[2000 HD Arcade Games] GroGou Arcade Video Game Console 2000 Retro Games Pandoras Box 6 Arcade Machine Double Arcade Joystick Built in Speaker

Rating: I originally gave this item 3/5 stars but I want to update that rating to 4/5 based upon how easy the seller is to work with and how helpful they have been to date. There are issues and flaws with this unit but for the most part, everything works as I was expecting it to work. The unit design and cable management inside the case are both top notch. There are flaws with this unit but I don't believe they are better or worse than other units and this distribute has been very responsive and helpful so far.My Current Situation: I received a unit in early January after the distorter had disabled the favorites list, due to a flaw that could crash the unit in some cases when the favorites list has been used. I indicated I was unhappy about this, especially considering that the list of games is completely random and not sorted alphabetically. The distribute has responded to my inquires and has told me they are shipping me a new motherboard I can replace myself that will both bring back a properly working favorites list and also now has the list of games sorted alphabetically. I'll update this review when I receive the new motherboard and get to test it.Positive: I have made several inquires to the unit distribute (GroGou) and they have always responded to me within one to eight hours. They've been very helpful and responsive.Negative (possibly all units of like this): The male power connection appears to be too long and perhaps a little smaller in diameter that is needed to properly fit into the female reciprocal. On my unit the male plug does not fully insert into the female connection on the unit. I have read people bring up this issue on two competing products from other disturbers with no positive indication that anyone else s arcade system has a better power connection fit. I don't believe it's an issue at all as long as the unit is not moved around while in use. Since this seems to be a problem with all of these arcade units as far as I can tell, I don't believe it should be looked at as a negative against this one distribute but it seems like something that could be easily corrected if matching power supplies and female reciprocals could be used.Negative (applies to all game systems like this): There is no audio normalization in place of any kind. All of the 999 games have very different db levels. Some games you can barely hear and you need to turn the volume up for. Some games sound like the db level is jacked up to the extreme and you can get in a rush trying to turn the volume down. This is a problem with all of these units and should not be held against this one unit or distrubter.Positive: Case construction, appearance and internal cleanness interior cable management, etc.) are all top notch. They did a very good job in these areas. The buttons and sticks feel plenty good to me. The aren't the best but good enough and they all worked on my unit.Positive: Physically the sticks and buttons all worked flawlessly and feel great. For controls layouts for the games, it's a mixed bag. With many games it's perfect. But ,with some games things just aren't right. For example, on Centipede (875) was made to play on a roller ball in the middle of the control board. On this unit you use the stick and if you are right handed you have to stand with your right shoulder aligned with the stick and the whole left side of your body outside the unit control board (it just feels weird). Other games that have this same effect include Frogger where you feel like you body is shifted way over to the left to get your right arm in line with the stick which was originally more centered in the arcade cabinets. This would be the case for any unit like this and nothing I'd hold against GroGou.Negative (Game Issue I've Found): On both Xevious (887) and Super Mario Brothers (189) the continue feature does not work. The games just start over at the beginning although oddly on Super Mario Brothers you will still have the stars you had before (even though you go back to 1x1 and your score resets to 0). In my opinion, Super Mario and Xevious are unplayable because you can't continue on either.USB Ports: Don't work for me. Only one of the USB ports is suppose to work with a PS3 controller but I could never get a PS3 controller to work with this unit. I might be doing something wrong here and I really don't care about using PS3 controllers anyway. If I wanted to use PS3 controllers to play classic games, I'd just buy classic games off the PlayStation Store. To me, the point of this unit is to feel like you are at an arcade touching real arcade style controls.HDMI: HDMI audio and video work for me but on some monitors and TV's there are issues (black bars on 2 or more outside edges, etc). It's not perfect for some reason - takes tweaking.VGA: I had no issues getting the right screen size on any monitor or TV (of course that leaves you with only the headphone jack and built in speakers as a sound option).Display Ratio of Games: There is no way to choose if you want the games to be stretched or not if using a wide screen monitor. Most games are designed to stretch the screen to the widescreen resolution of your TV or Monitor. I really don't like that I don't have a choice though. These games have very low resolutions and stretching the games out to widescreen mode can greatly exaggeration the distortion. I no longer own a square monitor. If you were buying classic arcade games off the Play Station store, they are mostly designed to work inside framed windows at their original aspect rations. I wish these game unit would do the same thing. This is a problem with all game boards of this type. You won't do any better with this issue by choosing a different unit. It's a common issue and not something wrong with this one unit.

I grew up in the mid-1980's and I really, really wanted to like this product. When I first received it, the power supply was missing. So I had to wait over a week for it to be delivered. Hooking it up is easy and includes HDMI, VGA and USB cables. I highly recommend you read several reviews here and ask the seller to email you a game list. I was disappointed and I'm returning it because so much didn't work right or is missing. Not worth spending almost $200 in my opinion.PROSVery extensive list of games -- includes many variations. Quality construction. Joystick is pretty good too. Includes all the cables to hook to your TV or computer monitor. Packed well.CONSVery extensive list of games -- many of which I have never heard of. Too many variations too...how many versions of Street Fighter, King of Fighters, or PacMan does one need? Many games are missing such as After Burner, Asteroids, Berzerk, Buck Rogers, Defender, OutRun, Robotron, Star Wars, Terminator, Joust, Centiped, Missile Command, etc. Several games don't work properly or are missing sound such as Simpsons, Donkey Kong Jr, Zaxxon. I don't recommend using the HD setting as the games don't look right. When you take a low res game to begin with and smooth everything out to make it HD, it just doesn't look right and didn't fit on my TV screen properly. The sound does not work through the HDMI cable either. I tried to also use the mini stereo jack to my receiver but couldn't get it to work. I did say the unit quality is good, but the buttons feel cheap. Not as good as a regular arcade game button. No way to add more games from what I can tell either.

For what you get for your money, it's pretty great. The few issues I have with it are the menu to scan through 2000 games. Many of the games are repeats, or different versions of the same game, but from a different country. This is both a plus and a minus. The plus is, you get to play different versions of the games you loved and discover new things. The minus is, it makes searching for the exact game you want a little more tedious.The joysticks are a little close together. I think it would be genius to have a board that could be separated so people could play without having to sit right next to each other. I understand it is designed to be just like the arcade console, but since we can now play on an 80-inch screen, why not make it a little more user-friendly?Would also be nice to have some games from the early 90's like Mortal Kombat, but alas, no such luck.Overall, a good buy for those of you who remember games from the early days of arcades (1980's).