Analogue Is Retiring Its Amazing Nt Mini After One Final Production Run

A lovely device that does what it promises, I know someone who has it but myself even as a collector I don't really see buying it for this amount of money.

It is worth it, but too much of the good price wise.

I wish I had gotten a Neo Geo NT

Yeah, that’s too much. I’m thinking of buying RetroTink 2x Pro, as it’s way cheaper and can be used for many different consoles. Hope you’ll review that one.

I love these consoles, but the price is a bit steep. It sounds cool in theory, but I bought a Snes Mini to scratch the retro itch and didn't play it nearly as much as I thought I would.

I love the system but I'm probably going the MiSTer route. It's less expensive and more versatile. The NT Mini is beautiful though.

Having finally bought a Super NT I can vouch for the quality. Their products. Looking forward for the Pocket to get through the GBA collection on the commute.

Hopefully they make an N64 next.

I haven't signed on to Nintendolife in a long time but I just had to let everyone know that I preordered this. Thank you and goodnight.

Too much for too little, it borrows old 80s NES parts for the hardware. $500 for a custom metal shell and a few other bits...wasteful collector prop. If you want their stuff they have 2 fair priced fully setup systems for SNES and MD/GEN that does it all and then some due to the FPGA core. Hey I'd even avoid that upcoming handheld, same price, until you buy all the added things like the tv dock(to get what it claims to do out of the box), and then the other cart adapters per system at a price.

The price is understandably higher than many would want to pay. When both versions of the NT came out, it wasn't a bad alternative, price wise, to getting an RGB-modded NES. At the same time, going for a high-end product with the aluminum case might not have been the right fit. They seemed to find their sweet spot with the more affordable SNES and Mega Drive versions. Perhaps they'll replace this NT with a new model more in line with those.

@VmprHntrD I believe it was the original NT that used real Famicom parts, with the NT mini being an FPGA-based machine.

I wouldn't be at all surprised if they released a cheaper model like the Mega SG/Super NT down the line, but I'm not taking any chances. Preordered!

Hopefully they are looking to produce a new version down the line that is cheaper in the same vein as the Mega Sg and Super Nt. I would love one of their HDMI NES consoles, but not at this price.

I think the price was part of its demise. The tech was there but with re-mastered games I think that more or less guarantee its early retirement.

Completely ridiculous price, i would rather do the HD mod for the real NES. 99% of people wouldn’t know if a NES game was running on this, a raspberry Pi or a hacked NES mini

I sold mine a while back because they've been selling at an insane prise - often over $2k. I immediately pre-ordered 2 more. One to use, one for collection.

@Seananigans It's definitely expensive, but you're also pretty clearly ignorant to what the device is and why it is special. Look at the price used devices were selling for on eBay as of this morning. Additionally, the device was in no way a "failure" - it sold through extremely quickly.

@VmprHntrD No it doesn't - the original NT did, not the Mini. The mini uses a Cyclone FPGA, which is why it is so expensive. It also allows for the emulation of pretty much every 8 bit console, which is why the NT Mini currently sells for so much on ebay.

EDIT: That's not to say that's the only reason it's so expensive. Didn't mean to indicate the FPGA alone costs $500, but it's a contributing factor. The FPGA and the additional cores Kevtris released are why it was so expensive secondhand, though.

I've pre-ordered mine now, looking much forward to it. Thank you Analogue for this opportunity!

@DarthNocturnal same don’t have a library but would start to get one with that beauty

I really don’t understand the purpose of retiring a retro console...

I love the system but the price just push me away, glad the AVS is still available though.

@Sinton i just bought a retrotink 2x pro and couldnt be happier with it

Ill just use my top loader I got for a dollar at a pawn shop.

@DarthNocturnal Not gonna lie

That's awesome but really, why would you lie?

@mousieone To drive up demand for the final production run.

To put it in a single word, no.

$500........what....the......fffff

I swear I've just found an original SNES for around 100€ and a Retro Advance adapter for another 100€ on the bay in a 5 minute search, both in good condition. And I doubt a NES to SNES adapter would be more than 30€.
Had I really preordered this, I wouldn't say it out loud.

Dang. It's expensive, but I really want one. I have the Super NT, and it's awesome.

I immediately preordered this upon receiving the notification email from analogue. This company produces the highest quality retro products. I’m stoked.

As nice as it is, a cheaper model like the super nt is what I want.

I will wait for their inevitable, cheaper revision.

@Sinton A rule of thumb:
If it uses emulation, it's garbage.
Sound problems are one of the biggest issues.

Only buy retro HD consoles that use an FPGA chip.
Anything from Analogue, for example, or the AVS from RetroUSB, which is cheaper than an NT Mini but just as good.

DON'T FORGET:

Another FPGA HD NES console, the RetroUSB AVS, is MUCH cheaper than an NT Mini but just as good for NES games.

I am just going to wait for the far superior Analogue Pocket since it will play basically every FPGA core up to PS1 on the unofficial firmware from the SD card once it releases. Console perfect everything in portable and with the TV dock and 8bitdo controllers <3. I will have no reason to get another old school device.

Got my preorder in this morning, would have purchased 2 but, $1000 bucks just wasn't in my budget. I have the Mega SG and the Super NT which allowed me to retire my modded SNES and Sega Genesis. But I am still using an NES RGB/Frameister for NES games. Now I can retire the NES RGB.

I just don't have a need for an NES, I don't have any games for the original hardware. Genesis, SNES, and N64 would be amazing though, and I would love to see some CD consoles remade.

@JayJ Speaking of CD console clone, whatever did happen to the Polymega? Don't tell me it was delay because of the Coronavirus as well, that would make too much sense.

@Deanster101 like seriously? who would pay $500 for this thing man. you could get 2 shield tvs for the same price and still have money left over lol
trying to play your own retro stuff is not just expensive these days but it's just not worth the hassle no matter how much old skool purists keep preeching about it. smh 🙄

@VmprHntrD The Nt mini is an FPGA system. It does not use original parts.

@Tasuki Of course because you said you don't choose to spend your money on this you are poor. That's a logical, completely intelligent, and non-ass assumption. You definitely don't have other priorities than a $500 metal luxury old game system. Nope. And somehow all knowing Alan missed the part about buying MiSTer which is about 400 dollars for a decked out one. But he probably thought I was talking about a person and is ignorant of what it actually is.

I would buy this, but I spent the money on Alan Jones’s mum instead. She loved it.

Alan got his comment erased for being a trolling idiot, that says enough there. Let's face it, it's a $500 piece of metal with a FPGA in there, it's a total high dollar boutique item that only those with deep pockets or more money than common sense will buy, end of story.

He's looking for a reaction, got it, that's pretty much it. But really before finger pointing maybe try learning some facts but that would be a challenge and deflate the argument. Oh I could buy it, but why? I've got a top loader with the same FGPA inside Kevin Horton did on the HiDefNES Kit for far less dough (like 1/3 to 1/4 the cost), though Marshalls kit plus the system for UltraHDMI is no joke, that I have too and it's still less than that hunk of metal. Super NT got one of those as well, but I guess my broke ass just can't afford it eh?

Face it the system is all about the prestige and the cost of the metal mold, that's it. FPGA systems run basically $200 out of the box, this one is $500, the others are plastic and from the same person/company no less. +300 for metal isn't worth it.

I'd rather put that money on a Ps5 and I'm in no rush to buy that

The NES Classic Mini has rendered this thing obsolete. Who's paying all that money for an NES?

Annnnnd..... It’s gone

Sold out

Well I already have a 2nd Edition Analogue NT Mini ,and I pre-ordered a NT Mini Noir a few days before the Analogue Website closed pre-orders ..I am not at all ashamed to say I will be the proud owner of 2 Analogue NT Mini consoles .@All the posters that made the comment that the AVS is the same quality as the NT mini ,I am here to state it is NOT !I have owned an AVS and still own a NT Mini ,the latter is far better than the former in terms of quality and how it’s manufactured..The Noir will be an awesome upgrade to the original NT Mini in terms on how it is built ..

@TheWingedAvenger ;You obviously have never experienced the usage of an NT Mini ,because if you had you would not be comparing an NES Mini to the NT Mini ..It’s like comparing Apples and Oranges ,the NT Mini is in a class of it’s own ..

@VmprHntrD I could not disagree more ..Trust me I have a lot of “common sense “with an extremely High IQ to match ,and I am proud to say I am on the short list of those who pre-ordered a Noir ..Quite frankly I find your opinion of those who chose to pre-order a Noir or already own any another NT Mini model pretty ignorant..Just because you are of the opinion that the NT Mini is a waste of money does not make someone else’s opinion that differs from yours any less valid ..Just saying ...

@retro_player_22 because the NT Mini is not an ordinary “unofficial console “..

What the heck is it...I wouldn't buy that, that's for sure.

@oceano meanwhile, I loved it to pieces, but I also downloaded Genesis ands 64 games onto it...each to their own I suppose.

@Trajan totally unrelated to your comment, but is that Yusuke?!?

@roadrunner343 2k. That's just...wow.

@MeowMeowKins it’s the protagonist from Persona 3.

How did 64 games run on the snes classic? PSC is stronger and it still runs 64 games like garbage.

@MeowMeowKins It's an after market NES that does not rely on software emulation. The reason it's so expensive secondhand is due to custom firmware & cores that were release that allow it to accurately play roms from just about every 8 bit system. I absolutely loved my Mini, and I've pre-ordered this one as well... but yeah, it's not worth $2k to me, which is why I sold it =) I am really looking forward to having another though.

@oceano I didn't buy one for exactly that reason. It looked amazing, but I've bought quite a few vc titles and if I'm being honest with myself I just don't play them often enough to justify the expense. I really wanted the snes mini, but it would have just ended up being something nice to look at more than it would have been played.

What's worse is this for $499 how do they think anyone is going to pay for that when a Switch is only $299.99+tax. This is a DOA device....to say.

@SwitchForce

You really have no clue 🤣

This thing will sell out in a matter of minutes, and they routinely sell for $1000+ on eBay

@KillerBOB you also have no clue as well. Yeah and the Switch runs circles around it while having the same game already remastered on the Switch. Yea that's real smart.....

Take example RingFit...scalpers and now they are loosing....want to try your luck again.....

@SwitchForce

Do some research, you are making yourself look foolish 🤡

It's a highly sought after item for hardcore gamers/NES collectors. It has nothing to do with the Switch or RingFit scalpers, so I don't know why you are bringing that up 🥱

@SwitchForce its been released before and sold out then, it'll sell out again and it'll still be worth more than was paid for it originally.

@roadrunner343
I personally didn't get the NES mini (you can download those games onto a SNES Mini), but this...2k? Come on, did they seriously expect that to do well?

@Trajan okay, now I feel stupid. Haven't played 3. Forgive me.

@Trajan it's a bit complicated...there ARE guides out there if you'd like to learn how. Essentially, the SNES classic is still 2017 technology...you can hack it. They don't run SUPER well, if you've got virtual console, use that. You download 64 games onto your computer, hook it up to your SNES classic, and boom.

@MeowMeowKins it seems you misunderstood what I said. They are selling for $2k secondhand. So yes, they did very well and there is incredible demand for them, even at $500 MSRP.

The thing is, the only way to play those games as they were intended is on the original hardware and on a CRT as the games were designed around how a CRT looked.

@roadrunner343 ohhhhh...I still think 500 dollars is too much, but it's a least a little better

Too expensive. My original NES is still chugging away.

@SwitchForce Dead on arrival? A few years ago, they did their first run of these systems and they sold out in a few days. They are extremely sought after, which is silly for how much they cost.

@SwitchForce You're bad at guessing market trends. Also, what NES games on Switch have been re-mastered?

This unit definitely isn't my thing, but I don't begrudge anyone that wants to spend their luxury hobby money on whatever luxury hobby item they desire.

I didn’t appreciate what they did with the preorders for the gameboy. I might just look away from now on

@MeowMeowKins I have hacked my snes classic, what I’m asking is how do they run? My PlayStation classic is also hacked and it runs 64 games poorly, and the PSC is a more powerful system.

I really hope they make a N64 clone.

@Trajan I'm no whiz, and I kinda pull up a tutorial on incognito mode everytime I need to do it 🤷🏽‍♀️. Like I said, they run like trash.

@Trajan Most 64 games on a SNES C run just as poorly, if not moreso, than on PS C. Just because it's newer tech, it still has to use an emulator to translate everything. It's not even worth the hassle.

@HobbitGamer that’s what I feared.

N64 is my favorite system, and I still use it regularly. I’d like to stop putting wear on it though.

Since Sony supports terrorism,I’m going PC this next gen, so I guess I can just use mupen 64.

@Gamesurfer Those NES to SNES adapters aren't very good from what I've seen, they definitely would not compare to the Analogue Nt Mini. I still think the Nt is ridiculously expensive though.

@Trajan I probably shouldn't, but I'm going to ask anyway, because I'm genuinely curious;
How is Sony supporting terrorism?
I ask this because if true it would be an interesting hill to flag, knowing full well that many, if not all, consumer electronics companies source materials and components made through use of unethical, immoral, and/or inhumane practices. Including whatever device you're currently using, namely via the elements used to make tin.

@roadrunner343 kevtris is love. kevtris is life. In kevtris I trust.

@Gamesurfer

If you are going to play a SNES on a modern TV you'll need the $150 OSSC. It converts the SNES signal into a digital signal so it doesn't have the lag that you'll have if you attach a SNES via composite (assuming your flat panel even has composite). If you have a CRT you are good. But hooking old systems to new TVs is expensive if you want it to play well.

@VmprHntrD

I'd say $225 for the aluminum, $25 for the wireless controller, and $50 for the analog scaler that the other systems don't have. But yes, I think the reality is that it is highly likely that Analogue produces an FGPA NES that is plastic, w/o a controller, and w/o analog out for $200 within the next few years. Just seems like easy money to do it. The cores were initially a big sell, but between the mega sg and pocket most of the cores are already available.

@HobbitGamer when asked about the riots; Sony said “cities can rebuild “.

If this was half the price I would JUMP at the chance of owning this but it's just too expensive for me sadly.

@Synthatron_Prime analogue Pocket will be able to play all pre 32 bit consoles as well with the custom firmware it will pave, it is more versatile than the mister for that reason. Though I may never get a chance to buy one with the world plummeting into the bowels of hell.

@Jokerwolf I removed my initial response because I misread your response, lol. It will be interesting to see what developers can do but the fact that MiSTer does all kinds of random computer cores and arcade cores as well as consoles keeps me there. That and it's open source which encourages development. Not sure people will jump at the chance to give Analogue free labor but you never know.

@Trajan ... Oh. That's not... Supporting terrorism.

Totally understand the use case, but I much prefer a genuine SNES and a CRT. To me, only the phosphor mask of a CRT can produce the truly smooth, cohesive image we knew and loved back in the day.

@HobbitGamer violence used for political purposes is terrorism. Burning down homes and businesses are violence.

I like Analogue's product; I don't like that they turn them into limited commodities that limit the amount out there, especially when people are using bots to resell and scalp them.

They should really sell build it yourself kit versions. If I had the electrical engineering skills I'd do it...