In The Box: You get, the FC-16 Go system, earphones, AC adapter, audio/video cords, rechargeable battery, two RF 2.4GHz controllers, and a small leaflet called a manual. (comes in three colors, Charcoal, Red, and Silver.) I have the Charcoal. The top, or lid, has a black smoke semi transparent metal flake exterior plastic over the charcoal plastic housing that contains the screen. Very nice added touch.

Random First Impressions: I'm holding a Portable SNES in my hands! If I was to build a brick wall, this system would be the right shape and size. It is awkward to hold at first, but I soon warmed up to it. Sort-of like holding a Sega Nomad or Atari Lynx. You are actually holding the unit in you hands and not in your finger tips like many modern systems. I will have to say that I like this a lot. The screen is a bit floppy, up until you get it a little more than an inch or two opened. Comes with the usual soft plastic covering on the screen to protect during shipping, but with the DS like design I'm thinking that an actual screen protector would not be needed, except it seems to touch the buttons. Must insert the battery and charge it for 12 hours before first use, hmmmm.... a cellphone battery? The plastic that houses the system seems a bit thicker than other Chinese portables that I have purchased in the past. For example, it is more like the "Caplet" than the "VG Pocket" in quality.

Game Compatibility:

     This system plays the original SNES game carts! But the system has tabs on the inside making it not compatible with Super Famicom games unless you carefully cut them out, which I personally do not recommend doing so, because I do not know what that would do as far as accepting the SNES carts, (wiggle wiggle). Someone will have to experiment at their own expense. Haven't noticed any slowdown yet on anything except for what is normal, Gradius III, for example. And I have not extensively played through any games, so there may be something later in a game that has problems. All clone systems have their little quirks to them that is manifested in random games, whether it be in the sound or graphics, which is normal. The reason being that the original hardware has not been perfectly reproduced.

The Following Games Played Great Except for the ones that are noted.

Adventures of Batman And Robin
Aladdin (Disney)
Alien 3
Axelay
Batman Returns
Battletoads: Battlemaniacs
Biometal
Chuck Rock
Clay Fighter 2
Cybernator
Darius Twin
Star Fox
Stunt Race FX
Super Metroid
Kirby Super Star, does not boot
Yoshi's Island
Super Mario World, had no problem playing this game with the onboard controls.
Tinstar
Thunder Spirits

Illusion of Gaia, plays great and was very readable with the screen size.

Legend of Zelda
Donkey Kong Country
Donkey Kong Country 2, I had graphical problems

Super Game Boy works! This means that you can play the old Game Boy games.

I have played every game in my library, so far so good. Only Kirby would not boot. Star Wars froze at the end of the first level. DKC 2 had some graphical blackouts & kinks. I am thinking that this system has the same chip set as the latest FC Twin put out by Yobo. This means that there are a few chip sets that are not supported, like the Nintendo S-DD1 chip for example. These are some of the extra chips placed into carts of certain games for enhancement like, for example Kirby Super Star. Some chips are supported like the FX chips in Star Fox.

TV-Out: No place to plug in a Super Scope, so those games are out of the question unless the game itself offers the option of a controller. That being the case, the multi-tap cannot be used reducing all gaming to a "two player experience" with the TV-out. And no Nintendo mouse for Mario Paint. With the size of the unit being taken into consideration, one could wonder why the unit does not have options to use the original controllers. But I really don't know just how tight the internal spacing and what prompted their decision to go the wireless route. TV-Out works great. I became spoiled with playing only one game using the RF 2.4GHz wireless controllers. Each of the wireless controllers have a switch that is used to determine if it is Player 1 or Player 2. I am glad that they kept the original design of the SNES controllers. It felt intuitive and right at home. They are very responsive. If you don't have a TV handy, two people can huddle around that small screen and play using the wireless controllers. Awesome!

Traditional D-pad on the wireless controllers but not on the system? What kind of cruel sick joke is this? Not sure about the responsiveness being satisfactory. It does work. The shoulder buttons are difficult to negotiate. You have to put your fingers at the top of the shoulder buttons or they will stick. There is a learning curve to get used to the controls. But I was playing in no time. I think it was the first “hands on” shock that I had to overcome. I tested the D-pad with Tinstar, and found it no problem playing that game, which uses cross hairs to shoot at your target. When using something like the traditional cross shaped D-pad, I really use the center of the button, or my thumb, as I move in different directions. On a D-button that has a separation of four buttons, for the different directions, you have to use more of a conscience effort in making that directional move. The reach for your thumb is different. Here, the four buttons are connected underneath into one piece, but effort is still needed because you do not have that access to the center of the pad with your thumb. The reach is the problem.

Audio: The manual says stereo. It is NOT stereo! Mono only with one speaker! Even the TV-out is mono. Why? Surprisingly the only way to get stereo is through using the earphones that came with it. Using the earphones and the right shoulder button is awkward being that the jack is located so close above it. The audio is like any other clone system, it has its quirks. To me it has a sharpness in the sound and it varies in its accuracy game to game. The audio/video jack is used for the headphone jack and is 2.5mm.

Power:
     This is a first, that I know of. The system is equiped with a Nokia BP-4L cellphone rechargeable 1300mAh Lithium battery. You only get 2 to 3 hours of play time, depends on the game. One would probably want to pick up a couple of extra batteries for some extended playtime. First time charge is 12 hours with a little over 1 or 2 hours charging thereafter. The system has a very useful low battery light that alerts you by flickering red when the battery is low. And there is the option of the AC adapter, or charger, when you are just bumming around the house. Get a 2600mAH.

    The battery door on both the system and controllers are secured by a screw and a latch.

This is good old fashioned Nintendo fun! You'll feel like you are back in the early nineties!