Anybody tried the RetroPort NES->SNES & Genesis->SNES adapters?

[thetallguy24]

What are your experiences with them? Or is it blasphemy to consider the thought of playing NES or Genesis games on a SNES? LOL

[SiLic0ne t0aD]

I owned one very briefly. I bought it but then ended up scoring another clean/working NES right after, so I immediately sold the retro port on ebay (at a loss). I didn't even plug it in once so I can't comment on how well it works. From what I've read, it had sound issues on certain games, other games didn't work but I could be wrong..it's been a couple years now.

[godslabrat]

Just can't wrap my head around the idea of an "adaptor" needing its own power and A/V hookup. At that point, you might as well just have the second console. It's not really saving the space you think it's saving.

[0078265317]

http://mvvg.blogspot.com/2015/10/retroport-snes.html

 

I picked up one from disc replay on October 24th. It works fine. No sound issues. Only problem is it does not play castlevania 3. I know its because its a noac. But my tristar super 8 plays castlevania 3.

[+KeeperofLindblum]

From my understanding, those adapters only use the console for a power supply and a controller. Otherwise, the cart itself is one of those "on a chip" bits where the cart is doing all the actual work.
I haven't tried the Genesis/SNES adapter or the NES/SNES adapter, but I did try a different one that I thought was quite a bit more clever...

The Super Retro Advance! (FYI, I just chose the first link that popped up on Google. You can find it at a wide variety of places and a bit cheaper on eBay.)

It's basically a Super Game Boy but for Game Boy Advance titles. I can say from personal experience that it worked quite well, but it only outputs composite picture... It's a cool (and fairly cheap) way to play your GBA titles on the TV screen.

The picture seemed weirdly bright for being on the TV screen, but other than that, it worked quite well and I tried a few titles on it.
I bought it because I wanted a way to play the GBA titles on a big screen, but the cost of a Game Boy Player (the Gamecube gameboy adapter) can be quite ludicrous.

 

 

EDIT - I actually managed to grab up a cheap(er) Game Boy Player from someone here on AtariAge, so I still have my Super Retro Advance with zero use for it. If anybody here sees this post and wants it, I'll sell it fairly cheap.

Edited January 13, 2016 by KeeperofLindblum

[0078265317]

From my understanding, those adapters only use the console for a power supply and a controller. Otherwise, the cart itself is one of those "on a chip" bits where the cart is doing all the actual work.

I haven't tried the Genesis/SNES adapter or the NES/SNES adapter, but I did try a different one that I thought was quite a bit more clever...

The Super Retro Advance! (FYI, I just chose the first link that popped up on Google. You can find it at a wide variety of places and a bit cheaper on eBay.)

It's basically a Super Game Boy but for Game Boy Advance titles. I can say from personal experience that it worked quite well, but it only outputs composite picture... It's a cool (and fairly cheap) way to play your GBA titles on the TV screen.

The picture seemed weirdly bright for being on the TV screen, but other than that, it worked quite well and I tried a few titles on it.

I bought it because I wanted a way to play the GBA titles on a big screen, but the cost of a Game Boy Player (the Gamecube gameboy adapter) can be quite ludicrous.

 

 

EDIT - I actually managed to grab up a cheap(er) Game Boy Player from someone here on AtariAge, so I still have my Super Retro Advance with zero use for it. If anybody here sees this post and wants it, I'll sell it fairly cheap.

 

How much?

 

And the snses version is better. The gamecube version requires a cd and if that cd breaks then no good. So the snes version is better.

[+KeeperofLindblum]

How much?

 

And the snses version is better. The gamecube version requires a cd and if that cd breaks then no good. So the snes version is better.

I would take $22 shipped for it.

 

As for comparing the Super Game Boy and Game Boy Player...

Super Game Boy is the cheaper one of the two and nice that it only relies on a hardy cart. But it only does GB and GBC games.

Game Boy Player does suck for requiring a disc (Player hardware is cheap but the discs are expensive.), but I like it more because it does all three. I have never broken a disc in my life, so I am not too concerned with losing my current one.

[0078265317]

I would take $22 shipped for it.

 

As for comparing the Super Game Boy and Game Boy Player...

Super Game Boy is the cheaper one of the two and nice that it only relies on a hardy cart. But it only does GB and GBC games.

Game Boy Player does suck for requiring a disc (Player hardware is cheap but the discs are expensive.), but I like it more because it does all three. I have never broken a disc in my life, so I am not too concerned with losing my current one.

 

Yes but cds only last 25 years or so. So I am concerned with long term. I like my GBP also but am interested to try the advance. But I sold most of my advanced games. I will have a look later and see if I have any left. Then I will let you know if I can use it. 22 is fine.

[CatPix]

CD life is expected to be 25 years. I have the first two pressing of musical CD (An Alpine symphony - Herbert Von Karajan; and The Visitors - Abba) both pressed in 1981; they are now 35 years old, and they still play fine and the CD surface look good as new.

Flopies are given to last 20 years, and I have 27 years old floppies I can still read.

Many LaserVision discs (LaserDiscs) pressed in the 70's are still fine.

I think that by the time the GameCube discs start to REALLY crap out (and since they were made in the 90's, that might be as late as 2040), it would have been possible for years to plug an accessory in the console that will allow to read data from a SD card or whatever would be there at the time.

Edited January 14, 2016 by CatPix

[0078265317]

I found one gba game but not enougt to justify the player so I will pass.

[0078265317]

Wait a minute the gameboy advance plays color games. So the super retro advance might also work with color games also won't it.

[Osgeld]

CD life is expected to be 25 years. I have the first two pressing of musical CD (An Alpine symphony - Herbert Von Karajan; and The Visitors - Abba) both pressed in 1981; they are now 35 years old, and they still play fine and the CD surface look good as new.

Flopies are given to last 20 years, and I have 27 years old floppies I can still read.

Many LaserVision discs (LaserDiscs) pressed in the 70's are still fine.

I think that by the time the GameCube discs start to REALLY crap out (and since they were made in the 90's, that might be as late as 2040), it would have been possible for years to plug an accessory in the console that will allow to read data from a SD card or whatever would be there at the time.

 

 

Agreed, I have a Jazz Compilation that came with my parents first CD player, which is going on 30 years now and it looks mint and of course plays fine

 

I have 5.25 inch floppies that date back to when my mother was a teacher, she changed careers in the early 90's so minus time for college puts them in the late 80's, 3.5 inch disks I have more trouble with though

 

 

I recently picked up CED disks that played, and those only have a X number of play's type of lifetime

 

Just take care of your stuff and store it in a responsible it might outlast you

Edited January 14, 2016 by Osgeld

[0078265317]

They are inventing discs that are more durable. But good to know your regular cds are still working. I have some 3.5 floppys too still working. But all cds eventually form dips and pits. But as for the Game cube. I have a wii so I only use the cube for the gameboy player. So what if I just leave the disc in permanently and never take it out? Or is not good to leave it in forever?

[Osgeld]

the only fear I would have is warpage from the pressure of the lid pressing center 24/7, I had a sony bookshelf system ... actually 2 the first one the drive door warped and caused the disk to wobble and physically crash, the second if you left a disk in for like a month or 2 would dish it out a little bit

 

course the pube uses a ~3 inch disc so I would think the effect would be less than on a typical 5 inch disc, and I bet dollars to doughnuts people figured out clamshell optical disk systems better than the state it was in 1989 lol

Edited January 14, 2016 by Osgeld

[Papa]

I have them both (The RetroPort and the RetroGen). One real issue is with the television you use. If it's an HDTV you won't find too many issues and the emulation isn't bad. On a couple of my CRT's the screen decides to scrunch and occasionally roll when a lot of white is onscreen. The Konami startups will roll the screen. Flashes in games that fill a quarter of the screen with white will scrunch the picture or bring out a couple of rolls. I found it annoying as I prefer CRT displays to HD for a myriad of reasons. Like what was said before they really just use the power and controls from the SNES and then use a chip emulator on the cart adapter. They even have their own AV outs that go outside the system so you need multitaps, extra AV-in ports, or to rip out the SNES AV and plug in the adaptor whenever you want to use it. It's an inexpensive way to play extra stuff on your SNES. If you have a Super Gameboy and each of these Retro adapters you can turn an SNES into four different systems at once with relatively good emulation. Beware the screen rolling issue though.

Edited January 14, 2016 by Papa

[NinjaWarrior]

I have a RetroGen, It works good on my Retro Duo..But not really well on my SNES using my Super 8, It works, But the Controller Input don't respond at all

 

I wanted to use my Super 8 as a NES/Famicom/SNES/SFC/Game Boy/MD/Genesis/Master System .. But the RetroGen can't work right with the Super 8

[Zap!]

I just got the Retroport NES adapter for my SNES. The only reason I got it is because I have my SNES hooked up via RGB to a Sony PVM. Since the NES has to be modded to obtain RGB, I thought this was the way to go. Unfortunately, I didn't realize it uses its own A/V ports. Any other NES adapters that don't use outside ports? Is it even possible on a SNES?