Console games, time with pals, so many fabulous memories. But did you ever asked yourself? Which are the top used retro consoles in US? If you’re shopping for a quick gift for a retro enthusiast or anyone interested in the rich history of gaming, the Atari Retro Handheld Console from Blaze is a great, easy pick. It’s a tiny, take-anywhere handheld that you could easily slip into a jacket pocket, and its rendered in attractive faux-wood paneling inspired by the original machine. Plus, best of all, it’s packed with a massive library of 50 Atari 2600 games. For around $35, it’s perfect for a last minute stocking stuffer, and bound to delight hoary devotee of the 8-bit era.
Released in 2001, the Game Boy Advance (GBA) was touted as the natural successor to the Game Boy and the Game Boy Colour. It’s hard to believe that it was released after the Playstation 2, which we’ll take a closer look at in a minute. Selling over 80 million units in its lifetime, the Game Boy Advance was eventually succeeded by the Nintendo DS. The DS is backwards compatible with GBA titles and that may be another reason for the device’s enduring popularity. It’s also the only handheld video games console on the list. Read extra info at Most Popular Retro Gaming Consoles by State.
Ask any 90s kid what the best retro multiplayer game console is and they’ll say the Nintendo 64. Before online multiplayer separated people from long distances, games like Mario Party, Golden Eye: 007 and Mario Kart 64 required you and your friends to physically sit next to one another and bond. Every Friday night, kids all around America would invite their friends over for some pepperoni pizza and game for hours on end with their N64. Though Sony’s PlayStation overshadowed it in sales, the Nintendo 64 had a stable fan base from its previous generational consoles. The Nintendo 64 was one of the first consoles that not only allowed up to four controllers for multiplayer but also introduced the world to rumble control capability with its Rumble Pak functionality. Even to this day, debatably, the Nintendo 64 is one of the most accessible multiplayer systems around, perfect for those millennial parties yearning for nostalgia and simple offline multiplayer fun.
The Raspberry Pi has been another boon for retro gaming fans in recent years. While there’s an endless number of options for building your own arcade or console systems, a kit like this one from Vilros is one of the easiest ways to get a retro-friendly system up and running. It includes everything you need from the software to a gamepad—minus the actual games, of course. There are a number of resources for legally acquiring games (or ROMs) that can be played on emulators—some free and some paid—and there are devices like the Retro-Bit Super UFO Pro 8 that will let you make backups of your own game cartridges that you can then play with an emulator.
The NES Classic may have started off this craze, but going all the way back to the 80s might cause a bit of gaming jet lag. The older 8-bit games, with their extremely simple graphics, sounds, and two-button control schemes, haven’t aged as well in reality as they might have in your memory. The SNES Classic is the way to go. Not only are the Super Nintendo games featured in its collection much more palatable than the older NES games, it’s an overall better group. Timeless Nintendo classics like Super Mario World, Super Metroid, Zelda: A Link to the Past, Mario Kart, and Donkey Kong Country are joined by third-party all stars like Mega Man X, Street Fighter II, and Super Castlevania IV. The SNES’s rich RPG legacy is also honored, with Earthbound, Super Mario RPG, Final Fantasy III, and Secret of Mana, but Chrono Trigger is an unfortunate no-show. Star Fox 2, an SNES sequel that was developed but never released, gets a world premiere on this new hardware. Naturally, the SNES Classic plays all of these games over HDMI, and there are some excellent accessories offered for the hardware, too.
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