Coalescence

Never saw the appeal in their content. Sad for them if they're drying up but also hard for me to say I'd miss them.

Be happy with what you've got, it's never getting any better than this. The constant argument is to compare games to books, movies, and music. Video Games are fundamentally different. They are not complete standalone packages and no one wants to be responsible for the upkeep ensuring everyone can play Karate Champ & Isolated Warrior at any time unless there's money to be had for the hassle. In the grand scheme of things we are a massively tiny fraction of people who enjoy video games. Couple that with a pay to play legal system and broken government which only has a chance to get fixed with a complete reboot, and that's why this is pointless. Be happy we've got the other methods we do because that could also go away someday when someone starts to think that there's lost revenue when people are playing outdated software instead of the new product.

@jamess the jailbreaks of past Analogue consoles aren't real jailbreaks. They're unofficial official firmware leaked by Analogue to add the play ROM from sd card feature. They don't allow you to load other cores or do anything the firmware isn't allowing. There are no real jailbreaks for any Analogue console. And the 'jailbreak' for the Duo took a long time to leak out so no one should buy the 3D with any expectation except playing carts and beyond that should only expect to play N64 roms someday.

Done in one. N3DSXL and CFW is already perfect and comes with all the extras like Virtual Boy emulation with 3D. The constant chatter of wishing for an Analogue DS or this or whatever is silly. Check back when there's not thousands of them listed on ebay at any given moment.

Nintendo's legal arm being as zealous as ever. Those videos are pointless anyway. We all know what the Nintendo games look like. Most retro YouTubers are wholly superfluous, parroting information posted in various forums and offering nothing but guides which are outdated and potentially dangerous if whatever method they advertise no longer works. They only exist to make a quick buck on people too lazy to look up the original info or mindlessly play gaming content in the background.

Very cool looking, hopefully it's not stupid hard as they tend to be. Definitely going to load this on the everdrive and take it for a spin on the AVS.

Yeah. I just quietly enjoy my Pocket and download cores when they show up. I don't know what it is about fpga people, misterbros, retro fans, and emulationbros, but they're all varying degrees of insufferable and all cross over with a device like this.

If it actually comes out and has a good build I'd be interested. I mostly use the Pocket for GB/C because GBA is not great for a few reasons. My modded original model GBA+everdrive does really well though. This thing would need a good display. And also it would need to actually release because it seems like every week a new fpga based console project is announced (and often trumped up as an Analogue killer) and they strike as very vaporous.

Seems superfluous. I've moved my controllers a bunch of times, I just put them in boxes and pack balled up plastic shopping bags in the gaps for shock protection. My old n64 sticks still work sans the wear and tear.

What's up with all these fpga vapor projects lately. Sounds like a lot of people thinking it would be so easy to be like Analogue or Mister are finding out the hard way.

That's just crazy enough to be interesting. But they better work Jetta's killer theme into the score.

Randal Linden is an absolute wizard, I've been a fan of his work since the first Bleem and it's too cool to see him pick up this project. Guess I'd finally get on an fx pak pro for the Super NT before they become in high demand.

Has he actually delivered anything? I keep hearing how he's changing the world and it's all over for Mister and Analogue but I've never actually seen a product made by this guy. Seems as vaporous as mars fpga right now.

Good lord some of you are ravenous, get a grip. I'm sure gaming will survive if this prototype of a spinoff's localization, which has long been fan translated, isn't dumped and shared. The game is perfectly available and this could easily be a garbage localization given the time period. Acting like petulant children does the cause of video game preservation no favors.

I applaud the effort, but the Super Game Boy enhancement already exists and plays beautifully on the Analogue Pocket core, and looks better than this. There's so many other great GB games to colorize, not sure why they picked this one.

Now that's a man's toy.

I want to get it but I don't have a coffee table. Someone really should make a coffee table book with legs so it can turn into a coffee table.

@KitsuneNight I'm with you. Silly things, achievements.

Cheevers sure are preciously protective of them. Imagine throwing a fit because people are expressing opinions about an article's content in the comment box.

This looks awesome. I'm guessing it'll work fine on the jailbroken Super NT since the original didn't use any special chips, can't wait to check it out.

Sweet fancy Moses that stick placement.

This is sure to be some classic fafo, putting yuzu in there. Emulation bros, lol.

As someone who grew up in a noisy house with people who hated video games music and a TV that didn't have a headphone jack, I would have killed for a SNES or any other console outside of the Genesis with that option.

If there's one thing Nintendont, it's putting any kind of spotlight on their failures or things they've decided to bury. There's as much chance of these coming back as the Virtual Boy or satellite games.

Sounds unpleasant and unnecessary even when running right, when there's plenty of devices that can handle this not the least of which is a Wii U which handles both beautifully. Good for cheapskates and people with no other options I guess.

Looks like another piece of great hardware with the bottleneck of a bad control scheme. A better screen doesn't mean much to me if the dpad and layout can't stack up to the N3DS or Gamepad.

Who even uses something like that. There's a billion handheld devices that can play the library with a better form factor, and there's the Analogue Pocket which plays it as close to flawless as it gets. Might as well just watch a YouTube video of a game or use a browser based emulator if you're emulating on an iPhone lol

This kind of scummy behavior (and emulator bro swagger) is why the community is regarded so low. Also there's so many better ways to play this library, why on earth is anyone wanting to play it in iOS?

Love everything he's done but his work on Jet Force Gemini might be my favorite. SS Anubis, Sekhmet, Rith Essa, Eschebone, Mizar's Palace, Flume, Asteroid, Gem Quarry... So many incredible tracks and it's a crime the only release this has ever seen is that silly truncated vinyl and that only happened recently.

That's not a gba sp clone, it's yet another software emulator portable styled after the GBA sp. A clone would play gba carts.

I would guess the bumps causing a crash is due to the Pocket having Analogue's typical loose cartridge slot. It's not as noticeable on their consoles since they sit still of course but the company has always struggled in making a solid grip, and the Pocket is no exception. I've had GBA games crash just from setting the Pocket down lightly. If it can't grip the smallest of carts tightly there's no way it can hold an adapter+cart securely.

The Pocket is such a bottleneck device. That screen is outstanding, the filters are gorgeous, the openfpga and cart support is unparalleled. But it's all stuck being piped through a terrible cart slot, a mediocre at best dpad, and lousy shoulder buttons. It desperately needs a revision.

Might as well buy gently used NUC than this odd contraption. Looks more like something for someone who really doesn't know anything about building computers but wants to make it look like they do.

I think my Quintet carts get more play than my Squaresofts, Robotrek very much included. The Final Fantasy games, Chrono Trigger, and Secret of Mana will always be classics but they were mostly iterative refined designs. The Quintet games don't always hit every note perfectly but they're so wonderfully weird and experimental.

Shame about that battle music though. Robotrek has a serviceable OST otherwise but my god that battle theme is one of the most annoying childish pieces of game music I've ever heard.

Very nice read and retrospective! Especially in this day when people would make a two hour video to cover the same content. It's not a terrible movie for one that tried to keep the spirit of the series while rebooting on a new medium. But it definitely was completely manhandled on promotion and suffered some identity crisis with good actors trying to do their best with really stiff dialogue. Maybe if they'd started with the short film to get established and work out the kinks it would have gone much better.

Good on you for putting it right in the headline that Valve made the contact.

Nothing lasts forever but the harsh truth is game consoles were never designed to last this long. It's awesome Nintendo lines tend to be heartier than others but every console has a limited shelf life whether untouched in a box or played regularly. Enjoy it while it lasts and buy extras or things like the Super NT when they're available because it's an increasingly small world for people who want to play original hardware instead of a rom box.

I played the Milton Bradley game at a scout meeting way back when. Everyone including myself thought it was terrible. It was never played again and I'm pretty sure the kid who brought it never came back out of shame. I also read the choose your own adventure and did what I usually did with those books and just read it straight through. Something about flipping past pages in a book never sat right with me so I'd keep track of all the paths like I was reading a strategy guide.

This is the kind of portable emulator I like to see. My time with the Pocket has really made me hate how every device is trying to be the all in one solution. I'd much rather a device focused on doing a few things perfectly than trying to do everything with a bunch of faults and catches.

Stuff like this makes me remember how much of a dullard I am at Street Fighter and fighting games in general. I feel accomplished if I can pull off special moves. And when it comes to combos my brain can't recognize they exist unless a guy shouts them out like in Killer Instinct.

I hope it's the Neo Geo just so all the know it all Pocket buying Analogue newbies can finally stop with their stupid speculations that Analogue is done making individual consoles and is definitely making a Mister competitor next.

Looks like a nice software emulator, but if it can't play original carts and isn't fpga then it isn't a true competitor for the Pocket.

The PSX core especially is less of a landmark when the PS3 slim is already a perfect modern PS1 and the Vita is a flawless portable PS1. With the N64 being a totally different beast than any other console with all that custom microcode, I'll be impressed when they have huge chunks of the games running at 100% accuracy. Until then it's all baby steps. But I'd be as stoked as anyone to be able to play Body Harvest flawlessly outside of the original console on a modern display. And maybe in ten years Analogue will make their Ultra NT or whatever.

Really wish they would have made an openfpga and non version of this. I just want it for the high end game boy console, but can't get one because most everyone wants it for the portable Mister appeal.

@JayJ kind of like that "secret" continue option in Super Mario Bros., It's crazy what common knowledge seems to have skirted around some people.

The entitlement is hilariously insane, as is the romanticism of the content. OoT was a landmark game and an influential title, and it is readily available in its complete form. Whatever iterative demos that came about during the game's development are at best a novelty. There's scores of content for every big game that has never and probably will never see the light of day just as every movie production has stuff that never left the cutting floor, even after supposed "complete" editions were released.

That long cartridge is giving me anxiety.

Very neat. But I decided to keep my GC vanilla after getting hooked on running the games through the Wii U gamepad.

Definitely going to check this out on the Everdrive.

Looks like the kind of thing rich people buy to bust out and brag about having every game ever made including that hot new title, but they never actually game on it. Especially with the pointless, distracting, and battery draining glow sticks.

Looks really solid, and the price is definitely right if you can get it. But I think I'll stick with the Vita still for portable emulation.

I still use mine all the time especially knowing it is not one of Nintendo's most durable consoles. I can't imagine letting such a beauty sit in the dust. The Wii U is an emulation powerhouse and cozy as can be with the gamepad.