RetroN 5 is officially a thing, apparently

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Did anyone have MAJOR compatibility problems with the Retron3? I had my expectations set low to begin with, but I have a stack of probably 15 NES games, 4 SNES games, and multiple Genesis games that will not play. Is this just my unit? Or is this something to be expected across the board?

You seem to have a faulty unit. Out of all my NES, Super NES and Genesis games, there are only 5 which fail to work correctly (two don't work at all) on my RetroN3 Version 3. Those same 5 don't work on the RetroN3 Version 1, either (all 5 fail to work), but only 1 of those fail to work at all on the RetroN3 Version 2 (Virtua Racing), though there's still one NES game that fails to work correctly due to what I presume is a wiring error on the cartridge slot (After Burner). You should get that system exchanged.

That prospect has me even more excited. Emulators that run the original game cartridge hardware? That's like......the best of both words, right there.

Not if Hyperkin pulls off the same shit as AtGames did with their ARM emulation-based Geniclones. They combine software emulation with the use of original cartridges and do a VERY bad job at it. If Hyperkin pulls this crap on the RetroN4, and I wouldn't be surprised if they would as they've been half-assing everything since the RetroN3, you can expect the RetroN4 to be REALLY bad.