Retro Remake opens preorders for its PS One FPGA clone Leave a comment

Retro Remake’s Taki Udon introduced final night time that preorders had opened for the SuperStation One, a clone of the PS One variant of the unique PlayStation. The $149.99 Founders Version preorders are bought out already, however you may nonetheless preorder the usual $225 SuperStation One for $179.99 proper now, with transport anticipated in “This autumn or Earlier.”

Whereas the SuperStation One appears like a PS One — full with ports suitable with the unique PlayStation controller and reminiscence playing cards — it performs extra than simply PlayStation 1 video games. It’s a customized MiSTER field-programmable gate array (FPGA) machine, as Polygon factors out. Which means slightly than emulating recreation consoles, its {hardware} can really operate similar to these consoles, with cores ranging from the Atari 5200 and NES to the PlayStation and Sega Saturn.

Retro Remake at the moment gives the system in black, grey, and translucent blue. It comes with a 64GB Micro SD card and has three USB-A ports, an ethernet port, and an NFC reader that you should use to set off particular video games to load. It makes use of USB-C for energy.

On the video facet of issues, the SuperStation One could have an HDMI port, together with VGA, DIN10, composite, and part ports geared for retro gaming setups. You’ll additionally discover a 3.5mm audio jack and a digital audio port. Lastly, there’s an growth slot to assist Retro Remake’s deliberate SuperDock accent that provides a slot-loading disc drive, a 2280 m.2 SSD bay, and 4 extra USB-A ports. That’s not up for preorder but, however you can put down a $5 preorder deposit for it with an order of the SuperStation One.