Kevin Horton

{{Short description|Electrical engineer (born 1973 or 1974)}}

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{{Infobox person

| name = Kevin Horton

| other_names = Kevtris

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| birth_date = {{birth based on age as of date |43 |2017|4|4}}

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| known_for = Analogue Nt, Analogue Nt Mini, Super Nt, Mega Sg, and contributions to MAME{{Cite web|url=https://wiki.mamedev.org/index.php/MAME_0.183|title=MAME 0.183 - MAMEDEV Wiki}}{{Cite web|url=http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=145733.0|title = MAME emulating tabletop/Handheld gaming}}{{Better source needed|date=July 2021|reason=Forums and wikis are not reliable}}

| occupation = Director of FPGA Development at Analogue

| nationality = American

| years_active = 1990's-present

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Kevin "Kevtris" Horton is an American electrical engineer known for his work with Analogue with the Analogue Nt Mini, Super Nt, and the Mega Sg.{{cite web|url=https://www.polygon.com/2017/10/16/16481824/super-nt-super-nintendo-analogue|website=Polygon|title=The Super NT is Analogue's most affordable console yet|date=October 16, 2017|last=Grant|first=Christopher|accessdate=April 23, 2018}}{{cite web|url=https://gizmodo.com/this-upgraded-super-nintendo-clone-rekindled-my-love-of-1822745707|website=Gizmodo|title=This Upgraded Super Nintendo Clone Rekindled My Love of 16-Bit Gaming|last=Liszewski|first=Andrew|date=February 7, 2018|accessdate=April 23, 2018}}

In the 1990s Kevin Horton developed a game similar to Tetris titled "Kevtris", the name of which became an online handle.{{cite news |title=Kevin Horton Is a Cryogenics Engineer Turned Retro Gaming Savior |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/d7q93x/kevtris-kevin-horton-cyrogenics-retro-gaming |access-date=18 May 2022 |work=www.vice.com |language=en}}

Horton started working with Analogue in 2015 when he designed the Analogue Nt's HDMI daughterboard.{{cite web|title=The Analogue Nt is the best NES that (a lot of) money can buy|url=https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2016/07/analogue-nt-a-museum-grade-nes-for-a-museum-grade-price/|website=Ars Technica|date=July 9, 2016}} In 2017, he was profiled in Vice Media's Motherboard as one of their Humans of the Year for his work with Analogue on the Analogue Nt Mini.