Danthrax (Sega Saturn SHIRO!)

Destruction Derby 2 Saturn Prototype Released

A promised game that never materialized is finally playable in some form after fans released a prototype of Destruction Derby 2’s Saturn version Sunday night. Longtime member of the SegaXtreme community VBT posted a thread to announce it, saying, “Here is the long awaited prototype of Destruction Derby 2 for Sega Saturn” with a link […]

Bob

New Atari 2600 Composite / S-Video Mod

The Retro Channel has just released a new Composite / S-Video mod that’s easy to install and gets you quality video output.  It can be installed as a #nocutmod, or you can add the outputs right to the case.  The video above shows detailed installation instructions for 6-Switch, 4-Switch and Jr installations, as well as […]

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Weekly Roundup #485

The Roundup is available as a video and on all audio-only podcast services, such as iTunes, Google, Stitcher, Spotify, Amazon Music and direct-download:  https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/retrorgb If you enjoy these videos, please consider supporting this channel via monthly support services, tips, or even just by using our affiliate links to purchase things you were already going to buy […]

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Sony Personal Audio Book

A Kickstarter campaign was just funded, for a book from Obsolete Sony.  This book covers Sony’s “personal audio devices”, from the Walkman, up to the MiniDiscs and Hi-Res players.  It’s filled with tons of pictures and writeups on all of them.  If you’d like to back the project, an eBook is about $15, a physical copy […]

Danthrax (Sega Saturn SHIRO!)

Fan Finishes Port of wipEout to Dreamcast

The fan who’s spent most of this year porting futuristic racer wipEout to the Dreamcast declared it complete with the version released last Sunday. Jnmartin84 uploaded “v2 final” to his GitHub where a TGZ file containing a playable CDI file and some cover art can be downloaded. “This is the final release for v2. It […]

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MiSTer FPGA News – Sega Saturn, 3DO, Voice Commands & More

Sega Saturn & STV New updates have been implemented to the Sega Saturn and ST-V cores. There are many fixes to different parts of the Saturn that affected many games. There’s an Add/fix MRAs (Zakk) Improved horizontal/vertical crop (kuba-j) Implement SAV file mounting (Zakk) Some games affected by this update include: Greatest Nine ’98 NBA […]

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Rooful 4×1 HDMI 2.1 Switch

I just reviewed a basic, sub-$40 HDMI 2.1 switch, that’s MiSTer compatible – both in low-latency and Direct Video modes – as well as the OSSC, RetroTINK 4K and more.  It’s unfortunately not PS3-compatible, however it seemed to pass CEC control, which is a cool bonus.  If you were looking for a cheap switch for both retro […]