Analogue Announces Super Nt+ and Mega Sg+: Wireless FPGA SNES and Mega Drive, Out in December

Analogue has brought back two of its most loved machines. The Super Nt+ and Mega Sg+ are new versions of the FPGA SNES and Mega Drive consoles it first released in 2017 and 2018, and pre-orders open on Monday 19 October, with shipping planned for December 2026.

If you missed the originals (and plenty of people did, as both sold out time and again before Analogue called a final run in 2022), this is your second chance to play your real cartridges in sharp 1080p with no emulation involved.

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What’s new

Analogue says the core is the same FPGA work as before, built in house on an Altera Cyclone V, so the accuracy that made the originals famous carries straight over. The changes are all around it:

• Bluetooth and 2.4G wireless built in, with a pairing button. Analogue says virtually any 8BitDo pad or arcade stick will connect, and up to two wireless controllers work at once. Original wired pads still plug in and take priority.
• USB-C power and a USB-A port, which Analogue says makes hooking up its DAC for CRTs and PVMs easier.
• Hot-swappable cartridges: quit from the menu and change games without powering off.
• Power on and off from the controller, startup actions (boot straight into the cart), an in-game menu and custom menu fonts.
• A redesigned case, new OS and new retail packaging.

Specs and prices

Both machines run at up to 1080p over HDMI, run NTSC and PAL carts region free, and are listed by Analogue at $219.99 each.

	Super Nt+	Mega Sg+
Plays	SNES and Super Famicom (2,200+ carts)	Mega Drive, Genesis, Master System (adapter in the box), plus Game Gear, Mark III and SG-1000 with adapters
Extras	Scanlines, HQ2x to HQ4x, 8:7, 4:3 and 1:1 aspect	Original-style Sega CD and Mega CD connector, sound chip choice by model
Versions	Classic, SF and Black	USA, EU and JP
Price	$219.99	$219.99

That Sega CD connector is a lovely touch: if you still have a working Mega CD in the loft, Mega Sg+ will run it in HD.

When and where

Pre-orders go live on Analogue’s own site on 19 October at 8am Pacific (4pm UK time), according to Analogue and Retro Handhelds. Shipping is listed for December 2026. Full details are on the Super Nt+ and Mega Sg+ pages. Analogue launches have a habit of selling out fast, so set an alarm.

Our take

This is a refresh rather than a reinvention, and that is exactly right. The Super Nt and Mega Sg were already about as good as cartridge-based retro gets, and the new wireless support and hot-swapping fix the two small annoyances owners actually had. It is the same play Analogue made with the Analogue 3D for the N64: real carts, modern TVs, no fuss.

The catch is the usual one. If your carts are long gone, a MiSTer or a good emulation build will cover the same libraries for less. But for collectors with a shelf of boxed SNES and Mega Drive games, these are hard to beat. Which one are you going for?