What is: Retron 5

Hyperkin's new system, Retron 5, is due to hit the stores in December, but what actually is it?

A five slot games console, able to play games from 9 classic systems. (NES, SNES, Genesis, Famicom, Game Boy Advance, Super Famicom, Mega Drive, Game Boy Color and Game Boy)

The system also has a save functionality, something that will really be beneficial for some games, as well as letting you have quick 10 minute blasts without having to start from the same place everytime.

Also, a massive benefit is that these are going to be reigon unlocked, allowing to play American, European and  Japanese games, boosting already a massive libray of games.

A games console that will tidy up your retro games space, just one set of wires needed.

Price pointed around £90 for the UK release, I
will most definatly be getting one of these. I will then display all my old consoles, and use the Retron 5 for gaming.

Console Review: At Games Mega Drive

Let me say these little Mega Drives are fantastic value, even without their party piece.

Loaded onto a rom in these are 20 classic Mega Drive games, From Golden Axe to Streets of Rage, and Alex Kidd to Altered Beast.

Coming with two wireless controllers aswell, allowing for instant multiplayer, this is a great deal. But the party piece I mentioned? You can play actual Mega Drive games on this. And Genesis. Yes, that slot is not just for show, that will actually take games and let you play them.

Build wise, it feels solid enough, but nothing to write home about. The controllers are ok and feel substancial size wise, but there really is no weight to them. However, on the front of the console, there are two controller ports, so if you prefer orginal controllers you can use these here too.

It runs off emulation, but so far I have not seen any problems. I'm sure not all games will work on this, Virtua Racer comes to mind. But out of the huge amount of games available, theres still plenty of variety.

But the biggest bonus? These will easily hook up to your new TV. So you can have a Mega Drive downstairs in the living room, its wireless and can play most games.

Total win.

GTA: Online - A few days in

Just a few thoughts that I have had whilst playing GTA: Online.

Apart from all the server issues that plagued the beginning, I am really enjoying the online aspect of the game, and really I don't feel that I have scratched even the surface. 10 hours in, and I have not played many missions, less than 10. This is due to me just going on rampages around the map, and trying to work out where things are, like how to get the fighter jet.

I really like the social interactions. I was snooping around Fort Zacundo, when out of nowhere a helicopter appeared, and landed next to me. So I go in, and we flew to the fort, where we both tried to get a jet. That failed, and we spawned next to each other, and went to get another helicopter. We tried this a few times, and I was great. We made our own mission within the universe, and spent an hour trying to accomplish it.

I cannot wait to get into this with some people from my friends list, because this will be a real blast, and I don't know where it will go. Hopefully I will look in to the missions soon, but as long as there are people to shoot at and stores to rob, I am not to bothered about these.

With time to come, I can see this getting better and better, and when the servers are sorted out properly, this could be the game millions are playing for years to come.

Latest N64 additions

Got this little lot from eBay today... for the total of £17!

Not a bad haul, as RetroCollect (www.retrocollect.com) lists some of these as uncommon. As you can see, some of these are the last games to come to the system, admittedly sports games, but still for £17 posted I will not be complaining!

That brings the N64 collection to 31 now.