Hands-on with Hyperkin’s Retron 5: emulating nine classic consoles with help from Android

Hands-on with Hyperkin's Retron 5: emulating nine classic consoles with help from Android

This year's Electronic Entertainment Expo might be all about the next generation of gaming hardware, but not in Hyperkin's E3 booth: these guys are looking backwards. We dropped by to check out the Retron 5, the outfit's latest machine to traverse the library of older gaming titles. All told, this iteration strolls through half a dozen hardware cycles, offering compatibility for a full nine video game systems. It's more than a simple hardware emulator, however -- this machine offers save states, cheats and visual filters too.

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Hyperkin’s RetroN 5 Console Revealed

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Play five retro consoles on one machine; that’s the dream of Hyperkin’s recently announced gaming endeavor, the RetroN 5.

The RetroN 3 console by Hyperkin lets users play their well-cherished NES, Super Nintendo, and Sega Genesis games cartridges all conveniently on one piece of hardware, a true gift from the gaming ...
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