{"id":39675,"date":"2025-11-28T20:31:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-28T20:31:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/usa\/palmer-luckey-just-revealed-his-modern-reimagining-of-the-nintendo-64\/"},"modified":"2025-11-28T20:31:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T20:31:09","slug":"palmer-luckey-just-revealed-his-modern-reimagining-of-the-nintendo-64","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/usa\/palmer-luckey-just-revealed-his-modern-reimagining-of-the-nintendo-64\/","title":{"rendered":"Palmer Luckey just revealed his modern reimagining of the Nintendo 64"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.insider.com\/6929f827abd5e944effbb2a4?format=jpeg\" alt=\"ModRetro M64\"\/><figcaption>Palmer Luckey teased the coming ModRetro M64 earlier this week.<\/p>\n<p>ModRetro<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>Palmer Luckey unveiled his new take on the Nintendo 64, which he said will include new and never-before-seen video game titles.<\/li>\n<li>The ModRetro M64 faced tariffs and manufacturing concerns, Luckey wrote on X, but the price will remain $199.<\/li>\n<li>Luckey is an avid video game collector and previously released a ModRetro handheld device that can play Game Boy games.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Palmer Luckey is a gamer at heart \u2014 and he just dropped something new.<\/p>\n<p>The Oculus cofounder first made his mark on gaming by changing the VR landscape. Then he began releasing new gaming designs and modern versions of retro consoles.<\/p>\n<p>Luckey is back with another design that was just unveiled: his take on the Nintendo 64.<\/p>\n<p>The ModRetro M64 was fully revealed on Black Friday after Luckey teased the release in an X post with a video. Consumers can join a waitlist for the console on the ModRetro website.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Much has changed since we launched early bird pricing at $199 earlier this year, things like inflation, component shortages, tariffs, and more,&quot; he wrote on X.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The ModRetro M64 hardware is getting a full reveal on Black Friday &#8211; features, colors, our incredible new controller, cutting-edge @AMD hardware, etc.<br \/>Much has changed since we launched early bird pricing at $199 earlier this year, things like inflation, component shortages,\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/T8MLilyweh<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Palmer Luckey (@PalmerLuckey) November 25, 2025<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>These changes haven&#039;t increased the price, Luckey shared in a piece of &quot;great news.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>&quot;ModRetro can keep the price at $199 not just for early signups, but for Black Friday and beyond,&quot; he wrote. &quot;Get ready to see what a couple Benjamins can still buy you.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>The ModRetro M64 will feature some of the Nintendo 64&#039;s classic graphics, 4K graphics powered by AMD, and additional gaming titles coming soon, according to the teaser video.<\/p>\n<p>It will be available in purple, green, and white.<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.insider.com\/6929f891abd5e944effbb2b4?format=jpeg\" alt=\"The ModRetro M64  controller\"\/><figcaption>The ModRetro M64 is powered by AMD.<\/p>\n<p>ModRetro<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Luckey&#039;s &quot;ModRetro&quot; device collection also includes the Chromatic, a portable console that runs Game Boy cartridges. The device quickly sold out after its release in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Luckey frames his ModRetro devices as being compatible with Game Boy or Nintendo 64 games, but not exact replicas. Although it resembles the original console in appearance, the Chromatic doesn&#039;t feature Nintendo or &quot;Game Boy&quot; branding on the device itself.<\/p>\n<p>Responding to a Fast Company story from 2024 that included an analyst questioning the legality of the Game Boy cartridge-playing device, Luckey wrote on X at the time that the &quot;entire point of our patent system is to trade eventual free use for time-limited exclusivity,&quot; and that &quot;1989 was a long time ago.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>The Anduril cofounder is an avid video game collector. When the world&#039;s largest video game collection went on auction in 2014, Luckey put in an early bid, before bowing out.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with Bloomberg&#039;s Emily Chang one year ago, Luckey described a secret location for his video game collection.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;I put that in one of my missile bases, 200 feet underground,&quot; he said.<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.insider.com\/6927310089026fbb4d0e7cf9?format=jpeg\" alt=\"A screenshot of Palmer Luckey&#039;s X announcement\"\/><figcaption>The ModRetro M64 will have &quot;new, re-released, and never-released&quot; games.<\/p>\n<p>Screenshot via Palmer Luckey<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On Joe Rogan&#039;s podcast in October, Luckey showcased his personal ModRetro Chromatic, which he described as &quot;even nicer than the ones we normally sell.&quot; He said the device was an Anduril special edition, made from the same alloys the company uses in its attack drones.<\/p>\n<p>On the X teaser, one commenter asked why they would buy Luckey&#039;s M64 product and not a rival game console from Analogue. Luckey responded by citing lower latency, open-source hardware, better compatibility with modern TVs, and the device&#039;s relative affordability.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;It&#039;s better by every objective measure,&quot; he wrote. &quot;That&#039;s without even getting into how much better our controller is, or our library of new, re-released, and never-released N64 titles we are about to launch.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Read the original article on Business Insider<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Palmer Luckey teased the coming ModRetro M64 earlier this week. ModRetro Palmer Luckey unveiled his new take on the Nintendo 64, which he said will include new and never-before-seen video game titles. The ModRetro M64 faced tariffs and manufacturing concerns, Luckey wrote on X, but the price will remain $199. 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