--- title: 'Game Stick A7 U8 Problems - Is It Worth Buying in 2023?' source: 'https://youtube.com/watch?v=dmKf-3CWZ44' video_id: 'dmKf-3CWZ44' date: 2026-08-07 duration_sec: 247 channel: 'Droid Maniacos' --- # Game Stick A7 U8 Problems - Is It Worth Buying in 2023? > Source: [Game Stick A7 U8 Problems - Is It Worth Buying in 2023?](https://youtube.com/watch?v=dmKf-3CWZ44) ## Summary This video reviews the A7/U8 Game Stick, a budget retro gaming console, highlighting its limitations and value. The creator shares personal experience and research to help viewers decide if it's worth buying in 2023. ### Key Points - **Introduction to the Game Stick** [00:02] — The video introduces the A7/U8 Game Stick, noting it lacks raised lettering and is written in ink, and mentions it's one of several Game Sticks available. - **Controller Input Limitation** [00:15] — The Game Stick has a single controller input, not like the K-Light, and if the controller breaks, you can replace it with a USB controller, but compatibility with other controllers is uncertain. - **Planned Long-Term Review** [00:28] — The creator plans to record a video after two months of use, covering family experiences, positives, and negatives, and claims to be 'almost an expert' on the device. - **Emulation Limitations** [01:25] — The A7/U8 does not emulate PS1, only Mega Drive, Super Nintendo, Game Boy, and a few others (seven games total), unlike the K-Life which supports PS1 and PSP. - **Market Position** [02:09] — The A7/U8 is described as the most inferior Game Stick on the market, while the G10 is the best as of the video's recording, and the K-Life is a better option. - **Difficulty Adding Games** [02:22] — Adding or deleting games on the A7/U8 is very difficult; plugging in a memory card and editing folders doesn't work for traditional games, unlike the K-Life which has easy editing tutorials. - **Is It Worth Buying?** [03:05] — It's worth buying for a child or casual play (e.g., Mario), as it's cheap (under R$130 or R$120), but not for resale at R$300-400; a used PS2 or GameChip is a better value. - **Personal Nostalgia** [03:45] — The creator, aged 34, enjoys Super Nintendo and NES games like Mario World 3, making the device appealing for nostalgic players. - **Call to Action** [04:00] — The creator asks viewers to comment on the channel about their thoughts on the videos. ### Conclusion The A7/U8 Game Stick is a budget-friendly option for casual or nostalgic gamers, but its limitations (no PS1, hard to add games) make it inferior to alternatives like the K-Life or G10. ## Transcript Android maniacs! We're going to talk about this fancy game, actually, the name of this fancy game is 4K. Let's zoom in here, please, there's my camera. Man, zoom in, this one doesn't have any raised lettering. Look, it's written in ink, have any raised lettering. Look, it's written in ink, it's the A7 or 8, okay? Some call it that, okay? So there are several Game Sticks, right? So we're going to talk about this Game Stick, which I 'm already buying, the GDS, which is the best, okay? And it's already on its way, so I'm going to record a video too, and I'm going to talk about my experience with the Game Stick after two months of using it, playing around with my family, my experiences, the positive and negative things from various videos. I'm almost an expert now, I'm going to pass this information on to you, okay? First problem, so the Game Stick does n't have an input for a controller like the K Light, right? It has a little input here that you plug in, and then we're going to do what we're going to put in, right? Here's the input, and the controller will work. If the controller breaks, you can remove it and you can even put in a USB controller and it will work. So if this one breaks, I don't even do, you have to... For another video game, another controller, I don't know, I've researched it yet and people don't know the answer to that, so it has this first flaw here, it's besides others that I'll tell you about so you can be the first, let's go to the next one you about so you can be the first, let's go to the next one to the other one that's a little better than it, which is the K-Life, right? There are others too, it doesn't have PS1, okay? It doesn't emulate PS1, it's Mega Drive, Super Nintendo, PS1, it's Mega Drive, Super Nintendo, Game Boy, it emulates some video games, look, it emulates these seven video games, okay? It emulates these seven games, but you can see that it doesn't have PS1 here, the one I bought now, besides emulating I bought now, besides emulating PS1, it also emulates PS PSP, right? Which is very, very good, it also changes, I understand, not even four, so the G10 is the best on the market today, up to the moment of this video, it's better. This one here is the most inferior one you can buy, it's not bad, okay? But it doesn't come with PS1, so it won't work for you to play. I talked to several YouTubers, putting messages there to try to understand, it's very messages there to try to understand, it's very difficult to add or delete games on this one. Okay, so when you plug in the memory card, you go to the computer and look at the folders, and you put games there, even with the same extension as Super Nintendo. I don't think the traditional game here, at least not yet, from the videos I've searched and fiddled with on this pen drive. It doesn't work, unlike the slightly better version that comes with the PS1, the Lite version. That version is very easy to edit, and there are several tutorials on the internet on how to edit the games. This little version here has this problem, right? But to summarize all these problems, is it worth buying? It's worth it if you want to buy it for your son, if you want to play Mario, play a game, want to go for a walk. It has several advantages, right? It 's cheap, it's less than R$130 or R$120. You can buy one of these online, the kind some people buy to resell, for R$ 300 or R$400 today, but it's worth it for that price. You can't buy a used PS2 or a GameChip, which will make it a GameChip, which will make it much easier for you to play. There are several interesting games, but I... I'm 34 years old, so my phase was playing Super Nintendo, playing the NES that's here too, so I was really into Mario World 3. So it's worth it for you if you like any of these games. 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