Nintendo, being Nintendo, has historically been more than willing to release its consoles in a variety of colors beyond the boring base black. While we’re biding our time until Nintendo launches a prettier Switch 2 without a noir veneer, Analogue is ready to bring us all the classic colorways of the Nintendo 64. If you were always jealous of your childhood friend who had that cool clear plastic N64, now’s your chance to get revenge.

The Analogue 3D, a hardware emulation of the old Nintendo 64 for playing all your old cartridges, now promises several “Funtastic” limited edition colors. This includes a translucent plastic in “fire” orange, “watermelon” red, “grape” purple, “ice” teal, “jungle” green, “clear” silver, and “smoke” black. In addition, there’s also a solid gold colorway. Each new device will sell for $300, $30 more than the regular black version. These colorful Analogue 3D are set to go on sale Dec. 10 at 11 a.m. ET / 8 a.m. PT.

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These are all the same color options Nintendo launched in the late ’90s for its Nintendo 64. The only one missing is the limited edition blue and yellow Pikachu version that came with a large embossed Pokémon mascot on the top cover. Unless Analogue id looking for a lawsuit from the notoriously litigious Nintendo, it’s probably a smart idea to avoid any semblance to restricted IP.

“We spent so much fucking time getting these perfectly color matched—they are perfect,” Analogue CEO Christopher Taber told Gizmodo over email. We don’t have it in hand to say whether that claim is true or not, but in either case the new colors look spiffy. Taber added that his company was working with 8BitDo to craft new $45 8BitDo 64 controller sets to match these more colorful consoles. These controllers should ship in February 2026 (sold separately, of course). Otherwise, you can use your original N64 controllers and plug them into one of the Analogue 3D’s four ports.

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The Analogue 3D uses an FPGA (field-programmable gate array) chip to recreate the chip logic of the original N64. That means you can play all your cartridges, cartridge hacks, and even homebrew titles without any software emulation necessary. The console also provides a kind of “recreation” of the old CRT (cathode ray tube) TVs to provide a more accurate look when connected to a modern flatscreen television.

Analogue’s N64 console proved so popular at release last month that it remains nearly impossible to buy. Taber told us they are planning to restock the regular black edition, which will become available again in January 2026. Inventory issues aside, the Analogue 3D launch didn’t have the smoothest launch. After its initial release, the company raised the price of the console from $250 to $270, citing President Donald Trump’s tariffs for the price hike.

The $270 Analogue 3D already looks spiffy enough in black, though a spot of color does a lot to help it stand out. © Raymond Wong / Gizmodo

New colorways for an inflated price so soon after launch may seem like a curious move from such a small company. Analogue previously took flak for selling a premium $500 aluminum version of its Game Boy recreation, the Analogue Pocket. However, Analogue is now facing competition from ModRetro, which is planning its own $200 M64 recreation console with similar translucent plastic colorways. That company is fronted by Palmer Luckey, the CEO of defense contractor Anduril. Supporting Luckey will also mean giving credence to a man who makes weapons of war. At least Analogue’s version will come sooner, and buying the Analogue 3D won’t bear nearly as many ethical hangups as purchasing a Luckey-made product.