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Retro consoles are a great opportunity to remember the best moments of childhood or catch up on lost time by personally getting acquainted with the world classics of video games. Combining smart hardware and compact size, retro consoles are optimized for the single most important task - giving you the fastest and most convenient access to a rich collection of "vintage" games.

Features of retro consoles

The history of retro consoles began long before these devices received the status of "retro." Over time, microelectronics became more and more compact, and those components that were barely enough for the massive body of a home console today easily fit in the palm of your hand. Thanks to this, retro consoles are much more compact and lighter than their prototypes, while they offer much more features.

The power of retro consoles makes it easy to handle all 8-bit and 16-bit projects, as well as perform some media functions, such as storing and playing media files. Some models even represent a full-fledged computer, for which emulation of retro set-top boxes is the main, but far from the only function.

How to choose a console for retro gaming

Retro consoles can be divided into two main categories: feature-rich and highly specialized.

Multifunctional retro consoles are small electronic devices with built-in emulators that can run all games from the 8-bit and 16-bit eras, as well as some 32-bit projects. Almost all retro consoles come with an extensive library of pre-installed games, and most models allow you to expand this set with ROMs from your own collection.

Highly specialized retro consoles, on the contrary, are designed to emulate a specific console and are specially optimized for this task. Such consoles copy not only the appearance of the target platform but the control features - up to tactile sensations and the mechanism of the controller buttons.