{"id":1267,"date":"2017-10-03T11:30:00","date_gmt":"2017-10-03T11:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2017\/10\/old_skools_classiq_2_hd_plays_snes_and_nes_carts_costs_less_than_the_snes_classic_mini"},"modified":"2017-10-03T11:30:00","modified_gmt":"2017-10-03T11:30:00","slug":"old-skools-classiq-2-hd-plays-snes-and-nes-carts-costs-less-than-the-snes-classic-mini","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2017\/10\/03\/old-skools-classiq-2-hd-plays-snes-and-nes-carts-costs-less-than-the-snes-classic-mini\/","title":{"rendered":"Old Skool&#8217;s Classiq 2 HD Plays SNES And NES Carts, Costs Less Than The SNES Classic Mini"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"picture strip\">\n<div class=\"img\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2017\/10\/old_skools_classiq_2_hd_plays_snes_and_nes_carts_costs_less_than_the_snes_classic_mini\/attachment\/0\/original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2017\/10\/old_skools_classiq_2_hd_plays_snes_and_nes_carts_costs_less_than_the_snes_classic_mini\/attachment\/0\/900x.jpg\" alt=\"press pic.png\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>The launch of the SNES Classic Mini has not only pushed Nintendo&#8217;s 16-bit wonder back into the public eye, it has created legions of unhappy gamers who sadly haven&#8217;t been able to get their hands on one.<\/p>\n<p>To capitalise on the increased interest in the SNES several other manufacturers are pushing out clone systems, including the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2017\/09\/hyperkin_shows_off_working_version_of_its_supa_retron_hd_snes_clone\">Hyperkin Supa Retron HD<\/a> and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2017\/09\/japan_is_getting_a_new_hdmi_super_famicom_that_also_plays_snes_games\">SFC Compact HDMI<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Now, another company is joining the fray, but <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oldskoolgames.com\/product-page\/classiq-2-hd-grey-purple\">Old Skool&#8217;s Classiq 2 HD<\/a> has a twist &#8211; not only does it play PAL and NTSC SNES games, it also plays NES cartridges as well &#8211; and all for $69.99, which is $10 less than the price of a SNES Classic.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"picture strip\">\n<div class=\"img\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2017\/10\/old_skools_classiq_2_hd_plays_snes_and_nes_carts_costs_less_than_the_snes_classic_mini\/attachment\/1\/original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2017\/10\/old_skools_classiq_2_hd_plays_snes_and_nes_carts_costs_less_than_the_snes_classic_mini\/attachment\/1\/original.jpg\" alt=\"classiq box p.png\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<aside class=\"picture strip\">\n<div class=\"img\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2017\/10\/old_skools_classiq_2_hd_plays_snes_and_nes_carts_costs_less_than_the_snes_classic_mini\/attachment\/3\/original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2017\/10\/old_skools_classiq_2_hd_plays_snes_and_nes_carts_costs_less_than_the_snes_classic_mini\/attachment\/3\/original.jpg\" alt=\"classiq controllers.png\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<aside class=\"picture strip\">\n<div class=\"img\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2017\/10\/old_skools_classiq_2_hd_plays_snes_and_nes_carts_costs_less_than_the_snes_classic_mini\/attachment\/2\/original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2017\/10\/old_skools_classiq_2_hd_plays_snes_and_nes_carts_costs_less_than_the_snes_classic_mini\/attachment\/2\/original.jpg\" alt=\"classiq box r.png\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<aside class=\"picture strip\">\n<div class=\"img\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2017\/10\/old_skools_classiq_2_hd_plays_snes_and_nes_carts_costs_less_than_the_snes_classic_mini\/attachment\/4\/original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2017\/10\/old_skools_classiq_2_hd_plays_snes_and_nes_carts_costs_less_than_the_snes_classic_mini\/attachment\/4\/original.jpg\" alt=\"classiq black.png\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>The Classiq 2 HD comes with two wired controllers (one &#8220;Dogbone&#8221;-style NES pad, the other a SNES-style controller) with 6ft of cable. HD output is limited to 720p, and there&#8217;s an aspect ratio switch (just like on Hyperkin&#8217;s effort) which allows you to toggle between 16:9 and 4:3. It&#8217;s powered via Micro USB so you can either use your phone&#8217;s charger or plug it directly into your TV, if it has USB ports. Finally, bog-standard composite AV cables are included in case you want that authentic &#8220;fuzzy&#8221; look you remember from the &#8217;90s.<\/p>\n<p>The Classiq 2 HD is entering final production as we speak and <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oldskoolgames.com\/shop\">pre-orders are live right now<\/a>. If you missed out on a SNES Classic and don&#8217;t mind sourcing cartridges, this could be a viable alternative to Nintendo&#8217;s micro-console &#8211; but you&#8217;re spolit for choice when it comes to SNES clones, so which one do you choose?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The launch of the SNES Classic Mini has not only pushed Nintendo&#8217;s 16-bit wonder back into the public eye, it has created legions of unhappy gamers who sadly haven&#8217;t been able to get their hands on one. To capitalise on the increased interest in the SNES several other manufacturers are pushing out clone systems, including [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1267","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1267","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1267"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1267\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1267"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}