Will Gentry from Will’s Console Modifications is now selling a board that adds in-game reset functionality to the original Playstation. Based on the open-source project started by pyroesp in 2019, Will’s board provides the ability to reset the system itself or the launched game through different button combinations. But unlike the original design, which involves […]
A month after the Playstation 2’s Mechanics-controller, aka Mechacon, ROM has been successfully dumped, developer Triszka Balázs has released a follow-up exploit named MechaPwn (pronounced Mecha-pone) that aims at defeating one of the last security barriers of the PS2. For the uninitiated, the Mechacon is an IC chip found on all Playstation 2 board revisions […]
Castlemania Games just opened up pre-orders for db Electronics‘ Ultra CD RAM cartridge for the Sega/Mega CD. The 4 Mbits Ultra CD RAM is essentially a memory card in the form of regular cartridge that can hold up to 8189 blocks of save memory as opposed to the official 1 Mbit CD Backup RAM cart […]
While this bit of news is a few months old at the time of writing this post, I believe it still holds a big relevance for PS2 enthusiasts. The team behind the infamous open-source PS2/PS3 game and application launcher Open PS2 Loader has released a comprehensive update that addresses a huge amount of issues. Version […]
Krikzz just released a firmware update for his Super Everdrive line of rom-carts. This new update brings in the save-game upgrade that most other Everdrives have been receiving during the past few months. In short, the cart now has the ability to move the save data, of a running rom, from the battery ram to […]
Ever since its initial announcement in late 2020, the USB2DB15 controller adapter has received a ton of updates and quality-of-life improvements. The latest comes in the form of adding the state-of-the-art PS5 DualSense to the list of compatible controllers. For those unfamiliar with the USB2DB15 project, it’s mainly a collaborative open-source effort that was first […]
Following the success of his full-size Virtual Boy Consolizer Case, Marcus Mitchman has just released on thingverse the design files of a remodeled smaller 3D-printed VBC case that he’s naming: Virtual Boy Mini Consolizer Case. The new redesigned small form factor shell snuggly encases the Virtual Boy’s motherboard and the parts needed to complete the […]
The Sega Saturn optical drive emulator (ODE) Fenrir just received a minor price drop. Its initial release was surrounded by a bit of confusion in terms of pricing but it ended being sold at €115 (~$138) for the better part of 2020. Ced, the main developer behind the Fenrir, also released a couple of firmware […]
Independent video game studio RetroGuru just made the rom file of their 2020 Mega Drive/Genesis puzzle game Xump 2 – Back to Space publicly available for download. Released in May 2020 in cartridge form, Xump 2 – BTS is the sequel of the 2014 released, multi-platform simplistic old-school puzzler Xump. RetroGuru were kind enough to […]
To commemorate the Super System SD 3‘s third anniversary, Terraonion decided to permanently drop the price of their PC-Engine multi-function device. Promoted as the be-all end-all add-on for most non-Duo PC Engine/TurboGrafx systems, the SSDS3 is a rom-cart, ODE and video-out board all-in-one FPGA-based PCB that plugs right into the expansion port at the back […]
