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Hyperkin SupaBoy review
Aug. 1st, 2022 03:22 pmSo, I wasn’t going to buy this thing, because it’s a ridiculous monstrosity that I absolutely don’t need, but I was buying some comic books from Ixo anyway and it was very reasonably priced and I wanted to see it in action. The face of it labels it a “Portable Pocket SNES Console.”
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Overall: The only advantage this carries over an emulator device is that you can play your original cartridges, presumably with your 30-year-old savegames on them. But it’s not actually portable enough to make that functionality worthwhile, and my SNES and my RetroDuo still work if I’m going to be sitting in front of my TV anyway. I’m delighted I got my hands on one to try out, though. I think I might put it on display.
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Overall: The only advantage this carries over an emulator device is that you can play your original cartridges, presumably with your 30-year-old savegames on them. But it’s not actually portable enough to make that functionality worthwhile, and my SNES and my RetroDuo still work if I’m going to be sitting in front of my TV anyway. I’m delighted I got my hands on one to try out, though. I think I might put it on display.
