Retro gaming followers may need to make a troublesome selection quickly, as ModRetro has revealed that its modern-day tribute to the Nintendo 64 console will price $200. First teased final 12 months, this might make it a viable various to the Analogue 3D, which prices $250.
ModRetro’s latest product is M64. The perfect and most genuine technique to play your favourite N64 video games, bar none. Put together your pockets and brace your thoughts.
Launches on the similar value as the unique Nintendo 64. Inflation is not nostalgic. pic.twitter.com/LYDyiBBx2O
— Palmer Luckey (@PalmerLuckey) July 24, 2025
Just like the Analogue 3D, the M64 can be an FPGA console that goals to copy the expertise of utilizing an N64 at a {hardware} stage. This is identical course that ModRetro took for the ModRetro Chromatic, a well-designed Sport Boy successor that mixes a number of fashionable conveniences with an genuine handheld gaming expertise that may simply run your entire authentic Sport Boy cartridges. The hand-held additionally feels nice to make use of, because of the entire premium supplies included into its design.
Past that, ModRetro hasn’t revealed some other particulars relating to the M64. The teaser trailer posted by firm founder Palmer Luckey does have a really blurry tease of the device–and a “don’t open till Christmas” message–and it appears prefer it’ll sport a gray coloration scheme. The video additionally means that you’ll use your authentic N64 cartridges, and it will be fascinating to see if it has any of the opposite fashionable options constructed into the Chromatic, like native video streaming and multiplayer help.
FPGA consoles like this are typically seen as the best choice for fanatics, because of them having the ability to play these video games in HD through HDMI on a contemporary tv. The Analogue 3D can do that in 4K, and it provides quite a lot of filters to make the expertise seem like you are enjoying on a CRT TV, so it will be fascinating to see if the M64 can provide an analogous expertise.
In the event you’re an even bigger fan of Nintendo’s handheld gaming age, you possibly can order the ModRetro Chromatic proper now, as new inventory has arrived and it is also out there in a number of new colours.