The Analogue NT contains Kevtris's HiDef NES mod. It is a board that goes in between the NES's PPU and CPUs and intercept the digital A/V data (and probably more) and converts it to HDMI. The signal never gets converted to analogic.
The board isn't available directly to consumers yet, but if you were to buy a NES on ebay, the HiDef NES board and pay someone to install it for you, it would cost you around 300$. So the AnalogueNT does command a premium, but you do get a fancy case and built-in multi-tap. In absolute terms, paying 500$ for a NES is crazyness of course. Or is it?!
And here's why the whole thing seems legal, quoting the website :
"The Analogue Nt is designed around the heart and brain of the original NES. The Ricoh 20A3 and Ricoh 2C02 - the identical CPU and PPU used in the original. Unlike the knock off and emulation systems that riddle the market today, the Analogue Nt is built with original hardware. This means you’ll be experiencing the NES with the hardware it was designed to be played with. Free of any compromises."
They're only using the chips. The board is a design of their own.
The shooting in the game felt very good, but I think the levels were waaaayy too large. They were extremely confusing as a kid. I still played the game a shitload, but I didn't get very far without noclip.
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