Analogue's revival of the GameBoy through its own hardware is happening soon. The company announced today the date when pre-orders go live as well as additional details. If you haven't heard of the Analogue Pocket, know that it is a handheld that plays Game Boy, Game Boy Color & Game Boy Advance cartridges. With adapters, it is also able to play game carts from other handheld systems such as the Game Gear, Neo Geo Pocket Color and Atari Lynx.

Sold separately is the Analogue Dock which supports up to 4 controllers and allows controller connection via Bluetooth, 2.4g and wired USB. (you read that right, it supports 2.4g in addition to Bluetooth).

Custom games can also be created for the Pocket with GB Studio without prior programming knowledge. Games created with GB Studio are generated in the proprietary .pocket files and are playable off the SD card. Additionally, with its Nanoloop digital audio workstation, owners of the Pocket can also create their own music.

Pre-orders open on August 3rd, with the Analogue Pocket price at $199.99 and the Analogue Dock at an additional $99.99.

Pre-order link
SOURCE: GBAtemp Inbox

 

[Pokemon_Tea_Sea_Jee]

Can't imagine there are a lot of people out there who would be interested in something like this AND don't already have a GBA w/ flashcart or a modded 3DS. At $200 it's definitely gonna be a very niche market.

I'm interested

Purists and enthusiasts. Analogue NT (their aftermarket NES/Famiclone) sold pretty well despite high price and abundance of NES emulators, so the audience is certainly there, however niche it may be.

Analogue devices do not work perfect. Their SNES clone was displaying colors wrong, they apparently fixed that with a patch.

 

[Sizednochi]

Analogue devices do not work perfect. Their SNES clone was displaying colors wrong, they apparently fixed that with a patch.

It had a few issues that were fixed by Kevtris shortly after release.

 

[Jokey_Carrot]

I'll probably just get a mister.

 

[Pokemon_Tea_Sea_Jee]

It had a few issues that were fixed by Kevtris shortly after release.

I still don't believe it's functionally the same as playing with a real SNES.

 

[Sizednochi]

I still don't believe it's functionally the same as playing with a real SNES.

It's pretty damn close. Probably about the same compatibilty-wise as a 1CHIP SNES since those are also not 100% the same thing as the original models.

I'll probably just get a mister.

The thinking man's answer

 

[duwen]

This is cool, but very niche. Who actually would use this over a hacked vita or 3ds?

Anyone with original cartridges - coz last time I checked my Vita and 3ds none of them had GB sized cartridge slots.

 

[Pokemon_Tea_Sea_Jee]

It's pretty damn close. Probably about the same compatibilty-wise as a 1CHIP SNES since those are also not 100% the same thing as the original models.

Real SNES is the only way.

Some people say 1CHIP is better than older style?

Also, I read that Super NT loses 1 second every 10 minutes.

 

[Sizednochi]

Real SNES is the only way.
Some people say 1CHIP is better than older style?
Also, I read that Super NT loses 1 second every 10 minutes.

1CHIP SNESs are basically official clone consoles. They integrated multiple SNES chips into a single one on that revision. The video quality is much sharper in those consoles, so they are heavily sought-after, but it has slight graphical glitches in a few games because of that.

The Super NT doesn't lose anything in sync with a real SNES. What you heard is probably one of the VSync modes it has. You see, SNES doesn't output standard 60Hz. It's something like 60.09Hz, but that doesn't play well with many modern TVs. The Super NT has three modes to compensate for this, one of them just runs the games at 60Hz, which would be the one that loses a second every 10 minutes like you mentioned, but you can have it run at 60.09 just like the real thing if you wish.

Full disclosure btw - I don't have a Super NT, this is just me seeing reviews of it online. I have a 1CHIP SNES hooked up via RGB and a flashcard.

 

[AlexMCS]

There seems to be quite a few people in this thread who don't understand what this device is for and why the price is so high.

This is a FPGA system that is 1:1 with original hardware. This isn't emulation. If you don't care about this then this handheld device likely isn't targeted for you.

It's for the people who want 1:1 accuracy with original hardware in the games that they play and don't mind paying a premium for it.

Dumb rich people.

Q.E.D. + Fix't
/opinion

 

[Pokemon_Tea_Sea_Jee]

This is a FPGA system that is 1:1 with original hardware.

We all know it is not software emulation.
We all know it is FPGA.
We criticize it because our criticisms are fair. And besides, it is not 1:1 with original hardware.

 

[GayCoonie]

We all know it is not software emulation.
We all know it is FPGA.
We criticize it because our criticisms are fair. And besides, it is not 1:1 with original hardware.

People are expecting pricing in line with a crappy clone emulation console. That's far from fa as far as I'm concerned/ Also because this is a handheld device there are benefits to it being FPGA=based more than just being a total purist, which I'm ot y any means. I personally rather dislike faffing around with emulators on phones and such, and well the type of emulator handheld that can be got for about 100 bucks isn't actually that good, and is much less premium in terms of build quality and general hardware than the pocket.

So no, slashing the price in half is far from fair, I doubt their margins are any thug special as it is. If they were they wouldn't have the massively over-priced accessories.

Also I made much longer posts a bit further back in the thread that are relevant as well.

 

[wiewiec]

I am wondering why they not sell their products via Amazon. I heard that even if their clim that they US company, they use Chinese bank to process payments, and even US clients are charged for international transactions.

I am from EU and I am happy that I have Mister FPGA not Analogue products.

 

[Pokemon_Tea_Sea_Jee]

I am wondering why they not sell their products via Amazon. I heard that even if their clim that they US company, they use Chinese bank to process payments, and even US clients are charged for international transactions.

I am from EU and I am happy that I have Mister FPGA not Analogue products.

Do not promote Amazon.

 

[frankGT]

I was thinking on pre-ordering since i believe with some hacking this might turn into an awesome portable fpga device, but when i saw that it ships only on May 2021... Nope!

 

[wiewiec]

Do not promote Amazon.

Who cares who gets money... Amazon or paying fee via international transaction by Chinese bank.

 

[Jokey_Carrot]

Who cares who gets money... Amazon or paying fee via international transaction by Chinese bank.

China VS Amazon is like Hitler VS Satan

 

[wiewiec]

China VS Amazon is like Hitler VS Satan

It is same but paying extra up 20$ to be processed by Satan is stupid...

 

[graeme122]

Recently, there's been a lot of news hype around the Analogue Super Nt. And unfortunately, sites like Polygon are putting out glorified press releases instead of reporting factual information. So I'd like to dispel some dangerous misrepresentations now before they spread further.

• • FPGA devices are emulators too
• • nothing inherently makes FPGAs more accurate than software emulation
• • latency is caused by host operating systems, not by choice of programming language
• • the Analogue CEO is selling you a product; so expect hyped marketing claims

As immediate evidence that the Super Nt is not perfect, the initial hardware release ships with a bug that causes Rendering Ranger to be unplayable. I am sure it will be fixed soon, but it demonstrates right away that the Super Nt is not a perfect clone of the SNES.

I'm sure the Pocket is no different.

https://archive.is/0dokW

 

[Pokemon_Tea_Sea_Jee]

China VS Amazon is like Hitler VS Satan

ahahahaHaha

 

[RetlawT]

It looks pretty nice but over emulators I don't really see the practicality of this other then maybe collecting.