It seems that Retro-Bit‘s collaboration with SEGA just went beyond simply manufacturing licensed peripherals for legacy systems as the former just showed a Nomad-lookalike (both in Black and Blue variants) prototype at CES 2019. Retro-Bit is (temporarily, hopefully) calling its new system the Genesis Portable. They’re obviously replacing the Genesis 2 8-pin din port with an […]
Hyperkin just announced, through a press release, the Hyper Blaster HD, a light gun for the NES that with conjunction with the Hyper Blaster HD Adapter, will function properly on flat LCD and LED TVs. Surprisingly enough, they only cited Duck Hunt as far as compatibility is concerned and just straight away ignored all of […]
Frank_fjs, creator of the Sentinel supergun, just designed a board that works jointly with the Digital AV Interface announced/designed a while back by Markus Hiienkari of OSSC fame. The Helper PCB mainly provides 2 Neo-Geo controller ports and power connectivity, basically eliminating the need for a supergun for a comprehensive CPS2 setup. Here are the […]
Keith Elliott, just designed an SD Card Holder that sits right on top of the PSIO SD Slot and adds room for 4 more SD cards. Keith uploaded the design files on thingverse and made 2 versions available: one with an opening for the led indicator and one without it. He’s also working on incorporating […]
Looking for another use for that 19″ consumer-grade CRT? Well you can now turn the latter into a vector monitor! The XY Kit, initially designed by Fred Konopaska, consists mainly of high voltage and deflection boards. The project has now been handed to Barry Shilmover who is currently improving upon the original design, assembling kits […]
In a modern world where “hacking” is generally redeemed as a bad activity, the retro gaming community has hugely benefited from its positive aspects. Rom hacking, for instance, can breathe new life into an old game by tweaking the characters’ design, editing the levels, changing the color palette, etc… it can also change people’s lives. […]
Ikari, the creator of the amazing SD2SNES rom cart, just released firmware 1.9.0 which primarily includes SA-1 chip support (developed by Redguy a couple of months ago), an option to go back to the menu with a short reset press, an option to start a game with or without cheats and other bug fixes & […]
Julian Emmett Turner from the “Retro Console Modders Mods And Repairs” group on facebook recently posted a video showing a new-found solution for the notorious Neo Geo CD power supply. The Neo Geo CD family of consoles originally came bundled with an oddly shaped plug (T-shaped 3-pin plug) at the end of the power supply. […]
Cybdyn Systems just released a new menu (Version 2.6, build 5) and ARM (Firmware 2.6.1) updates for the PSIO. Matt, one of the PSIO developers, stated on the official forums that the new updates will fix the problems that some users encountered after installing the recent updates (Version 2.6, build 4). Some bug fixes were […]
Earlier this week, Analogue announced a new variant in the Super-Nt line of consoles, in the form of a collaboration with the independent record label Ghostly. The “Analogue x Ghostly” limited-edition Super-Nt is an all-white system that comes bundled with a matching 8bitDo SN30 (unlike the regular edition where the controller is sold separately) and […]
