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TinyNES Review – A Super Niche NES Console

41 pointsby throwoutwayyesterday at 8:01 PM10 commentsview on HN

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sadnestoday at 2:42 AM

In case anyone follows the review back to https://www.crowdsupply.com/tall-dog-electronics/tinynes - I've been waiting since the beginning of the year for an update on an order (despite an order ID and emailing multiple times).

I don't think they still exist? Sounds like it used to be cool tech though.

lotrjohntoday at 2:35 AM

> Later revisions of the PPU did offer RGB output options but most NES and Famicom systems had the single pin output.

Anyone have any insight on this? The article does not elaborate.

I have a “New-style” NES. Do I have the “upgraded” PPU?

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shoobiedootoday at 12:01 AM

Very cool. I live in Japan and see NES carts in all the second hand stores that are everywhere here. Very tempting but in the end I know I wouldn't play it. Whenever I go down a "weee let's try retro" path I lose interest after five minutes

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sedawkgreptoday at 12:34 AM

This article is from Feb 2023.

Pretty neat, but not something new.

terrycodytoday at 2:09 AM

I don't fully understand the video, so what it is lacks compare with the original hardware?

charcircuittoday at 2:50 AM

>Much that same as some people don’t like emulators because it isn’t as close to how real hardware plays.

Modern hardware is powerful enough to emulate it perfectly. It doesn't just get close, so I do not think this is a complaint based off of reality.

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d3Xt3ryesterday at 10:57 PM

... That wasn't as tiny as I expected it to be. It's more like a mini.