⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Testimonials & Reviews for Christopher Shaw

Started with the 16TB and upgraded to the 48TB

I started with the 16TB and was really happy with the content and the struturing of the drive. Each drive is broken down by letter and its quite easy to see how its all layed out. There was a bump or two in the setup but I contacted Chris and he logged right in and did the setup for me. Then after playing around with teh various games, I decided to add the other two drives. Overall, great experience, happy with the support on his discord page and theres an extensive amount of content!

(I had the Kinhawk before... and this runs circles around that drive)

Great Service

8tb external hard drive

10/10

Testimonial

You've gotta buy this!!

Let me just say that Chris is really awesome to work with. I ordered an 8tb drive from and when it arrived it wasn't functional. Right away he sent me another drive. Crazily, it too was DOA. Without flinching he sent me another drive and the 3rd time was the charm.

Chris was so nice and helpful the whole time promising to make everything right or refund me. In my eyes everything is most definitely right now!! It's like a life long dream come true to have access to so many games in one machine. Order one like yesterday if you were on the fence. Seriously, it's completely worth it and then some.

Last bit of advice, make sure you have a pc with a space for an additional drive. To be honest you can probably get a pc from a local pc repair shop with a graphics card and space for the drive for under $500. So for less than $1000 you've got a complete home arcade any gamer would be envious of. Pinball too!!!

Best customer service I have ever witnessed

I had already purchased a 4TB gaming drive from another seller to play the games I grew up with after doing some research and saw some videos on youtube about the drive. After a couple of months of messing with it, I got the point where I didnt want to mess with it anymore but it never really worked right anyways.... (Arcade Control Top).
After some back and forth with the original purchaser, it became apparent that he didnt know nearly as much as he lead me to believe, so I started to look around for somebody else to help me. Then I came across Hyper Arcade Systems. I had some issues with my set up because the other system had me setup a redundent Pac 64 as I wanted LEDBlinky to work, and the wiring had to be redone on the ipac as well, as it wasnt standard. Christopher Shaw worked with me for a few hours to get my setup straight and working. Companies and products are only as good as those who stand behind them. Best purchase and best customer service I've ever had. I'm 60 yrs old so I have seen alot!

Amazing Build

Great person and wonderful to go to for video game needs

I got the 48tb package on Black Friday weekend. After i got my hard drives and things set I started the downloads. I didnt know how to quite get the download started and Chris was there to help. He is making sure all is done right and the help he has given is out of sight.
I have had a rough year, Nothing seems to go right. I was beginning to think that the world is just full of A holes. But Chris has made me feel better about things. so glad i went through him and will 5 star him to all. I am so excited to almost have it all set up and playing all the games I love. He is the person and company you can trust and know that if you having problems you will get taken care of. the service you get is wonderful.

Absolutely the best!

This drive has everything!

Excellent service!

Amazing! Worth Every Penny!

Really helpful with troubleshooting

Amazing Updates and Service

Justt want to give big thanks on the updates over the last couple of months. PS2 is running ridiculously well, as is gamecube, and PSP from what I've been testing. Extremely happy. For a while I had to go through and make small adjustments to PCSX2 like changing the graphic plugin and such, but I haven't had to do that on any of the chd files. Idk if it's coincidence, but just wanted to spread some gratitude. Drive feels the best it ever has. Gamecube instant loading is no joke either lol. Feels like the 48TB drive value just keeps going up and up for us. If you are having any doubts, don't, Chris and this drive are the absolute best on the market.

hyperspin hard drive

This guy and drives are amazing ,over the years i have purchased from many people on the internet (similar setups)what they all lack is customer service and most have many bugs and issues defiantly not plug and play ,Chris was truly amazing and so helpful ,Chris is a very genuine person that puts a lot of effort and time building these hard drives .i wish i had gone to Chris at the very start i would have save a lot of money and frustration ,i started with the 8 tb and then just purchased 16 tb hard drive everything works fantastic ps Chris has a genuine interest in helping people like me to enjoy the world of emulation and keeping these systems alive THANKS CHRIS

Buy this drive if you want the best support.

Great product!

The BEST product and customer service EVER!

Class Act

Solid system, excellent for the new or veteran to MAME

Excellent value for the money, I stated with the 2 TB version and have slowly upgraded to the full package. Everyone involved has been great at walking me through everything from basic install to deep technical issues. I can't even imagine how much time & money I've saved compared to if I tried to do even half this setup on my own (and yes, that's even when one considers the free parts, which are usually the toughest to make work). Best bang for the buck out there, keep it going guys! A++!

Great Support

Amazing support!

I recently purchased the full 48TB setup and I have to say that my entire experience from start to finish was absolutely amazing! Once my drives were ready, he texted me to let me know there was a problem with one of my USB ports and that he wanted to make sure everything was working properly before I picked it up. Such attention to detail is not often found in todays world but it left me really impressed with Chris and all of the hard work he does to ensure that everybody's experience is positive. Keep up the good work!!

Review

Doesn't get better

Amazing Help!!!

Best Setup You Can Get

Chris has put together an extensive collection of basically every rom and system you can get out there that is complete with awesome artwork, videos and bezels. He is also extremely diligent with updates and providing any assistance needed to get you up and running. With a nice installer that sets you up and an update system to allow updating media and new additions this is some of the best money I've ever spent. Chris has also created a facebook and discord community that is willing to answer questions and have other users assist when needed. Great setup, totally worth the money and as complete as you will find. Stop reading this and buy it. Totally worth it!

Perfect product, easy setup , and great support

Ignore the elitists, you really _can't_ get a better setup

This setup speaks for itself. H.A.S. is constantly adding content, seems like too much sometimes. The support is top tier and the community is pretty amazing, capable and willing to help.

H.A.S. knows his stuff and is always adding more. Start off with the demo drive and you will soon been a 1st tier, 2nd, etc user- I started at 8tb and am now rocking 48TB of content.

H.A.S. has occasional one-offs, too- specialized packs of hard-to-find drive-filling games, which are compatible with the original systems they were on.

Get your HDDs ready and get in to this setup. You can't possibly regret it after trying out the constantly-evolving content, no joke. I know this sounds like an AD but I am trying to convey just how happy I am from starting back in 2016 with what I thought was a large collection I compiled- to now in 2021 having EVERYTHING--so much I could never possibly play them all.

Join the discord, have a chat with real users and see what they say.

Fantastic System

Amazing amount work done into this project

MANY pretenders out there, this one is the real deal!

Great fun for Kids of all ages

BEST EVER!!!!!

Hyperspin

The Wiz of Emulation - Nicest person in the scene and he keeps drives updated!!!

The Best Support Ever!!!!!!!

I had accidently formatted my drive so I reached out to Chris. He immediately wrote me back and gave me access to re-download the files. Given, it took awhile but it was alot easier then sending my drive back in to be re-imaged. While setting up the drive I ran into some issues and again Chris was fast to respond and help me out through several remote sessions. The drive is now working great and I can't say enough about the support I have received. Chris is the guy when it comes to Hyperspin! I would like to add that before I purchased Chris's 8 TB drive, I had purchased two others from other people. The drives never worked right and though they did provide some support, they never really worked right. Chris's drive is the one you want. Believe me!

Happy since Oct. 2018

Amazing product and amazing service!

More organized and reliable then other similar services I have tried

Continues to deliver

Best bargain in home arcade setups!

Hyperspin is a framework for setting up an amazing home arcade cabinet. The problem quickly becomes evident after you install and are met with the massive number of options and lack of content. Even if you are technical and resourceful, the breadth of options and possibilities is daunting. Enter Chris Shaw and HyperArcade Systems. This is a fully configured, curated and regularly updated COMPLETE install of Hyperspin as intended. Every whistle and bell you can imagine is packed in. Tens of thousands of games with accompanying videos and pictures. Reconfigured joystick hardware, etc. It has everything. Chris himself is a great resource and makes customer service number one. Highly recommended

An amazing gaming setup that will grow, improve, and continuously run superbly over the long term

Not much more I can add
I can't say enough good things about both the system and my overall experience both generally and especially compared to the two competitors I bought from. Chris is the hardest working man in show business, and patient, kind, and timely responding to questions or requests. And the system is very easy and straight forward to use and find the games/system you want quickly . Don't waste your time and money with other vendors, buy this system and you won't be sorry you did

Best arcade setup

Fantastic drives and service

5TB Drive

I can't overstate how amazing the support is with this drive. I had a few issues being new to this and Chris took the time to help me with every question. He remoted in on 2 separate occasions and got me configured (Xtension keyboard controls) and up and running. This drive is AMAZING!!! The layout and updates are all great improvements and it's so easy my 5 year old daughter is playing and jumping in and out of games with no issues...Truly thank Chris and recommend this drive\process\setup to EVERYONE!!!!

Awesome! Best drive and service ever.

The best retro arcade set up out there.

Blown away

Everything was smooth.. from ordering to shopping to recieving... Chris's answered all my questions prior to purchase making choosing my drive super easy... get a small drive then just upgrade if you want...I went with 8tb setup... install process was super easy... discord group and Facebook group all help each other and toss around ideas like a think tank.... overall super happy there was so much stuff on there I didn't even know was gonna be on there...I can't say it enough dude just wow it's the sh%# for real... not to mention updates and support are free for life... his patreon is optional.

Great Software and good updates

Buy from the best

Phenomenal service

Great service

Quality Drive

I have to start first in saying i have set up a few hyperspin drives in the past. Well the basics but always had trouble with the control element of it. So the time had come to forget all i knew and get Chris drive. From purchase through to play it was a great experience. The download was fast, the support was fast but most of all the drive was amazing. Everything has been automated for you and i mean everything. The stuff he has implemented i didn't even know it existed. Everything works and all the controls work its bloody amazing. I honestly cannot be more happy. If your thinking do i pay for a drive or do i try and do it myself, take it from me and my 5 years of trying to do it yourself..............buy the drive you honestly will not regret it. Thank you for your work chris keep it up. One very happy customer :-)

Keep up the GREAT work

The best hyperspin in the world

Great Help..

fun 16 terrabyte

100% best drive and support

This is the ONLY drive you'll ever need!

16tb arcade drive

Best drive hands down

32TB of pure gaming collection

Superb!

Hard working and helpful!

Overwhelming amount of content

Brilliant drive and awesome updates

Been using the whizshaw drive for about a year and have to admit had doubts buying any preconfigured drive, however I glad to say been an awesome purchase. This drive is being improved continually and is absolutely fantastic. The update system being the main reason I purchased. Once you know he to use it’s so easy and quick. The initial download went smooth and was quick giving the 16tb purchase. Instructions for building the drive are great and the help was available from Chris if I was struggling. This drive will still be around in many years to come and without a doubt will improve as better emulators become available. If anything happens to your drive you can redownload or update to fix. A great investment ????

Review

Amazing Setup And Outstanding Continued Support

I bought my 16TB Setup More than a Year ago, When i First got my Drives i Accidentally Erased them using a faulty USB HDD caddy, Second time they arrived to me DOA Both 8Tb drives ( It was around Christmas), Mail Service was Rough with my package you could see the dents in the box, I emailed Chris to have them Recloned a 3rd time!, I didn't want they guy thinking that i was pulling some kind of B.S. He was a bit upset that this would be the 3rd time i had to have him reclone the drives. He had me RMA them back to MFG. Sent out my drives to Chris and got them recloned for the last time. He offered to help with install this 3rd time, First thing i did was clone those drives. Anyway ever since The support on Facebook group and forums is Top Notch, And now a Discord server. The drives are packed Almost filled Entirely up 112gb free of 8tb. Every arcade, xbox game is one here Full sets of every system 300+ systems. And not to mention the Constant Free drive updates via server.
Chris, Admins, and drive owner group work together to help make this the most complete and Fully functioning setup on the Whole Internet period. Monthly updates with patron support well worth $5 admission. Buy this drive from Chris and No one else, if you are thinking of a Hyperspin setup. you will not have the free updates I any many others promise you will not be Disappointed.

8tb drive is worth much more than priced

Shockingly Amazing

I bought the 8TB drive and thanks to the mail strike in Canada it took a while to get. I downloaded Chris’s promotional drive to mess around with until mine came in. I thought my drive would be a little better than the free version, which was great but man I was wrong! Every time I turn it on, I get this open mouth smile on my face! It has me remembering times I spent with my friends and family playing these great games! It’s a perfect mix of new, old and everything else you’ve just never played before. Thanks Chris!

Shockingly Amazing

I bought the 8TB drive and thanks to the mail strike in Canada it took well over a month to get. I downloaded Chris’s promotional drive to mess around with until mine came in. I thought my drive would be a little better than the free version, which was great but man I was wrong! Every time I turn it on, I get this open mouth smile on my face! It has me remembering times I spent with my friends and family playing these great games! It’s a perfect mix of new, old and everything else you’ve just never played before. Thanks Chris!

I'm having a blast!

One of the best HyperSpin drives out there!

Chris Brings great service with his drives, and the best I’ve seen by far..

Amazing Drive

Amazing support from Hyper arcade

Chris's support is seriously 10/10

Christopher Shaw and his hyperspin drives! I know most of us come across as being a pain with all this hyperspin stuff as frustrating as the program is. I know how much time and work you put into this to get it all working for us. Im also aware of how many sleepless nights and the time you spend on this. Just want to say really appreciate you and what you do, you have no idea myself included how much i really want to say thank you for all you efforts. This really honestly needs to be acknowledged.

Well worth the wait

I finally decided to build a full size arcade and retire the bartop. I have limited experience with the software side of arcades however I know just enough to be dangerous. I've done research over the years and know some people indicate you should build your own hyperspin drives from the ground up therefore you understand your system. Some people do not have the time, have the need to understand all phases of the frontend, or bandwidth to download all the date. However, this is the 3rd prebuilt hard drive I purchased over the years and I found it to be the best as far as being "turn-key". The controls work out of the box on at lease 90% of all emulators and being updated everyday. Send Chris an email or report it on his FB Page and his team gets it done. The support is the best, I only experienced Chris and one other seller that go out of their way to ensure their product works.
There is a downside, truth be told, with all his orders and the time it takes to clone a large hard drive you will wait awhile for your delivery. It's not that bad but if your an impatient person like me order your disk, then start your build. Your disk will arrive when you are ready for them. I will admit I watched all Chris' videos and damn near memorized them so my install wasn't bad. I had a few issues which Chris remoted in and fixed immediately. After booting for the first time I realized it was truly worth the wait. Be patient you will be pleased in the end.
I'm waiting on my PS3 Collection and will be finished for awhile. I signed up for Patreon because it's worth reporting what needs repair, knowing their is an ongoing process for updates, and knowing their is a team behind the scenes making the donuts.
Happy gaming one and all.

Drives are excellent

Amazing!!!!

Best Customer Service!

I'm not well versed with computer stuff. I was afraid of trying to set this Hyperspin system up but Chris makes it very painless and the best thing for newbies like myself, he responds to emails in a timely manner cause Lord knows I had to have a couple of things explained to me. He's done a great job with this collection and I love how he continually tries to make it even better on a weekly basis!

Thanks Chris!

Best hyperspin drive, ever, anywhere (16tb version)

I bought the 16tb drive from Hyper Arcade Systems after finding out about it from the guys who I was looking at to build a cabinet for me, checked out the site, watched some of his video’s and spent some time going through the facebook site. Became obvious that he knows everything backwards about his drives and has a real passion for making this stuff integrate and work seamlessly, and spends more time helping his customers get the most out of it, as he does updating the drive itself. I looked at a couple of other drive sellers but no one else actually supports the drive they sell on an ongoing basis, certainly nothing like this guy, backed up by a team of knowledgeable admin’s and a forum of several hundred users all contributing and helping each other.

I went with the 16tb Drive Donation option because I had spare drives at home but was on terrible adsl speeds (thanks Australia) and downloading those volumes just wasn’t an option. Postage back and forth took a while but I ended up receiving my drives back well before my arcade cabinet was built and delivered, so that wasn’t a big deal in the end. I spent the time in between watching some videos and tutorials on how it all plugged together, then when I received the drives I was able to dive into them and work things out a bit better before the cabinet arrived.

While I was waiting for the cabinet to arrive I ran the sync tool to get my drive up to a “current state”. Worked flawlessly. Well, hit one minor issue, but I had already read the solutions for this on the forum, and applied a bit of common sense and it was no trouble. Then I ran the installation process to set it up on a new C: for the gaming pc to run, and again, the set up process on the drive worked flawlessly for me. I copied across some tweaks I had made to wheel content based on what I wanted to see, which was super-easy to do.

The drive is really well organised, the installation and synchronisation feature has been refined to an easy walk-through process and it comes with a set of neat tools to allow user tweaks and customisations and is always being improved. It is way more complete than anything else I’ve seen, anywhere and the support for it is unbelievable. I’m super happy with my purchase and wouldn’t hesitate to recommend this. You won’t regret it.

Chris Shaw retro systems

hyperspin drive

Excellent builds thorough update system.

Drive has everything you could ever ask for

Solid Guy - Honest Businessman

I have bought from Chris and have enjoyed a solid product from day one. He has always gone above and beyond what anyone in the field would do for post payment support. Constant updates and improvements, as well as honest communication. I have zero complaints and have refered others who have all had the same experiance. Negative reviews I find are people who have not actually used his service, or those who cannot follow simple instructions or have a less than average knowledge of computers.

Best Service Around hands down!!!

Best drive by far

Whizshaws drive

BEST Hyperspin hard drive out there period....

I've had a couple pre-configured hyperspin hard drives and this is easily the best. This guy makes it so simple to do everything from in-depth videos to auto hotkey scripts. Best part is after initial install u r done and the systems work, I got 1 from hyperspinsystems.com and it was a rippoff nothing worked properly, it was OVERPRICED, and they wouldn't even email back to explain anything... I will be purchasing any future hyperspin hard drives from christopher shaw, he puts alot of time and effort into his product and even offers free updates.

yluam

3 Years later and still amazing service!

Chris Shaw is the real thing

I bought a drive from Wizshaw and WOW. I've been burnt by other drives that only sort of work. This one is great. So much of it actually works it is astonishing that it is all together. Other drives your looking at 60% max. The drive from Shaw is 99% awesome, and the other 1% he is always working to fix bugs, and work things out for everyone who buys them.

Great guy, will always answer questions (be patient though he is only one man).

Thank you so much, it was exactly what I was looking for.

All around great product and person

Chris is great to work with. I bought my drive in November 2016 and became impatient with the 8TB downloads... Sooo, I mailed him the drive. He provided great customer service and turned the drive around in about one week, all while servicing other customers and making improvements to the product. Overall, I am exceptionally satisfied with Chris and his product and look forward to an upgrade in the future.

Exceptional Customer Service

While I have only just started working with the drive, I had run in to some small issues at no fault of either Chris or the work he has done. I sent off a quick message to him, and very shortly after he was able to log in to my system to troubleshoot the problems, and quickly resolve them. I had everything up and running shortly after that, but sadly within days of enjoying gaming the drive I purchased at my local computer store ultimately failed. Chris saw what I was going through, and went above and beyond for me. He told me to simply make a RMA for the drive to send back to the manufacturer, and in the meantime prepped a drive for me and shipped it out to help get me up and running even faster. I have never ran in to customer service this fantastic, and that doesn't even factor in the constant updates he does, and alterations he constantly makes to make this project even better on a weekly basis.

Bartop

Hyperspin Systen

Amazing

Testimonial #9

OUTSTANDING!!!

I could not ask for more

This is the drive to buy...

I have always over researched a purchase before committing. So when my 8 year old son asked if we could build a arcade cabinet like the ones I always tell him about from my childhood... the research began for everything to make that request a reality. a main component is the computer and drive setup to run the emulators and roms. after months of searching I found whizshaw drive and have never looked back. 8tb full of working data with a support group that rivals large corporations. this drive becomes better more refined and is expanding almost weekly. I will be building a second arcade as soon as this first build is complete. even though I already have the 8tb drive and could come it for my own use in my second cabinet I will support the efforts and community by buying a second drive.

Guy Covers everything

Chris's drives are loaded with content and features that no one else can offer. Chris stands behind his product and offeres assistance on both a personal level and to the masses on his dedicated Community Facebook page. Chris's newly developed automatic update process is revolutionary and gives his customers piece of mind that their drives are current and have the latest bells and whistles HS has to offer. Chris has gone above and beyond my initial expectation that I had after making my investment in his product. I can't count the countless hours I have spent playing this system with my family - making new memories with retro games!!

Hyper arcade systems

After spending months and months building my own 10 wheel hyper spin setup I finally got sick of how tedious it was and moved to launchbox. However I still wanted to have everything setup in hyperspin .... After researching all the drives out there I finally decided to pull the trigger on wizshaw's drive (hyper arcade systems)... And am I glad I did! I was sent a completely full 8tb drive of working hyper spin setup. The install is insanely easy ... You literally follow step by step instructions (videos and text) and in about an hour (it takes time to install all those damn .net framework) everything just worked!
Ive never had any issues with setup or the drive itself but I see wizshaw's answering questions day and night in the purchaser's Facebook group. I've never seen customer service like this in any industry ...the guy is a machine!

I've had this drive setup and working almost flawlessly for months ... And the best part is wizshaw's keeps adding to it!!! Two weeks ago like 5000 did games were added .... I got to play sopwith and Mickey's space adventure ...two games I never thought I'd play again!
This drive sits in my arcade cabinet proudly!