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It's 2025, And We're Getting A Brand New 8-Bit Game Console (retrododo.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by i_am_not_a_robot@feddit.uk to c/retrogaming@lemmy.world

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Yes, you read that right. In a world of cloud streaming and teraflops, a gamer from New York is striving to release their own 8-bit home console with its own gaming infrastructure. Meet the GameTank, its simple controller, and its chunky cartridges that are looking to bring 8-bit gaming back

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[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 28 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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.

[–] bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Literally all4 of my tvs have rca, lol

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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.

[–] bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 weeks ago

Tvs all my life have had rca, it works perfectly and cables are cheap. Works with all my consoles. I see no reason to change.

Hdmi-cords break a LOT, and can be spendy. Its fine, but I dont need high resolution.

[–] titanicx@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 weeks ago

One of the few left.