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Shank’s GloWii

Shank just posted a video showing how to integrate LED ambient lighting into a portable Wii with a transparent case.  I’ve always felt that (when done right!), ambient light can really add to your overall experience, but I never considered how it would work in a portable.  Spoiler:  It came out awesome. Support Shank here:  https://www.patreon.com/ShankMods  […]

Bob

Sonic 1 “Chaos Emerald” Romhack

Billytime games has just released romhacks for the first two Sonic The Hedgehog games.  What makes these really stand out, is you’re “rewarded” every time you get a emerald from a special stage.  While I really like these games, there’s just never any incentive to get the emeralds;  Sure, it was cool to get the […]

Upgrade Your NES Games With HD Graphics Packs

Retro Gaming is a funny thing, we’ve seen romhacks, homebrews, FPGAs and emulators, so you’d think we’d have exhausted all options by now. Turns out that’s not the case, because a new scene cropped up right under our noses: HD Graphics packs for NES games. That is to say, you take the original NES rom, […]

Bob

Weekly Roundup #352

Here’s this week’s roundup, sponsored by JLCPCB! Spend only $2 for 5pcs 1-4 layer PCBs ; PCBA from $0:  https://jlcpcb.com/DRE 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://anchor.fm/retrorgb If you enjoy these videos, please consider supporting this channel via monthly […]

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Let’s Dive into the Cycles, Speed, and Video Output Timing of the NES – Behind the Code

The NES needs a clock in order to function. Both the CPU and PPU use clock cycles to perform their duties. These chips run at different speeds, but each speed is derived from the same source – a 21.47727 MHz crystal on the NES motherboard. How do these components work in tandem? This video dives […]

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MiSTer FPGA News – Jaleco Mega System 1,TMNT & More

New arcade core: Cosmic Guerilla A new arcade core for the 1979 game Cosmic Guerilla has been released by developer Macro. Post : https://misterfpga.org/viewtopic.php?p=71367#p71367 macro support page: https://ko-fi.com/macrofpga   Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Furrtek posted a screenshot of the TMNT core that shows a CPU freeze feature of the core to help debug a sprite issue. Kick […]