about the controller? any PC controller usb o r other, is good to go????
I got mine for $20 from Ali express. They’re on sale
Oh those poor multi million dollar game companies! This is illegal!
It is illegal. Amazon should face lawsuits for allowing it in their store.
Its legal .....emulation is legal
@@padblaze7750 Copying your purchased games to use with an emulator is legal. Buying an emulator device with stolen games on it is a grey area and making one IS illegal. The company that made it is stealing the game roms. Amazon is selling stolen merchandise.
I wish they had these things that plug into the TV this good lol
Super console x pro
Vids like this will solidfy RGTs position as not a Nintendo youtuber
I ordered one and then canceled it. I saw the reviews. It has viruses on it I didn't want to risk anything. Unfortunate because it is such a great deal.
PC Games cracks can trigger false positives. I know it.
Use a separate computer. There's ones you can buy cheap that are just for this that you can have separate from your main so it doesn't affect your good computer
@@sagnbaby smart
What yall call illegal, i call capitalism. Just ordered mine ✊🏿
Retrobat is a solid front end system. Nice find!
... why would Link be in the Dreamcast Soul Claibur?
The last thing I'd ever plug into my
computer is some pre-prepared external hard drive or USB thumb stick loaded with illegal software from [insert any major online store here]. Even if I don't run Windows so the malware risk is not really there--but then, you probably can't even run any of the included software without Windows anyway, so in that case I guess I'm outside of the target market anyway. I'll just get the ROMs myself and set them up on a system with RecalBox or Batocera... which is actually what I've done.
But can’t roms your find online also contain malware
RGT cannot make an AMAZON video ONLY Nintendo 🙈 😢
Sorry but I’m not buying garbage have fun with it
I Got A System Not On Sale 🤠😎 Okay Now Clean BOTH Hands😎There You Played 😅😂😃🤣
This is a harddrive, not at "Retro Game Console".. And also, Amazon does sell it. Clickbait is stupid.
A lot of the roms that come on stuff like this are no good (not verified or compressed), and you risk viruses like one I’ve encountered that disables your wifi card at startup, mostly killing your favorite old laptop. Seen it happen more than once. I have some retro handhelds and I say get one, but throw away that sd and put custom os on it and verified roms. The sd that came on the miyoo refused to be formatted! That tells you everything.
If you’ve ever copied unverified roms from these collections a lot of them don’t even work later. They’re considered bad dumps for a reason. Good roms will usually tell you the region they’re from in the file name too.
I can’t download games for anyone, but I have downloaded a lot of verified roms for myself. All I can say is if you never get started you’ll never get finished lol
Wdym? Miyoo sd couldn't be reformatted? I just did it last night...
@@mukdukkguy probably had the sf card lock on 😂 these non tech people spreading falsehoods
I literally burst out laughing when I saw Super Mario Odyssey. 😂
With a steam deck and a large capacity mini SD card you could have this on the go!
Just got one. Thanks dude
Why are you calling this a "computer" or "device?" It's a hard drive folks.
RGT85 out here, admitting to consume that premium zaza.
Doubled in price. Awesome! $80 for Trojans… sweet!
No it didnt
via his link, its still $40
@@FerinaAryele deceivingly marketed so ignorant people will buy it thinking its an actual stand alone emulation device. its a cheap hdd and this is just bad advertising.
I almost bought it but I decided I could basically make the same thing with no virus on it and use it safely. Canceled my order. You had me for a sec.
Yeah I was waiting for someone to say something along these lines. Will probably be what I do as well. Now I just need a solid interface...
What's a good mini pc to play this with. Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
The new System Shock remake!
Man i wish they had this in Canada
Been wanting to try true crime New York. I got the first game with my GameCube back in 03 and absolutely loved that one. I downloaded both of them for my ps2 emulator but haven’t tired NY yet
I remember you could play as Snoop Dog lolol
I wonder if you have a docked steam deck. Would this work?
Dude completly glossed over ps3 like it's easier to run than a switch game. Cmon now
Just curious: did you ever get around to playing the PC/Steam games on the HDD, and if so, how did they run?
Influencing his fans with products that will potentially be a serious issue including data mining of personal information. Good job 👍
Comes with infected files ffs 😂
That's what I was thinking lmao
They probably aren't trojans...it's most likely false positives because of the cracks they used for the pc games, Fixed exe's will commonly show up as viruses or trojans.
You always should do a scan on these. luckly the harddrive I have only had one compromised file on it that was taken care of.
Mednafen just got a SEGA Saturn Update for PC. The M30 Bluetooth Controller works well with the Orange 8Bitdo Dongle.
The female sanitation product joke made me lol inside.
Had one for about 3 weeks now. Ended up just playing vampire survivors the whole time. Haven't had any virus notifications. £20 from Ali express
Why the clickbait title? Obviously Amazon CAN sell it.. You even provided an Amazon link to profit from their piracy!
Too be fair, Amazon isn't selling it, it's not sold by Amazon warehouse, it's being sold by a chinese 3rd party. People forget Amazon is just like eBay. Saying that though I do believe the title was meant as clickbait. Lol
Yeah I am out. Thanks for telling everyone that it’s a bs title.
Clearly if you watch the video by can’t he means they shouldn’t. The guy just told you how to get a bunch of games for super cheap. If someone buys one because of him let him make a dollar for it.
@morrius0757 yeah, the title is made for views, but it's also a tongue in cheek way of saying, "I'm not liable for influencing people to buy it. I'm just reporting on illegal activities," just in case Nintendo is watching.
its to grab your attention and im assuming it did and you purchased one.
Just ordered me one just now
1200 Genesis games
11 viruses
47 PSX games 🤔
Sounds too good to be true
Nothing cures insomnia like screen time
Seriously I’m gonna buy this like whoa it’s $147+ import in Canada but hella worth it
Carful, RGT won't care if your PC gets a virus
Yes my child
Now this is excellent, all these other emulation stations SUCK compared to this. I'm impressed & that never happens
I’ve been wanting to pick up a retro box off Amazon for awhile.
21:17 Makes me wish they did an NBA Playgrounds 3
They can it’s a private seller just using Amazon as a platform like eBay or yahoo auctions
I feel like this is a Punk'd tume capsule. Am I being apunk'd tume capsuled?
Lol Amazon and it's crazy naming conventions for these plug and play system.
Everybody's favorite Nintendo UA-camr
Link didnt work but i got it ✅
40 bucks?! worth it just for those PC games
Definitely should have shown one of those
Hay RGT great vid…. Did the N64 section have ALL the WWF/WCW games?
Get them. Get the awesome higher-end Beelink Mini PCs that can run through Switch and your Steam games. I'm just counting down the days til TTYD's demake leaks and gets a 60fps patch
Retro bat is the best frontend I use it for my PC it's great and is very customizable.
All that time he spends scrolling through Amazon, is time he could spend live streaming to us or making Nintendo videos🧐