Woozle wrote:
That's a bummer, at least for me. A big selling point of the NT mini was that one device handles HDMI/RGB for a bunch of consoles, freeing up space on my TV stand.
I wouldn't count on "jailbroken" cores never being released. I'm going to make a few assumptions:
1. Kevin worked on the Analog NT Mini on a freelance basis
2. Analog didn't care about the hacked software that Kevin released for the Mini after the release
3. Kevin is now a full-time, staff employee at Analog and worked on the Super NT as his "day job"
With all that in mind, I'm going to guess that Analog doesn't care about what people do software-wise with their products. Analog seems focused on hardware sales. As long as they keep selling out their stock, they are happy.
Some of these consoles are hardly remembered and they are niche. I doubt that Analog will ever want to release something like a "TurboGrafx Mini" as there isn't as much nostalgia for that console – in the USA at least. That said, a Sega Genesis wouldn't be out of the question....
It is my suspicion that Analog wants to have a limited product lines that sell a lot of units. If that is the case – and Kevin still wants to work on cores in his free time to release them to the community – I doubt they'd stop him and/or care.
All of the above could be completely wrong, but its just my thoughts on this.