An NES Clone! Retro Bit Retro Entertainment System Teardown

NES Clone systems have been around for some time now. But the Retro Entertainment System I've got on the bench today is of a newer vintage. 37 years after the NES first hit US shores how are these new clones systems being made?

PCBurn companion article at: https://pcburn.com/inside-a-nes-clone-retrobit-teardown/

In the early 2000s VR Technology started releasing their VTxx line (datasheets) of Nintendo systems on chip. All of which brought the price to implement your Nintendo clone down to "extremely low".

And as you'll see as I tear it down in the following video it's certainly cheap. Because this system has very few discreet parts aside from the SOC. With the most expensive components likely being the connectors! ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o42ZQz7IpUI