Thimbleweed Park is Free on the Epic Games Store until March 7
Just a few weeks ago, the Epic game store was giving away digital copies of Axiom Verge, an excellent “Metroidvania” style game that everyone should try. Their current offering,
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SD2SNES Pro Available for Sale
Krikzz has just posted the SD2SNES Pro for sale on his website! Price is $197 and they’re in stock: https://krikzz.com/store/home/54-sd2snes-pro.html Stone Age Gamer also posted an update, saying they’ll have a limited stock soon: https://stoneagegamer.com/blog/about-the-sd2snes-pro/ If the new features aren’t something you’d use, Stone Age Gamer is selling the non-pro version here at a discount. Personally, I’m really excited […]
FirebrandX’s updated Neo Geo 3-3 & 3-4 audio fix guide
FirebrandX seems to be on a quest, lately, to extract “audiophile” sound quality out as many systems as possible. He wrote a detailed guide on his website about restoring flawless audio on the NeoGeo AES notoriously bad 3-3 and 3-4 board revisions. The process, being fairly simple, involves soldering a few ceramic capacitors on the […]
DreamShell Loader 0.7.X Beta & Dreamcast IDE Mod
PC Wzrd13 from the Dreamcastic Channel just posted news about an update on the DreamShell Loader (version 0.7.X Beta) which can be used for the Dreamcast in conjunction with the IDE mod. This is a mod that replaces the GDROM drive for an IDE setup that could allow a user to boot from a Hard […]
Racketboy’s MiSTer Omnibus Article
Racketboy contacted several people involved with MiSTer asked them to contribute to an in-depth article he wrote about the MiSTer FPGA Multi-Platform Console. It’s very well done and offers exciting views of what lies ahead, the state of things now, and it also works as a great introduction to FPGA-based hardware emulation in contrast to […]
Weekly Roundup #137
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=2019-02-20_137.mp3
NESRGB Color Palettes Updated to v2.0
Tim Worthington has re-created the different color palette options for the v2.0 NESRGB kits! This is excellent news for fans of FirebrandX, Naked Arthur and others who’s created their own awesome color palettes. Please note, the reason this is important to so many people, is the NES never outputted a “true” RGB color output. PAL […]
NeoSD Pro Shipping This Week
Terraonion has reported that orders for the NeoSD Pro AES will start shipping this week. It will include two inserts to satisfy all collectors: One Japanese and one English. There will also be a new custom snaplock case and manual. I really like seeing the extra detail put into things like this. In my opinion, ROM […]
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 – Beta 4 Found
A new glimpse into Sega’s development history has been found: A previously unreleased prototype of Sonic The Hedgehog 2: http://hiddenpalace.org/Sonic_the_Hedgehog_2_(CENSOR_prototype) There aren’t any drastic changes from the final release and most were small things like adding a signpost for a “save” area: Some mistakes were found that made certain levels unbeatable, such as this platform which […]
New SCART To JAMMA Adapter
Tim Worthington has just announced a brand new SCART to JAMMA adapter called the Redgun: https://shmups.system11.org/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=64060 This is his third revision of an adapter like this and includes many enhancements and features! Composite, S-Video, Component and RGB SCART inputs Automatic switching between inputs Comb filter on composite Stereo audio amplifier built in Redgun-JAMMA Controller Adapter to be released […]