I asked if someone could create 3D printable JAMMA key, and Greg Collins designed one. JAMMA keys prevent arcade PCBs from being connected with reverse polarity, which could kill the PCB. For some reason, the tiny pieces of plastic were hard to come by and expensive. Now they can be printed for pennies. The print […]
UD Game Tech makes a popular controller adapter called the UD-USB Decoder (AKA “Undamned Converter”) that adapts Xbox 360, Xbox One, PS3, and PS4 controllers to arcade format, for use with arcade game PCBs and superguns. Last week he issued a firmware update to bring support to even more popular PS4 joysticks: UD-USB & UD-CPS2 […]
Classic game store has just released replacement cases for the Open Source Scan Converter in eight different transparent colors: Violet Blue Orange Yellow Red Lime Black Brown The price is around $20 and they ship worldwide: https://classicgamestore.ch/ossc-acryl-gehaeuse EDIT: Video Game Perfection has their own versions of these cases in stock as well, however they’re translucent, not […]
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Emulicious, the GB, GBC, SMS and GG emulator has just had a major update. This emulator is popular with developers for it’s debugging features and full control of the games. One of the biggest updates in this version, is it enables you to load your own source files into the debugger, rather than step through a disassembly […]
Two developers have created a Virtual Boy game from scratch in just six weeks for the 2019 Yume Nikki fan game contest that runs on original hardware, as well as emulation! The game was programmed by Kresna using NEC V810 assembly, with graphics created by Nyrator. The game could be considered a satire on the Yume Nikki series; While the […]
The Vintage Computer Federation will be holding their Vintage Computer Festival West event on the 3rd and 4th of August, 2019. This will be located at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California. Some notables about this event is that ten or more Apple 1 computers will be on hand. As well as a […]
Back in 2007, developer FluBBa created a program that runs on original Sega hardware and tests the SMS mode of the VDP chip. Now, enik2 has updated the VDP test program to run properly on SMS, Genesis and both versions of a Game Gear as well! Simply load the compiled ROM onto a ROM cart, […]
Retro Access just added SNES S-Video cables to their ever-growing inventory of high quality video cables: https://retro-access.com/products/n64-s-video-cable?aff=3 The new cable is constructed in a similar fashion to RA’s infamous RGB Coax cables, which means there shouldn’t be any signal degradation as a result of the cable. Overall, this cable should provide an excellent plug-and-play experience for SNES, […]
amoore2600 has recently released steps to customize a firmware for the Retro Freak software emulation box that allows you to backup your own cartridges and save game files. The CFW is built on top of jonasroslands‘ and Hissorii’s original work and bypasses the encryption from the file the Retro Freak always dumps when you insert […]
