"SAYGAA" Good times... :love:

What are these? Arcade games for ants?

I think the only Apple device I ever owned before it died on me after the 1-year warranty had a screen just about as big as these things on it and it was the 5th gen iPod. I'd rather spend my money on one of these over any Apple product, but I still wouldn't pay as much as they're asking for just a small nostalgic thing.

These things are abysmal. As if the 3.5" display wasn't enough of a joke, it's a low-grade TN model with horrible contrast and viewing angles so bad that there's almost no sweet-spot. The MDF cabinets do at least seem to be well made, but they're a hinderance to gameplay and not heavy enough to allow joystick use without also using the edges of both hands to hold them still. Playing sonic with a joystick? Also wrong. I saw a video clip of someone playing Sonic 1 on this and the jump buttons were really unresponsive, at least half of his very audible presses weren't responding.

I guess this one comes with four games instead of the usual one that MyArcade limits these e-waste devices to, but even so - they are nostalgia cash grabs designed to catch the attention of clueless people looking for gift ideas for someone they know who "likes retro gaming".

If you actually like retro gaming, these are almost an insult to the games they include, and they are one of the worst possible ways to experience them. Tinny sound, awful image quality, awkward 'fun' form factor that simply isn't fun. For 16-bit sonic fans, the choice of titles is also head-scratching. Sonic 1, Sonic 2, Sonic3+Knuckles is the holy trinity. Spinball was fun but very short "Sonic" game not made by the Sonic team, the physics were off, the graphics were off, the music was off. I enjoyed it anyway but I can understand the poor reviews and poor sales , Sonic 3D Blast was an awkward lazy fetch-quest of a game. I gave up on it as a low-effort piece of crap and it's probably one of the worst Sonic games of all time, impressive given how many bad ones are vying for that place in the hall of shame.

Oh, I forgot to add - these things run on four AA batteries. Yeah, the worst part of the 1990s.

Chrispy_Oh, I forgot to add - these things run on four AA batteries. Yeah, the worst part of the 1990s.

What?

I remember when the image on the GameBoy would start to dim and it was a race to save or get to a place to save your game so you could power it off, peel out batteries and put int the new ones. That was part of the joy in using these handhelds back then!

But, yeah, it was the worst part of handhelds back then.

The amount of eyestrain people are gonna get while playing these is going to be absolutely immeasurable.

Quite a few classic sega games have already been ported over to steam. Just buy it from there and play it on your handheld of choice, emulate it or download the android port for mobile.

I have a Genesis, also emulation