The Delicious Big Hunk of Shit Console & Greasy Food Thread

max 330 mega · Mar 12, 2014

hmmm.... ive been contemplating buying a rgb modded famicom these past 2 months. i will hold off until i see how this all pans out and at what price point.

SonGohan · Mar 12, 2014

Reminds me a lot of kenny boy

christoph · Mar 12, 2014

broken said:
I can't help but think this thing it trying to be unnecessarily pretentious just for sake of being so.

Solid block of aluminum? Come the fuck on. This ain't a $60k McIntosh amp or anything.

Use a quality plastic enclosure and price it at a reasonable price and watch people flock to it like white on rice.

If this thing was $199 I could see some of the NES console modders shitting their shorts. That's of course depending on how good the video is and just how accurate a NES/Famicom it is. Blow either of these two and this thing is dead in the water.

But I am guessing it's gonna be $499 due to the fancy-pants enclosure.

Haha! I know it does seem ridiculous!

Initially, we didn't think we could do it. But when we received our first prototype in hand...it was just too special. It's relatively small (reference the cartridge sizes to the system size in the image)...it just feels perfectly right. I've never seen anything like it made before. Broken, how about I aim to get a unit in your hands to check out when the time comes?

GohanX · Mar 12, 2014

I think I would be a much better test subject.

:kekekeke:

everten · Mar 12, 2014

christoph said:
Haha! I know it does seem ridiculous! Initially, we didn't think we could do it. But when we received our first prototype in hand...it was just too special. It's relatively small (reference the cartridge sizes to the system size in the image)...it just feels perfectly right. I've never seen anything like it made before. Broken, how about I aim to get a unit in your hands to check out when the time comes?

Sounds like a Steve Jobs keynote. Keep it under $200 and it will probably sell. I hope it turns out well.

christoph · Mar 12, 2014

I'd be more than happy to send some units to neo members to check out when the time comes.

Also I thought I'd mention - your Mcintosh amp reference is a good analogy because it has truth to it. We engineered the Nt from the perspective of engineering an amplifier or a piece of Hi-Fi equipment. From the design to the componentry. Seriously, I cannot wait for you guys to see inside. I will absolutely be getting some pictures of the PCB up. It's beautiful.

Yodd · Mar 12, 2014

christoph said:
Broken, how about I aim to get a unit in your hands to check out when the time comes?

If you are serious about this, I will gladly check it out and report back to the community my thoughts.

Be warned, I won't candy coat my findings. I call it as I see it.

Fox1 · Mar 12, 2014

I would be very interested to see what the internals look like

Skips · Mar 12, 2014

I still want to know if the PPU and or CPU holocaust of 2014 will begin soon or if all the legit hardware is safe in its bed at night.

theMot · Mar 12, 2014

As I always say, it's good to see new products in the hobby. If the price is too high they will just sit there and AI will have to meet the market if they (well Chris) wants to move them.

Chris has always been good to deal with and makes nice products. Give him a break.

SNKorSWM · Mar 13, 2014

I guess it's going to have to wait until customer reviews to see a compatibility list.

xb74 · Mar 13, 2014

christoph said:
Well, interestingly enough - as a kid I never personally owned an NES. I grew up with Sega too. The Genesis and then a 32x were the first systems I actually owned as a kid. I still got to play with friends and such (contra, zelda etc), but I never had the opportunity to explore the entire library or spend a massive amount of time with it. Obviously at this point I've owned everything, but there are so many cool games for NES, Famicom and Famicom Disk System... Also it's pretty easy to play a Genesis in good quality, but NES/Famicom/FDS - in my opinion, it's a pain and there aren't any really good solutions.

This latest project looks stunning and I am sure it will perform as well as it looks, just like the CMVS.
All the best mate, I am sure they will be popular.

El Maricon Loco · Mar 13, 2014

Jeffpin said:
Sounds like a Steve Jobs keynote. Keep it under $200 and it will probably sell. I hope it turns out well.

He has to keep up this act or the suckers won't fall for his premium+ pricing.

NeoGeoNinja · Mar 13, 2014

xb74 said:
Good stuff Chris. But I gotta say, as a Sega fanboy, what were the factors in choosing Nintendo over Sega for this type of project?

Australia

Seriously though, outside of Europe & Australia, the NES was the dominating force in the 8-bit console era in NA. It was obviously very popular in Japan too, but shared the market with the PCE (so I believe?).

But, outside of Europe and Australia, no one - in the grand scheme of things - really gave a fuck about the Mastersystem... or its sound chip.

(FYI: Sega have never had a truly successful console outside of the Megadrive/Genesis)

skinny503 · Mar 13, 2014

Skips said:
I still want to know if the PPU and or CPU holocaust of 2014 will begin soon or if all the legit hardware is safe in its bed at night.

I would like to know as well. This will be a deal maker or killer for many people

AppleiDog · Mar 13, 2014

NeoGeoNinja said:
Australia

Seriously though, outside of Europe & Australia, the NES was the dominating force in the 8-bit console era in NA. It was obviously very popular in Japan too, but shared the market with the PCE (so I believe?).

But, outside of Europe and Australia, no one - in the grand scheme of things - really gave a fuck about the Mastersystem... or its sound chip.

(FYI: Sega have never had a truly successful console outside of the Megadrive/Genesis)

What about Brazil? massive Master system following, I would take a Master system any day of the week compared to the Nes

Dr Shroom · Mar 13, 2014

So...$50 shipped?

Pope Sazae · Mar 13, 2014

Will there eventually be a Black Label version made out of a solid block of platinum?

T.A.P. · Mar 13, 2014

Can I get one with flame decals for a nominal fee?

christoph · Mar 13, 2014

broken said:
If you are serious about this, I will gladly check it out and report back to the community my thoughts.

Be warned, I won't candy coat my findings. I call it as I see it.

Sounds good! I just received a ton of PM's with people interested in demoing a unit. I've put together a list and I'll be in touch when the time comes. Thanks for everybody's interest! It's possible that I can get a beta unit out earlier too. I'll see what I can do.

Chupame Esfinter said:
As I always say, it's good to see new products in the hobby. If the price is too high they will just sit there and AI will have to meet the market if they (well Chris) wants to move them.

Chris has always been good to deal with and makes nice products. Give him a break.

xb74 said:
This latest project looks stunning and I am sure it will perform as well as it looks, just like the CMVS.
All the best mate, I am sure they will be popular.

Thanks guys!

Pope Sazae said:
Will there eventually be a Black Label version made out of a solid block of platinum?

Black Label Platinum and Gold editions

Fox1 · Mar 13, 2014

christoph said:
Sounds good! I just received a ton of PM's with people interested in demoing a unit. I've put together a list and I'll be in touch when the time comes. Thanks for everybody's interest! It's possible that I can get a beta unit out earlier too. I'll see what I can do.

Thanks guys!

Black Label Platinum and Gold editions

Wouldn't it make more sense to do a color like the original Famicom so the FDS would look good with it? Silver and Red? Eh...

opt2not · Mar 13, 2014

Skips said:
This system wont be bastardizing any actual NES/Famicom systems for things like PPU's and CPU's will it?

Christoph, can you at least answer this question? I'm not saying to post what's exactly inside right now, since you're revealing that later. But a simple "yes it will", or "no it won't" would suffice.

Seems very fishy that you're avoiding this.

K-2 · Mar 13, 2014

It's not like there aren't 50 million Nintendos kicking around....

opt2not · Mar 13, 2014

K-2 said:
It's not like there aren't 50 million Nintendos kicking around....

Point being, I'd hate to hear that he's pulling PPU's and CPU's (while trashing the rest) when there are modern alternatives that don't need to completely sacrifice the original units.

T.A.P. · Mar 13, 2014

K-2 said:
It's not like there aren't 50 million Nintendos kicking around....

That's what they said about the Passenger Pigeon.

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