Today Hyperkin have announced the release date for the SupaRetroN HD:

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Here is the info from the press release:

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Introducing the SupaRetroN HD: Hyperkin's latest console not only sports a classic retro look - it's packed with tech to make playing your favourite SNES games more enjoyable than ever!

Hyperkin knows how much time, money and effort retro gamers put into building their game collection. The SupaRetroN HD has been built in a way that looks after your favourite SNES cartridges, while making the games themselves visually stunning.

Central to this philosophy is new Pin Perfect™ technology. These new state-of-the-art pins have been engineered in-house by Hyperkin and maintain perfect pin contact, even if you bump or shake the cartridge! The presence of these high quality pins alongside a special cartridge eject button means you can swap cartridges with confidence all day long.

Once slotted in, the SupaRetroN HD's HD output will display your games with incredible clarity - letting you experience those great SNES titles like never before.

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Full Features List

• Plays both SNES and SFC Cartridges
• HD Audio and Video: Crisp 720p HD
• Two premium controllers - The Scout - with 8ft cables
• Pin Perfect™ high-quality pins your cartridges deserve
• Cartridge Eject Button allows you to swap games quickly and easily
• HD Output and AV Output
• Supports 4:3 and 16:9 aspect ratios
• 6ft Micro-USB charge cable

The SupaRetroN HD will be released on March 9th and is available to pre-order now.

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SupaRetroN HD Official Site
Preorder from Funstock.co.uk

 

[Xzi]

If you have a SNES, a $15 upscaler/HDMI converter will do basically the same thing:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B06XC81FFL/

Better to have original hardware.

 

[pedro702]

If you have a SNES, a $15 upscaler/HDMI converter will do basically the same thing:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B06XC81FFL/

Better to have original hardware.

cmon no it doesnt... this is not running on hardware but on emulator and original hardware can never be as good as the emulator with their tweaks and options, they render the game in hd inside the game itself wich is 10 times better than just upscalling the picture out of a real snes...

emulators always make games look better even if can have bugs or glitches.

 

[the_randomizer]

isn't this a glorified android powered snes9x emulator? cannot they use higan instead?

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how about SNES classic?

Not at all, it uses their own code, handled by NERD, Nintendo's Europe R&D team. Their emulator is called Canoe, and has about 80% compatibility. These other clone companies have been caught lifting open-source noncommercial source code and selling it.

If you have a SNES, a $15 upscaler/HDMI converter will do basically the same thing:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B06XC81FFL/

Better to have original hardware.

Nah, the Analogue Super NT can do it better than a real Snes with upscaling hardware like that IMO. Plus, I'm too lazy to do that.

 

[Xzi]

cmon no it doesnt... this is not running on hardware but on emulator and original hardware can never be as good as the emulator with their tweaks and options, they render the game in hd inside the game itself wich is 10 times better than just upscalling the picture out of a real snes...

emulators always make games look better even if can have bugs or glitches.

SNES games don't magically improve in visual quality even if you turn up the resolution in an emulator to something ridiculous. It's the same 16-bit graphics, which I'm fine with. Only early 3D is painful to look at now, not SNES. That's why we have so many indie games releasing with a 16-bit style.

 

[AkikoKumagara]

Nothing can impress me after the Super NT. It's gotta be the definitive way to play this console (while still using real cartridges).
Cost is a factor, but to a collector, it's worth it.

 

[pedro702]

SNES games don't magically improve in visual quality even if you turn up the resolution in an emulator to something ridiculous. It's the same 16-Bit graphics, which I'm fine with. Only early 3D is painful to look at now, not SNES.

again improving resolution inside the game itself and get pitch perfect graphics is better than upscalling a picture out of your snes.

i put this picture to rest my case

 

[Xzi]

again improving resolution inside the game itself and get pitch perfect graphics is better than upscalling a picture out of your snes.

i put this picture to rest my case

That's funny, I like the left better. If all it can manage is to take away the 16-bit styling, I'll pass.

 

[pedro702]

That's funny, I like the left better. If all it can manage is to take away the 16-bit styling, I'll pass.

on emulator you have countless options you can make it look how you want from scalling to resolution to sprite options and such.

 

[Xzi]

on emulator you have countless options you can make it look how you want from scalling to resolution to sprite options and such.

That's fine, I prefer playing these games as they were released though. I love SNES cartridges and controllers. I even love the blocky design of the console itself, before everything became rounded.

Like I said, my eyes have no problem with 16-bit whatsoever. I don't need more visual clarity, I only need a converter because my 4K TV doesn't have RWY inputs (unsurprisingly).

 

[invaderyoyo]

If you have a SNES, a $15 upscaler/HDMI converter will do basically the same thing:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B06XC81FFL/

Better to have original hardware.

Absolutely not. To get the original hardware to look good on an HDTV you need to RGB mod it and use a $300 framemeister or a OSSC which is a bit cheaper, but still expensive.

The best option at the moment is probably the Super NT.

 

[Xzi]

Absolutely not. To get the original hardware to look good on an HDTV you need to RGB mod it and use a $300 framemeister or a OSSC which is a bit cheaper, butstill expensive.

I guess we'll find out if it's acceptable or not. As long as the signal is 720p or 1080p I should be fine for my purposes.

 

[invaderyoyo]

I guess we'll find out if it's acceptable or not. As long as the signal is 720p or 1080p I should be fine for my purposes.

It's already been found out. The best you can get without modding a SNES is S-Video which still looks like crap on modern displays. That upscaler can't magically add detail to a bad signal.

 

[Xzi]

It's already been found out. The best you can get without modding a SNES is S-Video which still looks like crap on modern displays. That upscaler can't magically add detail to a bad signal.

Well, as I said, I don't need more detail, I just need the image to fill my screen. If it looks old, that's kinda the point.

 

[invaderyoyo]

Well, as I said, I don't need more detail, I just need the image to fill my screen. If it looks old, that's kinda the point.

Ok if you don't care that's something else, but it won't look "old", just bad. It'll look nothing like it looked on an old CRT.

 

[brunocar]

Hooray, another half-assed stand alone emulator for those who too stupid to configure it themselves on any other hardware.

which is probably an opensource emulator stolen from retroarch

 

[Xzi]

Ok if you don't care that's something else, but it won't look "old", just bad. It'll look nothing like it looked on an old CRT.

Roger that. I'll figure something out if it's real bad, but I'm not gonna drop another $300 on this lol, SNES was only $90.

 

[invaderyoyo]

Roger that. I'll figure something out if it's real bad, but I'm not gonna drop another $300 on this lol, SNES was only $90.

Check out this video if you're interested. It's really good and explains everything.

Spoiler

 

[pedro702]

Well, as I said, I don't need more detail, I just need the image to fill my screen. If it looks old, that's kinda the point.

its not about looking old lol.

every console under hd connected to an hd tv looks awnful becuase it looks blurry as hell making games almost unplayable sometimes even with upscallers and all that because the base signal is very low res, and your using a snes on a 4k tv? good god, it will be just a blurry mess of pixels, old consoles look like crap on anything else than a crt tv becuase of their extremely low resolution signals.

 

[Xzi]

its not about looking old lol.

every console under hd connected to an hd tv looks awnful becuase it looks blurry as hell making games almost unplayable sometimes even with upscallers and all that because the base signal is very low res, and your using a snes on a 4k tv? good god, it will be just a blurry mess of pixels, old consoles look like crap on anything else than a crt tv becuase of their extremely low resolution signals.

1080p and 720p look fine on a 4K screen FYI.

Check out this video if you're interested. It's really good and explains everything.

Spoiler

Thanks, seems cheap enough to get an RGB SCART cable and then convert to HDMI. There are converters around $40, so that's a lot more reasonable than the Framemeister's $400 lol.

 

[the_randomizer]

which is probably an opensource emulator stolen from retroarch

Don't worry, it was
https://www.libretro.com/index.php/public-service-announcement/