What’s up everyone Nick here from TV Box stop with another new and exciting review. If you
are into retro gaming and would like to enjoy all your favorite games from the 80s and 90s
then you are going to love this device. Today’s video features a retro gaming
console in the form of an Android TV box that delivers over 51000 retro games across various
emulators from one central emulation hub. Introducing the JMachen hyper base R1.
This model runs on the Tanix TX3 TV Box with 4GB of RAM and 32GB of internal storage
running on the Amlogic S905X3 CPU. And the retro gaming platform runs via SD card.
So in this review I’ll focus solely on its primary feature of retro gaming and I’ll briefly show you
the TV Box operating system. So stay tuned.
Welcome back. So the console comes shipped in this JMachen hard carrying
case and it contains the contents of the TX3 TV Box which includes the box itself
one infrared remote control one HDMI cable a special 5V 2A DC power adapter
with an on off switch a pair of high quality gamepad controllers and a JMachen user manual.
So this is the box they selected to run their retro gaming platform
it’s called the Tanix TX3 and it has one HDMI port one RJ-45 Ethernet LAN port
one USB 2.0 port one SPDIF AV port a reset button and its DC power input to its rear.
To its left it has one USB 3.0 port with lots of ventilation holes and to its right you have
a microSD card slot with the JMachen retro gaming platform SD card already inserted.
And you also have lots of ventilation holes. At the front it has an LED display.
And below the box has four hard plastic feet and no ventilation holes.
So once the SD card is inserted it will boot directly into the JMachen emulation platform
starting with their custom bootup animation followed by the Emulationstation launcher.
So Emulationstation is a launcher for multiple emulators
running on the Retroarch platform with EmuELEC as the base operating system.
Loaded into Retroarch is 74 emulators that provides 53652 retro games
and Emulationstation is the interface used to navigate these various emulators and ROMs.
So I will do a quick slideshow of the various emulators you get on this platform.
So those are your 74 emulators and to some the front end music for each emulator might be a
bit annoying but don’t worry there is a way to disable it. On the included gamepad or on
any gamepad you may wish to use simply press the select button to bring up the main menu
navigate to sound settings press the B button on the controller to enter
and navigate to front end music and disable the switch. This will disable the front end music.
So before we get to the actual gaming let’s first look at its main menu.
In its main menu there are many settings most of which I highly recommend you
don’t interfere with as some can make the system unstable and difficult to recover.
Firstly in the emulation settings you would want to leave the video mode to 1080p
as adjusting to 4K would send the video out of range leaving you literally at the mercy of
searching through the distorted picture trying to set it back to 1080p. So please be warned.
And the next setting in this section to take note of is
the start at the boot option where you should leave it on Emulationstation.
Under game settings you have options to adjust how the games performs in its given window
so this is more like your display and graphics settings.
Under UI settings you have the option to change the theme of Emulationstation
from a wide selection you can download under the updates and downloads section below here.
Also in the UI settings you can adjust its screen saver options.
Under controller and Bluetooth settings if you have a Bluetooth controller
you can pair it to the platform. However after pairing it doesn’t respond. So it’s best to
connect the gamepad via USB. You have sound settings I
touched on that a while ago. You have network settings this
is where you can view your network status and is where you can also connect to your Wi-Fi network.
You have some game collection settings. Game scraper settings.
Your updates and downloads. And you have your general system settings.
So if you are born in the 80s and the 90s then you know that arcade gaming
was the thing we were into. We didn’t have Chucky cheeses and we didn’t have Internet
but we had video arcades and the first set of Sega Genesis Atari and Nintendo consoles.
And if you were the kid with a bag-load of coins then you were King of the Hill.
However fast-forward to today and these games are all phased out but with this
JMachen retro gaming console you can enjoy all your favorite retro games for free
with your friends and in two play a mode. Also in some of the games you can even insert as many
coins as you like through the emulator. Now that’s something you wish you had back then.
So to find your favorite games in this vast library of ROMs
you can either browse in alphabetical order by selecting your emulator
or you can press the X button on the controller to perform a search.
Once you located your favorite game press and hold the Y button to add it to your favorites.
So now that you have seen how to configure and to locate your favorite games all its left to do is
to play and have fun. But there is one important thing you need to do before you start gaming
and that is to an able the autosave feature so that you don’t lose your game progress.
This is a similar to your memory cards.
So now that we are ready to begin gaming there are literally thousands of game titles to choose from.
So I selected some of the most popular games from the 80s and 90s
for a brief demonstration and if there is any games you would like to know
if they’re available in the library feel free to post it in the comments.
First we have asteroids.
Next we have centipede this is one of the all-time favorites.
Next you have Contra a high action game played on various platforms.
Next we have a dig dug this is a fun strategy arcade game.
Next is the legendary donkey Kong.
Dragon breed is a challenging yet exciting action shooter game.
Well Pac-Man needs no introduction. You have Michael Jackson’s moonwalker.
And how about the first ever NBA game called NBA jam.
You have Star Wars the arcade game.
Another highly popular arcade game was ninja turtles mutant hero.
Popular among consoles is the ninja game Shinobi.
And how about the beginning of the Mortal Kombat franchise Mortal Kombat
one up to the ultimate version.
And finally the most played game in the history of retro gaming the Street fighter series.
For those who would like to use cheat codes simply press down the two joysticks together to bring up
the in game menu and scroll down and you will see the cheat codes section.
To terminate any game and to return to the main menu simply
press the start and select button together twice.
And a final bit of information. The switch on the power adapter
is used for shutting down and restarting the box as the infrared remote does not respond
under Emulationstation and any attempts to shutdown from within Emulationstation
puts the box into standby. So to totally shut down you need to use the switch.
And to close of this video if you would like to use the TV Box for streaming movies and TV shows
or you do is simply remove the SD card and startup the box and boot into the Tanix Alice UX launcher.
From there you can proceed to do any activity you want on the box.
Also the included infrared remote will now work as usual.
So viewers there you have it that brings to an end my review.
So if you are into retro gaming and would like to enjoy some of those memorable games of the past on
your big-screen you can do so with this purchase. And if you would like to get your hands on one
together with the pair of gamepad controlers with the SD card and the hard carrying case.
You can get it for only $80 along with an additional $10 coupon on the checkout page.
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