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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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[-] daggermoon@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

Not offering HDMI support is a mistake

[-] weirdo_from_space@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago

Yup, I wonder if that's HDMI Forum's fault though. I hear they are insufferable.

[-] LiveLM@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 month ago

A 8 bit console with a DisplayPort would be funny

[-] Thassodar@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago

Super easy to find a DP to HDMI cable, why not?

[-] krooklochurm@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago

It's very easy. Even easier than DPing yo mamma which is also pretty easy.

[-] Thassodar@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago

Hey-yo! (☞゚ヮ゚)☞

[-] 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.

[-] mesamunefire@piefed.social 1 points 1 month ago

I think in order fpe this to succeed they are going to NEED good games. No really that's what people care about.

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

I saw these guys at Portland Retro Gaming Expo. I played the demo a tiny bit, and while it was interesting in a way... it felt a bit too early to be showing to people. Maybe it was the 3D printed stuff that made it amateurish.

That said, if I am recalling correctly, the was open-source (oh I found the site and it is) so maybe that whole booth was to demonstrate how someone could build their own unit.

[-] just_another_person@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago

It's cool as a fun project, but I don't see how this could possibly be commercially viable, especially with cartridges. The need for physical distribution alone is already a huge money burden on both the producer and the consumer.

[-] Nemo@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 month ago

Why does it need to be commercially viable? What's wrong with doing it for love of the game?

[-] just_another_person@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago
[-] Nemo@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 month ago

no, this is earnest anti-commercialism

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