The Retro FC: A 20-Dollar Handheld Gaming Console Review

The Retro FC is a handheld gaming console that offers a unique gaming experience for those who want to play their favorite vintage games on the go. With its compact design and affordable price tag of $29.99 USD, it's no wonder why this product has been gaining attention from gamers and retro game enthusiasts alike.

One of the first things I noticed about the Retro FC was its build quality. The plastic feels like garbage, and the weight of the device is somewhat lacking compared to other handheld consoles in the same price range. However, despite these minor flaws, the console still manages to deliver a great gaming experience. The screens on the console are good, and the gameplay is responsive, which makes it feel like you're playing on a high-end console.

The Retro FC has a three-and-a-half-inch TFT screen that's actually quite impressive considering its price tag. It may not be as sharp or vibrant as some of the more expensive gaming consoles out there, but for what you're paying, it's definitely an upgrade over some of the cheaper options on the market. The console also features two buttons and a directional pad, making it feel like a miniature version of classic gaming controllers.

One feature that I found particularly interesting about the Retro FC was its use of extra buttons. While most handheld consoles don't use more than one or two buttons, the Retro FC has several extra buttons on top that can be used for various functions. Unfortunately, these buttons aren't used as intended in the console itself, but rather serve another purpose altogether.

The controller also features a see-through design, which gives it a sleek and modern look. The plastic feels pretty decent, despite some minor creaking when pressed, and the device is generally responsive to input. However, one potential drawback of this design is that it can be prone to static issues, particularly if you're moving around while using it.

In terms of compatibility, the Retro FC supports a range of classic consoles including NES and Super NES games. I was pleased to find that my games loaded quickly and performed smoothly, with no noticeable slowdown or lag. The sound quality is also decent, although not perfect – some aspects can be a bit tinny or lacking in depth.

While the Retro FC has its flaws, it's still an excellent value for its price. At $29.99 USD, you're getting a fully functional handheld console that can play a range of classic games on the go. Whether you're looking for a gift for a friend or family member or simply want to experience some retro gaming fun yourself, this console is definitely worth considering.

In terms of competing products in the same price range, I've found that there are a few options out there that could potentially give the Retro FC a run for its money. One notable example is the Booyah Boy 3, which features a slightly larger screen and more advanced hardware at a similar price point. However, after using both consoles, I still prefer the Retro FC's compact design and wide range of compatible games.

Overall, the Retro FC is an excellent choice for anyone looking for a budget-friendly handheld gaming console that can play classic games on the go. Its combination of affordability, portability, and performance make it a great value for its price tag. While there may be some minor flaws and drawbacks, these are largely outweighed by the console's many strengths – so if you're in the market for a retro gaming experience without breaking the bank, I'd definitely recommend checking out the Retro FC.

If you're looking for other products or alternatives to the Retro FC, there are several options available on the market. These include handheld consoles that support a wider range of classic systems, such as the PocketNES or the Sega Genesis Portable. However, these consoles often come with a higher price tag and may not offer the same level of portability or value for money.

Ultimately, whether or not you choose to buy the Retro FC will depend on your individual gaming needs and preferences. If you're looking for an affordable way to play classic games on the go, this console is definitely worth considering – so be sure to check it out and see if it's the right fit for you.

WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enalright guys welcome back and today we are going to unbox and test the retro FC plus I'm pretty certain that the plus just stands for extra gamepad for two player for TV out now a lot of people have been talking about this as a good Christmas gift it's been all over reddit and it's been recommended now it's only about twenty dollars I'll put a link description down below if you want to buy this if you think this review was good enough that it makes a great a decent Christmas gift or not and it has I believe this one is 168 and one games built-in so let's unbox it check it out see is this worthwhile like is this something that you should have under your tree let's find out okay so let's open this up like the other like v boys and so on there's this a little piece of tape on this one and slides right off so this would be the console see what comes with this oh here's our extra gamepad it's actually kind of cool it's it's small it's kind of a black see-through which gives it a really cool look it doesn't feel horrible but I mean it's just a little gamepad hooks up the USB actually the weird USB which I thought was odd because it's actually using the old style and the same thing the USB charger is the old-style it has a built-in lithium battery and here is your TV of cables too bad it wasn't HDMI but what do you expect for its price point and of course we have the wonderful destructions now we have all that out of the way let's take this out of here and see what we have it's got a little weight to it here we are it kind of looks like a bit boy or resembles a bit boy I guess a game boy in the end and there's a door back here with a battery in it I'm gonna power it up wow that is some interesting sound there okay there is a slide body control on the side the top has your power a USB and your headphone jack so that USB port I'm guessing is your charger and your external gamepad port the headphone jack will be your TV out and of course your power switch other than that there's nothing else other than your battery which looks like one of them Nokia batteries in the back here which reminds me again of the bit boy okay so I'm gonna guess here because it's all in Chinese when it starts up I'm gonna hit start on this top one and there we go the top one is your English so what do we got here we got Kung Fu Panda Oh as a top very first game looks like a Mario knockoff oh my god it is a Mario knockoff that is pretty funny the same sounds and everything I gotta say so far the controls are actually very responsive but wow what a knockoff that is hilarious okay let's see if this takes us back to the main menu and of course now I have to hit English again oh my goodness is this actual Turtles or is it something else no no Kanani okay so it's Turtles let's hear the sound my guess is spring is pretty decent for what it is but we're gonna go back to a different game I found that played a little bit I mean oops it didn't play that it I don't know if the sound of the time find a game that I know very well to justify the sound going to Double Dragon to and I guess the sound isn't horrible and it's not something you can write home about but let's try something else I'm annoyed that I can go back to the menu you have to always hit that English all right let's hope this is actually the real Mario Brothers okay let me just add your reason why people are recommending it right sorry guys playing through a viewfinder can't really play if I look on the side very responsive controls work very well so I'm very impressed with that so far I have to take a look at the game line up more to find out if it's actually worthwhile knowing that this is gonna be something that you folks I did it again don't use something that you're gonna want to play a little backwards here okay guys I want to try this on the television because I want to see what the TV out looks like and we're not gonna use the elgato we're going to use it screen versus screen so I'm just gonna film the screen so I can see what the outcome what the actual picture is not upskilled through the Elgato what does it look like so let's give that a shot and let's try that two-player joystick and see if it's any good okay so as you can see the picture quality isn't terrible I was kind of hoping that player 2 controller would allow me to control it but it doesn't so I still have to use the unit to select and to go through the games so let us just I don't think it will work now nope so player 2 is just that a player 2 let's take something here we're double dragging it to find hard because it does have start and stop on it but none of it is responsive right now but the picture quality out on this TV is actually pretty phenomenal I'm very impressed so we'll give it that so we're gonna go to Claire now forgive me because I'm gonna have to move in here you might see me I'm not sure no there is a bit of static in the sound but the joystick works it's responsive for such a little dickie joystick oops I gotta figure out my controls here you go heating up my own guy oh really that's my guy so as we can see here and now do I have control it's like the start and stop mean nothing on this thing it's funny how it's there maybe it's just a controller from something else who knows but it does work it's very responsive you hear this there I played with the cable a little it seems to clear up but that's just what I'm saying like you're definitely getting what you pay for here but overall picture quality is actually very good pac-man again off we go I am impressed with it for the money that I spent I'm a dead boy for the money spent on it it's actually not bad I don't there's much more that I would probably recommend there's no doubt about that which was an easier way to go through all the games now as you can see here the front line see that the icon here some of this stuff looks really cheesy but in the end it actually is the game and I love front line so these types of games are awesome oh we need not a play darn my short bullets died dude high died so it looks like it's actually the original games we're gonna try a few more just to make sure again here's Jackyl I want to see Jackyl on the screen so this is like I said Jackyl is one of my favorite games I love it and the fact that I can actually just plug this little console and play on my TV unplug it go to my car play on the internal screen or whatever it would be since I run these guys over yes I thought yeah this is working really well for what it is oops and for how cheap it is this is actually very responsive I can see why people have actually recommended it as a okay so it's leaving off where I was I can see where people actually recommended this as a console to buy and try I guess price is a big thing there is and I'm going to show you guys something because I it's reminding me of something all over again let's try it one more game that was a really weird icon just so I can see if it is like rocket name it is the original games guys so we got to be happy about that for sure I'm recommending this for its price tag for sure oh how about that yeah run run oh and play just a lot of time clearly yeah why me why me bucko seen that coming clearly I suck at Megaman so again as we can see it is actually so okay I'm impressive that way no forget about that just remember a while back made many wild back I was playing around with some knockoff consoles I had some bad luck and so on and anyway one of the things that I did pick up and start playing around with were some handhelds now I don't think I did any videos on them but when I turned this on and I got the sound I want to show you something a little faster same audio smaller screen doesn't have the TV out and it doesn't have an extra second player joystick port but this one's 268 games versus 168 now how much of this was actually pretty much the same or not it had pretty much the same games on it super contra everything was on it and these were from top powder and I think I paid ten fifteen dollars delivered now said that if I have my time back of course I wouldn't have bought these at all I would have bought this one one this takes three Triple A batteries in the back door not rechargeable it feels crappy the plastic is absolute garbage but overall it plays well the screens good and it's very responsive so isn't a bad product now with this today being at the 20 or 30 dollar mark depending on where you get it this unit it's got a bit more weight to it the plastic feels much better and it is recommended I do recommend it for a twenty dollar game console but if it was up to me I would still probably look at a bit Boyd III that's just my opinion I found this product working well it didn't give me any grief the overall vibrance of the screen the actual gameplay everything was pretty spot-on I wouldn't be upset owning this at all in fact I guess now I do own one it was more expensive and it was like a $50 item I would definitely go into the dip boy the v3 right now the VIP boy v3 is on sale for $29.99 USD of course one thing that I liked over the bit boy with this was the larger screen this has a three and a half inch TFT screen does is actually pretty impressive when you think about the money you're spending it didn't really dose too much for for a cheap screen for an overall product it is designed and looks and feels like a bit boy it just doesn't have a memory card slot my overall thing was just to really test the product but I did want to try the second player joystick and give my thoughts and everything on that as well it's got more buttons of course than it actually uses which I thought was kind of cool because it definitely is used for something else it kind of reminds me but maybe like a Neo Geo portable that that little desktop thing or whatever they have it just gives me that it's this is definitely used somewhere else this is a see-through like a skeleton black it looks good it feels good the plastic actually feels pretty decent and it was very responsive I had no issues with it whatsoever the only downside that I thought what this was to start and the the start end and select were useless in this which leads me to believe that this controller was not actually meant for this but it does function as a second player controller I would have really liked it if this company had made this a full function controller whereas you could lay this down and it gives you that extra bit of distance from your television now the hook up to the TV is just your standard red and yellow so audio and video and Tuli little mini headphone jack right here I found that I had to fiddle with it a little bit to get static and what I mean by static was static sound the sound quality was kind of horrendous there for a minute I touched it and moved it and it went away but if you're going to be playing it and moving it around I'm guessing that this end up being a problem other than that if you're not buying it for the TV out which the TV up did work pretty good and it looked very clear but if you're not wrecking our or if I'm not recommending it for the TV out over all that I think you have a pretty solid twenty dollar game console anyway guys I hope you liked the review it's a very inexpensive Christmas gift that I think or a gift for any or just someone who wants to travel and play some of the vintage games it is definitely focused around NES Super NES gameplay and it worked very well I didn't see any slowdown or anything weird going on with the games the sound quality in some aspects were quite not bang on or anything but hey that's to be expected what do you want from a twenty dollar handheld is let me know what you think have you played around with the retro FC do you have a retro FC is there another product in this price range that you recommend if so please let me know and I will forward this information to any of the viewers that we're looking for this as a review or someone that's hoping to get a decent Christmas gift I think this is OK I would actually buy it for my kids for Christmas no questions whatsoever I think it performed very well for its price tag so guys until next time thank you for watching stay tuned for next upcoming episodes please like share and subscribe and liking and slamming and slamming and slamming that like button makes me like things even more so guys game overalright guys welcome back and today we are going to unbox and test the retro FC plus I'm pretty certain that the plus just stands for extra gamepad for two player for TV out now a lot of people have been talking about this as a good Christmas gift it's been all over reddit and it's been recommended now it's only about twenty dollars I'll put a link description down below if you want to buy this if you think this review was good enough that it makes a great a decent Christmas gift or not and it has I believe this one is 168 and one games built-in so let's unbox it check it out see is this worthwhile like is this something that you should have under your tree let's find out okay so let's open this up like the other like v boys and so on there's this a little piece of tape on this one and slides right off so this would be the console see what comes with this oh here's our extra gamepad it's actually kind of cool it's it's small it's kind of a black see-through which gives it a really cool look it doesn't feel horrible but I mean it's just a little gamepad hooks up the USB actually the weird USB which I thought was odd because it's actually using the old style and the same thing the USB charger is the old-style it has a built-in lithium battery and here is your TV of cables too bad it wasn't HDMI but what do you expect for its price point and of course we have the wonderful destructions now we have all that out of the way let's take this out of here and see what we have it's got a little weight to it here we are it kind of looks like a bit boy or resembles a bit boy I guess a game boy in the end and there's a door back here with a battery in it I'm gonna power it up wow that is some interesting sound there okay there is a slide body control on the side the top has your power a USB and your headphone jack so that USB port I'm guessing is your charger and your external gamepad port the headphone jack will be your TV out and of course your power switch other than that there's nothing else other than your battery which looks like one of them Nokia batteries in the back here which reminds me again of the bit boy okay so I'm gonna guess here because it's all in Chinese when it starts up I'm gonna hit start on this top one and there we go the top one is your English so what do we got here we got Kung Fu Panda Oh as a top very first game looks like a Mario knockoff oh my god it is a Mario knockoff that is pretty funny the same sounds and everything I gotta say so far the controls are actually very responsive but wow what a knockoff that is hilarious okay let's see if this takes us back to the main menu and of course now I have to hit English again oh my goodness is this actual Turtles or is it something else no no Kanani okay so it's Turtles let's hear the sound my guess is spring is pretty decent for what it is but we're gonna go back to a different game I found that played a little bit I mean oops it didn't play that it I don't know if the sound of the time find a game that I know very well to justify the sound going to Double Dragon to and I guess the sound isn't horrible and it's not something you can write home about but let's try something else I'm annoyed that I can go back to the menu you have to always hit that English all right let's hope this is actually the real Mario Brothers okay let me just add your reason why people are recommending it right sorry guys playing through a viewfinder can't really play if I look on the side very responsive controls work very well so I'm very impressed with that so far I have to take a look at the game line up more to find out if it's actually worthwhile knowing that this is gonna be something that you folks I did it again don't use something that you're gonna want to play a little backwards here okay guys I want to try this on the television because I want to see what the TV out looks like and we're not gonna use the elgato we're going to use it screen versus screen so I'm just gonna film the screen so I can see what the outcome what the actual picture is not upskilled through the Elgato what does it look like so let's give that a shot and let's try that two-player joystick and see if it's any good okay so as you can see the picture quality isn't terrible I was kind of hoping that player 2 controller would allow me to control it but it doesn't so I still have to use the unit to select and to go through the games so let us just I don't think it will work now nope so player 2 is just that a player 2 let's take something here we're double dragging it to find hard because it does have start and stop on it but none of it is responsive right now but the picture quality out on this TV is actually pretty phenomenal I'm very impressed so we'll give it that so we're gonna go to Claire now forgive me because I'm gonna have to move in here you might see me I'm not sure no there is a bit of static in the sound but the joystick works it's responsive for such a little dickie joystick oops I gotta figure out my controls here you go heating up my own guy oh really that's my guy so as we can see here and now do I have control it's like the start and stop mean nothing on this thing it's funny how it's there maybe it's just a controller from something else who knows but it does work it's very responsive you hear this there I played with the cable a little it seems to clear up but that's just what I'm saying like you're definitely getting what you pay for here but overall picture quality is actually very good pac-man again off we go I am impressed with it for the money that I spent I'm a dead boy for the money spent on it it's actually not bad I don't there's much more that I would probably recommend there's no doubt about that which was an easier way to go through all the games now as you can see here the front line see that the icon here some of this stuff looks really cheesy but in the end it actually is the game and I love front line so these types of games are awesome oh we need not a play darn my short bullets died dude high died so it looks like it's actually the original games we're gonna try a few more just to make sure again here's Jackyl I want to see Jackyl on the screen so this is like I said Jackyl is one of my favorite games I love it and the fact that I can actually just plug this little console and play on my TV unplug it go to my car play on the internal screen or whatever it would be since I run these guys over yes I thought yeah this is working really well for what it is oops and for how cheap it is this is actually very responsive I can see why people have actually recommended it as a okay so it's leaving off where I was I can see where people actually recommended this as a console to buy and try I guess price is a big thing there is and I'm going to show you guys something because I it's reminding me of something all over again let's try it one more game that was a really weird icon just so I can see if it is like rocket name it is the original games guys so we got to be happy about that for sure I'm recommending this for its price tag for sure oh how about that yeah run run oh and play just a lot of time clearly yeah why me why me bucko seen that coming clearly I suck at Megaman so again as we can see it is actually so okay I'm impressive that way no forget about that just remember a while back made many wild back I was playing around with some knockoff consoles I had some bad luck and so on and anyway one of the things that I did pick up and start playing around with were some handhelds now I don't think I did any videos on them but when I turned this on and I got the sound I want to show you something a little faster same audio smaller screen doesn't have the TV out and it doesn't have an extra second player joystick port but this one's 268 games versus 168 now how much of this was actually pretty much the same or not it had pretty much the same games on it super contra everything was on it and these were from top powder and I think I paid ten fifteen dollars delivered now said that if I have my time back of course I wouldn't have bought these at all I would have bought this one one this takes three Triple A batteries in the back door not rechargeable it feels crappy the plastic is absolute garbage but overall it plays well the screens good and it's very responsive so isn't a bad product now with this today being at the 20 or 30 dollar mark depending on where you get it this unit it's got a bit more weight to it the plastic feels much better and it is recommended I do recommend it for a twenty dollar game console but if it was up to me I would still probably look at a bit Boyd III that's just my opinion I found this product working well it didn't give me any grief the overall vibrance of the screen the actual gameplay everything was pretty spot-on I wouldn't be upset owning this at all in fact I guess now I do own one it was more expensive and it was like a $50 item I would definitely go into the dip boy the v3 right now the VIP boy v3 is on sale for $29.99 USD of course one thing that I liked over the bit boy with this was the larger screen this has a three and a half inch TFT screen does is actually pretty impressive when you think about the money you're spending it didn't really dose too much for for a cheap screen for an overall product it is designed and looks and feels like a bit boy it just doesn't have a memory card slot my overall thing was just to really test the product but I did want to try the second player joystick and give my thoughts and everything on that as well it's got more buttons of course than it actually uses which I thought was kind of cool because it definitely is used for something else it kind of reminds me but maybe like a Neo Geo portable that that little desktop thing or whatever they have it just gives me that it's this is definitely used somewhere else this is a see-through like a skeleton black it looks good it feels good the plastic actually feels pretty decent and it was very responsive I had no issues with it whatsoever the only downside that I thought what this was to start and the the start end and select were useless in this which leads me to believe that this controller was not actually meant for this but it does function as a second player controller I would have really liked it if this company had made this a full function controller whereas you could lay this down and it gives you that extra bit of distance from your television now the hook up to the TV is just your standard red and yellow so audio and video and Tuli little mini headphone jack right here I found that I had to fiddle with it a little bit to get static and what I mean by static was static sound the sound quality was kind of horrendous there for a minute I touched it and moved it and it went away but if you're going to be playing it and moving it around I'm guessing that this end up being a problem other than that if you're not buying it for the TV out which the TV up did work pretty good and it looked very clear but if you're not wrecking our or if I'm not recommending it for the TV out over all that I think you have a pretty solid twenty dollar game console anyway guys I hope you liked the review it's a very inexpensive Christmas gift that I think or a gift for any or just someone who wants to travel and play some of the vintage games it is definitely focused around NES Super NES gameplay and it worked very well I didn't see any slowdown or anything weird going on with the games the sound quality in some aspects were quite not bang on or anything but hey that's to be expected what do you want from a twenty dollar handheld is let me know what you think have you played around with the retro FC do you have a retro FC is there another product in this price range that you recommend if so please let me know and I will forward this information to any of the viewers that we're looking for this as a review or someone that's hoping to get a decent Christmas gift I think this is OK I would actually buy it for my kids for Christmas no questions whatsoever I think it performed very well for its price tag so guys until next time thank you for watching stay tuned for next upcoming episodes please like share and subscribe and liking and slamming and slamming and slamming that like button makes me like things even more so guys game over