Ultra Sexy new NES coming

[MrPopo]

http://www.polygon.com/2014/3/12/550214 ... ree-gaming

So rather than going with one of the slightly-off clone consoles we have this sexy beast coming out, and it natively plays Famicom games to boot.

[Ziggy]

viewtopic.php?f=22&t=45871

I still haven't seen any real hardware specs. WHAT exactly is it? WHY isn't it emulation. Do they just take a real NES console, a four score, and one of the new RGB mods and slap it inside a metal box?

[Hazerd]

For those with the money to burn, more power to you, but ill stick with what the Retron 5 is bringing to the table.

[MrPopo]

http://www.racketboy.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=45871

I still haven't seen any real hardware specs. WHAT exactly is it? WHY isn't it emulation. Do they just take a real NES console, a four score, and one of the new RGB mods and slap it inside a metal box?

That's what it sounds like.

Also, the marketplace isn't a real forum.

[fastbilly1]

Christoph made a telling comment in the other thread:

Is is not a gutted system or a modification in any way. It is a NES reengineered from the ground up. I'll have all the details on how we achieved this at the end of the month! Can't wait to show you guys a peak inside...

So it sounds alot like the Retrousb HDMI NES. Bunnyboy rebuilt the NES from the ground up using an FPGA, instead of his original idea of tapping a digital signal off of the PPU. Anyway, anything we say right now is just speculation, but I am really curious. It does mean prices for specific NES games are about to skyrocket, again...Stupid Little Samson.

[Ziggy]

Awesome, I can't wait to find out more about it.

[Cronozilla]

This isn't the first time I've seen someone do this.
There's also the Super 8. Which is a redesigned NES board. Though it uses original chips.
https://www.tindie.com/products/low_bud ... per-8-v18/

I'm curious if this project has the CPU and PPU re-designed. I know some groups were working on that, because socket CPU and PPUs are exceedingly expensive.

[arcadifvid]

aaaaaaaaaand suddenly i wish i could commission someone out there to make me a case using the same aluminum, for my famiclone \

im curious about one thing about this though, in the description he said "There are over 2,000 games for the NES, Famicom and Famicom Disk System. I want everyone to be able to explore them all, with no emulation" .... so does this thing have a Famicom Disk System?

[SpoonyBard]

It's just compatible with the disk system.

[hireshi]

I don't understand why people would buy the Retron, or even this for that matter, when you can find much cheaper original NES in very good condition.
If you are a real Nintendo gamer, one would just get a NES from each region.