I'm a bit torn on this one—it looks awesome, and I've been kicking myself for missing the first set they did for years now. (Just not willing to drop what it goes for on eBay unless I suddenly come into some money or something.) That said, these are all arcade ports of varying quality, and I kind of wish Retro-bit would focus their energy on games actually developed for the Genesis instead (my dream releases would be Twinkle Tale, MUSHA, or, especially, Battle Mania 2.) It's a bit hard to justify dropping this much money on Grind Stormer when the superior arcade version is right there for the taking on Steam.
I think what you're talking about is slowdown—which is different from the added input latency you get from emulating and/or upscaling. All Analogue is saying is that, contrary to software emulation, the Analogue 3D won't add any latency. Which is true.
As for the NSO N64 controller, yep, it'll work with this. It's shown in their promo images.
I expected this to be pricier than this. Given that the Super NT and Mega SG were in the $200 zone with a less powerful FPGA and no 4K output (and I believe no Wi-Fi or Bluetooth, either), I was anticipating a minimum of $300, maybe more. But at $250 this is very cost-competitive with original hardware and a digital mod, with lots of extra features on top.
Pretty compelling. I'm going to try for a preorder, crossing my fingers the whole time that I can get in.
Comments 3
Re: Three More Sought-After Toaplan Shmups Are Resurrected On Genesis / Mega Drive At Bargain Prices
I'm a bit torn on this one—it looks awesome, and I've been kicking myself for missing the first set they did for years now. (Just not willing to drop what it goes for on eBay unless I suddenly come into some money or something.) That said, these are all arcade ports of varying quality, and I kind of wish Retro-bit would focus their energy on games actually developed for the Genesis instead (my dream releases would be Twinkle Tale, MUSHA, or, especially, Battle Mania 2.) It's a bit hard to justify dropping this much money on Grind Stormer when the superior arcade version is right there for the taking on Steam.
Re: Pre-Orders For FPGA N64 'Analogue 3D' Open Next Week, Will Cost $250
@Friendly "Every N64 game: ‘lagging constantly’"
I think what you're talking about is slowdown—which is different from the added input latency you get from emulating and/or upscaling. All Analogue is saying is that, contrary to software emulation, the Analogue 3D won't add any latency. Which is true.
As for the NSO N64 controller, yep, it'll work with this. It's shown in their promo images.
Re: Pre-Orders For FPGA N64 'Analogue 3D' Open Next Week, Will Cost $250
I expected this to be pricier than this. Given that the Super NT and Mega SG were in the $200 zone with a less powerful FPGA and no 4K output (and I believe no Wi-Fi or Bluetooth, either), I was anticipating a minimum of $300, maybe more. But at $250 this is very cost-competitive with original hardware and a digital mod, with lots of extra features on top.
Pretty compelling. I'm going to try for a preorder, crossing my fingers the whole time that I can get in.