I'm thinking that the price will go down after a short while, the market isn't really in demand of such a product.
why did they use an off the shelf switching regulator and just bothched it in there, look at the messy install.. Other than that it's a nice PCB, however just looks like a run of the mill NES clone that you can get off Aliexpress.. Housing could have been better designed
My guess is that it was originally designed to use a 7805 type regulator but they found it was getting too hot - it was probably intended to be mounted on the other side of the board and bolted to the case - hence the hole in the PCB.
Why do you say that? I have a couple of original Famicoms and a twin here, and they have chips that look just like the ones in those photos. Same texture, ejector marks in the same place, matching font and the same P/Ns (although the date and trace codes are obviously different). Most of the twin chip famiclones used the UMC chipset, and they look quite different - the top surface has more texture, the ejector marks are deeper and they have a "pin 1" dimple.
Never had a NES back in the day, so I have no sentimental value for this console. However if they made an equivalent of this for the Mega Drive I would seriously concider buying one.
Same. Well, I wouldn't spend $500 on a Geneclone, mainly because I've never had a problem with any of my Genesises.
The Genesis doesn't have the problems that the NES does that makes this interesting. The Genesis can already output RGB. It can already play imports, though it might require a Game Genie. It doesn't have HDMI output, but atleast you have RGB you could feed into a scaler. That's the main thing that's attractive with this system in my opinion. Famicom cartridge port and RGB video. Sure there are other nice things but those would be the main points I'd be interested in.
Your right, however I really like the form-factor and aluminum uni-body design, this combined with the best possible video-output and region-free makes it a hassle free solution. Must agree that the 500$ price tag is somewhat hefty, but man this is one sexy kit!
Is anyone aware if the HDMI and RGB video output play nice together? I tried contacting them and got no response so far. I was curious if you could use both, not necessarily at the same time but if you could have the HDMI incase you should in the future be stuck with HDTVs. But until then you'd have your RGB output. Also is anyone aware how you're supposedly able to control their "stereo" sound modification? Most importantly, how to turn it to Mono like it is supposed to be. They mention it being adjustable but I have yet to see anything about how.
Very cool! I figured this thread would be mostly people making fun of it but I'm happy to see people responding reasonably. That said it is overkill for me personally, although I would certainly buy one were money no object. I hope they are successful in this venture because it is a very cool niche they are trying to fill. -doulomb
If you think that is expensive then check out their Neo Geo section! They are gorgeous works of art but I would be terrified of playing it for the fear of damaging the wood. At first I had thought the $500 included the HDMI but that is a $80 option. While $500 without HDMI is not a deal breaker, I would have liked to see a matching shell for the controller. Ya know, something comfortable like the later dog bone shape and blends with the design of the console itself. Can anyone make out those switches close to the audio outputs? My guess is that one of them are used to go from mono to "stereo"?
