Mike Chi, creator of the RetroTINK line of products just announced the release of the first official firmware update for his latest Composite-S-Video-Component video line-doubler, the RetroTINK-2X Pro. Purchase all RetroTINK Products via multiple vendors worldwide here: https://www.retrorgb.com/retrotink.html A whole slew of preset functionalities have been tweaked around/improved with the new update such as filters […]
While walking through the aisles at PAX East, I stumbled upon a booth showcasing a brand new NES game called Trophy: An action platformer that seemed Mega Man-inspired and would be available on real NES carts. After playing the game for a bit, it was obvious the game was no Mega Man romhack, as the […]
We’re proud to announce that Bob and Ray Commend will be doing a panel at this year’s Long Island Retro Gaming Expo, titled “Retro Gaming Hardware in 2020“: A panel reflecting on the current state of hardware in the retro gaming scene. This will be Team RetroRGB’s second year presenting at LIRGE and forth year […]
Artemio recently posted a detailed writeup on the 240p Test Suite’s Patreon page that details why the audio analysis from “modern retro” consoles might show significantly different readings than an original console: https://www.patreon.com/posts/nt-mini-and-when-34461897 I strongly recommend anyone interested read the post and hopefully sign up for the Patreon, but here’s a basic description of what’s […]
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The Sega Nomad is a portable Sega Genesis that original came with a Game-Gear-like LCD screen. I wanted to test how the lag on both the original screen and two upgrades compare to a CRT. The general consensus has been that the Nomad has “about a frame of lag”, but I wanted to test for […]
For the past couple of months, the team behind Swiss, the brilliant Gamecube essential toolkit, has been hard at work custom tailoring their firmware to provide a smooth experience for the console’s power users, especially adopters of SD-card based solutions. They also added a ton of new features, fixed bugs and improved compatibility even further […]
8BitDo has announced a second new 2.4GHz RF controller this week, this one being for the original NES console, due for release on June 10th of this year. The controller itself is the exact same as the one originally released for the NES Classic, however this one comes with a receiver for the original Nintendo […]
I’m going to say something so blindingly obvious, so nearly tautological, that I might as well be telling you that water is wet: data integrity is important for retro gaming. As our current storage mediums age and decay, and we begin the arduous process of migrating our data to newer mediums with improved reliability and […]
Developer DirtyHairy has released a new version of Stella, an Atari 2600 emulator, for use on Hyperkin’s Atari 2600 emulation console, the Retron77. This update brings a variety of bug fixes and improvements from the main fork of Stella to the Retron77 build while also including some Retron77-specific features that improve the user experience. Here’s […]
