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 Post subject: RetroN 1?
PostPosted: Sat Aug 07, 2010 2:50 pm 
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I was browsing Stoneagegamer.com a few days ago and saw the RetroN 1. At $15 its not a huge dent in my wallet and I could finally play a few old games i have laying around from back in the day.
I searched google and I used the search here on the forums and I couldn't seem to find anything about it.
I was curious if anyone knew how the compatiblity is, I think I read somewhere here that the knock off consoles had a problem with playing some games.
Also I was cuious if anyone has used one of these for a portable and had any pictures of the internals.

Would this be an ok console to use for a portable? Or would I be better off buying an FC twin or Retro Duo?

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 Post subject: Re: RetroN 1?
PostPosted: Sat Aug 07, 2010 6:12 pm 
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I had that exact one a while ago. The compatibility was pretty decent, that I recall. I actually started building a portable with it, I had problems with the traces lifting, though. I'd never heard of anyone else having that problem, and at that price, I'd take a chance on it again. You could almost buy three of that for the price of the others, and you aren't throwing away the SNES stuff.

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 Post subject: Re: RetroN 1?
PostPosted: Sat Aug 07, 2010 7:30 pm 
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Ill go ahead and pick one up and see what happens. its not like I'm taking a large financial hit if anything goes wrong.
Is there a list anywhere of games that do/don't work?
And do you have the measurements of the board, or can you give me an estimate so i can start messing around with some ideas

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PostPosted: Mon Aug 09, 2010 7:19 pm 
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I measured the complete console to be 5.5" square, by about 1 5/8" thick. There's three separate boards in it, but I have no idea how big they were. It's been a few years, sadly.

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PostPosted: Mon Aug 09, 2010 7:28 pm 
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Thanks! I ordered the console yesterday, I'm going to wait until i finish my Nintendo 64 before i take this thing apart though and start messing with it.

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