The Analogue 3D Is Getting Limited Edition Variants of Unreleased N64 Colorways – Including Atomic Purple

Way back in the year 2000, Nintendo launched a series of "Funtastic" colors for the N64, with bright, translucent neons in shades of Jungle Green, Ice Blue, Grape Purple, Fire Orange, Watermelon Red, and Smoke Black. However, there were a few other colorways that were prototyped, but never made it to market.

Analogue has revived those colors and are launching them as limited edition variants of the Analogue 3D. The five colors are Extreme Green, Atomic Purple, Ocean, Ghost, and Glacier – several of which could be found on other Nintendo hardware over the years, such as limited edition controllers and Game Boy variants. Analogue says that it spent more than a year color matching these to the original prototype colors that were never released.

What we said about the Analogue 3D

The Analogue 3D is the best possible way to play your N64 library outside of the original hardware hooked up to a CRT. Its refined industrial design makes it an attractive modern addition to your gaming set-up, and the massive flexibility afforded by its bountiful filters and display options lets you fine tune the visuals to fit your exacting, personal specifications. This is an FPGA machine built with the hardcore enthusiast in mind, and gives new life to a system that's notoriously difficult to accurately emulate. That being said, the combing in some of the games is a bummer, especially for something aimed at such a specific audience of old-head video game nerds. But if you long for the days of the N64 and want to bring them back without having to sacrifice the modern amenities of your giant-screen 4K television, there is no better option out there. – Seth Macy, November 18, 2025

Score: 8

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