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It's 2025, And We're Getting A Brand New 8-Bit Game Console (retrododo.com)
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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 2 points 1 month ago

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 1 points 1 month ago

Literally all4 of my tvs have rca, lol

[-] Treczoks@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

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.

this post was submitted on 08 Nov 2025
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