Analogue Pocket

Mucky_Pup · 16 Oct 2019 at 16:20

Know there’s a few Analogue users on here, I have Super NT and it’s a great bit of kit.

They’ve just announced a pocket FPGA system that plays Gameboy, Color, and Advance games, plus other handheld systems like Game Gear and Lynx.

Looks quite good, will be able to get a dock for it as well to play on the TV. I still need to get a Mega SG, but I think this will be a purchase for me as well.

https://www.analogue.co/pocket/

darkgen · 16 Oct 2019 at 16:54

Wow. That's def a bit of me.

pingwing · 16 Oct 2019 at 17:20

Amazing!

How will it do the Neo Geo Pocket Color stick though?

morbid42 · 16 Oct 2019 at 19:11

Looks good but Ill stick to my diy coolboy 5.0' raspberry pi from china that i modded with friendlyarm rk3399 - more user control

kinger8938 · 16 Oct 2019 at 20:12

A stunning looking item. Certainly interested

Flibster · 17 Oct 2019 at 00:02

Well I'm interested. Was hoping the next Classic system from Nintendo would be a GameBoy/Gameboy Color... but hell... this with the dock, an GB everdrive and a NES style 8bitdo wireless pad.. I'm sold!

Mucky_Pup · 17 Oct 2019 at 07:12

Flibster said:
an GB everdrive

You probably won't even need that when the firmware is jailbroken, should be able to play straight from Micro SD card. My Super NT has all the SNES games on it ATM.

almoststew1990 · 17 Oct 2019 at 08:49

Looks very nice but £200 is too much for me to spend on retro hand held! Or anything retro for that matter.

Tee Hee Johnson · 17 Oct 2019 at 13:33

Mucky_Pup said:
https://www.analogue.co/pocket/

That website is atrocious.

paradigm · 17 Oct 2019 at 18:46

I'll definitely be grabbing one of these. Was debating modding my Lynx II and GBA screens after doing my DMG GameBoy last weekend, but add the cost of screens, batteries and chargers (to upgrade to Li-Ion) and I might as well spend the bit extra for the Analogue Pocket, looks great!

kinger8938 · 17 Oct 2019 at 20:38

Tee Hee Johnson said:
That website is atrocious.

Yeah I found that when I looked in to a mega sg. Really poor site

Mucky_Pup · 27 Jul 2020 at 22:27

More details of this announced today, and a pre-order date of next Monday, with shipping aiming for May 2021.

https://www.analogue.co/store#pocket

I was excited but I'm on the fence a bit at the minute, looking at $200 for the console, $100 for the dock and probably $50 shipping for what I want, plus import duty on top. Major sticking point is, paying for it now and not getting it for at least 10 months, would be persuaded to go for it instantly if there was a deposit system. So I don't know whether to wait till release and order it then, will decide by next Monday though.

paradigm · 28 Jul 2020 at 10:34

I too am on the fence. I was REALLY up for the idea of the pocket when it was announced, but I just don't see it getting that much use, and the cost (plus the dock and Lynx adapter) is eye-watering.

elh_2009 · 31 Jul 2020 at 11:15

Same for me, wanted this day one but the price is a bit off putting if you want the dock as well.... hmmm

GeX · 1 Aug 2020 at 12:46

It's lovely and I want one.. but I know it'd end up underused and that's a lot of money for something to sit in a drawer

iamtheoneneo · 1 Aug 2020 at 18:02

Hyped at announcement but the price, date, import duty and those crazy adaptors has put me off.
Plus 2020 saw some excellent emulation handhelds released that when all things considered are enough to play these games.

I'm a sucker for original hardware in front of a TV but for handheld games I just don't think I care enough

Mucky_Pup · 3 Aug 2020 at 16:10

I've bought one in the end

Sold out in 8 minutes apparently, don't know how that works, they probably won't even being going into production for months.

mcdermotx · 3 Aug 2020 at 17:12

Mucky_Pup said:
I've bought one in the end

Sold out in 8 minutes apparently, don't know how that works, they probably won't even being going into production for months.

Yeah, probably. Just probably expected numbers in a first production batch, and they'll probably reopen preorders for later dates, much like they did for the likes of the Super NT.
I suppose the extended timeframe is the main difference from previous launches, but they are probably just covering themselves by pushing a year and avoiding a fiasco like the NT Noir.

Grabbed a couple in any case, white and black, and accs, so a bit of an outlay, but I'll try to convince myself it was money set aside in any case.

Mucky_Pup · 3 Aug 2020 at 17:14

Surprised the shipping was $35, was expecting to pay $50 for it.

mcdermotx · 3 Aug 2020 at 17:19

No such luck here unfortunately, 50 bucks to Ireland.

Though that 15 dollar difference will seem like small potatoes next to the duty. :mad: