Analogue (company) explained

Analogue, Inc.
Type:	Private
Founder:	Christopher Taber
Area Served:	Worldwide
Num Employees:	39 (2024)
Key People:	Christopher Taber (CEO) Ernest Dorazio III (COO) Marshall Hecht (Senior Engineer) Kevin Horton (Director of FPGA Development)

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]}

Notes and References

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