€36, Hand held games console, TMART

deegs

So missed out on the ICOO and Cuce before xmas and after promising a little gaming console to my daughter I managed to get one of these!
http://www.tmart.com/8GB-4.3-Ultra-thin-LCD-Touch-Screen-New-Game-MP3-MP4-MP5-Player-Camera-E-Book-TXT-PDF-Black_p169007.html

The title was a little generic... it looked like a psp clone and the price aint too bad at €36.

For the first time ever this device got here without any customs charges... maybe they all worked OT at xmas and needed a break!

First impression is its packaged just like the cheap tablets and thats the quality I was expecting... but I was pleasantly surprised, in that the build quality is far far better than the generic cheap tablets. Its really good quality.

Instruction and cabling are minimal, but you can figure it out. All the buttons work including the glass buttons at the top and thumb pad at the right. There is a very low spec camera at the back and the screen is only 4.3 but actually it is fine for playing the games.

The console come preinstalled with hundreds of old school games such as street fighter

There is an av out, usb connection and sdcard slot for loading more games. I havent tested any of these aspects as there are seriously a lot of games to play around with.

Bottom line, I'm not sure if it is a bargain or not. If you compare it in price to a PSP then its a bargain but it doesnt play psp games so maybe not. However for 36Euro its better than the Sega I bought from amazon last year so Im inclined to call it a bargin.

deegs

Edit: seems this console is only 25.95eur with this coupon code... 6e3c0c68f4
Can a mod change the price in title?

TerrorFirmer

I have one. The quality is good, sturdy and the screen is great. It plays most GBA/GB/SNES/MD roms but so far about 10% of them don't work, acceptable though for the price.

Also plays video.

Like you said, the box is a generic, tatty, made-in-china budget job, but the product itself is surprisingly robust.

EasyBoy1974

couldn't resist! showed up as 26.65 with the code and 20 'points' it allowed me to use.

brightkane

whats the battery life like? are they android and then you load roms onto them?

ThunbergsAreGo

Dam you OP!!

I really didnt need this!

Zwillinge

I really didn't need one...

But whenever I see these kinda things and they're gone, I'm always like "Oh, if only I was quicker..."

Now I have two on order

And paying with Paypal, it's just click, click, click and done!

Thanks OP

gmisk

Metal Slug! It had to be done!

littlejp

I don't need this but, damn it, I want one.
Trying to resist but finding it difficult.

gmisk

Can anyone find a full list of games?

littlejp

gmisk wrote: »

Can anyone find a full list of games?

Is it not a case that it runs emulators so you can download and play any old games for the compatible emulators.

irishproduce

Would this play the old super mario roms from super nintendo?

gmisk

littlejp wrote: »

Is it not a case that it runs emulators so you can download and play any old games for the compatible emulators.

I thought it had 2000 games built in just?

NinjaTruncs

deegs wrote: »

Edit: seems this console is only 25.95eur with this coupon code... 6e3c0c68f4
Can a mod change the price in title?

I haven't woken up yet how do you add the code?

irishproduce

NinjaTruncs wrote: »

I haven't woken up yet how do you add the code?

You need to register an account, go as far as their secure payment screen. Enter it there and then after that select paypal

TerrorFirmer

It has built in software, it's not android.

It comes with sample roms - Streets of Rage 2, NES Contra, Metal Slug, etc. All work fine.

Few roms I've tried don't work correctly, no ways around it as the emulators are part of the inbuilt software. But most of them work perfectly fine.

the_pod

Damn you all!
You don't even need to register and account to use the code - just add to your basket, choose checkout with Paypal and after you login to Paypal it comes back to the order confirmation page and you can enter it there.

Way too easy, the wait begins

TerrorFirmer

Excellent price as well. Paid a good bit more for mine.

crasy dash

Couldnt resist damn you deegs Paypal is too easy!!!!!!!

Thanks for the good find cant wait :eek:

irishproduce

I am after buying one too, should be some fun and with a statement like this one from the specifications detail, how could I not buy one!!

tmart wrote:

Fancy tone and wonderful music feeling

I love wonderful music feelings

supersparkz

Dammit, Cant resist bargain..........:mad::mad:

TY OP:cool:

Credit card will be cancelled soon methinks...

Shiminay

Wow, selling an emulation machine with ROMs is fairly blatant piracy!

gerryk

Shiminay wrote: »

Wow, selling an emulation machine with ROMs is fairly blatant piracy!

And China are usually so respectful of copyright issues.

mooseknunkle

Just bought one and for €26 you cant go wrong thanks OP

Superfint

Does this play PS1 roms? Die hard trilogy to be exact - I'll pay anything to play that again!

Big Nelly

Quick question, thinking of buying for 13 year old, he has PSP and likes it and would be handy for him

Is it just the 200 games with it you can use? Or can you loads on more games? any links on how to?

TerrorFirmer

Big Nelly wrote: »

Quick question, thinking of buying for 13 year old, he has PSP and likes it and would be handy for him

Is it just the 200 games with it you can use? Or can you loads on more games? any links on how to?

Just connects like a removable flash drive, drop whatever roms onto it.

J_E

Just ordered one with the coupon discount.

Feeling apprehensive but at the price it seems grand. Will probably get an Android one in the future.


Is there a list of the consoles it supports?

Macy0161

Thanks OP, and damn you.

tinodz

I guess I am the only one that thinks everyone in here is insane.

EasyBoy1974

tinodz wrote: »

I guess I am the only one that thinks everyone in here is insane.

since you posted are you also now "in here" and thus by your own reckoning "insane"?

mooseknunkle

tinodz wrote: »

I guess I am the only one that thinks everyone in here is insane.

Why?,its only €26

J_E

tinodz wrote: »

I guess I am the only one that thinks everyone in here is insane.

To be honest it's only €26...

patch

Balls.
36euro now...

Edit : Oops, code still working! 26euro so...

EasyBoy1974

patch wrote: »

Balls.
36euro now...

code 6e3c0c68f4 gives ~10 euro off

Shiminay

gerryk wrote: »

And China are usually so respectful of copyright issues.

You're missing my point, you are importing a device that's sole purpose is to facilitate *you* breaking copyright law, it's the sort of thing that upsets the sorts of people that will sue an entire country because of copyright law...

And you've all posted about buying one here. In public. Where everyone can read it.

littlejp

Shiminay wrote: »

You're missing my point, you are importing a device that's sole purpose is to facilitate *you* breaking copyright law, it's the sort of thing that upsets the sorts of people that will sue an entire country because of copyright law...

And you've all posted about buying one here. In public. Where everyone can read it.

I can assure you I plan on deleting all games that I do not own a copy of the moment I get this.

imitation

Shiminay wrote: »

You're missing my point, you are importing a device that's sole purpose is to facilitate *you* breaking copyright law, it's the sort of thing that upsets the sorts of people that will sue an entire country because of copyright law...

And you've all posted about buying one here. In public. Where everyone can read it.

To be fair thats not its sole purpose, you can delete the preloaded roms and use your own legitimate roms you created yourself. Were not exactly talking about the pirate bay here..

TerrorFirmer

Shiminay wrote: »

You're missing my point, you are importing a device that's sole purpose is to facilitate *you* breaking copyright law, it's the sort of thing that upsets the sorts of people that will sue an entire country because of copyright law...

And you've all posted about buying one here. In public. Where everyone can read it.

donnacha

Thanks OP. Any feedback on battery life and charging time?

EasyBoy1974

Shiminay wrote: »

You're missing my point, you are importing a device that's sole purpose is to facilitate *you* breaking copyright law, it's the sort of thing that upsets the sorts of people that will sue an entire country because of copyright law...

And you've all posted about buying one here. In public. Where everyone can read it.

I want to state on the record, and in public, that i do not intend to use this device for illicit, nefarious, or pirately purposes .. just in case Capcom is looking to sue the whole of Ireland

Big Nelly

Shiminay wrote: »

You're missing my point, you are importing a device that's sole purpose is to facilitate *you* breaking copyright law, it's the sort of thing that upsets the sorts of people that will sue an entire country because of copyright law...

And you've all posted about buying one here. In public. Where everyone can read it.

Let them sue away, did you not hear? we are f**king broke!!!!!

arikv

Thanks OP and all, I just bought one.
Hopefully the order will get processed as it's currently at:
"
Logistics Information
Sorry, Items is under processing, so there is no logistics information at present. If there is not any problem about your order, we’ll send out it in 1-2 days, please wait patiently. Any problem, please contact us.

"

crasy dash

Just checked my order have the same quote as yourself arikv all day yesterday, changed to item on back order now!!!!

Hope it wont take ages to come i opted for express dhl delivery on top my mistake

gmisk

Payment Status: Completed
Order Status: Back Order

Mine has changed to back order too...

An individual I know who may or may not be me got this email:

"We are sorry to tell you the items you ordered are currently out of stock. It will cost 3-7 days for these items to be in stock, sowould you like to wait?If yes, we will continue to restock these items, and then ship them out in 2-3 days.

If we did not receive your reply, the order will be held until you contact us and tell usyourdecision, after that, we will ask our purchasing department to restock these items. Also you may reply to us, change or cancel unshipped items via Contact Us."

The individual in question opted to wait, as he hasn't added a new gadget to his collection in almost 2 weeks now.

J_E

Out of stock for me too. I suspect they took too many orders in hope people would buy it at the higher price.

crasy dash

Deleted User wrote: »

An individual I know who may or may not be me got this email:

"We are sorry to tell you the items you ordered are currently out of stock. It will cost 3-7 days for these items to be in stock, sowould you like to wait?If yes, we will continue to restock these items, and then ship them out in 2-3 days.

If we did not receive your reply, the order will be held until you contact us and tell usyourdecision, after that, we will ask our purchasing department to restock these items. Also you may reply to us, change or cancel unshipped items via Contact Us."

The individual in question opted to wait, as he hasn't added a new gadget to his collection in almost 2 weeks now.

Any further update on this ?I am still showing on back-order:(

gmisk

Still on back order...sent a mail yesterday and I was told it would ship in next few days....we will see....

Mine is still on backorder too.

crasy dash

Sent a mail myself did not receive any response,went on live chat and response was it was ready to ship today

Will wait and see