Yobo's handheld SNES gives your old carts a new lease on life (video)
By Joseph L. Flatley 
posted December 10th 2009 11:31AM
posted December 10th 2009 11:31AM
If you've been lusting after the various one-off SNES portable mods we've been posting 'lo these many years, this next item's all you: Yobo, a company known for its various game system clones and accessories, is now offering a little something called the FC 16 GO. A riff on Hyperkin's FC Mobile II (we're assuming they share an OEM) this guy accepts SNES cartridges for classic game play, and ups the display size to 3.5-inches to boot. Your hard-earned $60 gets you a device with a fully functional built-in joypad, TV outs and two wireless 2.4Ghz controllers. Powered by either a replaceable, rechargeable battery or the included AC adapter. Check out the video after the break to see what you've been missing.
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Now this is something worth looking into.
@TjK It is clearly the work of an industrial design visionary.
@(Unverified) for 60$ u can bring back all those precious memories of u fav snes games plus the satitisfaction of once again blowing with all ur might into those stubborn cartridges . ill take one :D
@TjK ill take eleventeen
I'd buy it, if it came with ROMS.
Perfect for those who are sick of the upscaled graphics, superior battery life, increased stability (ever bump an SNES the wrong way while playing?) and infinite portability of ROMs over physical cartridges, there is the Yobo handheld!
Handheld? Handheld for who? Shaq?
@steers +1 haha
Where can I purchase a R4SNES?
@tommy2468 http://www.retrousb.com/product_info.php?cPath=24&products_id=84
Ask and ye shall receive.
such a glorious hunk of.....hunk.
Keeping It Real Fat
@MVMNT Nice
I would rather make my own Portable SNES imo.
This is what happens when patents run out. Just wait a few more years and they will probably have N64, playstation, and xbox off-brand consoles.
If you think about it its not that bad for $60. It'll cost you more just for the LCD alone. I just wonder what the battery life is on these things. One thing for sure, look at those load times. None what so ever. I miss those days.
A great way to play your SNES games legally, but I prefer emulation and owning the cartridge instead.
@zero1221
It's pretty guilt free downloading a SNES ROM without owning the game, you know. It's not like you have any way to support the developers by buying the game new anymore.
@(Unverified) Yeah, but my SNES collection includes pretty much every
good game for the SNES. Not like I haven't downloaded Live A Live or anything.
@(Unverified) Because there's no SNES games that are available on WiiWare
That thing's awesome... the screen is stupidly small though.
But guys!!! Wireless controllers!!! Wireless!!! They've finally managed to incorporate this NEW magic ... WIRELESS!!!
@Brak the Wii's virtual console let's my play with a (semi) wireless controller too. Homebrew that thing and you've turned your Wii into any console you want pretty much.
@Tidal i think you missed my sarcasm... but that's ok, cuz you've homebrewed ur Wii as well :D
@Brak
Which reminds me of the Acclaim Infared Controllers for the SNES which had so much lag that they were completly useless :D
Gotta go with Ben Heckendorn and the guys in the forums at benheck.com for this sort of thing.
Way to screw up a great idea, guys. At first I assumed all the bulk in the thing came from having a lot of empty space that the cart fit in.
Then the guy in the video stuck in a cart and about 2/3 of the cart stuck out from the top of this thing that already barely qualifies as a "portable" (if I can't stick it in a pants [or at the very least jacket] pocket, it isn't portable, IMO), and that pretty must destroyed what teeny tiny fraction of interest I had left - and I'm just about the easiest sell for a portable SNES in existence.
@illuminerdi
Well, you could stick it in your pants pocket but you'd probably get sick of people asking "is that a SNES cartridge or are you just happy to see me"
That thing is seriously hideous.
@Gionormous
Agreed, but that's what the TV out is for. I would honestly consider buying it if it didn't come with those god-awful controllers: they look the size of two SNES controllers, and about 30 pounds overweight.
What I don't understand is why won't they use some new technology? You know maybe some thinner screens, smaller and better designed cases. It just looks like such a brick.
Ill stick to my Pandora once I get my hands on it! :)
$60 is quite reasonable.
Hey! My SNES still works!
The Sega Nomad looked better than this and it came out 14 years ago.
Perhaps if had come out back then, it'd be pretty awesome. But since it's 2009, combined with the huge size? Pass.
@Tachion
Exactly. The Nomad was far too ahead of it's time though. What with its color screen and stuff. When did Nintendo finally figure out a backlit LCD for their portable?
@Tachion
The Nomad also ate batteries faster than anything else out there. A full package of batteries would be dead in less than two hours with the Nomad. `Hardly a great portable if you can't get it away from a wall socket or car adapter for more than two hours.
Man... i really really want one of these... id take it with me to work!
Wow, that Super Mario Bros. 2 music sure brings back some memories.
can't wait to get my hands on one!
Do people's SNES cartridges still save? I remember playing Super Smash Bros. on my N64 a few months ago, and once I turned off the power, my save was gone and it would never save again. If my N64 carts aren't saving, there's no way my SNES carts are saving either.
@(Unverified) You probably need to replace the backup battery. It's pretty simple, crack open the case and replace the battery, the hard part is getting the bit needed to open them. google for N64 cart battery replacement and you should find some.
Dingoo does SNES natively, and it's only $85 -- You also get a bunch of other emulators, too.