I learned is name is pronounced "Toy-er" from the book. The guy is a legend even among the early Atari guys.

I mean...he did Tempest too. Jesus. What a fucking game that is.

Looking for some expert CRT TV advice. My daughter is freeing up space at home and giving me back my NTSC GameCube. I’m looking for a TV and have seen a few of these on eBay Sony Trinitron KV-21X5U 21" at reasonable prices.

Does anyone know if it will be fine with an NTSC signal? I don’t recall ever having an issues before on my Toshiba Quadryl (I loved that set), the only thing I recall having to buy was a step down converter.

Is it a JP-Gamecube?  JP Gamecubes don't have RGB out. S-Video, component or composite only. Don't know about US-GCs though. There are more affordable HDMI cables for GCs now but again - you would need to check if the model of GC will work with it.

You have a pretty good chance of a Sony CRT working with NTSC sources but nothing is guaranteed. Might be worth asking the seller is there is a SCART socket on the back and ask if there is any indication of it supporting RGB (there is often an RGB indicator on the casing beside the socket).

Yep as davy suggests NTSC consoles don't support RGB so you either go scart composite, S-video or alternatively get a crt that supports component and buy this from aliexpress:

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The NTSC GC consoles both support progressive scan 480p through component which will give you the best picture.

Most late CRTs support 60hz so you should be fine.

Edit: One thing to check is whether you're using NTSC games though as I don't believe many PAL games support progressive scan.

Yeah - the PAL GC games have 480p mode removed for some stupid reason.

I've been mulling over getting an HDMI cable for GC. But I'm probably better off getting an OSSC or maybe waiting for the Pro as I have multiple RGB SCART consoles.

Interesting deep dive into Anbernic's first next-gen retro handheld, the RG552. I doubt anyone here will be interested in biting but it's interesting to see what £171 will and won't buy you at this point.



The ergonomics sound pretty weak for a higher-end handheld you'd be wanting to play dual-shoulder button systems with. It's also a bit disappointing that GameCube and PSP don't seem to perform particularly well. I feel like a lot of people buy these things to have a bit of a fart around with and this does seem like another farting around kinda system - except it costs £171.

I feel like £50 for an older chipset that can only do 2D or £100-ish for something that can do PS1 comfortably and maybe a bit of dabbing in other stuff is probably a bit more comfortable in terms of the price to value ratio. This seems like £171 for something that only has half a foot in the more recent systems.

Analogue Pocket review embargo ends and 4pm UK time but this one seems to have broken embargo:

I'm just watching that one now funnily enough!

Here's Digital Foundry Retro:

Aye, seems like this is the real new deal.
Analogue setting the standard for fpga retro gaming once again.

I think it's interesting they've had to strike a balance between accuracy and not having the screens look as awful as the originals. Like the Game Gear filter isn't super accurate but you wouldn't want a device in 2021 to look like the original - you can barely see the colours! The Game Boy filter doesn't look quite as fluid as the original hardware in the waterfall sequence they use as a side by side comparison but that's probably because to make it truly accurate they'd have to keep the original horrible ghosting.

Assuming EverDrives will work with the Analogue Pocket?

Yeah, EverDrives work and the Pocket seems to be aware you're using a ROM cart as it will shut down instead of using the sleep function (cos the sleep function is incompatible with ROM carts and would mess 'em up). I think the big question mark is the extent to which any potential jailbreak firmware would negate the need to use a ROM cart.

Ah fuck it. Got an order in!