Official Super Retro Trio Review & Preorder Thread

[Old_Skool_Fool]

Hey classic gurus, it's been a bit since I posted, but it's been pretty hectic for me since I am now a dad. (Fatherhood is pretty crazy), but as any new Dad I want to share the finer things in life with my kid, starting with Looney Tunes vintage cartoons and Classic Games! So to kick it off, there's nothing better than a all in one classic system like the soon to be released Super Retro Trio console by Retrobit.


I am going to give you guys a first real (non rendered image) look at this crazy soon to be staple console. Also as you know I cover all the reviews for most popular vintage products, and will be attending E3 as well next week to showcase other cool vintage gaming stuffs!


Also on a side note, if you guys preorder now, the unit will Ship Free for all continental US gamers.

[Old_Skool_Fool]

Ok, hopefully these aren't too big or they resize, but here is a front facing image of the Super Retro Trio.

[Old_Skool_Fool]

For the record, these are some nice units. When I picked it up, it felt weighted (so it had substance) and another thing to notice is that it has that now very popular sexy Matte Black finish.


Here's another image of the very clean front controller ports.

[Old_Skool_Fool]

So this sexy beast of a remake comes with 2 controllers (almost identical to the Retro Duo's pads but a slight different color) and the nice thing about this is that it's door hides all those ports. A nice push/lock door that keep the insane amount of controller options hidden to most.

[Satoshi_Matrix]

Hey congratulations on your child. Wish you all the best.


I've been very intrigued by the Super Retro Trio since RetroBit announced it a month or so ago.

It seems initially odd that RetroBit would choose yet another reverse engineered hardware clone when Hyperkin is going the emulation route, but I've been very satisfied with RetroBit's previous clones such as the RetroDuo Portable and RetroDuo proper. I'd love to get my hands on this and give it a rigerious testing. RetroBit's recent past has been very good, with the exception of the NES RetroPort, since it's just a western localized version of the rather underwhelming FC Adapter sold in Japan and southeast Asia.

Then again, you can't really blame RetroBit for that since the FC Adapter was only licensed by RetroBit, not developed by RetroBit. It's kinda like blaming Nintendo for how bad Deadly Towers on NES is.

I'm especially interested in the performance of the NES side. Has RetroBit manages to produce another great NOAC?

Based on the photos, I like the overall design of the shell. Putting all of the controller ports up front is a wise design decision and further amplifies the strangeness of Hyperkin's Retorn3 design.

Can you post some more photos? I'd like to see it from directly above, and from the back.

[Old_Skool_Fool]

Hey congratulations on your child. Wish you all the best.


I've been very intrigued by the Super Retro Trio since RetroBit announced it a month or so ago.

It seems initially odd that RetroBit would choose yet another reverse engineered hardware clone when Hyperkin is going the emulation route, but I've been very satisfied with RetroBit's previous clones such as the RetroDuo Portable and RetroDuo proper. I'd love to get my hands on this and give it a rigerious testing. RetroBit's recent past has been very good, with the exception of the NES RetroPort, since it's just a western localized version of the rather underwhelming FC Adapter sold in Japan and southeast Asia.

Then again, you can't really blame RetroBit for that since the FC Adapter was only licensed by RetroBit, not developed by RetroBit. It's kinda like blaming Nintendo for how bad Deadly Towers on NES is.

I'm especially interested in the performance of the NES side. Has RetroBit manages to produce another great NOAC?

Based on the photos, I like the overall design of the shell. Putting all of the controller ports up front is a wise design decision and further amplifies the strangeness of Hyperkin's Retorn3 design.

Can you post some more photos? I'd like to see it from directly above, and from the back.

Hey thanks..he's like a "New School Fool"!!..lol

I actually accidentally deleted the back of the unit photos, but I'll get more Mon/Tues. The back is just clean and simple. Nothing really there. Even the region switches are on the front as you can see.

As for the RetronN, after speaking with some of the higher ups at Retrobit, I was told that this is not a unit for comparison to the Retron5. That this is basically an answer to the issues with the Retron3.

If you see my review on the original Retron3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asksCvYRva8

You'll notice that it's quite a weird design, not to mention the CONTROLLERS WERE AWFUL! They were badly designed, barely worked from a foot away and overall made me angry that they were even included. I would have rather have had NO Controllers as opposed to even wasting my time with the ones that are included. From what I hear, the new one will also include that IR nonsense, which makes no sense to me

The controllers with this unit are solid, the same as the Retro Duo's but feels a little more dense.


I am pretty excited to use the GBA games on this unit, as honestly was a bigger GBA fan than most.

[Old_Skool_Fool]

The unit has the S-Video out capability again, but I'm not expecting much since old games never look good on high-rez TVs with Svideo out.

Also, there is the adapter for the GBA stuff, but I was not able to see that currently, though I will be able to showcase it at E3 so stay tuned for that.

[Satoshi_Matrix]

yeah, composite and S-video. For these systems, that's fine and dandy for a good majority of its target audience that would choose a CRT over an HDTV anyway.

About the GBA adapter, when you go to e3 please make a point to ask the RetroBit representative if that device will also play original GameBoy and GameBoy Color titles as well as GBA, or if it's only GBA. RetroBit's been strangely tight lipped about this in their press releases thus far, whereas Hyperkin said GB, GBC and GBA compatibility would be there right out of the gate when they first showed off the Retron5 at PAX.

[Ace]

So this sexy beast of a remake comes with 2 controllers (almost identical to the Retro Duo's pads but a slight different color)

Are these controllers wired or wireless, and if they're wireless, do they use RF or infrared? I don't actually see an infrared window, so if they're wireless, I'm inclined to say they work via RF. Hopefully, if that's the case, they're better than the wireless Super NES controllers RetroBit sells as those, from what I've seen, are pretty bad.

[Cryog]

Inex Super Retro Trio at E3 - E3 Expo 2013

[CRTGAMER]

There's nothing better than a all in one classic system like the soon to be released Super Retro Trio console by Retrobit.


I am going to give you guys a first real (non rendered image) look at this crazy soon to be staple console. Also as you know I cover all the reviews for most popular vintage products, and will be attending E3 as well next week to showcase other cool vintage gaming stuffs!


Also on a side note, if you guys preorder now, the unit will Ship Free for all continental US gamers.

Love the SVideo and Composite option on the Super Retro Trio, a shame the Retron 5 is only HDMI. I know it was designed for newer HDTVs, but should hyave included the other connections as well.

I noticed the region video output switch, will the Super Retro Trio support NTSC and PAL import games such as Famicom and Super Famicom carts?

[stardust4ever]

Almost a year later my SRT is still going strong however I wonder if anyone in the know has heard of a hardware revision that fixes the genesis noise? I know there were a few revisions of the retro duo.

I don't trust myself to do mods, so I'd rather just buy an updated unit if possible

Sound output on my SRT Genesis side is very clean. It's cleaner than the mono output on my VA7 Model 1 Genesis, and comparable to what I get from the headphone output set halfway.

Love the SVideo and Composite option on the Super Retro Trio, a shame the Retron 5 is only HDMI. I know it was designed for newer HDTVs, but should hyave included the other connections as well.

I noticed the region video output switch, will the Super Retro Trio support NTSC and PAL import games such as Famicom and Super Famicom carts?

The SRT should support most PAL NES games, Famicom (with adapter) and all Super Famicom games. The region switch is for the Genesis side. The switch does not change the output video format from 60Hz, but merely sets the internal region setting on the console. Games can check this setting and refuse to run if the region is wrong. Some JU Genesis/Megadrive games share the same ROM for both regions and display alternate graphics or Japanese text when the console is set to Jap. Early PAL SNES games may run on the SRT, but games released after 1992 will refuse to load on SNES hardware with NTSC timings.

SRT is easily the most compatible of all the 3-in-1 clone consoles. I would highly recommend it.