this post was submitted on 08 Nov 2025
114 points (99.1% liked)

RetroGaming

25544 readers
556 users here now

Vintage gaming community.

Rules:

  1. Be kind.
  2. No spam, AI slop, or soliciting for money.
  3. No racism or other bigotry allowed.
  4. Obviously nothing illegal.

If you see these please report them.

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
Xylinna@lemmy.world
Tenthrow@lemmy.world
gts@lemmy.world
114
It's 2025, And We're Getting A Brand New 8-Bit Game Console (retrododo.com)
submitted 13 hours ago by i_am_not_a_robot@feddit.uk to c/retrogaming@lemmy.world
48 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

Yes, you read that right. In a world of cloud streaming and teraflops, a gamer from New York is striving to release their own 8-bit home console with its own gaming infrastructure. Meet the GameTank, its simple controller, and its chunky cartridges that are looking to bring 8-bit gaming back

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] TrojanRoomCoffeePot@lemmy.world 2 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

If anyone has direct access to the developers, could you ask them to release an version of Nethack? I swear to God, I never get tired of getting massacred in that game (or dying from falling off my horse, down stairs, etc.).

[–] replicat@lemmy.world 2 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

The controller has like 3 buttons.

[–] TrojanRoomCoffeePot@lemmy.world 4 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

If Final Fantasy and other older games can have submenus and the ability to select individual characters to name objects, so can ports of old games on new systems.

[–] replicat@lemmy.world 2 points 8 hours ago

I really kind of doubt it's even possible to make a game as complex as nethack on anything like a traditional 8-bit system but maybe something like Powder?

http://www.zincland.com/powder/index.php?pagename=about