Castlevania fans are getting a Christmas present for the Megadrive this year! There has been a new demo release of the Sega Megadrive/Genesis port of Castlevania Symphony of the Night. Gamedev and YouTuber Pigsy has been documenting the process of porting graphics and building a game engine with various collaborators, and has released a more […]
Lord Almighty, it’s a Christmas miracle! The absolute champions over at ZeldaRET have done it again, this time with a full decompilation of Capcom’s GBA classic: The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap. No word on a PC port or anything too exciting just yet, considering the decompilers won’t be handling it themselves. However, knowing […]
One of the great things about buying retro video games/consoles from Japan is that you can score some pretty amazing deals. Comparable items bought here in the US tend to command a premium over the same product sold in Japan. One of the best places to purchase these retro goodies is Yahoo! Auctions Japan, however, […]
Rich Whitehouse recently released a version of his Atari Jaguar emulator that includes a script to greatly improve one of the most notorious Jaguar games: Checkered Flag. Rich added things like native resolution rendering, analog controller support and framerate unlocking. If you’ve ever played the original version of this game, you have to try it on […]
Dennis van den Broek aka Pointer Function has just released his design for a set of original Famicom clear replacement controllers. There’s both a P1 and P2 shell, as the Famicom’s second controller has a microphone built in, requiring a different design. You can purchase them right now via PCBWay’s service; It’s expensive, but high […]
Greg from Laser Bear has just opened pre-orders on three separate Virtual Boy power solutions: One USB power adapter and two separate rechargeable battery pack replacements. Prices range from $30 – $55 and they’re due to ship in February. There’s a lot to discuss, so check out the details below the links: Virtual Boy Pak’s: https://retrorgb.link/vbpowerpak […]
Pre-Orders for the zero-latency RAD2x HDMI plug & play adapters are now open for the Genesis, SNES, PlayStation and Saturn. The price is about $75 each plus shipping and they’re due to arrive to customers in March. At the moment, these are still the only “HDMI cables” I’d recommend for those consoles and they’re an excellent choice. […]
Data-Discs has launched a repress for Streets of Rage 2 soundtrack composed by Yuzo Koshiro and Motohiro Kawashima from Sega Mega Drive/Genesis on a vinyl record. It’s priced at £29.99 and scheduled to ship in February 2024. Data-Discs: https://data-discs.com/collections/records/products/streetsofrage2 Bandcamp: https://datadiscs.bandcamp.com/album/streets-of-rage-2-remastered This repress will be Frocted Clear 2LP, featuring artwork from SEGA archives. It includes […]
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Hey everyone, Try from My Life in Gaming here. I’m a week late making this post, but we and several other folks released Analogue Duo reviews as the embargo lifted last Monday. Things were a bit quieter surrounding this release compared to previous Analogue products, likely due to fewer people having the games and equipment […]
