Over the past decade, the retro-hardware makers at Analogue have raised their public profile with a series of modern-classic game consoles. Slap an original Nintendo or Sega cart into an Analogue system, and you can expect faithful, crystal-clear retro gaming either on your modern HDTV. Or, in the case of the company's best gaming handheld contender, the Analogue Pocket, the merits of its built-in, high-resolution display.
Systems like the Analogue Duo have mostly been modelled after popular retro game consoles with carts that are still cheap at resale shops. This week’s $249 premium recreation focuses on the far more niche ecosystem of 1989's TurboGrafx-16 (also known as the PC Engine), and the result is a different sales proposition, not to mention a tougher grading curve.
