Scarlett Sprites posted a review of Darksoft’s new CPSIII Ultra Simm kit; An upgraded version of Darksoft’s original kit that has quite a few advantages over the original, including (and especially) instant switching between games! Joe’s video above has all the info you’ll need on it with one small correction: The Red Earth bug was […]
CastleMania Games is now selling the open source Master System to game Gear cartridge adapter, that was first announced in July of last year. This allows you to play original Sega Master System cartridges on your Game Gear. You can also play SMS roms on a GG via an Everdrive, however this is specifically for […]
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Developer Ced has just announced that the 21-pin version of his Saturn Optical Drive Emulator called the Fenrir is now completed! Pre-orders for both that and the original 20-pin version are now available from CastleMania Games: Purchase Fenrir (choose version from the drop-down): http://bit.ly/fenrirode The best way to determine which Saturn you have is by opening […]
CastleMania Games has just started selling db Electronics’ Sega Master System to Genesis cartridge adapters. There’s two models available: The Power Base Mini, which is a basic SMS-to-Genesis cartridge converter, as well as the Power Base FM, which ads FM audio to games that support it. It’s also compatible with the Sega Master System’s Everdrive, […]
A team of people have been working on a 2D version of the GameCube game Metroid Prime. A beta version is available that lets you get a few items, as well as get a sense of what the game is like. It’s awesome! Direct download link: https://mppa-pack-and-other-public-junk.s3.amazonaws.com/Prime2D_0.1.21.4.1A.zip Forum: https://forum.prime2d.com/t/prime-2d-demo-v0-1-21-4-1/6582 I spent some time with it this morning […]
Lag is something we discuss quite often in the world of retro gaming, but lag is a problem for gamers of all generations. One interesting issue people sometimes run into, is lag added while streaming, due to capture card passthrough. Most of the time, “gaming capture cards” have an HDMI passthrough that only add a *sub-1ms […]
The Computer History Archives Project has just uploaded two promotional, “factory tour” videos that showed a Sony manufacturing plant in the US. The first video (above) showed the process of making Sony’s CRT TV’s, as well as described the challenges of making a flat-tube TV: The reason for the curve was to provide more strength […]
As more people are integrating their MiSTer setups into a CRT-based arcade machine, one small concern is popping up: The potential for burn-in as the machine is left on during the update process. This is a tiny concern and only one that’s relevant after continuous use, but since CRT’s are long out of production, anything you […]
A new firmware update was just posted for the PS1 Digital that ads a 4:3 aspect ratio of 1600×1200 / 1200p. This allows for even more control of the signal and is a great choice for people with 4K TV’s who prefer the sharpest image possible with 2D games. The firmware update also allows for CEC […]
