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I don't have the technical knowledge to make such a project but I always had the interest to do so. If it already been talked in another thread then I apologize in advance.
What I would like to know is, let's say someone would try to make a game console with parts that were common in older generation consoles. By older parts I don't means to salvage from older hardware but use the same hardware from 20~30 years ago since I like those old CPU or other video/sound hardware.
What would be the challenge of doing such a project? For example, are parts still available? Now that most people only use LCD, would it be possible to adapt the signal for new television sets? For video, does chips still exist or you have to make them with some programmable chip (I forgot the name of it but it was used to make some emulated nes hardware).
This is just all "in theory" but those things fascinate me and want to learn more about what is possible and the limitation of what can be done today.
I'd like to make a console that's somewhere in between the Sega Saturn and Dreamcast.
What I would like to know is, let's say someone would try to make a game console with parts that were common in older generation consoles. By older parts I don't means to salvage from older hardware but use the same hardware from 20~30 years ago since I like those old CPU or other video/sound hardware.
What would be the challenge of doing such a project? For example, are parts still available? Now that most people only use LCD, would it be possible to adapt the signal for new television sets? For video, does chips still exist or you have to make them with some programmable chip (I forgot the name of it but it was used to make some emulated nes hardware).
This is just all "in theory" but those things fascinate me and want to learn more about what is possible and the limitation of what can be done today.
I'd like to make a console that's somewhere in between the Sega Saturn and Dreamcast.