5.0 out of 5 stars Super easy, sleek, nice and light; best retro,8&16 bit console out there

R.A. · May 10, 2025

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5.0 out of 5 stars Bought this to keep the "miles" off of my originals and for a "garage" setup.

Z. · March 19, 2014

This console claims to play NES and SNES games and I've found it to do so well. I've essentially bought it so for a few reasons. I have a big CRT TV in my garage I'd like to play NES/SNES (my consoles are inside) and I'd love to preserve my original consoles. After doing a painful amount of research I had learned that the retro duo was the most compatible out of the current lineup of clones. They all seem to have a fatal flaw and in this case it had been said that the NES sound was a bit wacky. Almost like the sound is distorted from being over driven. I had actually bought the parts needed to "fix" the sound on the NES side. I'm not sure if later version 3.0 models we're revised but the sound for the NES sounds pretty clean and very close to the original. No mod needed. I'm more than satisfied with the NES performance. I actually pulled my apart and the NES on a chip is much different then the pictures I had seen online. It appears they have improved it although I did notice that Castlevania III no longer works.The SNES side is wonderful. You would be hard pressed to find irregularities on the SNES capability.You know what else is pretty cool about this? It uses SNES ports and this has a benefit to the NES side as well. Both the NES and SNES used the same gamepad controller chip. If you're handy with wiring you can pick up an NES and a SNES extension cable, cut them open, match the colors and splice it back together to make yourself an adapter to use an NES controller.The included controllers are not bad and can get you by but I'd recommend you round up the originals for sure.The game slots themselves tend to really hug the cartridges. Especially the NES. The fix that I ended up with was to just keep my game genie in the slot so I'm not wrecking the console itself.You should really make it a point to find the originals but this clone console is not bad!EDIT: I decided to do a side by side comparison of Super Mario Bros. and Kickle Cubicle. The Retro Duo is spot on. Sound and all.I also decided to create an NES to SNES adapter so that I could plug in an NES controller. Fortunately, the SNES gamepad has the same gamepad microcontroller as the NES except that it has two of them to drive the extra buttons. This means they are essentially the same. I purchased a Retro-Bit SNES 6-Feet Extension Cable and an NES extension cable also by retro-bit. The wire coloring differs from the authentic NES/SNES wiring. Here is how they are laid out:NES extension cablePin # / Color1 brown2 orange3 black4 red5 yellow6 blue7 greenSNES extension cablePin # / Color1 green2 blue3 yellow4 red7 blackHere is how you need to wire them together:SNES Side / NES Sidegreen / yellowblue / orangeyellow / blackred / redblack / brownThat's all. Now you can use a NES controller to play your NES games with the retro duo.Source of NES/SNES pin layout: [...]

5.0 out of 5 stars Clone systems

A.C. · May 12, 2025

I love the fact that I can play my own Nintendo and super Nintendo games

1.0 out of 5 stars Optimists Review: Normal Consumer

M. · April 2, 2014

I will start off by saying that I have owned this system originally as a child and was thrilled to know that you could buy a 3rd party "new" system that could play NES and SNES games.Unfortunately for anyone who has purchased this system or wants to, it will be a short lived high.As most of the reviews point out this system is light, cheap feeling, and junk. It truly feels like a 20 buck system except its twice that on average.Remotes to me felt alright but functionally I really couldnt test them as the driver/emulator in mine was malfunctioning. Tried numerous equipment checks to make sure my setup wasnt to blame given I was using RYW splitter/ 1080p upscaler into my tv........but sadly it wasnt that. Went straight to tv with this thing with different AV cables even to root that out.Ultimately you can tell the hit or miss nature of it just by hitting that reset button and watching the screen come up with different artifacts/haze/bars/static each time and one in ten you get a nice picture.Unlike some reviews I actually had clear sound although when the video would stutter the sound would cut in/out but was the most consistent for functioning.Last gem of the system but one not really the nail in the coffin but a safety concern was that there was some sort of short in the AV cables provided as I could feel the current through the video cable when plugged in and I promptly replaced it with my own during testing.Ultimately I beg you to not to purchase this and find an original or mini and eat the extra cost. Its not worth the cheap feel and even if you get one that works 100% just pick it up like a good book between both hands and squeeze it and ask yourself "is this going to last me more than a year?".......but dont do it too hard because you'll crack the system.

Buena consola retro

L.E. · March 10, 2014

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Great

m. · January 20, 2016

Works great..was a gift

Genial

E. · January 31, 2024

Está genial! Puedes jugar NES y SNES en la misma consola, los controles son cómodos y funcionan a la perfección.Ojalá tuviera mejor resolución pero es la mismas que las consolas originales.

JEUX EPOQUE

B.G. · June 3, 2017

bon produit j ais pu installer les 2 sortes de cartouche je ne suis pas un pro mais j ais retrouver des jeux que possédais mes amis

Wonderfull

a.b. · October 16, 2020

Image is perfect on my old CRT tv and the sound is loud and clear in good headphones. Games run smoothly with no input lag at all. Only a few situational fps drops in heavy games like Contra 3 and Doom, not enough to bother me. The controllers are better than i expected, very reactive. Also works with my 3rd party controller. There is a little problem with the Nes side. The slot is too big so the cartridges are loose and the slightest of movement from the console (like an accidental wire pull) will crash or restart the game. This can be solved by putting something like a folded paper between the console and the cartridge, stopping it from moving. No big deal. Off course if you want perfection you better go for an original snes. But for the low price this clone is everything i hoped for.