Back on April 30, TZMWX announced the open source availability of his WUXI Drive Switcher project to GitHub for free public use. WUXI is an optical drive channel switcher for Sega Saturn that can switch freely between the CD drive and optical drive emulators (ODE), such as Rhea, Phoebe, and various versions of Fenrir have […]
It’s no secret that Capcom’s Street Fighter 2 series was a worldwide phenomenon when it first hit arcades in 1991, and Capcom itself was quick to capitalize on that resulting in toys, cartoons, comic books, anime and all other sorts of merchandise. However, sometimes, not all merchandise was official and this is where St1ka (that’s […]
I’d say this day is long overdue… the day when we are able to finally get our hands on an all-in-one, single-board MiSTer device. There have been different takes on the ‘consolized’ MiSTer over the past few years, but until now, they’ve all been some variation of a Cyclone V dev board + accessory boards […]
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Due to popular request, Rodrigo Copetti has just released hardcover editions of his Architecture of Consoles books. While the paperbacks were excellent, many people were asking for hardcover versions and Rodrigo delivered – These are physically larger than the paperback versions (as shown in the picture above), printed with Amazon’s premium ink and bound with […]
The 3DO just got the fighting game it always deserved. After two years of development, modder “3DO HD” has released a feature-complete version of Mortal Kombat II for the system! While this may not technically be a port, since the original arcade code wasn’t used, it stands as a remarkable recreation built from the ground […]
SHIRO! already knows Saturn games are art, and now an arts festival agrees. Red Moon: Lost Days, the first commercial Sega Saturn homebrew game, has been accepted into the ninth ECRÃ Festival of Cinema and Experimental Art. The ECRÃ Festival is a respected Brazilian experimental art and cinema event that’s heading into its ninth year. […]
Developer TWBurn is working on a new game for the CDi, called SkyWays. It’s a “space racing game” and while it’s based on the DOS game SkyRoads, TW completely redesigned it for the CDi. There’s currently a free demo available and TW just posted a dev update that even includes an online level editor, for […]
Greg from LaserBear just posted a video demonstrating how to use bluetooth and a web app to update the firmware on your WavePhoenix receiver – An open source, community-built replacement for the official WaveBird controller’s receiver. The latest firmware fixes an issue that prevents the WaveBird from re-syncing after the console was rebooted, so it’s […]
Rich Whitehouse just posted the latest public release of his awesome Atari Jaguar emulator, BigPEmu, with a ton of tweaks, updates and fixes. As a note, I wrote a post when v1.18 was released back in February, but was holding off until Steam approved the app…and they STILL HAVEN’T. While the Steam version is mostly the […]
