Category: Hardware Reviews

Reviews of video game-related hardware including consoles, handhelds, add-ons, controllers, and more.

Original Grey PlayStation 4

NerdBacon author and PlayStation fanatic ChronoSloth was lucky enough to get his hands on the 20th Anniversary Original Grey PlayStation 4. Details on the design and a picture of number 7,081 of 12,300 await after the jump.

NES QuickShot Flight Grip

Talk about a terribly awful gaming peripheral… The QuickShot Flight Grip “controller” will cramp your hands and cramp your style all at the same time. It will make your gaming experiences extremely lame and you’ll cry… a lot.

NES QuickShot Joystick

The QuickShot Joystick was a neat little accessory for the Nintendo Entertainment System. One of its best features was the suction cups on the base of the unit allowing vigorous gameplay while infuriated with its other shitty features.

NES Satellite

Nerd Bacon knows a cool thing when we see it, and the NES Satellite is pretty cool. Released in 1989, the NES Satellite accessory gives gamers the ability to sit up to 20 feet from their console as well as hooking up 4 controllers for games that have 4-player support. Did we mention that the NES Satellite has A and B button turbo controls?! Read more on the NES Satellite here!

Game Boy Advance SP

Manufacturer:  Nintendo Release Date (NA):  March 23rd, 2003 Games (WW):  1,075  Nerd Rating: 9 out of 10 Anyone familiar with my gaming proclivities has probably read me harping on about the Game Boy Advance’s library, and more specifically the superiority of the Game Boy Advance SP as a handheld gaming device.  Much of the time I enjoy GBA… Continue reading Game Boy Advance SP

Nintendo Virtual Boy

Manufacturer: Nintendo Generation: Fifth Availability (NA): August 14, 1995-March 2, 1996. Units Sold: ~770,000 Games Made: 22 (14 released in NA) Original Price: $180 Nerd Rating: Gary Busey out of 10 “[Gamer], give me your hand. You see? No shock. No engulfment. No tearing asunder. What you feared would come like an explosion is like… Continue reading Nintendo Virtual Boy

Sapphire Radeon R7 260X 2GB DDR5 OC Edition, Model 100366-2L – PC

Developer: Advanced Micro Devices / Sapphire Technologies Nerd Rating: 8.5 out of 10 Reviewed By Malefico Project Old School started out pretty good, then went through a brief period of disappointment due to a GPU failure, but now is looking pretty damn good again, thanks in no small part to the replacement video card I ordered,… Continue reading Sapphire Radeon R7 260X 2GB DDR5 OC Edition, Model 100366-2L – PC

Sega Nomad

Oh Sega. We love you for your desire and willingness to try new things and grace the world with gaming products unlike any other company. The Genesis was a smash success in North America, and will forever be remembered as the underdog who took the Nintendo giants head-on. Sega did everything they could to extend… Continue reading Sega Nomad

Biostar TA 970 Motherboard – PC

Platform: AMD Socket AM3+ Manufacturer: Biostar USA Release Date: Early 2011 Category: Hardware Reviews Nerd Rating: 7.5 out of 10 Reviewed by Malefico The Biostar TA970 motherboard, part of the AM3+ family of boards, offers a combination of features and value that make it a good choice for the system builder who’s looking for useful gaming… Continue reading Biostar TA 970 Motherboard – PC

AMD FX-4300 Vishera Quad-core Processor Model FD4300WMHKBOX – PC

Developer: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. Release Date: October 23, 2012 Features: 3.8GHz, 4.0GHz Turbo clock speed, unlocked for overclocking Two “Piledriver” ALU/FPU modules 2 X 64KB instruction, 4 X 16KB data L1 Cache, 2 X 2MB Shared L2 Cache, 4MB L3 Cache 32nm Manufacturing process 95W TDP Four power-saving modes Nerd Rating: 7 out of… Continue reading AMD FX-4300 Vishera Quad-core Processor Model FD4300WMHKBOX – PC

Sega Dreamcast

I was never into the Sega Saturn.  It was sort of alien to me even though my neighbor would ultimately get one.  It just didn’t have the clout, nor did it have any power behind the formidable Sony PlayStation and Nintendo 64 systems.  I remember the date specifically, as the Sega Dreamcast was fortunately being… Continue reading Sega Dreamcast

Turtle Beach – Ear Force Foxtrot Headset (Xbox 360 and PS3)

Reviewed by Shadow Links Turtle Beach is probably the biggest name in gaming headsets, especially for console gamers. Generally considered top of the line they still have tons of headset series. The Ear Force series had a set made especially for the release of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, with Delta, Bravo, Charlie, and Foxtrot.… Continue reading Turtle Beach – Ear Force Foxtrot Headset (Xbox 360 and PS3)

GameShark 4.0 (for the PlayStation)

If you’ve read even one or two of my reviews for “older” games, you know that I’m a big fan of cheat devices, ahem, game enhancers, to get me through many of these impossible titles.  As video games evolved, so did these enhancers.  No longer a bulky unit stepping in between cartridge and console, the GameShark might be… Continue reading GameShark 4.0 (for the PlayStation)