Lyrence™ Retro TV Game Stick

Bought this for my two kids and figured they'd lose interest in a week. Nope. They're on the family-room sectional every evening, both playing at once with the two wireless controllers. The response is quick, so nobody blames the controller for a missed jump. My son found a racing game he loves and my daughter keeps going back to the puzzle games. It saves where they stopped, so homework comes first and the game waits for them.

Our new Friday thing! My 9-year-old and I hold up our controllers after every win, which is most rounds for him. I grew up on these pixel games and now he asks for them by name. Setup took me one try: stick in the HDMI port, USB power, batteries in, done. We sit on the gray sofa and play side by side all evening.

Platformers on my bedroom TV again and the jumps feel tight. Love it.

Unwrapped it at my dining table and everything was right there: the stick, two controllers, receiver and cables. I added batteries and we were all set to play.

Plugged it into my projector and the pixel games look huge on my wall.

Honestly did not think my teens would put their phones down for old pixel games. Wrong. They've claimed the basement beanbags and play two-player against each other almost every night, trash talk included. The controllers respond fast, so every loss is their own fault, as they keep reminding each other. Best family purchase this year.

Testing it on my office monitor first. The HDMI extension cable in the box is a lifesaver, since my monitor's ports sit tight against the wall. Plugging it in right now.

Cozy night in under our holiday throw with my 11-year-old, and she beat me three rounds straight on a game I used to play at her age. I loved showing her the games from my childhood, and she loved finding out her mom still has moves. Over 20,000 games means we never run out of something new to try. Both controllers respond fast, and it saves our progress so we pick up right where we stopped the night before. Already planning our next game night.

Grandpa duty has never been this fun. I take the recliner, my grandson takes the floor, and we go head to head in the den on games I played when I was his age. Setting it up was easy even for me: plug it in, power it, switch it on. He loves that it saves our progress for his next visit.

So many games on the menu I scrolled for ages before picking one.

Me and my 13-year-old on the leather couch, settling scores every night. He knows the new stuff, I know these classics, and the quick controllers keep it fair.

Christmas morning win. The kids tore open the box in their pajamas, I popped batteries in the controllers, and soon they were playing on the living-room TV right by the tree. No Wi-Fi, no app, no downloads to wait on, which on a holiday morning is everything. The game list is so long they keep finding new ones, and they play together instead of fighting over one controller. Easily the best gift under our tree this year.