Thumbs Up Retro Games Controller

Its good for a bit if fun

Took me back in time. Really easy to set up and play

It's important to know what this offers. The product description says "200 retro games", which tends to imply that these are old games from the very early days of home computers or even arcades. They're not. They are, however, passable imitations of games written for the early computers or even consoles. In other words, don't imagine you're going to see a long lost favourite, because you won't. You will, however, see games in the style of the old, eight-bit offerings that were so popular in the late '70s.The style bit's important, because with that comes the tinny and somewhat monotonous noise, imaginatively called 'music', and which accompanies every game. The games themselves are simply player vs. sprites. The player is controlled by the tiny but perfectly usable joystick and the sprites do their best to destroy the player. The sprites assume a multitude of guises - sometimes they're aircraft, sometimes cars and sometimes tanks or birds.So - overall, how does it perform? Well, the price says it all: it's less than £10 and it offers 200 games, so that works out at 5p per game. In the late '70s / early '80s people were paying more than that to play a single game, so in that sense it's good value. And almost certainly the reason for the lack of original games is because the original owners would still want royalties, even if they could be traced. So if it fills in an hour or so with nostalgic memories and a bit of fun, it's worth it.There's a slight buzz on the sound but that's hidden by the 'music' and the sound effects. Easy to connect, but they don't supply the 3 x AAA batteries you will need to power the pad itself.

To connect to the TV this will require AV to HDMI converter and hdmi cable. Unfortunately my TV doesn't recognise 720p x 480 p output from this controller and won't display any video signal. Pls check your TV for compatibility. Only works with PC monitor for me.Otherwise ok for a short fun. Pity only few decent games included. Rest is rubbish or don't work properly with buttons included.

6 year old grandson loves playing on it , can't play it properly but just loves flipping between games and doing as he pleases. No need to worry as it's so cheap.

Very excited little kids very disappointed by this useless lump of plastic. Just avoid this product.

My hand size is medium, and this control is so small that it's uncomfortable to hold for any length of time (see attached photo). You can't save games, so you always have to restart from level 1. I knew this device had limitations, and I didn't expect much. I was right.

Great game remind me the old days fantastic