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My name is Nick and on today’s video we have a new release of the Beelink GT King TV Box
converted into a retro gaming console called the Beelink super console X King.
This new model has upgraded hardware to now include
Wi-Fi 6 technology. It also runs on Android TV OS operating system, and it also includes
CoreELEC and EmuELEC Operating systems to facilitate its retro gaming platforms.
So in this review we take a look at its new hardware and its primary feature
which is its retro gaming platforms. So stay tuned.
Welcome back. And in the box you have a number of items suited for what this box is intended for
and that is for emulation gaming.
Starting with the TV Box itself. A Bluetooth voice remote.
One HDMI cable. A 12V 2A DC power adapter.
A pair of gamepad controllers. Already inserted into the Box is an
SD card with the EmuELEC operating system preloaded with over 47,000 retro games.
You get a separate SD card with CoreELEC operating system preloaded.
You get a Beelink user manual and a manual for the Bluetooth remote.
And you also get a user guide for the EmuELEC retro gaming platform.
So the design of the GT King itself has not changed with
the LED glowing skull logo to the top.
To rear it has one HDMI port. One RJ-45 gigabit LAN port.
One optical audio port. One USB 2.0 port.
One AV port. And the DC power input jack.
To one side it has 2 USB 3.0 ports and an SD card reader with the EmuELEC SD card already inserted.
To the other side has a Wi-Fi 6 branding.
To the front there is an LED power light.
And below the box you have a large antiskid rubber pad and a reset pin hole button.
When you start the box with the SD card removed, you would notice
that the operating system is not from Beelink and it’s a custom ROM from the developer Alvatech.
This custom ROM was built using the Android 9 TV OS operating system, with features such as
4K display up to 2160p at 60hz. It has HDR display.
It has audio output options to switch between HDMI and optical audio.
It has Netflix ESN listed here, but in reality there is no ESN certification.
It has Google Widevine level 1 with HDCP version 1 protection.
It has a file server settings. And It has Google assistance feature.
This custom ROM does not have any surround sound audio options.
However this video is not about its Android operating system only to say that you can
install your favorite streaming APKs and enjoy your streams of movies and TV shows.
Also if you load the right APK version of Netflix Can get movies in HD 1080p.
That’s all I can say for now about its Android operating system and to the end of this video I
will do a quick summary of its benchmarks and where it places on the ranking chart.
If you reinsert the SD card and restart the box you will automatically boot into EmuELEC operating
system, and it will also boot directly into the KinHank Retroarch Emulationstation platform.
On this Retroarch platform it has 59 emulators with over 47,000 retro games. I will quickly
scroll through the emulators and see if you can pickup your favorite ones.
Now if you are born in the 70s, and went to school in the 90s
then you know that retro game titles such as streetfighter,
samurai showdon, Tekken, Mortal kombat, Contra, centipede, The Simpsons, NBA jam,
ninja turtles, Ninga gaden, Galaga, Cruising, Shinobi, shadow dancer, and so much more.
These are just a few of the big name retro gaming titles that you would have enjoyed,
and you can find them on this platform In single player and dual player modes.
If you would like to know if your favorite game is in this list
please put them in the comments and I will confirm it for you.
Finding your game among 59 emulators from over 47,000 games will be difficult so the
developer of the Retroarch platform made it easy by including a search feature
that will allow you to search for a single game across all emulators at once
and will deliver results in all versions of the game and on all emulators.
This is done by pressing X on the gamepad To bring up the search console, then using the direction
part or the joystick, navigate the keyboard and using the B button to select the keys.
Once you have searched and located your favorite game
select it with the direction pad, and press and hold the Y button to add it to favorites.
To select and start any game press the B button.
There is no exit menu in any of the games so to exit the game
press the start and select button at the same time twice.
Some might be wondering if there’s an option to add your own emulator or ROM to this platform.
The manual states that you can but the process can be tricky
and you may end up losing all games if the micro SD card is mistakenly formatted.
This interface is called Alekfull theme,
but there is also another team install call the crystal theme.
The UI gives you quick access to restart Emulationstation,
you can access the Retroarch platform directly, and you can restart or shutdown the box.
In the main menu you have display settings, but I highly recommend that you don’t adjust
the video mode from 1080p as it may send the display out of range and once this is done
you cannot see anything on the screen and you will have to feel your way through the distortion
to it get back to show in 1080p so I suggest you leave it as it is.
You have game settings.
You have controller settings.
You have user interface settings this is where you can change the theme.
You have game collection settings.
You have sound settings.
You have network settings where you can select
your Wi-Fi network or you can connect directly via LAN cable.
You have scraped settings.
You have updates and downloads.
And you have system settings.
So that’s about it, and the rest is just having fun
playing whatever game you used to enjoy in the 90s.
I can go on for hours featuring game title after game title
and still I won’t be able to cover all of them.
But by far the most popular retro game of the 90s is the street-fighter series,
and if you are a street fighter arcade fan, then on this platform you have all of them.
To tell you how exciting this box is. At the point of making this video,
I am already receiving phone calls from my friends asking me to take this box off my hands.
So this is my first emulation TV Box and am quite surprised and impressed with the
volume of games at your disposal and they all run smoothly, there is no freezing,
and the audio quality is a great. I tried the two player mode and it works
and there is also the option in some games for up to four players.
So that’s it for the retro gaming platform and I know return to the
Android operating system for some final comments.
The Android TV OS custom ROM by Alvatech is nice and suited to those who enjoy the Android TV OS
platform. And if this is what you are looking for I encourage you to purchase this box.
However this operating system is a bit limited for my needs so seeing that there
is the original firmware available I decided to flash it back to its original firmware.
Now if doing this voids your warranty, then I highly advise against doing this,
but I’m only doing this just to demonstrate the options you have with this purchase.
So if you would like the flash this box back to its original firmware you have to use the
firmware version 915P0__wol from Beelink because this box has a serial number that begins with 6B9X
which is the latest GT King Wi-Fi 6 model.
You must Alos use the USB burning tool version 2.1.7.0
as any other version will not detect the box.
Once the flashing process is completed you will then have a
fully functional Beelink GT King with root access.
If you are wondering by doing this if it would affect
booting the retro gaming platform it does not.
All you have to do is insert the SD card, press and hold the reset button,
and insert the power cable and it will boot right in the retro gaming platform.
Once you leave the SD card in the slot every time you reboot thereon after it will boot directly
into the gaming platform. Just remember if you remove the SD card and boot back into Android
you will have to hold the reset button again to boot back into the gaming platform.
So for a quick summary of the GT King’s hardware and performance.
It has 4GB of RAM and 64GB of internal storage with Bluetooth 4.1.
Its CPU is the Amlogic S922X hexa-core CPU, clocked at 2.2 GHz, with only 32bit ABIs support.
Its GPU is the Mali G52 with open GL ES 3.2 support.
It has a dual band Wi-Fi 6 support.
The operating system is Android 9 Pie and the box is rooted.
The box idles around 50°C.
And it has Dolby vision and DTS HD decoders
It plays a 4K HDR videos perfectly, and it outputs Dolby Atmos, DTS X, DTS HD-MA,
and Dolby surround. However it does not output Dolby TrueHD.
Here’s a quick slideshow of his benchmarks.
These benchmarks earned it position number 3 on my ranking chart making it the third
most powerful high-performance TV Box. And put together with the included retro gaming
platform makes this box a treasure to add to your entertainment system.
If you would like to examine the rest of its features, you can view this chart on my blog and
full spreadsheet format where you can maximize it and compare various features and benchmark
scores along with price comparison links. See the link in the description below this video.
The included SD card with the CoreELEC operating system boots the same as the EmuELEC.
The only difference with the Alvatech custom rom is that as soon as you plug it in,
it will boot automatically.
But if you reinstall the Beelink operating system like I did you
will have to hold the reset button and then it will automatically boot there-on-after.
For those who preferred to use CoreELEC
instead of EmuELEC for emulation you can do so with this included operating system.
So in summary. The hardware and performance of the TV Box itself the Beelink GT king Wi-Fi six
edition is a very powerful high-performance model, and is ideal in this instance for what
it was intended for and that is to act as a gaming console for retro gaming.
Not to mention its very high placement on the ranking chart, at position number three.
However as you saw in the video you can revert to its original software and enjoy
all the features of the GT king, and at the same time still use it as a retro gaming console.
So with that said, I believe in this purchase you are getting value for money
and at the same time you have options beyond what you would normally get with a basic GT king model.
So if you would like to get your hands on this gaming console/TV Box along with the
pair of gamepad controllers, and the SD cards with the retro gaming platform and CoreELEC.
You can get the entire package using the link in the description below this video,
where it’s the only place online you can find it.
So this brings to an end my review. Thanks for watching
give this video the thumbs up if you like this box and the retro gaming platform.
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