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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

  • Treczoks@lemmy.worldEnglish
    301·
    4 days 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.

      • Treczoks@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        3 days 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.

        • bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          2·
          3 days 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.