When trying to play a retro game without hardware, I had no choice but to buy it at Hard Off or buy suspicious Chinese hardware, but nowadays, another approach is increasing.
For example, ↓ Analogue Pocket allows you to play Game Boy cartridges as they are without emulation by using a proprietary FPGA chip.
Reservation resumes for handheld game consoles that can use Game Boy and other cassettes! [Analogue Pocket] Some Chinese handheld game consoles are popular, but most of them have an emulator on custom Linux and play ROM images that have been sucked out separately ... daily-gadget.net 2021-12-11 09 30:30The TinyNES introduced this time is a compact game machine developed as a clone of the NES by using the chips used in the NES as they are.
Of course, you can play the NES cassette as it is like ↓. (The controller and cartridge design is from the overseas version of NES)
The NES CPU is a custom chip called RP2A03 made by Ricoh.
In addition, there is also a chip called PPU (Picture Processing Unit) for image processing, which is also Ricoh's RP2C02.
The TinyNES introduced this time uses both chips in a very easy-to-understand manner as shown in ↓.
Of course, such old chips have already been discontinued.
It seems that TinyNES developers have obtained a limited number, but it seems that they are planning to replace it with an alternative clone chip in the future.
The housing is more compact than the overseas version of the NES cassette. A simple configuration with a part for inserting a cartridge as shown in ↓ and a port for 1-con and 2-con.
Also, on the back is an analog RCA audio / video terminal, power input, and power reset. It's the same as the original NES. On the contrary, HDMI and internet connection are not possible, so if you try to use it on the current TV, you may need to bite something.
The controller seems to be wired and wireless as shown in ↓.
The state with the cassette inserted is ↓.
The hardware is completely open source, so anyone with a license can access the design files.
This machine is carrying out crowdfunding on this page of American hardware hacker crowdfunding CROWD SUPPLY.
The NES original RP2A03 / RP2C02 chip version costs $ 199, and the cloned UA6527 / UA6528 chip version costs $ 179.
Shipping is scheduled for May.
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