The Supaboy - New SNES handheld from Hyperkin

[jm77]

Any reviews or videos up for the new version? Did they really fix anything...or is this the usual clone BS.

thank you

You can buy a Nexus 7 (which can emulate it and everything else) for $200.
You can buy a chinese "DroidX360" (a cheap android psp clone for $100).
You can buy a 2-core (or 4) Android HDMI plug-in device (like Equiso) for $40-100 that will do Netflix/Hulu/Flash *and* emulation.

[Frankie_Says_Relax]

I'd spit at Hyperkin at the next E3.

(Nothing personal. I just really dislike Hyperkin. From personal experience, I know them to be liars and thieves.)

The ever-present misplaced expectations of this type of merchandise not withstanding,

regardless of what you think about the quality of their merchandise, you should know that Hyperkin has some roots directly planted in the Digital Press community and they've fielded/sourced advice/direction from our members on projects like the FC Mobile II.

I don't know what Hyperkin could have personally done to you to evoke a reaction typically reserved for murderers or deposed dictators, but I consider threatening to spit on them not far removed from threatening to spit on members of this community. (And if you did actually do it, depending on who is at their booth it could quite literally be actual DP forum members.)

Also, I don't have a high tolerance for threats of physicality, so, consider this your warning.

[MyTurnToPlay]

The guy has a point. Not about the whole spitting thing...but about their trashy products.

The FC Mobile 2 I have personally played with...and that thing is a cheap chinese piece of crap. If you're going to use forced chinese child labor to make something...then for crying out loud make it half decent. I don't know if they used child labor...but it sure as hell seems that way. The quality is on their products is a disaster. The d-pad on that thing is the most atrocious hunk of junk ever built. It seems like the whole thing was designed by scam artists. And honestly...I think that's what it is...a scam.

But of course all these lemmings out there blow their load and keep supporting this crap.

Save your money guys...it's nothing but a piece of junk.

thank you.

[MachineGex]

I cant believe gamers would act like this towards a company that is trying to fill a gaming need. Sure, the products could always be improved, but in my opinion I like having options. If others don't like the products, just dont buy them. I have never understood the blind hate towards clones. Sure the real-deal is better, but having an option is always nice.

To the guy who said he would spit on them, you need to relax. You are either very young or very ignorant. Take a chill pill if you plan on staying. Odds of that happening are not good.
10-1 odds already, with only 5 posts......not bad.

[jm77]

The guy has a point. Not about the whole spitting thing...but about their trashy products.


Save your money guys...it's nothing but a piece of junk.

thank you.

Sorry guys, removed the nastiness from my previous post. Moment of dumb there.

I'm fairly harmless, was just frustrated with how they misrepresented their dedication to following up on their promises.

Again, my apologies.

[Frankie_Says_Relax]

Sorry guys, removed the nastiness from my previous post. Moment of dumb there.

I'm fairly harmless, was just frustrated with how they misrepresented their dedication to following up on their promises.

Again, my apologies.

That's fine.

As a longtime clone collector, all I can impart is that promises should be taken with a grain of salt. Clones will never be perfect, at least there hasn't been a perfect one yet.

There will always be a handful of games that don't work, and that list typically includes something high-profile/desirable.

There will always be a few hardware/engineering issues like audio/video oddities and there will always be variances in how end-users compare them to the "real thing".

In the case of the SupaBoy, the audio issues in the first production run and early revisions were a major concern and caused the community and the Hyperkin reps that we spoke with ALL a lot of frustration.

It looks like that sound issue is finally resolved, but ultimately this thing may still not be for everybody. There's good stuff in this thread to help people out with their decision making process.

To some The SupaBoy is fine and serves as a decent portable consolized SNES, to some it's a novelty for their collection, but nothing about it, no matter how good or bad should inspire the level of vitriol that I've seen some people express.

While there are some people that wish these things would go away, personally I'd rather these companies both here and in Hong Kong keep making these things and keep revising flaws in future versions based on community input from people like us (or through returns at retail).

Thanks for the apology though.

[c0ldb33r]

I bought a Supaboy from a local shop last week. It was in the original plastic packaging, not a carboard box. I think this means its an original version.

The sound is fine. There is a slight (and I mean slight) noise that I hear when the system is on, but it is so minor I really can't complain about it.

The controls are fine, but the d-pad isn't great. It's functional though.

My copy of Super Mario RPG works. I'm not sure why some people say that it doesn't.

It's not a bad piece of hardware. It isn't perfect, but I've played more SNES this weekend than I have in a long time. I beat Star Fox on the Supaboy yesterday and set a few time records in Super Punch Out

[Frankie_Says_Relax]

My copy of Super Mario RPG works. I'm not sure why some people say that it doesn't.

You probably have a version 1.0.0 or whatever the first run of Super Mario RPG was, those don't have the same authentication protection in them that later, more common runs have. SNES clones typically work okay with the V1 but not the later versions and I don't believe that there are any physical external indicators on the cartridge to indicate the version number. You have to either boot up the game successfully or dump the rom to tell which version it is.