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 […]
Announced back in April 2018, the Mega Drive Mini by SEGA was initially set for a late 2018 release. It got eventually pushed back to 2019, following the “At Games” debacle and SEGA themselves wanting to take their time to deliver a quality product. Through Twitter, SEGA of Japan recently posted that fans get to […]
There’s a new Nintendo Virtual Boy platformer in the works, Capitan Sevilla 3D. The VUEngine project aims to rebuild the award-winning Capitan Sevilla 2 demo from the ground-up, turning it into a fully-fledged game. It’s being built using the Virtual Boy Development Engine, and will be complete with stereoscopic 3D separation. Consider backing VUEngine’s Patreon […]
Greg Collins aka Collingall has just launched a webstore where he’ll be selling all of his 3D printed designs! While most of Greg’s designs are open-source, the fact is that many of us don’t have 3D printers and would just like to purchase his amazing work. Now you can support his development directly and hopefully […]
René from db Electronics will be opening pre-orders on his GrafxBooster tomorrow (March 1st) at noon. Update: Pre-order’s open! The price is $65 and shipping should be 6-8 weeks from the pre-order’s close. All profits will fund René’s upcoming UMDv2 project and he’ll hopefully make those for sale someday as well. Pre-orders will be here, […]
Ikari just released the latest SD2SNES firmware v1.10.0, adding support for the new Pro model (AKA MK.III) as well as S-DD1 support for both the original SD2SNES & Pro. The new firmware also allows SA-1 special chip games to be MSU-1 patched for the Pro. SA1+MSU1 were too large to fit the Spartan III FPGA […]
I’m very proud to announce the launch of a new “video capture” section on this website. I’ve held off on adding any capture information until now, as I’ve spent years of trial and error trying to find a reliable method. Finally, thanks to the help of many video experts, professional streamers and some fancy math from […]
The Automatic SPDIF (Optical/RCA) Audio Switch available on Tindie from creator Beni_Skate has been making waves in the retro community recently. Contributor Vanessaira brought news of the switch to the site last month. And this week I’ve had a chance to run it through some tests to see how it performs. Last week I received 2 configurations […]
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=2019-02-27_138.mp3
Devil Engine by Dangen Entertainment is a beautiful new 2D Shoot ’em Up for the Nintendo Switch and Steam. It could be considered as a spiritual successor or genre-piece tribute to the Thunder Force series, at least if their marketing motto “Lightning Strikes Again” is any sign (Thunder Force/Lightening Force reference). My Life in Gaming […]
