In 2024, they launched Sauron - named after the sinister, all-seeing eye from "The Lord of the Rings" - to build what they envisioned as a military-grade home security system for tech elites. The concept resonated in Bay Area circles, where crime had become a constant topic during and after the pandemic, despite San Francisco Police Department statistics showing property crime and homicide rates declining last year.
Exactly a year after the original announcement, Analogue shared more details about the Analogue 3D including the console's design, which looks similar to the N64's. As with the company's other consoles like the Pocket, the Analogue 3D uses FPGA technology to exactly replicate the functionality of Nintendo's original hardware which has proven to be notoriously difficult to accurately emulate, even for Nintendo.