Regarding the SD card, a fast or large card isn't important, but get a quality card. If you're like me, your saves are important to you, and the best way to preserve them is to set the system to default to storing them on the SD card, and take it out to make a backup every now and then. Low quality ...

I didn't have an NES growing up, and I've only recently started giving some NES games a shot since getting a Retron 5. I expected to be into the same sorts of games on the NES that I am on other platforms. Although I like short games ( I host a podcast on them in fact ) I tend to favor games with a ...

I am still using mine a ton. Just completed Link to the Past on it, my first completed Zelda game! I still haven't found a way to transfer my mostly-complete Earthbound emulator SRAM save to it though, so I'm still playing that game on my Mac. Had been hoping to figure out a way to switch over to th...

One thing I did find odd on the one here, I can't figure out how to get those IPS patches to work. I downloaded a few for Famicom, put them on the SD card, but saw no way to move them to the system anywhere, nor did placing the game in the system just auto-do it. As far as I can tell you have to st...

A PSA on the topic of the cart slots: I found all the slots extremely tight at first. For example, it took a sickening amount of tugging to remove a Super Famicom cart, to the point where I thought I was going to damage the console. NES and Genesis carts were nearly as bad. On someone's suggestion I...

I agree, it's totally valid. As squarepusher said in the comments to the first article: Also, GPLv3 forbids TIVOization. So, nothing less than complete de-TIVOization will do. Only then will we back down and be satisfied. This will actually be in the user's favor as well BTW. Which is all we're real...

Is it a European one? No, it's a US gamepad. I think I figured out the issue. I disassembled the gamepad to clean it, and while I was at it I tested it plugged in without the buttons or casing; just the bare PCB and cable. The issue still persisted, but when I put pressure on the plastic element wh...

Has anyone had any issues with SNES gamepads on the Retron 5? All I had lying around were some crappy off-brand SNES gamepads which worked but feel cheap, so I bought a used SNS-005 model authentic gamepad on eBay When I plug it in the Retron, it completely flips out. It seems to think I'm holding t...

Has anyone seen any info on converting between a standard .sav or .srm SRAM file from an emulator and the SRAM file format the Retron 5 uses? They have the same file extension but are not compatible. I ask because I'm about half way through Earthbound on an emulator, and just received my Japanese co...

Haven't found the post, but here's the proof of concept youtube, r5 using retroarch version of a ps1 emulator to run FF7. m Wow, I had not seen that before. Interesting! I like the convenience and the simplicity of the default Retron experience but I could definitely see the appeal of being able to...