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Anyone own a Hyperkin Supaboy hand held SNES?!
Heilman11085:
I was wondering if any of you guys owna Supabot hand held SNES system. Can you tell me what you think of it? Would you buy one?
http://hyperkin.com/retro-gaming/nintendo-snes-game-console/supaboy-portable-pocket-snes-console.html
wiggy:
I'm more of a SNES supporter than anything else and I don't own one, and there's a reason. I'll just leave it at that.
komodos:
I actually did own one. BUYER BEWARE! Needless to say I am glad I picked up full warranty. The system is extremely buggy its like using a NES with old pins. You have to fiddle with the carts to get them to work right 7 or 8 times and sometimes it just wont work at alll. I returned it and got a new one issued it worked great for a few days and then started working like garbage like the first one. It is a shame as the Supaboy is cosmetically gorgeous! Now I have heard they have put out a new one that comes in a black package box (the clear box is the older buggy series) that has corrected some issues but I had to much of a bad run with it to buy it again. If anything I would recommend the Retro Duo Portable. It works consistently and has triple the battery life of a Supaboy it is just rather generic looking so I didnt end up buying it either lol. So its reallly a choice between performance or cosmetics.
wiggy:
Gorgeous?! Man, it's like the ugliest thing out there IMO.
madrocsz:
I have wanted one, but was hesitant as I heard the first run had their issues with faulty connectors and poor performance on certain games like Super Mario RPG. Supposedly the newer releases are fine in these aspects however been putting off buying one as it doesn't seem I play my handhelds near as much as I should.