Famed speedrunner CarcinogenSDA will be heading to Japan, to play Resident Evil 2 live with game director Hideki Kamiya. The playthrough will air on October 18th at 10PM EST and will be streamed live on Carci’s channel: https://www.twitch.tv/carcinogensda I’m a fan of speedruns and the community behind it, but don’t often post about it here, unless […]
Back in July, a post on psx-place claimed to have found the real cause of the PS3’s YLOD: The “tokin” capacitors that filter power for the main chips inside the PS3. Displaced Gamers, as always, has done an excellent job both articulating the problem and asserting that it might be a fix, not the fix. All these […]
Here’s my second interview with Mike Chi, creator of the RetroTINK line of products. We shot this during my west coast visit last summer (July 10th 2019), but it’s just airing now, as I wanted to talk openly about the RAD2x after its release. RetroTINK Products: http://www.retrotink.com/ Rad2x: http://bit.ly/rad2x RAD2x Video: https://www.retrorgb.com/unveiling-the-rad2x-hdmi-cables.html RetroTINK2x: https://www.retrorgb.com/retrotink2x.html Raspberry Pi […]
Kevin Horton aka Kevtris, creator of the Analogue FPGA consoles has just uploaded a video showcasing a project he worked on: Programming an FPGA core to run GameBoy on a LED array. Kevin’s put together many fun little projects like this in the past and I’m happy to see him post an overview on his […]
Here’s this week’s roundup! An audio-only version, is available on iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, Spotify and for direct-download: https://www.retrorgb.com/podcast/?name=2019-09-25_168.mp3 T-Shirts: https://www.retrorgb.com/store.html Video available on YouTube (above), LBRY and Bitchute: Please consider signing up as a supporter! Either hit Join, tip or pledge on this video, or sign up through the following services: https://www.patreon.com/retrorgb / https://www.subscribestar.com/robertneal / https://bitbacker.io/user/robertneal/ […]
Dan and Christof have just announced their PS1HDMI kit: A no-cut mod for the PlayStation 1 that’s a true digital to digital HDMI output kit, like their DCHDMI! The PS1HDMI will be an internal install compatible with 500X through 700X series PlayStation consoles. The installation includes removing the serial port, in order to mount the […]
I’m incredibly proud to exclusively unveil the “Retro Analog to Digital 2x” – aka RAD2x cables. These are the first and ONLY plug & play HDMI cables I’d recommend for use with 16 and 32-bit gaming consoles, launching October 31st for around $50. There will be versions for Genesis, Saturn and PlayStation, as well as […]
Reviews are in for the Switch remake of Zelda: Link’s Awakening and overall they seem positive. I’m sure some fans of the original won’t bother giving it a chance because of the drastically different look, but overall it seems to be a hit with both old and new fans. The reviews do point out a […]
There’s already an overwhelming amount of reviews floating around for the new Sega Genesis Mini emulation console, so rather than follow the herd, I thought I’d concentrate on one aspect of the experience that not many others have covered: Lag. I go through both audio lag, as well as overall emulation lag compared to an […]
Here’s this week’s roundup! An audio-only version, is available on iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, Spotify and for direct-download: https://www.retrorgb.com/podcast/?name=2019-09-18_167.mp3 T-Shirts: https://www.retrorgb.com/store.html Video available on YouTube (above), LBRY and Bitchute: Please consider signing up as a supporter! Either hit Join, tip or pledge on this video, or sign up through the following services: https://www.patreon.com/retrorgb / https://www.subscribestar.com/robertneal / https://bitbacker.io/user/robertneal/ […]
