There’s a new Lightgun project called the “Sinden Lightgun” which is designed for use with emulators of all consoles and will work on all TV screens including LCD: http://www.sindenlightgun.com/ The Sinden Lightgun works by adding a thin border around your television display. The hardware is an optical based system which uses this border to visually calculate […]
Matthew Holder has just created a python program for a RaspberryPi that allows you to control A/V devices like an Extron Crosspoint and even a Sony BVM!!!: https://www.sleepingcats.org/piavswictrl This software utilizes the SmartPi Touch, for a full touchscreen control interface! You’ll need to make custom USB-to-RS485 adapters and setup seems a bit complicated, but if you have […]
Someone just sent me a great writeup written by Matt Greer back in 2016 about how transparency effects are used in the Sega Saturn and why you don’t see them as often as other consoles: https://www.mattgreer.org/articles/sega-saturn-and-transparency/ I don’t want to spoil the main article, but basically it’s a result of how the dual VDP1 and VDP2 […]
FirebrandX has just released the files for his SSDS3 audio bypass board on OSHPark, for anyone who’d like to make their own: https://oshpark.com/shared_projects/toEy2VLz He’ll also still be selling them directly from his website, as well as offering installation services: http://www.firebrandx.com/ssds3stereobypassamp.html For more information on the SSDS3, check out this page and see it in action in the […]
Philippe Lang posted an update on his Indiegogo stating that they had reached their stretch goal by getting to $15000 for the key replacement fundraiser. The campaign is for batch number 2 of the key replacements and Philippe stated that they will take the feedback from the first batch and address quality control issues with […]
Brooklyn Video Games will be hosting a small meetup event this Wednesday (March 6th) from around 5PM-8PM. I’ll be there playing four NG:Dev.Team games (two at a time) on their MVS cabinets and everything will be streamed live on both of BKVG’s accounts. The game’s we’ll be playing (graciously being brought down by Kevin) are: […]
HD Retrovision just posted a status update about what to expect in the coming months. Tl;dr: If you’ve been waiting on their SNES cables, get them now, as once stock runs out, there might not be more this year. Dreamcast cables nearing completion The full email update is below. If you’d like to be added […]
After recently restocking their infamous “Packapunch” line of Scart cables, Retro Gaming Cables just announced that they will be soon releasing Component YPbPr for various systems including: Sega Mega Drive 1 / Master System 1 Sega Mega Drive 2 Sega Saturn Sega Dreamcast Super Nintendo PAL and NTSC PAL Gamecube Sony PlayStation 1 & 2 […]
Just weeks after the Vita’s final crypto layer was defeated by hackers, Sony has announced that all Vita production has ended. The two events are unrelated of course and the death of the Vita was a long time coming. Launched in late 2011/early 2012, the Vita sold poorly compared to other handhelds, thus Sony does […]
In what is a continuing trend that I’ve grown fond of, another NEW game is out for the seemingly immortal Genesis/Mega Drive. The game, released by RetroSouls goes by the name of Old Tower. It’s an action puzzler where you play as a little explorers in a towers full of deadly traps and ugly skullz. Your […]
