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Following the discontinuation of the NES Classic Edition, Nintendo has announced a September release of another miniature, retro game console with pre-loaded games. It will come in two versions: one for Europe, Australia, Japan and the UK; the other for America. They will differ in styling and in the included games. US Gamer lists the games that will be built into both versions. Star Fox 2, written circa 1995, is to be released for the first time as one of the built-in games.
The consoles will be powered by USB and will not include a mains adaptor; output will be over HDMI and
all games included in the Nintendo Classic Mini: Super Nintendo Entertainment System are the original US 60 Hz releases.
Two controllers will be hard-wired.
As usual, the console is expected to be in short supply. Nintendo's share price fell after the announcement.
additional coverage:
- official announcement (in Japanese)
- Polygon (about short supply)
- Express (about short supply in UK)
- BBC News
- Engadget
- Wikipedia article
- The Verge (about Star Fox 2)
- Polygon (about Star Fox 2)
previous stories:
Nintendo to Bring $60 "Retro" Video Gaming Console to U.S. Market
Nintendo to Discontinue NES Classic Edition/NES Classic Mini
(Score: 2) by kaszz on Wednesday June 28 2017, @04:10AM (3 children)
I wonder if any laptop have "HDMI input" to use the screen as a monitor for external sources..
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 28 2017, @07:36AM
They do. Some Alienware machines (and I imagine other top shelf gaming laptops probably). Even seen one or two AIO machines with it, but they're probably just pass-through straight to the panel.
(Score: 4, Informative) by steveha on Wednesday June 28 2017, @08:19PM (1 child)
I wonder if any laptop have "HDMI input" to use the screen as a monitor for external sources.
The EOMA68 project's 15" laptop has the actual computer in a pop-out card, and will have an available "pass-through" card that will turn the 15" laptop into a USB keyboard with a USB touchpad and an HDMI display. It wasn't particularly designed for the SNES Classic Mini but it should work well with it.
the laptop:
http://rhombus-tech.net/community_ideas/laptop_15in/ [rhombus-tech.net]
passthrough card:
http://rhombus-tech.net/community_ideas/passthrough_card/ [rhombus-tech.net]
EOMA68 home:
http://rhombus-tech.net/ [rhombus-tech.net]
(Score: 2) by kaszz on Wednesday June 28 2017, @11:18PM
Not your standard laptop from any big name vendor ;)
How much does it cost? and what are the specs? (cpu, ram, freq, storage)