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At home or on the go, the SupaBoy plays your favorite Super Nintendo and Super Famicom cartridges anywhere you are. Portable or home console, the SupaBoy is the choice.
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223 of 238 people found the following review helpful
By Triaxis
Amazon Verified Purchase
Fun:
5.0 out of 5 stars
If all the joy and happiness in the world could be somehow be put into a box, it would look something like the picture above. It's a portable Super Nintendo. That's right, portable. Sit up in bed and play Tetris Attack. Long car ride? Play Super Mario All Stars. Boring funeral? Donkey Kong Country. Sorry aunt Esther, you will be missed. I will track down all the Kong letters in your honor.
All Joking aside, this thing is excellent. I had some technical questions about the unit, and when i called Hyperkin's costumer service line i got a real person who was very helpful. They are truly a company who goes the extra mile, and stands by there products. This is what i like about the Supaboy.
The display is a beautiful
The buttons and D-pad are crisp and responsive
There is zero input lag, when you push B Mario jumps instantly
You can hook it up to your TV and use the original Super Nintendo Controllers.
It comes with a rechargeable battery. A Nokia battery that can be replaced. Or buy a stand alone charger, a few extra battery, and swap them.
Here are the games i have tested and work.
Super Mario World 2 Yoshi's Island
Gradius 3
Donkey Kong Country 1 and 2
Super Mario All Stars & World. Same cartage.
Sim City
Mortal Kombat
Super Mario Kart
Tetris & Dr. Mario
Tetris Attack
Super Mario RPG
F-Zero
Star Fox
So in conclusion i love the Supaboy. Its so bad. The day it came in the mail was the best day of my life. Take that birth of my son.
BUY ONE NOW!
All Joking aside, this thing is excellent. I had some technical questions about the unit, and when i called Hyperkin's costumer service line i got a real person who was very helpful. They are truly a company who goes the extra mile, and stands by there products. This is what i like about the Supaboy.
The display is a beautiful
The buttons and D-pad are crisp and responsive
There is zero input lag, when you push B Mario jumps instantly
You can hook it up to your TV and use the original Super Nintendo Controllers.
It comes with a rechargeable battery. A Nokia battery that can be replaced. Or buy a stand alone charger, a few extra battery, and swap them.
Here are the games i have tested and work.
Super Mario World 2 Yoshi's Island
Gradius 3
Donkey Kong Country 1 and 2
Super Mario All Stars & World. Same cartage.
Sim City
Mortal Kombat
Super Mario Kart
Tetris & Dr. Mario
Tetris Attack
Super Mario RPG
F-Zero
Star Fox
So in conclusion i love the Supaboy. Its so bad. The day it came in the mail was the best day of my life. Take that birth of my son.
BUY ONE NOW!
40 of 42 people found the following review helpful
By MarioMan70
Amazon Verified Purchase
Fun:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Well I ordered my Supaboy awhile ago and it arrive at my Doorstep pretty quickly! I was excited to get home and open this badboy up and I finally got it in my hands. I fell in love with this instantly and now i'll share my thoughts about the System.
The Unit: The unit itself, the Supaboy, is a very sturdy piece of work. It feels... complete with no rattling and everything. The design of the system closely resembles a huge SNES controller. It's BIG but lightweight and fits in your hands comfortably. However... there are slight problems with the machine. I have 3 complaints about the unit itself. The first one... isn't really a complaint but more of a minor pain to deal with that doesn't really effect the machine. The AC Power cord comes out from the top of the Machine and at times it gets in the way of putting in new games and what not. My second complaint is the D-Pad. It LOOKS like a normal SNES D-Pad however the thing is STIFF. It's sometimes really hard to maneuver the D-Pad if you're playing a game that needs to use every Direction like Contra for example. My last complaint is the Battery life. Fully charged the System only gives you about 2.5 Hours of battery life. It's kinda... Bad... However I am not a huge traveler but it would be nice to play with it off the charger every now and then.
The Games: I tried a lot of my games out and they all seems to work! Some of them worked first time I put them in and I haven't played some of them in ages! But nothing is perfect however and there is 1 game I COULD NOT get to work to save my life. Super Mario RPG. I became depressed right away because I heard the a lot of people got Super Mario RPG to work. And it's not my game because it works fine on my normal SNES. So.. i'm really unsure what to do. I did get it to work twice though but both times it was really glitched up and it gave a really loud static sound. I know it IS capable because the picture was working fine but i'm wondering if there is a secret to getting it to work. If you have a huge collection and you don't have SMRPG in it, then the Supaboy would be perfect for you.
The Performance: I heard that the Supaboy doesn't play very loudly and I enjoy my SNES music but... To be honest I didn't have a problem with the sound at all. It was a decent pitch of noise that I could enjoy so I didn't have much of a problem. The picture is crisp and clear and almost looks like if you were playing on a TV! You can always plug in headphones for louder noise and what not. Now I have heard that a lot of units were defective and made a loud screeching noise and it's safe to say that my unit did not have it at all! It does ave a very QUIET hum but it's so low I don't even notice it. So I give it thumbs up for the great performance!
The Uses: If you are going somewhere or hanging out with friends and you want to bring some fun... then getting this would be the answer! The unit is small so it fits in a backpack easily and pack in a few multiplayer games. All you gotta do is bring the small charger and the small video cords and you're all good. I don't really recommend playing it that long on large road trips unless the vehicle has a plug. If you don't have a TV then no problem! The unit itself has two controller ports on the front and your friend can plug a controller into the 2nd port and play with you! The port itself is away from the buttons slight and plugging a controller into the port doesn't get in the way that much but it is a little close. One of my problems is that the player 1 controller port ONLY works on the TV so you can't plug in a Player 1 controller to avoid using the crappy D-Pad on the System which kind of makes me sad but if i'm going to play with friends at a house then it's no big deal. But to cut to the chase, the unit it great for bring to a friend's house and playing some SNES games together without lugging around the big SNES.
In conclusion, I am satisfied with my purchase of the Supaboy but there are somethings wrong with it that make the System lack a little but nothing is perfect I suppose.
I leave this item with a 3\5. I knock one point entirely for Super Mario RPG not working because that alone is what made me want to buy a Supaboy... To play Super Mario RPG anywhere. And the other point for it's small problems it has. But overall it's a fantastic device!
I will highly recommend it if you are looking to get a New SNES and you DON'T have Super Mario RPG in your collection. But then again like I said... there could be a trick to making it work and i'm hoping there's a way to fix it. I hope this review helps for people if they are on the edge to buy it or not.
~MarioMan70
A BIG HUUUUUUGE EDIT (READ THIS): For some reason now my Unit wants to play Super mario RPG! I am so shocked but Super Mario RPG works perfectly! I changed my Review to 4 Stars now! I am very excited to see it work!
The Unit: The unit itself, the Supaboy, is a very sturdy piece of work. It feels... complete with no rattling and everything. The design of the system closely resembles a huge SNES controller. It's BIG but lightweight and fits in your hands comfortably. However... there are slight problems with the machine. I have 3 complaints about the unit itself. The first one... isn't really a complaint but more of a minor pain to deal with that doesn't really effect the machine. The AC Power cord comes out from the top of the Machine and at times it gets in the way of putting in new games and what not. My second complaint is the D-Pad. It LOOKS like a normal SNES D-Pad however the thing is STIFF. It's sometimes really hard to maneuver the D-Pad if you're playing a game that needs to use every Direction like Contra for example. My last complaint is the Battery life. Fully charged the System only gives you about 2.5 Hours of battery life. It's kinda... Bad... However I am not a huge traveler but it would be nice to play with it off the charger every now and then.
The Games: I tried a lot of my games out and they all seems to work! Some of them worked first time I put them in and I haven't played some of them in ages! But nothing is perfect however and there is 1 game I COULD NOT get to work to save my life. Super Mario RPG. I became depressed right away because I heard the a lot of people got Super Mario RPG to work. And it's not my game because it works fine on my normal SNES. So.. i'm really unsure what to do. I did get it to work twice though but both times it was really glitched up and it gave a really loud static sound. I know it IS capable because the picture was working fine but i'm wondering if there is a secret to getting it to work. If you have a huge collection and you don't have SMRPG in it, then the Supaboy would be perfect for you.
The Performance: I heard that the Supaboy doesn't play very loudly and I enjoy my SNES music but... To be honest I didn't have a problem with the sound at all. It was a decent pitch of noise that I could enjoy so I didn't have much of a problem. The picture is crisp and clear and almost looks like if you were playing on a TV! You can always plug in headphones for louder noise and what not. Now I have heard that a lot of units were defective and made a loud screeching noise and it's safe to say that my unit did not have it at all! It does ave a very QUIET hum but it's so low I don't even notice it. So I give it thumbs up for the great performance!
The Uses: If you are going somewhere or hanging out with friends and you want to bring some fun... then getting this would be the answer! The unit is small so it fits in a backpack easily and pack in a few multiplayer games. All you gotta do is bring the small charger and the small video cords and you're all good. I don't really recommend playing it that long on large road trips unless the vehicle has a plug. If you don't have a TV then no problem! The unit itself has two controller ports on the front and your friend can plug a controller into the 2nd port and play with you! The port itself is away from the buttons slight and plugging a controller into the port doesn't get in the way that much but it is a little close. One of my problems is that the player 1 controller port ONLY works on the TV so you can't plug in a Player 1 controller to avoid using the crappy D-Pad on the System which kind of makes me sad but if i'm going to play with friends at a house then it's no big deal. But to cut to the chase, the unit it great for bring to a friend's house and playing some SNES games together without lugging around the big SNES.
In conclusion, I am satisfied with my purchase of the Supaboy but there are somethings wrong with it that make the System lack a little but nothing is perfect I suppose.
I leave this item with a 3\5. I knock one point entirely for Super Mario RPG not working because that alone is what made me want to buy a Supaboy... To play Super Mario RPG anywhere. And the other point for it's small problems it has. But overall it's a fantastic device!
I will highly recommend it if you are looking to get a New SNES and you DON'T have Super Mario RPG in your collection. But then again like I said... there could be a trick to making it work and i'm hoping there's a way to fix it. I hope this review helps for people if they are on the edge to buy it or not.
~MarioMan70
A BIG HUUUUUUGE EDIT (READ THIS): For some reason now my Unit wants to play Super mario RPG! I am so shocked but Super Mario RPG works perfectly! I changed my Review to 4 Stars now! I am very excited to see it work!
18 of 19 people found the following review helpful
By Kyle
Amazon Verified Purchase
Fun:
5.0 out of 5 stars
I left for college in 2011, and had planned on bringing my SNES with me. Sadly, about two days after moving in, the console broke after nearly 20 years of faithful service. The SNES has always been my favorite console, and when my room mate showed this system to me, I almost died of happiness. I've read some of the other reviews here, and let me just try and point out some things others have not.
First of all, I was worried about getting this system because people complained about a "high pitched humming noise" coming from their system. From what I understand, the units that did this were the first ones ever made, and slightly flawed. At the time of this review, I believe that there are none of these units left. They have been replaced with higher quality ones. The unit I received makes no hum at all.
Secondly, a lot of people say certain games don't work for them on this system, the most common one being Super Mario RPG. I believe this might also be a problem with the first units, as mine has no such problems. I've been able to play every single game I own on this system, including Super Mario RPG.
If you're afraid of getting this thing for those reasons, like I was, I'm going to tell you to go ahead and get it. There was nothing wrong with mine at all. I have nothing negative to say about the system, it's just wonderful in ever way. The only reason I stopped playing it to type this review is because it's charging right now. If your system does somehow have a humming noise or some other defect when you get it, you can return it for a new one from the second shipment. From what I've heard, the people who sell this have very good customer service and will help you get a new model.
I'd give this thing a 10/10, best console in the world. I already was in love with my SNES, and now I have a new one that I can take and play anywhere.
First of all, I was worried about getting this system because people complained about a "high pitched humming noise" coming from their system. From what I understand, the units that did this were the first ones ever made, and slightly flawed. At the time of this review, I believe that there are none of these units left. They have been replaced with higher quality ones. The unit I received makes no hum at all.
Secondly, a lot of people say certain games don't work for them on this system, the most common one being Super Mario RPG. I believe this might also be a problem with the first units, as mine has no such problems. I've been able to play every single game I own on this system, including Super Mario RPG.
If you're afraid of getting this thing for those reasons, like I was, I'm going to tell you to go ahead and get it. There was nothing wrong with mine at all. I have nothing negative to say about the system, it's just wonderful in ever way. The only reason I stopped playing it to type this review is because it's charging right now. If your system does somehow have a humming noise or some other defect when you get it, you can return it for a new one from the second shipment. From what I've heard, the people who sell this have very good customer service and will help you get a new model.
I'd give this thing a 10/10, best console in the world. I already was in love with my SNES, and now I have a new one that I can take and play anywhere.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
1.0 out of 5 stars
This is would be awesome if it worked.
The delivery was done fast and the box looked cool, the Supaboy itself is good looking, looks like a gaint super nes controller. Read more
Published 3 days ago by Sliverbrea
4.0 out of 5 stars
fun, but the novelty passes
this item works as advertised. i cannot fault the manufacturers of this item, but i found the SNES games i wanted were often highly priced due to scarcity and popularity. Read more
Published 5 days ago by Lawrence
5.0 out of 5 stars
What can I say?
It does it's job. I got this for my boyfriend for his birthday, he has a huge collection of SNES games and he's thrilled to be able to take Super Metroid and Earth Bound with him... Read more
Published 15 days ago by Dormouse
5.0 out of 5 stars
All I have to say is.....
THIS IS THE MOST INCREDIBLE INVENTION EVER. If you love Nintendo YOU NEED THIS. I am so addicted, you can catch me playing on my lunch break at work instead of eating!! Read more
Published 18 days ago by Nicomonster
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great Portable Console!
I bought this for my boyfriend for his birthday. It arrived to me super fast and in great condition, new in box. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Bree
4.0 out of 5 stars
Killer Product... Some Bugs Included
While anticipating the arrival of the Supaboy I was reading many different reviews on it. Most of which claimed that the main issues with the item, in particular not being able to... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Scott Christian
4.0 out of 5 stars
Okay That is Better
Just got my SupaBoy and I have already started the return process. I tried 5 games. 2 didn't work, and all 5 whined loudly when the power button was on. Read more
Published 1 month ago by alazar
3.0 out of 5 stars
Needs more work...
I got this for my boyfriend who was thrilled, however, there are problems. I'll start for the good.
Pros:
It really does play your old SNES games. Read more
Pros:
It really does play your old SNES games. Read more
Published 1 month ago by D
5.0 out of 5 stars
I heard this could brake your games.
My cousin said that this could break your SNES games. I would get this but I don't want to spend $80 and I don't have that many SNES games. I only have super mario kart
Published 1 month ago by Russ
5.0 out of 5 stars
Awesome product
Great handheld console, really entertaining. best part i can take anywhere and play it anywhere. ill be buying more games
Published 1 month ago by juan delgado
