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Introducing Analogue OS.

Analogue OS is the start of something big. At its heart, Analogue OS is purpose built for exploring and celebrating all of video game history. Designed to be the definitive, scholarly operating system for playing and experiencing the entire medium.

With Analogue OS you can explore, discover and play through all of history, save your game at any moment with cartridges, create & share playlists, track your gameplay & even develop your own FPGA cores to help preserve video game history. It's all for the love of video games.

Powered by FPGA. Everything at Analogue is powered by FPGA. An FPGA provides unparalleled accuracy and low latency - eliminating the problems of software emulation. So you know you are experiencing history with the respect it deserves.

FPGA powered DEV. Pocket is designed to be as easy as possible to develop and port FPGA cores to. Developers will be able to interface with Analogue OS: Library, Memories and Tools. And to Pocket hardware, I/O's and scalers.

Explore the Library. Everywhere. Library is a reference level database to play, explore & discover. A scholarly cataloging of the entirety of video game history. The database that serves Library was developed holistically, from the ground up, with the highest standard possible.

Search and explore through its full breadth: system by system, game by game, region by region, developer by developer, publisher by publisher. All of it.

Make it visual. Add your own box art, game title screens or artwork for a beautiful and customizable way to showcase every game. *User added artwork required.

Create and Share Playlists. Organize and access your favorite games faster than ever through playlists. Build from scratch or add games from their Library pages.
You can even share your playlists, too.

Memories. Save States. Screenshots. Save and capture whenever you want, even at the same time. Capture (or load) a save state in an instant, live while playing any game cartridge.

Tools. Track your Gameplay. Remember where you were, and were you are going. Analogue OS provides tools that allow you to look back on key statistics across gameplay — across all systems. Tools that allow you to look forward and track gameplay as it happens.

Play Everywhere you Play. Analogue OS is designed for Pocket, LCD/OLEDs, & CRT/PVMs. Dock and/or DAC required.

Play with what you want to play with. OS is designed to connect seamlessly to virtually every 8BitDo bluetooth, 2.4g and next gen controller. Wired and wireless. With save-able button mapping on a controller by controller, system by system basis.

Unique features for unique systems. Analogue is dedicated to highlighting each video game systems distinct hardware quirks & attributes with reverence. Pocket features original display modes that recreate, with stunning accuracy, on a subpixel level, the identical look and feel.

And so, so, so much more. Analogue OS is just getting started. OS will be continuously updated and evolve as the conclusive OS for playing and exploring all of video game history. All future Analogue products will be built with Analogue OS.

*Library, Memories, & Tracking will not be available on Analogue OS 1.0. These features will be available on Analogue OS 1.1 and beyond. Coming shortly after Pocket is released. Analogue OS is a work in progress and its representation is subject to change.

*Analogue Pocket does not play copyrighted rom files, or dump game cartridges. It plays legacy game cartridges directly via the cartridge slot. To play a game in Library you will need to insert the game cartridge to play it.