Rtings has just posted the current results of their OLED burn-in tests. Their findings mimic what myself and most other OLED owners have always said: Short-term image retention can be annoying, but as long as your content varies, burn-in shouldn’t be an issue. They did find that bright content played non-stop will cause permanent burn-in damage, […]
RetroHQ just posted some Twitter updates to his JagGD ROM cart project. First, he finished the basic design for the shell, which was inspired by the Atari computer cartridges. Next the cases will be 3D printed for the first batch of orders, but he’s looking to switch to injection molding. He’ll also be releasing the […]
With the advent of 5G service looming on the horizon, it looks like both Amazon and Verizon are ready to take a piece of the gaming pie away from industry giants Microsoft, Nintendo, & Sony. Recently, an article published by The Verge states that
The Nintendo Wii’s life is coming to an end. Released in November 2006 in the USA, the Wii enjoyed over 12 years of game releases. Many of these releases were through the Wii shop, and on January 31, 2019, the shop will shut down.
The Japanese Sega Saturn game Linkle Liver Story has just been given a full English translation! The game, as well as the color manual can now be experienced in English for the first time! Things like this are why romhacking is so important to me, as translations allow entirely new groups of people to experience […]
There’s now a 3D printed case available for the MiSTer FPGA kit. It can be ordered in different color configurations and has models for both the full kit + IO board, as well as the HDMI-only version with a fan. Sadly, the glow-in-the-dark option isn’t available on only the IO ports, would might be a […]
Someone just posted the steps they took to restore a physical map for the game Phantasy Star II. It was pretty cool to see someone go through similarly painstaking steps to restore the original artwork, as many of us often to do restore games and consoles. For things like this, I’m usually a fan of […]
One of the Sonic Mania Developers just posted a few videos talking about a demo they were pitching for a new Darkwing Duck game. The demo uses music from the NES game and has similar controls, however the team added the grappling hook as well. Also, instead of using an “HD” style remake like with Duck […]
Furrtek has just posted a progress update to his MiSTer FPGA core for the Neo Geo. While it’s not quite in a usable state, it’s an exciting advancement from his Patreon post a few months ago. There’s some speculation that this core will require a larger RAM upgrade than is currently used on the MiSTer, […]
The MK2+ project set out to bug-fix, improve, and expand Mortal Kombat 2 Arcade into an unofficial “Ultimate MK2”, and its creator Paul Eischer (@zpaul2fresh8) has expanded his plans to also improve Mortal Kombat 1 & Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3, and renamed the project Mortal Kombat Plus mortalkombatplus.com. Paul has now fixed nearly every bug […]
