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Bob

Furrtek Releases VirtualTap Schematics

As previously promised, Furrtek has released the schematics for his Virtual Boy TV-Out project called the Virtual Tap.  He’s still taking orders for the current batch he’s making, but only until the end of December:  http://furrtek.free.fr/virtualtap/ https://github.com/furrtek/VirtualTap   Code, schematics and layout, as promised 🙂 https://t.co/X2csOy6gHwI'll be taking orders for kits until the end of December, […]

SmokeMonster

Sony using Open-Source PCSX Emulator in PlayStation Classic Mini

Sony is using the open-source software based emulator PCSX in their upcoming PlayStation Classic Mini console. This is a major disappointment to those of use who wanted to see at least the PS2/PSP/PS3/Vita/PSTV lineage emulator used–but it is not unexpected. This makes the Classic a very weak emulator, even compared to an old phone running […]

Bob

Interview with Sony BVM Tech savon-pat

  Here’s an audio-only interview with Patrick Gravier, aka savon-pat.  His willingness to help and wealth of knowledge have been a tremendous help for the retro-gaming community.  It was an absolute pleasure getting to meet with him in person and I hope everyone enjoys the interview! Podcast and direct-stream location:  http://www.retrorgb.com/podcast/?name=2018-11-09_pat.mp3 savon-pat eBay Store:  https://ebay.to/2RKhrDVpatrickgravier [at] netzero […]

SmokeMonster

Complete MiSTer Without IO Board

The only add-on you need to have a complete MiSTer that runs all cores is the SDRAM board, since the IO board is only necessary for adding analog output (RGB/RGBS/RGBHV/VGA/Component to SCART/BNC/RCA/VGA/etc) and to house the fan. Using the IO board as a fan mount is complete overkill if you only need HDMI output though, […]

SmokeMonster

MiSTer Famicom Disk System FPGA Core

MiSTer’s NES core is getting Nintendo Famicom Disk System (FDS) support care of GreyRogue, making it the first FPGA system that natively supports FDS without needing additional hardware to load ROMs. The same update also adds expansion audio for VRC6 and Sunsoft-5B mapper games (Gimmick, Akumajou Dracula, etc). For a first release, it’s relatively mature. […]