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Analogue Interactive releasing a aluminum NES/Famicom

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Wow. WOW. The makers of the awesome CMVS neo geo just announced a new NES/Famicom made out of aluminum called the Analogue Nt.

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http://analogueinteractive.com/analogue-nt
 
Lambtron said:
It appears that it does.

If this plays FDS games, too, that would be pretty neat. I'm not going to get my hopes up about buying one of these, though, given the cost of their (utterly awesome) CMVS.
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Yeah, it would be a joke if this ends up costing more than the RGB capable Sharp Famicom Titler.
 
I see in the picture there are Famicom Disk System disks, but I'm guessing it doesn't actually play those right?
 
If it looks that good when it ships, I want one. The Retron5 looked amazing in the initial publicity shots, but looks like a cheap toy in more recent shots.
 
Very intrigued - but it'll be very expensive I bet since I don't think they can "mass"-produce it like the other clone makers, plus it sounds much more advanced than your standard NES-On-A-Chip.

At first I thought it was a regular NES with a new shell, since Analogue Interactive repackages Neo Geo consoles in fancy wood casings.
 
nice. I couldn't recommend christophers shop enough. he's actually a really nice guy and pretty avid poster on the shmup forums. he also used to post on cave-stg when it was around, and I bought a wooden "analogue" neo-geo stick from him (along with many other items outside of his shop) for my arcade supergun setup and it's phenomenal/an extremely quality build.

I'm sure it's going to be expensive as most have mentioned, but it will definitely be worth it.
 
SOME-MIST said:
nice. I couldn't recommend christophers shop enough. he's actually a really nice guy and pretty avid poster on the shmup forums. he also used to post on cave-stg when it was around, and I bought a wooden "analogue" neo-geo stick from him (along with many other items outside of his shop) for my arcade supergun setup and it's phenomenal/an extremely quality build.

I'm sure it's going to be expensive as most have mentioned, but it will definitely be worth it.
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I'm in the same boat. Bought some things from him over the years...most notably a Wonderswan development kit years back. Nice guy. Also have one of his black Neo Geo wood sticks...one of the best in my collection. Still, never made funds available for one of the pricey CMVS boxes. Curious to know more about this new machine and how it outputs RGB.
 
sixteen-bit said:
With its motorized CD lid, LED craziness, and MIDI module, the Sega Wondermega is the Mercedes Benz of Genesis/Mega Drive consoles. If only it did RGB, lol.
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Thats the coolest thing I've ever seen in my life.
 
I'm not entirely sure what to expect in terms of price, but I like the way this guy talks, I like that it's not emulation, and a wooden NES sounds cool as shit.
 
So it uses an original NES inside? And is modded for RGB? If it does what it says on the tin (err.... aluminum), then that sounds like a good product.
 
The top looks nice, but I'd like to see the rest of it as well.

Lambtron said:
It appears that it does.

If this plays FDS games, too, that would be pretty neat. I'm not going to get my hopes up about buying one of these, though, given the cost of their (utterly awesome) CMVS.
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synt4x said:
I see in the picture there are Famicom Disk System disks, but I'm guessing it doesn't actually play those right?
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Maybe it has the Famicom's port on the bottom for expansions and front aux port as well.
 
SOME-MIST said:
I'm sure it's going to be expensive as most have mentioned, but it will definitely be worth it.
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What's the yardstick that people are using when defining "expensive," here?

If it's competitive with the price of what it would take to obtain a genuine top-loader, RGB card, four score, and Famicom converter (which would be in the $200 ballpark AFAIK), then there's a practical reason to expect a market for it.
 
Sixfortyfive said:
What's the yardstick that people are using when defining "expensive," here?

If it's competitive with the price of what it would take to obtain a genuine top-loader, RGB card, four score, and Famicom converter (which would be in the $200 ballpark AFAIK), then there's a practical reason to expect a market for it.
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judging by the price of the other items.

for instance, the wooden arcade stick is $200. you can typically find quality builds with the same parts for around $150. the CMVS is $650 dollars... and well, you can find MVS 1 slots and AES builds for much much cheaper. The builds are fantastic though and my stick was way more than worth it. It's just a bit on the high end when compared to similar functioning items (sticks, consoles, etc..).

I wouldn't be able to take a guess how much this would cost, but many people are saying they wouldn't pay over $100.... and I feel that it's definitely going to be more than that.
 
RedSwirl said:
So does this mean it won't look like shit if I hook it up to a modern TV?
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It will look like shit if hooked up to a modern tv just like all other low-rez systems do. One exception is if you have an HDTV/Plasma with a solid internal upscaler (but those are few and far between).
 
Yes Boss! said:
It will look like shit if hooked up to a modern tv just like all other low-rez systems do. One exception is if you have an HDTV/Plasma with a solid internal upscaler (but those are few and far between).
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What I mean is, will this machine have an affect similar to RGB scalers?
 
from a thread on nintendo age:

It is designed around the heart and brain of the original NES. We've completely reengineered the original NES while remaining true to the original hardware. This means you’ll be experiencing the NES with the hardware it was designed to be played with. No emulation.

The Analogue Nt is precision fabricated from a solid block of aircraft grade aluminum. Engineered with an uncompromising attitude to quality. There has never been another video game system like it.
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No FGPA or original motherboards. It's completely reengineered from the ground up. I'll have all the details at the end of the month. For the meantime, just know its not emulation.

Hi-Fi simply means high fidelity or high quality reproduction of sound. In other words, really good audio quality. I've done the audio testing on studio monitors and it is genuinely mind blowing. I've never heard an NES sound like this.
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It sounds interesting, but I would prefer HDMI over RGB at this time. I'm more excited for the FPGA HDMI Nes clone that RetroZone is making.
 
My god. This machine will be my vinyl record player.

In a life where I have entirely disposed of all physical media, I am pretty excited of starting to chase up physical NES and Famicom carts. That system was such a big part of my childhood. There is something magical in having an entire game wrapped on a cart forever. No patches, no DLC, no crap.

Wonder what cable I can use to hook this up to my TV and sound system. HDMI does RGB, no?
 
I'm so excited for this! I should be able to afford by June if priced right (as in super expensive but not super duper expensive!).
 
So how does this work? Refurbished original hardware? New hardware that mimics the original hardware? Emulation? If it's the latter you can count me out.
 
Wow, I might actually buy one of these at some point and start playing carts again. Cool stuff, and it would make hunting for famicom carts more attractive too whenever I manage to get back to Japan. (Though the FPGA HDMI Nes clone from RetroZone mentioned earlier does seem appealing as well).

As a PAL gamer, my biggest concern would be the power supply. I assume I will need some kind of step down converter since it is made in the US, right? Will I run into trouble with the 50/60hz difference as well? I assume not if I stick to American or Japanese carts, correct?

For those concerned about RGB to HD tv, and willing to spend even more on their retro set-up, they should consider following in Gaffer CoachKevin's footsteps (from the excellent Back in my Play retro gaming podcast) and purchase one of those lagless (edit: apparently nog lagless, apologies) Japanese Framemeister upscaler units that create great image quality (and scan lines I believe) for retro consoles on HD displays. He always seems to be raving about his at least, though they do cost up to a few hunderd bucks I believe he said:

CoachKevin said:
Made it to Japan!!! First pickup of my Japan trip was waiting for me at my friend's house. No more CRT!



This morning (in 2 hours) we are hitting up Akihabara and Nakano with a literal duffel bag to go full on RAID style.
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Here is the link to his original post in the Back in my Play thread.
 
Sixfortyfive said:
The Framemeister adds approximately 1.5 frames of lag on top of your TV's lag, no matter what operation mode is chosen.
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Ok, thanks for that correction. I've edited my post accordingly. No solution is perfect then it seems. (And just to be clear: I wasn't trying to sell lies or anything, just repeating what I had heard from others such as Kevin who seemed very enthusiastic about it - so much so that he went on the 8-4 play podcast at some point to talk about this device).
 
Raitaro said:
Ok, thanks for that correction. I've edited my post accordingly. No solution is perfect then it seems. (And just to be clear: I wasn't trying to sell lies or anything, just repeating what I had heard from others such as Kevin who seemed very enthusiastic about it - so much so that he went on the 8-4 play podcast at some point to talk about this device).
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Oh, there are a number of good options for video processors if you do your research, some of which are even made by the same company, but there's always a cost or a trade-off in user-friendliness, compatibility, features, or what have you. And everyone's priorities are different; it just doesn't matter to some. But I value latency and performance a lot and $350 is a high price to pay for something I find to be sub-optimal in that regard.

I went on a pretty serious 2-minutes hate on that device in the RGB thread like a week ago. As far as I'm concerned it's a box better suited for admiring pixel art than playing games.
 
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