Over the weekend of August 2022, I had the privilege of meeting up with a bunch of awesome people at Retro World Expo. I decided to set up a “podcast station” (with the help of My Life In Gaming) and have a chat with many of the awesome people from the retro gaming scene. The […]
If you’ve been interested in checking out the Pokemon Mini—Nintendo’s Pokemon themed micro handheld from 2001—then today is your lucky day! Developer Grieverheart, who I can’t seem to find much of a history for, has released a MiSTer FPGA core that seems to work well so far. Rather than try to extoll the virtues of this […]
The developers at ENDURR Technologies have announced an internal BlueRetro mod that will allow for low-lag Bluetooth controller connectivity to the original NES. Preorders were announced to go live later this month on the APE Industries site. Developer Aaron Peckler (@Beardanidas) shared that the kit will be compatible with any region front-loader NES (model NES-001) […]
It is the summer of TMNT, and here is another Behind the Code video for the first entry on the NES. This video focuses on the application of gravity with respect to frame rate for jumping in the game and also breaks down the frame timing for making the three types of jumps – short, […]
The 240p Test Suite is one of the most valuable tools in retro. It allows for signal testing from many platforms and is a crucial tool in calibrating older display technologies such as CRTs. Artemio Urbina has published a panel covering the 240p Test Suite as well as MD Fourier. This talk was originally given […]
Vintage PC enthusiasts should keep their ear out for the PicoGUS, an RPi Pico-based soundcard that emulates the Gravis UltraSound. Updates and more information about the PicoGUS can be found on developer Ian Scott’s Twitter (@ianpolpo) and GitHub, linked below. https://github.com/polpo/picogus The Gravis UltraSound (“GUS”) is a soundcard released in 1992 for IBM-compatible PCs. Developer Ian […]
The JVC D Series CRTs are some of the best analogue displays available. They are known for their high-resolution tubes which produce a robust image with deep color and sharp scanlines. There has always been an issue with many JVC Consumer CRTs. The TV will push the RED color on the electron gun more than […]
By now a lot of you should (I hope) have played the fantastic new port of Doom for the 32x by Victor Luchitz. The port is one of the few games on the system to make use of the 32x’s two SH2 processors. To accompany the latest v2.2 update of the game Vic has published a […]
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Derek Pascarella – someone who’s well known in the Dreamcast scene for their contributions to English translation projects – just released a video demoing a VCD player for the Sega Dreamcast. Even though the video is short, Derek shows two versions of the Innovation Dreamcast VCD player / remote, demo’s the “DRM” that disables the […]
