My Arcade GameStation Wireless - Plug & Play console - 2 wireless controllers & 300 Retro games - Black

Really easy to use my kids set it up themselves and enjoyed a bit of retro gaming..

Any console is only as good as the games. This one has 300 and each one is a compelling reason to avoid buying it.Elsewhere I have seen this advertised as letting you play some of the best of Data East's catalog (Bad Dudes, Burger Time, Midnight Resistance etc) except the truth is none of the games named here exist on this console.None of these games were authored by Data East.None of them were even authored by any reputable game developers.None of them exist anywhere outside of this console - they are NEW games that look and sound like 8-bit classic games, without the quality.They are bespoke games that were (badly and cheaply) made purely to be sold on this console. Many of them share graphical assets between each other, feature bad design and terrible quality. Some of them even feature graphical assets stolen from existing 8- and 16-bit titles from a variety of other systems.The controllers each have a d-pad for movement which is set so deeply into the controller's surface that they're difficult to push properly and nigh impossible to register diagonal movement. All the games respond poorly to the controller inputs, some of them with a delay of up to a full second between the push and the reponse on-screen.With bad hardware and utterly disappointing slipshod software, this product can only be described as a cynical cash-grab using misleading advertising to take advantage of unsuspecting customers trying to recapture the experience of classic 8-bit era gaming.

Game was a disappointment. in the description it said data east hits such as BurgerTime, Karate Champ, Heavy Barrel, BreakThru, Side Pocket, B-Wings none of them were even on them which was the reason I bought it. would of been happy even if Burger time was the only game from the list that was actually on it. Also none of the games are familiar and not even fun to play.

I got this for my little cousin JJ last year I told him I got an Xbox for him and I took a pizza box and my knife and put an x on the pizza box this year I got an actual game console he told me the Xbox was broken I thought it was funny

This product is not working and i would like to return it.

The upside of this system is that there are indeed 300 retro 8-bit inspired games on this system. It comes with two wireless controllers which work immediately with no configuration. The console itself can be powered from the included USB cable or via 4 AA batteries.The controllers themselves use 3 AAA batteries. They are small, and have a handy reset button, joypad and 4 action buttons, but most games (actually all that I tried) only use two buttons. The action is a little mushy, and there is a small amount of lagginess - not enough to be truly frustrating, but it's there. The surface of the controller is the matte rubberized grippy surface common on many electronics.Connection to a TV is through a cable that connects to the composite (often labelled A/V) connector on a television set - a connection that is starting to disappear from sets. There is only one channel of audio, so plug it into either left or right connector input for analog audio. The switch for the unit is on the back, and the logo on top lights up when the console is on.As far as the games themselves, they are mostly games that are unfamiliar. No Mario Bros, etc. There are certain genres covered - the platform game, the fighting game, puzzle games and board games translated to onscreen. Since there are no included instructions, it's up to the user to figure things out. For many of the games, though, that is not hard to do, since they follow a familiar formula. It is chock full of games that are "sort of" like other games. There is a fighting game that is "sort of" like Strider or Streets of Rage. There is a platform game with a cartoon character that jumps and can throw a boomerang sort of thing. Are the games fun? Some are somewhat entertaining, but no classics here that will keep you coming back.It is hard to be too critical of this console, even with it's deficiencies, because it is so darned inexpensive. You get a lot of games and a console with two wireless controllers for very little money. The advice is, though, set expectations appropriately. This is not a Nintendo Classic killer. It is a very inexpensive game system with 8bit inspired games.

Don't waste your money the little screws inside of it you can lose it's not worth anything if you see that I was very disappointed you have to unscrew it to put batteries in you have to unscrew it to do everything with it was so hard to not lose the screws don't waste your time don't waste your time the only reason why I could return it is because I couldn't find a tiny screws that you got to unscrew to put the batteries in