The Sega Nomad’s screen has not aged well. Between it’s terrible quality compared to modern screens and it’s heavy battery consumption, users of the Nomad usually prefer to upgrade to a modern LCD screen. Up until recently, most screen replacement options used composite video to drive it and while that was still an upgrade, feeding […]
Analogue has started shipping the replacements for the faulty Mega Sg Game Gear adapter. The new adapter looks the same on the outside, but the internal circuit board seems to have quite a few routing changes, as well as a switch from through-hole to surface mount components. Oddly enough, there’s still pads on the back […]
CastleMania Games has just opened pre-orders on a new run of the RetroTINK Ultimate Raspberry Pi Hat, with plans to ship in June: https://bit.ly/2QTc5IG The ‘TINK Ultimate’ is a device that connects to the top of a Raspberry Pi and allows for 240p RGB, Component, S-Video and Composite video output. While you can accomplish 240p […]
Markus has just released a new firmware for the CPS2HDMI kits, that ads multiple resolutions to the output. Download the .jlc file for your USB Blaster here, but read through this whole post for all the awesome details!: https://github.com/marqs85/cps2_digiav/tree/master/output_files …and get your CPSHDMI kits here: https://videogameperfection.com/products/cps2-cps3-digital-av-interface-diy-kit/ After loading the new firmware, the CPS2HDMI will always boot […]
Modern Vintage Gamer recently posted a video describing why the PS1’s graphics sometimes “wobbled”, while games from the N64 wouldn’t exhibit the same behavior. In short, the answer is a combination of the graphics chips, as well as the buffering and scaling capabilities of each. On original hardware, this would often result in the PlayStation […]
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A project was recently launched called OpenTendo that’s an open-source hardware recreation of the original 1985 Front-Loading NES motherboard. This allows you to remove the CPU, PPU and lockout chip from your original NES and transfer them to this board that’s made from 100% brand new replacement parts. As the main chips are still from […]
RetroRGB.com has long been missing an important section for an excellent console: The Original Xbox! With the release of Chimeric Systems’ excellent plug & play HDMI ADC cable, I thought now was the time to add it! This video and the new page on the website should present everything you’d need to start using your […]
Members of the SMS Power forum have been working on converting games from the 1983 MSX Computer to the Sega Master System and support for these conversions seems to have increased lately. Both the SMS console and MSX computer are run off a Z80 processor, allowing compatibility with the main code of most games. While […]
The creator of the Universe BIOS for Neo Geo consoles has just made the latest version (v4.0 for AES/MVS, v3.3 for NGCD) available to download for personal use. Please respect the terms of use and only flash chips for yourself or friends and do not sell the UniBIOS without written permission from the creator! Download yours […]
