Super FC16-Go Super Nintendo Portable Review

[kedawa]

Seeing as how this is a portable SNES, I would imagine not.

[Richter Belmount]

I take that as a yes

[StoneAgeGamer]

I take that as a yes

Yes, because CV3 was for NES not SNES.

[krae_man]

Whoo! I'm glad I googled before buying one of these. The ebay auctions want $25-$50 to ship to canada.

Found someone who has a better shipping cost to Canada and $10 worth of coupon codes!

This shall be a fine addition to my handheld collection.

[MachineGex]

for you guys who got this, has anyone tried out the PowerPack to see if it works?????

Thanks, if so I will definately get one

Works great! I have the exact set up and it is an amazing combo.

[StoneAgeGamer]

Works great! I have the exact set up and it is an amazing combo.

Great to know, thanks.

[Purkeynator]

Got my 2 portables this weekend. Everything arrived working and in great shape. Got my $4 refund too. Very pleased, I highly recommend StoneAgeGamer.com

[Leo_A]

Works great! I have the exact set up and it is an amazing combo.

How do you save games? I thought I read that you needed to hold the reset button during the process of saving a game on the PowerPak, and the reset switch on this portable apparantly isn't a true reset switch.

[jeffg]

i can't get the powerpak to work with this though? it won't load the games it freezes up.

[Ace]

From what I was able to gather about all the technical aspects of the FC16 Go, it would appear as though the voltage the console runs on is too low because of the screen. A typical Super NES or Super NES clone runs at 5V, but the FC16 Go uses a 3.7V battery to run the entire thing because of the fact that the screen is not designed to work at 5V. As I was able to figure out with my Sega-16 colleagues about the new Genesis clones sold by Hyperkin(GENCore and GENMobile) and RetroBit(FireCore and RetroGEN), those have problems with games like Virtua Racing not due to a hardware incompatibility, but rather due to the voltage on the systems being too low, again at 3.7V as compared to 5V on a real Genesis, just like the FC16 Go compared to a real Super NES. I would not be surprised if that's the reason why the Super NES PowerPak doesn't work. It does appear to be a quite power-hungry cartridge, and if the voltage applied to it isn't high enough, it won't work correctly, if at all. Can someone bust out their multimeter and test the voltage on the cartridge slot to confirm that the cartridge slot is indeed getting 3.7V and not 5V?

[MachineGex]

Well mine works fine. I have not tried to save yet(on the real system or the protable) so I dont know about that. I tried several games a few times and they worked. I played Aerofighters, Sunsets Riders, and a few others.

I will check out a few more, but I dont know why they wont work if the others do.
Seems like all of mine work. I just play an hour of Sunset Riders. All of these loaded just fine... WaterWorld, Paridous, Micro Machines 2, Axelay, Terranigma, Castlevania Drac X, B.O.B. and a bunch of others.

I did get a bad headed once in awhile but I just restarted it and it loaded fine the second time. Seemed to happen about 1 out of 15 times, but they all loaded the second time.

[MachineGex]

What is weird is I have had a bad pixel on the screen since I got this at x-mas. After testing all these games, the pixel seems to work now. I dont know if it getting warm help it work, but the same pixel was bad since x-mas. Everytime I powered up, it bugged the hell out of me but know it is gone. I hope it doesnt drop out again. Oh well, very happy with the set-up.

[Leo_A]

Stuck pixels aren't always permanent, as you've discovered.

I'd love to hear your results if you try a game on your PowerPak that has a save function, since I don't see how it's going to work on the FC16.

[megasdkirby]

This issue has been fixed. Shipping to PR now says $6.88 for this item.

Just verified, and it's still nearly $15 for Priority Mail. Other option is Express at $43.

Just in case, my zip code is 00956. Hope it helps.

Also, when I try to add the two discount coupons, only one takes, even though both appear to be "in effect".

Any idea?

EDIT: Also, I just noticed that PR does not appear on the drop down "US STATES" list during checkout. This might be cause of why shipping is still around $15.

[StoneAgeGamer]

Some discount codes cannot be used together. However the ones I stated earlier do as many from the forum have used them together.

Shipping to that zip code is now $13.97. That's the lowest it can go. I checked with our shipping software and this is pretty close to what it costs to ship a 3 pound package via Priority to PR.

[megasdkirby]

How do I combine both?

I even tried alternating them as a CODE and the other as a GIFT Certificate.

I'm using the same ones listed onthe boards: DJ113 (which if used first gives $6 off) and RTUSAFC16 (which if used second, gives $5.60).

Is this correct?

BTW, the shipping appears as $13.97, so it's good.

EDIT: Nevermind...it worked! Just did not notice the actual price.

[cheesystick]

Does anyone have an idea of the battery life for this system?

[jonjandran]

Does anyone have an idea of the battery life for this system?

2 hours to 2 1/2 hours. You can buy larger capacity batteries on Ebay though.

[MachineGex]

2 hours to 2 1/2 hours. You can buy larger capacity batteries on Ebay though.

Really? What else uses this battery?

[retro junkie]

Really? What else uses this battery?

Nokia cellphone