India, June 2 -- Retro gaming is no longer just a software trick running on modern screens. ModRetro is building the M64, a Nintendo 64 compatible console that plays original physical cartridges and uses AMD hardware to recreate the feel of the classic machine.

At the center of the M64 is AMD's Artix UltraScale+ field programmable gate array (FPGA). Instead of relying on standard software emulation, the chip helps mimic the original console's logic at the hardware level. That could matter for players who notice tiny differences in timing, controller response, and how games behave on screen.

ModRetro has already tested this idea with Chromatic, its handheld console for original Game Boy and Game Boy Color cartridges. The M64 now brings t...