Hands-on with Hyperkin's Retron 5: emulating nine classic consoles

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http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2013/06/hyperkin00018.jpgThis year's Electronic Entertainment Expo might be all about the next generation of gaming hardware, but not in Hyperkin's E3 booth: these guys are looking backwards.We dropped by to check out the Retron 5 (http://www.engadget.com/2013/03/24/hyperkin-retron-5-plays-cartridges-of-nine-classic-consoles/), the outfit's latest machine to traverse the library of older gaming titles (http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/nintendo-sega-controllers-and-carts-find-a-new-home-in-the-retr/). All told, this iteration strolls through half a dozen hardware cycles, offering compatibility for a full nine video game systems. It's more than a simple hardware emulator, however -- this machine offers save states, cheats and visual filters too.

http://www.engadget.com/2013/06/11/hands-on-with-hyperkins-retron-5-emulating-nine-classic-consol/