There’s a new contender being prepared for the 8-bit console arena, but will it find anyone there? The new data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.crowdsupply.com/clydeware/gametank” data-url=”https://www.crowdsupply.com/clydeware/gametank” target=”_blank” referrerpolicy=”no-referrer-when-downgrade” data-hl-processed=”none”>GameTank by Clydeware is an open source design leveraging venerable data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.tomshardware.com/news/mouser-6502-motorola-6800-cpu-processor,14557.html” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.tomshardware.com/news/mouser-6502-motorola-6800-cpu-processor,14557.html”>MOS Technology 6502-based processing. However, it may punch well above its weight, with its clean-sheet dismissal of legacy baggage, its twin-CPUs, and its custom framebuffer-based graphics architecture.
Importantly, the GameTank isn’t for playing games (or emulators) from other 8-bit systems. It is designed to be a standalone…
