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This is one of those products where my first reaction is "Well, that's silly who would pay for that" And then I remember how wrong I was about e.g. the candy-c

by jrm4 3y ago

This is one of those products where my first reaction is "Well, that's silly who would pay for that" And then I remember how wrong I was about e.g. the candy-colored iMacs. Let's see where this goes.

agotterer 3y ago
I’m not much of modern gamer but have very fond memories of playing N64 as a kid. Just last night I was looking for an N64 hardware emulator which could connect to modern TVs that could play in a digital format. I came across Analogue in my search, but this hadn’t been announced yet. If the price is reasonable I would be interested in buying.
Almondsetat 3y ago
Are you seriously comparing a general purpose computer that was genuinely new at the time and had silly colors with basically the yearly reproposition of the same useless old repackaged emulator catered to nostalgic people?
- mattl 3y ago
  Did someone else release or announce an N64 FPGA device? I didn't hear anything about it.
  - Almondsetat 3y ago
    what difference does it make that it's an FPGA?
    - jonhohle 3y ago
      I’m the clone scene FPGA is synonymous with quality and accuracy, regardless of whether that’s true or not.
      - agg23 3y ago
        Latency is what it's all about, but there's some "accuracy" that can be had there by having cycle accurate latency.
- jrm4 3y ago
  Um, yes? I don't even get what you're trying to argue here, but I remembering that "I'm the kind of person who doesn't care much about the aesthetics of computing devices, and while this sentiment is common among SOME geeks and others, it's nowhere near universal. LOTS of people everywhere are into colorful stuff they can buy."
goosedragons 3y ago
Enough people to make it worthwhile. It won't be a massive mass market product like the NES Classic but like their past releases they will sell what they make. N64 has pretty garbage video out sans mods with IIRC no RGB support on any model. Having a nice 4K N64 that works out of the box will definitely appeal to some retro collectors.
- msk-lywenn 3y ago
  The french, not european, french n64 has almost RGB built in! The motherboard was designed to and the pads are there for a few resistors and transistors. If you do add them and use an RGB cable from, say, a french super nintendo, you get the best analog RGB output there is on original n64. Well, 50Hz RGB. I still love mine https://web.archive.org/web/20190406032415/http://pakupakustory.blogspot.com:80/2011/12/docteur-switch-en-direct-de-latelier-le.html https://web.archive.org/web/20190406032415/http://pakupakust...
donatj 3y ago
What's funny is my immediate reaction is "Shut up and take my money!" The people who have nostalgia for this sort of stuff happen to also be the people the age where nostalgia takes hold and disposable income becomes available.
jwells89 3y ago
Honestly, I’d be a total sucker for new fruit-iMac-inspired electronics by major manufacturers if they existed. I bought a 500 million edition DualShock 4 controller a few years ago simply because of its striking resemblance to the indigo iMac I used as a kid.

by jrm4 3y ago

This is one of those products where my first reaction is "Well, that's silly who would pay for that" And then I remember how wrong I was about e.g. the candy-colored iMacs. Let's see where this goes.

agotterer 3y ago

I’m not much of modern gamer but have very fond memories of playing N64 as a kid. Just last night I was looking for an N64 hardware emulator which could connect to modern TVs that could play in a digital format. I came across Analogue in my search, but this hadn’t been announced yet. If the price is reasonable I would be interested in buying.

Almondsetat 3y ago

Are you seriously comparing a general purpose computer that was genuinely new at the time and had silly colors with basically the yearly reproposition of the same useless old repackaged emulator catered to nostalgic people?

mattl 3y ago
Did someone else release or announce an N64 FPGA device? I didn't hear anything about it.
- Almondsetat 3y ago
  what difference does it make that it's an FPGA?
  - jonhohle 3y ago
    I’m the clone scene FPGA is synonymous with quality and accuracy, regardless of whether that’s true or not.
    - agg23 3y ago
      Latency is what it's all about, but there's some "accuracy" that can be had there by having cycle accurate latency.
jrm4 3y ago
Um, yes? I don't even get what you're trying to argue here, but I remembering that "I'm the kind of person who doesn't care much about the aesthetics of computing devices, and while this sentiment is common among SOME geeks and others, it's nowhere near universal. LOTS of people everywhere are into colorful stuff they can buy."

goosedragons 3y ago

Enough people to make it worthwhile. It won't be a massive mass market product like the NES Classic but like their past releases they will sell what they make. N64 has pretty garbage video out sans mods with IIRC no RGB support on any model. Having a nice 4K N64 that works out of the box will definitely appeal to some retro collectors.

msk-lywenn 3y ago
The french, not european, french n64 has almost RGB built in! The motherboard was designed to and the pads are there for a few resistors and transistors. If you do add them and use an RGB cable from, say, a french super nintendo, you get the best analog RGB output there is on original n64. Well, 50Hz RGB. I still love mine https://web.archive.org/web/20190406032415/http://pakupakustory.blogspot.com:80/2011/12/docteur-switch-en-direct-de-latelier-le.html https://web.archive.org/web/20190406032415/http://pakupakust...

donatj 3y ago

What's funny is my immediate reaction is "Shut up and take my money!" The people who have nostalgia for this sort of stuff happen to also be the people the age where nostalgia takes hold and disposable income becomes available.

jwells89 3y ago

Honestly, I’d be a total sucker for new fruit-iMac-inspired electronics by major manufacturers if they existed. I bought a 500 million edition DualShock 4 controller a few years ago simply because of its striking resemblance to the indigo iMac I used as a kid.