Wes from Second Opinion Games has just added a detailed page to the 3DS section that tackles many 3DS screen questions: https://www.retrorgb.com/3dsscreen.html He shows the dreaded “yellow screen” issue, as well as demonstrates the differences between the TN and IPS screens…and more importantly, how to spot each one! Honestly, these are some of the same questions I’ve […]
St1ka has just uploaded Pt2 in his series about what happened to the Paprium game. Sadly, this project looks to be hopeless, as eluded in part 1. On a lighter note, there’s still plenty of amazing homebrew out there, as well as some new official games like Tanglewood that bring a new life to an […]
Last week, Nintendo detailed their upcoming releases. Some highlights were as follows: Link’s Awakening Switch remake coming “in 2019” Super Mario Maker 2 being released in June. Tetris 99 available now to Switch Online subscribers Personally, I’m excited to see Link’s Awakening and hope t will lead to remakes of all the other handheld Game Boy […]
Genesis Audio Expert Ace was recently part of a team that did a complete teardown and analysis of a Sega Genesis that had a component video mod board installed. This research was part of an assignment at Concordia University in Montreal, with a goal of testing different mods on Genesis hardware to find out more […]
Borti recently uploaded a firmware for his N64 Advanced project that ads a 3x 240p scale option to NTSC resolutions. The N64 Advanced is one of two Nintendo 64 boards created by Borti. The first is a more “basic” RGB board, that still offers features like hardware deblur options. The “advanced” is closer to something […]
Here’s a in-depth look at all the devices currently available for the PC Engine and Turbo Grafx16 consoles! I cover both internal and external options, as well as some new devices. Links to eerything discussed are below! RetroRGB t-shirts: https://teespring.com/stores/retrorgb-2 Smokemonster t-shirts: https://teespring.com/stores/smokemonster-merch Links to everything discussed: PC Henshin (google for sellers): https://bit.ly/2BBIGet List of CD / […]
VerilogBoy is a project to fully implement original GameBoy hardware in FPGA. While it seems like it still has a ways to go before it might be considered a good solution for playing cycle-accurate GameBoy games on a large screen, it’s certainly seems to show some potential to that end. The project creator plans to […]
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=2019-02-13_136.mp3
German Techno artist, DJ Remute, previously known for releasing music on a floppy disc in 2017, has recently announced that his next foray into the world of retro tech would be on a console, more specifically the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis. “Technoptimistic”, Remute’s upcoming album, is set to be released on the 22nd of March, on […]
Shortly after the announcement of the BrawlerGen 2-in-1 controller, Retro Fighters just launched a kickstarter campaign to fund their newest project: the “Next Gen Dreamcast controller“. Following the same path as the critically praised “Brawler 64”, this new Dreamcast controller boasts modern features, besides its overall ergonomic design, such as an updated analog stick (similar […]
