{"id":119422,"date":"2020-10-16T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-10-16T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2020\/10\/analogues_next_fpga_console_tackles_kanye_wests_favourite_system_the_pc_engine_turbografx-16"},"modified":"2020-10-16T15:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-10-16T15:00:00","slug":"analogues-next-fpga-console-tackles-kanye-wests-favourite-system-the-pc-engine-turbografx-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2020\/10\/16\/analogues-next-fpga-console-tackles-kanye-wests-favourite-system-the-pc-engine-turbografx-16\/","title":{"rendered":"Analogue&#8217;s Next FPGA Console Tackles Kanye West&#8217;s Favourite System: The PC Engine \/ TurboGrafx-16"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/ff1d41afa0ee3\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/ff1d41afa0ee3\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture strip\">\n<div class=\"img\"><a title=\"Analogue Duo\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/ff1d41afa0ee3\/analogue-duo.original.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/ff1d41afa0ee3\/analogue-duo.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" alt=\"Analogue Duo\"><\/a><span class=\"image-credit\" title=\"Image Credit\">\u00a9 Analogue<\/span><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Boutique hardware maker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/tags\/analogue\">Analogue<\/a> is famous for its FPGA-based system and is about to unleash the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2019\/10\/who_needs_a_game_boy_classic_edition_when_youve_got_the_analogue_pocket\">Analogue Pocket<\/a> on the world, but that Game Boy-style handheld isn&#8217;t the only project the company has in development right now; it&#8217;s just announced that it&#8217;s creating a new console which replicates the performance of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2016\/12\/random_kanye_wests_potential_album_tracklist_is_all_about_the_wii\">Kanye West&#8217;s favourite games system<\/a>: NEC&#8217;s legendary PC Engine (known as the TurboGrafx-16 in North America).<\/p>\n<p>The Analogue Duo will play PC Engine \/ TG-16 HuCards (including the handful of games made for the ill-fated SuperGrafx system) and CD titles (including Arcade CD games like <strong>Fatal Fury Special<\/strong> and <strong>Strider<\/strong>) and boasts support for original pads and accessories. Bluetooth and 2.4Ghz wireless are built-in as standard, so you can use compatible wireless controllers if you so wish. There&#8217;s also a USB port for plugging in wired USB pads.<\/p>\n<p>The Analogue Duo launches next year and will cost $199.99.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"gallery\">\n<div class=\"col\"><a title=\"1 Analogue Duo\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/19ee1ce37e8b8\/1-analogue-duo.original.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg' viewBox='0 0 445 245'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" width=\"445\" height=\"245\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/19ee1ce37e8b8\/1-analogue-duo.445x245.jpg\" alt=\"1 Analogue Duo\"><\/a><a title=\"2 Analogue Duo\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/3e8fcff77cd08\/2-analogue-duo.original.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg' viewBox='0 0 445 245'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" width=\"445\" height=\"245\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/3e8fcff77cd08\/2-analogue-duo.445x245.jpg\" alt=\"2 Analogue Duo\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"col\"><a title=\"9 Duo Coming Soon\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/97f783fd42059\/9-duo-coming-soon.original.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg' viewBox='0 0 445 245'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" width=\"445\" height=\"245\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/97f783fd42059\/9-duo-coming-soon.445x245.jpg\" alt=\"9 Duo Coming Soon\"><\/a><a title=\"6 Bluetooth + 2.4g\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/21a47be6e17a6\/6-bluetooth-plus-2-4g.original.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg' viewBox='0 0 445 245'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" width=\"445\" height=\"245\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/21a47be6e17a6\/6-bluetooth-plus-2-4g.445x245.jpg\" alt=\"6 Bluetooth + 2.4g\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>The PC Engine is famous for being one of the smallest and more adorable home consoles <em>ever<\/em> and stole a march on the SNES and Mega Drive when it launched in 1987. Offering arcade-quality titles such as <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/tg16\/splatterhouse\">Splatterhouse<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/tg16\/r-type\">R-Type<\/a><\/strong>, the system quickly claimed second place in Japan (it was even outselling the mighty Famicom at one point), beating Sega&#8217;s more powerful 16-bit Mega Drive \/ Genesis in its homeland. A North American launch happened in 1989 but the TurboGrafx-16 wasn&#8217;t able to challenge Nintendo or Sega in that region, despite the release of the CD-based TurboDuo, upon which the Analogue Duo&#8217;s design is based.<\/p>\n<p>As well as the Duo, Analogue has also announced that it is releasing an adapter for the Analogue Pocket that will allow you to play PC Engine \/ SuperGrafx HuCards and TG-16 TurboChips on the upcoming handheld. It&#8217;s also coming in 2021 and will cost $29.99.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"picture strip\"><a title=\"5 Pocket + TG16 PCE\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/0f090a5f804e0\/5-pocket-plus-tg16-pce.original.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg' viewBox='0 0 900 506'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/0f090a5f804e0\/5-pocket-plus-tg16-pce.900x.jpg\" alt=\"5 Pocket + TG16 PCE\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>Will you be picking up either of these products? Let us know by posting a comment below, and don&#8217;t forget to check out our history of the PC Engine family <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2019\/06\/feature_the_making_of_the_pc_engine_the_8-bit_wonder_that_took_on_nintendo\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a9 Analogue Boutique hardware maker Analogue is famous for its FPGA-based system and is about to unleash the Analogue Pocket on the world, but that Game Boy-style handheld isn&#8217;t the only project the company has in development right now; it&#8217;s just announced that it&#8217;s creating a new console which replicates the performance of Kanye West&#8217;s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-119422","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119422","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119422"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119422\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=119422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}