The Analogue Nt Mini is a

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designed and manufactured by Analogue. It was designed to play games for the

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and the

Famicom The Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) is an 8-bit home video game console developed and marketed by Nintendo. It was first released in Japan on 15 July 1983 as the and was later released as the redesigned NES in several test markets in the ...

, like the original

Analogue Nt The Analogue Nt is a home video game console designed and manufactured by Analogue, designed to play games for the Nintendo Entertainment System. History In March, 2014 the system was announced. Analogue began accepting pre-orders for the system ...

. Unlike the former, the Nt Mini uses an

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for processing.

History

The Analogue Nt Mini was announced in August 2016. The system cost $449.99 at launch, with the first consoles being shipped on January 23, 2017. Further units were shipped in September, 2017. The final production run of the Analogue Nt Mini, restyled the Analogue Nt Mini Noir Edition occurred in 2020. Delays in shipping this edition lead this console to notably experience a significant increase in price in the European Union due to a larger trade dispute later in 2020. The 2020 Nt Mini Noir uses more advanced FPGA hardware than the 2017 Nt Mini and the Nt Mini Noir's firmware is not backwards compatible with the Nt Mini.

Hardware

The Nt Mini uses an

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Cyclone V FPGA processor. Kevin Horton was the lead developer in programming the FPGA. The Nt Mini features a

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(

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, &

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(48 kHz

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), four original

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-style controller ports, a

expansion port, and a

microphone input. It has two cartridge slots, one for NES cartridges and another for Famicom cartridges. The Nt Mini is compatible with most NES expansion peripherals like the

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Light Gun,

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and the Power Pad. It is also compatible with Famicom expansion devices like the

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and Datach Joint ROM System. Like its predecessor, the Nt Mini's enclosure is made of an aluminum alloy uni-body enclosure manufactured from 6061 aluminum. Game selection occurs via cartridge or, through "jailbreak" firmware by an SD card slot. New firmware can also be loaded using the SD card slot. "Jailbreak" firmware allows for loading games through ROMs and also allows the Nt Mini to simulate other systems such as

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, Gamate,

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, Mega Duck,

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and VideoBrain Family Computer. The Nt Mini Noir's jailbreak firmware additionally supports the Famicom Disk System,

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and adds a
SPC player
and a

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viewer.

References

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