Consoles4You has just received a #NoCutMod HDMI modded Original Xbox to test. There are no deatails about the board yet, other than it’s an internal mod that ttranscaodes Digital audio and component Video to HDMI. While, it isn’t a pure Digital to Digital conversion, having an analog conversion as close to the source as possible […]
Here’s this week’s roundup! Audio-only version here: http://www.retrorgb.com/podcast/?name=2018-12-26_129.mp3
After having completed work on the #DCHDMI, @Citrus3000psi and @chriz2600 are now working on an equivalent solution for the PS2! This solution will include some of the amazing features of the DCHDMI, as well as a few other potential surprises as well. There’s no release date and things are just getting started, so stay tuned for more updates! First capture […]
Superg has just posted an update on his quest to cure sync issues in the latest version of his gscartsw firmware. He was able to apply one type of filtering which didn’t seem to solve the issue, but he has one more idea to try. Unfortunately, if this last idea doesn’t work, nothing more can […]
Retro-inspired game Hive Jump has just announced January 11th as the launch date for the Switch and Xbox One versions of the games. I haven’t had a chance to play this one yet, but it certainly looks cool! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/graphitelab/hive-jump-0/posts/2371317
Displaced Gamers, along with some awesome people from the retro-gaming scene have just released a video the describes what 525-line video means on a CRT. It’s an excellent demonstration of thinks like “blanking intervals” that are really hard to understand without visual queues. The same team also released a great video about 240p, which I’ll […]
It looks like the initial work has started for bringing CPS1 and CPS2 arcade support to the MiSTer. These arcade boards run some of the most popular Capcom games of all time, so this would be a big win for the arcade community if it’s successful! We’ll make sure to keep everyone aware of the […]
Romacher Kaze Emanuar has just re-created Super Mario Bros by hacking Mario 64. This looks absolutely awesome and seems to be a 2.5D re-creation of the original. The patch is available for download and both a trailer and instructions on how to pacth the ROM are below. Link to ROM patch: https://mega.nz/#!KHZ1FSbY!A6C_MTKDRPgEboREBI2juRVoSDuXxunUMdr5RN_291U
Bitmap Bureau has just opened pre-orders for Neo Geo AES, MVS and NGCD versions of their upcoming game Xeno Crisis: https://shop.bitmapbureau.com/collections/neo-geo Due in Q2 2019, the game is being released on a surprisingly wide variety of platforms ranging from the Nintendo Switch to the Sega Genesis. I think the biggest struggle I’m having is deciding if I […]
Analogue has just released firmware version 4.7 for the SuperNT that fixes a bug with Super Game Boy. No further details on the issue were given. Also, there’s no v4.7 jailbreak firmware available, so if you were enjoying basic cart support from your SuperNT, it’s best to hold off: https://support.analogue.co/hc/en-us/articles/360000557452-Super-Nt-Firmware-Update-v4-6 As a side note, while I […]
