Analogue (company)

Analogue, Inc.

Company type	Private
Industry	Video game hardware Consumer electronics
Founded	2011; 14 years ago (2011)
Founder	Christopher Taber
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Christopher Taber (CEO) Ernest Dorazio III (COO) Marshall Hecht (Senior Engineer) Kevin Horton (Director of FPGA Development)
Number of employees	39 (2024)
Website	www.analogue.co

Analogue, Inc. is an American company that designs, develops and sells video game hardware which it manufactures in China.[1] Its hardware products include the Analogue Pocket, Analogue Mega Sg, Analogue Super Nt, Analogue Nt Mini, and Analogue Nt. Analogue was created with the philosophy of faithfully recreating 80s-90s video game consoles.

History

Analogue was founded in 2011 by Christopher Taber.[2]

Products

• Analogue CMVS (introduced 2011)[3]
• Analogue Arcade Stick (introduced 2012)[4]
• Analogue Nt (introduced 2014)[5][6]
• Analogue Nt Mini (introduced 2016)[7]
• Analogue Super Nt (introduced 2017)[8]
• Analogue Mega Sg (introduced 2018)[9]
• Analogue Pocket (introduced 2019)[10]
• Analogue Duo (announced 2020)[11]
• Analogue 3D (announced 2023)[12]

Reception

Analogue was awarded "The 10 most innovative consumer electronics companies of 2022" by Fast Company.[13] The work of Analogue has been received positively for their focus on video game preservation.[14][15] Analogue has won design awards for their Product Design and Industrial Design from Red Dot, Consumer Electronics Show and Wallpaper (magazine).[16][17]

References

1. "Analogue Website".
2. "How Analogue remade the Super Nintendo". Polygon. 16 October 2018.
3. Mallory, Jordan (26 November 2011). "The Analogue CMVS: A $649 wooden Neo Geo for the gamer who has everything". Engadget. Oath Inc.
4. McFerran, Damien (30 January 2012). "Neo Geo Analogue CMVS Slim Hands-on". IGN. Ziff Davis.
5. Orland, Kyle (9 July 2016). "The Analogue Nt is the best NES that (a lot of) money can buy". Ars Technica. Condé Nast.
6. Analogue NT is 8-bit NES perfection. CNET. CBS Interactive. 24 November 2015.
7. McWhertor, Michael (22 August 2016). "Aluminum NES maker announces smaller, cheaper Analogue Nt mini". Polygon. Vox Media.
8. Grant, Christopher (16 October 2017). "The Super NT is Analogue's most affordable console yet". Polygon. Vox Media.
9. "Sega Genesis finally gets the HD console it deserves". Polygon. Retrieved 2018-10-17.
10. "Meet Analogue Pocket". Analogue. Retrieved 17 October 2019.
11. "Duo". www.analogue.co. Retrieved 2020-10-19.
12. "3D". www.analogue.co. Retrieved 2023-10-16.
13. "Analogue Pocket Red Dot Design Award". Fast Company.
14. "The Fight to Preserve Nintendo's Past". GQ.
15. "ANALOGUE'S CONSOLE CLONES ARE A WAY TO PRESERVE GAMING'S PAST". The Verge. 2019-05-06.
16. "Analogue Pocket Red Dot Design Award". Red Dot.
17. "CES 2021 INNOVATION AWARD PRODUCT". CES.