Gloves | 11,771 Administrator · Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 4 minutes ago, Deadeye said: My bet is on PC Engine. The 2 and text color match the PC Engine Duo. This is honestly far more likely than my random guess / stab at Casual. I hadn't actually LOOKED at their post, and seeing this now it's pretty clear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadeye | 1,596 Homebrew Team · Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 1 minute ago, Gloves said: This is honestly far more likely than my random guess / stab at Casual. I hadn't actually LOOKED at their post, and seeing this now it's pretty clear. If this is right, I am pretty pumped for them to release a console that does cards and discs. Because honestly, it means PS1 is not out of the realm of possibilities anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gloves | 11,771 Administrator · Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 Just now, Deadeye said: If this is right, I am pretty pumped for them to release a console that does cards and discs. Because honestly, it means PS1 is not out of the realm of possibilities anymore. I'm very curious about the potential for discs, considering what a pain disc readers can be hardware wise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadeye | 1,596 Homebrew Team · Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 1 minute ago, Gloves said: I'm very curious about the potential for discs, considering what a pain disc readers can be hardware wise. Some people have been theorizing, that the actual drive will be off the shelf replaceable. As in using a laptop CD/DVD Drive. I have no idea if that is realistic, but we will see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Splain | 2,560 Editorials Team · Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 Noooo I've been looking into getting a Turbo Express and I don't need more eyes on PC Engine stuff lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadeye | 1,596 Homebrew Team · Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 @Splain buy buy buy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoctorEncore | 3,690 Posted October 14, 2020 Author Share Posted October 14, 2020 1 hour ago, Deadeye said: My bet is on PC Engine. The 2 and text color match the PC Engine Duo. This is also my hope. It will, however, be horrible for my bank account. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TDIRunner | 2,730 Posted October 15, 2020 Share Posted October 15, 2020 I'm thinking PC Engine as well, but I'm guessing card only with the ability to attach a CD add on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanooki | 4,931 Posted October 15, 2020 Share Posted October 15, 2020 Well well, if the guesses are right over the color match and font style of the PCE there, and this is a real accurate guess... I guess I'll end up owning 2 of their systems after all. I've been using my core grafx 2 for a time, but to let that fragile old NEC hardware go in favor of a modern FPGA with the common root upgrades I think would carry over from the Super NT I'd be on board. Question though is if, if correct, that 2?! The 2 denotes CDROM2/Super CDROM2 format, potential for this to have an optical drive, or like the Upergrafx2 in Japan, it'll run BIN/CUE/ISO stuff? I don't see them stuffing an optical drive there, maybe a port at least to attach one though. The ROM loading route would make sense with their jailbreak past. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Californication | 1,477 Posted October 15, 2020 Share Posted October 15, 2020 Anyone need a CIB RGB modded Duo R? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erac | 78 Posted October 15, 2020 Share Posted October 15, 2020 No, that doesn't help PS1 any. The CD drive is not the hard part, the processing power is. PC Engine is like an overclocked NES, way another league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TDIRunner | 2,730 Posted October 15, 2020 Share Posted October 15, 2020 6 hours ago, erac said: No, that doesn't help PS1 any. The CD drive is not the hard part, the processing power is. PC Engine is like an overclocked NES, way another league. If you were responding to @Deadeye, I'm fairly certain he wasn't talking about processing power so much as the fact that if they are willing to start producing consoles with disc drives, they might eventually move on towards a PS1. Analogue has always produced cart only consoles, so IF they end up making something with a disc drive, that would be a major step forward for them and it might hint that they are looking at a lot more consoles in the future. But no one is saying that it will be easy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gloves | 11,771 Administrator · Posted October 15, 2020 Share Posted October 15, 2020 Analog PS3 when? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TDIRunner | 2,730 Posted October 15, 2020 Share Posted October 15, 2020 12 minutes ago, Gloves said: Analog PS3 when? Tomorrow at the earliest, but possibly much later. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoctorEncore | 3,690 Posted October 15, 2020 Author Share Posted October 15, 2020 57 minutes ago, Gloves said: Analog PS3 when? I need an electrical engineer to weigh in on the complexity of FPGA emulation of the cell processer stat! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tulpa | 3,490 Posted October 15, 2020 Share Posted October 15, 2020 58 minutes ago, Gloves said: Analog PS3 when? *console scuffs up discs* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RH | 4,898 Posted October 15, 2020 Share Posted October 15, 2020 1 minute ago, DoctorEncore said: I need an electrical engineer to weigh in on the complexity of FPGA emulation of the cell processer stat! For PS2 or PS3 hardware, I don't think the biggest barrier is designing it in an FPGA (although it would be considerably difficult.) The biggest barrier would be the cost of having an FPGA unit capable of being programmed to operate as these processors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoctorEncore | 3,690 Posted October 16, 2020 Author Share Posted October 16, 2020 Just a reminder that the announcement will be at 1100 EST today. Based on their prior history of announcing announcements, this will probably be an update on a known product or reveal of a new product without immediate ordering. Regardless, I will update here later today. If it's something that warrants quick action, I will update immediately. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TDIRunner | 2,730 Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 Right. I should be free during that time, but I will be a little annoyed if I need to be ready to make a decision on buying something. I'm just expecting an announcement on something that will be ready to order sometime in the near future. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoctorEncore | 3,690 Posted October 16, 2020 Author Share Posted October 16, 2020 (edited) TG-16/PC-Engine it is! See first post for details. It even includes an optical disc drive! And apparently only $199. That price seems almost too good to be true. The Pocket adapters should also be quite awesome. So who wants to sell me their full TG-16 set? Edited October 16, 2020 by DoctorEncore 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TDIRunner | 2,730 Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 At first glance that looks pretty awesome. And $199 seems pretty reasonable all things considered. I honestly expected the CD part to be an add-on for additional cost. I would say there is a good chance I buy that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jicsan | 589 Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 I like the look of it. Will have to try and get one. Hopefully it doesn't sell out in ten seconds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TDIRunner | 2,730 Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 (edited) I just noticed one thing. I know this won't be an issue in the long run based on previous Analogue systems, but it looks like a Turbo Everdrive will not fit in the cart slot. However, it looks like the Turbo Everdrive will fit in the adapter for the Pocket, so that's good. Edited October 16, 2020 by TDIRunner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strange | 1,700 Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 I’ve heard that getting the right hardware is the biggest hurdle to collecting for this family of system, the second being the price of collecting for it. I feel like this will solve the former (for the select few who get one) and make the latter worse. I’m fine owning the mini honestly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Californication | 1,477 Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 Wow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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