I Bought Bootleg Game Consoles from AliExpress

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• KI

  @KingNikolai · 2 years ago (edited)

  one time my dad bought 2 crappy dropshipped bootleg consoles that barely worked because he fell for a facebook marketplace ad

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• RY

  @RyzesTechZone · 2 years ago

  Trying to use that HyperBase FC as some kind of actual computer would be pretty interesting I think LMAO

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• DE

  @DevynCairns · 2 years ago

  That Hyper Base FC is a really neat idea that definitely feels like a work of passion by someone. I'm really impressed by the laptop hard drive cartridge idea

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• VA

  @vanhoteen · 2 years ago

  In Latin America, the NES was like a hidden treasure: expensive and hard to find. Nintendo didn&apos;t sell it here, so clones appeared: cheaper &quot;pirate&quot; consoles full of Spanish-language games.<br><br>Why didn&apos;t Nintendo bring it? &nbsp;Maybe they thought there wasn&apos;t enough money here. Wrong! The clones were a total success and millions of people enjoyed video games for the first time.<br><br>Were the clones bad? &nbsp;Some were, but others were great and even had their own games. In addition, thanks to them, a Latin American video game industry was born.<br><br>In short, NES clones were a creative response to Nintendo&apos;s absence in Latin America. They brought us joy, fun, and taught us that with ingenuity, anything is possible.

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• RA

  @rawrpwn · 2 years ago

  Probably every Brazillian knows the PolyStation 😂

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• MS

  @MsMarco6 · 2 years ago

  Honestly that Hyperbase seems like an insane deal.<br>$30 is worth it for the drives alone, considering i&apos;ve seen similar emulation drives on amazon for twice the price.

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• KE

  @kenhill3230 · 2 years ago

  The Hyperbase &nbsp;seems like a good deal if you just want retro games.

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• TH

  @TheAceWolfe01 · 2 years ago

  Hyper Base FC: To quit a game with no confirmation, select+start. That&apos;s default in retroarch

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• TE

  @Tesinpan · 2 years ago

  The FC compact and similars were sold in countries like Argentina. In the 90s we have a lot of bootlegs like that, and that product was to give some nostalgic to the people who bought it.

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• ST

  @StreamCon. · 2 years ago

  Those mario graphics from the FC Compact hurt me so bad...

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• MR

  @MrJack-cq2dc · 2 years ago

  Common mistake with Retroarch based systems and performance. You can change cores and options in Retroarch, you have to try around a bit with what works best for the games but you can get a lot of games playable and more with some effort.

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• MA

  @marxisttheoryandlore · 2 years ago

  The ribbon cables on that GS4 evidently have heat insulating peanut butter on the ribbon cables inside it, very ahead of it&apos;s time

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