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  • does it work with PAL games?

  • Finally someone confirmed RPG works, I know that doesn't work on the Retro Twin or Retron 3, and the previous Reviews of this I read didn't address RPG.

  • whats beter this or the retron 3

  • Does it work withe the attachments

  • this thing is a piece of junk! Looks amazing at first, but it breaks VERY easily does not play all games and does not play like the orinigal (glitchy music, odd video). the controlers are very light and don't feel good.

    look on kijij for someone selling a old original in your area, there usually 20-30$ . and you will be MUCH happier

  • can u get an adapter for snes controllers?

  • im looking for a system that not only plays snes, nes and genesis but also n64 games. anyone know of such a console? im kinda new to this 3rd party multi consoles so i have no idea.

  • I'm steering clear of this contraption. Obviously this guy received a sever shock from this thing... Just look at his fried hair!

  • This is very helpful.

  • Please for the love of all that is good please don't buy this. I got one and straight out of the box the genesis and nes ports don't work, button layout for the snes need re-wired (everything is one space counter-clockwise than it should be). At a $50 purchase this was extremely upsetting. What's more is that it seems commonplace with this manufacturer. If you want to avoid a terrible experience stick to the original consoles!!

  • Roms & emulators ftw why buy that

  • This system blows. saving files is bugged, and the amount of games that it can't play is ridiculous. Play the original systems. I tried to save over an old file on secret of evermore and it wouldn't even acknowledge my save. I tried everything but taking the cartridge apart because I don't want to damage it. I think that anyone who is thinking about buying this system should save their money.

  • is this a legit console or what and where can i buy this?

  • HEY should i get this or the GN twin? or any others that play genesis games?

  • Hey man, what a cool videogame you have!! Congratz on this vid!!

    Great YOBO!!!!!!!!!

  • Does it show the circuit board or mother board threw the carriage slots?, I heard that can be a problem.

  • This would have been SO MUCH better if it played NES, SNES and Nintendo 64 games.

  • @MrHossCartwright Actually theres the tri-star 64, an addon to your N64 thatll play n64 games along with nes and snes games.

    Im sure you could find it on ebay.

  • Is this still available? I really want it...unless there's something better out now that's like this.

  • @xXBr4ndonDXx  RetroN 3

  • @xXBr4ndonDXx There is. its called NES, SNES, and Genesis.

  • @TheMike894ftw I have an NES, SNES, and Genesis. Among other things. But I don't want tons of consoles hooked up at once when it's easier to just have one.

  • Ah. Well, thanks for that. And I've been playing games since the Atari, so I'm not a noob, kid.

  • in a few months, I'm going to buy this, because my SNES is kinda shitty now. I wonder when they'll come out with a NES/SNES/N64 machine? That'd be freaking sweet.

  • @XxJeremyxX Its called a trustar 64 noob lol

  • Own 1 of these....its awesome! Nes, Snes, and Sega games....all work!

  • im waiting on mine to come in the mail. and from the reviews. I don't like the looks of the round joystick like d-pad...

  • hey i got one but can u use diffent controls cuase the fc controls are little wack ?

  • ive heard a ton of horror stories about this console, but ive had mine for a year and ive had absolutely no problems. not to say that some arent fucked, im sure they are, just sayin mine has been fantastic for me.

  • these things are a piece of CRAP. mine busted in like 3 days. Power button and NES slot are broke.

    My NES works better... seriously, I've got a video uploaded that proves it.

  • I have it and all is okay.

    But the plastic is a little cheap.

  • Does anyone know if this will work on an LCD TV? And if it doesnt do any of the other FCs wrk on LCDs?

  • @SmokeWeedUnderwater Yeah i believe they do and get the RetroN3 they just released it i bought it and it is sweet it has wireless controlers and you can plug in NES, SNES, and Genesis controllers into it.

  • I have that same YOBO and the Ness and Snes slot work fine but the sega slot wont work and the triger on the light gun that came with it was broken but i fixed it and it works fine. I can here the audio just fine but i cant see the video on the sega slot. So if anyone out their who reads this and may know how to fix that problum please tell me

  • i got my fc3 plus a couple of days and must say ... it´s okay! the controllers are okay and most games can be played, but the NES-part sucks!!!

    if you like to, you can see a review of the FC3 PLUS on my channel in german! :)

  • i really despise those 2-3-4-5-9-in one clones...

  • NO S-video! Therefore, it sucks. Try the Retro-Duo. It HAS S-video. The image quality is NOT HD component or HDMI; however, it is far superior to regular COMPOSITE video!

  • no u can only use the controllers that come with it. they arent bad controllers but if your picky about originality you will be disappointed. there is a PlaynTrade store near my house. they sell these by the shit load. im getting one. i did want to get the originals separately but i already have a genesis and plus this is a NEW system. less of a chance of something going wrong with it.. its a great idea

  • i got it but i hate the controllers specially when i play fighting games.

  • do the original genesis controllers work with this?

  • can this work with the Genesis Expansion bay for Master System Games or 32x for that matter ?

  • fc twin looks even more like a super famcom.

  • Did actually take time to make your hair look like mine does when i roll out of bed in the morning?!!!

  • i have it but the buttons wont work for a few games

  • Would the Genesis Expansion module for Sega Master system work in this ? or even the 32x ? has anyone tried it ? :)

  • i feel original is better. the only thing this would be good for would for is making a portable

  • i saw something at a store with an fc3 something and it played nes games snes games genesisgames and g factor games

  • this is that

  • o ok thats cool

  • Actually, having the original system is the way to be.

  • this system sucks i got one and tried everygame i had and none worked even games that worked well on my nes i bought in 1992!

  • Super Nintendo, Sega Genesis, When I Was Dead Broke Man, I Couldent Picture this.

  • @SmoothCriminalAaron 50inch screen, money green leather sofa!

  • waudio? wtf

  • mine doesnt show on the t.v. any help?

  • Im gettin this System back into my life in Decemeber...

    I Retire this New Age Consoles that been repetative with games every year with shooters.. Military games, Figthing games.

    Im tired of the Online Play quality.. its garbage..

    cant wait to get this system..

  • i been trying the new systems too (pc, wii, etc) i just cant get into them... i miss the old school stuff like this and glad that i can get one at a very affordable price

  • you feel me.... new consoles belong to the next gens... we play with roots

  • Why cant they add atari to this lol

  • @NiggadickJax same here.pc online gaming is still good but thats because of valve's games. i only plan on a few current generation games but im switching over to retro/last generation gaming. its wierd since the last generation consoles where great and now these current generation consoles have no quality in the physical design, devs are playing it safe with boring unoriginal games and the dickel diming with launch day and pre-order digital content. i wasted so much money on ps3 and 360...

  • Its crazy to think all three of those system witch are prole a any where from 10 Inches to a foot long can all fit in one system now...Its a cool idea but like Mrpick was saying I doubt this thing well work for a year are two cause you got all three of the systems in one console now that is just a overheating problem waiting to happen and yes I know it don't play all the games at once all though that would be cool I'm surprised more old system don't get redone in a new way

  • @Trickdd mine broke in a week and i took good care of it

  • @Trickdd Doubt it I would have thought that the circuit boards would be a lot different

  • IT is nice

  • fc twin sucks mine broke

  • That's it! I'm gettin' a FC3 Plus. I'm a Retro & Niche gamer, myself. And this thing rocks.

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  • The SuperFX chip is inside the star fox cartridge itself.

  • does it play original famicom games

  • those consoles are a JOKE, a toy shit, only will run a month then it will broke SHIIIT! TOY SHIT

  • or will broke your games i´ve read Don´t buy it

  • All those Yobo consoles are shit, they broke the first month or a few weeks since you buy them, they can burn, they are cheap made. SHIT! SHIT YOBO SHIT!

  • does it play PAL?

  • oh so you have no eyes

  • who smells the system?

  • Hardcore gamers. that's who smells the system.

  • Those controller ends and controllers are a huge deal breaker for me. I am basically promise you buttons are mismapped all over the place, and the cheesy controller is probably too uncomfortable/unresponsive for faster action or fighting games. I'd never risk any money on this thing.

  • Buy a Genesis controller to use on it.

  • But the likely attempt at keeping the "A button" the A button will mean controller mismapping. That will only be accurate for Sega Genesis games. Not to mention, that would outright ruin the SNES stuff, whether it was mapped correctly (as in positioning) or not.

  • you cant use a genesis controller on it (i dont think so)

  • Genesis controllers will work on it.

  • NICE JOB THERE MOWGLI

  • i got a few import games and you dont have to switch the tab in the back also you have to break off the 2 plastic tabs for the us snes carts off of the fc3 inside the slot or you can fits you pal carts in.also mega man 6 doesnt work neither did mm3 BUT mega man X did hmm??

  • He clearly has a life if it took him three months to respond. You, however, were pretty much all over it, weren't you?

  • Anybody know if this works with the game genie on all 3 systems? SNES or Genesis shouldn't be a problem but I know the Nintendo brand top loader won't work with the NES game genie.

  • is there a pal version????

  • They sell these at play n' trade. I would get one if I still had my old genesis games.

  • I got 1 @ a flea market

  • You can just buy one in game traders.

  • I want one thatll include atari!

  • WANT ONE!!! how much??

  • theyre on ebay right now...sorry forgot how much theyre going for 40-60??

  • where can you get one of them at =) and how much

  • where you in the big bang theory?

  • that is cool

  • does North American Games work on this?

  • Would videogamecentral recommend the FC Twin or RetroDuo for NES/SNES games? Just leaving out the genises part.

  • kinda looks like Brandon Routh

  • new yorker accent

  • hot

  • pretty cool for those that want this kind of setup, i prefer having s-video and my awesome genesis d-pad

  • What's FC3??

    Does it if to do with the FC Twin?

  • Wait, please... still reply but......

    Does the FC3 mean you fit 3 games in it????

  • It is the same as FC Twin except it can also play genesis!

  • Great! Oh, and sorry about my Comment...

    the "if" was supposed to be "have".

  • do you think they will make another system but have the light gun work on plasma and lcd tvs?

  • Nice hair!

  • Where's a system that plays Master System, Genesis, and has a Sega CD port? I guess most hardcore fans have the Master System convertor for Genesis already. And Game Gear convertor.

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  • Has anyone ever produced a system which plays all three - Original NES, Super NES and Nintendo 64?

  • There probably will be at some point but I think the cost would still be high to do N64 not to mention emulation of it is much more complicated.

  • there was a unlicensed attachment for the N64 called the Tristar, however the compatibility wasn't too hot

  • @ZX2ManDave Its called a tristar 64

  • does this console work with he pal B games on nes????

  • I might get this system over the FC Twin.How do the games look on the FC3?

  • Very cool system. I like the look of the controllers and the console, check out my videos!!

  • Going to need to check this one out once I've got some cash. I have the original Yobo FC Game console and it's served me well.

  • man very cooooooooolll posttttttterrrrrrrrrrr

  • How much does this cost

  • these consoles are nice all but they will look crap on hi def tv's.

  • screw hi def...as a matter of fact, i personally played the retro duo on a hdtv at a play n trade...and it looks cool on there...

  • Me for one.

  • I have the charchole coler and it rocks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! FC3 all the way baby but the volume on genisses is a lot louder and the sprites are a bit darker and yes it works for nonlicens games

  • Does anyone know what the flying fuck the G-Factor is?

  • It's the Factor 5 carts that originally come with the Yobo Factor5 Nintendo clone. Not really much of a feature.

  • An emulator? Boooo. Where's the fun in that? :P

  • an emulator won't remind you of the good, old days when you played super mario bros 1 when you were six years old, will ti? :P

  • Emulator are fun

  • This is nice...I was waiting long ago for one that had SNES and Genesis but now we got all 3! but for functionality's sake I think they should make one that just has SNES and Genesis.

  • It's a sega saturn controller!!!

    Hahaha

  • I have one. But if i want to play on it I have to blow on it for an hour.

  • ok mine is the real thing it's the charcoal thing i was paying attention to the box the box is red -.- but it is the real console.i found castlevania 3 at a store and i know it dosnt work but i wish i could get it for the novelty.

  • will thay make a pal verson i want one so bad

  • cool system and cool hair :)

  • Now they need to make one with a N64 slot lol.

  • My sound isn't working... can someone give me a yea or nay verdict on getting this over the Retro Duo plus a megadrive 2?

  • Get a Retro Duo, Because Yobo is really cheap and doesnt work with some of the games. Retro Duo works great (because I have one) and works with ALL games for NES and SNES. It is very sturdy and looks very nice. Plus with a MegaDrive you can get a Sega Genesis Power Base Converter which plays Sega Master System games.

  • retro duo desn't play all games. later versions of super mario RPG won't play on it, the earliest (1st version) of the game will play on the retro duo, fc twin and more than likely this console too.

  • I use an FC Twin myself, and I have had no issues whatsoever.

  • My Retro Duo wouldnt play NES games

  • haha i dont mean to brag and dont get me wroong that system is sick but i have a hacked psp that play alls these emu's but still nothing like play the old school systems with their controllers ;)

  • This is just good to have hooked up to your T.V. :)

  • well u can hook up ur psp slim to a tv lool then play homebrew off the psp slim but yeah ur right this is right out of the box

  • I have a PSP fat, and I don't have any t.v.s that support the psp slims TV thing :(

  • heh true true

  • oh mah god, ill be able to play duckhunt if i buy this

  • dang this is awesome i'm going to get it i'm a big fan

  • im getting this as a Christmas gift from my dad i cant wait to play mario brothers the original casltevania, starfox(i found a copy for 5 bucks amazingly) yet its 60 bucks for the console it seems to be worth it also i think its ether red or green where im getting it and the designs a little bit different but its a fc3 for sure.

  • It's not an FC3 then. It only comes in the 2 colors that we said. You can purchase one at VideoGameCentral. It probably is a bootleg FC3 then.

  • Does it play any reproduction games?

  • what is it with u guys and your super happy fun fun? lol seriously

  • because bad japanese translations usually say stuff like "super happy fun fun" instead of "cool" or "awesome" or just "fun"

  • Would that be worth getting for xmas? kinda looks like a piece of shit but i would like to play nes, snes, and genesis...

  • Yes, it works fairly well!

  • This looks cool, but I already have a NES, SNES, and Genesis, I did buy the GN Twin though just to have one, I'd like to get my hands on this, but I'm not sure...

  • Bad news, people. I just saw the FC3 Plus compatibility list on VGC, and lo and behold, Castlevania III STILL DOESN'T F-ING WORK!!! No thanks, I will DEFINITELY pass and stick with my FC Twin/GN Twin combination(I don't think the Genesis side is any better than the GN Twin anyways). When will the FC3 Plus be shown in action?

  • I may pass as well, as for one, you cannot use your own controllers on the unit. The FC Twin allows you to use official (or decent third party) SNES controllers as they use the SNES style connector. If I want to play lightgun games, I might as well just get a Factor-5.

  • Would you say the Retro Duo is better than this?

  • retro duo will probably have better sound on NES side and also works with (as far as I know) every NES and SNES game whereas this one allegedly isn't 100% compatible. On the other hand, if you don't care about Castlevania III this is a whole extra system with a zapper (which retroduo doesn't have) for about the same price.

  • it says plus g factor. what is that

  • It's another clone system made by the same manufacturer. We did a review on it earlier in the year. You can watch our other video on it called FACTOR 5!!

  • If they make an FC 4 with NES,SNES,Genesis, and Master system I would love to get that! +_+

  • i have never heard of this stuff honestly

  • Would this work with European NES, SNES and Mega Drive games? Could I buy this in conference that it'll work with all my UK games, and I'll just need to buy a seperate UK power cable.

    I checked the website in the right, but that didn't say anything about it. Are there any clones even avalibable in Europe?

    Thanks

  • jeebus

  • Seeing as how my NES has recently broken down for good, I've been looking into getting a clone system. I agree with what Ace9921 said: show me some videos of this system in action, and if the differences aren't too bad from the original systems, then I'll buy.

    All in all, this does sound like a good purchase for me. Not being able to use old controllers blows, but at least I'll have less systems taking up space (and less fire-hazard power cords everywhere).

  • What caused your old NES to finally give up the ghost?

  • Here's a little tidbit of information that may interest you:

    The GN Twin, which uses the same ports as the FC3 Plus, makes use of NES controller signals even though the controllers look like Genesis 6-button controllers. So, with this, as NES and Super NES controllers use the same signals(but not Genesis controllers), you can hack up a Super NES/NES to GN Twin/FC3 Plus adapter using a (Super) NES controller port and a DB9 9-pin serial port(with a plastic plug). Cut part of the DB9 plug...

  • ... and there you go! You will be able to use original Super NES and NES(depending on the controller port used) accessories on the GN Twin and FC3 Plus. For Genesis accessories, you have to hack a third or even FOURTH controller port, as there are chips inside the FC3 Plus and GN Twin that convert the NES controller signals to Genesis signals. This causes control lag in games like Super Monaco GP, as well as control lag in the Game Genie. So, that will be a bit more tedious to get done.

  • original consoles are better , this is just a cheap copy for make money , nothing like the real and original SNES NES AND SEGA GENESIS

  • nice, i like to own the original systems better quality.

  • I wouldn't buy one. The original FC Twin was plagued with compatibility issues. I bought the Retro Duo, and found that the sound on a lot of NES games sound distorted. At first, I thought it was a faulty unit, so I exchanged it, but had the same issues. The Retro claimed in was not an emulator, and that it used genuine hardware. The color doesn't always look as crisp and vivid either.  I did a lot of research on websites and even watched these guys, but turns out it was still not that great.

  • Well, the FC Twin works for me as I have had one for about a year now. I also have a GN Twin.

  • its not emulation, emulation is a computer simulating another piece of hardware through software, the retro duo, FC Twin/3 etc. IS real hardware, its just not PERFECT duplications of the original Nintendo stuff.