Retro FPGA specialist Analogue has announced that its FPGA Nintendo 64 has been delayed.
The Analogue 3D was originally announced in 2023 and was going to launch in 2024. This was then changed to shipping in the first quarter of 2025, but a new statement from Analogue says the console has been held back for a few months further.
“Analogue 3D shipping is delayed (as of March 18th, 2025) and is now shipping by July 2025,” the statement reads. “We are working hard to get your 3D order in hands ASAP and appreciate your patience. If you have an open pre-order, no action is needed.
“As always, if you’d like to cancel your pre-order at any time, Analogue has always had a no questions asked, 100% refund policy for pre-orders.”
Announced back in October 2023, Analogue 3D is a Nintendo 64-like console that plugs into modern HDTVs and plays physical N64 games in 4K resolution.
It’s said to be compatible with every original N64 game ever made, accepts cartridges from all regions, and includes four original-style controller ports. Available in black or white, the console is priced at $249.99, with controllers designed by 8bitdo available separately for $39.99.
Analogue CEO Christopher Taber has previously claimed that Analogue3D it will offer a far better experience than the N64 emulation on Nintendo’s Switch Online service.
“This generation of videogames is where its context starts to really become important,” Taber told Paste magazine in 2023. “All of the videogame systems designed within this era were made to be played on a CRT. N64 games have mixed asset resolutions, amongst many other things. Scaling early 3D games for modern televisions is radically more complicated than 2D games.
“This is why 4K is so important for 3D games. FPGA plus 4K equals 100 percent control over everything, in every detail. Analogue 3D performs like a masterful f*cking orchestra—a symphony—because, again, everything is designed from scratch, in house, with complete control over every dynamic. Therefore every nuance is able to be calibrated to an unprecedented degree. To me, it’s either this, or buy a f*cking original N64 and a CRT. End of story.”