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SmokeMonster

Datapath Vision: New Driver Supports OBS Natively

MordecaiWalfish, a member of my Discord, contacted Datapath about their recent Vision drivers breaking compatibility with OBS and other capturing programs in Windows. An old workaround for this was to use the outdated drivers that still supported kernel streaming, but this is no longer necessary in Windows following the release of Vision 7.1.9.4. Datapath Visions […]

Vanessa (Vanessaira)

Enhanced “High Definition” Graphics Mode 7 Super Nintendo Emulation

A user on the emulation sub reddit by the name of DerKoun has released an enhancement for the Super Nintendo emulator BSNES.  Users of the emulator version 107.3 (as of this articles write up) are now able to download a Windows binary which will in essence increase the Mode 7 resolutions by up to 4 […]

Bob

Weekly Roundup #146

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=2019-04-23_146.mp3 Bitchute:  https://www.bitchute.com/video/DRnyXrL3quk8 LBRY & Affiliates: lbry://@retrorgb/145 https://spee.ch/RetroRGBWeek146 https://beta.lbry.tv/RetroRGBWeek146 Follow Ray on Twitter and check out his YouTube channel: https://twitter.com/Raycommend https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCynPc1fjDE_MHj9548oxJMA

Bob

DCHDMI Firmware Split

Christof has just released two new firmwares for the DCHDMI and has split future firmware updates:  All “standard” firmwares will be 100% up to HDMI specs and will work on all TV’s.  “Relaxed” firmwares will have slightly off-spec HDMI timings that may or may not be compatible with your display…however these “relaxed timings” allow for more […]

Ray Commend

Gameboy Emulation gets Widescreen Option with Wide GB

If you’re in the camp that looks at retro games and wishes that they had a true widescreen option that doesn’t rely on weird stretching techniques, then emulators like WideNES and now Wide GB might satisfy that need. Based on a modified version of sameboy, Wide GB includes an extra option:  “Use Widescreen”. Enabling this […]

Bob

Obtaining Pixel Exact GBI-HF Output

This post was originally written by tikevin83 and explains how to use OBS and a filter plugin to get pixel-exact captures of Extrems’ Game Boy Interface software.  It was posted here by Bob with Kevin’s permission. Technical requirements: A DOL-001 model Gamecube, a Game Boy Player, a method to load homebrew, and a GCVideo 2.4b HDMI output device […]