Loïc Petit released an open-source project to build an add-on for the Arduino Mega that allows you to easily dump or flash Capcom CPS2 Arcade EPROMs for people who want a dedicated device, or who don’t have a full EEPROM burner setup. This solution is tailored specifically to CPS2, and includes security injection based on […]
Apparently, the Genesis still does, because new games keep being announced for it! Megacat Studios has announced Lethal Wedding, a top down RPG shooter for the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive. There isn’t a whole lot of information on the game, with relatively few screenshots at this time. The company does have a good track record of releasing retro […]
I just added a guide on how to do a “basic” RGB bypass on a Neo Geo AES console. It’s been tested on two AES 3-6’s and should work on other revisions as well: https://www.retrorgb.com/aes-rgb-bypass.html While there are similar guides all over the internet, I wanted this to demonstrate a fully-reversible #nocutmod that focuses on quality. […]
Many older MiSTer arcade FPGA cores have been left behind from the overhauls and updates that console and PC cores received over the last year. Several were still on the old scaler and lacked new features. Alan Steremberg has made it his mission to bring every single one of them up to date and on […]
Studio MDHR have just announced that the award-winning game Cuphead will be released on the Nintendo switch on April 18th. As first mentioned in a Microsoft GDC post this morning, it will also have Xbox Live support: “Growing out of these recent discussions, we are partnering with StudioMDHR to investigate bringing Xbox Live features beyond […]
Here’s this week’s roundup! Audio-only version, available on iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher and wherever podcasts are heard: https://www.retrorgb.com/podcast/?name=2019-03-20_141.mp3
Atari has just announced they’ll be delaying the VCS until “late 2019”, as a result of a hardware upgrade: “The Atari VCS will now be powered by a 14nm AMD processor featuring high-performance Radeon Vega graphics architecture and two “Zen” CPU cores. This new processor replaces the model from the “Bristol Ridge” family that had […]
LG has just announced pricing and availability for their 2019 lineup of OLED TV’s. As with every new product launch, there’s a list of new features you may or may not care about, but this time, there’s two very important notes for gamers: “They also support variable refresh rates (VRR) and automatic low-latency mode (ALLM)“ […]
I recently spotted a post by a member of SmokeMonster’s Discord by the name of Enforcer that had been doing some input latency (lag) testing on the Krikzz Joyzz 6 button Sega Genesis/Megadrive gamepad. He had just finished testing the 8bitdo M30 2.4g controller when he made a comment that he didn’t have the M30 […]
Woozle had just finished testing an adapter that allows you to install the GBA Consolizer kit into GBA’s with the 32-pin adapter and not just 40-pin versions. This is a small, but important board, as it now allows compatibility with all original GBA’s! Now you can head to eBay and grab a GBA with a broken […]
