Analogue Is Restocking The Super NT And Mega SG Later Today

got my alarms set, but i wasn't able to get one last time. saw ppl saying that they went up a few minutes before the :00 so i'ma be ready this time

@60frames-please they will go up in two and a half hours - 5pm cet

I'm going to try to get one. We'll see how it goes...

@jobvd Yeah, I got confused, then clear. Thanks!

Make a GC one please analogue!

Analogue really needs to remade the original Nt like these and sell it for an affordable price. The reason why I didn't buy into the original Analogue Nt FPGA Famiclone was cause of the high price with all those unnecessary features. Make a $200 Nt and I will but it Analogue, no fancy stuff just HDMI like these will do, heck you don't even had to put two cartridge slots on there, I already had converters for Famicom games anyways, just give me a cheap HDMI NES FPGA solution for my money and I will buy it.

I have the black version and would highly recommend one for anyone on the fence. The quality on a 4K TV looks stunning and makes the games look as good as I remember from a kid, playing on my old CRT.

Sadly, I haven’t spent much time with it, since my switch back catalog is enormous, but I’m thankful to have a clean and polished way of playing my old SNES library when the urge arises.

Since the Duo showed they'll do optical drives, I've been hoping they'll one day do a combined Mega Drive, Mega CD and 32X.

I’m slightly tempted, but I really wish they had this for the NES. Their first iteration was way too expensive, and according to reviews had problems with the cartridge slot not holding carts correctly. It’s really hard to get into something like this when it’s so limited and of questionable build quality.

I would get both, but since I already decided to try to get, and have in fact already reserved a Steam Deck, I'm gonna have to pass on these consoles for now. Hopefully Analogue can get their stock replenished and not be consistently out of stock next year. I would likely already own both of their consoles if they were actually in stock at the time I had the money to actually buy them, and before the Steam Deck and Switch OLED were announced.

I have had a black super nt for a couple years now. Ordered it from their website voor 200 quid without taxes. There is an easy way to play all your backups on it too via sd card and sd2snes etc work aswell. Its a great machine especially for newer gen tv's. Wich indeed ( on a standard sized monitor ) runs flawlessly. The bigger your screen the bigger the chance of input lag still tho. I used a wireless 8bitdo snes controller.

@Frankstarr The bigger your screen the bigger the chance of input lag still tho.
Are you suggesting the tv size is effecting the game console's performance? Cause that can't possibly be true.

My credit card was declined!

This is 100% true for the snes classic mini. I will have to cross test the nt on my 55 inch to see if there is any input lag.

I got one! They still seem to be available, this round they haven't sold out in a minute.

@Specter_of-the_OLED

Get the RetroUSB AVS.

It's supposed to be back in stock in the late summer/fall, it's like $200, and works great

Cheers nlife, managed to get myself the black one (£173 inc shipping), so will be having a good ole retro day when it arrives.

I was really expecting their site to be much busier, and out of stock very quickly, but i couldn't believe i finally managed to order my Super NT. YAY!!
Was anyone else surprised at how much shipping to the UK costs? I really hope they ship quickly for the price. Yikes!!

Looking forward to the Analogue Pocket and hoping they make an N64 version sometime too.

Just don't have the same level of nostalgia for NES SNES and Mega Drive.

The last Super NT restock was nuts but I was patient and got one. Got my Mega SG this time around with ease. Thanks Analogue. Great company that releases products. Can't wait for the Analogue Duo.

I'll stick to my RGB modded original 1-chip Snes II (US) with a Retrotink Rad2X adapter to HDMi (2x scaling). Original hardware is always better than emulation stations.

@KillerBOB Thanks, definitely will go that route soon.

@Rockman this snes is like 99% accurate dude. Is hardware emulation. It’s legit.

@BionicDodo They did mention that they'll release an adapter in the future that will handle Sega 32X compatibility similar to how they handle Game Gear, SMS My Card games, and Sega SG-1000 games. As for Sega CD, that could already be done via flash cartridge like Mega EverDrive and TerraOnion's Mega SD which works very well on the Mega Sg. The Analogue Mega Sg already had options that utilize Sega CD optimization like audios and region compatibility as well.

@Frankstarr No, it's not true. What possibly makes you think that the bigger the display, the more input lag that your SNES Classic Edition/Mini is going to have?

If you're just going off personal experiences with the displays in your home, the answer is simple. You're noticing it more on the bigger display not because of the size of it compared to your smaller televisions, but because it's simply not as great of a tv.

Not every LCD panel is created equal. Not every scaling chip is created equal. Not every manufacturer's firmware is created equal. It has absolutely nothing to do with the set's physical dimensions when one outperforms the other with gaming hardware.

About the only time that size has ever entered the equation in a manner anything like you're describing, was the rise of much larger CRT televisions on the eve of the HD age. Many of these would have significant screen geometry issues right out of the box. Advanced users could alleviate many of the issues, but it's not something that typically was a significant problem for those gaming on smaller CRT's.

@Atariboy aye dude chill, you seem to know way more about this technically then i do. This is just like you said from my own expierence with my own screens. Just putting it out there.

@Frankstarr Don't get uptight about it, bud. It wasn't a big mistake that you made. But it was an incorrect one and it didn't hurt to explain why.

Lots of factors could be at play. One significant problem with these mini consoles is the rise of newer 4k displays (i.e., what many people like possibly yourself now own for their biggest television in their household).

TV manufacturers have decided 720p isn't pretty enough and are butchering the signal by overprocessing it for their latest 4k displays, which adds input lag (And damages the visuals). And sadly all these mini systems output 720p.

If you're perhaps comparing across native 4k displays and 1080p displays, it wouldn't shock me if you're noticing the fallout of that move with your SNES Mini.

@Atariboy word, you summed it up perfectly.

I have a Super NT and it’s awesome. This time I ordered the Mega SG, because I found a box of Genesis games in my closet. I noticed that the consoles haven’t sold out as quickly this time, which is a relief. I hope that eventually the supply comes in like this for their Pocket and Turbo Grafx systems, because it’s frustrating to compete with scalpers.

@Wavey84 That’s almost my setup! Mine is a 21”. I had a 30”, but that thing takes up too much space for my home!

Today my credit card (which was declined yesterday) was accepted! So I could finally order my Super NT! 🎉

@Wavey84 It’s amazing how cheap those things go for. Usually, they are barely even used, and just sit around people’s homes and garages, waiting for people like us to take them off their hands! My Sony CRT was only $20!

@FargusPelagius FYI you’ll have import VAT of 20% to pay on top of that..so another £35 and perhaps an admin fee from dhl as well

fortunately customs duty is 0% at the moment on imported consoles from usa - it was going to be 25% imposed before the VAT is calculated so you would have had a fee of more like £90 had things stayed as they were!!

@Rockman sounds like a lot of cables and a big old mess next to the telly.

maybe the hype is over , they’re still for sale on the website

@bryce951 Power cable and HDMi Adapter; exactly the same amount as the analog. Another plus is the 100% guaranteed compatibility.

@Kobeskillz hardware emulation sounds like emulation to me. Also: the original Snes is 100% compatible.

@Rockman Each to their own, but in sure people feel power cable and hdmi + one box is more elegant than your console + retrotink or other upscaler plus link cables etc

@bryce951 Something like that, surely they'd state in the receipt or terms while purchasing? I had some models from america recently and they didn't have any extra charges ontop of delivery.

@Rockman yeah it’s emulation but hardware based is really good. Plus the original snes has so many revisions that the snes jr is less accurate than then snes NT. That system has a whole new board and runs some games incorrectly. So the NT is more accurate than some real hardware!

Look man I’m with you I have al my orignal consoles set up and spent a fortune making them look good. But no shame in the NT. It’s really good. If my snes died and I had to roll with the NT I wouldn’t lose sleep and I’m picky about this stuff. My original nes and snes have so many mods anyways that they aren’t 100% original parts anyways. Semantics.

I prefer the phrase 'hardware simulation' for what these FPGA consoles are doing.

@FargusPelagius Under the old rules VAT and other customs duties would be charged on import. I bought a Mega SG in the past and got hit by Fedex with a bill plus their own admin fee which had to be paid or they wouldn't deliver it. In total it was £41.15 which would have been their calculation of the total cost including delivery , converted to GBP, apply VAT, and then add on an admin fee.

Technically Analogue now should be charging VAT at the point of sale but may not be aware of the new rules and/or not registered for VAT in the UK.

Online marketplaces like Amazon and Ebay are now required to make sure sellers are VAT registered and charging at the point of sale (ie when you buy it).

so…..i dont know what will happen.

If you’ve bought from other sellers then maybe you already paid the VAT in the price you paid, but Analogues prices have not changed to uk sellers so i dont think thats the case there.

Do let me know what happens, would be interested to know.

One thing people used to do on ebay purchases from Japan was get the seller to write like £5 on the customs slip so it was below the de minimis of £15 (which no longer applies since Brexit anyway). But that was one way around it (fraudulently of course )

What about an Analogue Nt micro that would be an NES/Famicom FPGA with a similar shell as the Super Nt?

@bryce951 ahh interesting. I shall see what happens. It is $49.99 for the shipping so i actually assume anything hidden is in that as it would only cost me £6 here in the U.K to ship something that small abroad. The £ is quite strong at the moment so the exchange rate is in my favour.

@FargusPelagius don’t think so - Analogue massively take the p1ss on their shipping charges, have been criticised for it even in the US, although it would cost you a lot more than £6 to ship insured to the US, trust me ive done it. When i bought the Mega SG 2 years ago it was $50 for shipping back then, dont think they’ve changed it

@bryce951 Hmm i will keep a look out. It would be and extra £27.36 plus a possible admin fee. So likely be just over £200, in total. Counteracts the exchange rate a bit more ($240). Cheers for the heads up.

@FargusPelagius The VAT is on the delivery charge as well i think

@Kobeskillz Do you know what games are incompatible with Snes Jr? As I have never heard or read about that. Thanks! P.S. Mine only has a RGB mod (some extra wires to bring the RGB to the multi-out). So not many mods.

@bryce951 Do some research on the Rad2X cable and you'll find out it's one cable that does everything. so, only 2 cables and a tiny console for me!

@Rockman Yes I have bought and sold RAD2Xs in the past (I am in the UK).

So what you’re saying is that you are using an RGB modded clone console (The Snes 2 is that - system on a chip). Plus a cable that only gives you 480p over HDMI.

and all of this will have cost you more than a Super NT?

@Rockman not straight out unplayable but some games have visual glithes on the Jr and star Fox straight up runs slower.