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[BennyBlanco]

I think this actually looks sick for $199. Palmer is talking about "powerful" AMD hardware but I wonder what that actually means. Takes original carts and upscales for modern displays.

And they are publishing games for it as well? Anyone here buy one of his gameboy clones?

 

[Xyphie]

I think this actually looks sick for $199. Palmer is talking about "powerful" AMD hardware but I wonder what that actually means. Takes original carts and upscales for modern displays.

His tweet says FPGA, so presumably some Xilinx chip.

 

[thicc_girls_are_teh_best]

So is this one FPGA-based like Analogue 64? I know AMD own a FPGA company, Xilinx IIRC, and they still make FPGAs so that's maybe what the AMD hardware reference in the tweet is referring to.

His tweet says FPGA, so presumably some Xilinx chip.

Yep, this is most likely the case.

 

[kevboard]

and look, they have a proper N64 controller that supports the left+center grip...

you know, THE MOST IMPORTANT ONE FOR THE ICONIC ASS FPS TITLES OF THE N64

 

[bender]

It will be interesting to see how it compares in terms of performance and features, but Analog wins in terms of industrial design.

 

[falconhoof]

Palmer's own comparison to Analogue 3D.

 

[alphachino]

I think this actually looks sick for $199. Palmer is talking about "powerful" AMD hardware but I wonder what that actually means. Takes original carts and upscales for modern displays.

And they are publishing games for it as well? Anyone here buy one of his gameboy clones?

"powerful" when it comes to FPGA is in the number of logic elements. the de10-nano (MiSTer) has 110k LE.

analogue pocket has 64k total
analogue 3d has 220k but it is completely locked down, we may never get any extra cores.

my guess is that the m64 will contain 250k+ LEs.

 

[jshackles]

A $200 FPGA console like this that can play original N64 carts and also run other retro systems cores is definitely relevant to my interests

 

[falconhoof]

"powerful" when it comes to FPGA is in the number of logic elements. the de10-nano (MiSTer) has 110k LE.

analogue pocket has 64k total
analogue 3d has 220k but it is completely locked down, we may never get any extra cores.

my guess is that the m64 will contain 250k+ LEs.

Never played around with FPGA, but I thought by the nature of the tech that it was re-programmable, so if they say no more cores are coming does that mean no one can produce more cores or that they aren't.

Is the device physically locked down from getting new cores?

 

[efyu_lemonardo]

Very curious about what software they intend to release. There are a few fan projects running on original hardware that do amazing things.

 

[alphachino]

Never played around with FPGA, but I thought by the nature of the tech that it was re-programmable, so if they say no more cores are coming does that mean no one can produce more cores or that they aren't.

Is the device physically locked down from getting new cores?

it means that nobody can without a jailbreak. It is rumored that the megaSG and superNT jailbreaks were leaked by Analogue themselves. Personally, even if it was jailbroken, i doubt I would care enough to get one when MiSTer is completely open, and M64 are openly supporting additional cores.

 

[EverydayBeast]

N64 talk is exciting

 

[Calverz]

He says support for many analog video outputs. I only saw usb c and hdmi out. Where is the RGB scart??!

 

[Unknown Soldier]

I'm amazed that Palmer Luckey still has time to mess around with this shit while he's building autonomous drones and fighter jets for the US military





Yes, that Anduril - the Flame of the West

 

[BennyBlanco]

I'm amazed that Palmer Luckey still has time to mess around with this shit while he's building autonomous drones and fighter jets for the US military


Yes, that Anduril - the Flame of the West

Guy has had a fascinating career for sure. He must've made an absolute fortune selling Oculus to Faceberg.

 

[IbizaPocholo]

MiSTer FPGA? No. Analogue 3D? No. It's ModRetro M64 news time as the maker of the ModRetro Chromatic FPGA handheld has finally revealed more details about a new Nintendo console not made by Nintendo...forget the Switch 2...it's ModRetro M64 time! With a $199 price tag which is wild. Will it be the ultimate retro gaming console for N64? Will Analogue 3D worth it questions get asked more? Who knows!

But now we have confirmation M64 runs more cores than N64, the price point will remain the same...and more! plus new photos, details and the ModRetro M64 controller!

Now with way more details too!

 

[BennyBlanco]

Should've known you'd be on this VGEsoterica