Chittagong
Gold Member
Lucky for them there was no delay in charging my credit card in full in April.
What is this, a stealth Kickstarter?
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Analogue NT ($500 HDMI aluminum NES) delayed until 'Christmas'
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Lucky for them there was no delay in charging my credit card in full in April.
What is this, a stealth Kickstarter?
DoktorEvil
Banned
What's an Analogue NT? I know what the OT says but there's no info on the console.
Speaking as a retro enthusiast, I can't imagine why anyone would want an HDMI NES, as the visuals for NES games were built around the unique features of a CRT.
That said, the delay being because they have to improve production is a little ridiculous. Why not just release what you can currently make for your preorder customers and then scale production?
edit: Just checked the link. $500? You could buy 5 top loaders for that price!
That said, the delay being because they have to improve production is a little ridiculous. Why not just release what you can currently make for your preorder customers and then scale production?
edit: Just checked the link. $500? You could buy 5 top loaders for that price!
Mithos
Member
OverBlood 3
Banned
Obviously not.
Chittagong
Gold Member
Sorry posting on mobile, copy paste from their email.
It's an aluminum bodied NES with the guts of a genuine Famicom, so no emulation or repro chips. On top of that is a NES RGB chipset and their own HDMI upscaler. It has cartridge slots for both NES and Famicom games, and 4 controller ports. Because it's an actual Famicom 100% of games and accessories work.
It's supposed to be pretty much the ultimate way to play NES/Famicom non-emulated.
DoktorEvil
Banned
I wasn't aware that the chipset for NES is open source now. I can't see anyone wanting to get one except diehards and/or retro collectors. Famicon carts are very hard to come by in the US.
Also, there were games that used 4 controllers?!?!
Superblatt
Member
Zero reason to buy this as you can get an rgb modded nes for $350-$400, tops. Ridiculous they have charged people's credit cards in full in April and won't ship until December. Sounds like the Retron 5 debacle all over again, but with a much higher price tag.
intheinbetween
Member
500$? smh
RecursiveFault
Banned
Whoa that's fucking nasty. Hopefully the product comes out on time...
GifGafIsTheBestGaf
Member
dat ninja edit lol
also sweet baby jesus, the get 2 jobs for a ps3 falls short for this one
Dat RGB though, miles better than composite, something I don't use anymore.
Yep.
Those are nearly impossible to find pre-modded, ebay is the only site I found some at and they are rare there too. I would love to find a site that has them as a standard.
Chittagong
Gold Member
Not open source, these are *actual* genuine Famicom guts from consoles with damaged shells, with NES RGB chipset bolted on.
Also NES carts work. Two cart slots, one NES and one Famicom.
4 player? The only ones I can think of are Nintendo Worldcup Soccer, Super Spike V-Ball and Gauntlet
Nightmare on Elm Street was also 4 players!
Bomber Bob
Banned
500 bucks?
is this made by apple?
is this made by apple?
El Pescado
Member
I happily paid $500 and I'd have paid even more had they asked for it. This is a high quality product they're selling. It's like the exact opposite of something like a Retron 5.
DoktorEvil
Banned
Ah. Welp that's a high sticker price for RGB and additional for carts. So the Co. That was going to do it stole you money.
That sucks man. Can't you dispute the charge with your CC provider?
grap3fruitman
Banned
Why would he do that? He wants the thing. This thread was to inform others of a delay, it wasn't the OP complaining about a hold on his credit card.
DoktorEvil
Banned
OHH I missed that in the OP.
Nope, none so far.
Everyone saying "OMG $499!?!?!" should probably take a look at the current RGB NES market. Getting an NES with proper RGB output is not cheap. Initially people were pulling the PPU chips out of old PlayChoice10 arcade boards but it seems there is an alternative out there now. Either way, getting an RGB NES is very expensive. Same deal if you want a PC Engine Duo with RGB.
This price really isn't far off from the market for these things.
A friend of mine has one on order and we're going to put it through its paces come December. He already has a good 5-6 RGB NES consoles so we'll be ready to compare and find out how it stacks up. Here's hoping it doesn't use the arcade PPU colors...
Chittagong
Gold Member
Yeah that's right, I want the product, I think it's a great idea and speaks to a small niche market.
I just do not appreciate that they essentially pulled a Kickstarter (collect money for a concept to make it real) while implying that they are ready to ship soon ('summer'). If the product actually existed in April they could have shipped some earlier than Christmas, on a first come, first served basis. Now it just stinks like a Kickstarter in disguise.
I just do not appreciate that they essentially pulled a Kickstarter (collect money for a concept to make it real) while implying that they are ready to ship soon ('summer'). If the product actually existed in April they could have shipped some earlier than Christmas, on a first come, first served basis. Now it just stinks like a Kickstarter in disguise.
DoktorEvil
Banned
I'd still advise for disputing the charge with your CC provider and look for another company doing it.
Who knows what they did with your pre-order funds.
sixteen-bit
Member
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There is a new chip (the Australian) and it's much better. I'm hoping this system is not using the arcade PPU.
OverBlood 3
Banned
Go on...
Chittagong
Gold Member
To Analogue's defence, they are an actual company which continues to ship products (those super high end wooden Neo Geos), so they are a real company - which is why I am sticking with my order. I just think they managed this campaign really bad by not being open about the state of the product development.
But what is so high quality about it that makes it cost 500$?
Reading the others posters i now get the idea that they are taking advantage of the skyrocketed prices of Ebay and just putting an aluminium case on it and call it a day.
I mean there is no way the insides of this console and the case could cost more than 100$ in total
i would be extremely surprised if that was the case
OverBlood 3
Banned
I hope no one in this thread finds out that the upscaler is an extra $50
Storm Raider
Banned
Need a N64 set up like this plz.
boclfon479
Member
trying to decide if this is worse than the $200 glow in the dark PS4 controller that was on here yesterday...
An etim NESRGB board alone is around $80 in the US. I don't know what it costs to buy a PlayChoice PPU, but I really hope that's not what they're doing. The colors would be all off.
Also, it's not just an aluminum case, iirc the housing is carved out of an aluminum block. That's expensive, too.
I'm not saying I think it's worth it, though, just that there's more money going into how this is made than you seem to think.
I'm pretty confident I could buy and RGB mod an NES, a Famicom, and still have money left over for a Famicom Disk System for $500, though.
If you can solder, the NESRGB is like 90 AUD. Obviously you're still missing out on the aluminum case and their magical HDMI upscaler. It's better than gutting a Playchoice.
Here - http://etim.net.au/nesrgb/
Here - http://etim.net.au/nesrgb/