The purpose of this thread is to list noteworthy plug and play consoles. By noteworthy, I mean anything that you would personally recommend to a friend or someone on this forum. I know there's an endless sea of garbage plug and plays out there, but some of them can be worth owning. That is the main objective of this list, so we can find the cream of the crop.
I only own one plug and play right now, so I'm listing these based on their appeal alone. If any of them suck for whatever reason, let me know and we can consider removing it from the list. Or perhaps create a "stay away from" list. I'll just add comments and/or reviews for each entry on the list. Amazon reviews are always useful as well (that's why most of these have Amazon links).
I also realize that there are some consoles that have built in games and have a cart slot for original game carts. These can be considered plug and plays as well as clone consoles. Being that we have a separate thread for clone consoles, I can list them in both.
There was an Intellivision Flashback released at just about the same time as the Coleco one. If Amazon prices are any indication, both are pretty scarce now.
Just for kicks, I wanna mention that the ColecoVision Flashback was "ported" to Steam in its entirety.
I think we should include some comments about quality. The Atgames Sega Genesis stuff is pretty much balls. Wouldn’t want to see someone mistakenly pick one up. Meanwhile, the SNES Classic Mini is awesome.
marurun wrote:I think we should include some comments about quality. The Atgames Sega Genesis stuff is pretty much balls. Wouldn’t want to see someone mistakenly pick one up. Meanwhile, the SNES Classic Mini is awesome.
I agree. If someone wants to write up a small little bit about any of these, I will include it with the link. I'm thinking exactly like how I was doing it in my flash cart thread. Either that or I could find and link a YouTube review, but I trust the opinion of a forum member more. That, and you can ask a forum member questions about it.
It's still out there though it came out late 2011. Golden Tee Golf TV game (sticker is gold.) It is a fantastic copy of the arcade game. Saves all progress/data, 4 players, 3 courses, and a skins game. Unlike the original blue that had none of that, it's actually good and plays right.
Also in your console thread I brought up the Genesis Flashback you have here. You really do need to split them as ATGames did. They do sell the Genesis Flashback turd still as a handheld and basic RCA jacked console and it is plug and play. But the HD model, that one isn't a plug and play exactly. While it has games on board, it has a cartridge port and it will play any game tossed at it including even SRAM saves working which the SD firecore trash failed to do. It really is a cheaper HDMI alternative Genesis/MD cart playing console outside of just a PnP device.
BoneSnapDeez wrote:If Amazon prices are any indication, both are pretty scarce now.
I'm not sure if I want to add anything to the list that isn't readily available to purchase. It seems like some of these plug and plays come and go.
Fair enough. I mentioned the Intellivision one because you had the Coleco one on your list. Both are about 5 years old now, I believe, and very hard/expensive to find new.
Tanooki wrote:It's still out there though it came out late 2011. Golden Tee Golf TV game (sticker is gold.) It is a fantastic copy of the arcade game. Saves all progress/data, 4 players, 3 courses, and a skins game. Unlike the original blue that had none of that, it's actually good and plays right.
Link?
BoneSnapDeez wrote:Fair enough. I mentioned the Intellivision one because you had the Coleco one on your list. Both are about 5 years old now, I believe, and very hard/expensive to find new.
To be honest, it came up in the suggested items when I was getting links to some of the others and I just copy and pasted it quickly because I saw it had the Prime logo. I didn't realize that the price tag was inflated because it's no longer being produced!
marurun wrote:I think we should include some comments about quality. The Atgames Sega Genesis stuff is pretty much balls. Wouldn’t want to see someone mistakenly pick one up. Meanwhile, the SNES Classic Mini is awesome.
I agree. If someone wants to write up a small little bit about any of these, I will include it with the link. I'm thinking exactly like how I was doing it in my flash cart thread. Either that or I could find and link a YouTube review, but I trust the opinion of a forum member more. That, and you can ask a forum member questions about it.
OK, I fixed the first post so that each entry can contain words from someone. Or, I can add links for reviews on YouTube or such, when I have a chance to get around to it. If you know of a good review for something, post a link!
