i wonder if i can buy an nes-on-a-chip and make my own janky famiclone

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looking it up, it seems like most of these things just use fpgas under their characteristic giant epoxy blobs, which is slightly disappointing but i guess makes sense

anyway i'm mostly daydreaming about this because i want to make a handheld one that still has a fuckin full size nes cartridge slot

WITH the extra pin. so i can play lagrange point's music at full potency. and with a 50/60 switch on it because why not. and with a backlit screen and clicky buttons and adn and

the pleb-tier chipmusicians with their gameboys and lsdjs VS me with my handheld nes blasting 2a03 goodness who do YOU think will win

@typhlosion most famiclones still use dedicated NOACs! Usually VTxx chips from VR Technology which often have some enhanced features but not always. I think FPGAs would be too expensive for how dirt cheap the consoles are

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