USGamer (Jeremy Parish) article on Hi-Fi retro-gaming

[BazookaBen]

http://www.usgamer.net/articles/the-que ... experience

So what do you guys think? I think it's a pretty good intro into our world. Only gripe is that he used RGB and Component interchangeably a few times.

[LEGENOARYNINLIA]

An article about how it's OK to spend money. OK.

[kamiboy]

Now look here, that sort of smarm falls rather flat, I fear, unless you, being the über niggard that you imply you are, play all your retro games via romz and emulatorzz downloaded for the sum cost of nil, off of a free wifi hotspot, on a laptop that you fished out of a dumpster.

Because "why would you pay for something that can be had for free?", the homeless man yelled as he pulled out a half eaten sandwich from the trash bin and brushed off of it all the foreign non-edible debris.

[LEGENOARYNINLIA]

Can't blame you for not trying hard.

Shouldn't this thread be in Off Topic?

[Ed Oscuro]

Interesting interview choices, though so far only Frank Cifaldi added any details, and still a bit vague at that.

It does seem a bit unfocused but the author's intention was to present a bunch of viewpoints towards preservation in contrast to wanting to buy an RGB NES, instead of telling people what was the "right" view. Of course we can all chuckle when we know how many "unforseen costs" start piling up...I also laughed at this caption:

Cave's Dodonpachi PCB; the circuit board for this 1997 shooter alone sells for more than $1000.

Just the PCB? What does the full cartridge cost?

[CkRtech]

http://www.usgamer.net/articles/the-que ... experience

So what do you guys think? I think it's a pretty good intro into our world. Only gripe is that he used RGB and Component interchangeably a few times.

I did a blanket invite to shmups in the comments of one of his recent articles and also during his live stream of the Analogue NT yesterday.

If we have an influx of people asking questions, blame me.

[FBX]

I thought it was a decently written article. I will say though that I just don't understand the interest in the Analogue NT. About the only people who would buy it are uninformed, rich, and possibly lazy. With a Framemeister and and RGB-modded NES or Famicom deck, you at least have a solution for other consoles readily available using that Framemeister.

[BazookaBen]

I will say though that I just don't understand the interest in the Analogue NT. About the only people who would buy it are uninformed, rich, and possibly lazy. .

Jeremy made the point that paying someone to RGB mod a NES for you isn't cheap in the first place. Analogue NT is sort of a one-stop shop to have all the best features a NES can offer, including a famicom slot, expansion connector, and four player capability.

Sure, if you do the RGB mod yourself, and make/buy a famicom adapter yourself, and hunt down a four score on ebay, you can come out under $200 probably, but not everybody wants to go through all that.

[Xyga]

I suspect prices are seriously inflated considering most if every element was manufactured in a random chinese sweatshop.
$49 for a lump of colored metal ? $79 for an HDMI module ?
Seriously; $499 + $79 + $49 if you want a different color = $627, add a controller and a cable, plus shipping and the invoice is about $700 !!!!!
This tells a lot about the price of the 'console' itself which I find beyond suspicious (more than a PS4 ? really?)
I can't make any sense of that sorry, to me it's just another expensive trap for retrogaming enthusiast kids unaware they're being manipulated.
I've read many elaborate 'niche salesman' bullshit articles before, using the same arguments and terms ('authenticity', 'warmth' oh yeah!) on audiophile communities and blogs for instance.
When retrogaming stupidity joins forces with audiophile stupidity = $WIN$ ! (for the opportunist entepreneur of course )

[kamiboy]

I can hear that none of you guys have the habit of buying luxury goods. I suggest you never step into a B&O retail store, you'll have an heart attack before you even make it past the second hand goods section.

[darcagn]

I will say though that I just don't understand the interest in the Analogue NT. About the only people who would buy it are uninformed, rich, and possibly lazy. .

Jeremy made the point that paying someone to RGB mod a NES for you isn't cheap in the first place. Analogue NT is sort of a one-stop shop to have all the best features a NES can offer, including a famicom slot, expansion connector, and four player capability.

Sure, if you do the RGB mod yourself, and make/buy a famicom adapter yourself, and hunt down a four score on ebay, you can come out under $200 probably, but not everybody wants to go through all that.

Sure, but how many people own none of these things at all, and then decide one day they want to own all of these things? I doubt most enthusiasts have really decided to buy all of these things at once, most of them are people for whom this is their hobby and have collected these things over time.

If you're going to offer a single all-in-one console product with all of these features, it should be cheaper than buying everything separate. Sure, you might spend $20 on a Four Score and another $20 on a Famicom-NES adapter, but that doesn't mean they should jack the price up another $40 to offer 4-player support and Famicom cart support when it's only a few dollars in materials to add that to a new PCB design.

[BazookaBen]

Yeah, I'm not totally sure who target market is either, especially if you're looking at the RGB-only model. Because then you're looking at people that either still have a CRT, or have an XRGB, and those sorts of people probably prefer the aesthetics of the original NES under their TV, especially since they already have a bunch of other 80's and 90's consoles hanging around.

The HDMI-enabled model makes sense for a lot more people coming into the scene though. Especially after they've learned about input lag and whatnot.

Anyway, Jeremy will posting his review of the Analogue soon, so we'll at least get to see one person's perspective on owning the thing, and whether it was worth the price.