This morning, Sega revealed the next 10 games for its upcoming Genesis Mini. Out of the 10, the one that stands out the most is Mega Man: The Wily Wars. This game never received a physical release in North America. Those that did play it when it was released either imported the game from other […]
Dan has just posted a method of overclocking the Dreamcast that allows for a 10% gain in speed by changing the 33.333Mhz clock to 36.7Mhz. While there have been other mods available in the past that can overclock even higher, this is a much easier mod to perform: Simply remove the three resistors in red […]
SNES hacker ShiryuGL has just released a video showing progress of a true 16:9 hack for A Link To The Past. This hack doesn’t stretch the screen, but renders a wider playing view. Sometimes this is able to present a perfect and fully playable 16:9 screen area like shown below: Other times….at least in this beta…you’ll […]
Game-tech has just opened pre-orders on the GBA Consolizer – The 720p HDMI kit for your Game Boy Advance!: https://www.game-tech.us/product/gba-consolizer/ Prices start at $140, delivery expected in 3-4 months and there’s a ton of options being offered at an additional cost: 40/32 pin adapter kit to ensure your GBA is compatible A cap kit, for preventative […]
YouTuber “Displaced Gamers” just released another educational video in his series covering analog signals, resolutions, aspect ratios, and more. This video covered “Luma” and the history of brightness and its uses in television and video signals. As well as its applications to video signal and how the human eye perceives it. Special care and attention […]
Here’s this week’s roundup! Audio-only version, available on iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, Spotify and for direct-download: https://www.retrorgb.com/podcast/?name=2019-05-15_149.mp3 Video available on YouTube (above), LBRY and Bitchute:
It seems that a custom firmware for the Retron5 is now being tested!: https://circuit-board.de/forum/index.php/Thread/27960-ROM-RetroN-5-0-3-1-pre-rooted-deutsch-in-Blau/ According to the post, the CFW works by flashing an SD card with an image file (like with a Raspberry Pi image). Then, booting the Retron5 with that SD card and a wired controller (not the wireless it comes with) will auto-boot to a […]
RetroHQ is now shipping all Neo Geo Pocket SD order with a high-quality SLS plastic shell! Previously, the cartridges shipped with a 3D printed case and while those were great, upgrading to SLS is always a good bonus. Also, anyone who wants to upgrade their current NGPSD will soon be able to purchase just the shell from […]
Mobius Strip Tech has just successfully tested a Genesis Triple Bypass installation on a Sega CDX. Installations like this are important both to document the mod itself, as well to help discover how these less-common consoles work! Detailed pictures of the installation can be found here: https://www.retrorgb.com/cdx3bp.html We’ve also been trying to update most of the […]
The Behar Bros’ have just announced the “RGB16”: An RGB SCART output board for Neo Geo MVS motherboards. This board will allow you to solder to the JAMMA outputs of an MVS board and get both audio and video through a SCART socket: https://www.beharbros.com/rgb16 This device was designed as a companion to people also purchasing their […]
