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Analogue Pocket. GBA, GBC, GB, Lynx, & More, 1440P Screen. HDMI-output with dock. $199, Launching May 2021.

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Speedwagon

Michelangelo painted the Sistine Chapel. Yabuki turned off voice chat in Mario Kart races. True artists of their time.
It looks really nice. I want one.
 
Chittagong

Chittagong

Gold Member
Cross posting from the pre-announcement thread since this is more clear in the title:

This thing looks completely f'ing nuts. Analogue really hit this one out of the park.

Brb, gotta buy some games at Lukies before prices hike!

I hope they put the FPGA logo on the back, it's the only thing between this and design perfection

EDIT: Here's what I got


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I hope they announce official cases. This thing is so beautiful I need one to travel with.

Second thing I really hope Analogue would bring is save states, it’s my only reason to prefer Mini consoles.

A fun fact from Ars Technica comments section - the resolution is so high (100x) that you could try to replicate the look of the original pixels by having a grid of smaller black pixels around the game pixels:

metroid-fusion-scaled.png
 
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Pidull

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Looks gorgeous and I sorta want it, but I am not a fan of built-in rechargeable batteries. I have a backlit modded GBA for that reason, so much easier to swap out batteries from my rechargeable battery hub and I don't worry about the internal battery degrading from age/disuse.
 
Rodolink

Rodolink

Member
$200 device to play Tetris nice

Nevertheless looks amazing, and its a cool thing it includes a sequencer. I'd love to get one if I had extra 200.
 
Rodolink

Rodolink

Member
Chittagong said:
Cross posting from the pre-announcement thread since this is more clear in the title:

This thing looks completely f'ing nuts. Analogue really hit this one out of the park.

Brb, gotta buy some games at Lukies before prices hike!

I hope they put the FPGA logo on the back, it's the only thing between this and design perfection

EDIT: Here's what I got


syuHag9.png



I hope they announce official cases. This thing is so beautiful I need one to travel with.

Second thing I really hope Analogue would bring is save states, it’s my only reason to prefer Mini consoles.

A fun fact from Ars Technica comments section - the resolution is so high (100x) that you could try to replicate the look of the original pixels by having a grid of smaller black pixels around the game pixels:

metroid-fusion-scaled.png
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yeah they just upped the resolution of the original gameboy by 10x and made a screen for it. so its upscaled 1x1 although GBA would be 6x (source: https://obscurehandhelds.com/2019/10/analogue-pocket-the-game-boy-to-end-them-all/)
 
DESTROYA

DESTROYA

Member
Would have loved to see it with a bigger screen, get rid of the borders on the edges and you would have greatly improved visuals and take advantage of the 1440P screen.
Looks amazing .
 
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CuteFaceJay

Member
It looks tidy but I just got a Switch lite for £200 and being all digital I don't need to carry stupid cards with me like I'm a kid from the 90's :p
 
McCheese

McCheese

Member
Will they send people the right ones this time though?

Their distribution partner royally fucked up the Mega SG release.
 
n0razi

n0razi

Member
Shotpun said:
If the screen is 1600 x 1440 it's exactly 10x the original and will provide sharp pixels, but they could have get the same effect with 800x720 screen too with x5 scale... can't say what made them choose 1440p screen, maybe somehow it ended up being cheaper and/or easier to produce?
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I believe it might be the same display panels used in the Valve Index (x2)... in which case there is already a supply of high quality panels available instead of going custom which would be more expensive



CuteFaceJay said:
It looks tidy but I just got a Switch lite for £200 and being all digital I don't need to carry stupid cards with me like I'm a kid from the 90's :p
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A simple flash cart would solve that, ethics aside of course
 
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prag16

prag16

Banned
Looks slick. But that price. Ouch. Plus I can't imagine my large meat hook hands would be too comfy using this.
 
McCheese

McCheese

Member
Trojita said:
What did they do, send Super NT's or the wrong colored Mega SG's?
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With the SuperNT they sent them in the wrong order, so folks who ordered it the day before had them sent out, but folks who pre-ordered 9 months had to wait for the second batch. With the SG they sent them out of order, but also sent the wrong ones out - so three different colours, and it was a crapshoot if you got received the one you ordered or not, the boxes were labelled correctly so clearly just human error somewhere. It's worth noting that they also charge A LOT for delivery, so having consistently fallen short in that area is the biggest gripe most Analogue fans have with the company.
 
cheststrongwell

cheststrongwell

my cake, fuck off
This looks amazing. Probably not going to happen, but I hope the ability to play SNES and Genesis games on this comes someday.
 
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CJY

CJY

Banned
cheststrongwell said:
This looks amazing. Probably not going to happen, but I hope the ability to play SNES and Genesis games on this comes someday.
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PeterBazooka said:
So with the potential to develop new cores... does that mean we could see SNES or NEOGEO on this thing?
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No idea what FPGAs are in this yet, but I'd be fairly surprised if you won't be able to get at least Genesis & SNES cores on the second FPGA. I do doubt it's going to be an Altera Cyclone V though, which is what is in their other consoles.


Don't know if this has been mentioned yet:
OG Gameboy screen res: 160 * 144 = 23,040 pixels
Analogue Pocket screen res: 1600 * 1440 = 2,304,000 pixels

2,304,000/23,040 = 100X

The Analogue Pocket has a screen ONE HUNDRED TIMES the resolution of the OG Gameboy and not 10X, like it says on the analogue site.
 
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scalman

Member
Unless it could emulate everything else as well. Screen sure is nice but i can get phone cheaper with this level of resolution like lg g3/g4
Imagine how small everything will be on just 3.5" screen on that resolution.
 
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zackmorris

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CJY said:
This is also completely missing the mark. You can buy a NES or SNES for about the same price as a decent GBA. Yet, nobody wants to play on a GBA with the original screen. After modding, the cost rises to substantially more than an OG NES or SNES console. With so many clone consoles available for playing the whole range of Nintendo cartridges from NES - GBA as well, it's very confusing why you would saying people with large NES or SNES collections didn't have easy solutions for playing those games. I have 100+ SNES carts and I've never felt any shortage of ways to play those carts.

Your whole post has my head spinning.
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I don’t get exactly what you didn’t follow but let me explain. If I have a collection of GB games and a GB I can still play all of those games with that system. I have my original GB color and I can put games in and play them just like I did 20 years ago. To me they still look fine because they were designed for that hardware and those screens.
I also have a SNES and a bunch of games, but yet I can’t just put the games in and play it. If I had a 19 inch CRT sitting around, than problem solved. But I don’t, and I don’t want to have that thing somewhere in my house just to play snes games. In order to play games on my 4K oled, I need to buy an adapter. But now I have this 65 inch TV showing this terrible looking image. If I want to fix that, more external parts that need to be bought. Want it done accurately? More stuff. The analogue SNES fixed that problem. It’s plug and play with my HDTV which is a required part of playing snes on the TV, versus a GB that had a screen built in.
I know you mentioned buying those cheap all in one emulators but that’s not what we’re talking about here. If you’re fine with that solution then analogue products were never for you. It’s easier to accurately play old GB games than old SNES/NES games. That was my point.
 
Spukc

Spukc

always chasing the next thrill
Chittagong said:
Cross posting from the pre-announcement thread since this is more clear in the title:

This thing looks completely f'ing nuts. Analogue really hit this one out of the park.

Brb, gotta buy some games at Lukies before prices hike!

I hope they put the FPGA logo on the back, it's the only thing between this and design perfection

EDIT: Here's what I got


syuHag9.png



I hope they announce official cases. This thing is so beautiful I need one to travel with.

Second thing I really hope Analogue would bring is save states, it’s my only reason to prefer Mini consoles.

A fun fact from Ars Technica comments section - the resolution is so high (100x) that you could try to replicate the look of the original pixels by having a grid of smaller black pixels around the game pixels:

metroid-fusion-scaled.png
Click to expand...
That looks off 🤔




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Note 9 + my oldboy!
 
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Croatoan

Croatoan

They/Them A-10 Warthog
Is there a reason why this wouldn't play SNES, NES, and Genesis ROMs? If it is hackable an emulater could be installed correct?
 
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dirthead

Banned
Modern hardware makes actual arcade games playable in mobile devices with a Gameboy form factor.

Why on earth would anyone want to play crappy 80s and 90s watered down mobile ports when they could actually play the REAL versions of games on a mobile device now?

I don't get it.
 
jshackles

jshackles

Gentlemen, we can rebuild it. We have the capability to make the world's first enhanced store. Steam will be that store. Better than it was before.
Nymphae said:
Stoked, when is this thing coming?
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Also wondering the same. Been waiting to hear more since it was announced, then... nothing.
 
Miyazaki’s Slave

Miyazaki’s Slave

Gold Member
Gratz....almost had a heart attack.

Read the OT was updated and the first thing through my head

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO I FUCKING MISSED IT! I just know it's going to be sold out already"

I check that page at least two times a week.
 
cireza

cireza

Member
Quite some time ago I sent some technical questions about this thing and how it would/should manage resolution and scanlines, but never got an answer.

It actually took me a lot of time to write the message, so the fact they did not even take the time to answer was very disappointing.
 
stranno

stranno

Member
Croatoan said:
Is there a reason why this wouldn't play SNES, NES, and Genesis ROMs? If it is hackable an emulater could be installed correct?
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It is not software emulation. It has two FPGAs. I guess people will develop SNES, NES and GEN implementations for the second FPGA, eventually.
 
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-Arcadia-

-Arcadia-

Banned
Next person to bump this without news, is going to have their soul ripped asunder from their body.

Kidding. I do think it's cool that conversation is picking back up again about it
 
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