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Here's my take: Palmer Luckey might be very divisive, but who isn't guilty of questionable business decisions over the years? Few companies are totally innocent. Im not excusing or dismissing BUT it ain't just him involved in Modretro, a lot of other people are involved in the hardware and games releases for the chromatic alone, and is it fair to dismiss their work due to the face of the company? Its a thorny issue.

Loved this game on the SNES.

@Green_Devil now we know a little more, apparently its gonna release with new games AND re-releases. Very intrigued to know what they're cooking up.

I saw this announcement last night, it seems pretty neat but I've got the full fat C64 from Retro Games Ltd that they launched a few years ago. Its an interesting device regardless, any takers?

Yeah, im definitely in the 'much steeper than I expected' camp. Its incredibly niche and for the price you could get an AYA NEO AM which does more. It'll have backers but it's very pricey for it's niche.

You know what I want? What i really really want? A jaguar+ or a lynx+. Not sure the details but I'd happily drop all the monies on either or both.

What's with the negativity? I mean a couple of comments about getting NONE of my help/without my help? Have I missed something? As far as it goes, I need to see more, and yeah, antstream/evercade have this sort of niche sewn up, so yeah, what's the angle?

@Guru_Larry it is indeed, in one of the more recent carts. Not sure which one off the top of my head.

@NoPhysicalNoBuy I think the Analogue offering JUST got delayed, RGT85 was tweeting about it...

I'm intrigued, since the Chromatic was so good AND they are releasing new games for it. Interested to see if they release new games for this new 64 console....

@avcrypt Same here. It's a very VERY niche product outside Japan. It'd ruin my finances and be little more than a toy/curio for me too.

I'd still buy it though. in a heartbeat.

Do love me some pang. The modern version on Xbox is decent, but the OG games are still the best.

....it will still be ludicrously hard to get one outside Japan. Yeah, I'm bitter. grumble grumble

Ok, so, for someone who doesn't have a scooby about this sort of thing, how does it work? I use anbernic stuff & have a retroid pocket 5, so I understand emulators, Retroarch, roms etc but how do these kinds of thing work exactly?

@Dehnus yeah, I've been watching a few YouTube videos on the history/legacy of the jaguar. It's fascinating actually.

I'd really like a Lynx+ or a Jaguar+ but I read somewhere the Jag was not really possible (something about the emulator they were using is buggy and they don't want to pay the programmer to fix it or something?). I do recall, Retro Games LTD asking a company to stop work on an Atari ST model rerelease/reimagining or something as well, Lairds Lair talked about it. Maybe they'll do an ST?

Not sure if others have pointed this out, but I will: I'm UK-based, and was all for buying into this as a gift from my partner for Christmas, until I saw what they're asking for in terms of shipping. Made my eyes water...

If they ever do a new one, I'd like Bluetooth and a backlit screen, the rest is solid and still quite likeable.

Perhaps ironically, this went down to £266 on Amazon, so I got one as a late birthday present, so far it's pretty slick but feels very delicate (for reference I've been using an Anbernic RG-Arc up until now, and that feels like a toy in comparison). It turned up today!

@ellstormo I've had one for over a year now, & I recommend it as a curio, its not, at least for me, a 'serious' handheld but it's very unique and very neat, the games are generally quirky but there is a LOT to like.

I'm still slightly intrigued, but I cancelled my pre-order about a day before getting this email, it just doesn't fit my taste as a gamer, it'd be a curio under my TV that I'd power up every once in a blue moon to show it off mayeb.

I think it'll be a console, probably with a port for evercade cartridges, and 4 controller ports, Bluetooth for wireless controllers, and maybe wi-fi for a download store or more likely online multiplayer.

I just can't see them making the current one obsolete, or the cartridge library, I've had mine since launch and they're pretty cool.