Anduril founder teases new retro video game console that can play old N64 games
Luckey's company, ModRetro, which creates retro video game consoles, plans to release a new console called "M64" that can play Nintendo 64 games. It will cost $200, the same price the Nintendo 64 had when it released in 1996, according to Luckey.
More on Palmer Luckey: Tech billionaires plan new Columbus-based bank, Financial Times reports
Luckey made his fortune in the video game world, inventing the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset and founding Oculus VR, according to Smithsonian Magazine.
Facebook bought Oculus VR in 2014 for $2 billion.
He was ousted from Facebook in 2017 after he donated $10,000 to a pro-Trump group, sparking backlash from within the company and from the public, according to CNBC.
After his firing, Luckey founded Anduril Industries, a defense company that creates autonomous weapons. The company is investing $1 billion to build its new "Arsenal-1" drone and weapon factory near Rickenbacker International Airport in central Ohio.
Production at the factory is set to start in 2026, The Dispatch previously reported.
Breaking and trending news reporter Nathan Hart can be reached at NHart@dispatch.com and at @NathanRHart on X and at nathanhart.dispatch.com on Bluesky.
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