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Retro gaming console

The choice of a retro gaming console is as simple as it is insidious because it is based on a simple assumption: nostalgia.

The Handelot Times Issue 15, October 2019 6 min read

The choice of a retro gaming console is as simple as it is insidious because it is based on a simple assumption: nostalgia. There is no technical detail or build quality that holds: for single-system consoles like Nintendo, Super Nintendo and PlayStation the choice will fall on what we loved most. But among these there are also omnivorous consoles like the RetroN 5 that reads the cartridges of the old glories of Sega and Nintendo or the portable Gpd Xd Plus on which you can load everything.

Here is a guide to the best retro gaming consoles on the market, especially focusing on: The best video games of the moment  The best portable consoles for playing away  from home Nintendo Classic Mini Super Nintendo Entertainment System Nintendo was the first noble house to revive its old consoles in a modernized version. The Company started right from the first Nintendo Classic Mini and then, with sold out shots, conquered the market and repeated the success with this revised and corrected Super Nintendo, which is connected to today’s TV with HDMI and has the games already loaded into memory. Our choice falls on this console for several reasons. First because everyone knows the games and its protagonists. Second, it’s tiny and doesn’t take up space on the TV.

There are two controllers that take those of the past and then 16-bit games, even if old, are more pleasing than 8-bit ones. If we want we can also choose whether to emulate the old TVs of the past or slightly improve the graphics. Excellent titles, as many as 21 including F-Zero, Super Mario World, Super Mario Kart and Street Fighter 2 Turbo. The only notes that clash are the absence of the wall socket to power it (but we can connect it to the TV or use the charger of an old smartphone), we cannot add games to it (there are those preloaded and that’s it) and then the very short controller cable. You need to buy an extension to play well.

Price: € 66.98 - € 299.99.

The rest of this article is in the magazine Continue in issue 15

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