XBOX enthusiast and modder, Prehistoricman, has found a way to modify 1.6 XBOX revisions with 128MB of RAM. Now, why is this noteworthy you may be asking? The 1.6 revision of the XBOX was the last motherboard revision that Microsoft manufactured. And, it differed from previous revisions in a few ways, but most notable was […]
Cathode Ray Tube technology dates back to the mid 19th century starting with the invention of the sealed glass vacuum tube. This sealed vacuum tube lead to the discovery of the electron by the late 19th century. These tubes were developed into the most influential screen display tech of the 20th century, the television. To […]
2022 turned out to be an exciting year for Game Boy Color and fighting game fans, as three titles for the system were dumped a few weeks ago, making them playable and widely available for the first time ever in roughly 20 years. These are three bootleg SNK Fighting games developed in the early 2000s […]
Mike Chi has just added a new mode to the RetroTINK 5x, that tells your TV to enable HDR mode. While this isn’t converting a retro game signal to HDR, it allows for increased brightness on your TV…which means using the amazing CRT scanline emulation recently added, you can have a look that’s more true […]
Stone Age Gamer is now selling the Philips CDi bluetooth controller adapter previously discussed here. These adapters combine bluepad32 with TwBurn’s controller library and support quite a few controllers. Unfortunately, there’s no bluetooth mouse support, but hopefully that’ll come via a firmware update. Purchase yours here: https://retrorgb.link/cdibluetoothsag Main project site: https://cdibluetooth.com/ Bluepad32 compatibility list: https://gitlab.com/ricardoquesada/bluepad32/-/blob/main/docs/supported_gamepads.md Here’s the list of compatible […]
Here’s a shootout of a bunch of HDMI splitters, switches and audio extractors I’ve been using. They’re all zero-lag devices (even in downscaling modes!) and appear to work well with retro gaming devices, including the OSSC. The first “reviews” are the longest, as they explain everything you need to know about these devices, then the […]
Artemio has recently completed work on another massive update to the 240p Test Suite’s Dreamcast version, including a light gun test, stand alone VMU software and VMU testing. There’s also more options to help display calibration as well! This is all just about a month after the last major update, which in itself had a bunch […]
It’s been a big week for English-speaking fans of the Megami Tensei series, with fan-made translation patches now available for the PS1 port of Shin Megami Tensei and the PSP remaster of Persona 2: Eternal Punishment. Both games have previously received official Western releases by Atlus themselves, but with Shin Megami Tensei stuck on outdated […]
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EDIT 08/08: It seems this shells might be made from Bitfunx. And while the shells aren’t cloned, they seemed to have cloned other case sellers box and logo, to trick you into thinking you’re buying the higher end product. Gross. I’ll follow-up with a livestream when it arrives, but not I feel dirty for buying […]
