I’m sure there are people out there that will leap at the opportunity to buy one of these, but between emulation with modern controller mapping, and og hardware on a CRT, I’ve never stopped playing N64 games since 1996 and the prospect of buying another $250+ piece of hardware just doesn’t appeal to me. I guess if you totally missed out on the 64 era, this is a great way to bypass the tinkering emulation requires to get to a playable state (N64 peeps already know), while getting the technically best image quality possible, and be a buy. The N64 has a fantastic (albeit sort of small) library of bangers. The issue now is finding carts that aren’t priced to the moon.
$250 Analogue 3D will play all your N64 cartridges in 4K early next year
Submitted 6 months ago by Alphane_Moon@lemmy.world to games@lemmy.world
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celsiustimeline@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 months ago
Cethin@lemmy.zip 6 months ago
Yeah, with the need for the cartridges, I don’t know who this appeals to. I would think it appeals to people who already have a library of games, but they also probably have original hardware, and running on a CRT is probably ideal, not a modern display in 4k. The CRT hides the low detail from the time and has built-in AA, so it (subjectively) looks better.
So, if it’s not for those people, is it for new people? In which case they better be loaded because getting the games isn’t easy. In which case, getting an original console probably isn’t an issue.
million@lemmy.world 6 months ago
All the analogue has official unofficial jailbreaks. I’ve never used cartridges on any of them.
pory@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Native 4k output instead of a crappy upscaler or a RetroTink which costs more alone than this Analogue product. N64’s native composite is laggy and hideous on a flatscreen TV, you need something like this or a retrotink or a CRT to make the games look good. Even if the Analogue couldn’t play ROMs off an SD card (it can, if Analogue’s previous products are any indication), you could just stick a Summercart in it.
FilthyShrooms@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I know it’s more expensive, but I’d rather get a steam deck and just emulate the games
barnaclebutt@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Meh, get a mister. It’s much more fun.
Dkarma@lemmy.world 6 months ago
16 bit in 4k?
Lmfao get fucked.
mesamunefire@lemmy.world 6 months ago
The biggest issue with Analogue is they only make a small amount of these devices then they are gone.
Lightsong@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I just want component to 720 or 1080 for cheap. Don’t want to do soldering or anything xd.
saltesc@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I hear the Nintendo war drums…
Dasnap@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I believe the FPGA modules are written with 100% unique, non-Nintendo code. Maybe the only issue could be the cartilage connector? I’ve had an Analogue Pocket for a while and that project hasn’t been taken down.
dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 6 months ago
The cartridge connector is not proprietary. It’s just a commodity off the shelf card edge socket.
trustnoone@lemmy.sdf.org 6 months ago
Apparently Ryujinx the switch emulator has been removed even though it used unique code and the speculation is the owner got paid off to delete it. Makes me wonder if they get you either one way or another
SomethingBurger@jlai.lu 6 months ago
They can’t do anything about this. Analogue already made similar products for the NES, SNES and Game Boy.
JusticeForPorygon@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I don’t say this often, because big companies usually get what they want, but I think analogue is safe.
It would be the same as all of those cheap SNES/NES/Genesis 3inones you used to see everywhere, Analogue just provides something more “premium”
Prunebutt@slrpnk.net 6 months ago
Has Nintendo sued Analogue before? I assume that Analogue makes sure they’ve got their legal bases covered.
PunchingWood@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Nintendo: Image
RedditWanderer@lemmy.world 6 months ago
That’s why these things are always “so close” to being done. You hear the milestone is near, and then it disappears. I have a theory Nintendo waits for as long as they can so people invest a lot, then they send the papers. In a way it discourages people from even starting imo.
fluxion@lemmy.world 6 months ago
They’re selling their Gameboy one at least :
store.analogue.co/products/analogue-pocket-white
4am@lemm.ee 6 months ago
I own several Analogue products. They’re solid AF.
ch00f@lemmy.world 6 months ago
The console doesn’t officially support ROMs. It must run games off the original hardware carts.
However, there’s a fairly simple hack to get ROMs to play on the SD card slot of the Analogue Pocket that many suspect was unofficially developed by Analogue themselves.
osprior@lemmy.world 6 months ago
OpenFPGA on the Analogue Pocket is official.