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[-] celsiustimeline@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 19 hours ago

I'm sure there are people out there that will leap at the opportunity to buy one of these, but between emulation with modern controller mapping, and og hardware on a CRT, I've never stopped playing N64 games since 1996 and the prospect of buying another $250+ piece of hardware just doesn't appeal to me. I guess if you totally missed out on the 64 era, this is a great way to bypass the tinkering emulation requires to get to a playable state (N64 peeps already know), while getting the technically best image quality possible, and be a buy. The N64 has a fantastic (albeit sort of small) library of bangers. The issue now is finding carts that aren't priced to the moon.

[-] Cethin@lemmy.zip 4 points 18 hours ago

Yeah, with the need for the cartridges, I don't know who this appeals to. I would think it appeals to people who already have a library of games, but they also probably have original hardware, and running on a CRT is probably ideal, not a modern display in 4k. The CRT hides the low detail from the time and has built-in AA, so it (subjectively) looks better.

So, if it's not for those people, is it for new people? In which case they better be loaded because getting the games isn't easy. In which case, getting an original console probably isn't an issue.

[-] million@lemmy.world 2 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

All the analogue systems have official unofficial jailbreaks. I’ve never used cartridges on any of them.

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