It's 2025, And We're Getting A Brand New 8-Bit Game Console

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• daggermoon@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Not offering HDMI support is a mistake

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  • weirdo_from_space@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Yup, I wonder if that’s HDMI Forum’s fault though. I hear they are insufferable.

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    • LiveLM@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      A 8 bit console with a DisplayPort would be funny

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  • Redkey@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    There are all sorts of licensing shenanigans when dealing with HDMI, so I wonder if it’s compatible with their open source policy. But personally I’d have put a VGA output on it as a compromise between period correctness and modern usage. Easy to output as analog from the console, and easy to convert cleanly for modern displays with inexpensive adapters.

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• Peffse@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I saw these guys at Portland Retro Gaming Expo. I played the demo a tiny bit, and while it was interesting in a way… it felt a bit too early to be showing to people. Maybe it was the 3D printed stuff that made it amateurish.

  That said, if I am recalling correctly, the was open-source (oh I found the site and it is) so maybe that whole booth was to demonstrate how someone could build their own unit.

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• Treczoks@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Basically, a nice idea. BUT:

  What a graveyard of 74xx chips. Maybe just using a FPGA would have been a smarter solution?

  RCA video jack? What year is it? Yes, it’s a retro design, but it still has to interface with something in this world. And display devices that still use RCA video are not exactly common.

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  • bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Literally all4 of my tvs have rca, lol

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    • Treczoks@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Then you are four TVs ahead of me. Oldest I have to offer has a VGA.

      I might have a digitizer box somewhere with an RCA input and USB2 link producing mp4 or avi. But that probably will have delays that would make playing anything about impossible.

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    • titanicx@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      One of the few left.

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• just_another_person@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  It’s cool as a fun project, but I don’t see how this could possibly be commercially viable, especially with cartridges. The need for physical distribution alone is already a huge money burden on both the producer and the consumer.

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  • Nemo@slrpnk.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Why does it need to be commercially viable? What’s wrong with doing it for love of the game?

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    • markz@suppo.fi ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      It’s a product for sale.

      There are tons of people who are fine not profiting from their cottage industry projects, but it’s not expected that someone wants to lose money on them.

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    • just_another_person@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Is this…sarcasm?

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  • Peffse@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I mean, we have Evercade and it’s not failed yet.

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    • i_am_not_a_robot@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Evercade has the advantage of a huge software library to draw from (they have a few native games but the majority are emulated), whereas this will only run it’s own software, which puts it at a disadvantage.

      Mind you, the Playdate seems to be going well.

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    • just_another_person@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Evercade sitributes digitally.

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• Buelldozer@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I wonder if I could port Petsci Robots to it.

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  • DmMacniel@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    The 8 But Guy would certainly approve of this.

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• mesamunefire@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I think in order fpe this to succeed they are going to NEED good games. No really that’s what people care about.

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  • jordanlund@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Video looks like an 8-bit Strider clone which isn’t a bad idea.

    Strider:

    youtu.be/hzL3Mj12Ilg

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    • frunch@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Strider is one of my favorite arcade games. I love the graphics and the mood of the setting. Still holds up to this day, imo 😆

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• Valmond@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Good luck to them, but IMO too little too late. The only strength is like nostalgia, the rest is just worse than what exist already, again IMO.

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  • weirdo_from_space@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I think an evergreen 8 bit system can be great for gaming an a tight budget. But whater this system will appeal to enough people to justify indefinite support or if the team is even capable of delivering this product remains to be seen.

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    • Aggravationstation@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      It’s open hardware so I don’t think profitability is a factor.

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    • chiliedogg@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Getting it to display on a screen is gonna cost enough to kill any value proposition.

      How many people in 2025 are still going to be using a display with vintage inputs?

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    • Valmond@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Any idea on how tight? I mean the concurrence is hard at lower pricepoints.

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  • caseyweederman@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    People are still developing games and software for the original 8-bit hardware.

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    • Valmond@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Sure no problem there, but will it run on this “better” 6502? And most people probably emulate it anyways. Or go full nerd and buy the real thing!

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• xyzzy@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Who is this for?

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  • MajorHavoc@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    This is for me.

    I love open hardware and the modern 8-bit game scene.

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• mbp@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Wow, this is pretty cool

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• realitista@lemmus.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Honestly I would at least expect the animation to be smoother. Seems kind of pointless when a $20 handheld can do better. By all means, develop new 8 bit games but why run them on this?

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• Prove_your_argument@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  What a weird 3 button controller design that’s missing shoulder buttons.

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  • MurrayL@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Hey, it worked for Sega

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    • Prove_your_argument@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Is Sega in the room with us now?

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• TrojanRoomCoffeePot@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  If anyone has direct access to the developers, could you ask them to release an version of Nethack? I swear to God, I never get tired of getting massacred in that game (or dying from falling off my horse, down stairs, etc.).

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  • replicat@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    The controller has like 3 buttons.

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    • TrojanRoomCoffeePot@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      If Final Fantasy and other older games can have submenus and the ability to select individual characters to name objects, so can ports of old games on new systems.

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• otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Thafuq? What is this, Temu taking a swipe at Nintendo while they’re busy boxing Palworld? FFS. A Raspi in a spare Tupperware can do all this and more, but for far less money. Grifters. 🖕🏼

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  • markz@suppo.fi ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Grifters. 🖕🏼

    Sounds more like someone who’s really into retro hardware making their own thing the authentic way.

    But because the specs are period correct, it’s a scam?

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    • otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Because it’s widely available for a fraction of the cost and does fuck-all by comparison. Circle jerk all ya want, sheeple. You’re already owned by your interests, clearly.

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